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• Spend $1000 On Diamonds, Get A Free Xbox One S

  12-11-2017 23:46 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft has partnered jewellery company Helzberg Diamonds for a pretty bizarre promotion. Everyone who spends $1000 or more at Helzberg's physical and online stores will get a free Xbox One S Starter Bundle.This bundle includes a 500 GB Xbox One S and three-month memberships for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass. The Microsoft/Helzberg promotion, which was announced on the Xbox Wire, starts November 22 and runs through December 24.Additionally, now through December 17, Helzberg shoppers can en
  
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• America's Mass Shooting Problem Is A Domestic Violence Problem

  12-11-2017 23:32 via yahoo.com
  It seems like there is no place in America that is immune to a mass shooting.
  
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• Lebanon PM says he will return to seek settlement

  12-11-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — In his first TV interview since he announced his surprise resignation last weekend, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Sunday he will return to his country from Saudi Arabia "within days" to seek a settlement with the militant group Hezbollah, his rivals in his coalition government.
  
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• Texas Church Shooter's Ex-Wife Says She Lived In Constant Fear Of Him

  12-11-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  The ex-wife of Devin Patrick Kelley, the 26-year-old gunman who killed 26 people in a rural Texas church last week, says she lived in “constant fear” of him during their brief marriage.
  
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• New Thor Movie Continues To Dominate The Box Office

  12-11-2017 22:52 via gamespot.com
  
  Thor: Ragnarok is still on top in US and Canadian theaters. Box office estimates supplied by Entertainment Weekly for the November 10-12 weekend show that Ragnarok is poised to make a $56.6 million during its second weekend, to hold to No. 1 by a wide margin.That's down 54 percent compared to its opening-weekend haul of $121 million, but a dropoff is expected. With this weekend's figures accounted for, Ragnarok has now made $211.6 million in the US alone after just 10 days. Internationally, Ragn
  
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• Earthquake hits Iraq near border with Iran, several killed in both countries

  12-11-2017 22:47 via yahoo.com
  By Raya Jalabi and Ahmed RasheedBAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - At least four people died in Iraq and several were killed across the border in Iran on Sunday when a strong earthquake hit the region, officials and state media in the two countries said.The US Geological Survey said the quake measured a magnitude of 7.3, while an Iraqi meteorology official put its magnitude at6.5 with the epicenter in Penjwin in Sulaimaniyah province in the Kurdistan region close to the main border crossing with Ir
  
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• Elon Musk Reveals Details on "Mind Blowing" Tesla Semi Truck Debut

  12-11-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  "This will be a very spry truck."
  
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• Maduro says Venezuela will 'never' default on its massive debt

  12-11-2017 22:43 via yahoo.com
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro insisted on Sunday that his cash-strapped country would "never" default, as he prepared to meet with creditors in Caracas to discuss rescheduling part of the country's massive $150 billion debt."Never, default will never reach Venezuela," he declared on his weekly television show.Maduro pointed to ongoing negotiations with his allies China and Russia, to which Venezuela owes, respectively, $28 billion and $8 billion.
  
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• Advertisers ditch Sean Hannity's show after Roy Moore interview

  12-11-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  Two companies, Realtor.com and Keurig, have pulled advertisements from Fox News host Sean Hannity’s programme after he interviewed Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.The Republican running the special election on 12 December has come under criticism for allegations of sexual abuse of teenage girls - all of which Mr Moore has denied.“Every single person in this country deserves the presumption of innocence,” said Mr Hannity during the programme, which included ad spots from both
  
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• US investigators return to scene of Niger ambush: military

  12-11-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  US investigators on Sunday returned to a village in Niger where four American soldiers were killed in an ambush in October carried out by Islamist militants, the military said.The news came a day after the Washington Post citing villagers reported that Sgt La David Johnson, one of the four, was found with his arms tied and a gaping wound to the back of the head.The investigative team, comprising US and Nigerien officials, "returned to the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger, on Nov. 12 in order to gai
  
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• Battle Royale Mode Coming To Crytek's Shooter Warface

  12-11-2017 22:25 via gamespot.com
  
  With PUBG taking the world by storm, it's no big surprise to see other games following suit with their own Hunger Games-like Battle Royale modes. Now, Crysis developer Crytek has announced that its free-to-play shooter, Warface, is adding a Battle Royale mode. In a blog post, Crytek said its Battle Royale mode is "experimental" in nature and will only be available for a "limited time." Similar to PUBG, Warface's Battle Royale mode is kill-or-be-killed mode where every player fights alone until o
  
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• Raw: Iraqi Forces Find Mass Graves

  12-11-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  Iraqi officials said Sunday up to 400 bodies of civilians and security forces had been found in an abandoned base near Hawija, a northern town retaken from the Islamic State group in early October. (Nov. 12)
  
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• The Powerful Earthquake Along the Iran-Iraq Border Has Killed More Than 400 People

  12-11-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  Iran sits on many major fault lines and is prone to near-daily quakes
  
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• Lebanon Prime Minister Says He Will Return to Country 'Very Soon'

  12-11-2017 21:20 via yahoo.com
  In a TV interview, Saad Hariri said he resigned to protect Lebanon from imminent danger
  
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• Carrie Underwood Recovering After Breaking Wrist In Fall

  12-11-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  Country music star Carrie Underwood is recovering after reportedly breaking her wrist in a fall outside her home in Nashville, Tennessee.
  
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• Partisan divide grows in US states, with mixed results

  12-11-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Democrats have hit the political trifecta in New Jersey and Washington state, seizing complete control of the governor's office and legislative chambers in the 2017 elections.
  
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• Remembrance Sunday: Queen watches Whitehall service from balcony for first time as Prince Charles lays her wreath

  12-11-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  The Prince of Wales has led the nation in honouring the country's war dead on Remembrance Sunday, as the Queen observed the service from a balcony. The Queen asked Charles to lay her wreath at the Cenotaph, in the first time the monarch has broken with tradition and not performed the symbolic duty while in attendance at the Whitehall service. A two-minute silence took place at 11am and wreaths were laid at the foot of the Whitehall memorial by senior royals and political leaders including Prime
  
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• Wyoming veteran returns historical item to Germany

  12-11-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  CODY, Wyo. (AP) — U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Cody resident Bill Buntyn knew he had something special when he purchased an old German banner in 1983 at a military surplus auction in Ohio.
  
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• In demanding Hariri's return, Lebanese find rare unity

  12-11-2017 20:10 via yahoo.com
  By Imad CreidiBEIRUT (Reuters) - A country long divided by sectarian conflicts, Lebanon has found a rare point of unity since Saad al-Hariri's shock resignation as prime minister: Lebanese of all stripes want him to come back from Saudi Arabia and to continue his work as premier.Hariri left Beirut for Riyadh on Nov. 3 and resigned the following day in a speech that caught even his closest aides off guard.The Lebanese authorities believe Saudi Arabia forced Hariri to resign and is holding him aga
  
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• Call Of Duty: WW2 Fails To Earn Its Campaign's Setting

  12-11-2017 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  In 2003, former Medal of Honor developers released their first game as a new studio. Although it began development under the codename "MOH Killer," it would soon be known as Call of Duty.Flash forward 14 years, and the Call of Duty franchise has become a video game juggernaut, selling over 250 million units in sales, from three separate studios, over the course of its lifetime. It's gone from World War II, to the Cold War, to the future, and back again. With its most recent release, Call of Duty
  
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• Watch Tekken 7 DLC In Action Where We Play As Fatal Fury's Geese Howard

  12-11-2017 19:51 via gamespot.com
  
  With Akuma in the Tekken 7 roster, anticipation grew for additional character crossing over from other franchises. In the upcoming DLC for the recently released fighting game, developers Bandai Namco is giving us one SNK's iconic fighters in Geese Howard, who is featured in the Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series. We got hands-on time with an early version of Geese Howard to get a feel for his move set and how he matches up with other Tekken characters.Fans of SNK fighting games will recogniz
  
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• Tekken 7 DLC Gameplay Shows Fatal Fury's Geese Howard In Action

  12-11-2017 19:51 via gamespot.com
  
  With Akuma in the Tekken 7 roster, anticipation grew for additional character crossing over from other franchises. In the upcoming DLC for the recently released fighting game, developers Bandai Namco is giving us one SNK's iconic fighters in Geese Howard, who is featured in the Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series. We got hands-on time with an early version of Geese Howard to get a feel for his move set and how he matches up with other Tekken characters.Fans of SNK fighting games will recogniz
  
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• Israel signals free hand in Syria as U.S., Russia expand truce

  12-11-2017 19:21 via yahoo.com
  By Dan WilliamsJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel signaled on Sunday that it would keep up military strikes across its frontier with Syria to prevent any encroachment by Iranian-allied forces, even as the United States and Russia try to build up a ceasefire in the area.U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday affirmed joint efforts to stabilize Syria as its civil war wanes, including with the expansion of a July 7 truce in the southwestern triangle bordering Israel
  
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• White House official: Roy Moore has 'more explaining' to do

  12-11-2017 19:19 via yahoo.com
  White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short said on Sunday that if the allegations against Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore are true, there’s a “special place in hell” for him — but cautioned against a rush to judgment.
  
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• U.S. House will reject total elimination of state and local tax deductions: Brady

  12-11-2017 19:12 via yahoo.com
  By Doina ChiacuWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the House of Representatives' tax-writing committee said on Sunday he would not accept elimination of a federal deduction for state and local taxes, opposing a proposal from Senate Republicans that would hike taxes for some middle class Americans.House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady said he guaranteed the deduction would not be entirely scrapped in afinal tax bill that emerges from dueling plans already unveiled by Republicans in t
  
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• Former Top Intelligence Chiefs: Trump Being 'Played' By Putin

  12-11-2017 19:00 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Two former top U.S. intelligence officials on Sunday denounced President Donald Trump’s repeated refusal to definitively affirm Russian meddling in the 2016 election, saying the president is being manipulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Florida man accused of riding lawn mower while drunk

  12-11-2017 18:51 via yahoo.com
  A man has been arrested after police say they witnessed him riding a lawn mower on a Florida highway while carrying a case of beer.The police officer prevented Mr Alleshouse from continuing to drive the lawn mower and claimed he could detect a potent smell of alcohol coming from him.Investigators say Mr Alleshouse, who has now been arrested on a drunk driving charge, was carrying a case of beer and driving the red snapper lawn mower erratically.
  
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• Pollution spikes in Delhi amid warnings no relief in sight

  12-11-2017 18:50 via yahoo.com
  Air pollution in New Delhi worsened again Sunday and officials warned of little relief in sight from the smog, which has even caused one airline to cancel flights to the world's most polluted capital.The US embassy website Sunday showed levels of the smallest and most harmful airborne pollutants reached 676, about 27 times the World Health Organization's safe maximum, after falling slightly late last week.Delhi authorities have halted all construction, shut brick kilns and banned lorries from en
  
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• Trump offers to mediate in South China Sea row

  12-11-2017 18:23 via yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump offered Sunday to mediate in a territorial dispute over the resource-rich South China Sea, after years of Chinese island-building in the contested waters.Trump's surprise proposal to insert himself into the decades-long row risked a backlash from China, which has repeatedly said the United States has no role to play in what it insists is a series of bilateral issues."If I can help mediate or arbitrate, please let me know... I am a very good mediator," Trump told Vietnam
  
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• Crisis-stricken GE to unveil painful roadmap to recovery

  12-11-2017 18:19 via yahoo.com
  Iconic American industrial behemoth General Electric, which has lost investor confidence amid bad investment decisions, is preparing to slice up its empire again, selling major business segments and laying off thousands."There is no sacred cow," newly installed CEO John Flannery has said repeatedly about the need to cut costs and restructure."They have a crisis of investor confidence," he told AFP.
  
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• Frozen treats, other supplies rocketing toward space station

  12-11-2017 18:18 via yahoo.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A stash of frozen treats and other supplies rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday, this time from Virginia's cold eastern shore.
  
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• Advertisers Ditch Sean Hannity Over His Coverage Of Roy Moore’s Alleged Pursuit of Teens

  12-11-2017 18:16 via yahoo.com
  At least five companies have announced they will not advertise during Sean Hannity’s TV and radio shows following the host’s coverage of Alabama Senate candidate and accused pedophile Roy Moore.
  
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• 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1: Here It Is

  12-11-2017 18:13 via yahoo.com
  The King of the Hill is back.
  
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• Roy Moore: politicians of both parties call Trump's response too weak

  12-11-2017 18:05 via yahoo.com
  Judge Roy Moore speaks in Alabama.Politicians from both sides of the aisle said on Sunday Donald Trump’s handling of allegations of sexual misconduct against Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, was not good enough and he should call for Moore to withdraw.
  
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• Donald Trump backtracks on Russia hack as former intelligence chiefs warn he is being 'played' by Putin

  12-11-2017 18:04 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump poses a threat to American national security because he is vulnerable to being “played” by Russia, according to two former intelligence chiefs. Their comments on Sunday came after Mr Trump tried to walk back his claim that he believed Vladimir Putin’s denials that Russia did not meddle in last year’s American election. But John Brennan, former director of the CIA, and James Clapper, former director of the National Security Agency, condemned his
  
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• A Young Holocaust Victim Left Behind a Clue That Would Reunite Her Family Decades Later

  12-11-2017 18:00 via yahoo.com
  The finding of a pendant with a possible link to Anne Frank at the site of a concentration camp has led to an unlikely family reunion
  
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• Bruce: 2017 elections 'absolutely about Donald Trump'

  12-11-2017 17:58 via yahoo.com
  The Powerhouse Roundtable discusses this week in politics.
  
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• This stunning kitty is like two adorable cats in one

  12-11-2017 17:42 via yahoo.com
  Meet Quimera, the (maybe) chimera. This striking creature looks like two cats in one. One side of her face is orange, with an amber eye; the other is black, with a blue eye. SEE ALSO: Get your fluffy cat snuggles without the catA post shared by Quimera twofacedcat (@gataquimera) on Oct 11, 2016 at 8:41pm PDTThough Quimera's name means "chimera" in Spanish, it's unclear if she's a real chimera (i.e., an individual made up of cells from two or more different embryos) or just a normal cat who happe
  
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• Mass Graves Found in Iraq Could Contain 400 Bodies

  12-11-2017 17:22 via yahoo.com
  The graves are in an area recently retaken from the Islamic State group
  
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• Mom and Boyfriend Charged After 3-Year-Old Found Dead in Woods: Police

  12-11-2017 17:16 via yahoo.com
  The young mom's boyfriend allegedly kicked the child in the head.
  
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• 21 Children, 2 Adults Injured In Gym Stairwell Collapse

  12-11-2017 17:14 via yahoo.com
  A wooden platform and stairwell at Vault PK, an acrobatic gym in San Diego, collapsed Saturday on Kids Night, sending many children to the hospital to be treated for spinal injuries, scrapes and bruises.
  
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• Texas Shooting Exposes Gaps in Background Checks

  12-11-2017 17:12 via yahoo.com
  After the Air Force failed to flag a conviction that would have prevented Devin Kelley from buying the rifle he used in the Texas church shooting, the Department of Defense says it’s reviewing how the military reports information to federal databases.
  
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• ISIS Threat Persists in Philippines

  12-11-2017 17:10 via yahoo.com
  The Philippine army recently retook the city of Marawi after it was an ISIS stronghold for five months. However, while the battle may be over, the threat from ISIS is not.
  
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• GOP Sen. Pat Toomey Calls On Roy Moore To Step Aside From Alabama Race

  12-11-2017 17:04 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) says Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, who has been accused of sexual misconduct with teenage girls, should withdraw from the race.
  
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• Jared Kushner 'told CNN to fire a fifth of its staff' over its presidential election coverage

  12-11-2017 16:44 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, reportedly urged a top executive at CNN's parent company to fire a fifth of its staff over its coverage of the presidential election.Mr Kushner told Time Warner executive Gary Ginsberg that the broadcaster should sack 20 per cent of its employees because their analysis of the outcome of the November's vote had been wrong, according to the Wall Street Journal.A White House official claimed Mr Kushner had been joking but sources at the m
  
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• Gala glitz masks Asia's tensions as Trump winds up tour

  12-11-2017 16:40 via yahoo.com
  By Steve Holland and Karen LemaMANILA (Reuters) - Leaders from across Asia joined U.S. President Donald Trump at an extravagant gala dinner in the Philippines' capital on Sunday, a show of amity in a region fraught with tensions that have lurked behind his marathon tour of the continent.Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte set the tone of cordiality ahead of the two days of summit meetings he will host, suggesting that despite their differences over claims to the South China Sea, the leaders sh
  
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• Texas church members gather for 1st time since attack

  12-11-2017 16:39 via yahoo.com
  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Hundreds of people will gather in the tiny town of Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday to worship with surviving members of a local church where a shooting rampage left more than two dozen people dead.
  
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• Serena Williams Wishes Her Fiancé Would Stop Buying Their Daughter So Many Things

  12-11-2017 16:36 via yahoo.com
  Serena Williams wishes her fiance Alexis Ohanian would stop buying their 10-week-old daughter so many things
  
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• Donald Trump downplaying Russian election meddling is threat to national security, says James Clapper

  12-11-2017 16:32 via yahoo.com
  Mr Clapper was speaking alongside former CIA Director John Brennan on CNN regarding Mr Trump's tepid comments on his current Asia tour after conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin."The threat posed by Russia, as John just said, is manifest and obvious.
  
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• 60,000 Join Far-Right March on Poland's Independence Day

  12-11-2017 15:56 via yahoo.com
  Nationalists marched in a demonstration organized by far-right groups
  
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