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• Xbox One Huge 2017 Holiday Game Sale Is Live

  22-12-2017 23:59 via gamespot.com
  
  As expected after services like the PlayStation Store and Steam launched their respective holiday sales, Microsoft has followed suit. The Countdown to 2018 sale is now live on the Xbox Store, discounting hundreds of games for Xbox One and Xbox 360. All of these are available now, but there will also be a new daily deal rotated in every day to keep players checking in frequently.This sale is open to all Xbox Live members, but those with an Xbox Live Gold membership will save as much as an additio
  
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• PS4 Holiday Flash Sale Is Live Right Now On PSN

  22-12-2017 23:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Just in case the big PSN holiday sale going on didn't offer enough ways to blow your money, Sony has launched another promotion on top of it. A limited-time flash sale is now live on the PlayStation Store, discounting a number of PlayStation games just before Christmas. However, unlike most flash sales on PSN, this one will last a big longer than usual.Given that there's a lot on sale in the broader holiday sale, the flash sale is somewhat limited. It consists almost exclusively of PS4 games, bu
  
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• Amtrak engineer remarked on train speed 6 seconds before crash: NTSB

  22-12-2017 23:52 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Six seconds before an Amtrak train derailed off a bridge and onto a highway near Seattle, the engineer remarked that the train was speeding, U.S. investigators said on Friday.The engineer then applied the brakes but apparently not the emergency brake, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a statement after retrieving and reviewing data from the data recorder and inward- and outward-facing cameras.Monday's crash south of Seattle killed three people and sent about 100
  
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• Senate leader McConnell sees a more collegial 2018

  22-12-2017 23:47 via yahoo.com
  By Richard CowanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday said a shifting landscape will lead him to work with Democrats on immigration and financial regulation early in the new year, following a year of acrimony and partisan legislation.In an end-of-year news conference, McConnell touted a list of Republican accomplishments since President Donald Trump took office in January.It started with the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and ended with a
  
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• Big Gran Turismo Sport Update Out Now, Here's What It Adds

  22-12-2017 23:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Developer Polyphony Digital is rolling out the first big update for Gran Turismo Sport. Patch 1.10 arrives today, December 22, and introduces a load of additional content to PS4 racing sim, including a new mode and a dozen new cars.Headlining the update is GT League, a new single-player game mode that features several different series of races to challenge. These include races that have appeared in previous Gran Turismo titles, such as Sunday Cup, Clubman Cub, and FF Challenge. Polyphony says yo
  
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• Elon Musk Makes It Official: Falcon Heavy is Taking Tesla Roadster to Mars

  22-12-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  “A Red Car for the Red Planet.”
  
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• Turtle Found by U.S. Coast Guard with $53 million Worth of Cocaine Attached to It

  22-12-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  A Sea Turtle was rescued after it became trapped in bundles of cocaine worth over $53-Million dollars
  
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• Trump looks to the sky to force Taliban to the table

  22-12-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  The war in Afghanistan may be entering its 17th year, but screams of military jet engines in the twinkling skies above Bagram Airfield show no sign of quieting.This city-scale military base just north of Kabul has -- like similar facilities in Kandahar and Jalalabad -- become central to Donald Trump's promise to succeed where his predecessors failed, and end the Afghan war on favorable terms.Trump concluded a months-long strategy review in August.
  
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• How Safe Is Bitcoin, Really?

  22-12-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  With prices doubling to $18,000 in just the past month—and then dropping sharply—Bitcoin is drawing more attention than ever in its eight-year history. The "cryptocurrency" carries some well-know...
  
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• Climate Change Could Trigger More Volcanic Eruptions, Study Finds

  22-12-2017 22:42 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON — Climate change fueled by human activity could boost the frequency and severity of volcanic eruptions, a recent scientific study has found.
  
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• Bitcoin falls 30 percent, posts worst week since 2013

  22-12-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  By Jemima Kelly and Gertrude Chavez-DreyfussNEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin plunged by 30 percent to below $12,000 on Friday as investors dumped the cryptocurrency after its sharp rise to a peak close to $20,000 prompted warnings by experts of a bubble.It capped a brutal week that had been touted as a new era of mainstream trading for the digital currency when bitcoin futures debuted on CME Group Inc , the world's largest derivatives market on Sunday.Friday's fall bled into the U.S. stock ma
  
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• Judge questions whether Gates fundraiser broke gag order

  22-12-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former presidential adviser Rick Gates, on house arrest in the federal Russia probe, didn't even have to leave his home this week to provoke the judge handling his case.
  
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• Trump administration considering family separation policy for asylum seekers

  22-12-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration is considering a plan that would separate families entering the United States illegally or seeking asylum, a policy that immigrant groups say is a dangerous and inhumane step that could threaten lives and lead to extreme distress for children.“We’ve seen several toddlers in recent months who were separated from their fathers, their mothers,” Jessica Jones, the policy counsel for the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, told The Independent.Ms Jone
  
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• Baby Hospitalized After Being Attacked by Raccoon in Her Home, Family Says

  22-12-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  Little Journi Black was asleep on her parent’s bed in their Philadelphia apartment when a raccoon apparently dragged her onto the floor and attacked her Wednesday, her uncle Kenneth McDuffie said.
  
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• Home security startup Blink says bought by Amazon

  22-12-2017 22:25 via yahoo.com
  Blink on Friday put out word that online retail goliath Amazon has bought the startup specializing in wireless home security cameras."We'll continue to operate under the Amazon umbrella," Blink said in a blog post.The US startup last week added video doorbell priced at $99 to its home security system offerings.
  
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• Will North Korea Blow Up the Winter Olympics?

  22-12-2017 22:13 via yahoo.com
  It’s possible. But here are a few steps Washington, Seoul, and Pyongyang can take to keep the 2018 Winter Games peaceful.
  
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• U.S. jury in trial of Turkish banker shows signs of division

  22-12-2017 21:53 via yahoo.com
  A New York jury in the trial of a Turkish banker accused of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions showed signs of division on Friday as it ended its third day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.In a note to U.S. District Judge Richard Berman, the jurors asked whether they were all "required to use the same criteria" as they weighed a money laundering charge in the case against Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive at Turkey's majority state-owned Halkbank.Berman said the answer was yes.
  
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• ABC News Veteran Elizabeth Vargas To Leave Network In May

  22-12-2017 21:43 via yahoo.com
  Elizabeth Vargas announced on Friday that she would be leaving ABC News in May after two decades with the network.
  
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• New Dragon Ball FighterZ Trailer Shows Off Super Saiyan Blue Goku

  22-12-2017 21:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Bandai Namco has released another new character trailer for Dragon Ball FighterZ. The latest video focuses on Super Saiyan Blue Goku, the Saiyan's most powerful form and one of the characters you'll unlock early by pre-ordering Dragon Ball FighterZ.Like previous character trailers, the new video is fairly brief, but it provides our closest look at Super Saiyan Blue Goku yet. The powered-up Saiyan's moveset consists of many of the same abilities as his base form's, such as his signature Kamehameh
  
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• Ukraine's Poroshenko vows to work for quick exchange of prisoners: Germany

  22-12-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday that he would work to implement a rapid exchange of prisoners held on both sides of the line of conflict in eastern Ukraine, a spokesman for Merkel said on Friday.Merkel spoke by telephone with Poroshenko on Friday, a day after she spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Merkel's deputy spokesman Georg Streiter.Merkel and Poroshenko welcomed a decision by the parties to recommit to a ceasefire agreement s
  
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• Police Fatally Shoot 7-Year-Old While Searching for a Wanted Felon

  22-12-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  A 7-year-old Texas boy was shot dead by police as they were searching for a wanted felon.
  
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• Former U.S. Attorneys Warn Trump About 'Severe Repercussions' Of Firing Robert Mueller

  22-12-2017 21:10 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of more than 20 former federal prosecutors has urged President Donald Trump to stand by his recent statements and allow special counsel Robert Mueller to conduct his investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election without interference.
  
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• Parents Give Teachers Gift Suggesting Son Drives Them To Drink

  22-12-2017 21:06 via yahoo.com
  Instead of whining about their son’s teachers, Ohio parents Mary and Paul Sommers decided to wine them for Christmas instead.
  
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• Jordan Peele Tweets 'Get Out' Joke About Meghan Markle And Prince Harry

  22-12-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  Jordan Peele just made a perfectly dark joke about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Christmas plans that will make any “Get Out” fan cackle.
  
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• What to Do After You've Eaten Too Much Sugar

  22-12-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  Our dietitian tells you how to combat your sugar hangover.
  
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• Mitch McConnell mocks Steve Bannon as 'political genius' who 'threw away' Alabama Senate seat

  22-12-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell mocked former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon for promoting a Republican candidate who lost in deeply conservative Alabama.“The political genius on display, throwing away a seat in the reddest state in America, is hard to ignore,” Mr McConnell told reporters.The unlikely victory by Democrat Doug Jones shaved Mr McConnell's already-tenuous majority in the Senate to a single vote.
  
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• Officials lift most California wildfire evacuations

  22-12-2017 20:44 via yahoo.com
  VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — The worst appears to be over for a massive wildfire that plagued a wide swath of the Southern California coast for 2½ weeks.
  
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• Pressed by lawmakers, US mulls more sanctions on Myanmar

  22-12-2017 20:41 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Friday the U.S. is considering further actions against those responsible for "ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya Muslims, after a Myanmar general was blacklisted and Democratic lawmakers called for more military officers to face sanctions.
  
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• Mindy Kaling's Friends Throw Her A Nora Ephron-Themed Party Celebrating New Baby

  22-12-2017 20:41 via yahoo.com
  Actress and self-avowed romcom fan Mindy Kaling gave birth to her first child last week, and her friends aptly threw her a “You’ve Got Mail”-themed holiday party to celebrate.
  
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• Victims of Las Vegas massacre all died of gunshot wounds: coroner

  22-12-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  Los Angeles (AFP) - All 58 victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting died of gunshot wounds, including the gunman who killed himself, a Nevada coroner said on Friday.
  
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• All I want for Christmas are these photos of Elon Musk's car preparing to fly to space

  22-12-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  Do you know what every space nerd wanted for this holiday season? A little gift from Elon Musk and SpaceX.  And we've got it.  Musk, the founder of the private spaceflight company, just posted photos of his midnight cherry Tesla Roadster getting ready to fly to space aboard the first flight of the company's Falcon Heavy rocket in January. SEE ALSO: Yes, it's true: SpaceX is sending a Tesla Roadster to Mars aboard the Falcon Heavy "Test flights of new rockets usually contain mass simula
  
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• Elderly Couple Caught With $336,000 Worth of Marijuana That Was 'For Christmas Presents'

  22-12-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  The couple had 60 pounds of marijuana in their car
  
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• John Schnatter Is Out as Papa John's CEO. Here's What We Know About His Money

  22-12-2017 20:07 via yahoo.com
  Papa John's founder John Schnatter will step down as chief executive on January 1. This comes after his controversial comments about the NFL protestors.
  
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• This Hilarious LA Noire Video Will Make You Want To Play The VR Case Files 👌

  22-12-2017 20:03 via gamespot.com
  
  Team Bondi's detective game, LA Noire, was re-released in 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Along with this, publisher Rockstar also launched LA Noire: The VR Case Files, which includes a set of missions rebuilt to support the HTC Vive and its finger-tracking controllers. Naturally, this has led to some players getting goofy with the game, and the results are absolutely hilarious.In the video below, courtesy of the YouTube channel GTA Series Videos, Detective Cole Phelps can
  
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• The Biggest Disappointments In Movies And TV Of The Year

  22-12-2017 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  As much as we all want to celebrate the best movies and TV shows, every year has its fair share of major disappointments. These aren't necessarily the worst films and shows that we watched in 2017, but the ones that we had the highest hopes for and yet failed to deliver. Shows that had enjoyed previously great seasons, adaptations we've waited years to see, movies that were sold with thrilling, and completely unrepresentative trailers--they're all here. Let's take a look.
  Iron Fist and The Defe
  
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• There Is Now Weed Named After Monica Lewinsky

  22-12-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  A Washington-state based cannabis producer called Sugarleaf created a strain of weed named “Monica Lewinsky,” and the woman behind that namesake has discovered it.
  
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• In overwhelming UN vote on Jerusalem, a reality test for Trump's tough talk

  22-12-2017 19:50 via yahoo.com
  When President Trump threatened this week to cut off foreign aid to any country voting against the United States in the United Nations General Assembly, it conjured up engrained public frustration over what some Americans – including Mr. Trump – perceive to be a world of freeloaders.“All these nations that take our money and then vote against us at the [UN], they take hundreds of millions of dollars and billions of dollars and they vote against us,” Trump said Wednesday a
  
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• GTA 5 Online Update Brings Snow And Freebies To San Andreas

  22-12-2017 19:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Grand Theft Auto V is celebrating the holidays, and today GTA Online got a wintry makeover. In the latest GTA Online update, San Andreas has received a blanket of snow, there are free liveries and a free car coming on Christmas, and a new vehicle is now available for purchase.As part of GTA V's Festive Surprise event on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, San Andreas is now covered in snow. What's more, you can throw snowballs at people. By hitting left on the d-pad or G on your keyboard, you can pick up a s
  
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• January's New Xbox One Game Pass Games Include Bayonetta, Injustice: Gods Among Us

  22-12-2017 19:32 via gamespot.com
  
  The next batch of Xbox One Games Pass games have been announced. Ten new titles will come into rotation to kick off 2018. This round of additions has a good mix of action, adventure, and zen for everyone.These 10 titles will hit the subscription's catalog on January 1. If you're more into the action-adventure or the serious, storytelling side of gaming, Devil May Cry 4 SE, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Deadlight: Director's Cut, and 360 title Bayonetta may be right up your alley. Another gr
  
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• PUBG Gets Another Xbox One Update, Here Are The Patch Notes

  22-12-2017 19:28 via gamespot.com
  
  A new update is now available for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on Xbox One. This marks the second patch the popular battle royale game has received on Microsoft's console thus far, following a fairly big update that arrived earlier this week.While the new patch isn't quite as large as PUBG's previous Xbox One update, it makes a number of quality-of-life improvements to further refine the console version, which doesn't run quite as well as on PC. In addition to addressing various crashing issues
  
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• 2018 Honda Odyssey Nine-Speed Automatic

  22-12-2017 19:20 via yahoo.com
  Giving up one gear does little to diminish this van's practical appeal.
  
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• Miss America 2013 Rips CEO After He's Caught Mocking Her: 'I Am Disgusted'

  22-12-2017 19:19 via yahoo.com
  In one leaked email, CEO Sam Haskell calls Mallory Hagan "huge" and "gross."
  
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• Get A Month Of Xbox Live Or Game Pass For $1 Right Now

  22-12-2017 19:11 via gamespot.com
  
  The holidays are almost here, and Xbox promotions are upon us. Microsoft announced recently that you can now grab a month of Xbox Live Gold or a month of Game Pass for just $1. The sale just started today, and it runs through January 4.This is a great deal if you want to cheaply try out a bunch of games over the holidays. For $2 total, you get access to two services which grant access to games. Xbox Live, in addition to giving you online multiplayer access, also comes with a set of free games ev
  
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• Arab alliance: Yemen one million cholera cases report exaggerated

  22-12-2017 19:02 via yahoo.com
  The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Friday an announcement by the International Committee of the Red Cross that cholera cases in the country had reached one million suspected cases was exaggerated."It is nearly impossible to accurately determine whether the suspected cases are cholera or simple diarrhea," a statement by the spokesperson for the coalition said.Yemen, one of the Arab world's poorest countries, is embroiled in a proxy war between the Houthi armed movement, aligned wit
  
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• The Entertainment That Should Have Been More Popular In 2017

  22-12-2017 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The 2017 Entertainment That Should Have Been More Popular
  With so many movies and TV shows coming out every single week, it's nearly impossible to keep up to date on the best pop culture has to offer. Unfortunately, that means some of the most outstanding pieces o entertainment can get lost in the shuffle, especially during the busy year that was 2017.From what may have been the best video game adaptation ever, to a sequel that arrived 35 years after the movie it followed, to new ground being br
  
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• 2018 Mercedes-AMG E63 S Sedan

  22-12-2017 19:00 via yahoo.com
  The sports sedan to beat.
  
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• The Latest: Barely active, California wildfire nears record

  22-12-2017 18:57 via yahoo.com
  VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Southern California's big wildfire (all times local):
  
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• Destiny 2 Xur Location Guide: Where Is Xur And What Is He Selling? (December 22-25)

  22-12-2017 18:57 via gamespot.com
  
  For the second-to-last time this year, Xur has arrived in Destiny 2. The merchant is back for a limited time to sell a selection of Exotic gear, as well as some other new options that were recently introduced. Despite overlapping with Christmas, there's nothing too special about this appearance, but you may want to pay him a visit nonetheless. Here's where to find Xur this week and a rundown on what he's selling on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.Xur has returned again to Titan, where he's in his usual sp
  
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• Divers Find Sunken WWI Submarine, 100 Years After It Disappeared

  22-12-2017 18:51 via yahoo.com
  One of Australia's oldest naval mysteries has been solved.
  
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• Flight Attendant With Ukulele, Passengers Lead Christmas Sing Along on Delayed Flight

  22-12-2017 18:46 via yahoo.com
  "This really made the hour and a half sitting on the plane with two little ones not even moving a bit easier," a passenger said.
  
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