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• WWE 2K18 Review Roundup

  19-10-2017 23:55 via gamespot.com
  
  The latest wrestling game from WWE and 2K Sports, WWE 2K18, is now available for everyone on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. This year's installment of the annual wrestling series features the largest roster of wrestlers in a WWE game to date, as well as a handful of new gameplay elements such as eight-player matches and a free-roaming backstage.Despite the game's beautiful visuals and added features, WWE 2K18 doesn't address many of the issues that have been plaguing the series. In GameSpot's
  
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• Mars Has a Mysterious "Tail," According to New Find From NASA Spacecraft

  19-10-2017 23:53 via yahoo.com
  So wonderfully weird.
  
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• Gold Star Father Khizr Khan On Trump: 'He Has Embarrassed The Nation'

  19-10-2017 23:47 via yahoo.com
  A Gold Star father whose son died while serving in Iraq and who became part of the contentious 2016 presidential campaign said President Donald Trump simply can’t comprehend what it means to make the “ultimate sacrifice” for his country.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein being investigated by LAPD for alleged rape in 2013

  19-10-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  Harvey Weinstein is being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department for an alleged rape that occurred in 2013, police Captain Billy Hayes confirmed on Thursday.
  
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• A SoCal Brunch Spot Was Caught Using Popeyes Chicken In Its Dishes

  19-10-2017 23:38 via yahoo.com
  One trendy restaurant is bringing a whole new meaning to the term “sourced locally.”
  
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• Newlywed Dies While Snorkeling with His Wife During Honeymoon in the Maldives

  19-10-2017 23:32 via yahoo.com
  A 30-year-old newlywed from Dublin, Ireland, died while snorkeling on his honeymoon in the Maldives — just two weeks after getting married
  
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• Quentin Tarantino says he 'knew enough' to act on Weinstein: 'I wish I had taken responsibility for what I heard'

  19-10-2017 23:30 via yahoo.com
  Quentin Tarantino is speaking out after years of privately downplaying rumors of Harvey Weinstein's offensive and at times illicit behavior.
  
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• Sonic Funko Pops Are Coming Because Of Course They Are

  19-10-2017 23:28 via gamespot.com
  
  Having already created adorable-looking figures for just about everything under the sun, toy company Funko has now announced Pop toys for Sonic the Hedgehog. These will include keychains and the vinyl toys that the company is perhaps best known for.The keychain is of Sonic himself, though Funko wasn't ready to share a final image of what this will look like. As for the vinyl toys, there are two versions of Sonic (one holding an emerald and the other a gold ring), along with a figure based on the
  
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• Experts: Hard for jurors to convict when cops are on trial

  19-10-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The hard-won conviction of a white former Oklahoma police officer who fatally shot his daughter's unarmed black boyfriend shows the difficulty prosecutors have in convincing jurors to put someone who carries a badge and a gun behind bars, legal experts said Thursday.
  
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• $30 Mini Wired PS4 Controller Launches This Holiday

  19-10-2017 23:25 via gamespot.com
  
  PlayStation 4 owners in the market for a new controller, particularly if they have a little player 2 running around the house, will soon have a cheap new option. Sony has announced a miniature wired PS4 controller, which will go on sale across the US and Canada this holiday season.The mini PS4 controller is an officially licensed gamepad from Hori that was "designed with younger gamers in mind" according to the announcement post on PlayStation Blog. The controller is 40% smaller than a standard
  
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• Man In Pikachu Costume Jumps White House Fence

  19-10-2017 23:06 via gamespot.com
  
  This should serve as a warning: Not even Pokemon can evade the Secret Service. Curtis Combs, a 36-year-old man from Kentucky, was taken into custody by the Secret Service Tuesday, October 17, after he jumped a fence surrounding the White House.While people trying to enter the White House grounds without approval is nothing new, CNN reports Combs stands out for attempting to do so while wearing a Pikachu costume. According to a police report, he jumped a concrete barrier on the south side of the
  
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• North Korea Attack Survival Guide Published as Manga

  19-10-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  “We decided to release the manga after hearing from our residents that the current manual is hard to understand,” a Hokkaido official said.
  
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• 24 Senators Back Latest Health Care Proposal, Offering Hope It Could Pass

  19-10-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) on Thursday formally introduced their proposal to shore up the Affordable Care Act’s private insurance markets.
  
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• First Team To Beat Destiny 2's Prestige Leviathan Raid Used An Exploit

  19-10-2017 22:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Update: It's been discovered that Clan Redeem used an exploit to become the world's first team to complete the Leviathan Prestige Raid. However, this is not the same bug that caused Bungie to delay the Raid; instead, it's the so-called coil glitch that has been around since September. This is shown to be the case in a gameplay clip of Redeem making its way through the Raid--you can actually hear one player announce the glitch's use during a stream. So far, Bungie has not addressed the situation,
  
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• Kelly defends Trump on casualties, attacks 'selfish' congresswoman

  19-10-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  White House chief of staff John Kelly on Thursday delivered an impassioned defense of President Trump’s outreach to families of four Americans recently killed in Niger.
  
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• In Turkish move into Syria, a sign of how Russia is shaping the country

  19-10-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  For most of the Syrian civil war, there have been two constants of Turkish policy: support for opposition forces seeking the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, and concern about the growing strength of the Kurds in northern Syria, whom Ankara regards as a direct threat.The move put Turkish forces in close proximity of the Kurdish enclave of Afrin, home to a Syrian Kurdish faction, the Democratic Union Party, whose military wing the US has armed.
  
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• Peter Facinelli Says He Had to Go Through a 'Healing Process' After Divorcing Jennie Garth

  19-10-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  Peter Facinelli and Jennie Garth have remained close since divorcing in 2013, even vacationing together with their significant others and daughters last March at Dreams Playa Mujeres Golf & Spa Resort in Cancún, Mexico
  
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• White supremacist shouted down at Florida college speech

  19-10-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  Hundreds of protesters shouted down white supremacist leader Richard Spencer Thursday at a university in Florida, forcing him to leave the stage without delivering his speech.Spencer, a leader of the so-called alt-right movement that includes white supremacists, neo-Nazis and supporters of the Ku Klux Klan, was one of the organizers of the August march in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which a far-right supporter drove his car into a crowd of demonstrators, killing a 32-year-old woman.
  
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• Valve's Steam Link PC Game Streaming Box Is Incredibly Cheap Right Now

  19-10-2017 22:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Those in the market to play PC games on their TV can pick up a Steam Link at a heavy discount right now. It's unclear if this is a price error, but a bundle that consists of the streaming box and an $11 game can currently be had for less than $9, although you will have to pay shipping.The bundle itself treats the Steam Link as a $1 purchase--quite the discount, given that it's regularly priced at $50. With the game, Icey, being discounted to $7.69, the bundle's price is $8.69. Given this is a ph
  
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• Three million Americans carry a handgun daily: study

  19-10-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  As many as three million people in the United States carry a loaded handgun daily, while nine million do so at least once a month, according to a US study Thursday.Most of these gun-toting Americans are young men, live in the south and say personal protection is a top reason for walking around with a deadly weapon, said the report in the American Journal of Public Health."It was important to study handgun carrying because about 90 percent of all firearm homicides and nonfatal firearm crimes for
  
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• Nintendo Switch Update Secretly Adds Wireless Headphone Support

  19-10-2017 21:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo released a big update for Nintendo Switch this week, introducing the ability to record short gameplay video clips. As it turns out, it looks as if the update actually adds more than Nintendo let on in its official patch notes.Users on Reddit have discovered that Switch now supports headphones through USB when in docked mode--including wireless ones. GameSpot has verified the system now works with Sony's PlayStation Gold Wireless headset, which is intended for use with PS4 but also works
  
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• Woman charged with beating teacher she says choked her child

  19-10-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A woman who claims a public school teacher choked her daughter while disciplining her has been charged with following the teacher after school, hitting her with a brick and then pulling her from her car and beating her.
  
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• White House confirms Trump told widow 'he knew what he was getting into' before saying it was 'totally fabricated'

  19-10-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  White House Chief of Staff John Kelly says that he coached Donald Trump on what to say to the widow of a US soldier killed in action, and told him to express to her that her husband had acted honourably in making the decision to accept a dangerous position as a soldier.Mr Kelly clarified the context of that statement as well.Speaking to reporters in the White House, he said that he had counselled Mr Trump not to make the call at all, but that the President had insisted.
  
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• Game Of Thrones' Jon Snow Is 'Looking Forward' To Series Finale

  19-10-2017 21:41 via gamespot.com
  
  It's been a long journey, but Game of Thrones is coming to a close. As the cast of the HBO series prepares to begin shooting their final episodes, Kit Harington is already looking forward to life after the series.Speaking with Digital Spy, the man who plays Jon Snow admits, "Thrones is coming to the end at the right time for me, and everyone involved in it." While the end is certainly sad news for fans that have come to love the characters that inhabit Westeros, production on the series is no ea
  
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• Riverdale Season 2 Ratings Surge Thanks To Netflix Streaming

  19-10-2017 21:33 via gamespot.com
  
  With a number of new shows premiering, the biggest victory of the fall TV season may actually be the return of a series on The CW. After ending its first season with rather mediocre ratings, Riverdale returned on October 11 to quite a surprise--a much larger audience.When it comes to live ratings, the new season of the series based on Archie Comics premiered to a 60% larger audience than the series debut did early in 2017. With 2.3 million live viewers, it fell just under The Flash--2.8 million
  
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• John Kelly 'Stunned' By 'Selfish' Congresswoman Who Recounted Trump's Call With Soldier's Widow

  19-10-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  White House chief of staff John Kelly said Thursday that he is dismayed that a Florida congresswoman mad President Donald Trump’s phone call with the family of a soldier killed in combat, in which the president said the man “must’ve known what he signed up for.”
  
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• A Big Change In 'Stranger Things' Season 2 Will Make You Say 'Hell Yeah!'

  19-10-2017 21:20 via yahoo.com
  Thanks to its young cast, Season 2 of “Stranger Things” won’t just be good.
  
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• Thor: Ragnarok Clip Confirms Who Is The Strongest Avenger

  19-10-2017 21:15 via gamespot.com
  
  By this point, it should come as a surprise to absolutely nobody that comedy is playing a major role in Thor: Ragnarok. While the previous Thor films have been firmly planted in the mythology behind the god of thunder and his home world of Asgard, director Taika Waititi is making sure his take on the franchise is as fun as possible.That's on full display in a new clip from Ragnarok, which puts Thor (Chris Hemsworth) in his place, as far as where he ranks within the Avengers team. When trying to
  
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• New Destiny 2 Update Out Now On PS4 And Xbox One; Here Are The Patch Notes

  19-10-2017 21:05 via gamespot.com
  
  With its scheduled maintenance concluded, Destiny 2's servers are now back online. Coinciding with this, Bungie has released a new update for the game that primarily focuses on resolving some lingering issues.There are no major new features in update 1.0.5, which is out now on both PS4 (where it's referred to as update 1.08) and Xbox One. But it does aim to ensure players no longer mistakenly lose their Raid keys. These are no longer removed with each weekly reset--a change that should
  
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• What Visceral's Closing Means For The Future Of EA

  19-10-2017 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Earlier this week, publisher EA announced it was shuttering Visceral Games, in a "pivot" that would help the studio's Star Wars game change course.In the words of EA's Patrick Soderlund, "it was shaping up to be a story-based, linear adventure," and to make a game that players will "enjoy for a long time to come," EA needed to make changes.Soderlund also said as much of Visceral's staff as possible will be moved to other projects, and EA Worldwide will take over development of the Star Wars titl
  
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• The 10 Worst Anime And Manga Adaptations Hollywood's Ever Ruined

  19-10-2017 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Which one do you hate the most?
  Hollywood keeps trying and failing with anime and manga adaptations. They’ve explored every genre possible, but it'sAmerican audiences still don't care. It's difficult to trust the quality of these films when end result is so often a disappointment.So what's the best way to know what's good, what's bad, and what's worst? With a list of course! These are the worst anime and manga adaptations Hollywood's ever insulted our intelligence with.What are your least
  
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• Gran Turismo's Sport Race On - Funhaus Vs GameSpot: Round 1

  19-10-2017 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Funhaus's Lawrence Sonntag races against GameSpot's Nick Margherita in the first Qualifying Race of Gran Turismo Sport's Race On, sponsored by PlayStation.
  
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• CIA Forced to Walk Back Director's Statement

  19-10-2017 20:54 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow shares video of CIA director Mike Pompeo stating falsely that the U.S. intelligence community's assessment is that Russia's meddling did not affect the outcome of the election. The CIA would later walk that statement back.
  
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• Orionid Meteor Shower 2017: What it is, when it's happening and where to watch it

  19-10-2017 20:36 via yahoo.com
  In several days, stargazers will witness the peak of one of the year's best shooting star displays in the United States.
  
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• Taliban attacks kill 58, nearly wipe out Afghan army camp

  19-10-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have killed at least 58 Afghan security forces in a wave of attacks across the country overnight, including an assault that nearly wiped out an army camp in southern Kandahar province, officials said Thursday.
  
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• Detective Pikachu Movie May Be Looking At Huge Names To Star

  19-10-2017 20:24 via gamespot.com
  
  Though it's been awhile since the Detective Pikachu movie has been in the news, the film is still being developed behind the scenes. With Goosebumps director Rob Letterman helming the project and a screenplay from Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Alex Hirsch (Gravity Falls), it's being rumored that some very big names are being considered to voice the little yellow Pokemon.According to a report from The Hashtag Show, Hugh Jackman, Mark Wahlberg, Ryan Reynolds, and Dwayne Johnson are
  
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• Pokemon Go Halloween Event And Gen 3 Creatures Officially Confirmed, Here's All The Details

  19-10-2017 20:23 via gamespot.com
  
  After a number of rumors surrounding Generation 3 Pokemon potentially coming to Pokemon Go soon, Niantic has now finally officially confirmed the news, at the same time as revealing its Halloween 2017 event. The company says "a number of Ghost-type Pokemon originally discovered in the Hoenn region" will arrive as part of the event, including "Sableye, Banette, and others."The event is scheduled to start on October 20 at midday PT / 3 PM ET / 8 PM BST (6 AM AET on October 21 in Australia), ending
  
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• Mario Kart 8 Switch Update Out Now, Adds Video Capture And Adjusts Blue Shell

  19-10-2017 20:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Coinciding with Nintendo Switch's big 4.0.0 firmware update, Nintendo has released a new patch for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The 1.3.0 update adds the ability to capture footage and makes a couple of gameplay tweaks, including to the dreaded Blue Shell.One of the biggest features introduced in Switch's new firmware update is the ability to record and save videos of your gameplay. With the 1.3.0 patch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is one of the four titles to support the functionality thus far (the other three
  
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• Food & Wine Kitchen Hacks: Poached Eggs

  19-10-2017 20:12 via yahoo.com
  Justin Chapple of Food & Wine demonstrates an easy way poach eggs.
  
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• Man Admits to Drowning 6-Year-Old Nephew Who Had Autism: Police

  19-10-2017 20:09 via yahoo.com
  Little Dayvid Pakko was drowned in a bathtub, then hidden in a dumpster, police said.
  
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• Check Out Mario's 8 Strangest Moments Ever

  19-10-2017 20:02 via gamespot.com
  
  In just over a week, Mario will embark on one of his biggest--and weirdest--adventures to date, Super Mario Odyssey for Nintendo Switch. As usual, his longtime nemesis Bowser has captured Princess Peach, and to rescue her, Mario will have to explore a number of sandbox-style Kingdoms like in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine.Things are a little different this time, however. Not only does Odyssey take Mario to some bizarre new worlds such as New Donk City--a metropolitan area inhabited by r
  
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• Super Mario Oddity: 8 Times Mario Got Weird

  19-10-2017 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Super Mario Odyssey is shaping up to be the most bizarre Mario game yet, so Joey’s looking at the weirdest things to ever happen in Mario’s history.
  
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• Nintendo Switch Sales Top 2 Million In US, Outsells PS4 And Xbox One During Strong September

  19-10-2017 19:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Ahead of the NPD Group's latest monthly report, Nintendo has come out in front to share the company's positive news. Switch not only outsold the competition in the United States during the month, but combined with sales of the 3DS and SNES Classic Edition, Nintendo dominated the hardware sales space.New NPD reports are often, but not always, accompanied by press releases from the various console manufacturers putting some spin on the numbers. In a release issued much earlier than usual, Nintendo
  
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• Woman Says 'American Horror Story' Motivated Her to Murder 81-Year-Old Grandfather

  19-10-2017 19:49 via yahoo.com
  Brittney Jade Dwyer, 20, allegedly stabbed her grandfather after he showed her family photos.
  
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• The Punisher Netflix Release Date Confirmed In New Trailer For Marvel's Next Series

  19-10-2017 19:48 via gamespot.com
  
  A new trailer has arrived The Punisher, the next Marvel series to premiere on Netflix. Besides showing off more footage from the upcoming show, Netflix revealed a release date, and it's quite sooner: November 17. The newly released trailer above feels like it's a miniature version of the season to come: It sets up the origin of Frank Castle (played by Jon Bernthal) as a soldier and charts his course to becoming the titular character. Like the first trailer for The Punisher, this one doesn't shy
  
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• 18 Tweets From Parents That Prove Halloween Can Be The Worst

  19-10-2017 19:47 via yahoo.com
  Halloween is typically a time for creative costumes, spooky decorations and, of course, sugar-fueled kids.
  
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• Thousands Of Protestors Show Up In Florida To Drown Out Richard Spencer's Hate

  19-10-2017 19:39 via yahoo.com
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thousands of people turned up Thursday at the University of Florida to protest an afternoon speech by a prominent white supremacist, making their message clear: Richard Spencer, and those like him, are not welcome.
  
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• 2019 Audi A7: Similarly Slinky Looks, Lots of New Technology

  19-10-2017 19:30 via yahoo.com
  Style meets practicality. Again.
  
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• Why Activision's Microtransaction Patent Worries Us

  19-10-2017 19:28 via gamespot.com
  
  We recently learned that gaming giant Activision holds a patent for a system that "drives microtransactions in multiplayer video games." Though the publisher has confirmed that the technology is not implemented in any of its games currently--including Destiny 2--the Lobby crew is less than excited about what this could mean for future games. In the video above, they examine why it could be a problem.The patent's description specifies that its methods can include matchmaking systems that influen
  
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• George W. Bush: 'Bigotry seems emboldened' in Trump era

  19-10-2017 19:24 via yahoo.com
  “We’ve seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty,” former President George W. Bush said in a rare public speech. “We’ve seen nationalism distorted into nativism.”
  
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