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• New U.S. rule on payday loans to hurt industry, boost banks: agency

  05-10-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  By Lisa Lambert and Pete SchroederWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Revenues for the $6 billion payday loan industry will shrivel under a new U.S. rule restricting lenders' ability to profit from high-interest, short-term loans, and much of the business could move to small banks, according to the country's consumer financial watchdog.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a regulation on Thursday requiring lenders to determine if borrowers can repay their debts and capping the number of l
  
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• The Xbox One X Has An Image Of Master Chief Riding A Scorpion Inside It Apparently

  05-10-2017 23:31 via gamespot.com
  
  Every Xbox One X console has a special image on the inside of it, apparently, and it may not be what you expect. A new teardown video from Spanish technology YouTube channel Unocero reveals that the console contains a cheeky nod to the console's Project Scorpio codename in the form of a cartoon-style Master Chief who is riding a scorpion.You may never see this for yourself, as opening up your console will likely void your warranty. But doesn't it feel good to know that Master Chief is there, rid
  
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• Will Republicans End Up Fixing Immigration After All?

  05-10-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  Trump took aim at the Obama-era DACA program. Now, reform-minded conservatives are scrambling to find their own immigration solutions.
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner lashes out at Trump administration on trans issues: 'This is a disgrace'

  05-10-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  Caitlyn Jenner, whose Republican leanings have made her something of an oddity in the trans community, lashed out on Thursday against President Trump in defense of the LGBT community.
  
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• New wave of protest leaders emerged after Ferguson

  05-10-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Young people thrust into activism by the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson are leading a new wave of civil disobedience in St. Louis, mentored by a civil rights movement veteran and driven by the belief that change won't happen until the entire region is confronted with the uncomfortable reality of racism.
  
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• LGBTQ Groups Blast Jeff Sessions For Reversing Trans Workplace Protections

  05-10-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions came under fire from a number of LGBTQ rights groups Thursday after he determined that federal civil rights legislation does not protect transgender people from discrimination in the workplace.
  
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• Facing tougher regulations, TransCanada scraps $12 billion oil pipeline

  05-10-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  By Nia Williams and Ethan LouCALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - TransCanada Corp abandoned its C$15.7 billion ($12.52 billion) cross-country Energy East pipeline on Thursday amid mounting regulatory hurdles, dealing a blow to the country's oil export ambitions.The demise of the pipeline comes less than a year after the Canadian government rejected another export pipeline, Enbridge Inc's Northern Gateway, and is a further setback for Canada's oil industry which is already hurting from low global crude
  
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• Was Vegas Gunman Taking Aim at Lollapalooza When It Was Attended by Malia Obama?

  05-10-2017 22:07 via yahoo.com
  Stephen Paddock reportedly secured a room overlooking Chicago's Grant Park while the festival was being held in August.
  
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• White House interprets First Amendment for reporters

  05-10-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders lectured reporters on the meaning of the First Amendment Thursday, in defense of President Trump’s recent tweets suggesting that the Senate Intelligence Committee investigate national news outlets.
  
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• After Final Fantasy Spin-Offs, Square Enix's Next VR Project Might Be Its Most Intriguing

  05-10-2017 22:03 via gamespot.com
  
  Outside of its two unusual Final Fantasy XV spin-offs, the fishing game Monster of the Deep and the canceled light gun-esque shooter VR Experience, Square Enix has only shown a tentative interest in VR, but the publisher's unique "Project Hikari" is one of the most intriguing applications of the technology yet. Unlike a traditional game, Project Hikari is much more passive in nature, adapting manga into an immersive cinematic experience that blends stills, animated scenes, and fully rendered env
  
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• Everything You Need To Know About Stranger Things Before Starting Season 2

  05-10-2017 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The second season of Stranger Things will release on Netflix on Oct. 27th, but for those of us who only watched the first season once, here's a quick refresher on everything that happened in Stranger Things Season 1. Not that it wasn't memorable--it's just been a while!Now let’s travel all the way to back 1984, to a little town called Hawkins, Indiana.The GangThe series begins with young Mike Wheeler (Finn Woldhard) playing Dungeon Master to a game of Dungeons & Dragons for his friends
  
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• DC officials won't appeal ruling against strict gun law

  05-10-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia officials said Thursday they won't appeal a court ruling striking down a portion of the city's gun laws, a decision that means it will soon be easier for gun owners to get concealed carry permits in the nation's capital.
  
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• Pink Slams Dr. Luke In Interview: ‘He’s Not A Good Person’

  05-10-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  Luke” Gottwald, who has been embroiled in a legal battle with Kesha since 2014, in a recent interview for The New York Times.
  
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• Hell freezes over as NRA supports a gun control measure

  05-10-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  The NRA has been particularly quiet in the days following the deadly Las Vegas shooting that left 58 people dead and hundreds injured. Its Twitter account hasn't posted anything since Sept. 29 and the organization has refrained from any public comment. Until now. SEE ALSO: Jimmy Kimmel tears up talking about his hometown Las Vegas In a brief statement issued Thursday, the powerful and vehemently anti-gun control organization surprised many by insisting that "bump stocks," the devices used to con
  
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• California becomes sanctuary state as governor signs bill

  05-10-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown signed sanctuary state legislation Thursday that extends protections for immigrants living in the United States illegally — a move that gives the nation's most populous state another tool to fight President Donald Trump.
  
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• Assassin's Creed Origins PC Specs And System Requirements Revealed

  05-10-2017 21:27 via gamespot.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Origins is just a few weeks away from release, and now developer Ubisoft has revealed the minimum PC specs and system requirements you'll need to play. The company syas that optimizing the game for PC play has been very important, as has making the game accessible to players on a wide variety of systems."The PC version was developed in parallel with all the other versions by the main team in Montreal, in collaboration with our PC-dedicated team in Ubisoft Kiev," said Jose Araiza
  
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• October's New My Nintendo Rewards For Switch, 3DS, And Wii U Owners Revealed

  05-10-2017 21:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo has added a handful of new rewards to the My Nintendo program. As usual, this batch consists of discounts on a selection of great titles for both 3DS and Wii U.On 3DS, My Nintendo members can now get 40% off of the handheld's second Zelda remake, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, one of the best installments in the long-running series. In addition to that, New 3DS owners can get 40% off of Monolith Soft's sprawling open-world JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, as well as discounts on Yo
  
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• NRA comes out in favor of restrictions on bump stocks

  05-10-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  The White House and National Rifle Association both came out in favor of reviewing regulations of bump fire stocks, the device that contributed to the deaths of 58 people in the Las Vegas mass shooting Sunday night.
  
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• Congressional Republicans eye 'bump stocks' after Las Vegas massacre

  05-10-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  Republican lawmakers on Thursday said they would look into "bump stock" gun accessories after a retiree used rifles equipped with them to rain gunfire onto a Las Vegas concert, killing 58 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.The influential National Rifle Association, which has opposed efforts to pass federal gun legislation following past mass shootings, said it would not oppose the move.It said the devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to behave as fully automatic we
  
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• How Blade Runner 2049 Changed Thanks To One Actor

  05-10-2017 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Like most Blade Runner fans, Lennie James had his reservations about a sequel. But Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve put the actor at ease when the two hopped on the phone, James told GameSpot in an interview leading up to the movie's release."He was already a director that I was very keen to work with, and after our conversation I was very keen to work with him," James said.The actor, who also plays Morgan on The Walking Dead and voices Lord Shaxx in Destiny, portrays a character by t
  
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• Gundam Versus Review

  05-10-2017 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  It’s hard not to get a kick out of watching giant robots slug it out, and that’s precisely what Gundam Versus is all about. It's a celebration of all things Gundam on the surface, with over a hundred playable mechs from the many Gundam anime series since 1979's Mobile Suit Gundam. It's a hybrid fighting game at heart that puts you in the pilot’s seat, tactically flying at enemies, dodging attacks, and slamming opponents through buildings. Undoubtedly it’s one for fans of
  
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• Ivanka Trump faces backlash after blocking Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu

  05-10-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Ted Lieu was one of two Democratic lawmakers to call for the removal of Ivanka's security clearance on Thursday, but he needed some help getting her the message.
  
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• New technology uses mouth gestures to interact in virtual reality

  05-10-2017 20:42
  Researchers have developed a new technology that allows users to interact in a virtual reality environment using only mouth gestures.
  
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• Every Harrison Ford Movie, Ranked

  05-10-2017 20:42 via gamespot.com
  
  40. Paranoia (2013)
  Harrison Ford plays a villain named Jock in this by-the-numbers corporate espionage movie starring Liam Hemsworth. Said the Los Angeles Times's Betsy Sharkey of the acting: "No one is embarrassingly bad; no one is exceptionally good."Metacritic score: 32Image: Relativity Media
  39. The Expendables 3 (2014)
  The third Expendables movie is exactly what you think it is: a film loaded with machismo, explosions, and just about every aging action hero known to man.Metacritic score: 3
  
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• Las Vegas shooter also considered Boston and Chicago: reports

  05-10-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  The Las Vegas gunman who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in recent US history also had scouted possible locations in Chicago and Boston, US media reported Thursday.Stephen Paddock booked two rooms during the Lollapalooza music festival in August at Chicago's Blackstone hotel, which overlooks the expansive downtown park where the popular event was held, according to the website TMZ and NBC News.The 64-year-old gambler and retired accountant also researched hotels around Boston's Fenway Pa
  
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• The Latest: Russia says it fired 10 missiles at IS in Syria

  05-10-2017 20:30 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local):
  
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• Middle-earth: Shadow Of War -- The Story So Far Recap

  05-10-2017 20:30 via gamespot.com
  
  The Path To Middle-earth: Shadow of War
  Set almost immediately after their last adventure, Middle-earth: Shadow of War sees the undead ranger Talion and his wraith sidekick Celebrimbor expand their arsenal of skills as they forge a new ring of power in order to dismantle the Dark Lord Sauron's influence. The scope is much larger than before, and in order to survive, Talion and Celebrimbor will have to form their own army of orcs, trolls, and dragons--forcing Talion to fight fire with fire to que
  
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• All The Star Wars Battlefront 2 Beta Vehicles: Millennium Falcon, X-Wings, And More

  05-10-2017 20:29 via gamespot.com
  
  The Ships Of Star Wars: Battlefront 2
  The upcoming Star Wars Battlefront II features two new modes called Starfighter Assault and Galactic Assault centering on iconic space dogfights in the Star Wars universe's history. As you'd expect, these modes are packed with iconic ships that hardcore fans will recognize. From the various X-Wing models to the Millennium Falcon, there's a lot to see.To help you keep track of all the ships that have been revealed so far for Starfighter Assault and Galactic C
  
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• Netflix ups U.S. fees for first time since 2015

  05-10-2017 20:01 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Netflix Inc's U.S. business announced the first rises in monthly fees in two years on Thursday, hiking costs for two of its three main subscription plans as it spends heavily on its own original content."Most investors believe that Netflix is priced well below its value to consumers and want to see the management continue to increase monetization," Rob Sanderson analyst at MKM Partners said.In 2011, Netflix raised prices for some customers by as much as $6, causing more than 800,000
  
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• Forza Motorsport 7 Dev Will Change VIP Offer And Apologizes To Players For Causing Frustration

  05-10-2017 19:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Forza Motorsport 7's developer, Turn 10, has apologized to players who bought the Ultimate Edition of the game, saying it is sorry if its VIP pass was misleading or disappointing. It's promising to make it up to players, and also says it will improve stability and performance in its PC release."We heard loud and clear from Ultimate Edition owners expressing frustration over the VIP membership offer in Forza Motorsport 7," wrote Turn 10's Alan Hartman on the game's website. "We immediately update
  
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• Study: Over half of for-profit students defaulted on loans

  05-10-2017 19:38 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Students who attended for-profit colleges were twice as likely or more to default on their loans than students who attended public schools, according to a federal study published Thursday.
  
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• Niger Ambush Highlights Growing U.S. Military Involvement in Africa

  05-10-2017 19:30 via yahoo.com
  As American drone bases sprout up across the continent, special operations forces push out.
  
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• Syria fighting worst since Aleppo, air strikes deadly: aid agencies

  05-10-2017 19:26 via yahoo.com
  By Stephanie NebehayGENEVA (Reuters) - Syria is in the throes of its worst fighting since the battle for eastern Aleppo last year, with heavy air strikes causing hundreds of civilian casualties, aid agencies said on Thursday.Hospitals, schools and people fleeing violence have been "targeted by direct air strikes" that may amount to war crimes, the United Nations said, without apportioning blame.Russia and a U.S.-led coalition are carrying out separate air strikes in Syria ostensibly aimed at def
  
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• ACLU challenges detention of American captured in Syria

  05-10-2017 19:25 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday challenged the detention of a U.S. citizen who was picked up on the Syrian battlefield for allegedly fighting with Islamic State militants. The Pentagon insisted it was holding the man legally.
  
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• U.S. court reverses ban on sale of Regeneron, Sanofi cholesterol drug

  05-10-2017 19:18 via yahoo.com
  A U.S. appeals court on Thursday threw out a ban on the sale ofRegeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and Sanofi SA's cholesterol-lowering drug Praluent, and ordered a new trial after finding a jury was given improper instructions.The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington was a setback for Amgen Inc, which claimed Praluent infringed patents on its rival drug, Repatha, and had won the sales ban after a jury trial.
  
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• Two More Xbox One Backwards Compatible Games Out Now

  05-10-2017 19:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Once again, Microsoft has expanded the Xbox One's backwards compatible catalog. Another two Xbox 360 games are now playable on the current-generation console, both of which hail from the company's Fable RPG series.The bigger of the two is 2014's Fable Anniversary, the Xbox 360 HD remaster of the first Fable, which was released on the original Xbox. It features improved graphics, a new UI, Achievement support, and everything from The Lost Chapters, an expanded version of Fable released in 2005.Th
  
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• PUBG Vs. Fortnite: Is Epic's Battle Royale Mode In Legal Trouble?

  05-10-2017 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is the most popular game on Steam right now, so it will undoubtedly face copycats. However, when Epic Games released a Battle Royale mode for its survival shooter Fortnite, PUBG developer Bluehole responded negatively, saying it was "considering further action" against Epic--which also happens to be the company that licenses PUBG's engine."We've had an ongoing relationship with Epic Games throughout PUBG's development as they are the creators of UE4, the engine we l
  
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• Overwatch's Latest PTR Update Introduces A Big Mercy Change

  05-10-2017 18:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Overwatch's latest Public Test Realm update has introduced a pretty big change for Mercy on PC. Her Valkyrie ultimate ability has been tweaked so it doesn't immediately reset Resurrection's cooldown. It no longer has any effect on that skill's cooldown timer, instead doubling Resurrection's range.Although the change is only in the testing phase on the PTR right now, it could eventually come to all players on PC and PS4 / Xbox One, if developer Blizzard decides it's successful. So far, the adjust
  
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• PES 2018's Data Pack 1 Update Out Now, Here's What It Includes

  05-10-2017 18:57 via gamespot.com
  
  PES 2018 launched under a month ago, but it's already being updated with new content. Data Pack 1 is out now on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC, introducing a bunch of welcome cosmetic changes.The biggest changes are 117 new player faces. Players such as Luis Suarez, Neymar, and Romelu Lukaku are among those to get updated face models; take a look at all of them below. In addition, over 3000 players have received new photos for display in team management screens.Publisher Konami also says t
  
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• Saudi king, Putin clinch billion-dollar energy, arms deals on landmark Russia visit

  05-10-2017 18:51 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia's King Salman, on a landmark visit to Russia, andPresident Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a slew of arms and energy deals as the key US ally seeks to deepen cooperation with Moscow.The leaders of the world's largest energy exporters discussed an extension of an OPEC agreement to cap oil output and oversaw the signing of deals which officials said were worth billions of dollars.Saudi Arabia signed preliminary agreements to buy Russia's S-400 air defence systems and anti-tank guide
  
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• Row over Pakistani paramilitary unit fuels political confusion

  05-10-2017 18:48 via yahoo.com
  By SaadSayeedISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An unexplained dispute between Pakistan's interior minister and an elite paramilitary unit under his command is adding to political confusion in Islamabad, prompting questions about a rift in ties between civilian leaders and the powerful military.The spat comes at a moment of heightened concern over the feverish political climate in nuclear-armed Pakistan, which the United States seeks to include in its new strategy for South Asia.Interior Minister Ashan Iqbal
  
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• Bump stocks sell out across US as ban looms after Las Vegas shooting

  05-10-2017 18:32 via yahoo.com
  Clark Aposhian, chairman of the Utah Shooting Sports Council, demonstrates how a bump stock works when attached to a semi-automatic rifle on Wednesday in South Jordan, Utah.Bump stocks are selling out across America as momentum gathers in Congress to ban the rifle modification used by the Las Vegas shooter to obtain catastrophically high rates of fire.
  
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• Man Claiming To Be From The Year 2048 Says He's Back With A Dire Warning

  05-10-2017 18:29 via yahoo.com
  A Wyoming man accused of public intoxication allegedly told police he traveled from the year 2048 to warn mankind of an impending invasion by extraterrestrials.
  
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• Amnesty: Europe returning more Afghans despite violence

  05-10-2017 18:28 via yahoo.com
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — European countries are returning many more Afghan asylum seekers to their homeland even as violence in the war-torn country escalates, Amnesty International said in a new report Thursday.
  
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• Pokemon Ultra Sun And Moon Trailer Reveals Another New Legendary

  05-10-2017 18:27 via gamespot.com
  
  The Pokemon Company has released another new trailer for the next pair of 3DS Pokemon games, Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. This video provides a look at more of the new features developer Game Freak has added to the upcoming titles, including another brand-new Legendary Pokemon.Along with the previously revealed UB-Burst and UB-Assembly, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon will feature at least one more completely new Ultra Beast, this one codenamed UB-Adhesive. This mysterious and adorable new Pokemon
  
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• Netflix Increases Subscription Prices In The US Ahead Of Stranger Things: Season 2 Release

  05-10-2017 18:23 via gamespot.com
  
  With the second season of one of Netflix's most well-known shows, Stranger Things, releasing later this month, the streaming service has announced changes to its subscription prices in the United States. Some but not all of its subscription options are now more expensive for US customers.The standard $10 per month option increases by $1 to $11, while the 4K-supporting $12 tier jumps up $2 to $14. At least for the time being, the basic $8 plan will remain at its current price. These prices are in
  
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• Fantastic Beasts Sequel’s Intriguing First Image Revealed

  05-10-2017 18:23 via gamespot.com
  
  Although the Harry Potter series finished six years ago, the success of last year's spin-off Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them ensured that fans can expect plenty more movies set within the Potter universe. The sequel is now in post-production and a first image has been released.The picture was tweeted from the movie's official account. It's a travel application for main character Newt Scamander, which has been denied by the Ministry of Magic, citing that he was "uncooperative and evasive
  
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• Las Vegas victim shot in leg stands when President Trump visits hospital

  05-10-2017 18:11 via yahoo.com
  A man shot in the leg during the Las Vegas massacre on Sunday found the strength to stand for President Trump when he visited recovering victims in the hospital earlier this week.
  
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• Get Skyrim's New Survival Mode Free For A Limited Time, As Creation Club Launches

  05-10-2017 17:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Following a brief beta test that took place last week, Bethesda has launched the Creation Club for Skyrim: Special Edition on all platforms. To promote it, the company is also giving away the biggest and most notable piece of Creation Club content so far, Survival Mode, free for a limited time.As announced at E3, Creation Club is like an evolved version of paid mods--although Bethesda insists that this is not paid mods. As with the Fallout 4 version, Creation Club sells new content for Skyrim si
  
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• Trump administration says transgender workers are not protected by anti-discrimination law

  05-10-2017 17:53 via yahoo.com
  The Justice Department has announced that an anti-discrimination law does not protect transgender workers, potentially opening people up to discrimination in the workplace because of their gender identity.It is the latest announcement by the Trump administration that specifically targets transgender people.Earlier this year, Donald Trump signed a directive reinstating a ban on transgender individuals from serving in the military.
  
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