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• Switch Weekly Roundup: Sneak Peek at Dark Souls Remastered Footage

  08-04-2018 23:56 via gamespot.com
  
  This week's Switch news isn't too packed, but there are quite a few gems to keep your eyes one. We got our first look Dark Souls Remasteredand Dragon Quest Builders 2, Owlboy has a release date, and indie-darling Firewatch is on its way to the console.Aside from forthcoming titles, 19 new games were added to the Eshop this week. A good handful of the platform's best titles are also on sale right now, including Arms, Rocket League, and L.A. Noire. As far as industry news, the publisher behind L.
  
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• WWE Wrestlemania 34: Live 2018 Coverage And Match Results

  08-04-2018 23:38 via gamespot.com
  
  It's finally time for WWE's biggest event of 2018, Wrestlemania 34. The professional wrestling giant continues to raise the bar at its yearly event by offering more matches, more celebrities, and more memorable moments, year after year. 2018 will be no exception as former UFC Champion Ronda Rousey teams with Kurt Angle to take on Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.This year's event takes place at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, and if you live in the area, there are still tickets availab
  
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• 2019 Subaru Forester STI Render Needs To Happen In Real Life

  08-04-2018 23:34 via yahoo.com
  This looks production-ready.
  
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• Black Panther Star Discusses Her Reaction To Finding Out She's In Avengers: Infinity War

  08-04-2018 23:23 via gamespot.com
  
  Marvel's Black Panther was filled with excellent characters, but perhaps the most memorable was Shuri, Wakanda's resident genius and little sister to King T'Challa. The character won many a fan thanks to her smarts, wit, and unwillingness to give up on her brother and her home.Given how recently Black Panther was released, some may have thought it'd be some time before they'd see Shuri on the big screen again, but the character will play a part in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbust
  
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• Avengers: Infinity War Was "One Of The Most Complicated Movies Ever" To Make, Say Directors

  08-04-2018 22:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Avengers: Infinity War is the culmination of years of setup across multiple Marvel Cinematic Universe flicks and will bring together the most iconic heroes from the last 10 years of movies to face one, all-powerful evil. Naturally, the process of making the movie has been complicated, and during a Q&A at a fan event, directors Joe and Anthony Russo discussed some of the challenges they faced."Certainly, this is one of the most complicated movies ever made in many ways," said Anthony Russo. "
  
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• 'SNL' Just Nailed Your Relationship With Leggings

  08-04-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  Finally ― a Nike ad that realizes some people wear leggings to run marathons,
  
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• Hostages and rebels leave Douma under evacuation deal: state media

  08-04-2018 22:47 via yahoo.com
  The first batch of freed hostages from rebel-held Syrian city of Douma arrived on Sunday at an army-controlled crossing in the first phase of a far-reaching deal to evacuate thousands of rebels to northern Syria, state media's live footage showed.In parallel with the first batch of hostages, a bus carrying dozens of fighters and their families left the besieged enclave enroute to opposition-held areas in northern Syria in an arrangement expected to be completed within several days.
  
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• High turnout in key poll for Hungary's Orban

  08-04-2018 22:15 via yahoo.com
  Hungarians voted in large numbers Sunday in an election that is being keenly watched across Europe, with firebrand nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban tipped to win a third consecutive term and press ahead with his anti-immigration agenda.Orban has clashed with EU institutions over his rejection of the bloc's refugee resettlement scheme and his clampdown on civil society, while he has drawn plaudits from other nationalist politicians and those on the far right who look to him as an inspirati
  
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• ICC says Israel, Hamas acts on Gaza border may be war crimes

  08-04-2018 22:01 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court raised concerns Sunday that Israel and Hamas may have committed war crimes during a current flare-up of violence in the Gaza Strip.
  
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• Syria 'chemical attack': what we know

  08-04-2018 21:34 via yahoo.com
  An alleged chemical attack in Syria's rebel-held Douma has sparked international outrage, with Washington warning Sunday of possible military action, while Damascus and Moscow said the reports were mere "fabrications".Syria's White Helmets, who act as first responders in rebel-held areas of Syria, said the attack took place late on Saturday using "poisonous chlorine gas"."More than 500 cases -- the majority of whom are women and children -- were brought to local medical centres with symptoms ind
  
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• Stravridis: Best responses in Syria likely ‘in the hard power basket’

  08-04-2018 21:28 via yahoo.com
  Admiral James Stravridis, former NATO supreme allied commander and NBC chief international security and diplomacy contributor, explores the options that President Trump has to respond to an alleged poison gas attack in Syria.
  
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• The Biggest Game Anniversaries Of 2018

  08-04-2018 21:27 via gamespot.com
  
  It's now 2018, and that means some of your favorite games are already having some big birthdays. Grand Theft Auto IV turns 10 this year, and turning 20 is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. 1998 and 2008 both had their share of great games, and although there's a lot of games to look forward to this year, there's always time to look back on the ones that were the most important to us.As the year goes on, we'll continue to spotlight important games on the anniversary of their Western releases.
  
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• Alaskans reject transgender 'bathroom bill'

  08-04-2018 21:21 via yahoo.com
  Alaskans have shot down a so-called “bathroom bill” that would have prevented transgender people from using the bathroom corresponding with their gender identity.Fifty-three percent of voters in Anchorage, Alaska voted “no” on Prop 1 – a citizen initiative that would have required transgender people to use public restrooms corresponding to the gender on their birth certificates, according to the Anchorage Daily News.The initiative was proposed by nonprofit Christian
  
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• Saudi Arabian corruption detainees may face terrorism-focused courts

  08-04-2018 21:03 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor has begun processing the cases of 56 men detained in the country’s sweeping anti-corruption purge late last year, an official said on Sunday. The 56 are still in Saudi government custody after failing to be exonerated or reach financial settlements with the government. The shock crackdown in November 2017 saw a new Supreme Anti-Corruption Committee round up 381 corruption suspects on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s orders,
  
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• WWE Wrestlemania 34: Live Match Results

  08-04-2018 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  It's finally time for WWE's biggest event of 2018, Wrestlemania 34. The professional wrestling giant continues to raise the bar at its yearly event by offering more matches, more celebrities, and more memorable moments, year after year. 2018 will be no exception as former UFC Champion Ronda Rousey teams with Kurt Angle to take on Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.This year's event takes place at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, and if you live in the area, there are still tickets availab
  
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• Best Cosplay From PAX East 2018

  08-04-2018 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Hundreds of passionate fans came to PAX East this year to represent their favorite characters from games and even movies. Suffice to say, there was a lot to see. Check out the best stuff right here!@HenchmanStudios@HenchmanStudios@HenchmanStudios @[email protected] @lenakali_cosplayGhostBustersofNewHampshire
  
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• Iran says Syria gas attack reports 'excuse' for military action

  08-04-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday reports of a gas attack in Syria were not based on facts and were an "an excuse" by the United States and Western countries to take military action against Damascus, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported."Such claims and allegations by the Americans and some Western countries point to a new plot against the Syrian government and people, and are an excuse to take military action against them," IRNA reported foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi a
  
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• NHL Teams Honor Victims Of Canada's Junior Hockey Bus Crash

  08-04-2018 19:56 via yahoo.com
  Professional hockey teams across North America came together to pay tribute to
  
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• 'SNL' Host Chadwick Boseman Appears On Black Jeopardy As T'Challa

  08-04-2018 19:46 via yahoo.com
  Chadwick Boseman hosted "Saturday Night Live" this weekend and not only did he
  
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• Homeless ‘Mansion’ Pops up Near Space Needle in Seattle

  08-04-2018 19:40 via yahoo.com
  A group of homeless people built a tent “mansion” surrounded by expensive high rises only half a block away from the famous Space Needle.
  
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• 911 call of father accused of killing son

  08-04-2018 19:32 via yahoo.com
  Joseph Ray Daniels called 911 to report his 5-year-old son, who is autistic and non-verbal, missing last week. On Saturday, Tennessee authorities charged him with killing the boy.
  
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• Donald Trump says China will back down amid growing fears of trade war

  08-04-2018 19:25 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump predicted on Sunday that China would take down its trade barriers, expressing optimism despite escalating trade tensions between the world's two largest economies that have roiled global markets in the past week. The two countries have threatened each other with tens of billions worth of tariffs in recent days and Chinese officials have said this is not the time for negotiations. But Trump administration officials have stressed that the tariffs are not yet in pla
  
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• Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower: 'Absolutely' Possible Over 87 Million Facebook Users Impacted

  08-04-2018 19:13 via yahoo.com
  The number of Facebook users whose data political research firm Cambridge
  
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• Mother Says `Fight Club` at Middle School is Responsible for Brutal Attack on Daughter

  08-04-2018 19:09 via yahoo.com
  A disturbing video that made the rounds on social media shows an Englewood Middle School student beating up a classmate, and the victim`s mother says this is all a part of a concerning trend at the school.
  
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• GOP Senator Slams EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt For 'Juvenile' Behavior

  08-04-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) lambasted embattled Environmental Protection Agency
  
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• Trump calls out 'Animal Assad' for attack, criticizes Putin

  08-04-2018 18:56 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday condemned a "mindless CHEMICAL attack" in Syria that killed women and children, called Syrian President Bashar Assad an "animal" and delivered a rare personal criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin for supporting the Damascus government.
  
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• Trump sends National Guard to assist border 'crisis'

  08-04-2018 18:55 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump and border-state governors deployed the National Guard to assist U.S. Customs and Border Patrol with what he said is a 'crisis' of illegal crossings.
  
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• US must not act on 'fabricated pretexts' in Syria: Moscow

  08-04-2018 18:41 via yahoo.com
  Moscow on Sunday warned the United States against carrying out a "military intervention on fabricated pretexts" in Syria, insisting that the Damascus regime did not use chemical weapons on an opposition holdout in Eastern Ghouta."We must once more warn that a military intervention under far-fetched and fabricated pretexts in Syria, where there are Russian soldiers at the request of the legitimate Syrian government, is absolutely unacceptable and could have the most dire consequences," the foreig
  
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• WWE Wrestlemania 34 Match: Daniel Bryan & Shane McMahon Vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn Preview

  08-04-2018 18:33 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the matches with the longest storyline buildups for Wrestlemania 34 is Shane McMahon's feud with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. Now, with Daniel Bryan cleared to wrestle, he can join in the fight at Mania, which takes place at 7 PM ET 4 PM PT on April 8. This year's event takes place in the Big Easy, New Orleans at the Superdome, and you can catch the action on PPV and live streaming through the WWE Network, with a Kickoff show starting two hours prior to the main card.While Zayn and Owens ha
  
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• WWE Wrestlemania 34: Ronda Rousey / Kurt Angle Vs. Stephanie McMahon / Triple H

  08-04-2018 18:32 via gamespot.com
  
  Although professional ass-kicker Ronda Rousey only officially signed to the WWE at the start of 2018, the build up to this upcoming match at Wrestlemania 34 started years ago at Wrestlemania 31. At that show, special guest The Rock (or Dwayne Johnson as he's known outside the squared circle) was interrupted mid-promo by Stephanie McMahon and Triple H, with Steph slapping The Rock right across his big dumb chiseled face. Luckily, Rousey was standing in the front row as a regular old audience memb
  
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• WWE Wrestlemania 34: Brock Lesnar Vs. Roman Reigns For Universal Championship

  08-04-2018 18:32 via gamespot.com
  
  There are two things that seem abundantly clear about the fight for the WWE Universal Championship taking place at Wrestlemania 34 this Sunday, April 8 (broadcast on PPV and the WWE Network from 5 PM ET/2 PM PT). The first is that Roman Reigns, he who has been anointed for years now as the present and future king of all WWE, will again win the strap at wrestling's biggest event, sending The Beast Brock Lesnar packing (or at least away for a little bit to rejoin the UFC). And the other thing we k
  
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• WWE Wrestlemania 34: John Cena Vs. Undertaker Match Preview

  08-04-2018 18:31 via gamespot.com
  
  One of WWE's biggest Wrestlemania's biggest matches in 2018 is one that it apparently doesn't plan to formally announce before the event. The company has been building to a confrontation between John Cena and The Undertaker for some time, yet with Wrestlemania 34 less than a day away, their matchup still isn't officially on the card.Undertaker and Cena are both Wrestlemania mainstays, although their roles in the company--particularly Undertaker--have been reduced from years past. Undertaker shar
  
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• Inside the migrant caravan traveling through Mexico to U.S. border

  08-04-2018 18:28 via yahoo.com
  Roughly six hundred migrants, many from Honduras, have been traveling for hundreds of miles in hopes of reaching the United States. President Trump cited the group in his decision to deploy the National Guard to the southern border.
  
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• White House Trade Adviser: The Washington Post Is 'Fake News Most Of The Time'

  08-04-2018 18:27 via yahoo.com
  White House trade adviser Peter Navarro escalated President Donald Trump's
  
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• President Trump blasts report on Chief of Staff John Kelly losing power

  08-04-2018 18:06 via yahoo.com
  The president said a recent Washington Post report on his Chief of Staff is “just another hit job” on Twitter, publicly defending John Kelly amid speculation over his future in the administration.
  
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• Far-Right Leader Viktor Orban Wins Hungary’s Election, Early Results Show

  08-04-2018 18:01 via yahoo.com
  BUDAPEST ― Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban looks set to easily win a
  
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• Senator's son to seek new civil trial against Joe Arpaio

  08-04-2018 17:52 via yahoo.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — The adult son of outgoing U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake will seek a new civil trial against a candidate seeking to replace Flake — Joe Arpaio — based on allegations that the then-sheriff brought a trumped-up criminal case against him in the deaths of 21 dogs at an Arizona kennel.
  
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• Body Discovered Near Site of California Cliff Crash That Killed Family

  08-04-2018 17:17 via yahoo.com
  Police believe it may be one of the missing girls from the crash.
  
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• IVF children at  risk of heart disease if procedure too intense, experts warn

  08-04-2018 17:15 via yahoo.com
  Scientists have warned against the risks of intensive IVF treatment as research suggests it increases the risk of heart disease in children. The “high stimulation” method, where powerful drugs are used to stimulate egg production, is a commonly used practise in British fertility clinics. But experts are now claiming there is growing evidence the treatment can result in offspring with higher blood pressure and thicker arteries than normal. Those traits among babies raise the risk of h
  
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• StarCraft Is Still The Most Relevant RTS Game 20 Years Later

  08-04-2018 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Real-time strategy genre has been a long-standing staple of PC games, continually challenging its players to flex their skills through the years. Whether it’s executing an optimal build order, maintaining an efficient flow of resources, micromanaging armies, or countering enemy strategies, there's always plenty to handle in an RTS. In the early years, the likes of Dune II, Warcraft, and Command & Conquer were regarded as the standard bearers. And as great as those games were, nothing h
  
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• Monster Hunter: World’s Director Answered All Our Burning Questions

  08-04-2018 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  It’s been almost three months since Capcom unleashed Monster Hunter: World into the wild, and it’s been breaking sales records and winning over new fans ever since. But even with all its success the work for the development team in Japan hasn’t stopped there, with a swathe of new monsters landing in the New World for players to hunt as well as the PC version still hard in the works. But despite being busy, Monster Hunter: World’s director Yuya Tokuda took some time out of
  
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• Michigan's top court hearing cases over guns, schools

  08-04-2018 16:57 via yahoo.com
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A gun openly carried by a spectator at a school concert in 2015 has turned into a major legal case as the Michigan Supreme Court considers whether the state's public schools can trump the Legislature and adopt their own restrictions on firearms.
  
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• Trump Blames Putin, Iran For Backing 'Animal Assad' In Wake Of Reported Chemical Attack

  08-04-2018 16:48 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump lashed out Sunday at Russian President Vladimir Putin
  
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• Trump calls out Putin for backing 'Animal Assad' in Syria

  08-04-2018 16:38 via yahoo.com
  President Trump delivered a critique of Russian leader Vladimir Putin after reports that the Syrian government launched another chemical attack against its own people this weekend.
  
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• 1 Dead After Fire Breaks Out at Trump Tower

  08-04-2018 16:38 via yahoo.com
  Six firefighters were also injured.
  
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• Body Found Near Site of Cliff Crash That Killed Hart Family

  08-04-2018 16:33 via yahoo.com
  The crash was suspected to be intentional
  
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• Tesla Is Cranking Out 2,000 Model 3s a Week

  08-04-2018 16:30 via yahoo.com
  It falls short of the goal Elon Musk started back in January.
  
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• These Americans are trapped in their jobs: they need to pay $10,000 to quit

  08-04-2018 16:25 via yahoo.com
  Why would dozens of news anchors recite a Sinclair Broadcast group script?Sinclair contracts contain a requirement that employees must pay their employers if they leave their jobs before their contract terms end.Dozens of news anchors robotically intoned “This is extremely dangerous to our democracy,” after reciting what turned out to be a script by Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner and operator of 193 local TV stations.
  
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• Muenster attacker was lone German with mental health problems - minister

  08-04-2018 16:08 via yahoo.com
  By Elke AhlswedeMUENSTER, Germany (Reuters) - The man who drove a camper van into a group of people sitting outside a restaurant in the German city of Muenster on Saturday acted alone and appears to have had mental health problems, the regional interior minister said on Sunday.The man killed two people when he ploughed the vehicle into people seated at tables outside the Grosser Kiepenkerl eatery, a popular destination for tourists in the old town of the university city in western Germany."We no
  
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• Pilots Warned Company Of Harnesses Before Deadly New York Helicopter Crash: Report

  08-04-2018 15:57 via yahoo.com
  Pilots for the company involved in the fatal "doors-off" helicopter crash in
  
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