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• All Prince George Wants For Christmas Is A Police Car, Dad Says

  30-11-2017 23:54 via yahoo.com
  If Prince George ever becomes king, he’ll have a nation to represent, crown jewels to choose from and a hefty trust fund.
  
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• December's My Nintendo Rewards Include More Free 3DS And Wii U Games And Discounts

  30-11-2017 23:48 via gamespot.com
  
  A handful of new rewards have been added to the My Nintendo program. While most of the rewards come in the form of discounts on select 3DS and Wii U titles, as per usual, they also include full game downloads for a couple of well-received indie titles on both platforms.For a limited time, My Nintendo members can redeem their Gold points for four possible games--two across each console. 3DS owners can choose from Toki Tori 3D (20 Gold points) and Retro City Rampage DX (80 Gold points). Those with
  
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• Germany to cut diplomatic mission in North Korea

  30-11-2017 23:45 via yahoo.com
  Germany will reduce its diplomatic mission in Pyongyang and require North Korea to shrink its presence in Berlin, Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Thursday after meeting his US counterpart.US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed Gabriel to the State Department as Washington is turning up the pressure on its allies to do more to isolate Kim Jong-Un's defiant nuclear-armed regime."We have already reduced our embassy staff in North Korea and will do so once more," Gabriel told reporters af
  
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• MSNBC trolls Trump with clips of Obama saying 'Merry Christmas' after he claims he is 'bringing it back'

  30-11-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump frequently takes credit for inventing a turn of phrase he didn't actually create, and promises to bring back the delights of the old days that may not have ever really left.Now, as the holiday season entering high gear, the President is returning to his promise to start saying “Merry Christmas” in America again.The only problem for Mr Trump is, well, America never really stopped saying Merry Christmas.
  
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• A 4.4 Magnitude Earthquake Just Shook Dover, Delaware to Philly

  30-11-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  "Real rude for this earthquake to interrupt our Christmas decorating."
  
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• Restaurant's Yelp page gets caught in the crosshairs of a Nazi sympathizer controversy

  30-11-2017 23:29 via yahoo.com
  The 571 Grill & Draft House in New Carlisle, Ohio, has a pretty inconspicuous online presence. It's been featured for its burgers on a local blog and its Yelp page had just a few reviews after four years on the restaurant review site. But that's all changed since aNew York Times article came out over the weekend about a white nationalist, Tony Hovater, worked there. TheWashington Post followed up Wednesday that Hovater was fired from his job at 571 Grill. His wife and brother-in-law were als
  
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• Russell Simmons Steps Down From Business Empire Following New Sexual Assault Allegation: Report

  30-11-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  Facing a new sexual assault allegation, entrepreneur and producer Russell Simmons announced Thursday that he is stepping down from the Def Jam empire he helped found
  
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• PUBG On Xbox One X Will Be 60 FPS But Creator Says FPS Is "Not That Important"

  30-11-2017 23:22 via gamespot.com
  
  PUBG is finally coming to Xbox One in December. On Xbox One X, you can expect the Hunger Games-style shooter to run at 60 FPS, creator Brendan Greene said in a new interview. But on the standard Xbox One, which has less power, the frame rate could be halved."Definitely on Xbox One X, 60 FPS," Greene said in the latest issue of GamesTM, as reported by Wccftech. "On [the standard] Xbox One, we're not sure. We may have to limit it at 30 FPS, maybe, but the last time I saw it, it was running at abou
  
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• Guillermo Del Toro Says Turning Down Dark Universe Is His Biggest Regret

  30-11-2017 23:22 via gamespot.com
  
  The career of director Guillermo del Toro is an incredibly impressive one, especially if you're as big of a fanboy as del Toro is himself. With movies like Hellboy, Pacific Rim, Pan's Labyrinth, Cronos, and the upcoming The Shape of Water under his belt--not to mention The Strain novel series and its TV adaptation--he essentially gets to create his own geeky franchises, while also playing with his favorite properties.That doesn't mean the director has no regrets, though. During a TimesTalks inte
  
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• Melissa Schuman Explains Why She Came Forward With Nick Carter Rape Accusation

  30-11-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  Melissa Schuman decided to go public with her rape accusation against Nick Carter to “inspire other victims,” she said Thursday on “The Dr. Oz Show.”
  
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• Free Steam PC Game Available Now Courtesy Of Humble Bundle

  30-11-2017 23:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Humble Bundle is offering some free Cold War intrigue for a limited time. Right now, you can get The Bureau: XCOM Declassified on PC for free over at the Humble Store, but the deal will end in less than two days.The Bureau is a third-person tactical shooter set in 1962, at the end of the Cold War. John F. Kennedy is president and the U.S. public at large is afraid of a nuclear war with Russia. At the same time, the US government is establishing a secret organization to combat this threat. As it
  
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• Earthquake hits near Dover, Delaware; Shaking felt in major cities along I-95

  30-11-2017 23:12 via yahoo.com
  An earthquake shook the mid-Atlantic late on Thursday afternoon with shaking felt from Washington, D.C. to New York City.
  
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• Wall Street gains, Dow tops 24,000 as tax bill gains steam

  30-11-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  By Sinead CarewNEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P closed at a record high and the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke above the 24,000 mark for the first time on Thursday as investors gained confidence that the Republican party's push for a U.S. tax overhaul would succeed.Republican Senator John McCain's decision to back the tax bill provided a new jolt of momentum for the legislation.McCain had helped defeat Republicans' efforts to repeal Obamacare, and a "yes" vote by him on the tax measure was c
  
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• 'The Walking Dead' Characters Are Killing Zombies All Wrong

  30-11-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  In AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” stabbing a zombie in the head is an efficient and stealthy way to eliminate the undead.
  
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• Trump likely to put off Israel embassy move — again

  30-11-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  Six months after he grudgingly postponed moving the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, President Trump seems on track to do so again.
  
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• Indicted Baltimore officer faces new corruption charges

  30-11-2017 22:42 via yahoo.com
  BALTIMORE (AP) — An indicted member of a disbanded Baltimore police unit allegedly duped a fellow officer into discovering a cache of heroin he planted in a car during a 2010 arrest, authorities alleged in a new indictment announced Thursday.
  
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• Lawyers: Homeless man was illegally jailed for 2 months

  30-11-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — A man was arrested for standing at an Atlanta intersection holding a sign reading "homeless please help" and then was illegally jailed for more than two months because he couldn't afford to pay $200 bail, a legal advocacy group says.
  
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• Star Wars: The Last Jedi Director Nearly Made Luke Skywalker Blind

  30-11-2017 22:34 via gamespot.com
  
  While the presence of Luke Skywalker loomed large over Star Wars: The Force Awakens, he only appeared for seconds at the end of the movie. We might find out more about what Luke has been up to in the 30 years since Return of the Jedi when The Last Jedi hits theaters in a couple of weeks. But thanks to director Rian Johnson, we do know there was the possibility that Luke had gone blind.In an interview with Rolling Stone, Johnson spoke about going back to one of the original influences on the Star
  
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• Yemen's anti-Saudi alliance members clash for second day, three killed

  30-11-2017 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Three fighters from forces loyal to the former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh were killed in a second day of clashes with their own allies from the Houthi movement in the capital Sanaa, Saleh's party said on Thursday.A statement from Saleh's General People's Congress Party said three guards were killed when Houthi forces attacked the house of Tarek Saleh, Ali Abdullah Saleh's nephew, adding that they also besieged the residence of Ibrahim Sharaf, a party member and foreign minister of the S
  
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• Last Day For Free Xbox One Games With Gold November Titles

  30-11-2017 22:32 via gamespot.com
  
  December is nearly here, and that means the next batch of free Games With Gold titles will soon be available. As a result, time is running out for November's freebies, and today is your last opportunity to claim a pair of them if you're an Xbox Live Gold member.On the Xbox One side, intense racing game TrackMania Turbo returns to its regular price tomorrow, December 1. The other Xbox One game, Tales From the Borderlands, will be available through December 15, though there's no reason to wait on
  
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• Israeli, Palestinian killed in two violent incidents

  30-11-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  An Israeli and a Palestinian were killed on Thursday in two separate incidents in Israel and the occupied West Bank, officials said.An Israeli man was stabbed to death in the southern Israeli city of Arad in what police said was "most probably a terrorist attack"."The investigation is continuing and police units are searching for the suspect who fled the scene," said a police spokesman.
  
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• More The Last Of Us 2 Info Coming Very Soon

  30-11-2017 22:22 via gamespot.com
  
  More details on The Last of Us Part II are coming soon. Sony has announced the panel lineup for PlayStation Experience next week, and one of the featured events is a discussion about Naughty Dog's hugely anticipated PlayStation 4 game. Specifically, writer/director Neil Druckmann, writer Halley Gross, and "key members" of the cast will talk about the making of the thrilling and gory trailer that debuted at Paris Games Week.A year ago this month, Sony announced that it hired Gross--who wrote for
  
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• Fresh Code Vein Screenshots Show Off New Snowy Environment

  30-11-2017 22:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Bandai Namco has shared a new batch of screenshots for its upcoming vampire action-RPG, Code Vein. The images show off a new Blood Veil and provide a closer look at one of the game's different environments.Blood Veils in Code Vein allow you to pull off "powerful blood drain attacks" which will regain Ichor--the substance needed to unleash special abilities called Gifts. The new screenshots Bandai Namco shared showcase the Ivy Blood Veil. According to a press release, the Ivy Blood Veil "unleashe
  
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• Two Giant Black Holes Caught Being Unbelievably Rude in New Image

  30-11-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  Not cool, guys.
  
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• Woman heard 'horror movie' screams before student's death

  30-11-2017 22:06 via yahoo.com
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A neighbor of a man charged with killing a Temple University student says she heard screams that reminded her of a horror movie the night the woman disappeared.
  
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• Nancy Pelosi calls on Conyers to resign amid sex allegations

  30-11-2017 22:06 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat in the U.S. House on Thursday called on Michigan Rep. John Conyers to resign in the face of multiple accusations of sexual misconduct. Conyers' lawyer swiftly rejected the request, saying Nancy Pelosi "sure as hell won't be the one to tell the congressman to leave."
  
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• Roy Moore Tries, Fails To Heckle Jimmy Kimmel

  30-11-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore refuses to debate his own political opponent, but he apparently has no problem arguing with comedians ― on Twitter, at least.
  
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• Wonder Woman Director Patty Jenkins Promises Love Story In Sequel

  30-11-2017 22:01 via gamespot.com
  
  The second Wonder Woman movie won't arrive until late 2019, but it's never too early to start thinking about the plot of Diana Prince's (Gal Gadot) next adventure--especially if you're director Patty Jenkins. Jenkins, who helmed the first movie in the franchise and will once again take the reigns on the sequel, is also working on the film's script with DC head Geoff Johns and writer David Callaham (Godzilla).In an interview with Variety's Playback podcast, Jenkins revealed a little about the dir
  
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• Marcus by Goldman Sachs introduces game-changing new lending platform to consumers

  30-11-2017 21:52 via yahoo.com
  Whether you’re eighteen or eighty-three, you’ve probably come to the realization that sometimes things in life just, well, happen.
  
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• Betsy DeVos Addresses Those Rumors That She’s Resigning

  30-11-2017 21:47 via yahoo.com
  "'The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.' I’m not planning to go anywhere"
  
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• The Disaster Artist Review: A Spotlight On Hell

  30-11-2017 21:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Learning the true story behind something mysterious and otherworldly can be as disappointing as it is enlightening. Tommy Wiseau's 2003 cult hit The Room is those things and more--an uncanny, unintentionally surreal drama that makes such little sense that viewers often begin to doubt their own sanity after watching it. The Disaster Artist, James Franco's film about the making of The Room, explains how it came to be, which is both a good and bad thing.The Disaster Artist shines a spotlight on the
  
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• Correction: Congress-Sexual Misconduct-Conyers story

  30-11-2017 21:31 via yahoo.com
  DETROIT (AP) — In a story Nov. 29 about sexual harassment claims against U.S. Rep. John Conyers, The Associated Press misspelled the name of a congressman who suggested Conyers should resign. He is U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, not Blumenhauer.
  
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• GOP tax bill gains support; Senate leaders work on holdouts

  30-11-2017 21:21 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leaders wrangled with the last few GOP holdouts Thursday as they pushed toward passing the first major rewrite of the nation's tax code in more than three decades, a package that would impact rich and the poor as well as businesses big and small.
  
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• The Super Mario Odyssey Cereal Comes With In-Game Rewards, Nintendo Confirms

  30-11-2017 21:15 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo and Kellogg's are making it official: Super Mario is getting a cereal and yes it will score you some in-game rewards for Super Mario Odyssey on Nintendo Switch. You won't have to wait long for it, either.The cereal comes in a collectable Super Mario Odyssey box with, of course, a maze on the back. The cereal itself will be mixed berry flavor, complete with colorful power-up marshmallows. Confirming the rumors, the box itself functions as an Amiibo. You tap the box on your Nintendo Switc
  
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• Yemen Huthis claim ballistic missile hits Saudi target

  30-11-2017 21:14 via yahoo.com
  Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels said Thursday they fired a ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia and hit a military target, in the second such attack this month, after threatening to retaliate over a crippling blockade."We confirm the success of our ballistic missile trial, which hit its military target inside Saudi Arabia," the Huthi-run Al-Masira television channel said.A spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Shiite Huthi rebels in Yemen did not immediately respond to a requ
  
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• Nobody can call Trump a 'kook' around Lindsey Graham, who called Trump a kook

  30-11-2017 21:11 via yahoo.com
  The South Carolina senator is blasting the press for calling Donald Trump the same thing he once called him.
  
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• Couple Accused of Placing Infant Son in Microwave

  30-11-2017 21:11 via yahoo.com
  A Missouri couple is facing child abuse charges after allegedly putting their baby in a microwave
  
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• Jim Nabors, TV’s Gomer Pyle and Singer, Dies at 87

  30-11-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  Jim Nabors, whose name is synonymous with the genial bumpkin Gomer Pyle, whom he played on TV, has died. He was 87.
  
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• White House excludes April Ryan from Christmas party

  30-11-2017 20:59 via yahoo.com
  The White House reportedly failed to invite one prominent journalist of color to this year's Christmas party, and it's the first time she's been excluded from the event in 20 years.
  
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• American Gods Showrunners Bryan Fuller And Michael Green Leave Over Budget Issues

  30-11-2017 20:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Prior to the beginning of production on Season 2, American Gods is looking for a new showrunner. Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, the team behind the Starz adaptation of the 2001 Neil Gaiman novel, have opted to leave the series.The news comes from Variety, which reports that Fuller and Green's exit comes after clashing with FreemantleMedia, the production company behind the series, over budget concerns and creative direction. While it's believed that each episode of Season 2 war nearing a price
  
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• Prosecutors recommend no more jail time for ex-congressman

  30-11-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are recommending that a former Louisiana congressman serve no more jail time now that many of the convictions against him have been overturned.
  
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• Doctors Warn This Winter's Flu Season Could Be Especially Bad

  30-11-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  It's not too late to get your flu shot
  
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• Hundreds of pterosaur eggs reveal early life insights

  30-11-2017 20:15 via yahoo.com
  Scientists have peered inside the largest collection of fossilized pterosaur eggs ever found, using 3D scans to reveal new insights into these flying cousins of dinosaurs, researchers said Thursday.Pterosaurs were reptiles, and the first creatures -- after insects -- to evolve powered flight, meaning they flapped their wings to stay aloft instead of simply jumping and gliding.Until now, scientists had found some pterosaur eggs with remains inside, including three in Argentina and five in China.
  
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• All the Women Who Have Accused Sen. Al Franken of Sexual Misconduct

  30-11-2017 20:15 via yahoo.com
  Two more women accused Sen. Al Franken of sexual misconduct on Thursday
  
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• 11 Times WWE Wrestlers Actually Tried To "Murder" Each Other

  30-11-2017 20:15 via gamespot.com
  
  Too real
  Fans love when WWE feuds get personal. It's all about the the real, believable emotions behind the pre-planned punches, kicks, and clotheslines. They just seem to hit a little bit harder if there's something on the line.But sometimes, the feuds gets a little too personal, and the involved characters go to a dark place beyond the title belts. They stop attacking each other with fists, and they move on to chairs. And if that doesn't solve things, they move on to sledgehammers and gasoline
  
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• Defiant Iran refuses to bow out of MidEast affairs

  30-11-2017 20:08 via yahoo.com
  Iran on Thursday brushed off suggestions it should curb its reach in the Middle East and denied accusations of meddling, saying it was "going nowhere".Iran and Saudi Arabia are engaged in a regional battle for dominance being fought by proxies in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon and other countries -- a tussle which has drawn in the West."The aim of the US administration is to get Iran out of Syria," Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said during the third edition of the Rome Med conferenc
  
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• Scientists Make Surprise Discovery Inside Newly Uncovered Pterosaur Eggs

  30-11-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  Over 200 perfectly preserved eggs were found in China.
  
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• Today Staffers Who Didn't Flirt with Matt Lauer Were Not Considered Good Colleagues: Source

  30-11-2017 19:43 via yahoo.com
  Female employees who did not flirt with Matt Lauer were not considered “good colleagues” by the disgraced Today co-anchor, a source with knowledge of his workplace conduct tells PEOPLE
  
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• Federal Judge Slams Trump Administration's 'Circular Reasoning' For Imprisoning U.S. Citizen Without Access To Lawyer

  30-11-2017 19:42 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON — A visibly frustrated federal judge ordered the Trump administration to tell her — by 5 p.m. Thursday — whether an American citizen the government has detained incommunicado for months has been advised of his constitutional rights or has asked for legal representation.
  
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• Ina Garten Congratulated Prince Harry and Meghan Markle In the Best Way Possible

  30-11-2017 19:27 via yahoo.com
  The proposal was Barefoot Contessa-approved.
  
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