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• Fallout Developer's Next RPG Won't Have Microtransactions Or Loot Boxes

  17-12-2017 23:51 via gamespot.com
  
  The next RPG from the developers of Fallout: New Vegas, which was confirmed last week but not detailed, won't have any microtransactions, apparently. In a statement posted on the developer's forums, Obsidian put it pretty simply: "The answer is simply: 'no.' No microtransactions, of any kind, in our game."Obsidian's new RPG was confirmed as part of the announcement of GTA and Red Dead company Take-Two's new indie publishing label, Private Division. The game will be published by Private Division,
  
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• Power outage at busiest airport sparks wave of cancellations

  17-12-2017 23:43 via yahoo.com
  Atlanta's airport, the busiest in the world, was hit by a power outage on Sunday that caused hundreds of flights to be delayed or canceled."Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport sustained a power outage shortly after 1:00 pm today," the airport said in a statement.The Federal Aviation Administration announced that it had put a "ground stop" on flights inbound for Atlanta, meaning they are held at the airports from which they were to depart.
  
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• Diminished winds help California battle historic wildfire

  17-12-2017 23:35 via yahoo.com
  By Phoenix TsoVENTURA, Calif. (Reuters) - Calming winds on Sunday helped slow the spread of a California wildfire that already ranks as the third largest in state history, having scorched 269,000 acres (109,000 hectares) along the scenic Pacific Coast north of Los Angeles.Officials said more than 8,500 firefighters were battling the so-called Thomas Fire in Southern California, which began onDec. 4.It has destroyed more than 1,000 structures and threatened 18,000 others, including homes in the w
  
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• Call Of Duty: WW 2 Studio Opens New Office In Poland

  17-12-2017 23:29 via gamespot.com
  
  Infinity Ward, the famous Call of Duty studio that made the first Call of Duty game and Call of Duty: WWII most recently, has opened a new studio. The Activision-owned developer announced recently that it opened an R&D studio in Krakow, Poland. In a blog post, Activision said this team will work "closely" with the main Infinity Ward studio in the Los Angeles area."We're thrilled to announce the expansion of our development capabilities with the opening of Infinity Ward Poland," Infinity Ward
  
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• Two Grooms-To-Be Wanted The 'Gayest Cake Ever,' And This Is What They Got

  17-12-2017 23:19 via yahoo.com
  Same-sex wedding cakes are turning out to be a divisive political symbol in the U.S., but at one bakery north of the border, it’s a much different story.
  
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• These Are The Real People Who Follow The Jedi Religion

  17-12-2017 23:07 via yahoo.com
  “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” arrived in theaters Friday, and for most moviegoers, that galaxy far, far away fades from our imaginations once the film itself fades out.
  
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• Former Attorney General Eric Holder Says Termination of Robert Mueller Would Be 'Absolute Red Line'

  17-12-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  "The American people must be seen and heard"
  
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• GameStop Deals On Xbox One, PS4, Games, And More Available Just In Time For The Holidays

  17-12-2017 22:55 via gamespot.com
  
  GameStop has announced a "last-minute" gaming sale, offering discounts on hardware, games, and accessories. The "Game Days" sale, as it's called, runs now through December 24. Starting with hardware, the Nintendo Switch is back in stock; that's not a deal per se, but the console has been hard to find, so it's good news if you want it for yourself or someone on your shopping list.Moving to Microsoft's systems, the 1 TB Xbox One S consoles are marked down by $50. This includes the Shadow of War bu
  
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• Macron sees February end to fight against Islamic State in Syria

  17-12-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  The military campaign against Islamic State in Syria should be completed in February following the end of fighting against the militant group in Iraq, French President Emmanuel Macron said."On December 9, Iraqi Prime Minister (Haider al-) Abadi announced the end of the war and the victory over Daesh, and I think that by mid- to late February we will have won the war in Syria," Macron said in a broadcast interview, using the Arab acronym for Islamic State.France would now push for peace talks inv
  
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• Ataribox Indiegogo Campaign Delayed

  17-12-2017 22:32 via gamespot.com
  
  Atari's forthcoming retro rebirth console, the Ataribox, is seeing a delay. The team explains that a missing "key element" is holding back pre-orders on the system.Back in September, Atari announced the console's crowdfunding campaign would launch in the Fall, with systems shipping out sometime in Spring 2018. In a recent update, Atari explains that the Indiegogo launch, which was supposed to happen on December 14, is temporarily being put on pause."Because of one key element on our checklist, i
  
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• UN to vote Monday on measure rejecting US Jerusalem decision

  17-12-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a draft resolution that would reject US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, diplomats said.Egypt requested the vote Sunday, a day after it presented the measure that is likely to be vetoed by the United States.Breaking with international consensus, Trump this month announced that he would recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv, sparking protests and strong conde
  
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• The Last Jedi Opens Huge But Still Below Force Awakens

  17-12-2017 22:21 via gamespot.com
  
  As expected, Star Wars: The Last Jedi had a massive opening weekend at the US and Canadian box office, but the newest entry could not topple 2015's The Force Awakens. Episode VIII made an estimated $220 million at the 4,232 theatres it played at this weekend in the US and Canada. This is good for the second-highest domestic opening for any movie in cinema history, only behind The Force Awakens ($248 million).The Last Jedi was never expected to perform better than The Force Awakens, so these resu
  
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• CDC Pushes Back Against Report of Words Like 'Fetus' And 'Transgender' Being Banned

  17-12-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  The Washington Post reported the news on Friday
  
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• End of days comes for Ohio man's 'zombie Nativity' scene

  17-12-2017 21:55 via yahoo.com
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A ghoulish holiday tradition outside of Cincinnati will soon come to a close after an Ohio man said he won't put up his "zombie Nativity" scene after this year.
  
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• Putin thanks Trump for help in foiling attack plot

  17-12-2017 21:48 via yahoo.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked his US counterpart Donald Trump on Sunday for the CIA's help in thwarting a planned attack in Saint Petersburg, the second time in a week that the leaders have exchanged praise.Putin spoke by phone with Trump to convey his gratitude for intelligence supplied by the CIA which allowed Russia's FSB security service to break up a "terrorist cell" that was planning attacks in Russia's second city, according to the Kremlin.
  
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• Camille Grammar Says She Was ‘Nervous’ About Getting Married After Her Divorce

  17-12-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  Camille Grammer opened up about her engagement to lawyer David C. Meyer and how she was nervous about marriage after her split from famous ex Kelsey Grammer
  
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• Pastor Blasts Supreme Court’s Gay Wedding Cake Case In Unhinged Rant

  17-12-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  A conservative pastor known for producing controversial Facebook videos is back with a blistering defense of Christian businesses who turn away same-sex couples.
  
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• Israel to probe fatal shooting of Palestinian paraplegic

  17-12-2017 20:57 via yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday it has opened an investigation into the fatal shooting of a paraplegic Palestinian man who was shot in the head during a violent demonstration in the Gaza Strip last week.
  
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• Recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital is good for peace. Britain should do so too

  17-12-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  Following the United States’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas responded by saying that the Americans can no longer have “any role” in the peace process. In this country, too, the White House’s decision has been criticised by some MPs and in parts of the press. Are these objections really justified? The Oxford English Dictionary succinctly defines a “capital” as “the city or town that fu
  
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• SPD leader wants Merkel to relinquish finance ministry: Handelsblatt

  17-12-2017 20:19 via yahoo.com
  Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) leader Martin Schulz wants Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives to leave the powerful finance ministry to his center-left party in coalition talks, a report in business daily Handelsblatt said.SPD leaders agreed on Friday to open exploratory talks on forming a government with Merkel's center-right bloc, providing a chance to end a rare period of political deadlock in Europe's economic powerhouse after an inconclusive federal election.
  
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• U.N. to vote Monday on call for U.S. Jerusalem decision to be withdrawn

  17-12-2017 20:18 via yahoo.com
  By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Monday on a draft resolution calling for the withdrawal of U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, diplomats said, a move likely to face a Washington veto.Diplomats say it has broad support among the 15-member council, and while it is unlikely to be adopted, the vote will further isolate Trump on the issue.Trump abruptly reversed decades of U.S. poli
  
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• British embassy worker found dead by roadside in Lebanon

  17-12-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — A British woman who worked at the U.K. embassy in Beirut was found strangled by the side of the road east of the Lebanese capital and authorities are investigating whether she was also sexually assaulted, officials said Sunday.
  
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• U.S. Soldier Ambushed in Niger Wasn't Captured

  17-12-2017 20:02 via yahoo.com
  Sgt. La David T. Johnson wasn't captured alive or executed at close range
  
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• Sandy Hook mom rips Trump for hosting NRA exec at White House party on 5th anniversary of massacre

  17-12-2017 20:02 via yahoo.com
  Nicole Hockley, whose son was among the 20 children killed in the 2012 Newtown, Conn., shootings, is furious about Trump’s decision to host National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre at a White House Christmas party on Dec. 14 — the fifth anniversary of the massacre.
  
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• Spending bill needed by December 22 to avoid shutdown

  17-12-2017 19:56 via yahoo.com
  Political panel weighs in on what each party stands to gain or lose.
  
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• Suicide bombers attack church in Pakistan, killing 9

  17-12-2017 19:49 via yahoo.com
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Two suicide bombers struck a church in Pakistan on Sunday, killing nine people and wounding more than 50 others, authorities said, in the first attack on a church claimed by the country's Islamic State group affiliate.
  
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• Power Restored At Atlanta International Airport After 11-Hour Outage

  17-12-2017 19:49 via yahoo.com
  A major power outage at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday prompted officials to order all flights headed there to be grounded at their departure points or diverted.
  
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• Major Power Outage At Atlanta International Airport Delays Flights

  17-12-2017 19:49 via yahoo.com
  A major power outage at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday prompted officials to order all flights headed there to be grounded at their departure points or diverted.
  
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• Ralph Northam Draws Progressive Ire Over Medicaid Comments

  17-12-2017 19:40 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Virginia Gov.-elect Ralph Northam drew the ire of progressives on Sunday, who accused him of walking back ― before even taking office ― his promise to expand Medicaid for more low-income people.
  
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• Latest: Funeral procession begins for California firefighter

  17-12-2017 19:38 via yahoo.com
  MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires burning in Southern California (all times local):
  
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• Putin thanks Trump for intelligence that prevented St Petersburg terror attack

  17-12-2017 19:36 via yahoo.com
   Russian President Vladimir Putin called US President Donald Trump on Sunday to thank the Central Intelligence Agency for relaying information that lead to the arrest of several individuals since Friday suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in St. Petersburg.  According to the Kremlin, the information shared by the CIA “helped to track, identify and detain a group of terrorists preparing to set off explosions in St. Petersburg’s Kazan Cathedral, as well as in other p
  
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• Top Republicans Say Trump Isn't About To Fire Mueller. But They Can’t Stop Attacking Him.

  17-12-2017 19:35 via yahoo.com
  Top Republicans on Sunday used news shows to assure the media and America that President Donald Trump is not on the verge of firing Robert Mueller, the special counsel charged with investigating Russian involvement in the 2016 election and possible obstruction of justice by the president.
  
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• Saakashvili's supporters rally in Ukrainian capital

  17-12-2017 19:32 via yahoo.com
  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — About 5,000 supporters of opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili rallied in Ukraine's capital Sunday, pushing for the ouster of the nation's president and briefly attempting to seize a public building.
  
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• US admits to running secret UFO programme 

  17-12-2017 19:31 via yahoo.com
  The Pentagon ran a secretive five year program to investigate UFO sightings, spending $22 million before it was shut down due to cost, it has been revealed. For the first time, the Department of Defense has acknowledged the existence of the mysterious Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program run from an office in a quiet corner of its sprawling headquarters. There, between 2007 and 2012, a team of researchers working with experts in Nevada probed reports of alien life form and
  
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• Donald Trump 'shouldn't resign over misconduct claims', new Alabama Senator Doug Jones says

  17-12-2017 19:11 via yahoo.com
  The Democrat who defeated Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate election does not think Donald Trump should resign as President despite sexual misconduct allegations against him.Doug Jones, who won a surprise victory against front runner Mr Moore on Tuesday, said the allegations against Mr Trump were made “before the election” and he believes the country needs to “move on and not get distracted by those issues”.
  
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• British embassy worker found murdered in Lebanon: official

  17-12-2017 19:08 via yahoo.com
  A British woman employed at the UK embassy in Lebanon has been found murdered, a senior official said Sunday, adding that the crime did not appear to be political.According to her social media profiles, she was employed by the UK Department for International Development (DFID).
  
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• Bones, teeth, skulls and a finger - Vatican issues new rules forbidding the trade of saints' relics

  17-12-2017 19:06 via yahoo.com
  They range from the finger of “doubting” St Thomas to the head of St Catherine of Siena, but holy relics must on no account be traded or sold, the Vatican has decreed. The Holy See issued new guidelines for the preservation and display of saints’ relics, which once fueled a thriving trade in the Middle Ages, with bits of skin, hair, teeth and organs exchanged between abbeys and monasteries. Websites and religious artefact shops offer saintly remains, sometimes of dubious proven
  
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• Half of Voters Want Democrats to Control Congress, Poll Finds

  17-12-2017 18:54 via yahoo.com
  It's not good news for the Republicans
  
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• Hundreds of People Fell Sick on a Royal Caribbean Cruise

  17-12-2017 18:28 via yahoo.com
  Some passengers told local media they were happy to get off the ship
  
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• Oprah and Katy Perry Are Among Those Affected By Thomas Fire

  17-12-2017 18:14 via yahoo.com
  Oprah Winfrey and Katy Perry are now among the thousands of people that have been affected by the Thomas Fire in California
  
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• British diplomat found dead in Lebanon

  17-12-2017 18:05 via yahoo.com
  A young British embassy worker has been found murdered in the Lebanese capital Beirut after being strangled and reportedly sexually assaulted.  Rebecca Dykes, 30, from London, who had been working for the Department for International Development, was killed after leaving a bar with friends on Friday night. She had been out in the Gemmayzeh area of central Beirut for the farewell party of a colleague at the British embassy and had left just before midnight with a friend.  The two t
  
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• British diplomat abducted and murdered in Beirut

  17-12-2017 18:05 via yahoo.com
  A young British embassy worker has been found murdered in the Lebanese capital Beirut after reportedly being strangled and reportedly sexually assaulted.  Rebecca Dykes, 30, from London, who had been working for the Department for International Development, was killed after leaving a bar with friends on Friday night. She had been out in the lively Gemmayzeh neighbourhood of Beirut for the farewell party of a colleague at the British embassy and had left just before midnight with a friend.&n
  
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• Revealed: the Pentagon's secret UFO-hunting program

  17-12-2017 18:03 via yahoo.com
  The Pentagon has acknowledged funding a secret multi-million dollar program to investigate sightings of UFOs.The shadowy program ended in 2012, according to the Defense Department, but the New York Times reported that it is still up and running -- with officials continuing to study incidents brought to their attention by US military service members while performing their regular duties at the Pentagon.The so-called Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program operated from 2007 to 2012 and ha
  
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• CIA 'helped Russia foil terror attack' on St Petersburg cathedral

  17-12-2017 17:54 via yahoo.com
  Information provided by the CIA helped to prevent a series of terrorist bombings in St Petersburg, Russia.Vladimir Putin phoned Donald Trump to thank him for the tip-off, the Kremlin said.The information allowed Russian security services track down and detain a group of suspects who were planning bomb attack on the Kazansky Cathedral and other sites in Russia's second-biggest city.
  
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• NBC Paid Staffer Severance After Accusing Chris Matthews Of Harassment

  17-12-2017 17:43 via yahoo.com
  A former MSNBC employee was given separation compensation after accusing host Chris Matthews of making inappropriate jokes and comments about her in 1999, which according to one report were sexual in nature.
  
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• Argentina sacks navy chief over submarine tragedy

  17-12-2017 17:41 via yahoo.com
  Argentina dismissed its naval chief on Saturday, the most high-profile officer to be fired a month after a submarine went missing with 44 crew members on board. "The defense minister asked him to retire. It's a political decision," a navy officer told AFP on condition of anonymity about the decision to remove Admiral Marcelo Srur during an ongoing investigation into the sub's disappearance. Srur is the fifth senior officer to have been relieved of his functions so far over the ARA San Juan'
  
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• Agrihoods: The newest trend in millennial living

  17-12-2017 17:07 via yahoo.com
  Millennials are harkening back to simpler days and creating communities on farms, surrounded by nature’s bounty and benefits. There are now more than a hundred of these neighborhoods -- called Agrihoods -- across the country,
  
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• Trump claims Mueller obtained transition emails illegally

  17-12-2017 17:06 via yahoo.com
  A Trump transition lawyer protested to Congress, claiming the Federal Government’s General Services Administration “unlawfully produced” the transition team’s “private materials,” including emails bound by attorney-client privilege.
  
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• Australia charges first person under Weapons of Mass Destruction Act

  17-12-2017 17:06 via yahoo.com
  Police says the suspect was attempting to negotiate the sale of weapons parts while in contact with high-ranking officials in North Korea.
  
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• Pro-austerity Saudi prince buys world's most expensive home

  17-12-2017 16:46 via yahoo.com
  The Saudi crown prince leading a corruption crackdown that has seen dozens of his country’s wealthiest men locked up has been revealed as the buyer of "the world's most expensive home," a report has said. The Chateau Louis XIV, a 50,000 sq ft palace near Versailles that Kim Kardashian once considered as a potential wedding location, was sold for €275 million (£200 million) in 2015. The buyer was not identified at the time, but the New York Times now reports that its investigatio
  
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