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• Linda Brown, Center Of Brown v. Board Of Education, Dies At 76

  26-03-2018 23:55 via yahoo.com
  Linda Brown, the young girl at the center of the 1954 Brown v. Board of
  
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• Relive WWE's Greatest/Craziest Matt Hardy Segment In Its Entirety, The Ultimate Deletion

  26-03-2018 23:51 via gamespot.com
  
  At the end of the March 19 episode of Raw, WWE debuted one of the best and weirdest things the company has ever produced: The Ultimate Deletion. For those who watch Raw on a DVR, you may have missed the entire event, as Ultimate Deletion ran almost 15 minutes after the Monday night show was supposed to end. Luckily, WWE has finally posted the entire segment, uncut, on YouTube, which you can see below.In the video, Bray Wyatt heads to the Hardy compound to fight Matt Hardy. However, Wyatt must de
  
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• Kellyanne Conway's Husband Is Going Rogue

  26-03-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  George Conway, husband of presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway and onetime
  
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• Judge rules against Pulse nightclub shooter's widow

  26-03-2018 23:42 via yahoo.com
  The revelation that the Pulse nightclub shooter's father was an FBI informant for 11 years before the attack has little bearing on the trial of the gunman's widow, a judge ruled Monday.
  
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• 'The Beginning of the End.' An Endangered Whales Species Comes Closer to Extinction

  26-03-2018 23:38 via yahoo.com
  Right whales have hit a reproductive drought
  
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• US, allies band together to expel Russians over spy case

  26-03-2018 23:37 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — From Washington to Warsaw, Western nations banded together Monday to expel more than 100 Russian diplomats they accused of being spies, punishing Moscow for its alleged poisoning of an ex-intelligence officer in Britain.
  
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• The Latest: Stormy Daniels now suing Trump's attorney

  26-03-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on adult film star Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump (all times local):
  
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• Tensions as Kosovo police arrest senior Serbian official

  26-03-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  Kosovo police on Monday arrested a senior Serbian official in the flashpoint town of Mitrovica, raising fresh tensions between the former foes who are trying to relaunch a dialogue.Marko Djuric, Belgrade's chief negotiator for Kosovo -- a former Serbian province that proclaimed independence in 2008 -- was arrested after he crossed into the disputed territory and travelled to Mitrovica in defiance of a ban, a police spokesman said.
  
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• Gov. Scott poised to jump into Florida's race for US Senate

  26-03-2018 23:31 via yahoo.com
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Rick Scott appears ready to jump into Florida's Senate race, setting up a high-profile showdown against incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson.
  
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• New Avengers: Infinity War Posters Provide A Colorful Look At The Cast

  26-03-2018 23:25 via gamespot.com
  
  While not as meaty as a new trailer, Marvel has released some new promotional materials for the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War. A series of posters have been published online, each featuring a handful of the many characters set to star in the upcoming film.Each poster prominently features one character in addition to showcasing a few others, and they're all themed around the color scheme of one of the Infinity Stones, which are central to Infinity War's conflict with Thanos. The posters don't r
  
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• Stranger Things Season 3 Setting And Story Details Revealed

  26-03-2018 23:19 via gamespot.com
  
  The third season of the Netflix hit Stranger Things was greenlit shortly after Season 2 hit the streaming service last October, and the show is set to resume production next month. Although it is currently unclear when Season 3 will arrive, some new details have emerged.The updates come via a Stranger Things panel at the annual TV conference PaleyFest in LA. According to The Hollywood Reporter, producer Shawn Levy revealed that Season 3 will be set in the summer of 1985, which follows the conven
  
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• Final Fantasy 15 Spin-Off King's Knight Shutting Down Less Than A Year After Launch

  26-03-2018 23:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Final Fantasy XV's extended universe is getting a little smaller. Square Enix announced it will shut down King's Knight: Wrath of the Dark Dragon, a mobile sequel to the company's first-ever NES game, this June, less than a year after the title released for iOS and Android devices."We regret to inform you that we will be terminating services for King's Knight at the end of June," the official Final Fantasy XV Twitter account stated. "We would like to express our sincerest apologies for ending th
  
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• Report: Democrats would need huge wave to win US House

  26-03-2018 23:08 via yahoo.com
  A report released Monday suggests Democrats might have to temper their enthusiasm about climbing back to power during this year's midterm elections.
  
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• 'Beginning of the end?' No new babies for endangered whales

  26-03-2018 23:06 via yahoo.com
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The winter calving season for critically endangered right whales is ending without a single newborn being spotted off the southeast U.S. coast, a reproductive drought unseen for three decades that experts say brings the rare species a perilous step closer to extinction.
  
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• 'Flagrant violations' of safety norms cited in Siberia inferno

  26-03-2018 22:57 via yahoo.com
  Russian authorities on Monday denounced what they called "flagrant violations" of safety norms that led to the deaths of 64 people, many of them children, in a fire at a busy shopping mall in an industrial city in Siberia.Investigators and witnesses said emergency exits were locked shut -- notably at a multiplex cinema where children were watching cartoons -- and alarm systems were not working at the Winter Cherry shopping centre in the Siberian city of Kemerovo."Investigators have already obtai
  
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• WWE Wrestlemania 34: Who's Going Into The Hall Of Fame?

  26-03-2018 22:51 via gamespot.com
  
  Wrestlemania 34 is right around the corner, and aside from the PPV itself, the entire weekend is filled with events like NXT Takeover on Saturday and the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony on Friday evening. Each year, the WWE honors wrestlers who have worked with the company in the past who made a lasting mark on wrestling as a whole.This year, WWE is honoring seven former wrestlers and adding another person to its Celebrity Wing as well. These iconic wrestlers will join the ranks of Ric Flair, Hulk Hog
  
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• Kushner investigation query gets Democrats a surprising answer

  26-03-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi talks with Rachel Maddow about his discovery through the Office of Government Ethics that the White House is investigating Jared Kushner over loans made to his family after meeting with Kushner at the White House.
  
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• Emergency fuel shutoff was tripped before NY helicopter fatal crash: pilot

  26-03-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  An emergency fuel shut-off switch had been accidentally tripped moments before a fatal crash of a helicopter in New York's East River on March 11, a pilot told the National Transportation Safety Board in a preliminary report released Monday.The Eurocopter AS350 chartered by Liberty Helicopters of New Jersey crashed, killing all five passengers after a private photo shoot trip over New York City.The pilot, who escaped, also told the NTSB that the engine trouble started shortly after a passenger s
  
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• Republican campaigns' use of Cambridge Analytica raises questions

  26-03-2018 22:41 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on new questions about the role Cambridge Analytica played in some Republican political campaigns and whether elections laws were violated.
  
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• A New Free Game Is Available Right Now On The Humble Store

  26-03-2018 22:40 via gamespot.com
  
  The Humble Store has revealed its latest free giveaway on PC. The Darkness II, a 2012 first-person shooter that blends the modern with the occult is available for free right now via Humble. If you're interested, you better act fast; the deal expires 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT on Wednesday, March 28, when it will go back to its normal price of $30 on Steam.The Darkness II and its predecessor are based on The Darkness comic book series. It mixes the gameplay of a traditional shooter with magic elements an
  
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• Man guilty of animal cruelty charges in 'Puppy Doe' case

  26-03-2018 22:38 via yahoo.com
  DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man accused of abusing a dog so severely that it had to be euthanized was convicted Monday of animal cruelty charges nearly five years after the dog known as "Puppy Doe" was found abandoned near a playground.
  
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• There Are Rumors That Kim Jong Un May Be In China

  26-03-2018 22:36 via yahoo.com
  Unconfirmed reports circulated on Monday that the travel-averse North Korean
  
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• How AMC's "The Terror" Embraces Horror Without Jump Scares

  26-03-2018 22:33 via gamespot.com
  
  AMC's new horror show, The Terror, premieres tonight with its first two episodes. Those who tune in will discover a show that's deeply unsettling and filled with dreadful foreboding--but not a lot of actual scares. And that's no accident, revealed The Terror's showrunners and executive producers, Soo Hugh and David Kajganich."Jump scares, we have a real allergy to," Kajganich said at a press event recently in Los Angeles. "As in senses of humor, there are just as many senses of horror around, an
  
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• Far Cry 5 Release Date: Here's When You Can Start Playing On PS4, Xbox One, PC

  26-03-2018 22:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Far Cry 5 pre-loading has begun in advance of its March 27 release date, but it isn't yet playable in most places around the world. Ubisoft hasn't shared specific unlock times for the game, but a look at the various digital stores give us an idea of when you can begin playing on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.According to the PlayStation Store, players in the US on PS4 will be able to begin playing at 12 AM ET on March 27, which is 9 PM tonight for those on the West Coast. The UK store doesn't list an un
  
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• Gas Leak From Faulty Water Heater Blamed in Deaths of Iowa Family Members

  26-03-2018 22:29 via yahoo.com
  The family of four had been dead for up to two days before their bodies were found last week.
  
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• Monster Hunter World's Tempered Deviljho Quest Returns Soon

  26-03-2018 22:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Last week's big Monster Hunter World content update brought the dreaded Deviljho into the New World, but that wasn't the only variant of the monster to arrive in the game. Over the weekend, Capcom quietly gave players a chance to take on the even more fearsome Tempered Deviljho through a very short-lived Event Quest. Fortunately, if you missed out on the quest the first time around, you'll have another chance to participate in it soon.On Twitter, Capcom announced that the Tempered Deviljho Event
  
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• U.S., EU to expel more than 100 Russian diplomats over UK nerve attack

  26-03-2018 22:05 via yahoo.com
  By Michael Holden and Roberta RamptonLONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it would expel 60 Russian diplomats, joining governments across Europe in punishing the Kremlin for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain that they have blamed on Moscow.It was the strongest action that U.S. President Donald Trump had taken against Russia since coming to office.
  
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• White House responds to claims that Stormy Daniels was threatened

  26-03-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  During a press briefing at the White House on Monday, March 26, Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah responded to claims that Stormy Daniels was threatened.
  
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• Trump Ally Sues Qatar For Hacking His Email

  26-03-2018 22:02 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON -- A top GOP fundraiser and his wife sued the government of Qatar,
  
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• Interior Department Denies Ryan Zinke Told Staff 'Diversity Isn't Important'

  26-03-2018 21:56 via yahoo.com
  The Interior Department is denying a CNN report published Monday that alleged
  
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• ’80s Nostalgia Gets Surreal And Out Of Control In Pixel Ripped 1989

  26-03-2018 21:55 via gamespot.com
  
  With many games paying homage to the nostalgia-ripe 2D-era of the '80s and '90s, Pixel Ripped 1989 seems like it could get lost in the crowd. But when it comes to reliving a bygone era, this strange yet surprisingly relatable throwback goes about things a bit differently, offering one of the most impressive and self-aware VR experiences in quite some time. During GDC 2018, we had the chance to go hands-on with the game ahead of its Oculus, HTC Vive, and PS VR release on May 22, while also speaki
  
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• How rightwingers have attacked Parkland students with lies, hoaxes and smears

  26-03-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  Emma Gonzalez, a shooting survivor from Parkland, Florida, cries as she addresses the ‘March for Our Lives’.The first and most repugnant strategy was to directly attack high-profile campaigners, especially students David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez.Running short of reasoned arguments, many attempted to push conservative buttons with high impact visuals.
  
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• Congress Sours on Saudi Arabia Over Yemen

  26-03-2018 21:51 via yahoo.com
  While the White House fetes the kingdom’s crown prince, lawmakers are running out of patience with Riyadh’s catastrophic war in Yemen.
  
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• Congress Sours on Saudi Arabia

  26-03-2018 21:51 via yahoo.com
  While the White House fetes the kingdom’s crown prince, lawmakers are running out of patience with Riyadh’s catastrophic war in Yemen.
  
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• Family plans autopsy for black man shot by Sacramento police

  26-03-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  An independent autopsy is planned of the unarmed black man fatally shot by police officers in the backyard of his grandparents' house in Sacramento, California, the family's attorney said on Monday.Two officers, responding to a report of someone shattering car windows on Sunday night, shot Stephon Alonzo Clark 20 times."We have the solemn obligation in preparing for an independent autopsy to go view Stephon's body," attorney Benjamin Crump told reporters on Monday.
  
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• Russian shopping mall fire kills 64; no alarms reported

  26-03-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Witnesses say fire alarms were silent and many doors were locked when a blaze at a Russian shopping mall packed with children and their parents on the first weekend of the school recess killed 64 people in Siberia.
  
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• French police investigate possible anti-Semitic murder as elderly woman stabbed and burned

  26-03-2018 21:43 via yahoo.com
  French prosecutors on Monday said they were treating the murder of an 85-year-old Jewish woman stabbed and burned in her Paris home as an anti-Semitic attack. Mireille Knoll, a Holocaust survivor who escaped a mass roundup of Jews in Paris in the Second World War, was found dead last Friday in her flat in Paris' eastern 11th arrondissement, where she lived alone. She had been stabbed repeatedly before the apartment was set on fire, the autopsy revealed. Firemen managed to put out the blaze.
  
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• Parent Close To Austin Bomber's Family Lashes Out At Portrayal Of Killer's Bible Study Group

  26-03-2018 21:39 via yahoo.com
  AUSTIN, Texas ― In the hours after Mark Anthony Conditt blew himself up,
  
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• Former All-Star Belle arrested on indecent exposure charge

  26-03-2018 21:26 via yahoo.com
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Former Cleveland Indians All-Star outfielder Albert Belle was arrested on charges of indecent exposure and extreme driving under the influence outside a soccer stadium in Arizona, the Salt River Police Department said Monday.
  
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• Far Cry 5 Microtransactions: Here's How They Work

  26-03-2018 21:26 via gamespot.com
  
  Microtransactions are a contentious subject. Despite being included in virtually every big triple-A release these days, the specific implementation varies greatly, and until we see just how they work in any given game, they can be a big concern for fans. With Far Cry 5's release finally here, we've taken a look at just how they're used in the video above.Ubisoft confirmed in advance of launch that Far Cry 5 would include microtransactions. Executive producer Dan Hay was insistent that they would
  
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• Fresh rebel withdrawals from Syria's shrinking Ghouta

  26-03-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  More than 3,500 Syrian rebels and civilians prepared to leave Eastern Ghouta on Monday after the largest exodus yet from the opposition enclave, as talks stalled over the final pocket of resistance.Five weeks since government troops launched a ferocious offensive on Ghouta, they hold more than 90 percent of the long-besieged opposition stronghold on the doorstep of Damascus.A convoy of more than 5,400 fighters and civilians left a pocket of territory held by Islamist rebel group Faylaq al-Rahman
  
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• Hearthstone Reveals More Witchwood Cards

  26-03-2018 21:14 via gamespot.com
  
  Blizzard has another expansion for Hearthstone on the way, a journey into the haunted forest of the Witchwood. The studio has gone mostly quiet since its debut, but today it kicked off two weeks of planned card reveals with a livestream debuting some of the new set.The stream revealed 10 cards in all, including two class Legendary cards and the one and only new Hero Card of the expansion. The Hero is a Shaman alternate, Hagatha the Witch. She deals 3 damage to all minions upon entering the field
  
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• Family of Man Killed in Fall From Top of Girlfriend's SUV Donates His Kidney to Friend in Need

  26-03-2018 21:14 via yahoo.com
  Police say Ryan Minett, 27, sustained fatal injuries on Friday after falling off the top of an SUV.
  
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• Killer Mike Apologizes For Interview NRA Misused As 'Weapon'

  26-03-2018 20:56 via yahoo.com
  Rapper Killer Mike apologized for the way the National Rifle Association
  
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• Wisconsin teens take anti-gun march to House Speaker Ryan's hometown

  26-03-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  About 40 high schoolers from Wisconsin are using the start of their spring break vacation to bring the weekend's national wave of gun control marches to the hometown of Republican U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan.The group on Monday was approaching the halfway point in its four-day, 50-mile (80-km) trek from the state capital of Madison to Janesville, Wisconsin in an event they were calling "March for Our Lives: 50 Miles More."The event is billed as a continuation of the marches and demonstrations o
  
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• New Far Cry 5 Trailer Sets Things Up For Release Day

  26-03-2018 20:52 via gamespot.com
  
  Far Cry 5 is almost here. Ubisoft's anticipated open-world shooter launches tomorrow, March 27, and ahead of its release, the publisher has shared a new trailer that introduces the game's antagonists and sets the stage for its controversial story.Unlike previous installments in the series, Far Cry 5 takes place in Hope County, a small, fictional town located in rural Montana. Hope County has been overrun by the Project at Eden's Gate, a fanatical cult of brutal zealots led by the Seed family. Th
  
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• Captain Marvel Will See Agent Coulson Back In MCU Movies

  26-03-2018 20:37 via gamespot.com
  
  It's been over five years since Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) was sen in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. Thanks to Captain Marvel, though, that's about to change. During the course of Marvel's Avengers, the SHIELD operative was seemingly killed. That didn't last long though, as Coulson was resurrected and continued his place in the MCU on ABC's Agents of SHIELD. As far as fans know, though, the Avengers themselves have no idea he's alive.Now, Coulson's return to the big screen comes with o
  
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• Iran hits back at Britain for arming Saudi war in Yemen

  26-03-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  Iran accused Britain of hypocrisy on Monday for saying it should stop supplying weapons to Yemeni rebels."Britain undoubtedly has direct responsibility for the war crimes committed over the past three years in Yemen by selling arms and providing logistical and intelligence support to the countries attacking Yemen," said foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi on the ministry's website.Saudi Arabia has been engaged for the past three years in an aerial bombing campaign against Yemen's Huthi reb
  
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• US and 23 other countries join mass expulsion of Russian spies to 'dismantle' Putin espionage network 

  26-03-2018 20:21 via yahoo.com
  Theresa May has told Vladimir Putin the Salisbury poisonings have “spectacularly backfired” after 24 countries joined with Britain to “dismantle” Russia’s worldwide spy network. The Prime Minister vowed never to allow President Putin’s espionage machine to be rebuilt after the US and other Western allies announced the expulsion of more than 130 Russian intelligence officers. President Donald Trump ordered 60 suspected Russian spies to leave the US - including
  
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• 'Mad Mike Hughes' Injured in Crash of Homemade Rocket During Mission to Prove Earth Is Flat

  26-03-2018 20:20 via yahoo.com
  He has reportedly spent 10 years building the rocket to prove his longstanding belief that the earth is not round.
  
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