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• Binghamton student in custody in fellow student's death

  16-04-2018 23:55 via yahoo.com
  BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) — After a daylong search by multiple police agencies, a Binghamton University student was taken into custody as a suspect in the stabbing death of a 19-year-old freshman, police said Monday.
  
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• Zombie Deadpool Stars In New Deadpool 2 Promos

  16-04-2018 23:50 via gamespot.com
  
  While superhero movies have dominated the box office over the past decade, few expected 2016's Deadpool to be quite so successful. The movie had a relatively modest budget and an R rating, but it went on to outgross every other movie in the X-Men franchise to that point. So expectations are high for Deadpool 2, which arrives on May 16, and now we have some new TV spots.These were broadcast last night during the season finale of AMC's The Walking Dead, with a new introduction from the Merc with a
  
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• New Street Fighter 5 DLC Character Falke Releases In April

  16-04-2018 23:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Capcom has confirmed that Falke, the next DLC fighter for Street Fighter V, will be available from April 24. Falke will be available for $6 or 100,000 Fight Money. International pricing hasn't been confirmed but is likely to be in line with previous characters. Falke also included in the Season 3 character pass, which also grants access to Sakura and Blanka (both available now), as well as Cody, G, and Sagat (coming in the future).She's a brand new character to the series but, like Ed and M. Bis
  
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• Kingdom Hearts 3 Trailer Shows Off Nostalgic Mini-Games

  16-04-2018 23:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Square Enix has released a new trailer for Kingdom Hearts III showing off Classic Kingdom, a Game & Watch-style mini-game collection. The feature was revealed during a fan event where Kingdom Hearts III co-director Tai Yasue said Classic Kingdom is "inspired by Disney cartoons and 1980s LCD games."In the trailer, which you can watch above, Sora, Donald, and Goofy are shown crowding around a portable games console, at which point tiny black and white versions of Sora and Mickey must use a pla
  
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• Cosby lawyer to sex assault accuser: 'Did you fabricate a scheme?'

  16-04-2018 23:41 via yahoo.com
  Bill Cosby's defense team on Monday sought to undercut the credibility of a woman accusing the comedian of sexual assault by pressing her about accusations she schemed to plant a false story of abuse to reap hush money.Cosby, 80, is undergoing his second trial on charges that he drugged and raped Andrea Constand, 45, at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2014.Constand has accused Cosby of attacking her when she visited him to discuss leaving her job.
  
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• The Latest: Student suspect in custody in campus stabbing

  16-04-2018 23:38 via yahoo.com
  BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on a Binghamton University freshman found fatally stabbed (all times local):
  
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• Kingdom Hearts 3 Still Has No Release Date, But It Adds Retro Mini-Games - GameSpot Daily

  16-04-2018 23:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Kingdom Hearts 3's release date is still up in the air, but we've got the latest news on its mini-games on today's GameSpot Daily.
  
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• Bay Area comedian W. Kamau Bell recalls being kicked out of coffee shop

  16-04-2018 23:37 via yahoo.com
  Following the controversy of two black men being arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks, Bay Area comedian W. Kamau Bell recalled when he was kicked out of a Berkeley coffee shop, saying the incident hit close to home.
  
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• The History Of The Baby Name 'True'

  16-04-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  Khloe Kardashian announced on Monday that she and Tristan Thompson have named
  
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• Want to Use the Starbucks Bathroom? These Are Your Rights

  16-04-2018 23:24 via yahoo.com
  Each store has its own rules
  
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• Shep Smith Calls Sean Hannity 'The Elephant In The Room' For Reported Michael Cohen Ties

  16-04-2018 23:22 via yahoo.com
  When Fox News anchor Shepard Smith reported that President Donald Trump's
  
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• WWE Greatest Royal Rumble: Predictions

  16-04-2018 23:18 via gamespot.com
  
  It's time for another big WWE event, but this for this one, the show will be taking place in the Middle East. It's called Greatest Royal Rumble, coming to the rest of the world live from Saudi Arabia on Friday, April 27. Because of the time zone difference, the show will air in Saudi Arabia at 5 PM BST / 7 PM AST; however, in North America, it will come to the WWE Network at 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT, with a Kickoff Show airing one hour prior.If you can't get around to watching the show live because y
  
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• MGS 5 For $5, And More PC Games On Sale At The Humble Store In The US

  16-04-2018 22:54 via gamespot.com
  
  It's sci-fi week at the Humble Store. To celebrate the theme, the retailer is dropping prices on select sci-fi games. Other games are on sale as well, but not all of them will last through the week at their discounted rates. You can see the full list of deals here, and clicking on any game shows how long its sale price lasts.Before we dive in, it's worth mentioning that if you subscribe to Humble Monthly, you get an extra 10% off on all games from the Humble Store. The discount stacks with these
  
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• Reports: Police moved past deputies to enter Florida school

  16-04-2018 22:50 via yahoo.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — When Coral Springs police officer Gil Monzon arrived at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School minutes after a gunman unleashed a massacre that killed 17, he says he found two Broward County sheriff's deputies in the parking lot.
  
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• "Nobody" Could Take Over As Iron Man, Avengers: Infinity War Director Says

  16-04-2018 22:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Avengers: Infinity War represents the culmination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date, going all the way back to 2008's Iron Man. That movie saw Robert Downey Jr. assume the role of Tony Stark--Iron Man--in one of those truly perfect actor-character pairings. Whether it's in Infinity War or further down the line, he'll eventually move on from the character, but those will be impossible shoes to fill, in the mind of Joe Russo.The Infinity War co-director told The Hindu Times (via ComicBook.c
  
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• Greenland Has a Mysterious 'Dark Zone' — And It's Getting Even Darker

  16-04-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  In the summer months, the western margin is shaded by a dark zone that seems to have gotten darker in recent years, threatening to speed up the rate of melting.A new study offers an explanation for the phenomenon, putting the blame on impurities like carbon and ice-dwelling algae."What we show is that the dark zone is covered in a finely distributed layer of dust and black carbon, which provide nutrition for dark-colored algae," study co-author Alun Hubbard, a professor at Norway's Centre for Ar
  
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• Why You Might Have to Pay a Tax Penalty

  16-04-2018 22:39 via yahoo.com
  What's the harm in filing your taxes late? It depends on whether you owe Uncle Sam or Uncle Sam owes you. If the IRS owes you a refund, you face no repercussions, aside from losing the opportunit...
  
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• Kingdom Hearts 3 Still Has No Release Date, Adds Some Cool Retro Mini-Games - GameSpot Daily

  16-04-2018 22:31 via gamespot.com
  
  Kingdom Hearts 3's release date is still up in the air, but we've got the latest news on its mini-games on today's GameSpot Daily.
  
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• New Star Wars Han Solo TV Spot Teases More Of Its Story

  16-04-2018 22:24 via gamespot.com
  
  With just over a month to go before the film's release, Disney is ramping up the marketing for the next Star Wars movie. A new TV spot for Solo: A Star Wars Story is now online, and it shows off some of the notable crew--including Han, Chewbacca, Lando, and others.This is the best look so far at Hail, Caesar actor Alden Ehrenreich as Han. We finally get to see his take on the character including the kind of charisma he brings to the film, which is an origin story of sorts that will show the smug
  
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• Donald Trump considered launching Syria strikes 'three times bigger'

  16-04-2018 22:24 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump considered launching a strike three times as big on Syria, potentially including hitting Russian air defence systems, but was dissuaded by James Mattis, his defence secretary. The Pentagon presented Mr Trump with three options for how to respond to the chemical attack by the Syrian regime in Douma on April 7, the Wall Street Journal reported. A first, and most cautious, option consisted of a limited strike on Syrian chemical weapons facilities, while a second targeted those plu
  
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• Sean Hannity was Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's secret client

  16-04-2018 22:21 via yahoo.com
  Michael Cohen’s mysterious third client, whose identity he tried to keep secret, has been revealed as Fox News host Sean Hannity.
  
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• In A Post-Avengers World, Making Incredibles 2 Was A Challenge

  16-04-2018 22:21 via gamespot.com
  
  The Incredibles came out in 2004. That's four years before Iron Man came out and jump-started the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Before then, superhero and comics-based movies were far more hit-or-miss; 2004 also saw the release of Hellboy (beloved) and Catwoman (less so).It's now 2018, and the entire entertainment landscape looks very different thanks to the current superhero renaissance. It's into this new era that Pixar is launching Incredibles 2, and that presents no shortage of challenges, acco
  
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• Avengers: Infinity War Heroes Gather For Two Stylish New Posters

  16-04-2018 22:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Avengers: Infinity War finally arrives next week, and two new posters have been revealed. These follow the long line of trailers, TV spots, and featurettes that have been released in the build-up to the movie.These latest posters are the best so far. Unlike the Infinity Stones-themed posters released a few weeks back, they feature all the movie's big heroes together. One poster is illustrated while the other uses photos of the stars, and both are incredibly stylish. Check them out below:Avengers
  
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• Donald Trump vetoes new Mike Pence 'never-Trump' hire

  16-04-2018 22:15 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on Mike Pence's attempt to hire a new foreign policy and national security adviser, Jon Lerner, only to have Donald Trump discourage the choice when he learned that Lerner had worked against Trump in the 2016 election.
  
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• What If the Ocean's Climate-Controlling 'Conveyor Belt' Came to a Halt?

  16-04-2018 22:13 via yahoo.com
  It sounds like a disaster movie, and well, it is: In 2004's "The Day After Tomorrow," the collapse of an ocean current in the North Atlantic sends the world into a whirlwind climate doomsday.And while that ocean current has not actually collapsed, scientists reporting in two new studies have found that it's weakening, by a lot.In the Atlantic Ocean, the current known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) ferries warm surface waters northward — where the heat is released
  
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• Trump attorney Michael Cohen's secret 'Client #3' is Sean Hannity

  16-04-2018 22:05 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on how it was revealed that Fox News personality Sean Hannity is a client of Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen.
  
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• Democrats outraising Republicans in key House races

  16-04-2018 22:05 via yahoo.com
  By Ginger Gibson and Grant SmithWASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrats have a $10.5 million fundraising advantage over Republicans in the 25 most competitive races for seats the U.S. House of Representatives ahead of the November elections, according to an analysis by Reuters.Party leaders, encouraged by recent victories in special elections in Pennsylvania and Alabama, hope it will be enough to help them flip 24 seats needed in November to wrestle control of the chamber from Republicans.The
  
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• Avengers: Infinity War -- Even Robert Downey Jr. Makes Hawkeye Jokes

  16-04-2018 22:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Avengers: Infinity War's release is nearly here, and that means we've seen the vast majority of the pre-release marketing for it at this point. Amidst all the trailers, posters, and so on, Hawkeye and Ant-Man have been noticeably absent. This has led to all sorts of jokes at the expense of Hawkeye in particular, and even the people involved with the movie have gotten in on the fun.At a recent fan event, Infinity War's cast and crew were asked a variety of questions, including who will defeat Tha
  
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• Yakuza 6 Review Roundup

  16-04-2018 22:01 via gamespot.com
  
  It's a big week for PS4 owners. In addition to the highly anticipated God of War, this week marks the release of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, the latest installment in the Yakuza series and the final chapter in protagonist Kazuma Kiryu's saga.First released in Japan nearly two years ago, Yakuza 6 finds the former mobster struggling to reconcile his criminal past with raising a baby. After serving out his prison sentence, Kiryu learns that his adoptive daughter is in a coma following a hit-and-run
  
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• Canada Dog 'Arrested' For Chasing Deer, Ends Up Behind Bars

  16-04-2018 21:55 via yahoo.com
  The Canadian pup just doesn't like deer, his owner says.
  
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• Trump Campaign Pays Lawyer Who’s Trying To Make Stormy Daniels Shut Up

  16-04-2018 21:51 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's re-election campaign this year has been
  
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• Drug suppliers' shares rise as looming Amazon threat appears to ease

  16-04-2018 21:49 via yahoo.com
  Shares of U.S. drug suppliers rose on Monday after a report that Amazon.com Inc had dropped plans to sell drugs to hospitals, in a boost to a pharmaceutical supply chain rattled by the looming threat of competition from the online retailer.Stocks of drug distributors McKesson , AmerisourceBergenand Cardinal Healthrose 2 to 3 percent, while drugstore chains Walgreens Boots Allianceand CVS Healtheach advanced about 5 percent.Healthcare investors expect Amazonwill become a major force in the indust
  
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• The Latest: California city to vote on sanctuary exemption

  16-04-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on immigrant sanctuary in California (all times local):
  
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• Donald Trump ‘felt misled over expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats for Salisbury attack’

  16-04-2018 21:44 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump felt misled by aides over the expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats for the Salisbury spy poisoning and pushed back on Theresa May’s demands to act, The Washington Post has reported.  The paper said the US president was left furious after discovering that Germany and France had only sent home a handful of Russians over the incident.  Aides reportedly had to explain that the US was matching the European Union’s entire number of expulsions rather than that of major E
  
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• Armenia opposition chief urges new protests, strike

  16-04-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  An Armenian opposition leader on Monday urged demonstrators to take to the streets again, even after he and dozens of others were hurt in protests over moves by the country's former president to maintain his grip on power."I call on all of the population of Yerevan and other towns and cities in Armenia to take to the streets tomorrow (Tuesday), block the main axes, and start a strike," Nikol Pashinian told a rally.During the rallies against former president Serzh Sarkisian, police used stun gren
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront 2 Taught EA A Lesson It Says It Won't Forget

  16-04-2018 21:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Star Wars Battlefront II's loot box controversy undoubtedly stole the game's thunder when it released on PC, PS4, and Xbox One last November. After pre-release gameplay revealed the game was essentially "pay-to-play" thanks to the way the progression system worked, EA pulled in-game transactions altogether. Now Patrick Söderlund, EA's former head of worldwide studios who was just appointed chief design officer in an internal shakeup, is speaking out about the fiasco and the company's next s
  
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• New Overwatch Skins Revealed, Coming In May For Twitch All-Access Pass Owners

  16-04-2018 21:30 via gamespot.com
  
  A variety of new Overwatch skins were released recently as part of the ongoing Retribution event. Even more are now on the way, although these will be available through a different means than standard skins.Twitch has revealed 12 new Overwatch League-themed skins during a recent Twitch Day event. These include alternate "away" skins for D.Va, Ana, Zarya, Genji, Sombra, Lucio, Widowmaker, Orisa, Winston, Reinhardt, Zenyatta, and Junkrat. You can see all of these in the image below.All of these wi
  
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• Khloe Kardashian And Tristan Thompson Named Their Baby Girl True

  16-04-2018 21:29 via yahoo.com
  Khloe Kardashian announced Monday that she and boyfriend Tristan Thompson have
  
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• Kingdom Hearts 3 Still Has No Release Date But Adds Some Cool Mini-Games - GameSpot Daily

  16-04-2018 21:24 via gamespot.com
  
  Kingdom Hearts 3's release date is still up in the air, but we've got the latest news on its mini-games on today's GameSpot Daily.
  
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• The Latest: Durst court hearing opens with letter about body

  16-04-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the murder case against New York real estate heir Robert Durst (all times local):
  
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• Why Incredibles 2 Starts Exactly Where The Original Ended

  16-04-2018 21:07 via gamespot.com
  
  Incredibles 2 is coming out 14 years after the original, yet the sequel picks up the story exactly where the original left off, with a villain known as The Underminer bursting through the ground and forcing the family into action. That makes this movie unique in the contemporary world of long-awaited follow-ups, and Incredibles 2 director Brad Bird explained exactly why in a recent press conference held at Pixar Studios in Emeryville, California."I thought about aging everybody the way everybody
  
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• Searchers find vehicle in California river, 2 bodies inside

  16-04-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  LEGGETT, Calif. (AP) — Crews searching for a family whose vehicle plunged into a rain-swollen Northern California river more than a week ago have found the sport utility vehicle and the bodies of a man and a girl inside, authorities said Monday.
  
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• Paint-to-Sample Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 for Sale

  16-04-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  The pinnacle of Porsche 997s might seem expensive now, but what about in five years? Ten?
  
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• Identity Of Michael Cohen's 'Mystery' Client Revealed As Sean Hannity

  16-04-2018 20:56 via yahoo.com
  Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, has also represented
  
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• 2 bodies, vehicle found after California family's SUV went into river

  16-04-2018 20:55 via yahoo.com
  Two bodies have been found in the search for a missing Southern California family after their SUV plunged into a Northern California river.
  
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• UPDATE: Washington Detective Given 5 Day Suspension for Drawing Gun on Biker

  16-04-2018 20:42 via yahoo.com
  UPDATE: Washington Detective Given 5 Day Suspension for Drawing Gun on Biker Today the Washington detective who drew his gun on a motorcyclist back in August will learn his fate UPDATE:  After initially covering the story, Detective Richard Rowe of
  
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• More Than 2,000 People Celebrated Pride In Mike Pence's Hometown

  16-04-2018 20:40 via yahoo.com
  An LGBTQ pride festival that started out as a high schooler's class project
  
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• Woman Killed Stranger Who Looked Like Her So She Could Steal Her Identity: Police

  16-04-2018 20:38 via yahoo.com
  A manhunt is underway for Lois Reiss, who also allegedly killed her husband.
  
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• USGS reports 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Alum Rock in San Jose

  16-04-2018 20:34 via yahoo.com
  USGS officials are reporting a magnitude-3.9 earthquake struck near Alum Rock in San Jose this morning.
  
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• $24 GTA 5 Headlines Rockstar Sale On Razer PC Game Store

  16-04-2018 20:31 via gamespot.com
  
  Razer has a PC game store now, and this week it has a bunch of 2K and Rockstar games on sale for your frugal enjoyment. The discounted prices here tend to be a few bucks lower than the sale prices you'll find at other retailers, so it's definitely worth taking a look if you're in the market for a game. Just make sure to act in the next few days, because the sale ends on April 20.First up is Grand Theft Auto V, which is on sale for $24. That's a great price, seeing as it usually only dips down to
  
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