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• White House Stands By Trump's Voter Fraud Claim, But Offers No Evidence

  09-04-2018 23:58 via yahoo.com
  The White House on Monday stood by its claim that millions of votes were cast
  
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• Bolton Arrives At White House, And National Security Staff Start Leaving

  09-04-2018 23:54 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― John Bolton began his first day as President Donald Trump's third
  
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• WWE Wrestlemania 34 Results: The Undertaker Vs. John Cena Highlights

  09-04-2018 23:53 via gamespot.com
  
  What was on paper one of WWE's biggest matches of 2018 was one that it didn't bother to formally announce before the event where it took place. Buildup for match between John Cena and The Undertaker had been happening in recent months, yet when Wrestlemania 34 occurred, their matchup wasn'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 shared a cryptic message
  
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• Wrestlemania 34: Seth Rollins Channels Game Of Thrones For Epic WWE Entrance

  09-04-2018 23:44 via gamespot.com
  
  While Wrestlemania 34 was filled with memorable moments, WWE's biggest annual show actually started with one of the best for anyone that's a Game of Thrones enthusiast. As Seth Rollins made his way to the ring for the triple threat match for the Intercontinental Championship--a bout he won--something looked different.Rollins' eyes were a piercing and unnatural blue color that stood out and looked very familiar to fans of Game of Thrones. With blue contacts and new ring gear made for the event, R
  
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• Brock Lesnar Re-Signs With WWE Following Wrestlemania 34

  09-04-2018 23:27 via gamespot.com
  
  Recent reports suggested that Brock Lesnar might be on his way out of WWE once again in order to return to the world of UFC. That, combined with the storyline leading up to his Wrestlemania 34 match against Roman Reigns, sure made it seem likely that he would drop the WWE Universal Title and move on. Perhaps that will still happen, but it won't be for a few more weeks.As we know, Lesnar won what turned out to be Wrestlemania 34's main event. Now, WWE has announced that he's been re-signed and al
  
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• Report Suggests Scott Pruitt May Have Signed Off On EPA Staff Raises

  09-04-2018 23:23 via yahoo.com
  An internal email suggests that Environmental Protection Agency administrator
  
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• WWE Wrestlemania 34: Ronda Rousey Obliterates Expectations

  09-04-2018 23:16 via gamespot.com
  
  I doubted you, Ronda Rousey. And I've rarely been so happy to be wrong. There's not a single WWE fan who could have sized up Wrestlemania 34's card beforehand and said, "Ronda Rousey & Kurt Angle vs. Stephanie McMahon & Triple H will be the match of the night."And yet, that's exactly what happened, and it was more than petty theft. Was there a better worked or more technically proficient match on the card? Certainly. But this match was the one that lived up to WWE's self-stylized descrip
  
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• Bill Cosby paid $3.4m to silence woman he had sexually assaulted, prosecutor says

  09-04-2018 23:04 via yahoo.com
  Bill Cosby began his retrial on Monday at Montgomery county court of common pleas in Norristown, Pennsylvania.Bill Cosby paid $3.4m to buy the silence of a young woman he had previously drugged and then sexually assaulted, a prosecutor alleged on Monday as the comedian’s retrial got under way in Pennsylvania in the first major courtroom drama of the #MeToo era.Kevin Steele, the district attorney for Cosby’s home county of Montgomery, revealed a secret that has remained hidden for the
  
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• 'World must see justice done' in Syria: Haley

  09-04-2018 23:03 via yahoo.com
  US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Monday urged the United Nations Security Council to act following the latest alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria, warning the United States was ready to respond.Russia said a US military strike against Syria would have "grave repercussions" and stressed that the use of chlorine or sarin had not been confirmed in the attack Saturday in Douma.
  
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• Why Hearthstone's Witchwood Expansion Offers The Best Point To Jump In

  09-04-2018 23:02 via gamespot.com
  
  With Hearthstone's Year of the Raven kicking off with the launch of the upcoming Witchwood expansion on April 12, fans of Blizzard's wildly popular card battle game are about to experience some of the most sizable changes to the game yet. Compared to the previous expansion, Kobolds and Catacombs--which introduced the Dungeon Run--The Witchwood expansion brings in a slightly spookier experience for its jaunt through the dark and dreary forest. Along with 135 brand new cards, new keywords known as
  
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• 2018 Ford F-150 5.0L V-8 4x2 SuperCrew

  09-04-2018 23:00 via yahoo.com
  It's a closet hot rod.
  
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• New swearing-in gives US Senate record number of women

  09-04-2018 22:57 via yahoo.com
  Mississippi Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith was sworn in Monday as the newest member of the US Senate, raising the number of women in Congress's upper chamber to 23, a new record.Vice President Mike Pence, who presides over the 100-member Senate, swore Hyde-Smith into office."Congratulations, senator, and welcome," he said.
  
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• U.S. Border agent charged with murdering Mexican claims self-defense

  09-04-2018 22:52 via yahoo.com
  A U.S. Border Patrol agent charged with murdering a Mexican teenager when he fired across the border in 2012 testified on Monday that he acted in self defense after rocks were thrown at him.Agent Lonnie Swartz, 43, is charged with murder in the shooting death of 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez on Oct. 10, 2012.Swartz, who has been on trial in U.S. District Court in Tucson, Arizona, since March 20, sobbed on Monday while recounting the shooting.
  
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• WWE: The Best Wrestlemania 34 Moments And Biggest Surprises

  09-04-2018 22:46 via gamespot.com
  
  Wrestlemania 34is over, and we're all in the middle of a wrestling hangover between WWE, NXT, RoH, Progress, and all the other events that happened over the April 7 weekend. It was a long couple of days filled with bodyslams, grand entrances, and children winning tag team titles.During WWE's Wrestlemania PPV--which was seven hours long--there were a plethora of amazing moments that fans will remember forever. Some of them were epic battles between rivals, some were betrayals, and some were just
  
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• Seized material from Trump attorney suggests broad investigation

  09-04-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  Tom Hamburger, investigative reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about what the range of material taken from Trump attorney Michael Cohen's home, hotel, and office suggest about the scope of the investigation.
  
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• Child Abuse Claims Could Be Key to Answering Mystery Question in California Cliff Crash: Why?

  09-04-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  The family moved from Minnesota to Oregon to Washington as child welfare agencies and schools launched investigations
  
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• US attacks Moscow over suspected Syria chemical attack: 'Pictures of dead children mean nothing to countries like Russia'

  09-04-2018 22:38 via yahoo.com
  The US has launched a scathing attack on Russia’s role in propping up the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad with the country’s ambassador to the United Nations saying Washington “will respond” to a suspected chemical attack in Syria, regardless of whether the UN acts or not.As Russia claimed first there was no evidence of a chemical attack in the Damascus suburb of Douma and then said the US had helped anti-Syria militants “stage” the incident which killed
  
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• BlizzCon Dates Announced; Here's When You Can Buy Tickets

  09-04-2018 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  BlizzCon 2018, Blizzard's huge annual convention, is returning at the start of November. The company has announced BlizzCon 2018's dates: November 2-3 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Blizzard has also announced the dates for BlizzCon Opening Week, which kicks off several rounds of esports competition in StarCraft II, Heroes of the Storm, and World of Warcraft. For the first time, it'll will sell a limited number of tickets to Opening Week events too.Tickets for BlizzCon will go on sale on two
  
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• Get $10 Credit For Pre-Ordering These Games At Best Buy

  09-04-2018 22:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Best Buy is running a new promotion that rewards you for pre-ordering some of the biggest games of the year. Right now, if you lock in your preorder for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, or Super Smash Bros., you'll receive a $10 reward certificate. The company says it will announce more games that qualify for the reward in the future.The only hitch is you need to be a My Best Buy member to get the reward, but registering for that program is free (more information here). It's
  
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• No big deal: Melania Trump comforts student at event

  09-04-2018 22:13 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump says spilled water — even on-camera in a famous house — is no big deal.
  
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• FBI Raids Office Of Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen

  09-04-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  The FBI raided the office of President Donald Trump's personal attorney
  
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• Toy Story 4 Gets 2019 Release Date

  09-04-2018 22:09 via gamespot.com
  
  It looks as though Toy Story 4 finally has a release date. After first being announced in 2014 with a proposed 2017 release, it'll now be just over a year before Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), and the rest of the gang are back in theaters.Josh Cooley (Inside Out), who is directing the animated film, announced the news with a simply tweeted photo of the number 4 and the date June 21, 2019. He's joined by co-director Jonas Rivera, who recently worked on Coco. This is the latest ste
  
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• Apple says all its facilities now powered by clean energy

  09-04-2018 22:09 via yahoo.com
  The iPhone maker also said nine suppliers had recently committed to running their operations entirely on renewable energy sources like wind and solar, bringing to 23 the total number to make such a pledge.Major U.S. corporations such as Apple, Wal-Mart Incand Alphabet Inchave become some of the country's biggest buyers of renewable forms of energy, driving substantial growth in the wind and solar industries.Alphabet's Google last year purchased enough renewable energy to cover all of its electri
  
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• Amid trade fight, Trump says he'll 'make it up' to farmers

  09-04-2018 21:55 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump acknowledged Monday that farmers could be adversely affected by the escalating tariff dispute with China, but promised to make it up to them, saying they "will be better off than they ever were."
  
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• Boy, 4, beaten to death by mom and her boyfriend for spilling cereal

  09-04-2018 21:53 via yahoo.com
  A Pennsylvania couple is charged with first-degree murder after they allegedly
  
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• Splinter Cell's Sam Fisher Officially Returns In Ghost Recon Wildlands Update This Week

  09-04-2018 21:52 via gamespot.com
  
  As was more than subtly hinted at in a recent teaser, Splinter Cell protagonist Sam Fisher is officially set to make an appearance in Ghost Recon Wildlands. The first big update of Year 2, Special Operation I, launches soon and will include a special mission featuring Fisher.In announcing that Wildlands will receive a second year of free updates, Ubisoft said that each of the major Special Operation updates would have a theme. Splinter Cell is the theme of this first Year 2 content drop, which i
  
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• Texas Senate Candidate Beto O'Rourke Says He's Seen Enough Evidence To Impeach Trump

  09-04-2018 21:49 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas), who is mounting a longshot bid against Sen. Ted
  
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• Fugitive who announced 2 killings on social media found dead

  09-04-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  EAST RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — A fugitive who announced on social media that he had fatally shot his mother and a friend in Tennessee has apparently killed himself, authorities said after the man's body was found Monday in neighboring Mississippi.
  
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• WWE Wrestlemania 34: Ronda Rousey's First Match Was A Highlight Reel

  09-04-2018 21:42 via gamespot.com
  
  The leadup to Wrestlemania 34 featured lots of doubters about the career of newly signed UFC fighter Ronda Rousey, and I was one one of them. Her first segments were a mixed bag and the story itself received a lukewarm reception. However, Rousey silenced every single critic--including myself--with her Wrestlemania 34 performance.Rousey is happy with how things played out: "Every missed opportunity is a blessing in disguise. I really believe it now." She lost her last two bouts in the UFC, which
  
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• This week's earthquake cluster is the new normal in Oklahoma. Here's why.

  09-04-2018 21:42 via yahoo.com
  A cluster of earthquakes hit Oklahoma over the past few days, unsettling thousands of the state's residents. As of 11 a.m. ET Monday the U.S. Geological Survey says that 2,274 people reported feeling a 4.3 magnitude quake Sunday night. There have been at least 16 noticeable earthquakes (above 2.5 in magnitude) observed by the Geologic Survey since Friday, April 6. While nerve-rattling, the quakes are normal for the area — at least since 2009. That's when the problematic quakes began, Jerem
  
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• Wrestlemania 34: Every Time WWE's Cameras Cut To John Cena In The Crowd

  09-04-2018 21:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Cena Engaged In A Delightful Conversation
  If you've been keeping up with WWE, then you know John Cena's Road to Wrestlemania has included countless segments where he's challenged the Undertaker on live television only to never hear back from the Deadman. So, Cena decided that he was going to go to Wrestlemania as a fan.And that's exactly what John Cena did; he spent time during the Kickoff Show and a good chunk of the main card, sitting on the floor and watching with the rest of the fans, before
  
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• John Bolton Can’t Be Contained

  09-04-2018 21:38 via yahoo.com
  For the first time in his career, Washington’s most belligerent foreign policy wonk is officially outside the bureaucratic box.
  
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• Wrestlemania: The True Identity Of Braun Strowman's Tag Partner Revealed - Report

  09-04-2018 21:28 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the most exciting highlights of Wrestlemania 34 was the reveal of Braun Strowman's tag team partner. After teasing that he could win the match himself, real-life Looney Tunes character Strowman picked a child from the Wrestlemania audience named Nicholas to stand in as his partner. In the end, the duo was able to win the match and claim the Tag Team Championships from The Bar.Was Nicholas just some lucky kid plucked out of the crowd, though? The answer is no. While Nicholas is a child wit
  
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• New Star Wars Han Solo Movie Trailer Is The Best Yet

  09-04-2018 21:23 via gamespot.com
  
  The next Star Wars movie, a standalone spinoff centered on Han Solo, opens in theatres next month. Disney today released a new trailer for it--and it's pretty spectacular. The trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story, as it's officially called, provides one of the best looks yet at the anticipated sci-fi movie. We also see some Destiny-like enemies, while more details are revealed about pretty much all the major characters. There is also a particularly fantastic battle sequence near the end. Check it
  
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• Kremlin aide: Russia's centuries-long romance with West over

  09-04-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has abandoned its centuries-long aspirations of integrating into the West and is bracing for a new era of "geopolitical loneliness," a top adviser to President Vladimir Putin warned in a magazine article released Monday.
  
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• WWE Wrestlemania 34 Results: AJ Styles Vs. Shinsuke Nakamura Highlights

  09-04-2018 21:17 via gamespot.com
  
  It was the match many were hoping to see when two of the greatest wrestlers in the world finally joined the WWE in the last few years. AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura--who both built their names and reputation outside of Vince McMahon's promotion--have competed against each other only once before (an extremely well-received match at NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 10). But their bout for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 34 marked the first time the two have wrestled each other in the WWE, and it was
  
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• Biggest Battle Royale Games To Play In 2018

  09-04-2018 21:14 via gamespot.com
  
  Biggest Battle Royale Games
  Battle royale games are steadily evolving, moving past the genre's humble beginnings as mods for large-scale survival games, like ARMA 2 and Minecraft, and into new territory. You can already see it rapidly growing thanks to the massive successes of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Fortnite. This year alone is packed with a slew of new battle royale games that aim to push the genre even further. To keep you informed of all the latest games in the genre, we've compile
  
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• Monsanto shares jump on report of US approval of Bayer deal

  09-04-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  Shares of agricultural giant Monsanto surged Monday following a report that the US Justice Department would approve its acquisition by Bayer, the last major hurdle facing the deal.Near 1900 GM, Monsanto was up 6.5 percent at $125.47 after The Wall Street Journal reported US antitrust regulators would greenlight the mega-deal after the companies agreed to sell additional assets.US officials are requiring Germany's Bayer to divest additional seed and seed-treatment assets and adjust its digital ag
  
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• PS4's Best-Selling Games On PSN For March 2018 Revealed

  09-04-2018 21:10 via gamespot.com
  
  With April now underway, Sony has revealed the list of last month's best-selling games on the PlayStation Store. March saw a number of high-profile titles launch for PS4, including Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, A Way Out, and MLB The Show 18, but the most-downloaded game of the month was Far Cry 5.Ubisoft's new open-world shooter was the best-selling PSN title in March, topping the chart in both the US and Europe. Far Cry 5 has proven to be a big success for Ubisoft, having the second-biggest
  
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• Federal Ethics Chief Asks EPA To Address 'Concerns' Over Scott Pruitt

  09-04-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  The federal government's top ethics official says it's time for the
  
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• Woman dies after being given formaldehyde instead of saline drip during routine surgery

  09-04-2018 21:02 via yahoo.com
  A Russian woman tragically died after she was administered embalming fluids
  
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• Free New Battle Royale Game Revealed By LawBreakers Dev

  09-04-2018 20:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Boss Key Productions, the studio founded by Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski and developer of LawBreakers, has revealed Radical Heights, a "free *X-TREME Early Access* battle royale shooter," which will be available on Steam Early Access on April 10.Like most battle royale games, Radical Heights tasks contestants with surviving against other players, but adds its own twist on the formula by inviting players to use vehicles to give themselves the advantage. On top of that, you can collect ca
  
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• WWE Wrestlemania 34 Results: Daniel Bryan & Shane McMahon Vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn Highlights

  09-04-2018 20:57 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the matches with the longest storyline buildups for Wrestlemania 34 was Shane McMahon's feud with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. With Daniel Bryan cleared to wrestle, he was able join in the fight at Mania, which took place on April 8 in New Orleans at the Superdome.While Zayn and Owens have spent most of their time in WWE as enemies, they became united as they found a common enemy in Shane McMahon. Owens saved Zayn from McMahon's death-defying dive at Hell in a Cell, and the two have been a
  
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• Syria provides John Bolton with first test as Trump's national security adviser

  09-04-2018 20:43 via yahoo.com
  The new national security adviser, John Bolton, listens as Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Monday.As Donald Trump warned on Monday of an imminent US military response to chemical weapons use in Syria, the new head of his national security team was sitting directly behind him, his bristling white moustache a reminder of earlier American wars.
  
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• Play Ghost Recon: Wildlands For Free This Weekend

  09-04-2018 20:43 via gamespot.com
  
  If you're interested in the open-world shooter Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands but haven't picked it up yet, we have some good news: You'll get a chance to try the game for free this weekend. The free-play weekend runs April 12 through 15, on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.It's a good weekend to hop in, too. This week sees the launch of Wildlands' first big Year 2 update. It's called Special Operation I, and as Ubisoft just announced, it features a mission with Splinter Cell's Sam Fisher. Unlike in B
  
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• Star Trek: Discovery Casts Marvel's Inhumans Star For Season 2 Role

  09-04-2018 20:41 via gamespot.com
  
  If you were one of the two of three people championing a possible second season of Marvel's Inhumans, it might be time to give up the fight. Anson Mount, who was most recently seen as Black Bolt on Inhumans, has a new job that will take him far from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Variety reports that Mount will join the second season of Star Trek: Discovery in the role of Captain Christopher Pike--the predecessor of Captain James T. Kirk at the helm of the USS Enterprise. The arrival of Pike was
  
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• Pope Francis: Helping Poor And Migrants Is 'Equally Sacred' As Fighting Abortion

  09-04-2018 20:39 via yahoo.com
  Pope Francis issued a scathing rebuke of Catholics who prioritize some church
  
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• The Latest: Russia says no sign of gas attack in Syria town

  09-04-2018 20:29 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local):
  
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• 9 Signs Your Relationship Isn't Worth Fighting For

  09-04-2018 20:26 via yahoo.com
  No one said relationships were easy ― even the strongest couples will
  
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• Georgia reignites border war with northern neighbors

  09-04-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  Georgia looks to lap up a portion of the Tennessee River in its latest push to shift borders.
  
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