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• House rejects balanced budget amendment

  12-04-2018 23:59 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday rejected a GOP-led effort to try to amend the Constitution to require a balanced federal budget. The vote was staged to try to demonstrate that Republicans controlling Washington care about budget deficits that have spiraled on their watch.
  
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• Man Captured 37 Years After Escape from Oklahoma Prison

  12-04-2018 23:56 via yahoo.com
  A man who escaped from an Oklahoma prison 37 years ago was arrested Thursday morning in Houston.
  
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• Rampage Review: Big, Fun, And Really, Really Dumb

  12-04-2018 23:55 via gamespot.com
  
  At what point is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson no longer portraying characters at all, and just fully playing variations of himself? We may have reached this critical The Rock breaking point with Rampage, a video game adaptation nobody asked for, but which somehow mostly works as a big, fun, and really dumb action movie.Johnson plays Davis Okoye, a primatologist and former soldier who's more comfortable around animals than humans. But he's still mostly The Rock, a fact that Dr. Doolittle levels of c
  
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• Confessed Parkland Shooter Wants To Donate Inheritance To Victims' Families

  12-04-2018 23:55 via yahoo.com
  The man behind the February 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida would like
  
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• Busch Gardens Gorilla Bolingo Apes Trainer as They Do Handstands Together

  12-04-2018 23:50 via yahoo.com
  Bolingo the gorilla does a handstand after watching his trainer do one.
  
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• Items found belonged to missing Southern California family, officials say

  12-04-2018 23:49 via yahoo.com
  Sheriff's officials say recovered debris and personal items confirm that a vehicle seen plunging into a NorCalriver last week belonged to a family from Southern California that went missing while on a road trip from Portland to the Bay Area.
  
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• Republicans, eyeing midterms, hold 'messaging' vote on deficits

  12-04-2018 23:48 via yahoo.com
  The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday failed to pass a balanced budget amendment that would have prohibited federal spending from exceeding revenues.Republicans held the symbolic vote to show voters that their party still cares about fiscal responsibility just days after congressional budget analysts said annual U.S. deficits will soon approach $1 trillion due to recent legislation.The balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution had little chance of becoming law s
  
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• Mexican drug kingpin behind DEA murder added to FBI most-wanted list

  12-04-2018 23:44 via yahoo.com
  A veteran drug kingpin convicted over the murder of a DEA agent and then released on a technicality from a Mexican prison has been added to the FBI’s list of its 10 most-wanted fugitives.Rafael Caro Quintero now faces additional criminal charges unsealed in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York, and the US government increased the reward for his capture to $20m.
  
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• Fortnite Players Will Receive Freebies To Make Up For Recent Server Problems

  12-04-2018 23:44 via gamespot.com
  
  The day following the latest patch for Fortnite, the 3.5 update, has been a disappointing one for fans. The game was rendered unplayable for many on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and mobile during that span due to a variety of technical issues. Those appear to be ironed out now for the most part, but developer Epic plans to apologize with freebies for everyone."It's been no secret that over the past 24 hours we've been experiencing issues with our services that have prevented many of you from playing Battl
  
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• Black Students Marched Against Gun Violence In Florida, But You Likely Didn’t Hear About It

  12-04-2018 23:37 via yahoo.com
  Hundreds of students from a predominantly black school in Miami's Liberty City
  
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• AD Test-Drives the Tesla Model 3

  12-04-2018 23:34 via yahoo.com
  Some have argued that Tesla's newest all-electric car, which starts at $35,000, could be as revolutionary as Ford's Model T
  
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• The Division's New Update Out Now, Adds 4K Xbox One X Support

  12-04-2018 23:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft has updated The Division on Xbox One today to optimize it for 4K TVs. Update 1.8.1 also introduces two new Global Events across all platforms including PC and PlayStation 4: Blackout set for the end of this month, and Onslaught set for the end of May.Other changes in this update include an increased drop rate for Classified Gear, a legendary difficulty for Amherst's Apartment and Grand Central Station missions, and several tweaks to gear and drop rates. Global events will offer Classifie
  
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• PUBG Savage Map Gets Second Beta Test; Here's When You Can Sign Up

  12-04-2018 23:28 via gamespot.com
  
  PUBG's new map Savage got its first round of beta testing on PC earlier in the month, and now players who missed out are getting another chance to give it a try. Developer PUBG Corp. has announced it is running a second round of testing next week and will be giving out more beta keys starting this weekend.If you want to sign up for the chance to play, PUBG Corp. will be reactivating its registration site on Saturday, April 14, at 5 AM PT / 8 AM ET / 1 PM BST. Anyone who wasn't part of the first
  
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• Get More Cash For US GameStop Trade-Ins For A Limited Time

  12-04-2018 23:11 via gamespot.com
  
  If you have a pile of games you're ready to trade in, you can get extra cash at GameStop for a limited time. Usually when you trade in a game, you can choose to have it paid out as a lower amount of cash or a higher amount of store credit. From now through April 22, however, GameStop is paying out just as much cash as it would store credit.There are a couple details to note here. It's only valid at participating stores in the US and Guam, and it's not valid in California (sorry, folks). You can
  
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• Trump judicial nominee refuses to express support for landmark desegregation ruling

  12-04-2018 23:08 via yahoo.com
  One of Donald Trump’s federal judicial nominees has failed to say she supports the landmark US Supreme Court ruling that outlawed racial segregation in schools.Wendy Vitter, Mr Trump’s nominee for the US District Court for Eastern District of Louisiana, dodged questions about the historic Brown v Board ruling during her confirmation hearing.“I don’t mean to be coy, but I think I get into a difficult area when I start commenting on Supreme Court decisions, which are correc
  
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• Witness saw SUV possibly belonging to Southern California family disappear into Humboldt County river

  12-04-2018 23:06 via yahoo.com
  Mystery surrounds the disappearance of a Southern California family of four who were on a road trip and never arrived in the Bay Area.
  
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• Former doorman says he got hush money over Trump love-child story

  12-04-2018 23:05 via yahoo.com
  The doorman, Dino Sajudin, reportedly signed a contract with American Media that carried a $1 million penalty for disclosing details of the explosive story.
  
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• Free Steam Weekend Begins For Three Games

  12-04-2018 23:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Hope you're not doing much this weekend, PC gamers. Three noteworthy games are doing the free-to-play weekend thing on Steam. Better yet, they're also on sale, so you can try them for free and then buy them for cheap if you want more time with them. Not a bad deal.Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands is free to play on Steam--as well as PS4 and Xbox One--between April 12 - 15. The promotion coincides with Wildlands's first big Year 2 update. It's called Special Operation I, and it features a missi
  
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• Mercedes Confirms an Electric S-Class Is Coming

  12-04-2018 23:00 via yahoo.com
  In order to compete with the Model S, Mercedes is electrifying its flagship luxury sedan.
  
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• Many Americans Still Don't Know Basic Facts About The Holocaust, Survey Finds

  12-04-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  Findings of a survey released to coincide Holocaust Remembrance Day on
  
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• Cambridge Analytica’s Abuse Shows Why Diversity In Tech Matters

  12-04-2018 22:52 via yahoo.com
  Last week, while in West Virginia for a roundtable discussion, President
  
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• Senator slams bank gun policies, threatens consumer complaint

  12-04-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  By Katanga JohnsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. senator on Thursday criticized Citigroup Inc and Bank of America Corp's restrictions on lending to firearm makers and sellers, saying the new policies were wrongly politicizing banking services.Speaking during a hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Republican Senator John Kennedy said he planned to personally file complaints with the U.S. consumer watchdog regarding the firearm policies.
  
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• Incredibles 2 Poster Reveals New Supers; A Trailer Comes Tomorrow

  12-04-2018 22:42 via gamespot.com
  
  A new poster for the upcoming Incredibles 2 has arrived, and it's loaded with hints about the new movie--including a bunch of new characters. What's more, the poster precedes a new trailer for the Pixar film, which will release tomorrow (April 13).The poster, which you can see below, features the first movie's superheroes springing into action, plus baby Jack-Jack using his superpowers to make life miserable for a raccoon. Additionally, a new villain looms over the movie's logo. What's most inte
  
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• SpyParty Live!

  12-04-2018 22:39 via gamespot.com
  
  We play SpyParty! A game where one person plays as a sniper, the other, a spy in disguise. Join Mike, Peter and Rob as they find out who the true secret agent is.
  
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• Boeing CEO Says He's Considering Launching a Rocket to Bring Back Rival Elon Musk's Tesla

  12-04-2018 22:39 via yahoo.com
  The budding rivalry between the companies is anything but playful, however
  
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• Two Games Are Free To Play On PS4 And Xbox One This Weekend

  12-04-2018 22:36 via gamespot.com
  
  If you're looking for a new game to play this weekend, you have a few choices that won't cost you a cent. Two major games are having free-to-play weekends across Xbox One and PS4. Better yet, one of them is on sale, so you can try it for free and then buy it for cheap if you like it. Not a bad deal.The one that's not on sale is Injustice 2, the fighting game featuring DC comic book characters (and others). It has a free trial on PS4 and Xbox One running April 12 - 15. In our 9/10 Injustice 2 rev
  
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• Striking Photos Show Israelis Standing Still For Holocaust Remembrance Day

  12-04-2018 22:35 via yahoo.com
  Israel marked Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday with people around the
  
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• Senate Confirms Controversial Former Coal Lobbyist As Next-In-Line To Lead EPA

  12-04-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  The Senate on Thursday confirmed Andrew Wheeler, President Donald Trump's
  
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• Wallace: Trump conditioning public with pardon of Scooter Libby

  12-04-2018 22:27 via yahoo.com
  Nicolle Wallace talks with Rachel Maddow about breaking news that Donald Trump intends to pardon former Dick Cheney chief of staff, Scooter Libby, and her belief that Trump and his media cohorts are conditioning the public for more pardons to come.
  
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• Moscow says priority in Syria to avert US-Russia conflict 

  12-04-2018 22:24 via yahoo.com
  Russia's UN ambassador said Thursday that the priority in Syria was to avert US-led military strikes that could lead to a dangerous war between Russia and the United States."The immediate priority is to avert the danger of war," Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told reporters following a closed-door meeting of the Security Council.
  
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• Analysis: Putin unlikely to leave strike on Syria unanswered

  12-04-2018 22:19 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Faced with the threat of a U.S. strike on Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin has a dilemma: allow U.S. missiles to hit Moscow's ally without a response or risk a military clash with the United States.
  
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• New PUBG Update Changes The Desert Map And Blue Zone - GameSpot Daily

  12-04-2018 22:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Playerunknown's Battlegrounds' desert map Miramar has some new areas, Destiny 2's next DLC release date revealed, and more in today's GameSpot Daily.
  
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• Shovel Knight Is On Sale On PS4, Xbox One, Switch, And PC

  12-04-2018 22:14 via gamespot.com
  
  The retro-style action platformer Shovel Knight has made it to nearly every modern gaming platform on the planet and, according to developer Yacht Club Games, has now sold 2 million copies. To celebrate, right now you can get Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove--which contains the core game, plus all of the expansions--for $20 / £15 on nearly every platform. The sale will end April 18.The PlayStation Store has Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove for the sale price on PS4, PS3, and PS Vita. Xbox One ow
  
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• Grab Battlefield 1 Collector's Edition For Cheap--But There's A Catch

  12-04-2018 22:14 via gamespot.com
  
  Woot is running a pretty great sale at the moment. It's selling Battlefield 1's Collector's Edition for $13, which sounds like a great deal. And it is, but there's a slight catch: it doesn't come with the game.That could actually be a good thing, since most people who are big enough fans to want the collector's edition would probably already have the game. Also, that makes this edition platform-agnostic, so it doesn't matter whether you do your gaming on PS4, Xbox One, or PC. But if you want to
  
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• The 'King of Kong' Gamer Just Had His Reigning King Kong Records Taken Away

  12-04-2018 22:12 via yahoo.com
  Video gamer and 'King of Kong' star Billy Mitchell has been stripped of his record-breaking 'Donkey Kong' scores after a dispute.
  
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• PS4 Update 5.53 Out Now, But It Doesn't Do Much

  12-04-2018 22:11 via gamespot.com
  
  A new system update for PlayStation 4 now available, but you may not notice the changes. The patch notes are only one line, and simply read, "This system software update improves system performance."The most recent major PS4 system update added a wide array of features, including new organizational options, additional parental controls, and a supersampling option for PS4 Pro. Users could monitor child playtime and prevent it during certain hours of the day, and the Pro would automatically improv
  
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• Check Out These Dragon Ball Z Action Figures From C2E2

  12-04-2018 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Recently, Chicago held C2E2, a comic convention that celebrates the world of comics, entertainment, and everything geeky. Aside from all the comic books, cosplay, and celebrities, there were a lot of Dragon Ball Z toys as well. That's right, C2E2 had quite a bit of anime memorabilia at this convention.Bluefin's booth at the show had a ton of products for sale--as long as you didn't mind waiting in line. Aside from Gundam, Marvel, and Power Rangers statues and figures, Bluefin showed off figures
  
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• Mueller report on Trump obstruction takes shape ahead of schedule

  12-04-2018 21:58 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow shares new NBC News reporting that because Donald Trump has backed out of the idea submitting to an interview with Robert Mueller, the investigation can procede to the next phase, closing the obstruction part of their inquiry.
  
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• Legion Season 2 Might Have Just Connected With Cthulhu Mythology

  12-04-2018 21:53 via gamespot.com
  
  This week, Legion gave us some of its most straightforward exposition ever. We got to see Farouk in the flesh (er, well, psychic flesh), David laid it all out on the dotted line, future Syd came clean about why she wants Farouk to find his body--you get the picture. Of course, it just wouldn't be Legion if all that direct plot development didn't also come with a whole new layer of weirdness on top.Part of the big reveal vis-a-vis Farouk's whole body situation was about the next step in finding i
  
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• This Mashup Trailer Of 'The Office' And 'A Quiet Place' Needs To Be A Real Movie

  12-04-2018 21:50 via yahoo.com
  This "A Quiet Place" parody beets them all.
  
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• Rainbow Six Siege Reaches New Player Milestone

  12-04-2018 21:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Rainbow Six Siege is celebrating a major milestone. Ubisoft has announced that the game has surpassed 30 million registered players across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The game is currently in its Year 3 of content, with the major update Chimera and subsequent patch kicking off a new round of game updates in March. Ubisoft is also celebrating its success with the game in esports, saying a record 321,000 concurrent viewers tuned into the 2018 Six Invitational."Over the last three years we hav
  
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• Mike Pompeo confirms "a couple hundred" Russian soldiers were killed in Syrian shootout

  12-04-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  Secy. of State nominee Mike Pompeo confirms "a couple hundred" Russian soldiers were killed in Syrian shootout involving US forces.
  
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• UK's Cabinet says Syria chemical attack calls for 'action'

  12-04-2018 21:45 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — Britain's Cabinet gave Prime Minister Theresa May the green light Thursday to join the United States and France in planning possible military strikes in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria.
  
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• Fortnite: New 50v50 Mode's Release Delayed

  12-04-2018 21:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Update: Fortnite developer Epic has postponed the start of Battle Royale's new limited-time mode, 50v50 v2, to next week. In a post on Reddit, the developer announced, "You may have seen information or even a video about the 50v50 v2 Limited Time Mode going live today. Due to the account service issues we've been experiencing, and in order to preserve your play experience this weekend, we will be delaying it to next week." This delay comes after Fortnite experienced a significant bout of downtim
  
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• Trump's Pick For Secretary of State Reversed Or Forgot All His Controversial Positions

  12-04-2018 21:40 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON -- Secretary of state nominee Mike Pompeo is well-known for his
  
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• Peanut butter or not? Mom shamed for letting child eat PB&J at Target store

  12-04-2018 21:39 via yahoo.com
  Should you let your child eat peanut butter in public? That is a question that many moms have weighed in on a public forum dedicated to parenting tips.
  
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• The Witcher 3's Geralt Gets A New Figure, And It Includes His Bathtub

  12-04-2018 21:27 via gamespot.com
  
  An adorable new figure of The Witcher 3's Geralt is now available for pre-order. The chibi-style Nendoroid figure includes Gwent cards, his steel and silver swords, and, of course, the infamous bathtub. You can find the figure on GoodSmile's English website.Nendoroids are posable figures that often come with several face options, props, and parts. Because of the big-head, small-body style, a lot of Nendoroid figures are of anime characters--but not all of them, obviously. Geralt of Rivia is the
  
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• Evangelical Leaders Could Use Stormy Daniels To Get Even More From Trump

  12-04-2018 21:24 via yahoo.com
  Just when you think President Donald Trump couldn't enact more hostile
  
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• Avengers: Infinity War And My Hero Academia Anime Team For Superhero Collaboration

  12-04-2018 21:23 via gamespot.com
  
  In case you didn't think Avengers: Infinity War has enough superheroes, even though it contains literally every Marvel Cinematic Universe hero (except possibly Hawkeye; sorry Hawkeye), you're in luck. My Hero Academia, which just debuted its third season on Crunchyroll and Hulu, is teaming up with the MCU movie.The collaboration was announced on Twitter, where My Hero Academia posted a reworked version of the Infinity War trailer, with the anime's characters built in. A website has also been cre
  
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• Fortnite Servers Back Up After Extended Downtime

  12-04-2018 21:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Update 3: It looks as if everything is back to normal. Players have reported being able to get online and play on all platforms, and Epic itself announced on Twitter, "The Battle Bus once again operational! Hop in and hop on." We'll report back with any further changes.Update 2: After identifying the cause of Fortnite's problem, Epic is bringing to bring the game back online. At 9:55 AM PT / 12:55 PM ET / 5:55 PM BST, the studio tweeted, "Services should begin to recover over the next couple of
  
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