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• Every Superhero Who's Ever Been In The Justice League, Part 3: Mister Miracle To Zauriel

  27-11-2017 23:59 via gamespot.com
  
  While the Justice League in the latest DC movie features just a handful of heroes, the history of the team in the comic books is a lot more complex. Since their creation in 1960, the team has seen over 150 members in a wide variety of divisions, offshoots, alternate versions, and reimaginings. From Justice Leagues America, Europe, and International to Justice League Dark and Justice League Elite, and through the various timelines and reboots like Flashpoint, New 52, and Rebirth, it all gets a b
  
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• Vandals Shatter Windows At A Mosque In Poland

  27-11-2017 23:37 via yahoo.com
  Vandals reportedly smashed the ground-floor windows of a mosque in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday, leaving worshippers worried about a growing atmosphere of intolerance toward Muslims in the country.
  
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• New On Netflix This Week: Broadchurch, My Little Pony, Ace Ventura, And More

  27-11-2017 23:36 via gamespot.com
  
  The final week of November, along with December 1, bring a slew of new TV shows and movies of Netflix. What better way to kick off a holiday season loaded with discovering new gems and binge-watching them?On the TV side, the week brings the final season of Broadchurch, starring David Tennant. The British drama first premiere on ITV in the UK earlier in 2017. The final season sees Alec Hardy (Tennant) and Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) teaming up one last time to solve a crime. The acclaimed series
  
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• PlayStation Had Best Black Friday Ever In Terms Of Console Sales

  27-11-2017 23:23 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony's PlayStation 4 brand had a strong Black Friday, it seems. PlayStation Network boss Eric Lempel said in an interview with CNBC today that more PlayStation consoles moved off shelves this Black Friday than ever before in the company's history."We had the biggest Black Friday in PlayStation history," Lempel said (via GI.biz). "We sold more consoles than we ever have in our 22-year history, and [PlayStation] Plus is a natural addition to that purchase."The PlayStation 4 was heavily discounted
  
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• Weeks after Election Day, Virginia House still in dispute

  27-11-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Democratic tidal wave on Election Day in Virginia three weeks ago has left chaos in its wake, with control of the House of Delegates still undecided and no end in sight to the dispute.
  
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• Cops Photograph Car with Massive Christmas Tree Tied to Its Roof

  27-11-2017 23:13 via yahoo.com
  Many people on Facebook thought it was a stunt right out of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation."
  
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• Lynx Mom Wrestling With Her Babies In The Snow Will Warm Your Heart

  27-11-2017 23:11 via yahoo.com
  Winter is almost here, and one lynx family couldn’t be more thrilled.
  
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• Iraqi archbishop pleads with Trump: ‘We need your help now’

  27-11-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  A senior Iraqi Catholic leader, Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, is urgently pleading with President Trump to provide millions of dollars in aid to rebuild thousands of Christian homes destroyed in the war with ISIS.
  
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• Barack Obama Congratulates Prince Harry And Meghan Markle On Engagement

  27-11-2017 23:06 via yahoo.com
  Former President Barack Obama sent his well wishes Monday afternoon to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their engagement.
  
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• Justices reject appeal over Mississippi Confederate emblem

  27-11-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from an African-American attorney who called the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag "an official endorsement of white supremacy."
  
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• Politicians Bash Donald Trump Over Use Of 'Pocahontas' Slur At Navajo Event

  27-11-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump’s use of “Pocahontas” to take a jab at Sen. Elizabeth Warren during an event honoring Native American veterans Monday sparked outrage among politicians.
  
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• Tekken Boss Katsuhiro Harada Confirmed For Brazil Game Show 2018

  27-11-2017 22:46 via gamespot.com
  
  It's still 11 months away, but we're already learning things about the 2018 Brasil Game Show. Event organisers have announced that Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada is the first confirmed international guest for next year's event.Harada will be involved in the show's opening ceremony, while he will also participate in meet-and-greet sessions with fans. Additionally, the director will give presentations and serve on the cosplay contest jury. He'll also be honoured at the event with a Lifeti
  
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• Angry driver tries to cut into Donald Trump's motorcade, swears at him

  27-11-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  President Trump's motorcade was disrupted over the weekend by an angry motorist who cut in and reportedly made obscene gestures at the president.
  
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• Supreme Court divided over legality of patent reviews

  27-11-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  By Andrew ChungWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared divided over whether a federal agency's in-house process for challenging patents violates the constitutional rights of patent owners, leaving the fate of a system that has led to a high rate of patent cancellations uncertain.In one of the most important Supreme Court patent cases in years, the nine justices heard an hour of arguments in a dispute over the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's patent review proceedi
  
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• Warning: This 1988 Home Video Of A Kid Getting A Nintendo Is Intensely Nostalgic

  27-11-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  A massive tube television on rollers, the “Ghostbusters” theme song playing in the background, a beer stein collection, striped polo shirts, gerbil cages, kitchen wallpaper, and a kid getting a new Nintendo — this video may be too ’80s for some viewers.
  
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• Destiny 2 Demo For PC, PS4, And Xbox One Launches This Week As A Free Trial

  27-11-2017 22:22 via gamespot.com
  
  Those who have yet to pick up Destiny 2 will be able to try the game on any platform starting this week. A demo is on the way in the form of a "free trial" that provides a taste of both the PvE and PvP components of the game, Activision has announced.The trial launches on November 28 and will be available on all platforms. That includes both console versions released in September, PS4 and Xbox One, as well as the PC version that launched late last month and introduced some welcome improvements,
  
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• Lebanese PM threatens to resign over Hezbollah influence

  27-11-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Monday that he will resign if the Hezbollah militant group refuses to accept a new power-sharing arrangement for Lebanon, speaking as consultations got underway in Beirut between political leaders over the government's future.
  
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• Indiana nurse loses job after saying sons of white women 'should be sacrificed'

  27-11-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  A nurse at an Indiana hospital was let go after an offensive tweet suggesting that the sons of white women "be sacrificed to the wolves" was traced back to her Twitter account.
  
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• Destiny 2 Players Angry After Discovery Of XP Restrictions; Bungie Makes Changes

  27-11-2017 22:07 via gamespot.com
  
  Bungie has found itself under fire in recent days after the discovery of a previously undisclosed XP scaling system in Destiny 2, which constrained XP gain in some situations. The studio has since acknowledged its existence and at least temporarily disabled it, but this has coincided with an increase to the amount of XP needed to level up, further frustrating some players.It all began last week when a post on the Destiny subreddit revealed that players were not necessarily earning XP as quickly
  
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• The cost of engagement rings within the royal family

  27-11-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  The news of Prince Harry’s long-anticipated engagement to actress Meghan Markle finally broke Monday morning via an official announcement from Kensigton Palace.
  
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• Mom With Cancer Who Killed Disabled Daughter Commits Suicide

  27-11-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  A woman with terminal cancer, who killed her disabled daughter with a pill overdose by way of her feeding tube, has allegedly committed suicide by overdosing on pills after recently being sentenced to go back to prison
  
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• House panel to weigh bill expanding gun rights

  27-11-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans moved forward on legislation to expand gun owners' rights, the first gun-related measure since mass shootings in Las Vegas and Texas killed more than 80 people.
  
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• Trump makes 'Pocahontas' joke at event honoring Native American veterans

  27-11-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  At an event honoring the Native American code talkers at the White House on Monday, President Trump revived one of his favorite lines of attack against Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questioning her claim she’s part Native American and calling her “Pocahontas.”
  
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• Jumanji Review Roundup: Read Critics' First Welcome To The Jungle Reactions

  27-11-2017 21:36 via gamespot.com
  
  Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, a standalone sequel to the 1995 Robin Williams film, isn't in theaters until the end of December. The first reactions from critics have arrived though, thanks to the movie being screened for press.While it may come as a surprise, the reviews thus far are very positive. The new Jumanji may not be a contender at the Academy Awards, but the word being used quite often is "fun." As GameSpot's own Mike Rougeau says, "It's light on nostalgia (besides a handful of Easter
  
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• United Airlines flight carrying hundreds of passengers sees tyres 'blow up' on landing

  27-11-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  A plane carrying hundreds of people experienced “tyre issues” upon landing, with passengers reporting that two of the tyres had exploded.The United Airlines flight 961 was landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday having departed Frankfurt International Airport hours earlier.There were 264 passengers and 15 crew on board at the time.
  
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• Is the Philippines the Next Caliphate?

  27-11-2017 21:19 via yahoo.com
  ISIS is looking to regroup, and is setting its sights eastward.
  
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• Demon's Souls Shuts Down Its Online Servers Soon, Losing Multiplayer And More

  27-11-2017 21:18 via gamespot.com
  
  The online functionality in Demon's Souls will cease to operate early next year. Sony has announced that it's ending online service for the PS3 game, which will remain playable, but without some of its more memorable components.Just three months remain for Demon's Souls' online services, as they will be shut down at the end of February. "After 9 years of reoccurring deaths and frustrations, but just as many triumphs of dedication, Demon's Souls online servers will terminate on February 28, 2018,
  
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• Woolsey Seen Talking With Trump At Mar-a-Lago

  27-11-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow looks at how Mike Flynn's views on the Turkish coup changed completely once he was on Turkey's payroll, and wonders whether investigators will be interested to know what former CIA director James Woolsey and Donald Trump.
  
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• Trump Brings Back 'Pocahontas' Slur Of Elizabeth Warren At Event For Native American Veterans

  27-11-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump made a joke about his nickname for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), “Pocahontas,” during an event honoring Native Americans Monday at the White House.Trump was recognizing Native American Code Talkers who served during World War II when he made the remark about Warren.″You were here long before any of us were here,” Trump told Code Talkers during the event.
  
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• Uncomfortable choice for Alabama GOP voters in Senate race

  27-11-2017 20:59 via yahoo.com
  HOMEWOOD, Ala. (AP) — With two weeks to go until the Alabama election for U.S. Senate, Kathie Luckie of Hoover said she is "teetering" with her choice.
  
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• Watch This British Archbishop End His Decade-Long Protest Of Robert Mugabe

  27-11-2017 20:57 via yahoo.com
  Nearly 10 years ago, Dr. John Sentamu, the archbishop of York, dramatically cut his clerical collar into pieces on live television.
  
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• No trace of Argentina sub, 12 days after it vanished

  27-11-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  Bahía Blanca (Argentina) (AFP) - An international flotilla backed by aircraft on Monday again probed the South Atlantic for signs of an Argentine submarine missing for 12 days, targeting an area near the vessel's last known position where an explosion was detected.A total of 15 countries, including the United States, Britain, Russia and France, are helping to search for the ARA San Juan, which has 44 crew members on board.The search operation extends for a 22-mile (35-kilometer) radius fr
  
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• Former Zimbabwe finance minister Chombo to be held in custody until trial

  27-11-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  By Emelia Sithole-MatariseHARARE (Reuters) - Ousted Zimbabwe finance minister Ignatius Chombo, charged with three counts of corruption for offences that allegedly took place two decades ago, was denied bail on Monday and will be detained in custody until his case is heard on Dec. 8.Zimbabwe's new president Emmerson Mnangagwa named Patrick Chinamasa as acting finance minister to replace him.Chombo, who faces charges including trying to defraud the central bank, was detained after the military sei
  
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• 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' Overcome With Emotion as He Describes Wife's Cancer Battle: 'She's My Honey'

  27-11-2017 20:47 via yahoo.com
  The couple will document her fight with stage 2 throat cancer in an upcoming A&E special.
  
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• Infosys plans new hub with 500 design jobs in Rhode Island

  27-11-2017 20:44 via yahoo.com
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Information technology outsourcing firm Infosys is opening a design and innovation hub in Rhode Island and plans to add 500 jobs in the state in the next five years, company and state officials announced on Monday.
  
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• Call Of Duty: WW2 Leak Reveals New Guns And Modes

  27-11-2017 20:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Upcoming weapons and game modes on the way to Call of Duty: WWII have been revealed by way of a leak. A video showcasing the new content first surfaced on YouTube courtesy of MrJaRni, and it offers a brief look at some of the content that's apparently on the way.Although the original video has been pulled, it's still online thanks to Reddit user xXCrankXx93 and Mp1st; you can watch it below (at least for now). In terms of modes, it starts out by showcasing Gun Game, the classic mode where player
  
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• 18 Funny Holiday Cards For Couples Who Hate Cutesy Stuff

  27-11-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  After you’ve picked out an awesome holiday gift for your significant other, a generic, cheesy card just won’t suffice.
  
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• U.S. top court spurns challenge to Maryland assault weapons ban

  27-11-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a setback on Monday to gun rights proponents including the National Rifle Association, refusing to hear a challenge to Maryland's 2013 state ban on assault weapons enacted after a Connecticut school massacre.The court turned away an appeal by several Maryland residents, firearms dealers and the state NRA association, who argued that the ban violated their right to keep and bear arms under the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment.
  
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• Here's How Prince Harry Proposed To Meghan Markle

  27-11-2017 20:13 via yahoo.com
  The wait for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s engagement announcement is over.
  
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• Billionaire behind $20 million Trump impeachment campaign calls President an 'urgent threat'

  27-11-2017 20:10 via yahoo.com
  Billionaire Tom Steyer has defended his campaign $20m campaign to impeach President Donald Trump, saying he is an “urgent threat to the American people”.Mr Steyer, a former hedge fund manager and longtime Democratic contributor, said on CNN that he felt he had no option to sit and “do nothing”, having paid for a number of television advertisements and billboards in Times Square..“The fact of the matter is this President has performed in a lawless way throughout the
  
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• Republican Senator Paul says he plans to vote for Senate tax bill

  27-11-2017 20:04 via yahoo.com
  Republican Senator Rand Paul, a fiscal hawk who has sometimes opposed his party's spending plans, said on Monday he planned to vote for the U.S. Senate tax bill and urged his colleagues to do the same.Paul, writing in a Fox News online opinion piece, said that while the bill was not perfect and he would "prefer a larger cut," he planned to support the measure because it achieved some of his goals, and he could push for more changes next year."This tax bill is a true test for my colleagues," wrot
  
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• Anthony Scaramucci Threatens To Sue College Paper Over 'Defamatory' Editorial

  27-11-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  Tufts University is postponing an event scheduled for Monday with Anthony Scaramucci after he threatened to sue a grad student who wrote a scathing editorial about the former White House communications director.
  
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• McCain to Hillary Clinton: 'You've got to move on'

  27-11-2017 19:54 via yahoo.com
  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says he understands why Hillary Clinton decided to write her campaign memoir, “What Happened,” which was published in September — 10 months after her brutal election loss to Donald Trump. But McCain, who suffered his own bitter defeat, to Barack Obama, as the Republican nominee in 2008, also knows that “you can’t rewrite history.”
  
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• Franken returns to work 'tremendously sorry' for pain he caused women

  27-11-2017 19:54 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Al Franken returned to work Monday to face reporters on Capitol Hill for the first time since allegations by multiple women of sexual harassment were made against him.
  
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• 6 Things to Know About the Electric Tesla Semi Truck

  27-11-2017 19:47 via yahoo.com
  Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, unveiled a truly striking, potentially game-changing semi tractor at a glitzy event on Thursday, November 17th, that he says will be cleaner, faster, and safer on ...
  
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• Rick and Morty Season 1 Episode 1 Pilot Breakdown

  27-11-2017 19:45 via gamespot.com
  
  We go all the way back to the beginning. The Rick and Morty pilot episode starts one of the best series ever created. Buddy Hutton breaks down all the references and Easter eggs.
  
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• Grandma Who Accidentally Invited a Stranger to Her Thanksgiving Dinner Hosts Him for Second Year

  27-11-2017 19:45 via yahoo.com
  "How could I say no?" 18-year-old Jamal Hinton said. "She's like a second grandma."
  
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• The Ultimate Roundup For Hundreds Of Cyber Monday Deals

  27-11-2017 19:42 via yahoo.com
  You shouldn’t have to spend your day combing through hundreds of emails and retailer’s websites to find the best Cyber Monday deals.
  
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• 10 Of The Best Cyber Monday TV Deals You'll Actually Want To Shop

  27-11-2017 19:37 via yahoo.com
  Cyber Monday is here and if you were looking for a time to replace your old TV, now is the time.
  
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• Melania Trump slams 'liberal media' after report claims she didn't want to be first lady

  27-11-2017 19:18 via yahoo.com
  The office of Melania Trump blasted "the liberal media" on Monday in responding to a report claiming the first lady had no interest in taking on her White House role.
  
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