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• Hillary Clinton suggests the Tories lack ‘empathy’ in warning over ‘divisive’ Brexit rhetoric

  14-10-2017 23:50 via yahoo.com
  Hillary Clinton has suggested Theresa May's Tory Government lacks "empathy" as she called for an end to the "divisive rhetoric and policy" that has emerged in the wake of Brexit.The former US presidential hopeful, speaking in Swansea as she completes a tour of the UK, raised the issue of EU citizens' uncertain futures once Britain cuts ties with Brussels in 2019.As she was presented with an honorary doctorate at Swansea University for her commitment to promoting the rights of families and childr
  
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• Victim of Las Vegas shooting wakes up from coma after bullet struck her forehead

  14-10-2017 23:49 via yahoo.com
  Tina Frost, 27, woke from a coma on Friday to take her first steps since sustaining a bullet to the forehead from being shot by Stephen Paddock on the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas.
  
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• HBO Is Going To Great Lengths To Protect Game Of Thrones Season 8 Spoilers

  14-10-2017 23:47 via gamespot.com
  
  Season 8 of Game of Thrones is still a ways away, but after cyber attacks and material theft of Season 7, HBO is bringing down the hammer on the show's spoilers. Actors from the show have revealed that this final season's scripts are under more security than ever before.AP reports that Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jamie Lannister) has also commented on how this season's scripts are more locked down now than ever before. When speaking to Scandinavian chat show Skavlan, Coster-Waldau said dialogue is be
  
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• Don’t Worry About North Korea: Venezuela Is the Problem

  14-10-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  As Donald Trump continues to recklessly handle North Korea, a humanitarian crisis in the South American nation could pose a larger problem for the U.S.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein Kicked Out Of Motion Picture Academy

  14-10-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to expel Harvey Weinstein after holding an emergency meeting on Saturday to discuss the onslaught of sexual harassment and assault allegations directed at the Hollywood mogul.
  
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• Trump's Obamacare Sabotage Is Doing Real Damage To American Health Care

  14-10-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  That was the conclusion many health care industry officials and analysts had reached by week’s end, following a pair of blows that President Donald Trump delivered to the Affordable Care Act ― and, indirectly, to the millions of people who buy private health insurance on their own.
  
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• A Secretive NYC Backchannel May Be The Best Hope For Avoiding War With North Korea

  14-10-2017 22:16 via yahoo.com
  In Midtown Manhattan, in a building that also hosts a dermatologist, a sports medicine doctor and a package tour operator, two North Korean diplomats run a backchannel line of communication to U.S. officials in Washington.
  
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• 'My Ride or Die.' Woman Flees California Wildfires on a Bike With Her 70-Pound Dog in a Duffel Bag

  14-10-2017 22:02 via yahoo.com
  "I would never part ways with my dog. Ever."
  
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• Americans Don't Want Donald Trump to Sabotage Obamacare

  14-10-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  Majority of Republicans and Democrats would rather see Trump and Congress stabilize Obamacare instead of continuing efforts to dismantle it.
  
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• The Latest: Russia says Syrian army taken key IS-held town

  14-10-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local):
  
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• Coffey Park is Ground Zero for California fire devastation

  14-10-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — The warnings about impending doom came suddenly and in different ways. Frantic pounding on doors. Blaring fire alarms. Commotion outside windows.
  
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• Chili cheese dog pizza is the easiest dinner dish

  14-10-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  This chili cheese dog pizza recipe is the perfect at-home carnival food 
  
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• Is Donald Trump 'Obsessed' With Barack Obama?

  14-10-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  Pundits believe Trump is working to destroy Obama's legacy.
  
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• Islamic State loses al-Mayadeen in eastern Syria: military source

  14-10-2017 21:20 via yahoo.com
  Syrian government and allied forces have taken the eastern town of al-Mayadeen from Islamic State, a Syrian military source said on Saturday, further weakening the militants' diminishing presence in Syria.Al-Mayadeen, near the Iraqi border in Deir al Zor province, had become a major base for Islamic State militants as they were being driven out of their de facto Syrian capital in Raqqa city by a U.S.-backed offensive.Over the past few months many of the individuals which the U.S.-led coalition a
  
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• Deadly truck bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia

  14-10-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  A huge truck bomb explosion killed at least 20 people in Mogadishul, as shaken residents called it the most powerful blast they'd heard in years.
  
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• Evacuation deal for Isil fighters in Syria's Raqqa as city's capture nears

  14-10-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  A convoy will leave Syria's Raqqa on Saturday under an evacuation deal agreed as a US-backed force battles to seize Isil's last positions in the city. The US-led coalition said the deal for the evacuation would exclude foreign Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) fighters, but left unclear whether Syrian jihadists would be able to quit their one-time stronghold. The agreement, reached by local officials, comes after days of talks on a way for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces to
  
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• Syria: Local militants evacuate as Raqqa battle nears end

  14-10-2017 20:11 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition and local officials said Saturday Syrian Islamic State fighters and civilians will be allowed to evacuate Syria's Raqqa, in a deal that signals the imminent capture of the city but flouts earlier US protests of negotiating safe exits for the extremist group.
  
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• Mother and Son Get Prison for Killing and Pouring Acid on Her Estranged Husband

  14-10-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  They were found guilty in July of murder and evidence tampering
  
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• California inmates battle wildfires for $1 an hour

  14-10-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  As wildfires rage across northern California, a group of low-paid firefighters is on the front lines.  Inmates in California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation have been fighting wildfires for $1 an hour. Some have worked as long as 72 hours straight.  The men and women fighting the wildfires work throughout 43 adult conservation camps in the state, CNN reported. As part of their work there, they clear hiking trails and flood channels and cut brush and trees, both to preven
  
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• Wild elephants trample to death four Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

  14-10-2017 18:49 via yahoo.com
  COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Wild elephants trampled sleeping Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in the early hours of Saturday, killing three children and a woman in the second such incident since the arrival of hundreds of thousands of refugees from Myanmar in just a few weeks.Many trees on the forested hills of Balukhali in southern Bangladesh, where the incident took place, have been chopped down to house the massive influx of Rohingya Muslims escaping violence in neighboring Myanmar.Tar
  
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• Bannon: Trump Will Win In 2020 by 400 Electoral Votes

  14-10-2017 18:49 via yahoo.com
  The former White House chief strategist hit back at reports he didn't believe the president would see out first term.
  
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• Alec Baldwin Calls Out Hypocrisy Of Fox News Attacking Harvey Weinstein

  14-10-2017 18:49 via yahoo.com
  Specifically, the Donald Trump-impersonating “Saturday Night Live” star is annoyed that Fox News is attacking Harvey Weinstein over sexual harassment allegations after the conservative network covered up harassment within its own ranks by former Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes and former host Bill O’Reilly.
  
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• Student Flees Wildfire On Bike Carrying 70-Pound Dog In Duffel Bag

  14-10-2017 18:43 via yahoo.com
  A college student who fled the deadly wildfire that swept through Santa Rosa, California, on Monday night would never leave her dog behind.
  
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• Woman Dies in Husband's Arms While Taking Shelter in Swimming Pool To Escape California Wildfire

  14-10-2017 18:26 via yahoo.com
  They waited in the pool for hours, but she didn't make it.
  
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• 'It's Like Jail.' More Than 100,000 People Still Can't Return to Their Homes as Wildfires Tear Through California

  14-10-2017 18:12 via yahoo.com
  The winds pushed flames into the hills on the edge of Sonoma
  
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• California wildfire 'blast' kills teen, injures his family

  14-10-2017 18:11 via yahoo.com
  When flames swept over the mountain like a "nuclear blast," Paul Hanssen ran from his burning home, a water-soaked towel around his head and dog by his side, and took shelter in a trailer. He waited nervously for two long hours as winds howled and embers flew by.
  
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• Colbert Puts Trump and Tillerson in the Thunderdome

  14-10-2017 18:09 via yahoo.com
  It's not the first time the comedian has riffed off Mad Max.
  
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• What To Watch (And Skip) This Week

  14-10-2017 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  It's a whole week of new premieres revolving around the heroes of the DC Universe and their shows on the CW. Which of these shows kicks off with a bang and which ones fail to hit the mark?Over the course of the next couple of months, we'll be looking at a selection of new and returning shows and giving you a quick breakdown of what is worth watching and what you should pass on. This week, we're talking about Supergirl, The Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow.Supergirl: "Girl of Steel"After the loss o
  
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• Cliff Bleszinski On Saving LawBreakers

  14-10-2017 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  LawBreakers, the first game from Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski's new studio Boss Key, launched in July on PC and PlayStation 4. It wasn't the out-of-the-gate success that the studio might have wanted, however, with player figures reportedly very low. In an interview with GameSpot, the industry veteran spoke frankly about the game's launch and told us what Boss Key plans to do in the future to get more players into the game.We published a portion of this interview last month, and now we'
  
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• Michele Bachmann Offers Her Thoughts On Donald Trump Being A 'Man Of Faith'

  14-10-2017 17:53 via yahoo.com
  At the annual Values Voter Summit (VVS) in Washington this weekend, former congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who serves on Donald Trump’s evangelical advisory board, said in an interview with me on SiriusXM Progress that Donald Trump is now a “committed believer” of Jesus Christ and “man of faith” who has “asked God for help and wisdom.”
  
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• Five Arrested in Connection to a Murder That Dates Back Three Decades

  14-10-2017 17:51 via yahoo.com
  Two law enforcement officers were arrested with three other suspects in what investigators are calling a racially-motivated killing of a man in rural Georgia 34 years ago.
  
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• Syria demands 'immediate' withdrawal of Turkey troops: SANA

  14-10-2017 17:48 via yahoo.com
  Syria on Saturday demanded the "immediate and unconditional withdrawal" of Turkish troops that have deployed in the country's northwestern province of Idlib, state media said citing a foreign ministry source.Turkish troops entered Idlib on Thursday night as part of efforts to enforce a so-called "de-escalation zone" agreed by rebel backer Ankara and regime allies Russia and Iran at talks in Astana earlier this year.
  
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• Puerto Ricans given drinking water pumped from a hazardous waste site

  14-10-2017 17:46 via yahoo.com
  Puerto Ricans are being given water to drink from a potentially contaminated site three weeks after Hurricane Maria tore across the island.Journalists and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) workers said they had seen people filling up bottles with water pumped from the Dorado groundwater contamination site.About 85 per cent of the island's residents - who are American citizens - remain without power, while about 36 per cent lack drinking water.
  
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• Ford Offers Fix to Prevent Possible Explorer Carbon Monoxide Leaks

  14-10-2017 17:40 via yahoo.com
  Ford said it would offer a limited-time-only free repair for about 1.4 million SUVs after a wave of public concern about Ford Explorer carbon monoxide leaks. The company made the announcement Oct...
  
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• Feds Foil Homemade Bomb in Plot to Attack North Carolina Airport

  14-10-2017 17:40 via yahoo.com
  In a story that failed to get much attention last week, federal authorities say they stopped a plot to bomb a small North Carolina airport and will charge a suspect who allegedly said he was “getting ready to fight a war on U.S. soil.”
  
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• Canadian Hostage Freed in Pakistan Says Captors Killed His Infant Daughter, Raped His Wife

  14-10-2017 17:38 via yahoo.com
  Joshua Boyle spoke out publicly for the first time after five years in captivity in Afghanistan where he says militants murdered his infant daughter and raped his American wife.
  
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• Steve Bannon Declares ‘War’ on GOP Establishment

  14-10-2017 17:35 via yahoo.com
  In a fiery speech Saturday at the Values Voter Summit, an annual conference for social conservatives, Bannon lambasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and declared a "season of war" on party elders.
  
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• Body Found in Search for Missing Teacher Last Seen Bailing a Man Out of Jail

  14-10-2017 17:35 via yahoo.com
  Cathryn Gorospe, a teacher at Arrowhead Elementary School, was reported missing by a roommate after bailing Charlie Malzahn out of jail
  
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• Mayim Bialik's thoughts on sexual harassment miss the point: It's men that need to fix this.

  14-10-2017 17:33 via yahoo.com
  In theNew York Times, actress Mayim Bialik weighed in on the Harvey Weinstein saga by detailing her own experience with the culture of Hollywood — one that differs from that of many of her peers. It's okay that Bialik's experience is unique. Every woman's is, and valid to boot. What's not okay is Bialik's fundamental misunderstanding of how harassment works — a misunderstanding that makes the piece careen into victim-blaming territory. SEE ALSO: This New York Times comment perfectly
  
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• CA Wildfires: Couple Awakes to Leaping Flames

  14-10-2017 17:31 via yahoo.com
  A couple woke up choking from the flames in the California wildfires, narrowly escaping. Today, they visit their destroyed home, one of at least 5,700 structures scorched across the state.
  
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• 4 Moldovans dead in cargo plane crash off Ivory Coast

  14-10-2017 17:30 via yahoo.com
  ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A cargo plane chartered by the French military crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on its approach to the international airport in Abidjan, killing four crew members from Moldova and injuring six others from Moldova and France, officials said Saturday.
  
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• Tampa opens arms to Puerto Rico evacuees

  14-10-2017 17:27 via yahoo.com
  The city of Tampa is preparing for an influx of Puerto Rico evacuees following Hurricane Maria.
  
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• Free Hearthstone Hero Available During Halloween Event

  14-10-2017 17:27 via gamespot.com
  
  A new Hearthstone hero is joining the fray this Halloween season, and you can claim her for free starting October 17. Warlock Nemsy Necrofizzle will be available at any Fireside Gathering Tavern--even after the Hallow's End festivities come to a close.If you're wondering where you've seen this tiny, red-headed warlock before, you wouldn't be wrong in recognizing her. Nemzy has been seen on the Bog Creeper card from the Whispers of the Old Gods expansion set.To get your hands on this pint-sized g
  
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• Virginia police identify suspect fatally shot by officer

  14-10-2017 17:24 via yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia have identified a man fatally shot by officers while fleeing from police after a reported sexual assault and robbery in the area.
  
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• Service Workers To Rally Against Trump Immigration Policies

  14-10-2017 17:22 via yahoo.com
  The hospitality workers union Unite Here was tangling with Donald Trump long before he ever became president.
  
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• Stephen Colbert Puts A Sales Spin On Trump's Border Wall Prototypes

  14-10-2017 17:16 via yahoo.com
  Construction workers in California are building eight prototypes for walls that could eventually be used on the border between the United States and Mexico.
  
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• Freed Hostage Says Haqqani Kidnappers Killed His Infant Daughter

  14-10-2017 16:58 via yahoo.com
  Former hostage Joshua Boyle says the Haqqani network in Afghanistan killed his infant daughter and raped his American wife during the five years they were held in captivity
  
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• Chad pulls out of fight against Boko Haram after Donald Trump's 'Muslim ban' comes into force

  14-10-2017 16:22 via yahoo.com
  An African country included in Trump’s revised "Muslim ban" has pulled out of the US-backed fight against Boko Haram militants.Less than a month after Trump placed travel restrictions on citizens from Chad entering the US, the country has pulled hundreds of troops from neighbouring Niger where they were helping local forces fight jihadists.Chad’s government has not given any reason for the withdrawal of troops but it comes weeks after they warned the US travel restriction could affec
  
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• The Best Horror Films From The Past 20 Years

  14-10-2017 16:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Over the past 20 years, horror fans have seen some exceptionally wonderful horror movies. We're living in a golden era of modern horror where filmmakers don't have to rely on witty supernatural villains spouting terrible one-liners while killing off their victims one by one. Now, both indie and major studios are producing memorable films that mix horror with other genres to create something unique and wonderful, like this year's Get Out, which won big at the box office.We're taking a look at th
  
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• Gran Turismo Sport - Sardegna Windmills Track Gameplay

  14-10-2017 16:00 via gamespot.com
  
  We kick into a high octane race around a dirt track so you can take a look at the racing sim action on offer from Gran Turismo Sport before it releases.
  
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