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• Cobra Kai Renewed For Season 2--Here's What We Know

  10-05-2018 23:53 via gamespot.com
  
  YouTube Red has delivered a serious leg sweep with its newest original program, Cobra Kai. The series, which follows up on the movie The Karate Kid nearly 35 years later, just debuted on the streaming service and has already been renewed.In a press release touting the renewal, executive producers Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg say, "Continuing the Karate Kid saga with YouTube Red has been a dream come true. We are grateful to all our creative partners for giving us the freedom t
  
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• Payment revelations show Cohen at center of billion dollar deals

  10-05-2018 23:49 via yahoo.com
  The Washington Post reports that money paid by AT to Michael Cohen was meant to help them gain approval for a multi-billion dollar merger with Time Warner.
  
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• Bethesda Teases A Pre-E3 Announcement Following Rage 2 Listing

  10-05-2018 23:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Update: Bethesda has shared another teaser image on Twitter, further reinforcing the theories that May 14 will bring some kind of announcement. This one features a rocket firing into space with the numbers "5-14" adorned on the side. It's clear that something is coming on Monday.Rage 2 still seems to be a likely candidate, assuming the Walmart listing for it was not an error. The smoke left behind the rocket is the same pink color that was used in Bethesda's tweets about the Rage 2 listing. Whet
  
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• Ex-NFL player: Police fabricated evidence for gun charge

  10-05-2018 23:22 via yahoo.com
  ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — A former NFL linebacker's career was cut short after authorities in New Jersey fabricated evidence linking him to a gun used in a shooting, the player alleged in a lawsuit filed this week.
  
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• Here Are Those Facebook Ads That House Dems Say Russia Ran During The 2016 Election

  10-05-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  On Thursday, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released the 3,000
  
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• Here Are Some More Of Those Facebook Ads That Russia Ran During The 2016 Election

  10-05-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  On Thursday, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released the 3,000
  
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• Ex-Illinois congressman sentenced to prison on tax charges

  10-05-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  Former Illinois U.S. congressman Mel Reynolds was sentenced on Thursday to six months in prison for failing to file federal income tax returns, according to prosecutors.Reynolds, 66, was convicted last September on four counts of failing to file a federal return after not filing in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, prosecutors said.Reynolds will serve four months in prison since he already served two months in custody, prosecutors' spokeswoman Kim Nerheim said by telephone.
  
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• New Walking Dead Game Trailer Introduces Another Playable Character

  10-05-2018 23:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Publisher 505 Games has shared a new trailer for Overkill's The Walking Dead game. Like the previous two trailers, this new video introduces viewers to another one of the characters who'll be playable in the upcoming co-op shooter: the elderly Grant."Of all the survivors we've met so far, Grant may be the best prepared for the apocalypse," developer Starbreeze said. He is described as "a steely outdoorsman who left city life behind to live out his golden years in the wilderness," but he returns
  
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• Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady Have Dropped the Price of Their Sky-High Madison Square Park Apartment

  10-05-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  The picturesque couple originally listed the 48th-floor, 3,310-square-foot apartment for $17.25 million and have dropped the price to $13.95 million
  
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• Toxic gas alert for Hawaii eruption; new areas at risk

  10-05-2018 23:03 via yahoo.com
  By Terray SylvesterPAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - Hawaii residents were alerted on Thursday to rising levels of toxic gas from volcanic fissures and geologists warned that new areas east of the erupting Kilauea volcano may be at risk to lava bursting from the ground.Hawaii County authorities sent a text message to residents in the southeast corner of the Big Island that a wind change would bring rising levels of sulfur dioxide gas, which is fatal if inhaled in large quantities."Due to decreasing trad
  
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• Devin Nunes Gets Meeting On Secret Russia Probe Source After Threatening DOJ

  10-05-2018 22:56 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), a prominent defender of President
  
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• Human remains found near spot where SUV plunged off cliff

  10-05-2018 22:52 via yahoo.com
  MENDOCINO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California resident found a pair of jeans and human remains inside a girl's shoe on a beach near the spot where a woman drove her large family off a cliff in March, authorities said Thursday.
  
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• US issues apology after Canadian minister told to take off turban at airport

  10-05-2018 22:48 via yahoo.com
  Officials from the Trump administration issued an apology after a security agent at a Detroit airport repeatedly demanded that a Canadian cabinet minister remove his turban, the minister has revealed.
  
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• Nintendo Switch Is Finally Getting Monster Hunter In The West - GameSpot Daily

  10-05-2018 22:46 via gamespot.com
  
  Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is bringing the 3DS game to Nintendo Switch with new stuff, while Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy comes to Xbox One, PC, and Switch earlier than expected.
  
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• The Curious Case Of The Russian Oligarch And National Park Service Latrines

  10-05-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON -- Sanctions that the Trump administration slapped on a Russian
  
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• The Best PS4 Game Deals On The US PlayStation Store

  10-05-2018 22:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony has updated the PlayStation Store with a whole new set of discounts on downloadable games this week. For some of the deals, Sony is offering a small additional savings for PS Plus members. For others, everyone gets the same sale price. You can view the full list of PS4, PS3, and PS Vita games on sale here, or read on for our picks for the best deals in the bunch.To kick things off, Ubisoft has sliced the prices of a bunch of its big games, ranging from the medieval brawler For Honor to the
  
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• US consumer prices rebound 0.2% in April on jump in gasoline

  10-05-2018 22:40 via yahoo.com
  US consumer prices rebounded in April after dipping in March, driven by a surge in gasoline prices and an uptick in housing costs, but the Labor Department report Thursday was tamer than expected.Food prices also rose, as did medical services, but cell phone services -- which had been blamed for the bafflingly low inflation last year -- were flat after finally rising in March.The Consumer Price Index, which tracks costs for household goods and services, rose 0.2 percent compared to March, season
  
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• Good Deal On An Xbox One X

  10-05-2018 22:39 via gamespot.com
  
  There's no doubt the Xbox One X is a powerful system. But, to ruin a quote from Spider-Man's Uncle Ben, with great power comes a great big price tag. With a suggested retail price of $500, Microsoft's newest console iteration isn't cheap. If only you could find a good deal on it... Turns out, right now you can. With this deal through Newegg, you can get a 1TB Xbox One X console, plus a $50 gift card, for $490. The sale ends May 12.The deal effectively saves you $60 off the sticker price of the X
  
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• Save Cash On Far Cry, Mass Effect, And More On Steam

  10-05-2018 22:38 via gamespot.com
  
  PC gamers don't have to spend a bundle to play some great games this week. Steam's regular week-long sale features some fantastic games from the past decade or two of hits. Many of the games are on sale for 75% off, making this the perfect time to jump in on an overlooked modern classic. The sale ends May 13, so grab what you want before then.You can fight crime in a locked-down Gotham City in Batman: Arkham Knight for just $7/£5. You can micromanage characters of your own creation in The
  
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• 3DS Games: Buy One Get One Half Price In The US

  10-05-2018 22:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Anyone looking for new games to play on the go will want to check out the sale Target is running this week. For select Nintendo 3DS games, if you buy one, you get another one for half price. That could save you up to $20 on a pair of handheld games. Most of the 3DS games Target sells are available for the promotion, so check out our picks for the best ones below, or view the full list here. But hurry, as the sale ends May 12.As you might expect, whichever game is cheaper is the one that becomes
  
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• Overwatch Releases New Pink Mercy Skin For Charity

  10-05-2018 22:35 via gamespot.com
  
  Blizzard has kicked off a limited-time Overwatch event to help fund breast cancer research. The centerpiece of the effort is a Pink Mercy skin available for $15, with 100% of proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Blizzard has committed to a guaranteed minimum donation of $250,000, and it will update players with a final tally if it surpasses that amount. Pink Mercy will be available through May 21.But the charity drive actually has a lot more to it than the skin alone. A limit
  
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• Best Buy's Deals On Xbox One, PS4, Switch This Week In The US

  10-05-2018 22:31 via gamespot.com
  
  It's a new week, which means the big video game retailers are offering sales on a whole new set of games, hardware, and accessories. This week, between May 6-12, Best Buy is running a wide-ranging sale that offers price cuts on select games and hardware. We offer our picks for the best deals below, but you can see the full ad here.As always, you'll save even more money on the gaming deals if you're a Gamers Club Unlocked member. Gamers Club Unlocked members get an extra 20% off all video game pr
  
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• Low Price: PUBG + Assassin's Creed Unity on Xbox One For $18

  10-05-2018 22:29 via gamespot.com
  
  PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is an Xbox One console exclusive, at least for the time being. If you've been wanting to check it out but haven't wanted to spend $30 to buy it (especially while its competitor Fortnite is free to play), you'll definitely want to check out this deal: CDKeys is selling digital codes for PUBG for $18--and it comes with a copy of Assassin's Creed Unity.That's the lowest price we've seen yet for the Xbox One version of this game alone. You effectively get two huge games
  
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• [Last Chance] One Freebie, Final Fantasy Game Discounts On PC

  10-05-2018 22:28 via gamespot.com
  
  To celebrate Golden Week, Square Enix has dropped prices on a number of PC games, notably on many entries in the Final Fantasy series. Below are the standouts from Square Enix's sale, but you can find the full list here.To start with, you can get Mini Ninjas for free. To take advantage of this offer, just add it to your cart and use promo code MINININJAS at checkout. From GameSpot's Mini Ninjas review: "This action adventure is low on gruesome assassinations and high on lighthearted fun, but tha
  
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• Bethesda Teases Pre-E3 Announcement After Rage 2 Listing

  10-05-2018 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  Bethesda appears to be teasing an upcoming announcement with a vague image of the Big Ben clocktower in London, England. A tweet consists only of an image of the tower, with bright pink streaks of graffiti across its face. The Internet is already scouring the image for clues.Recently Walmart Canada appeared to have leaked several upcoming game announcements, including Rage 2 from Bethesda. The company had an uncharacteristic reaction for a publisher, publicly responding to the leak with gentle c
  
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• Avengers: Infinity War Director Believes Netflix Is Changing What People Want

  10-05-2018 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  There's no denying that the way viewers consume entertainment has changed over the last few years. With the biggest film franchises composing cinematic universes and streaming video allowing for hours-long binges on-demand, the way things are watched has evolved and continues to do so. It begs the question though, is this something the audience wants or is it conditioning them to expect it?In the mind of Avengers: Infinity War co-director Joe Russo, it's the former. Speaking to Variety, he says,
  
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• A New Bill & Ted Movie Is Actually Happening--Keanu Reeves And Alex Winter Will Face The Music

  10-05-2018 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  It only took nearly 27 years but, at long last, a new Bill & Ted movie is officially in the works--with original stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter signed on to return. The project has been in the works for several years, though it never seemed to quite come together. Things have changed, as the threequel--Bill & Ted Face the Music--is now in pre-production.The news comes from Deadline, which reports the film's international rights will be sold at Cannes. In the United States, Face the M
  
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• Deadpool Apologizes For David Beckham Joke In The First Movie

  10-05-2018 22:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Deadpool is known for cracking wise at pop culture figures, but in a new marketing spot for Deadpool 2, the character expresses some overdue regret for a cheap shot at a sports celebrity. In the first film, Deadpool made fun of soccer star David Beckham. Poor Wade has apparently seen the error of his ways and wants to make it up to him.Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds tweeted the skit, saying "Little known fact: Canadians are born with a black belt in apology." True to form, it has a meta pay-off by
  
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• Deadpool 2 Cut A Disney Joke; Ryan Reynolds Explains Why

  10-05-2018 22:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Deadpool is known for two things: killing people and saying whatever is on his mind--literally anything. After all, they don't call him the merc with a mouth for nothing. Still, it sounds like a line has been drawn in the sand as to what constitutes going too far for Deadpool, at least on the big screen.As Deadpool 2 gets ready to steamroll into theaters with a string of four-letter words and the streets painted in the blood of the vigilante's enemies, it turns out not every joke made the movie'
  
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• The Predator 2018 Trailer: Check Out The First Kick-Ass Look At The Movie

  10-05-2018 22:24 via gamespot.com
  
  The first trailer for the much-anticipated The Predator is here. The movie is the latest entry in the long-running sci-fi action franchise that started with the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic Predator in 1987, and it hits theaters in September.The trailer opens with a kid playing with some alien tech he finds in a box, which seems to be controlling a Predator ship, causing it to crash on the Earth. We then see an army specialist played by Boyd Holbrook being interrogated about what he saw on a ju
  
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• Rick And Morty Gets More Than Just Season 4: 70 New Episodes Confirmed

  10-05-2018 22:23 via gamespot.com
  
  Breaking news: Rick and Morty is never going away, at least not for a very long time. Adult Swim has renewed the animated series from creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland for an additional 70 episodes. For those keeping track, that means new episodes of Rick and Morty should be arriving for years to come.Roiland chimed in about the news on Twitter, writing, "More Rick and Morty coming. Looking forward to all the tweets asking where it is!" Naturally, Adult Swim's announcement doesn't include a
  
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• Venezuela angered by ConocoPhillips move on Caribbean oil

  10-05-2018 22:18 via yahoo.com
  Venezuela on Thursday strongly rejected the takeover of its Caribbean oil stocks by ConocoPhillips, after the US company enforced a $2 billion international arbitration award last month.A ConocoPhillips source said the company was enforcing the award at four locations in the Caribbean, without specifying the facilities affected.Press reports said the affected assets are in Curacao, Bonaire and Saint Eustace.
  
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• NOT REAL NEWS: No ruling that Mueller overstepped authority

  10-05-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  A federal judge did not rule that special counsel Robert Mueller overstepped his authority by bringing charges against a former Trump campaign chairman, contrary to an article circulating the internet.
  
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• Flake seeks report on Haspel's role in destruction of CIA interrogation tapes

  10-05-2018 22:11 via yahoo.com
  The Republican senator from Arizona joins Democrats in calling for the release of a classified CIA report on Gina Haspel’s role in the destruction of videos of enhanced interrogation techniques.
  
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• Bethesda Reacts To Rage 2 Possibly Being Leaked Before E3 Surprisingly Well

  10-05-2018 22:09 via gamespot.com
  
  E3 2018 will undoubtedly bring with it a variety of surprise game announcements, but a number of those may have been leaked by Walmart Canada's website. Since-deleted listings for numerous unannounced games--some expected, like Borderlands 3, and others seemingly wrong, like Forza Horizon 5--have been published on the website, as noticed by Wario64. But so far, only one of those has led to a response from the corresponding game's official Twitter account.One game listed on Walmart's website desp
  
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• Police investigate viral video of officer putting man in chokehold outside Waffle House after prom

  10-05-2018 22:08 via yahoo.com
  Warsaw police are investigating after a video went viral of one of its officers putting a man in a chokehold.
  
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• Police officer chokes young black man who took his sister to prom outside Waffle House

  10-05-2018 22:06 via yahoo.com
  Police in North Carolina are under fire after a video emerged of an officer choking and slamming an African-American man.In a video posted to Facebook, an officer in a tactical vest can be seen pushing a young African-American man in formal attire against a wall, choking him and then hurling him on the ground in front of a Waffle House.The town of Warsaw, North Carolina’s chief of police told the Raleigh News & Observer that his department was investigating the incident, as was distric
  
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• Don't Pass Up This Free PC Game At The Humble Store

  10-05-2018 22:02 via gamespot.com
  
  It's a fine day for anyone who enjoys getting PC games for free. Over on Steam you can download full versions of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Yet Another Zombie Defense without dropping a dime (through May 11). And now at the Humble Store, you can get The Flame in the Flood for free. But start downloading fast, because it's only available until May 12.The Flame in the Flood puts you in a river environment with very little land and simply asks you to survive. To do so, you have to keep your hunger
  
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• Fortnite: Dancing Thanos In Marvel Movies Is Better Than Infinity Gauntlet Mode

  10-05-2018 22:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite recently introduced Thanos into the mix, and he's both quite fun to play as and hilarious to watch, thanks to his ability to dance. That's now served as the inspiration from some stellar online videos that bring him into the Marvel movie universe.Battle Royale's latest limited-time mode, Infinity Gauntlet is very cool: Rather than the typical shake-up the game sees, it allows one player to become Avengers: Infinity War bad guy Thanos and run wild on the competition. It's a fun twist on
  
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• Battlefield's Next Game To Be Revealed This Month

  10-05-2018 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  An Easter egg in Battlefield 1 has led to a teaser for the next game in the franchise. A reveal date has been set for May 23, with the tagline "Never Be the Same."Eurogamer reports that a recent update to Battlefield 1 added a button system to the Fort de Vaux map, which corresponded with a door marked "Isolement" (roughly translated as solitary confinement). Pressing the buttons in the correct order opened the room to a cell, with a painting of a white horse and some leaky pipes. Those pipes we
  
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• Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Is Still Erupting. Here's What to Know if You're Traveling to Hawaii

  10-05-2018 21:58 via yahoo.com
  Keep your vacation safe
  
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• Kim Kardashian Says Tristan Thompson Blocked Her After She Defended Khloe

  10-05-2018 21:53 via yahoo.com
  Don't shoot the messenger: the Kim Kardashian edition.
  
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• Neo Geo Mini Console Announced, Includes 40 Classic Games

  10-05-2018 21:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Retro video game company SNK is releasing its own mini console: the Neo Geo Mini. The system resembles a miniature version of the classic Neo Geo arcade cabinet and houses its own 3.5" screen, meaning it can be played without having to be connected to a television, as is typically the case with other mini consoles.The Neo Geo Mini comes pre-loaded with 40 classic titles. SNK has yet to reveal the full line-up of included games, but the console itself is adorned with artwork for Metal Slug, Samur
  
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• Military analyst on Fox Business says torture 'worked' on John McCain

  10-05-2018 21:38 via yahoo.com
  Military analyst Thomas McInerney appeared on Fox Business and said torture 'worked' on McCain.
  
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• Hawaii volcano could spew boulders the size of refrigerators

  10-05-2018 21:36 via yahoo.com
  PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — If Hawaii's Kilauea volcano blows its top in the coming days or weeks, as experts fear, it could hurl ash and boulders the size of refrigerators miles into the air, shutting down airline traffic and endangering lives in all directions, scientists said Thursday.
  
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• Trump Is Going To Indiana To Slam Joe Donnelly. Don’t Expect The Democrat To Hit Back.

  10-05-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  HIGHLAND, Ind. -- President Donald Trump is set to fly to Indiana on Thursday
  
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• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle - All Astral Finishes

  10-05-2018 21:30 via gamespot.com
  
  See the instant finishing moves for all 20 base characters in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, the ambitious crossover at combines BlazBlue, Persona 4 Arena, Under Night In-Birth, and Rooster Teeth's RWBY in one massive game.
  
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• Republicans Fill Court Seat They Denied To Obama For 6 Years

  10-05-2018 21:25 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Michael Brennan to a
  
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• EU calls Iranian strikes against Israel 'extremely worrying'

  10-05-2018 21:24 via yahoo.com
  The European Union called reports about Iranian strikes against Israeli army posts from inside Syria "extremely worrying" and said Israel had the right to defend itself.It also called on all regional actors to show restraint and avoid any escalation."Reports about last night's Iranian attacks against Israeli army posts from inside Syria, to which Israel responded by striking against Iranian targets in Syria, are extremely worrying," said a spokeswoman for the bloc's foreign policy chief, Federic
  
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• Best Bites: Snickerdoodle apple pie bites

  10-05-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your
  
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