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• Fire Chief Resigns After Using Racial Slur Against Steelers Coach

  26-09-2017 23:52 via yahoo.com
  A white Pennsylvania volunteer fire chief has reportedly resigned after calling the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach a “no good n****r” over the black coach’s decision to skip the national anthem on Sunday.
  
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• Divinity: Original Sin 2 Expert Tips

  26-09-2017 23:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Upping Your Chances of Survival
  Divinity: Original Sin II is one of the best RPGs of all time. It's also one of the most challenging, with a deep and intricate storyline, tons of quests, and tactical combat that demands the most out of players. Click ahead for some expert tips on how to tackle the game's various challenges, as well as details on what you need to do to become a god in the fantasy land of Rivellon.Be aware that there are some spoilers in the following slides, so be careful reading
  
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• GS News Update: Destiny 2 Faction Rallies Are Live

  26-09-2017 23:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Here's the location of Destiny 2's Faction Rally leaders.
  
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• Pokemon Go Servers Down, Niantic Working On A Fix [Update: Back Online]

  26-09-2017 23:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Players looking to catch some Pokemon today may encounter issues doing so. Pokemon Go servers are currently experiencing issues, though developer Niantic says it's working to resolve the situation.Reports have been coming in from players who are unable to get online in the game today around the world. Niantic subsequently confirmed this, stating in a tweet, "We're investigating an issue which is preventing Trainers from logging in. Thank you for your patience as we look into this issue."Some pla
  
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• Divinity: Original Sin 2 Review Roundup

  26-09-2017 23:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Even in a year full of standout titles, Divinity: Original Sin II is something special. Developer Larian Studios took the foundation it laid down with the game's 2014 predecessor and expanded it in every conceivable way, resulting in one of the finest releases of the year. In GameSpot's Divinity: Original Sin II review, critic Brett Todd said the game "has to be regarded as an instant classic in the pantheon of RPG greats" and awarded it a 10/10, making it one of the select few titles to earn su
  
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• Destiny 2 Faction Rallies - All The Gear, Weapons, And Rewards

  26-09-2017 23:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Everything You Need To Know About Destiny 2's Faction Rallies
  Destiny 2's Faction Rallies are now live, bringing with them exclusive rewards packages including weapons, armor, and shaders. Three factions are currently available, each of which you can pledge your allegiance to and hence work towards those rewards.To join a faction, simply talk to its leader in the Traveler. Arach Jalaal (who represents the Dead Orbit faction) and Lakshmi-2 (Future War Cult) are situated in the Hangar, while Execu
  
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• The Legal Reasons Why President Trump Won't Take A Stand On Climate Change

  26-09-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  The Legal Reasons Why President Trump Won't Take A Stand On Climate Change
  
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• Commandos storm plane in Philippines-U.S. hijack simulation

  26-09-2017 22:29 via yahoo.com
  Philippine commandos and law enforcers have practiced hostage negotiations and the storming of a commercial jet to free American passengers in a major joint exercise with U.S. counterparts to boost the country's counter-terrorism readiness.The Philippine defense ministry on Tuesday said some 1,200 uniformed and civilian Filipino and American personnel took part in the exercise "Tempest Wind" last week at a former U.S. air force base outside Manila and in Hawaii.Most of the Filipino civilian part
  
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• 2 More Men To Stand Trial In Holly Bobo Case

  26-09-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  The first man to stand trial, Zach Adams, was sentenced to life in prison Friday.
  
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• North Korea's bark may be worse than bite in threat to shoot down U.S. bombers

  26-09-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  By Christine Kim and David BrunnstromSEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has threatened to shoot down U.S. bombers flying near the Korean peninsula, but it would have difficultymatching its words with action given aging air defense systems mostly dating to the Cold War, military experts said.In intensifying rhetoric between the United States and North Korea during the past week, President Donald Trump said the U.S. would "destroy" the country if it threatened the U.S. or its allies.Pyongyan
  
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• This Week's Xbox One And Xbox 360 Deals With Gold, Spotlight Sale Revealed

  26-09-2017 22:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Whether you play in Xbox One or Xbox 360, there are some big deals for you this week. The big headline for Xbox Live Gold subscribers is a deal on Mass Effect: Andromeda and its Deluxe Edition, both of which are half-off during this Deals with Gold ($20 for the base game or $25 for the Deluxe Edition, down from $40 and $50 respectively).There are some great Xbox One deals for non-Live Gold subscribers. The launch edition of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is 40% off at $36 with deals on the Digit
  
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• In The Wake Of PewDiePie Vs. Campo Santo: Exploring DMCA Takedowns And Their Legality

  26-09-2017 22:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Well-known YouTuber Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg made headlines recently after using a racist slur during a livestream. In the uproar, Campo Santo, the developer of games like Firewatch, announced that it would leverage DMCA takedown requests to remove videos featuring its games from PewDiePie's channel. But just what is a DMCA, and was it legal for Campo Santo to use one?In the video above, we dive into this subject, exploring what the DMCA is intended for, the implications of it being used in a
  
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• Republicans look to next year for Obamacare repeal: 'The bill's dead, OK?'

  26-09-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Sens. Graham and Cassidy announced Tuesday they didn’t have 50 votes to pass their bill, likely the last attempt to overturn the ACA before fiscal year 2019.
  
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• DMCA And The Legality Of Let's Play - The Dive

  26-09-2017 22:09 via gamespot.com
  
  With the recent DMCA takedowns of PewDiePie's Firewatch videos, we explore the legality of Let's Plays and whether or not YouTubers are at risk of losing their channels.
  
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• Rick and Morty Season 3 Episode 9 "The ABC's of Beth" Breakdown!

  26-09-2017 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  In the ninth episode of season three Beth discovers her childhood fantasies were actually a real place created by Rick. Froopyland has rainbow streams, procedural generated clouds and a king who eats his muppet children. Beth suits up in her creepy childhood gear and destroys some memories.
  
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• Hurricane Maria coverage revives old questions about Puerto Rico's status

  26-09-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  Questions about the U.S. media’s coverage of Hurricane Maria and about the American public’s understanding of the island territory have revived old conversations about Puerto Rico’s relationship with the United States.
  
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• How email practices of Clinton and Trump advisers differ

  26-09-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  Hillary Clinton's email practices while secretary of state differed from the reported use of private email accounts by several officials in the Trump administration. Based on what we know so far, here are the key differences.
  
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• Free PUBG-Style Spinoff Of Fortnite Out Now For PS4, Xbox One, And PC

  26-09-2017 21:26 via gamespot.com
  
  PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is still a few months off from its Xbox One Game Preview release, but players looking for a similar experience can now jump into Fortnite's Battle Royale. The standalone mode is available today for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.As in the popular survival game, Battle Royale drops 100 players into a large map armed with nothing but a glider and pickaxe, with the objective being to outlast all the other players. You can download it for your respective platform from
  
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• Chrissy Teigen Won't Leave John Legend For A Very Chrissy Teigen Reason

  26-09-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  From fertility struggles, to pesky tabloid rumors about their marriage, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend have weathered a lot in the decade they’ve been together.
  
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• Trump defends NFL tweets amid Puerto Rico crisis: 'I have plenty of time on my hands'

  26-09-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  President Trump defended sending a barrage of tweets berating professional athletes as Puerto Rico reels in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
  
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• Venomous Snake Bites Woman's Foot Inside LongHorn Steakhouse

  26-09-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  She walked in for a bite, but she was the one getting bitten.
  
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• Divinity: Original Sin 2 Video Review

  26-09-2017 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Divinity: Original Sin 2 is here! Is it a natural 20 CRPG you must play or should it hang up it's adventuring hat and go home? Find out in our GameSpot Review!Disclosure: Former GameSpot reviews editor Kevin VanOrd currently works at Larian Studios, serving as a writer on Divinity: Original Sin II.
  
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• Divinity: Original Sin 2 Review

  26-09-2017 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  About midway through Divinity: Original Sin II's campaign, I was called on to visit the family farm of a heroic colleague named Gareth. On arrival, I found him mourning his murdered parents and calling on me to help him take revenge. Pretty standard RPG stuff.But when I went to the farmhouse in search of the killers, I was greeted by paladins who prevented me from going inside. I tried to change their minds during dialogue with the in-game persuasion skill. No dice. I was facing a brick wall wit
  
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• All of GameSpot's 10/10 Review Scores

  26-09-2017 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The gaming essentials.
  It isn't often that we give 10/10 review scores on GameSpot. Since the site was founded in 1996, only 14 games have earned that rank. But to achieve a 10/10, a game needs to be essential, and it needs to have something so meaningful to offer us that it simply cannot be ignored. Regardless, a 10/10 review score is always determined by the personal opinion of its respective writer and always reflects as such. So without further ado, here is a list of all the games that we've
  
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• Dog Gets Cuddles and Kisses at Shelter After Being Abandoned During Hurricane Irma

  26-09-2017 20:55 via yahoo.com
  He was reportedly found on a porch.
  
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• Jeff Sessions Decries 'Fragile Egos' At Colleges As DOJ Moves To Re-Try Woman Who Laughed At Him

  26-09-2017 20:38 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Free speech on college campuses is “under attack” as universities transform into shelters “for fragile egos,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who leads a Justice Department prosecuting a woman for laughing at him during a congressional hearing, said in a Tuesday speech.
  
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• Iraqi Kurdish leader says 'yes' vote won independence referendum

  26-09-2017 20:38 via yahoo.com
  By Maher Chmaytelli and Ahmed RasheedBAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said on Tuesday that Kurds had voted "yes" to independence in a referendum held in defiance of the government in Baghdad and which had angered their neighbors and their U.S. allies.The Kurds, who have ruled over an autonomous region within Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, consider Monday's referendum to be an historic step in a generations-old quest for a sta
  
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• Haunting clip of FOX News anchor Sean Hannity leaks online

  26-09-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  Leaked footage of FOX News host Sean Hannity shows what news anchors do while pre-taped video packages air during their shows.
  
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• US slaps sanctions on North Korean banks, executives

  26-09-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  The US imposed sanctions on eight North Korean banks and 26 executives on Tuesday, ratcheting up pressure on the country amid increasingly bellicose exchanges with Pyongyang over its nuclear program."This further advances our strategy to fully isolate North Korea in order to achieve our broader objectives of a peaceful and denuclearized Korean peninsula," US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.Tuesday's announcement compounded economic sanctions which the United Nations unanimo
  
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• Trump’s Top General Says Iran Honoring Nuke Deal

  26-09-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  Dunford, the head of the Joint Chiefs, warns that unilaterally pulling out would anger allies and complicate the North Korea crisis.
  
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• PUBG Beginner's Tips

  26-09-2017 19:52 via gamespot.com
  
  Battlegrounds Ready
  PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds can be an intense multiplayer experience, but the only way to really learn how to play it is to actually jump in. The battle royale-style game pits up to 100 players against each other, with the single goal of being the last player standing.With no tutorial, single-player mode, or other traditional ways to pick up how the game works, most players just have to spend lots of time getting killed in Battlegrounds in order to learn the ropes. But with
  
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• Regretful Trump voter asks why his President 'couldn’t call white supremacists sons of a b*****s?'

  26-09-2017 19:37 via yahoo.com
  In criticising American football players, President Donald Trump finally appears to have done something to upset his supporters.At a recent campaign rally, Mr Trump issued a striking rebuke of NFL player who choose to kneel during the national anthem.“Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a b**** off the field right now, out, he's fired'?” the President asked.
  
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• Jackie Chan Gets Ambushed In New Clip For His Next Movie

  26-09-2017 19:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Jackie Chan's next movie, The Foreigner, is coming to theaters in October. Today, we can bring you an exclusive new clip from the action film that also stars Pierce Brosnan. The clip, titled "Ambush," sees Chan's character fighting off bad dudes who are chasing him through a home. It's more of classic Jackie Chan hand-to-hand combat--and it's great.Based on the novel Stephen Leather novel The Chinaman, The Foreigner follows a London businessman Quan (Chan) who is out for revenge after his daught
  
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• Jeff Sessions Defends Trump's Right To Speak Out Against Free Speech

  26-09-2017 19:26 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Attorney General Jeff Sessions gave an impassioned defense of the values of free speech on Tuesday, proclaiming that “in this great land, the government does not tell you what to think or what to say.”
  
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• Baby Found Strapped Into Car Seat, Abandoned on Side of Busy Interstate With $5,000 in Cash

  26-09-2017 19:24 via yahoo.com
  The baby was found strapped inside a car seat, abandoned on the side of a busy interstate.
  
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• 10 Of Serena Williams' Most Relatable Parenting Moments

  26-09-2017 19:22 via yahoo.com
  Throughout her pregnancy and after giving birth, tennis great and new mom Serena Williams has had several moments that had fellow parents saying to themselves, “I’ve totally been there.”
  
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• An Iceberg Broke Off An Antarctic Glacier This Weekend But May Represent A Bigger Issue

  26-09-2017 19:17 via yahoo.com
  The massive iceberg that broke off of an Antarctic glacier this weekend may indicate a bigger issue.
  
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• Wedding photographer captures moment groom jumps into pond to save drowning boy

  26-09-2017 19:16 via yahoo.com
  A photographer captured the moment two newlyweds' photo shoot turned into a dramatic rescue. Clayton and Brittany Cook had just got married on Friday and were having their photos taken on a park bridge in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, when the groom spotted a young boy in trouble in the lake. He immediately jumped into the waist-deep water before his new wife knew what was happening. Mrs Cook told CTV: “I look over and I see Clay in the water and I think, what is he doing?" Clayton Cook wais
  
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• Former President Barack Obama describes tearfully dropping off daughter Malia at college

  26-09-2017 19:10 via yahoo.com
  Former President Barack Obama described the moment he became overwhelmed with emotion sending his eldest daughter off to college while speaking at an event for the Beau Biden Foundation on Monday.
  
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• Tension with North Korea more political than military, US chief of staff says

  26-09-2017 18:59 via yahoo.com
  US relations with North Korea may be "charged" but tensions in the standoff remain political rather than military, the US chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said Tuesday."While the political space is clearly very charged right now, we haven't seen a change in the posture of North Korean forces," General Joe Dunford told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
  
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• Russian 'cannibal couple' suspected of killing up to 30 and posing with body parts 

  26-09-2017 18:56 via yahoo.com
  A Russian couple are suspected of dozens of cases of cannibalism after they were found with pictures of human body parts, including a cooked human head on a platter of oranges.  The couple, named in local media as Dmitry Baksheyev, 35, and his wife Natalya, 42, are suspected of killing as many as 30 people over the past two decades while living at a military academy in Krasnodar, south-west Russia.  Recipes and video lessons for cooking human meat were reportedly found in the
  
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• Georgetown Law Faculty Take A Knee To Protest Jeff Sessions' Campus Visit

  26-09-2017 18:38 via yahoo.com
  In what may be a first, a style of protest that started in the NFL has spread directly to ... Georgetown Law.
  
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• Destiny 2 Faction Rally and The Pyramidion Nightfall

  26-09-2017 18:35 via gamespot.com
  
  We check out this weeks Destiny 2 reset that features the return of Dead Orbit, New Monarchy, and Future War Cult as well as the new Nightfall at The Pyramidion.
  
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• Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 - Inhumans Trailer

  26-09-2017 18:22 via gamespot.com
  
  Following their recent debut on Netflix, The Inhumans are joining the roster of heroes coming to Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2!
  
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• Dyson Will Build Electric Cars by 2020

  26-09-2017 18:22 via yahoo.com
  Founder Sir James Dyson wants a high-end range of electric cars powered by cutting-edge solid-state batteries within three years.
  
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• Fallout 4: Game Of The Year, Pip-Boy Editions Out Now On PS4, Xbox One, And PC

  26-09-2017 18:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Almost two years after release, a Game of the Year edition of the acclaimed Fallout 4 is now available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Today also marks an opportunity to get your hands on the hard-to-find Pip-Boy Edition, provided you live in North America.As we noted when the package was first announced last month, it's surprising that it took this long for a Game of the Year-style edition of the game to be released. There certainly wasn't a lack of critical acclaim or DLC to bundle with the game, an
  
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• FIFA 18 Is Out Today For Some; Here’s How To Play Early

  26-09-2017 18:15 via gamespot.com
  
  Good news for (some) football fans everywhere: FIFA 18 is out for pre-order customers today. Although the game doesn't officially launch until Friday, September 29, anyone who pre-ordered the Ronaldo Edition or Icon Edition gets three days' early access, meaning the game should now be playable.If you didn't pre-order either of the Ronaldo or Icon Editions, they are available to purchase now on the PlayStation Store or on Xbox Live. The Ronaldo Edition costs US $80 / £80 / AU $120, while th
  
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• Is Puerto Rico Part of the U.S? Here's What to Know

  26-09-2017 18:06 via yahoo.com
  As Puerto Rico deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, which has left millions without power, some are wondering: Is Puerto Rico part of the U.S.?
  
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• This Wife's Grocery List For Her Husband Is Hilariously Extra

  26-09-2017 18:04 via yahoo.com
  Some people prefer to bring a detailed list when they go grocery shopping.
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront 2 Trailer Showcases Every Map And Game Mode

  26-09-2017 17:57 via gamespot.com
  
  Ahead of its upcoming release, EA has shared a new trailer for Star Wars Battlefront II. This one provides an overview of the entire game, highlighting all of its maps and game modes.Fittingly, the trailer is narrated by Finn actor John Boyega, who famously called for a single-player campaign in the previous Battlefront. Here, he touts how the game has not just more multiplayer content, but a full-fledged campaign as well.In terms of multiplayer modes, there are the two that have gotten the most
  
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