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• Red Dead Redemption 2's Special Editions Announced - GameSpot Daily

  04-06-2018 23:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Red Dead Redemption 2 has several options for buying on PS4 and Xbox One, while Sony plans to reveal several new E3 games this week.
  
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• Off-Duty Oregon Firefighter Killed After Motorcycle Slams Into Bear on Remote Highway

  04-06-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  Off-duty firefighter Rhett Larsen struck a bear with his motorcycle, then hurled into path of oncoming SUV.
  
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• Boulder-size asteroid disintegrated harmlessly over Africa

  04-06-2018 23:56 via yahoo.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A boulder-size asteroid disintegrated harmlessly over Africa, just hours after its weekend discovery.
  
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• WWE Money In The Bank 2018 Match Card: Daniel Bryan, AJ Styles, Ronda Rousey, And More

  04-06-2018 23:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Money in the Bank takes place on June 17, and it will have been a while since the last PPV, and boy oh boy, the fans needed a break. It's a new era for WWE as future major events will feature both Raw and Smackdown superstars, much like Backlash did last month. Coming live from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL, Money in the Bank will stream over the WWE Network and available on PPV.WWE is pushing this PPV to be a bigger event, and Money in the Bank will have an earlier start time compared to o
  
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• Democrats call for investigation into Hurricane Maria's Puerto Rico death toll

  04-06-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  Fourteen Democrats on the House Committee on Natural Resources have asked committee chair Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, for a “timely” hearing into the central claim of a Harvard study that 4,645 people died last year in Puerto Rico as a result of the hurricane.
  
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• Family: Girl shot 7 times in Indiana middle school shooting

  04-06-2018 23:35 via yahoo.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A girl critically wounded in a suburban Indianapolis middle school shooting faces a lengthy recovery after being shot seven times, including in her face, neck and upper chest, her family said Monday.
  
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• Sony To Announce New PS4 Games Ahead Of E3 2018

  04-06-2018 23:23 via gamespot.com
  
  E3 2018 starts in a little under a week, and ahead of the massive showcase, Sony has released an announcement schedule on the PlayStation Blog leading up to its press conference on Monday, June 11. Starting Wednesday, June 6, Sony plans to announce three new games, a release date for an upcoming game (more than likely a PlayStation 4 exclusive), and details of "An Eagerly Anticipated Game [Coming] to PS VR," each being offered once a day for the next five days, effectively concluding on Sunday,
  
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• Rocket League - Jurassic World Car Pack Trailer

  04-06-2018 23:22 via gamespot.com
  
  Rocket League is about to go prehistoric with the Jurassic World Car Pack, coming June 18.
  
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• Red Dead Redemption 2 Special Editions Outlined, Up For Pre-Order

  04-06-2018 23:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Red Dead Redemption 2's special editions were teased last month, but we're finally getting a peek at what these special editions have to offer. Note "special editions." There's not one, but three different versions to choose from.The first of the three is the Special Edition ($80 in the US), which includes several story mode additions and a physical world map. It includes a bank robbery mission and a gang hideout in story mode; a dappled black thoroughbred horse; talisman and medallion accessori
  
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• Starbucks chief Schultz retiring, may run for president

  04-06-2018 23:13 via yahoo.com
  Howard Schultz, who built a small Seattle coffee shop into the global powerhouse Starbucks, announced Monday he was retiring from the company, fueling speculation he may run for president as a Democrat in 2020.Schultz, 64, has been serving as executive chairman of Starbucks since stepping down as chief executive in April.Schultz will leave the company at the end of the month and will take on the title of chairman emeritus, Starbucks said in a statement.
  
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• State Of Decay 2 Hits 2 Million Players In 2 Weeks

  04-06-2018 23:07 via gamespot.com
  
  State of Decay 2 has reached a new player milestone. Undead Labs' Xbox One and PC open-world zombie game reached 2 million players in its first two weeks since launch on May 22, publisher Microsoft announced today. That's up from 1 million players in its first two days.The game has not sold 2 million copies, however, as State of Decay 2 is available for free to Xbox Game Pass subscribers. Still, it's a very big number and shows that the game has found an audience despite not going over so well w
  
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• Red Dead Redemption 2 Pre-Order Bonuses Announced

  04-06-2018 23:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar has shared a few more details about Red Dead Redemption 2 ahead of E3 2018. In addition to announcing Special and Ultimate editions of the game, the developer has revealed the pre-order bonuses players will receive for reserving the title ahead of its release. Here's what you can receive.Everyone who pre-orders a copy of Red Dead Redemption 2 will get a pair of DLC "enhancements" for the story mode. First is the War Horse, which Rockstar says has "greater courage and stamina than the av
  
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• Yoku's Island Express - 10 Minutes Of Gameplay

  04-06-2018 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Pinball and Metroid is the marriage you never knew you needed. Watch a variety of footage from this gorgeous and joyous game.
  
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• Howard Schultz To Step Down As Starbucks Executive Chairman

  04-06-2018 23:00 via yahoo.com
  Howard Schultz, who helped make Starbucks a global coffee giant, announced
  
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• White House says President Trump did ‘nothing wrong’ nine times during briefing

  04-06-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  President Trump tweeted Monday that he has the “absolute right” to pardon himself, but said he did nothing wrong. During the White House press briefing, Sarah Sanders said Trump did “nothing wrong” nine times within the span of about 15 minutes.
  
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• 12 People Have Died After Doing This Weight-Loss Treatment

  04-06-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  Update June 4, 2018: The Food and Drug Administration is releasing another warning to health care providers about a popular weight loss device. According to a statement issued by the FDA, five more deaths have been reported in patients with two liquid-filled intragastric balloon systems used to treat obesity, totaling 12 deaths attributed to the device since 2016. “We have been carefully tracking adverse events, including a total of 12 deaths over the past two years, that have be
  
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• A US Senator tried to visit a building where the government keeps immigrant children. He wasn't allowed in

  04-06-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  When a US senator tried to visit a government shelter for migrant children, his trip ended not with a tour of the facility, but with a visit from police.Senator Jeff Merkley attempted to visit a shelter in Brownsville, Texas this week, in the wake of a new Trump administration policy encouraging the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the border.The shelter in question – which Mr Merkley said was housing children "torn away from their parents" – refused to arrange
  
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• God Of War PS4 Still Has A Secret No One Has Found

  04-06-2018 22:57 via gamespot.com
  
  God of War has been out for well over a month now--enough time that most games would have been plumbed clean of Easter eggs and secrets. Apparently though, Sony Santa Monica's latest still has something left to find."I still think there is one thing that no one has found yet that I know for certain, because I haven't seen any stories about it," game director Cory Barlog told Gaming Bolt. "Now I'm not going to tell you what that is, but I don't know if there's any cinematics per se, it seems like
  
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• Destiny 2 Big New DLC Gets A Name And Cryptic Teaser Video

  04-06-2018 22:57 via gamespot.com
  
  Destiny 2's next expansion is called Forsaken, developer Bungie announced today. This was revealed in a new teaser video hyping up tomorrow's Year 2 reveal livestream.The video shows Cayde-6 and a Guardian dropping onto what appears to be the Reef, which was Destiny 1's second social space and the home of the Awoken. The name Forsaken could be a reference to the Destiny character Mithrax, the Forsaken. Here's the teaser:Tomorrow, the second year of Destiny 2 will be revealed.
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• Russia wants 'united and prosperous EU': Putin

  04-06-2018 22:54 via yahoo.com
  President Vladimir Putin on Monday downplayed suggestions Russia was seeking to disrupt the European Union's cohesion, saying it was in his country's interests for the bloc to remain "united and prosperous"."We have an interest in an EU that's united and prosperous, since the EU is our most important commercial and economic partner," Putin told Austria's ORF television a day before an official visit to Vienna."The more problems at the heart of the EU, the more risks and problems there are for us
  
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• The Biggest PS4 Games Of E3 2018: The Last Of Us 2, Death Stranding, And More

  04-06-2018 22:47 via gamespot.com
  
  We're five years into the the life cycle of PS4, which means it's going to be all about the games at E3 2018. While there's always the possibility of some of kind of big tech or hardware tease, it's more likely that Sony will save any of those types of announcements for another time. The focus is going to be on gameplay and trailers for many of the games we already know are releasing this holiday, as well as a slate of new and unannounced games.Here, in alphabetical order, are some of the bigge
  
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• E3 2018: The Biggest Nintendo Switch And 3DS Games

  04-06-2018 22:46 via gamespot.com
  
  There's a lot of excitement surrounding Nintendo at E3 2018. The company has achieved massive success with the Switch thanks to its hybrid functionality and fantastic roster of games. And with highly-anticipated games in its upcoming lineup, like Super Smash Bros., Metroid Prime 4, and Pokemon, many are clamoring for more details and announcements. In addition, Nintendo continues to support the 3DS, consistently announcing compelling new games for the handheld. For both platforms, it's fair to
  
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• Red Dead Redemption 2 Release Date And Pre-Order Guide

  04-06-2018 22:40 via gamespot.com
  
  Judging by the amount of fan fervor it's produced, Red Dead Redemption 2 promises to be one of the biggest games of the year. It stars Arthur Morgan and the Dutch van der Linde gang--whose members include John Marston, the star of the original game. Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 26, 2018.But you don't have to wait until October to secure your copy--you can pre-order Red Dead Redemption 2 right now from a number of retailers, both in-store and online. He
  
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• Sen. Jeff Merkley: 'Zero Tolerance' Refugee Policy Is Actually 'Zero Humanity'

  04-06-2018 22:35 via yahoo.com
  "Are we really putting children through a traumatic experience here in the U.S. in order to dissuade their parents from seeking asylum?"
  
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• 'The president hasn’t done anything wrong,' Sarah Sanders says 9 times in 15 minutes

  04-06-2018 22:24 via yahoo.com
  The White House Press Secretary made one point over and over during Monday's briefing.
  
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• A Complete Guide To Buying The Best Father's Day Gifts

  04-06-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  It's time to celebrate the guy who taught you everything you know about
  
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• 5 New Westworld Season 2 Theories From Episode 7, "Les Ecorches"

  04-06-2018 22:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Finally, some clarity. Now that Ford is back in the mix, he takes a few minutes to answer some of the burning questions Westworld fans have been asking themselves: How did he "survive" the massacre at the end of Season 1? What is the true purpose of Westworld? And how much autonomy do the hosts actually have?The seventh Season 2 episode, "Les Ecorches," lends narrative focus to the upcoming final three episodes. Everyone is now heading to the Valley Beyond--the humans, the hosts, and the humans
  
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• Russia not trying to split EU, Putin says before rare visit to Western Europe

  04-06-2018 22:09 via yahoo.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview broadcast on Monday, said he did not want to divide the European Union as he prepared to visit Austria in his first bilateral trip to a West European country in almost a year."We do not pursue the objective of dividing anything or anyone in the EU," Putin told broadcaster ORF."We are far more interested in the EU being united and flourishing because the EU is our most important trading and economic partner."Putin, who has not made a bilateral vis
  
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• Sandra Bullock Fights Back Tears While Talking About Adopting Children

  04-06-2018 22:07 via yahoo.com
  Sandra Bullock might be gearing up for the release of "Ocean's 8" this week,
  
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• Douglas Parkhurst, Killed While Saving Kids on Maine Baseball Field, Had Confessed to 1968 Hit and Run

  04-06-2018 22:04 via yahoo.com
  He was not charged after confessing to the 1968 case because the statute of limitations had expired.
  
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• Fmr. Trump Campaign Chair accused of Witness Tampering

  04-06-2018 22:01 via yahoo.com
  Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation asked a court to revoke former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort’s bail, accusing him of trying to tamper with witnesses. Former Deputy Atty Gen Harry Litman.
  
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• Rescue workers struggle as 'fire' volcano spews hot mud flow

  04-06-2018 21:57 via yahoo.com
  By Luis EcheverriaEL RODEO (Reuters) - Rescue workers struggled in perilous conditions to find bodies under rivers of ash and mud that swept down from Guatemala's Fuego volcano on Monday, as the number of fatalities from an eruption that partially buried buildings rose to 38.Structures and trees at the base of the Fuego volcano were completely coated in brown and gray.A policeman wearing a blue surgical mask stumbled in the muck as he ran from a cloud of ash pouring down the slope behind him, Re
  
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• The Latest: Parkland task force releases 100 recommendations

  04-06-2018 21:40 via yahoo.com
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on news related to the killing of 17 people at a school in Parkland, Florida (all times local):
  
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• The 6 Biggest New iPhone Features Apple Just Announced

  04-06-2018 21:39 via yahoo.com
  iOS 12 should be available later this year as a free update compatible with the same range of devices that can run iOS 11.
  
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• 3 dead bodies found in kidnapping suspect's home identified

  04-06-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The three dead people found at the home of a kidnapping suspect were women, and two of them had been reported missing, authorities said on Monday.
  
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• Suspiria - Teaser Trailer

  04-06-2018 21:05 via gamespot.com
  
  The terrifying Suspiria arrives in theaters this November and stars Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper and Chloe Grace Moretz.
  
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• Top New Games Releasing This Month On Switch, PS4, Xbox One, And PC -- June 2018

  04-06-2018 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  June brings us BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Sushi Striker, Jurassic World Evolution, Mario Tennis Aces, and Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus.
  
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• Sara Gilbert Says She Stands Behind ABC's Decision To Cancel 'Roseanne'

  04-06-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Sara Gilbert spoke out publicly for the first time Monday since ABC canceled
  
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• Man run down, 50 years after killing girl in hit-and-run

  04-06-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  ALFRED, Maine (AP) — A woman with a history of drunken driving convictions drove her car onto a baseball field in Maine during a game, police said, striking and killing a Vietnam War veteran who confessed five years ago to killing a 4-year-old girl in an alcohol-fueled 1968 hit-and-run.
  
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• Pokemon Go: Last Chance To Catch Legendaries Latios / Latias

  04-06-2018 20:51 via gamespot.com
  
  Pokemon Go's latest Legendaries, Latios and Latias, have been a staple of Raid Battles for the past couple of months, but the Eon Pokemon won't be around for much longer. Both Legendaries will only appear until June 5, making this your final opportunity to capture one if you still haven't.Like most other Legendaries, Latios and Latias can be encountered in Raid Battles at Gyms, although each one is only available in specific regions. After swapping locations back in May, Latios can be found in E
  
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• Lords Of The Fallen 2 Finds New Life

  04-06-2018 20:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Lords of the Fallen 2 has been given a shot in the arm, thanks to a new partnership between CI Games and developer Defiant Studios. In the announcement, CI calls the partnership an important step towards bringing the sequel to market.CI will develop other internal projects with a small team, while also striking publishing deals with third-party developers to collaborate on larger-scale projects. The announcement poses this as the next phase of CI Games as it establishes itself as a publisher in
  
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• Bungie Gets $100 Million To Make Non-Destiny Games

  04-06-2018 20:47 via gamespot.com
  
  Destiny developer Bungie is getting ready to make non-Destiny games. The studio, which also created the Halo series, recently announced a partnership with Chinese internet giant NetEase to "help us explore new directions."In a statement on its website, Bungie said NetEase will help Bungie to have the resources to "build new worlds and invite players, new and old, to join us there." Additionally, the money NetEase is pouring into Bungie will help the studio establish one or more separate internal
  
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• Bill Clinton Deployed A Tactic Used By Trump In Interview About Monica Lewinsky

  04-06-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  In an interview on Monday, with his arms crossed protectively over his chest,
  
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• Jury Finds Yet Another Trump Inauguration Protester Not Guilty Of Felony Charges

  04-06-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― A jury found a defendant arrested on President Donald Trump's
  
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• Subaru Drops Photos Of 2019 WRX, WRX STI Series.Gray

  04-06-2018 20:35 via yahoo.com
  The STI receives an upgraded suspension.
  
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• Scott Pruitt Asked Aide To Buy Used Trump Mattress, Book Flights On Personal Time

  04-06-2018 20:26 via yahoo.com
  Oddjob wasn't just a classic James Bond villain ― it's also apparently the job
  
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• Huge Xbox One Sale Announced To Celebrate E3

  04-06-2018 20:26 via gamespot.com
  
  E3, the biggest gaming convention on the planet, will kick off soon, and Microsoft is celebrating by putting on what it's calling "the biggest Xbox sale of the year." At the Microsoft Store and other participating retailers, you'll find temporary price drops on Xbox One hardware, services, and games. There's a lot of money to be saved, so read on to find out what kind of deals you'll be able to find when the sale begins on Thursday, June 7.On the hardware side of things, you can save $10 off Xbo
  
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• Destiny 2's Big New Expansion Gets A Name And A Cryptic Teaser Video

  04-06-2018 20:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Destiny 2's next expansion is called Forsaken, developer Bungie announced today. This was revealed in a new teaser video hyping up tomorrow's Year 2 reveal livestream.The video shows Cayde-6 and a Guardian dropping onto what appears to be the Reef, which was Destiny 1's second social space and the home of the Awoken. The name Forsaken could be a reference to the Destiny character Mithrax, the Forsaken. Here's the teaser:Tomorrow, the second year of Destiny 2 will be revealed.
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• Shark feeding frenzy

  04-06-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  One committed photographer spent a grand total of 3,000 dive hours trying to get the perfect shots, capturing beautiful images of a rare shark feeding frenzy.
  
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• U.S. high court throws out immigrant teen abortion ruling

  04-06-2018 20:08 via yahoo.com
  By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling that let a pregnant illegal immigrant minor held in federal immigration custody obtain an abortion last year at age 17 over the objections of President Donald Trump's administration.The justices provided a legal victory to Trump's administration even though the teenager already has had the abortion because it eliminated a precedent at the federal appeals court level that could have applied in
  
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