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• This Week's Xbox Headlines Were Led By Lots Of Updates And New DLC

  20-01-2018 23:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Xbox fans have a lot to look forward to in the update department this week. Final Fantasy XIV fans can get excited about new villains coming in the game's next update, and Destiny 2's Faction Rally update is finally out on PC, Xbox One, and PS4.In other Xbox news, We Happy Few has been delayed. Eurogamer did some digging and there might just be a new Fablegame on the way from the Forza Horizon developer Playground Games. Metal Gear Survive's beta is now live on Xbox One and PS4 for this weekend
  
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• The Washington D.C. City Government Does Not Participate In The Shutdown

  20-01-2018 23:52 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― When the federal government partially shut down in 1995, the local city government closed recreation centers and suspended trash collection while then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich seethed over having having to sit in the back of Air Force One.
  
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• The women who marched in 2018

  20-01-2018 23:37 via yahoo.com
  One year into President Trump's administration, another Women's March. Here are scenes from the New York City event.
  
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• Neo-Nazis Say They'll Protest A Women's March In Tennessee

  20-01-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  A neo-Nazi group plans to join anti-abortion activists in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Sunday for a rally against the Women’s March in that city.
  
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• See Overwatch's New Legendary Lucio Skin Before The Cosmetics Update Releases

  20-01-2018 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  There are only three more days before Overwatch's big cosmetics update and Blizzard's keeping the countdown hot. Today, the team revealed one more legendary skin.The new skin is called Capoeira Lucio. It features the Brazilian DJ, but just a tad more exposed. Not only has he lost his goggles and top, he's got a brand new tattoo on his shoulder. In addition to this more 'lax version of the wildly popular musician, his weapons and armor are also a little more low-tech.Only 3 more days until our co
  
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• Missouri governor: 'no blackmail,' 'no violence' in affair

  20-01-2018 23:27 via yahoo.com
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In his first interview since acknowledging an extramarital affair, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Saturday that there was "no blackmail" and "no threat of violence" by him in what he described as a months-long "consensual relationship" with his former hairdresser.
  
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• Cable News Chyrons Tell The Bizarre Story Of Trump's First Year In Office

  20-01-2018 23:18 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has officially completed one full year as president, and holy moly what a year it’s been.
  
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• See Photos From 2018 Women's Marches Around the Country

  20-01-2018 23:15 via yahoo.com
  A year after it made history, the 2018 Women's March brought protestors back into the streets. See photos from the 2018 Women's March.
  
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• Progressive Activists Divided On What Immigration Compromises They Will Accept

  20-01-2018 23:08 via yahoo.com
  As the federal government partially shut down at the stroke of midnight early Saturday morning, progressive activists presented a united front with congressional Democratic leadership.
  
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• Las Vegas Shooter Was Germophobe and Possibly Bipolar, Records Show

  20-01-2018 22:53 via yahoo.com
  Police have learned more about Stephen Paddock
  
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• China says U.S. warship violated its South China Sea sovereignty

  20-01-2018 22:50 via yahoo.com
  A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near a disputed shoal claimed by China in the South China Sea this week, U.S. officials said on Saturday, and Beijing vowed to take "necessary measures" to protect its sovereignty.China's foreign ministry said USS Hopper missile destroyer came within 12 nautical miles of Huangyan Island, which is also known as Scarborough Shoal and subject to a rival claim by the Philippines.It was the latest U.S. naval operation challenging extensive Chinese claims in the South Chin
  
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• The Latest: Pope decries killings of women, other violence

  20-01-2018 22:31 via yahoo.com
  TRUJILLO, Peru (AP) — The Latest on Pope Francis' visit to Peru (all times local):
  
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• Ed Sheeran Is Engaged To Childhood Friend Cherry Seaborn

  20-01-2018 22:23 via yahoo.com
  Ed Sheeran announced his engagement to girlfriend Cherry Seaborn on Saturday in an Instagram post that was pretty darn adorable.
  
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• Turkish jets bombard Kurdish-run city of Afrin in Syria

  20-01-2018 22:06 via yahoo.com
  KOCABEYLI, Turkey (AP) — Turkish jets bombed the Kurdish-controlled city of Afrin in northern Syria on Saturday, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to expand Turkey's military border operations against a Kurdish group that has been the U.S.'s key Syria ally in the war on the Islamic State group.
  
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• Cardinal rebukes pope over Chile 'slander' comments on abuse

  20-01-2018 21:48 via yahoo.com
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pope Francis' top adviser on clerical sex abuse implicitly rebuked the pontiff for having accused Chilean victims of slander, saying Saturday that his words were "a source of great pain for survivors of sexual abuse."
  
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• Terrified children, empty streets in Syria's Afrin as Turkey attacks

  20-01-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  As soon as Turkish warplanes began bombing raids over Afrin on Saturday, terrified residents of the Syrian Kurdish enclave dashed to take cover in the cellars of their homes."My four-year-old son is terrified every time he hears the sound of an airplane," said Nisrin, a housewife in Afrin who asked that her real name not be used.Turkey and allied Syrian rebels on Saturday began an air and ground operation, dubbed operation "Olive Branch", aimed at ousting the YPG from Kurdish-majority Afrin.
  
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• In Trump's America, The Statue Of Liberty Is Closed While Immigrants Are Pushed Out

  20-01-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump is likely not enjoying his anniversary of being sworn in.
  
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• Mulvaney has been at center of last 2 government shutdowns

  20-01-2018 21:44 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's budget chief Mick Mulvaney stormed Washington as a tea party lawmaker elected in 2010, and he hasn't mellowed much as director of the Office of Management of Budget at the White House.
  
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• Michigan State University Officials Stand by President Amid Criticisms of Nassar Case

  20-01-2018 21:25 via yahoo.com
  The Michigan State University Board of Trustees are supporting the school president Lou Anna Simon amid calls for her resignation due to the Larry Nassar sexual assault investigation.
  
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• Watch Halsey's Powerful Speech At The 2018 Women's March

  20-01-2018 21:03 via yahoo.com
  Singer-songwriter Halsey turned up for her second Women’s March in New York on Saturday, one year after showing up to the Washington, D.C., event that drew a crowd noticeably larger than the group that turned out for President Donald Trump’s inauguration day.
  
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• Metal Gear Survive Guide: What You Need To Know To Make It Through The PS4 And Xbox One Beta

  20-01-2018 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The beta for Metal Gear Survive is live until the end of January 22 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It gives a hearty glimpse of what to expect from the game’s multiplayer mode when the full game releases on February 20. If you’re a fan of Horde-style area defend modes, Fortnite, or the Metal Gear franchise, this is worth a look, especially since this beta is free. Yet, even with all the tutorial pop-ups and tips in the loading screens, there is a great deal of mystery on how Metal G
  
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• Metal Gear Survive Guide: What You Need To Know To Know Make It Through The PS4 And Xbox One Beta

  20-01-2018 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The beta for Metal Gear Survive is live until the end of January 22 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It gives a hearty glimpse of what to expect from the game’s multiplayer mode when the full game releases on February 20. If you’re a fan of Horde-style area defend modes, Fortnite, or the Metal Gear franchise, this is worth a look, especially since this beta is free. Yet, even with all the tutorial pop-ups and tips in the loading screens, there is a great deal of mystery on how Metal G
  
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• French surgeons make medical history with first double face transplant

  20-01-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  A Frenchman whose body rejected a face transplant after seven years has received a second face from another donor in an unprecedented operation that surgeons had doubted was feasible. The world’s first face transplant was carried out in France 12 years ago and French surgeons have again made medical history by replacing one transplanted face with another. The recipient, in his 40s, who has not been named, had lived for nearly two months without a face after suffering a
  
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• Charles Manson Follower Leslie Van Houten Is Denied Parole

  20-01-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  Leslie Van Houten is serving a life sentence
  
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• Shutdown Stalemate As Immigration Negotiations Break Down

  20-01-2018 20:21 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Hours into a government shutdown, Republicans and Democrats appeared to be digging in for a long legislative standoff, with little sign that lawmakers and President Donald Trump are even talking at this point.
  
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• Dog Shot in the Head And Left For Dead Makes Miraculous Recovery

  20-01-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  The bullet missed his vital organs.
  
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• Tourists in Jamaica Warned Not to Leave Resorts Due to Violent Crime

  20-01-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  There's been a string of violent crimes in Montego Bay
  
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• Women's Marches Draw Crowds in Cities Across the U.S.

  20-01-2018 19:38 via yahoo.com
  In Palm Beach, Florida, home to President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, several hundred people gathered carrying anti-Trump signs
  
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• 12-Year-Old Boy With Flu-Like Symptoms Dies After Virus Test Comes Back Negative

  20-01-2018 19:33 via yahoo.com
  His family is waiting for the autopsy results.
  
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• Signs For The 2018 Women's March Prove The Movement Isn't Going Anywhere

  20-01-2018 19:30 via yahoo.com
  Last year, New York City saw hundreds of thousands of protesters spill into the streets of Manhattan for the Women’s March.
  
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• Airstrikes pound Syria's Afrin as Turkey launches 'Operation Olive Branch'

  20-01-2018 19:28 via yahoo.com
  By Mert Ozkan and Ellen FrancisHASSA, Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey opened a new front in Syria's war on Saturday, launching airstrikes against a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia in Afrin province that raise the prospect of worsening relations between Ankara and NATO ally Washington.The operation, which the Turks dubbed "Operation Olive Branch", sees Ankara confronting Kurdish fighters allied to the United States at a time when ties between Turkey and Washington - both members of the coalition aga
  
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• South Africa's ANC to force Zuma to quit as president: reports

  20-01-2018 19:16 via yahoo.com
  By Nqobile DludlaJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Leaders of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC)met on Saturday to outline the party's program for the coming year amid reports that its executive planned to force Jacob Zuma to quit as the country's president.An ANC spokeswoman declined to comment on a report by broadcaster eNCA saying that its newly-elected National Executive Committee (NEC) had resolved to ask Zuma - whose presidency has been hit by corruption allegations - to resign.I
  
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• Turkish Jets Bomb Kurdish-Controlled Syrian City of Afrin

  20-01-2018 18:22 via yahoo.com
  Erdogan promised to expand operations against a group allied with the U.S.
  
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• This Carrie Fisher Quote Casts ‘Last Jedi’ In A Whole New Light

  20-01-2018 18:07 via yahoo.com
  Nothing has caused a greater disturbance in the Force than the untimely death of Carrie Fisher.
  
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• Home Where 12 Shackled Siblings Once Lived Was So Damaged That They Moved Into a Trailer, Current Owner Says

  20-01-2018 18:03 via yahoo.com
  The man said he never met the family
  
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• Make No Mistake, Trump's Government Shutdown Is About Racism

  20-01-2018 17:41 via yahoo.com
  Lost in the shitstorm over “shithole” was another equally damning example of President Donald Trump’s blatant racism and sexism.It was an outward display of a mindset that in many ways has paved the way for the government shutdown we’re facing now.Last week, NBC News reported that last fall, the president of the United States asked a career intelligence analyst “Where are you from?” She responded, “New York,” and that should have ended the con
  
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• Life Is Strange Dev's Next Game, Vampyr, Has A Developer Diary Series, Watch Here

  20-01-2018 17:36 via gamespot.com
  
  From the same studio that brought Life is Strange to life comes Vampyr, a new narrative adventure set in 1918. Dontnod has created a webseries that details the title's development process, and it's available now.While only the first episode has aired on Youtube so far, the series is set to continue over the next few weeks on Focus Home Interactive's channel. Each new episode will dig into different elements of the Vampyr's development and will air on Thursdays. The first of the series is about V
  
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• Texas judge pushes jury for acquittal in child trafficking case, saying God told him to do it

  20-01-2018 17:26 via yahoo.com
  District judge Jack Robison interrupted jurors’ deliberations to say they should not convict 32-year-old Gloria Elizabeth Romero Perez.Judge Robison then reportedly recused himself for the remainder of proceedings.Perez, of Buda, Texas, was convicted anyway on one count of continuous traffic of a person and jailed for 25 years, the site said.
  
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• How Twitter Plans to Fix Its Fake News Problem

  20-01-2018 17:23 via yahoo.com
  You might be getting an email about it.
  
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• Flu Season in the U.S. Is Getting Worse

  20-01-2018 17:07 via yahoo.com
  "This is a season that has a lot more steam than we thought"
  
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• The Best Quotes From Breaking Bad

  20-01-2018 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  It's been ten years since Breaking Bad premiered on TV and since it's one of our all-time favorite shows we wanted to share some of our favorite quotes from the entire series.
  
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• Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition Review

  20-01-2018 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The first rule of fighting games is to make sure your fundamentals are rock solid. If the foundation of your play isn't on point, you'll never be considered a viable competitor. The whiffed launch of Street Fighter V showed that this mantra is as applicable to the game as it is to the people playing it. When it launched in 2016 Street Fighter V had a strong gameplay core, but the emaciated frame containing it couldn't stand up to its contemporaries.A lack of modes that are considered staples for
  
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• Our Favorite Gaming Consoles Of All Time

  20-01-2018 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  There have been many amazing consoles that defined gaming generations throughout history. With classic systems such as the Super Nintendo and the PlayStation 2, choosing a favorite console is like forcing a parent to choose a favorite kid. It's a tough choice, but we put ourselves through that trouble here at GameSpot, and here are some of our individual picks for favorite gaming console.While the editors in this gallery were allowed to choose the same system, there was surprisingly not much ov
  
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• CDC Flu Tracking Will Continue Despite the Government Shutdown

  20-01-2018 16:35 via yahoo.com
  But 63% of its employees will be furloughed
  
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• Rand Paul Was Attacked Over a Lawn Care Dispute, Prosecutors Say

  20-01-2018 16:18 via yahoo.com
  A neighbor will plead guilty to a felony offense
  
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• 2 Americans, 2 Canadians freed after kidnapping in Nigeria, police say

  20-01-2018 16:06 via yahoo.com
  Two Americans and two Canadians who were kidnapped in Nigeria's north-central Kaduna state on Tuesday have been freed.
  
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• Tom Petty Died of an Accidental Drug Overdose, Coroner Says

  20-01-2018 16:01 via yahoo.com
  The lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was 66
  
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• Why you should join the Women's March

  20-01-2018 16:00 via yahoo.com
  Last year’s presidential election inspired the biggest protest march in US history.There isn’t a list long enough for the reasons for to be marching but what happened in Las Vegas, now the site of the deadliest mass shooting in American history, could easily top the list.
  
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• Kashmir fighting escalates between India, Pakistan

  20-01-2018 15:50 via yahoo.com
  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian and Pakistani troops traded fire Saturday along their volatile frontier in Kashmir, killing at least five civilians and a soldier in the latest escalation of violence in the disputed region.
  
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• After a year of Trump's immigration crackdown, migrants living in fear are using WhatsApp to avoid deportation

  20-01-2018 15:39 via yahoo.com
  While President Donald Trump was preparing to take the oath of office last January, immigrants were thinking ahead to what was to come: raids, deportations, roadside checkpoints, stakeouts, and — for a now-burgeoning group of people — constant uncertainty.One year out, immigrants say that those preparations are a final line of defence as the Trump administration ramps up its anti-immigrant policies.
  
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