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• Pacific Rim Uprising Review: A Disappointing Sequel

  22-03-2018 23:59 via gamespot.com
  
  In Pacific Rim: Uprising's climax, Tokyo and Mount Fuji appear a mere few miles apart, which they most certainly are not. It makes for an exciting battle that falls apart when you stop to examine it. That may sound like a nitpick, but it's a good metaphor for the rest of the film.There was something magical about the original Pacific Rim's giant monster battles, glossy, rain-slicked colors, and seemingly effortless world-building. It's possible the sequel never stood a chance at living up to tha
  
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• Hotel video shows Vegas gunman 'normal' before mass shooting

  22-03-2018 23:42 via yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hotel surveillance video from the days before the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, made public Thursday, shows the gunman as an unremarkable Las Vegas hotel guest and casino patron.
  
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• Trump's Next National Security Adviser, John Bolton, Is As Dangerous As You Remembered

  22-03-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON -- John Bolton, who President Donald Trump said on Thursday will
  
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• Daughter of Uber autonomous vehicle victim retains lawyer

  22-03-2018 23:34 via yahoo.com
  The daughter of the woman killed by an Uber [UBER.UL] self-driving vehicle in Arizona has retained a personal injury lawyer, underlying the potential high stakes of the first fatality caused by an autonomous vehicle.The law firm of Bellah Perez in Glendale, Arizona, said in a statement it was representing the daughter of Elaine Herzberg, who died on Sunday night after being hit by the Uber self-driving SUV in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe."As the first pedestrian death involving an Uber autonomous
  
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• Fortnite: NBA Star Almost Gets Eliminated When 1-Year-Old Daughter Interrupts

  22-03-2018 23:28 via gamespot.com
  
  Seemingly everyone is playing Fortnitethese days, and that includes professional athletes. Gordon Hayward of the Boston Celtics caught wind of the phenomenon recently, and during a recent stream, someone made a surprise appearance that almost got him killed (in the game). As you can see in the video below, Hayward was in the middle of a Fortnite match when his wife plopped their 1-year-old daughter Charlotte into his lap. Thankfully for Hayward, he still got the kill, which saved him from the em
  
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• Species battle pits protected sea lions against fragile fish

  22-03-2018 23:13 via yahoo.com
  NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — The 700-pound sea lion blinked in the sun, sniffed the sea air and then lazily shifted to the edge of the truck bed and plopped onto the beach below.
  
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• 29 Things We Learned From The Star Wars: The Last Jedi Blu-ray Special Features

  22-03-2018 23:11 via gamespot.com
  
  The more you know.
  Star Wars: The Last Jedi shook the series up in ways that fans have never seen before, and for some, it was a lot to deal with. But as we found out watching the special features on The Last Jedi's Blu-ray release, it's impossible to fully judge the movie until you find out exactly why director Rian Johnson made so many controversial choices.Did you know that Mark Hamill hated the direction Johnson took Luke Skywalker in for the movie, or that the design for Supreme Leader Snok
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront 2 Makes Big Changes In New Update

  22-03-2018 23:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Star Wars Battlefront II is a gorgeous game that addresses many of the fan requests after the previous Battlefront, such as bringing together characters from multiple Star Wars eras. But its progression system was deeply flawed, even with the last-minute removal of microtransactions just before its launch.A newly released update completely rethinks how Battlefront II progression works, and we took a look at it in our latest livestream, a replay of which you can watch above. We recap what was so
  
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• Nintendo Switch Joy-Con With A Real D-Pad Coming, But It's Not Perfectt

  22-03-2018 23:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo's official Joy-Con controller for the Switch lacks a proper D-pad, instead using face-buttons so that it can be turned on its side for select games. If you've been itching for a proper cross-style D-pad, though, third-party manufacturer Hori has announced a solution.A tweet from Hori Japan promotes the alternative left Joy-Con, displayed in a navy blue with the D-pad front and center. It says that the product is coming in July to Japan, though no release date has been announced for the
  
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• Nintendo Switch Joy-Con With A Real D-Pad Coming, But It's Not Perfect

  22-03-2018 23:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo's official Joy-Con controller for the Switch lacks a proper D-pad, instead using face-buttons so that it can be turned on its side for select games. If you've been itching for a proper cross-style D-pad, though, third-party manufacturer Hori has announced a solution.A tweet from Hori Japan promotes the alternative left Joy-Con, displayed in a navy blue with the D-pad front and center. It says that the product is coming in July to Japan, though no release date has been announced for the
  
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• Toys R Us Founder Charles Lazarus, 94, Dies As His Empire Comes To A Close

  22-03-2018 23:06 via yahoo.com
  Charles Lazarus, the 94-year-old founder of Toys R Us, died Thursday, about a
  
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• Expert: No sign of foul play in US youth's death in Bermuda

  22-03-2018 23:04 via yahoo.com
  HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — A U.S. student who died while visiting Bermuda for a rugby tournament died from an apparent fall and there are no signs of any foul play, police and a forensic expert said Thursday.
  
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• PUBG Mobile Tops Fortnite, Claims No. 1 Spot On App Store And Google Play

  22-03-2018 22:57 via gamespot.com
  
  PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has been a phenomenal success on PC since it first launched in Early Access last year, and it's proving to be quite popular on mobile as well. Shortly after releasing on iOS and Android earlier this week, the battle royale game is already topping the charts.PUBG Mobile has already reached No. 1 on both Google Play and the App Store, dethroning the mobile version of Fortnite: Battle Royale, which was previously sitting at No. 1 on the latter's Free Apps chart. That's
  
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• 100 Minutes Of Co-op Action In A Way Out

  22-03-2018 22:56 via gamespot.com
  
  A Way Out was made by the director behind Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and the similarities are definitely clear. But A Way Out aims to be a much darker and more violent cooperative game, one that tells a prison-escape story that draws inspiration from Shawshank Redemption and other crime dramas.In the video above, you can watch the GameSpot team take on the first several scenarios in A Way Out. The video gives a good sense of the game's tone, showcasing what you can expect, the action that you
  
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• Who Is Terry Crews In Deadpool 2? Newest Trailer Confirms His Role

  22-03-2018 22:38 via gamespot.com
  
  The Deadpool 2 promo that was released last month was typically irreverent, but it provided fans with their first proper look at the upcoming sequel to 2015's blockbuster X-Men spin-off. While most of the teaser focused on Josh Brolin's Cable, there was one surprise addition to the cast, glimpsed very briefly--Terry Crews.The former football star and Brooklyn 99 actor had never been formally announced as part of Deadpool 2, and it wasn't exactly clear who Crews was playing. The new Deadpool 2 tr
  
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• 68 Awesome Images From Deadpool 2's New Trailer: Terry Crews, Cable, And More

  22-03-2018 22:38 via gamespot.com
  
  The newest trailer for Deadpool 2 trailer has arrived, and there's a lot to take in. The upcoming sequel to the hit R-rated superhero movie looks to be packing in the blend of action and comedy that made the first one such a success. And while we've already broken down all of the key scenes, there are a ton of cool moments for a video that only lasts about two and a half minutes.As such, we've gathered up some of the best images from the trailer for you to peruse. While the movie's villain, Cabl
  
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• WWE Wrestlemania 34 Rumor Roundup And Upcoming Surprises

  22-03-2018 22:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Wrestlemania is quickly approaching. The 34th annual installment of WWE's biggest event of the year takes place on Sunday, April 8, coming to the Superdome in New Orleans. The match card for the event is still being filled out, and there is room for a few more matches.That being said, there are plenty of rumors drifting around the 'net about additional matches, future plans for wrestlers, and surprise returns of injured wrestlers. One longstanding rumor that came true this past week was Daniel B
  
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• Kellyanne Conway warns college kids to avoid fentanyl

  22-03-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  On Thursday, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, President Trump’s pick to lead the fight against opioid abuse, warns an audience of college kids to avoid fentanyl.
  
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• Petersen Automotive Museum to host ‘Outlaw’ Porsche Panel

  22-03-2018 22:08 via yahoo.com
  Celebrating all things underground Porsche culture with a new 'Outlaw' panel, the Petersen Automotive museum will host craftsmen and icons from the Porsche Hot Rod world during an exclusive event
  
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• These Are The Biggest Marches In U.S. History

  22-03-2018 22:04 via yahoo.com
  On Feb. 14, a lone gunman entered the halls of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
  
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• Detective Pikachu Review: Elementary, My Dear Watt-son

  22-03-2018 21:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Pikachu is normally very cute and a little bit sassy, but its Detective variety is unlike any Pikachu you've ever seen. Detective Pikachu plays with your expectations of what Pikachu should be, and the game has a lot of fun reveling in the weirdness of a small, adorable creature talking and acting like a human man. It's campy and self-aware, showing a different side to Pokemon and Pikachu with an infectiously rambunctious attitude. Detective Pikachu--the character and the game--is full of person
  
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• Westworld Season 2 Poster Has Hidden Clues Pointing To A New Video

  22-03-2018 21:54 via gamespot.com
  
  There's still a month before the second season of Westworld debuts on HBO, but the game is already afoot. A motion poster for the new season has been released and, upon closer inspection, the image has a special message buried within it.While on the surface, the poster teases the future of Westworld as "chaos takes control," it took almost no time for some clever fans on Reddit to dig a little bit deeper. Hidden in the image is a hexadecimal code that translates to the URL of a new video from th
  
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• Author of "The Dictator Pope" suspended as Knight of Malta

  22-03-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The author of a highly critical book about Pope Francis, entitled "The Dictator Pope," has been suspended by the Knights of Malta lay religious order.
  
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• In world first, Air India crosses Saudi airspace to Israel

  22-03-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  Air India launched on Thursday the first scheduled service to Israel to be allowed to cross Saudi airspace, a sign of a behind-the-scenes improvement in ties between the Arab kingdom and the Jewish state."It is the first time that there is an official connection between the state of Israel and Saudi Arabia," he said in Hebrew.There will now be three flights weekly in each direction, ending a decades-long Saudi ban on the use of its airspace for commercial flights to Israel.
  
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• Pokemon Go Easter Event Going On Now

  22-03-2018 21:45 via gamespot.com
  
  A new event is now underway in Pokemon Go. Ahead of this month's Community Day, Niantic is bringing back the Easter-themed Eggstravaganza event, making it easier for players to hatch certain Pokemon and providing extra bonuses for a limited time.Beginning today, March 22, players will be able to hatch an "even greater variety" of Pokemon from Eggs. In particular, monsters that typically hatch from 5 km or 10 km Eggs, like Wynaut or Ralts, can be found in 2 km Eggs for the duration of the event.
  
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• AT&T will use Time Warner as 'weapon' if merger goes ahead: US Justice Dept

  22-03-2018 21:38 via yahoo.com
  Will AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner give it a "weapon" to crush pay television rivals or help it catch up with "runaway" technology giants?Lawyers offered contrasting arguments in US federal court Thursday as the trial kicked off over the government's lawsuit seeking to block the $85 billion merger of the largest US pay TV operator with one of the biggest media-entertainment firms.Craig Conrath, the US Justice Department attorney arguing for the government, said the tie-up would give AT&a
  
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• Stephon Clark Shooting: Police Bodycam Footage Shows Hail of Bullets as Cops Mistook iPhone for Gun

  22-03-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  Clark died in his grandmother's backyard.
  
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• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Scolds His Own Party For Trying To Impeach Justices

  22-03-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  The chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, a Republican, spoke out
  
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• The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is up to 16 times more massive than thought

  22-03-2018 21:30 via yahoo.com
  The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), a massive area of floating plastic debris that is more than twice the size of Texas, contains about 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic. This is between 4 and 16 times the mass of plastic that scientists previously estimated.  What's worse is that the amount of plastic within this area is growing "exponentially," according to a comprehensive three-year-long study using 30 vessels and a high-tech reconnaissance aircraft.  The study, published Thursday
  
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• Free Final Fantasy 15 Item Available Now From Twitch / Amazon Prime, And It Looks Ridiculous

  22-03-2018 21:28 via gamespot.com
  
  As it regularly does, Twitch is offering another free bonus for Amazon Prime members. This time, players who picked up the recently released PC version of Final Fantasy XV will be able to claim a rather...distinctive mount for their game.For a limited time, Twitch Prime members can get the Kooky Bundle for Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition. The centerpiece of the bundle is the Kooky Chocobo, a googly-eyed, purple variant of the series' recurring giant chickens, although it doesn't seem to differ
  
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• Former Fox News anchor sues O'Reilly for defamation

  22-03-2018 21:27 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A former Fox News anchor filed a defamation lawsuit on Thursday over comments by Bill O'Reilly it says were meant to damage the reputations of women who have accused him of harassment.
  
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• Fortnite Battle Royale Adds New Heavy Shotgun On PS4, Xbox One, And PC

  22-03-2018 21:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite: Battle Royale has just received a new weapon. The Heavy Shotgun is available now in Fortnite on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. No additional download is required, and nor was there any server downtime to introduce the change. In addition, Fortnite's Save the World mode is getting a new Flame Grill Floor Trap very soon, but it's not yet clear precisely when that item will become available.Fortnite's latest big patch, update 3.3, was released last week. That added remote explosives, which allow
  
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• God Of War: One Of PS4 Game's Coolest Features Was Rejected From The Tomb Raider Reboot

  22-03-2018 21:15 via gamespot.com
  
  God of War director Cory Barlog has discussed his time working on Crystal Dynamics' 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider, specifically one of the big ideas he had for that game and why he decided to leave the project.Speaking in an interview with the Daily Star, Barlog was asked about the new God of War's one-shot cinematic technique, which presents its entire story in one, uninterrupted shot without cuts or fades. This, he said, was something that he originally pitched for Tomb Raider, though his efforts
  
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• Monster Hunter World Deviljho Update Is Out; Patch Notes Released

  22-03-2018 21:08 via gamespot.com
  
  The major new update for Monster Hunter World has launched, bringing a slate of new content to the game on PS4 and Xbox One. Most notably, it features the first monster to be added to the game post-launch, Deviljho, along with balance changes for almost every weapon type in the game.Deviljho is a returning monster from previous games, and it poses a serious challenge. As you can see in the recent gameplay video above, Deviljho isn't shy about messing around with other monsters it encounters, eve
  
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• Lone Nigerian captive refused to convert for Boko Haram

  22-03-2018 21:04 via yahoo.com
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The mother of the only Nigerian schoolgirl still in Boko Haram captivity after the extremists released 104 classmates said Thursday her daughter was blocked from boarding the vehicle to freedom and told to convert to Islam.
  
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• A Way Out Reviews Roundup

  22-03-2018 20:49 via gamespot.com
  
  One of EA's more ambitious announcements at E3 2017 is breaking out this week. A Way Out is a cooperative adventure game from Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons director Josef Fares and his new studio Hazelight. While it's stayed in the limelight, in part due to Fares' outspoken personality, the final release puts all of its big ideas to the test.One of those big ideas was to make the game co-op-only. Since the narrative focuses explicitly on a pair of prison escapees in the 1970s, having dual perspec
  
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• 68 Cool Images From Deadpool 2's New Trailer: Terry Crews, Cable, And More

  22-03-2018 20:26 via gamespot.com
  
  The newest trailer for Deadpool 2 trailer has arrived, and there's a lot to take in. The upcoming sequel to the hit R-rated superhero movie looks to be packing in the blend of action and comedy that made the first one such a success. And while we've already broken down all of the key scenes, there are a ton of cool moments for a video that only lasts about two and a half minutes.As such, we've gathered up some of the best images from the trailer for you to peruse. While the movie's villain, Cabl
  
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• Fortnite: Battle Royale Making It Easier To Share Your Best (And Worst) Moments

  22-03-2018 20:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite developer Epic is releasing a replay editor for the game's massively popular Battle Royale mode. The studio unveiled the editing suite during a presentation at the Game Developers Conference this week, and it's slated to roll out for the game on PS4, Xbox One, and PC in the near future.Epic showcased the replay system with a trailer edited by YouTube personality Ali-A, which you can watch above. As you can see from the video, the suite appears to be very robust, allowing you to rewatch
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 Will Be An Immense, Story-Driven Single-Player RPG; But Multiplayer Not Ruled Out

  22-03-2018 20:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Cyberpunk 2077 is as highly anticipated as it is shrouded in mystery; the game has been in the works for six years, with little information on what it will actually be like. Now, developer CD Projekt Red is dropping a small hint as to what players can expect.At a streamed CD Projekt Red financial event today, president and joint-CEO Adam Kiciński said players can expect a strong, single-player game very much in the vein of The Witcher 3. He made a point that the game would not have microtra
  
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• Here's What Kim Cattrall Has to Say About Her Sex and the City Co-Star Cynthia Nixon's Run for Governor

  22-03-2018 20:16 via yahoo.com
  From Sex and the City to running the city
  
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• The Irony Of Joe Biden Trying To Protect Women By Threatening Donald Trump

  22-03-2018 20:13 via yahoo.com
  Former Vice President Joe Biden was speaking at a rally against sexual
  
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• New On Hulu In April: The Handmaid's Tale Season 2, Con Air, And More Movies And TV Shows

  22-03-2018 20:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Hulu isn't playing around. The streaming service is not only adding a ton of new movies in April, but it will present the Season 2 premiere of its biggest original series--the Emmy-winning The Handmaid's Tale.The show, which stars Elizabeth Moss and will see Marisa Tomei appear as a special guest in Season 2, returns on April 25. That day, the first two episodes will become available for streaming, with new installments following every Wednesday.As for movies, Hulu is massively beefing up its fi
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg Says He May Never Be 'The Right Person' To Testify Before Congress

  22-03-2018 20:09 via yahoo.com
  When will Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg agree to answer questions
  
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• Charles Lazarus, Founder of Toys R Us, Dies at 94

  22-03-2018 20:04 via yahoo.com
  Charles Lazarus opened what would become the first Toys R Us store in 1948.
  
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• Fed-Up Parkland Students Featured On Time Magazine Cover

  22-03-2018 19:59 via yahoo.com
  Time magazine's new cover features survivors of February's Marjory Stoneman
  
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• Captain American Star To Leave MCU After Avengers 4

  22-03-2018 19:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Captain America star Chris Evans has been hinting that he will be leaving the Marvel Cinematic Universe for some time now, and it seems that the day is almost here. With Avengers: Infinity War hitting theaters next month, Evans has confirmed that next year's currently untitled Avengers 4 will be his final Marvel movie.The news comes via a profile on Evans in the New York Times. The article states that Infinity War and Avengers 4 were the final two movies left on his Marvel contract and that he h
  
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• Fortnite Week 5 Challenges Guide: Anarchy Acres Treasure Map, Gas Station Locations

  22-03-2018 19:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite: Battle Royale players once again have a lineup of new objectives to complete. Epic Games has released the Week 5 challenges for Battle Pass owners, offering a new way to obtain some experience and Battle Stars on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.Many of the objectives this week are fairly straightforward; they include searching chests in Moisty Mire and using the bush item. Two of the Hard-difficulty challenges are equally straightforward: get three eliminations with a pistol and defeat three ene
  
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• First rebels leave Syria enclave under Russian-brokered deal

  22-03-2018 19:40 via yahoo.com
  Syrian rebels and their families left Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Thursday under a Russian-brokered evacuation deal that is the first for the shrinking opposition enclave outside Damascus.In Idlib -- the last province in Syria beyond government control -- an air raid on a market killed 28 civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
  
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• Senator Tells Ben Carson To Stop Blaming Wife For Expensive Furniture

  22-03-2018 19:36 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) on Thursday slammed Housing and Urban Development
  
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• God Of War PS4 Has Gone Gold

  22-03-2018 19:35 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the most anticipated PS4 games of 2018 has now reached a critical milestone. On Twitter, the official PlayStation account announced that the upcoming God of War has gone gold, meaning the game is now ready to be sent off for manufacturing.Along with the announcement, game director Cory Barlog shared his thoughts on reaching the milestone and reflected on the game's development in a post on the PlayStation Blog. "Going gold means so much more to me with this game," Barlog said. "It has bee
  
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