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• The SpaceX Dragon Capsule Returns to Earth Looking Like a Toasted Marshmallow

  13-01-2018 23:53 via yahoo.com
  A marshmallow filled with 4,100 pounds of stuff from the ISS, that is.
  
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• Whistleblower Manning seeks US Senate seat

  13-01-2018 23:37 via yahoo.com
  Whistleblower Chelsea Manning, jailed for leaking classified information, is seeking election in the US state of Maryland, a document seen on Saturday says.The Federal Election Commission document, filed Thursday, lists Chelsea Elizabeth Manning of North Bethesda, Maryland, as a Democratic candidate for the United States senate.Manning, now 30, was an army intelligence analyst sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2013 for leaking more than 700,000 classified documents related to the wars in Iraq a
  
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• Medicaid work mandate will create uncertainty in some states

  13-01-2018 23:26 via yahoo.com
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republicans this past week began to realize their long-held goal of requiring certain adults to work, get job training or perform community service in exchange for getting health coverage through Medicaid.
  
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• Hawaii alert latest: Islanders tell of frantic attempts to contact loved ones as they believed ballistic missile strike was imminent

  13-01-2018 23:10 via yahoo.com
  Residents of Hawaii - informed for 38 minutes that they were under attack from a ballistic missile - were forced to make desperate decisions about how to spend what people believed might be their last moments alive.
  
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• Betas And Updates Star In This Week's PlayStation News

  13-01-2018 23:01 via gamespot.com
  
  PlayStation already has a solid lineup of exclusive titles in the works, like Concrete Genie and Dreams, but this week's news isn't about those imaginative titles. This week is all about the updates to games we already know and love, and open betas.This weekend has two of this month's PlayStation 4 betas, Dragon Ball FighterZ and Dissdia Final Fantasy NT. Monster Hunter World's final beta will come later this month with new content. Updates are coming to Destiny 2 and Fortnite: Battle Royale, a
  
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• This Week's Xbox News Is Dominated By Forthcoming Games and Updates

  13-01-2018 22:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Xbox might not have an exclusive lineup nailed down for 2018 quite yet, but it is focusing on the games. This week's biggest headlines aren't just about what's about to come, but what's already there.Xbox Live might be getting its own achievement system in a new update making rounds in the Preview program. The OG Xbox controller, known as "The Duke," is dropping in 2018 for Xbox One, and the limited edition Sea of Thieves Xbox One controller not only glows in the dark, but also comes with DLC. I
  
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• A New American Leader Rises in ISIS

  13-01-2018 22:07 via yahoo.com
  The clues are out there, if you know where to look. Scattered across far-flung corners of the internet, there is evidence that Zulfi Hoxha, the son of an Albanian-American pizza-shop owner from New Jersey, had sinister plans.
  
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• Child Calls 911 After Babysitter Allegedly Leaves Kids to Go Home and Sleep

  13-01-2018 22:02 via yahoo.com
  She reportedly admitted leaving to police.
  
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• Factbox: Victims of deadly California mudslides

  13-01-2018 22:01 via yahoo.com
  The founder of a Roman Catholic school and four children were among the victims of a deadly series of Santa Barbara County, California, mudslides that killed 18 people along the coast, officials said.The mudslides also injured nearly 30 people and destroyed about 100 homes in the Montecito area between the Pacific Ocean and the Los Padres National Forest.The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office this week identified the 18 killed, citing the cause of death as multiple traumatic injuries resultin
  
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• A Man Is Holding a 10-Year-Old Boy Hostage and Firing at Officers, Police Say

  13-01-2018 21:58 via yahoo.com
  Authorities outside Cincinnati say a man is holding a 10-year-old boy hostage at an apartment complex and has been shooting at officers
  
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• Chile government guarantees Pope's safety despite church attacks

  13-01-2018 21:28 via yahoo.com
  Pope Francis will not be at risk during his trip to Chile this week, despite a series of attacks at Catholic churches in the capital Santiago, Interior Minister Mario Fernandez said on Saturday."We are not talking about significant groups that are truly dangerous."Francis, who hails from Argentina and is the first Latin American pope, will arrive in Chile on Monday.A Mass he has planned to hold on Tuesday in a Santiago park is expected to attract more than 500,000 people.
  
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• U.S. military’s Pacific Command says ballistic missile warning sent in error to Hawaii

  13-01-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. military's Pacific Command said on Saturday there was no threat to Hawaii after an official message was erroneously sent to Hawaii residents' mobile phones warning them of an imminent ballistic missile attack.The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced that it was initiating a full investigation of the incident.The erroneous alert came from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.
  
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• Hawaii Gov. David Ige addresses false emergency alert of incoming missile

  13-01-2018 20:55 via yahoo.com
  The governor said the false alarm was due to an employee's pushing the wrong button.
  
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• Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: Ballistic missile alert was false alarm

  13-01-2018 20:51 via yahoo.com
  Hawaii congresswoman shares update on 'America's News HQ.'
  
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• Switch Reveals And Pokemon Headline This Week's Nintendo News

  13-01-2018 20:45 via gamespot.com
  
  A surprise Nintendo Direct broadcast revealed a literal ton of forthcoming Switchtitles, and we also got word of the localization of Detective Pikachu. This week's headlines from Nintendo are all about what's just along the horizon.On the more mature end of the spectrum, RPGs Darkest Dungeon and Dark Souls are coming to Switch. New DLC is dropping for Super Mario Odyssey, Pokken Tournament DX, and Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. Pokemon Go will see new monthly events in 2018, but if you have a
  
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• False Missile Threat Causes Panic in Hawaii

  13-01-2018 20:31 via yahoo.com
  Authorities didn't say how the false alarm happened.
  
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• The Latest: Difficult search goes on in California mudslides

  13-01-2018 20:26 via yahoo.com
  MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on deadly California mudslides (all times local):
  
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• Retro-bit Brings New Ways To Play Old Games At CES 2018

  13-01-2018 20:26 via gamespot.com
  
  Retro-bit is known for bringing back old-school gaming in new ways, and at CES 2018, the company was showing off some new retro consoles, throwback controllers, and revamped cartridges of old games. As you can see in the video above, we got to check everything out at the show. Note that international pricing for most products hasn't been set yet. Here's a quick rundown of what stood out:Super Retro Trio PlusA new version of Retro-bit's multi-cart console, the Super Retro Trio Plus, will be avail
  
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• Caribbean bloc condemns Trump's 'repulsive' language

  13-01-2018 20:22 via yahoo.com
  The 15-nation Caribbean Community on Saturday condemned US President Donald Trump's use of "repulsive language" to reportedly describe Haiti and African nations.CARICOM "is deeply disturbed by reports about the use of derogatory and repulsive language by the President of the United States in respect of our member state, Haiti, and other developing countries," the bloc's Guyana-based headquarters said in a statement.
  
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• Trump branded racist over 'shithole' slur

  13-01-2018 20:21 via yahoo.com
  Racism allegations stacked up against Donald Trump at home and abroad on Saturday, after he apparently derided "shithole countries" during a meeting on immigration reform, prompting condemnation around the world.Ghana's president called the purported comments unacceptable while Namibia, whose name Trump had difficulty pronouncing last year, said the remarks had "no place in diplomatic discourse".The New York Times and the New Yorker magazine both directly called Trump a racist, setting out comme
  
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• Hawaii Ballistic Missile False Alarm: "Someone Pressed the Wrong Button"

  13-01-2018 20:21 via yahoo.com
  "It was a message sent in error."
  
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• New PUBG Xbox One Update Adds More Control Options, Reassigns Pistol Button

  13-01-2018 20:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Following this week's PC update to Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, the developer has now addressed a number of specific issues in the Xbox Oneversion of the game. On the game's official forums, a community coordinator noted that the team is pushing the fix to address "an in-game issue that was undermining the core experience for some players." And while addressing that more serious bug, today's patch also fixes some smaller issues.But bugs haven't slowed down the growth of PUBG's userbase; despit
  
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• Chelsea Manning files to run as Democrat for US Senate in Maryland

  13-01-2018 20:20 via yahoo.com
  Manning is a writer and activist, and has written for the Guardian.Chelsea Manning, the former US army private who was imprisoned for passing information to WikiLeaks, has filed to run for a seat in the US Senate.A federal election filing, made on Thursday, confirmed Manning’s intention to run in the November elections as a Democrat.
  
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• Turkey says it will oust Kurdish militants from Afrin, Syria

  13-01-2018 19:58 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey's president vowed to oust Kurdish militants from Afrin, northern Syria, on Saturday as Syrian rebels also said they are bracing for such an operation.
  
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• Top U.S. diplomat for refugees to quit post: email

  13-01-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  By Yeganeh TorbatiWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. diplomat in charge of refugee issues plans to quit his post within days, according to an email seen by Reuters, becoming the third senior U.S. official to leave or be re-assigned from refugee work in recent weeks.Simon Henshaw, the acting assistant secretary of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration at the State Department, wrote in an email to colleagues in the refugee sector on Saturday that he will be leaving the job at end of next w
  
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• Authorities: wrong woman killed in botched murder-for-hire

  13-01-2018 19:53 via yahoo.com
  KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say the wrong person was killed last Sunday in a botched murder-for-hire plot set up by a scorned woman.
  
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• False Ballistic Missile Alert Sends Hawaii Into 'Complete Panic'

  13-01-2018 19:37 via yahoo.com
  Hawaii residents and visitors received shocking mobile push alerts Saturday morning warning of an approaching missile and instructing people to seek shelter, but Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency quickly stated the message was sent in error.
  
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• Hawaii ballistic missile alert latest: Employee sent terrifying text message by 'pressing wrong button during shift change'

  13-01-2018 19:36 via yahoo.com
  The US military’s Pacific Command said there was no threat to Hawaii after an official message was sent to residents mobile phones, warning them of an imminent ballistic missile attack.Against a backdrop of increased tension with North Korea which has said its missiles can reach the US, a message was sent in block capitals: “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii.
  
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• #Metoo reaches China: As claims are made against two professors, Beijing struggles to keep a lid on movement

  13-01-2018 18:55 via yahoo.com
  A new chapter in #MeToo appears to be emerging in China after a university professor was sacked and another is facing an investigation over sexual misconduct allegations. The #MeToo campaign spread rapidly in the West in October after multiple accusations against Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Allegations have been made against men in China – particularly within academia - but the movement has struggled to gain momentum in a country where the media and Internet are controlled by a
  
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• Milos Zeman: outspoken pro-Russian, anti-migrant Czech president

  13-01-2018 18:41 via yahoo.com
  Czech President Milos Zeman, who is seeking a second five-year term in a run-off vote later this month, has sown division with his strong anti-migrant and pro-Russian views, despite vowing to be "the voice of all citizens" when first elected.The burly silver-haired 73-year-old cut down on his smoking and drinking after he became the Czech Republic's first directly elected president in 2013, but he has stuck to his outspoken ways.A year after taking up the top job, the veteran leftwinger made cle
  
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• Democrats are boycotting Trump's State of the Union address over 's***hole' remarks

  13-01-2018 18:35 via yahoo.com
  Two African American members of congress have announced they are boycotting Donald Trump’s State of the Union in protest at his “unbelievable” remarks in which he allegedly described Haiti and African nations as “s***hole countries”.Democrats Maxine Waters and John Lewis said they would not attend the speech, technically the President’s first State of the Union, as controversy grew over his alleged remarks, which many said were racist and vulgar.“Why wou
  
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• Three charged with Ritz jewellery heist: judicial source

  13-01-2018 18:19 via yahoo.com
  Three men were charged and detained Saturday over an audacious jewellery heist at the Ritz hotel in Paris this week, while two other suspects were still on the loose, a judicial source said.The men from the Paris region who are in their 30s and are known to police, were arrested after becoming trapped by locked doors as they tried to flee the five-star hotel.The robbery on Wednesday evening saw a gang armed with hatchets and handguns burst into the hotel on the capital's glitzy Place Vendome and
  
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• Dragon Ball FighterZ Beta Begins This Weekend

  13-01-2018 18:10 via gamespot.com
  
  The release of Arc System Works' gorgeous 2.5D fighter Dragon Ball FighterZ is just a couple weeks away and, ahead of its launch, an open beta will be available on Xbox One and PS4this weekend.This weekend's beta will give every super saiyan the chance to play as almost every confirmed character so far. This weekend's roster includes Goku (Super Saiyan), Vegeta (Super Sayian), Gohan (Adult), Frieza, Cell, Kid Buu, Krillin, Piccolo, Nappa, Android 18, and the game's most recently announced charac
  
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• Doctors say new Medicaid rules 'like asking people to work with an anchor on their back'

  13-01-2018 18:09 via yahoo.com
  As many as 6.3 million people could lose Medicaid benefits as a result of the new change.Dr Gary Leroy’s patients are “salt of the earth”: inner-city people working in Dayton, Ohio as dishwashers, car mechanics and patient care assistants.Although the vast majority have jobs, most qualify for Medicaid, a public health insurance program which serves 74 million poor and disabled Americans.
  
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• Rick and Morty Rewind: Rick Potion #9 Breakdown

  13-01-2018 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Rick and Morty Season 1 Episode 6 is full of Mantis Love and Cronenburg people. Rick potion #9 is the origin of most of the Rick and Morty theories we are still wondering about today. Buddy Hutton pulls out all the Oxytocin out of the vole for this one.
  
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• Wolf found in northern Belgium, first time in over 100 years

  13-01-2018 17:57 via yahoo.com
  A wild wolf has been found in the northern Belgian region of Flanders for the first time in more than a century, an environmental group said Saturday."Our country was the only one in continental Europe to have not been visited by a wolf," since the animal began recolonising the continent, Landschap said.Overhunting, industrialisation and urban sprawl progressively led to the disappearance of the wolf from most of Western Europe since the beginning of the 20th century.
  
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• South Africa to target investment, graft under new ANC leader

  13-01-2018 17:57 via yahoo.com
  By Ed StoddardEAST LONDON, South Africa (Reuters) - South Africa wants to attract foreign investors to help it kick-start economic growth and will crack down on corruption, the new leader of the ruling African National Congress said on Saturday.Cyril Ramaphosa, who narrowly won the race to succeed President Jacob Zuma as ANC leader last month, also used a speech to mark 106 years since the founding of Africa's oldest liberation movement to call for party unity after a bitter leadership contest.S
  
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• Saudi Arabia to seek extradition of corruption suspects

  13-01-2018 17:43 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor has said he will pursue extradition for corruption suspects living abroad as part of a two-month-old crackdown that has already netted princes and tycoons.Evidence is being collected against "fugitives" in order to issue indictments against them and request that foreign governments return them to the kingdom, Saud al-Muajab told Arrajol magazine in an interview published on Thursday.Saudi security forces have rounded up dozens of members of the political and busi
  
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• The Latest: Czech president willing to debate challenger

  13-01-2018 17:37 via yahoo.com
  PRAGUE (AP) — The Latest on the Czech Republic's presidential election (all times local):
  
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• Warning over alarming 'Tide Pod Challenge' detergent eating YouTube trend  

  13-01-2018 17:23 via yahoo.com
  An alarming new trend involving teenagers eating detergent capsules and posting the videos on YouTube could  “put them in danger”, health officials have warned.   The concerning 'Tide Pod Challenge' phenomenon has spread across social media since the turn of the year. Teenagers have filmed themselves biting into Tide laundry detergent capsules, with some of the videos racking up more than 100,000 hits before being removed by YouTube. The first mention of the 'Tide Pod Chall
  
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• FBI Knew Las Vegas Mass Shooter Kept Gun Stashes, Records Show

  13-01-2018 17:18 via yahoo.com
  Agents knew Stephen Paddock had big caches of weapons when they sought warrants
  
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• Meet Shane Missler, the 20-Year-Old That Just Won the Mega Millions Jackpot

  13-01-2018 17:17 via yahoo.com
  303 million to one? No problem.
  
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• Stepdaughter in kill-for-hire case: 'Working on forgiveness'

  13-01-2018 17:10 via yahoo.com
  EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — It was hard enough for Kimberly Pack dealing with the killing of her mother five years ago, but the way in which prosecutors say it happened was almost too much to bear. Her stepfather, a doctor, is charged with arranging for his wife to be shot in her home to prevent her from exposing an illegal drug distribution ring he was operating with an outlaw biker gang.
  
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• 'It Will Be Transformational.' Kentucky Becomes First State to Adopt New Medicaid Work Requirement

  13-01-2018 16:50 via yahoo.com
  Kentucky is the first state to adopt the Trump administration's new policy of imposing work requirements as a precondition for Medicaid
  
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• Protests in Johannesburg over 'racist' H&M ad

  13-01-2018 16:49 via yahoo.com
  South African police Saturday intervened to clear protesters trashing outlets of Swedish clothing giant Hennes and Mauritz in Johannesburg over a controversial advertisement of a black child.The company has pulled the photograph but the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) -- a radical group set up by the expelled head of the youth wing of the ruling African National Congress -- organised protests at several H&M outlets in and around Johannesburg.
  
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• Rohingya insurgents say 10 found in Myanmar grave 'innocent civilians'

  13-01-2018 16:48 via yahoo.com
  By Thu Thu AungYANGON (Reuters) - Rohingya Muslim insurgents said on Saturday that 10 Rohingya found in a mass grave in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state last month were "innocent civilians", and not members of their group.Myanmar's military said earlier this week its soldiers had killed 10 captured Muslim "terrorists" during insurgent attacks at the beginning of September, after Buddhist villagers had forced the captured men into a grave the villagers had dug.
  
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• How Bannon turned on Trump … and where the nationalist right goes next

  13-01-2018 16:43 via yahoo.com
  The ex-White House strategist who turned his fire and fury on the president is now out at Breitbart too.Steve Bannon listens as Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Cabinet Room of the White House.Steve Bannon, known for his shabby dress code, entered the five-star Hay-Adams hotel, a short walk from the White House, and delivered a speech to what one observer later dismissively called “swamp denizens”.
  
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• Native Americans Who Can't Afford Heat Take Desperate Measures To Stay Warm

  13-01-2018 16:40 via yahoo.com
  As temperatures dropped below zero on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation earlier this month, one young girl felt she had had enough.
  
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• Tunisia considers aid for poor as president hosts emergency talks on anti-austerity protests

  13-01-2018 16:38 via yahoo.com
  The Tunisian government may increase aid for poor families in a bid to defuse tensions following anti-austerity protests that saw hundreds arrested and left at least one man dead.    Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisia''s president,  hosted emergency talks with trade unions, employers associations, and political parties on Saturday.  "We discussed the general situation in the country and the reforms, especially socio-economic, that must be adopted to overcome the current problems,"&nb
  
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• Florida 20-Year-Old is Lone Winner of $451 Million jackpot

  13-01-2018 16:34 via yahoo.com
  He opted to take the lump sum.
  
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