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• Obama invokes Nazi Germany in plea to avoid complacency

  08-12-2017 23:59 via yahoo.com
  Former US president Barack Obama has urged American voters to remain engaged, using the example of Nazi Germany as a cautionary tale about the dangers of complacency."We get complacent and assume that things continue as they have been, just automatically, and they don't," Obama said in comments at a conference in Chicago, footage of which was available Friday on social media."Now, presume there was a ballroom here in Vienna in the late 1920s or 30s that looked pretty sophisticated and seemed as
  
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• Protesters gather in Kiev after police recapture ex-Georgia leader Saakashvili

  08-12-2017 23:54 via yahoo.com
  By AlessandraPrentice and Natalia ZinetsKIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian police recaptured the former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili on Friday, prompting further protests in central Kiev by his supporters who freed him from police custody earlier this week.The development is the latest twist in a long feud between Ukrainian authorities and Saakashvili, who has turned on his one-time patron President Petro Poroshenko, accusing him of corruption and calling for his removal from office.General
  
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• Wildlife Gathers To Eat Thousands Of Pounds Of Feed During Louisiana Snowfall

  08-12-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  Wildlife Gathers To Eat Thousands Of Pounds Of Feed During Louisiana Snowfall
  
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• Stardew Valley Still Coming To Vita; Multiplayer Beta Delayed

  08-12-2017 23:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Fans will have to wait a little longer to try out Stardew Valley's multiplayer update. Developer ConcernedApe initially planned to release a multiplayer beta by the end of this year, but that has now been pushed back into the first quarter of 2018.In an post on the game's website, the developer explained that the reason for the delay was in order to "make room for polish and QA." Despite pushing the beta back, ConcernedApe says the multiplayer update is "coming along nicely." Among the features
  
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• Ex-aide: Franks offered $5m to carry his child

  08-12-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A former aide to Republican Rep. Trent Franks has told The Associated Press the congressman repeatedly pressed her to carry his child, at one point offering her $5 million to act as a surrogate mother.
  
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• Court: 'Making a Murderer' defendant Brendan Dassey's confession stands

  08-12-2017 23:43 via yahoo.com
  A federal appeals court has overturned a ruling that could have freed a Wisconsin inmate featured in the "Making a Murderer" series from prison.
  
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• U.N. Panel Finds Evidence of Iranian Hardware in Yemeni Rebels’ Missile. And American.

  08-12-2017 23:36 via yahoo.com
  Investigation into weapon’s origins yields clues, but no smoking gun.
  
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• Victims And Shooter At New Mexico's Aztec High School Identified

  08-12-2017 23:33 via yahoo.com
  Authorities have identified the two students killed Thursday in a shooting at Aztec High School in the small town of Aztec, New Mexico, along with the gunman, who apparently took his own life.
  
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• Destiny 2's Broken Prometheus Lens Weapon Is For Sale As Curse Of Osiris's First Trials Begins

  08-12-2017 23:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Destiny 2's Prometheus Lens, a trace rifle weapon added in the newly released Curse of Osiris expansion, is broken. Not broken in the way that fans sometimes refer to a weapon in a game that they feel is overpowered; Prometheus Lens is devastatingly effective in Crucible, and Bungie said that's because of a bug. A fix won't arrive until next week, and players speculated that its power could cause the cancellation of this weekend's Trials of the Nine event, similar to what happened when a map exp
  
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• Dossier debated, Trump-Russia becomes scandal

  08-12-2017 23:27 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow looks at fallout and firings in the Donald Trump administration as Trump team ties to Russia turned into scandal and the Trump dossier continued to be a point of fierce controversy.
  
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• Former Priest Convicted In Decades-Old Beauty Queen Slaying

  08-12-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  A former Catholic priest has been found guilty in the death of a South Texas beauty queen nearly 60 years ago.
  
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• A Terminally Ill Progressive Activist Confronted Jeff Flake About The Tax Bill On A Flight

  08-12-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  A leading progressive activist with Lou Gehrig’s disease appealed to Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) to reconsider his support for the Republican tax bill during a flight to Phoenix on Thursday.
  
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• California shaken baby conviction set aside after 15 years

  08-12-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California man is set to walk out of prison after 15 years, after a judge on Friday set aside his life sentence for shaking his 4-month-old daughter to death in 2001.
  
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• FX Plans To Turn One Of The Internet's Best Podcasts Into A TV Show

  08-12-2017 23:03 via gamespot.com
  
  FX has revealed one of its upcoming projects, and it's an exciting one for podcast fans. Welcome to Night Vale, the surreal podcast about a bizarre desert town home to countless conspiracy theories (which are all true in this world), is set to be adapted for television with the help of Better Call Saul executive producer Gennifer Hutchison.According to Deadline, FX has agreed to a development deal with Sony Pictures Television for a new TV series based on Night Vale. Hutchison will both adapt th
  
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• Big Pokemon Go Update Out Now, Adds Gen 3 Pokemon And Dynamic Weather

  08-12-2017 23:02 via gamespot.com
  
  A ton more Generation 3 Pokemon are now available in Pokemon Go. Developer Niantic has rolled out a huge update for the popular AR game that introduces new monsters from Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire, as well as a dynamic weather system and other changes.The new update, version 1.53.2 for iOS and 0.83.1 for Android, is available to download now and most notably adds 50 Gen 3 monsters to Pokemon Go. While a small handful of these were introduced during this year's Pokemon Go Halloween event, players
  
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• First dossier news lost amid 2016 bombshells

  08-12-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow looks back at how David Corn was first to publish a story about the Trump dossier and its author, Christopher Steele, but public attention was drawn to the Access Hollywood tape and the FBI's announcement about Hillary's email server.
  
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• Honey Boo Boo's 17-Year-Old Sister Pumpkin Welcomes First Child

  08-12-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  Reality TV treasure Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thomson is now an aunt.
  
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• Two Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli army as US isolated at UN over Donald Trump's Jerusalem decision 

  08-12-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  The US was on Friday scrambling to contain the diplomatic fallout of Donald Trump’s decision on Jerusalem as Arab leaders threatened to cancel meetings with the vice president and allies rounded on it at the UN.  Israel carried out airstrikes in Gaza in response to rockets fired from the territory and two Palestinian men were killed during clashes with Israeli forces.   As protests broke out across the Middle East, US diplomats were working to salvage the visit by Mike Pence, the
  
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• Oklahoma Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Deaf Man Will Not Face Criminal Charges

  08-12-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  The Oklahoma City District Attorney said the shooting was "lawful"
  
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• Trump regard for Russia raised red flags

  08-12-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow describes how American journalists began to pick up on clues that Russia had a peculiar relationship with the Trump campaign as Dossier author Christopher Steele began sharing his findings with the FBI.
  
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• Twitter Roasts New Movie Trailer For James Cameron's Alita: Battle Angel

  08-12-2017 22:49 via gamespot.com
  
  James Cameron has been been trying to get an adaptation of the Battle Angel Alita manga made since as far back as 2000. At one point, he even said he intended to direct it. Fast forward to current day and the movie finally exists, with Cameron as a producer and Robert Rodriguez directing.The first trailer for Alita: Battle Angel has arrived, and the reaction it's receiving surely can't be what everyone involved was hoping for. Rosa Salazar portrays the titular Alita, a cyborg warrior. While, for
  
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• Roy Moore accuser Beverly Nelson admits she wrote part of Moore's yearbook inscription

  08-12-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  One of the women who accused Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct when she was a teenager has admitted to forging a portion of the high school yearbook inscription used as proof in her accusations.
  
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• Gaza rocket hits Israeli town: army

  08-12-2017 22:32 via yahoo.com
  A rocket fired from the Palestinian Gaza Strip enclave hit the southern Israel town of Sderot on Friday night, the Israeli army said, but refused to comment on possible casualties.Israel's national ambulance service said its paramedics treated a woman in her 50s for shock.It was Friday's third rocket attack and the second night of rocket fire since US President Donald Trump's statement on Wednesday recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
  
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• Video key in ex-officer's stiff sentence for killing

  08-12-2017 22:24 via yahoo.com
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The video was viewed millions of times around the world. It was somewhat blurry, recorded from a distance, but it clearly showed an unarmed black man running from a white officer, who shot him five times in the back.
  
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• Whole Foods' Cheese Sale Is a Holiday Miracle

  08-12-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  For 12 days, the organic grocery chain is offering 50 percent off select varieties.
  
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• A Chat With The Game Awards' Most-Talked-About Man, Josef Fares

  08-12-2017 22:13 via gamespot.com
  
  For a night full of big news--Bayonetta 3's reveal, the surprise release of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's DLC, a new Death Stranding trailer, a touching tribute to early game designer Carol Shaw--the most memorable moment of The Game Awards may have been the introduction to a new trailer for A Way Out. Director Josef Fares gave an impassioned, colorful speech first about how The Game Awards were better than the Oscars, repeatedly stating, "F*** the Oscars!" and even flipping off the camera. From t
  
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• Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to be buried 76 years later

  08-12-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The funeral for a recently identified Kentucky sailor who was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 76 years ago is bringing his family together for the first time in decades.
  
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• Former Priest Convicted of 1960 Murder of Woman Killed After Going to Confession

  08-12-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Irene Garza was just 25 years old.
  
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• Rule the Dark Side with these Star Wars lamps that are on super sale

  08-12-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission.Star Wars may take place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but the latest film comes out a short time from now inour galaxy – specifically December 15th. And unlike last year’sRogue One spinoff,The Last Jedi is part of the primaryStar Wars series. That’s right, BB-8, Kylo Ren, and all of your favorite sequel trilogy characters are back for another rollicking adventure,
  
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• Police: Gunman disguised himself, randomly killed at school

  08-12-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  A 21-year-old gunman who disguised himself as a student to get into a New Mexico high school where he killed two students had caught the attention of U.S. investigators more than a year ago, authorities said Friday.
  
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• Hackers Steal $70 Million in Bitcoin

  08-12-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  In a theft on the cryptocurrency-mining service NiceHash, hackers made off with nearly $70 million worth of Bitcoin.
  
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• As Russia Subverts Missile Treaty, U.S. Looking at New Weapons

  08-12-2017 21:43 via yahoo.com
  Since 1987, Europe has been off limits for medium-range missiles. Russia — and now the United States — seems ready to tear up that detente.
  
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• Zelda: Breath Of The Wild DLC 2: The Champions' Ballad Costumes Gallery

  08-12-2017 21:29 via gamespot.com
  
  Suit up!
  One of the major highlights of the 2017 edition of The Game Awards was the new trailer of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Expansion Pass DLC 2: The Champions' Ballad. Between new challenges and a surprise motorbike, this update also has its share of new costumes such as a Ravio hat, taken from the shopkeeper in Link Between Worlds. Like the game's first expansion pass DLC, you need to find each costume out in the world by following a series of quest hints provided upon loading
  
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• Abu Dhabi authorities 'acquired' $450 mn Da Vinci: museum

  08-12-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  The Louvre Abu Dhabi said Friday that local Emirati authorities had "acquired" a $450-million painting by Renaissance master Leonardo Da Vinci, as reports swirled about the original source of funding."Louvre Abu Dhabi is looking forward to displaying the Salvator Mundi by Leonardo Da Vinci.The work was acquired by the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi," the museum said in tweets in both English and Arabic.
  
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• Destiny 2's First Curse Of Osiris Raid Lair Launches, Has Already Been Beaten

  08-12-2017 21:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Much like with a standard Raid, teams around the world raced to be the first to complete Eater of Worlds, Destiny 2's first Raid Lair. Less than two hours after it went live to all players on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, Bungie confirmed that a group of players have already finished the activity for the first time.In a tweet, Bungie revealed that players TryHardJoe, bran, MikeE, Edwardc4, Meowlight, and SpRokIts24 were the first ones to emerge victorious from Eater of Worlds. Ahead of the Raid Lair's
  
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• Russia says ready to exert influence on North Korea: Ifax

  08-12-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  Russia has communication channels with North Korea open and Moscow is ready to exert its influence on Pyongyang, Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov as saying on Tuesday.
  
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• Free Ghost Recon: Wildlands Update Coming Next Week, Here's What It Adds

  08-12-2017 21:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Another major update is on the way for Ghost Recon: Wildlands' new Ghost War mode. The free Jungle Storm update is scheduled to arrive next week, on December 14, and will introduce new classes, maps, and other content to the online shooter.Two new classes will be added with the Jungle Storm update, both of which will be available in all Ghost War PvP modes. The first is called the Pathfinder, which Ubisoft describes as "a stealthy Ghost equipped with a deadly crossbow who is unmarkable by drones
  
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• Elderly man fights off intruders, fatally shoots one of them

  08-12-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. (AP) — An 84-year-old Pennsylvania man fatally shot a home intruder and successfully fought off another early Friday, police said.
  
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• Report: California dams owners allow problems to linger

  08-12-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The owners of some of California's most critical dams have allowed problems identified in annual inspection reports to linger for years, a newspaper reported Friday.
  
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• 'Please don't kill me': Police officer cleared of murder after shooting a sobbing man as he crawled along a hotel corridor 

  08-12-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  A former Arizona police officer has been acquitted of murder after he shot and killed an unarmed man outside his hotel room.   Philip Mitchell Brailsford, 27, shot Daniel Shaver in 2016 when he was responding to call that someone there was pointing a gun out of a window.   The shooting occurred in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa after officers ordered Mr Shaver to exit his hotel room, lay face-down in a hallway and refrain from making sudden movements.   Mr Shaver, a 26-year-old father
  
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• Police officer who shot man crawling and crying on the floor cleared of murder

  08-12-2017 20:45 via yahoo.com
  A former Arizona police officer has been cleared of murder charges after shooting and killing an unarmed man while on duty in 2016.Officer Phillip Mitchell Brailsford met 26-year-old Daniel Shaver in the hallway outside of his Arizona hotel room in January of 2016.The officer was responding to reports of a man brandishing a gun near the hotel room window.
  
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• 500 Horses Seen Galloping for Their Lives as Training Facility Falls Victim to California Wildfires

  08-12-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  The horses were released after the stables went up in flames.
  
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• Father Begs Not to Be Shot Moments Before He Was Gunned Down by Cop in Hotel Hallway

  08-12-2017 20:23 via yahoo.com
  The video was released after the officer was found not guilty.
  
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• Destiny 2: Curse Of Osiris Exotics - New Ships, Emotes, Sparrows, Weapon Ornaments, And More

  08-12-2017 20:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Destiny 2's first expansion, Curse of Osiris, is now available and brings with it all sorts of new playable content on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. There's a new planet with story missions, Strikes, and a Public Event, Crucible maps, and more. But in addition to acquiring new Curse of Osiris weapons, Faction gear, and Exotics, there's also a variety of cosmetics to get your hands on.The release of Curse of Osiris and update 1.1.0 marks the start of Season 2 for Destiny 2. Among other things, this has
  
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• Vonn happy to mix sport and politics ahead of Olympics

  08-12-2017 20:02 via yahoo.com
  ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Lindsey Vonn says she won't stop expressing her political views, though her main goal is regaining her Olympic downhill title.
  
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• Man Says He's The Famous Rabbit Rescuer, But Some Have Doubts

  08-12-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  An unidentified man was widely hailed as a hero — and occasionally reprimanded as foolish — after being filmed plucking a rabbit from the side of a highway while fleeing a Southern California wildfire.
  
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• California wildfires: 120,000 forced to flee as blazes tear through south of state

  08-12-2017 19:55 via yahoo.com
  Wildfires driven by strong desert winds continue to rage through southern California, destroying hundreds of buildings and forcing 120,000 people to flee a phenomenon that could last until Christmas.Donald Trump approved California’s request for an emergency declaration on Friday, speeding federal help to firefighters and communities who are battling multiple blazes with fleets of aircraft, fire engines and garden hoses.“It’s wind event after wind event,” said Stan Ziegle
  
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• New Doctor Who Christmas Trailer Features Two Doctors And Lots Of Action

  08-12-2017 19:50 via gamespot.com
  
  A new trailer for the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special has been released. The special is titled Twice Upon a Time, and it will be Peter Capaldi's final appearance as the Doctor, before Jodie Whittaker takes over the role.The promo shows more of Capaldi's encounters with the first Doctor, played by David Bradley. Bradley is reprising the role that William Harnell first played back in 1963. The trailer also hints at some spectacular sci-fi action, and features the Doctor's assistant Bill (Pea
  
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• With Trump, some African Americans to skip Mississippi event

  08-12-2017 19:45 via yahoo.com
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Many in Mississippi's African-American community had waited decades for a civil rights museum. But with President Donald Trump coming to the museum's opening Saturday, some will skip the eagerly anticipated opening.
  
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• Classic Square RPG Romancing SaGa 2 Releases on Switch, PS4, And More Next Week

  08-12-2017 19:45 via gamespot.com
  
  The recent trend of reviving classic RPGs isn't stopping any time soon. Back from the days when Square Enix was still SquareSoft, Romancing SaGa 2 localization releases next week.Romancing SaGa 2 was originally released about 25 years ago in 1993 for the SNES--since then, it has be re-released on the Wii virtual console in 2010, the Wii U virtual console in 2014, and the 3DS earlier this year in Japan only. It's also seen ports on iOS and Android.In 2016, Square Enix announced that a PS Vita por
  
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