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• US military rushes to defuse looming crisis in Kirkuk after Iraqi army advances

  16-10-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  Iraqi forces patrol in the streets after they retake the control of the city center from peshmerga forces in Kirkuk, Iraq, on Monday.US military commanders are scrambling to stop a conflict escalating between two forces they arm and train, after the Iraqi army seized the contested, oil-rich city of Kirkuk, from Kurdish peshmerga.The Pentagon sought to play down the scale of clashes between the two sides, after forces loyal to the central government in Baghdad rapidly took over nearly all the cit
  
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• Ex-deputy pleads guilty in his neighbor's shooting death

  16-10-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A former deputy sheriff who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man after a car chase pleaded guilty on Monday to reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of a neighbor he said had asked him for a lesson on how to disarm someone.
  
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• Trump's Latest Health Care Move Will Cause Pain, But Not For The Poor

  16-10-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump’s decision to halt a series of payments to health insurers could eventually affect millions of Americans who buy coverage through one of the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges or on their own, directly from insurers.
  
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• Iraqi forces seize Kirkuk governor's office in push against Kurds

  16-10-2017 23:38 via yahoo.com
  Iraqi forces seized the Kirkuk governor's office, key military sites and an oil field on Monday as they swept across the disputed province following soaring tensions with Kurds over an independence referendum.The rapid advance, involving troops, tanks and armoured vehicles, aims to recapture oil and military targets that Kurdish forces took over during the fightback against the Islamic State group (IS).Iraqi forces thrust into Kirkuk city, capital of the oil-rich province, and took control of th
  
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• Police: Baltimore officer kills robber who wielded shotgun

  16-10-2017 23:36 via yahoo.com
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore police officer who killed a shotgun-wielding robbery suspect at a convenience store did exactly what he was trained to do, the police commissioner said Monday.
  
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• Destiny 2 PC Launch Trailer, Pre-Load Time Revealed

  16-10-2017 23:36 via gamespot.com
  
  Destiny 2's PC version is almost here. Bungie's shooter lands on PC October 24, and now the developer has released a launch trailer for it and confirmed when it will be available to pre-load. All footage in the trailer above was captured on PC, presumably on a more-than-capable rig.The game supports 4K resolution, uncapped frame rates, and custom key mapping. PC players can also adjust the field of view and use up to three monitors. There are also quite a few settings to play around with, includ
  
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• U.S. judge in Texas invalidates Allergan patents on Restasis

  16-10-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  A U.S. judge on Monday invalidated patents on Allergan Plc's dry-eye medicine Restasis on grounds that the patents cover ideas that are obvious, sending shares of the pharmaceutical company down 3.5 percent.Judge William Bryson issued the ruling in federal court in Marshall, Texas, in a longstanding dispute between Allergan and generic drugmakers Mylan NV, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and Akorn Inc.Bryson said a group of patents Allergan obtained on Restasis, which are set to expire in 202
  
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• Woman Steals Credit Card of 7-Eleven Clerk Who Was Having a Seizure: Cops

  16-10-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  Instead of helping, the female customer, known as a regular of the 7-Eleven, reached into his pocket and took his credit card, local authorities said.
  
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• Capital murder charges filed in Muslim teen's death

  16-10-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia man accused of killing a 17-year-old Muslim girl as she walked back to her mosque is now facing a possible death penalty after an indictment Monday charging him with capital murder and rape.
  
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• Bodies Found Embracing in Joshua Tree May Be California Couple Who Went Missing in Park 3 Months Ago

  16-10-2017 23:23 via yahoo.com
  Authorities are working to identify two bodies discovered in Joshua Tree nearly three months after a young couple went missing in the California national park
  
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• New Stranger Things 2 Clip Explains What Happened To Eleven After Season 1 Finale

  16-10-2017 23:18 via gamespot.com
  
  If you thought the final trailer would be your last look at Stranger Things 2 before its release, you were incorrect. A clip from the new season has debuted, after first being revealed at London Comic Con, which focuses on what happened to Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) in the aftermath of Season 1.When the first year of Stranger Things came to an end, the status of Eleven was left up in the air. After using her psychokinetic powers to defeat the Demogorgon, she simply disappeared. While Hopper (Da
  
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• Donald Trump urges former rival Hillary Clinton to run for US presidency again in 2020

  16-10-2017 23:15 via yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump on Monday suggested he would beat former rival Hillary Clinton in a 2020 rematch, encouraging the Democrat to try her luck against him in the next presidential campaign. "I hope Hillary runs," he said during a press conference. "Hillary, please run again! Go ahead." The Republican leader also suggested that Clinton’s words of support to protesting professional athletes – who in recent weeks have drawn the president’s ire by kneeling during the national
  
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• Tamika Mallory Says She Was Kicked Off An American Airlines Flight

  16-10-2017 23:05 via yahoo.com
  Activist Tamika D. Mallory said Sunday that she was unfairly kicked off of an American Airlines flight over a seating dispute.
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel says he has no regrets after Republican viewers switch off: 'Not good riddance, but riddance!'

  16-10-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  “I want everyone with a television to watch the show,” Mr Kimmel.The less than ideal ratings numbers aside, Mr Kimmel, said: “If they’re so turned off by my opinion on health care and gun violence, then I don’t know.The Jimmy Kimmel Live host was not always a political comedian or commentator, but told the New York Times that Donald Trump’s presidency had pushed him in that direction.
  
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• The WWE's Mickie James Storyline Is Just Offensive Enough

  16-10-2017 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Mickie James is 38 years old. In another era she'd be considered past her prime. But James is defying those expectations, both through actions and words, particularly in her current feud with Alexa Bliss.One week from now, James will fight Bliss for the Raw women’s championship at the TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs pay-per-view. If she wins (and there’s a fair chance that she will), James will be a 6-time WWE women’s champion. Regardless of the outcome, it’s a celebrati
  
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• Raw sewage contaminating waters in Puerto Rico after Maria

  16-10-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  CAGUAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — Raw sewage is pouring into the rivers and reservoirs of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. People without running water bathe and wash their clothes in contaminated streams, and some islanders have been drinking water from condemned wells.
  
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• Chelsea Clinton again calls out Trump for an offensive joke (this one's about killing people)

  16-10-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  Itwould be that in an exposé of Vice President Mike Pence, it's a reported comment from President Donald Trump about his veep's views that's putting the president right back in the hot seat. SEE ALSO: Chelsea Clinton had the best response when Trump blocked a cancer patient on Twitter A newNew Yorker story, "The Danger of President Pence," dug out incredible details about Pence's history, his rise to the vice presidency, and his relationship to Trump. Toward the end of the lengthy piece,
  
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• PUBG Update Adds Vaulting And Climbing To Test Servers Soon

  16-10-2017 22:53 via gamespot.com
  
  While there may only be 11 weeks remaining in 2017, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is still slated to release in full for PC and in Xbox One's Game Preview program by the end of this year. Today, developer Bluehole shared an update that gives fans a rough outline of its development plans heading toward launch.In a post on the Steam forums, Bluehole offered more details about the new features it is readying to add to the enormously popular battle royale game when it releases on PC and in Game Prev
  
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• Netflix (NFLX) Stock Advances After Q3 Earnings Blowout

  16-10-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  Streaming video leader Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) reported third-quarter earnings after the bell on Monday.Revenue, guidance and subscriber growth all beat expectations while earnings missed expectations, and NFLX stock added about 2 percent in initial after-hours trading.The initial rise continues an absolutely stellar run for Netflix shares, which, before Monday's earnings report, had gained 63 percent in 2017, 100 percent in the last year and over 2,100 percent in the last five years.
  
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• In A First, Scientists Spot Light Amid Gravitational Waves Emitted By Colliding Stars

  16-10-2017 22:43 via yahoo.com
  Scientists for the first time have detected both gravitational waves and light from the collision of two dead, incredibly dense neutron stars.
  
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• Serena Williams' Tweets Are The Epitome Of New Mom Bliss

  16-10-2017 22:32 via yahoo.com
  The tennis icon and her fiancé Alexis Ohanian welcomed their first child, a baby girl named Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr., on Sep.
  
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• Newt, it takes just a few seconds to proofread a tweet

  16-10-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  Typos are a fact of life. Today's example: Newt Gingrich, tweeting his steadfast support for "Presideent Trtump." In the words of the former speaker of the House, "Trtump was rermarkably stgroing in hius joint press event with" Senator Mitch McConnell held earlier Monday at the White House.  A glowing review! SEE ALSO: Trump and Mitch McConnell formally announce bromance in weird Rose Garden press conferenceGingrich has replaced the original tweet with a legible version.  "Sometimes my
  
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• Celebrities Call Out The Stigma Surrounding Pregnancy Loss In Moving Video

  16-10-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  In July, “The Big Bang Theory” star Melissa Rauch published an essay for Glamour about her miscarriage experience.
  
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• Witcher Dev CD Projekt Red Talks Cyberpunk 2077, Studio Culture Amid Staff Morale Concerns

  16-10-2017 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  With development on The Witcher 3 and its DLC complete, and work on Gwent and Cyberpunk 2077 underway, there hasn't been much word out of CD Projekt Red recently. That is, with the exception of some criticism from ex-employees on Glassdoor--a site used to review companies and supervisors--which has now made enough waves to warrant a response from the studio itself.In an open letter published on Twitter, co-founder Marcin Iwinski and studio head Adam Badowski spoke about the studio's culture and
  
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• Trump Says His Predecessors Didn’t Call The Families Of Fallen Service Members. That's Not True.

  16-10-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Facing heat for not publicly commenting on the deadly ambush of four U.S. soldiers in Niger on Oct. 4, President Donald Trump tried Monday to convince reporters that he is actually more caring and compassionate to the troops than any of his predecessors were.
  
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• Thousands Are Fleeing Puerto Rico. Some Don't Know If They'll Ever Return

  16-10-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Deborah Drahus Capo knew she’d have to leave Puerto Rico the moment she emerged from the bathroom where she had holed up throughout Hurricane Maria last month.
  
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• Flight crew accused of 'screaming' as plane plummets 20,000 feet in minutes

  16-10-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  A scary moment up in the air turned even more horrific as passengers aboard a plummeting plane claimed the flight crew started freaking out. AirAsia flight QZ535 left from Perth, Australia Sunday  and headed to Bali, Indonesia. However,  shortly after takeoff the plane dropped almost 23,800 feet in nine minutes, according to the Associated Press. SEE ALSO: Scared of flying? For the love of God, don't watch this video. The pressurization issue in the cabin prompted oxygen masks to drop
  
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• Passenger in Fiery N.Y.C. Crash Burned to Death After Driver Allegedly Abandoned Her and Hailed a Taxi

  16-10-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  A Queens woman is dead after a fiery car accident, and the man police say was driving faces charges after allegedly fleeing the scene in a taxi, PEOPLE confirms
  
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• Site of IS beheadings in Raqqa seized by Kurdish-led force

  16-10-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Raqqa's infamous public square where Islamic State militants used to perform brutal executions and beheadings has been captured Monday by the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force fighting the extremist group in Syria, as officials say they expect the city to fall "within a few days."
  
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• Alyssa Milano's #MeToo Campaign Prompts Thousands to Share Sexual Harassment and Assault Stories

  16-10-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  The initiative has brought responses from such famous faces as Lady Gaga, Debra Messing and Rosario Dawson.
  
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• Pink Gets Real About Her Sometimes-Sexless Marriage

  16-10-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  Raise your glass to Pink for getting real about the realities of monogamy.
  
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• Iraqi forces seize oil city Kirkuk from Kurds in bold advance

  16-10-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  By Maher Chmaytelli and Mustafa MahmoudBAGHDAD/KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi government forces captured the major Kurdish-held oil city of Kirkuk on Monday, responding to a Kurdish referendum on independence with a bold lightning strike that transforms the balance of power in the country.A convoy of armored vehicles from Iraq's elite U.S.-trained Counter-Terrorism Force seized Kirkuk's provincial government headquarters on Monday afternoon, less than a day after the operation began, a Reuters r
  
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• ISIS Heads Killed, Philippines Vows Rest 'Will Crumble'

  16-10-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  The head of the Philippine military said only about 30 militants remained in the formerly ISIS-held city and that victory would come "in a matter of days."
  
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• New Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite Premium DLC Costumes Arrive Tomorrow

  16-10-2017 21:27 via gamespot.com
  
  The first three DLC fighters for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite make their debut tomorrow, October 17, but they won't be the only downloadable content on the way that day. Today, Capcom revealed that an array of DLC costumes will also be available for the crossover fighting game.A total of 18 premium costumes will go on sale tomorrow. All of the skins can be purchased individually for $4; Capcom will also offer three themed costume packs, each of which consists of six outfits and runs for $12. You
  
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• McConnell Hits Back At Steve Bannon: 'Winners Make Policy, Losers Go Home'

  16-10-2017 21:27 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday responded to reports that former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is recruiting candidates to challenge GOP incumbents in next year’s midterm elections as a way to better advance the president’s agenda.
  
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• Trump falsely says Obama did not call families of dead soldiers

  16-10-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  In an attempt to defend his lack of public statements about four soldiers killed in Niger, President Trump falsely claimed that previous presidents did not call the families of dead soldiers — name-checking former President Barack Obama specifically as one of those who did not.
  
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• James Bond Funko Pops Revealed, Including Blofeld, Oddjob And Jaws

  16-10-2017 21:18 via gamespot.com
  
  After first announcing they were coming at San Diego Comic-Con, Funko has revealed the first wave of James Bond Pop figures that will be yours to own before the end of 2017. The line covers several Bond films and includes four different versions of the famed secret agent and some of his most notable foes from throughout the franchise.Bond himself is represented with his looks from both Goldfinger (Sean Connery) and The Spy Who Loved Me (Roger Moore)--black tuxedo and white tuxedo, respectively--
  
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• PlayStation VR Drops To Just $225 (Without PS4 Camera) For A Limited Time

  16-10-2017 21:11 via gamespot.com
  
  Price is one of the major impediments to widespread adoption of virtual reality. Like other VR headset manufacturers, Sony has worked to address that--earlier this year, it cut the price of a bundle that includes PlayStation VR and its required camera, but that didn't do anything for people who already owned a PS4 camera. A new deal at Target, however, looks to be a great option.Target sells the PSVR headset on its own for $300. A Target Cartwheel coupon this week cuts its price by 25%, bringing
  
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• Everything You Need To Host The Perfect Thanksgiving Dinner

  16-10-2017 21:10 via yahoo.com
  Whether you’re hosting Thanksgiving dinner for the first time or you’ve held this event for decades, there are certain pitfalls that are hard to avoid in Thanksgiving prep.
  
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• North Korea warns states: Don't join any U.S. action and you're safe

  16-10-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  North Korea warned countries at the United Nations on Monday in a statement: don't join the United States in military action against the Asian state and you will be safe from retaliation.The caution was contained in a copy of North Korean Deputy U.N. Ambassador Kim In Ryong's prepared remarks for a discussion on nuclear weapons by a U.N. General Assembly committee."As long as one does not take part in the U.S. military actions against the DPRK (North Korea), we have no intention to use or threat
  
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• Big Xbox One Update Out Now, Here's What It Adds

  16-10-2017 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The new Xbox One Fall dashboard update has been available, in some form at least, for the past few months. Now, Microsoft has concluded the pre-release testing phase and is ready to roll it out worldwide, beginning today.The focus of the Fall update is personalization. One of the biggest new things you will notice is that the Home screen is changed significantly with the introduction of content "blocks." Anyone who has used the Xbox One dashboard knows well that it can be difficult at times to f
  
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• Parents Turn Son's Wheelchair Into Elaborate Halloween Costumes

  16-10-2017 20:56 via yahoo.com
  When Halloween night rolls around, all eyes in Melrose Park, Illinois, will be on Anthony Alfano.
  
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• Trump Scandals Could Put Pence at Legal Risk

  16-10-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Jane Mayer, staff writer for the New Yorker, talks with Rachel Maddow about Mike Pence's key roles in the failure to vet Mike Flynn and the obfuscation of the firing James Comey and the legal jeopardy he could face as a result.
  
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• Groundbreaking gravitational wave discovery shows Einstein's brilliance yet again

  16-10-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Even 100 years after the fact, Albert Einstein is still getting his due.  On Monday, more than a thousand astronomers and physicists around the world celebrated the announcement of a landmark discovery. For the first time, researchers saw the immediate aftermath of the merger of two neutron stars — leftover stellar remnants packed with more mass than our sun but with the diameter as small as the city of Boston. SEE ALSO: Researchers watched as gold was made millions of light-years fro
  
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• How Harvey Weinstein got away with it for so long

  16-10-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  Only a small percentage of sexual assaults result in criminal charges, and even fewer with convictions. As a result, many victims don’t even bother filing complaints. And powerful men, from the president on down, face few lasting consequences.
  
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• Just a miniature horse riding in the back of a car

  16-10-2017 20:30 via yahoo.com
  Sometimes, you need to make do with what you've got. Hannah Waskel was driving in Altoona, Iowa, with her friends on Saturday when they pulled up to a red light and spotted something a little off. In the back seat of the compact car next to them, they saw a miniature horse, just chilling. SEE ALSO: Woman tests limits of pet-friendly motel with her horseThis is the most Iowa thing that has EVER happened to me pic.twitter.com/H4qjYBJ3bC — Hannah (@hannahwaskel) October 14, 2017“This is
  
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• Grab A Cheap Nintendo Switch Memory Card Today Only In The US

  16-10-2017 20:21 via gamespot.com
  
  With Super Mario Odyssey's release coming up later this month, the Nintendo Switch's library of games is set to grow with another notable title. But there's already no shortage of great games to play, particularly on the Eshop. Switch ships with only 32 GB of storage, and just 25.9 GB of that is actually usable. Whether you've already run out of space or are worried about doing so in the future, now is as good of a time as any to add some additional storage.Among Amazon's daily deals is one feat
  
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• Wonder Woman Blu-ray Deluxe Bundle Giveaway (UK Only)

  16-10-2017 20:17 via gamespot.com
  
  The DC Super Hero blockbuster Wonder Woman is out now on 4K UHD, Blu-ray™ 3D, Blu-ray™ and DVD. To celebrate, we've teamed up with Warner Bros. to offer you the chance to win one of three bundles, including a copy of the movie on Blu-ray™, a poster, key chain, and mug. Wonder Woman saw huge success when it hit cinemas this summer, smashing the box office records. Director Patty Jenkins brought the classic DC hero to screens with Gal Gadot in the lead role, and Chris Pine suppor
  
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• Bowe Bergdahl Has Pleaded Guilty to Deserting an Army Base in Afghanistan

  16-10-2017 20:17 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban after walking off his military base in Afghanistan, has pleaded guilty to charges related to the high-profile incident.
  
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• Watch the Very Scientific Fidget Spinner Experiment NASA Performed in Space

  16-10-2017 20:01 via yahoo.com
  Astronauts put a new spin on the trendy toy.
  
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