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• The Latest: Cleanup of oil from derailment in Iowa begins

  22-06-2018 23:53 via yahoo.com
  DOON, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on the crude oil leaking after a train derailment in northwest Iowa (all times local):
  
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• Every Netflix Original Series Released In 2018 So Far

  22-06-2018 23:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Netflix is dominating the streaming service landscape, providing a plethora of entertainment for its subscribers. However, it releases so much content that it can be a real pain to keep track of it all. Don't worry, we have you covered throughout all of 2018. While we won't be seeing the next season of Stranger Things this year, there are still quite a few series to check out.Starting with January, we're detailing every Netflix original series the company releases this year and including a few
  
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• 'Suspicious' Death of 10-Year-Old California Boy Leads to Removal of 7 Other Kids from Home: Police

  22-06-2018 23:37 via yahoo.com
  The boy died after sustaining injuries in a fall, his mother said.
  
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• Global stocks mostly climb despite rising trade tensions

  22-06-2018 23:29 via yahoo.com
  World stock markets mostly climbed Friday despite rising trade tensions, with petroleum-linked shares gaining after OPEC agreed to only a modest production increase.
  
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• President Trump's empathy-free week

  22-06-2018 23:19 via yahoo.com
  This week in Trump’s America, the White House struggled to answer a simple question: Don't you have any empathy?
  
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• SGDQ: The Awesome Speedrunning Event Returns This Weekend

  22-06-2018 23:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Games Done Quick is back for another of its summer charity events, and that means a week of speedrunning awesome games is on its way. Starting this Sunday, June 24, Summer Games Done Quick will take place in Bloomington, MN. From then until Saturday, June 30, more than 100 speedrunners will compete around the clock, playing their favorite games.The whole event will be streaming live on Twitch. You can watch the full broadcast on Games Done Quick's page. You can also get a full look at the schedu
  
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• Pokemon Go Adds More Alolan Forms, Here's How To Get Them

  22-06-2018 23:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Niantic has rolled out a big new update for Pokemon Go, which finally implements two commonly requested features--trading and friends lists--to the mobile game. On top of allowing players to send Pokemon and items to each other, the update introduces several new Alolan Pokemon, which can only be obtained through the gifting feature.As its name suggests, the gifting feature allows players to give and receive special Gifts. These are collected by spinning PokeStop discs and can be sent to other pl
  
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• How Mega Man 11 Attempts To Modernize An Icon

  22-06-2018 23:08 via gamespot.com
  
  Mega Man 11 is the first new main-series entry in eight years, but it feels like it's been much longer than that. Both Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10 were very conscious retro throwbacks, with graphics and gameplay styled after the six original NES games. As a true step forward for the classic series, it comes after a 20-year dry spell. At E3 2018, we spoke with producer Kazuhiro Tsuchiya and director Koji Oda about finally modernizing one of Capcom's most iconic franchises."When we were tackling Me
  
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• Trump admin struggles to repair migrant families it shattered

  22-06-2018 23:02 via yahoo.com
  Efren Olivares, director of the Texas Civil Rights Project Racial and Economic Justice Program, talks about the effort to reunite families split by Donald Trump's zero tolerance border policy.
  
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• Awesome Steam Games For $5 Or Less During The Steam Summer Sale

  22-06-2018 23:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Everyone knows you can find great PC gaming deals during the Steam's summer sale, but with so many games to choose from, it can be hard to make a decision on what to buy. We thought we'd make it a little easier by highlighting some of the best games available for less than the price of a latte. All of these games are on sale for $5 or less, so you can probably buy a few of them without breaking the bank. The sale ends July 5, so grab them before then.Triple-A games famously cost many millions of
  
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• 2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC: An EV Crossover with Big Expectations

  22-06-2018 23:01 via yahoo.com
  We come along while Mercedes tests its first long-range electric vehicle.
  
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• Judge To Decide On Family Separations At Border As Early As Wednesday

  22-06-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw may decide whether to place restrictions on
  
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• Resident Evil 2 Remake Is Frightening In New Ways, But It's Still Familiar

  22-06-2018 22:50 via gamespot.com
  
  The highly-anticipated Resident Evil 2 remake rides a thin line between old and new. It instantly pulls you in with familiar characters and locales, but finds new ways to make you feel uneasy with its new interpretation of classic events you remember from the original. Whether or not you played Resident Evil 2 back it released, the upcoming remake is shaping up to be a satisfying jaunt through a horror classic well worth looking out for.My time with the demo began in the main hall of the Raccoon
  
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• Steam Summer Sale 2018's Best Game Deals

  22-06-2018 22:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Like clockwork, summer has begun, so Valve has officially kicked off Steam's annual summer sale, which this year is dubbed the Steam Intergalactic Summer Sale. As always, 2018's sale brings discounts on a huge number of games; Valve says more than 10,000 are on sale. That's far too many for anyone to hope to parse through, but that's where we come in.Rather than wade through countless pages of discounted titles, we've rounded up a selection of worthwhile games that you should consider buying be
  
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• Pokemon Go Trading And Friends Features Now Live, But Only For Some

  22-06-2018 22:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Niantic finally has fulfilled its long-held promise, and right before Pokemon Go Fest too. You can now trade Pokemon with your friends in Pokemon Go. But there's a catch--you have to be highly leveled to access the feature. [Update: The friends feature is now available to everyone, while you only need to have reached level 10 in order to begin trading.]It's unclear how many players will eventually be able to use the trading feature, but for now, it's only accessible by players that are level 30
  
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• 'They're Permanently Separated.' President Trump Compares People Killed by Undocumented Immigrants to Border Separations

  22-06-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump explicitly compared the tragedy of families whose relatives have been killed by undocumented immigrants to the family separations at the border.
  
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• Tom Arnold says Michael Cohen is cooperating “100%” with prosecutors

  22-06-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  Lawrence gets Tom Arnold to answer questions about Michael Cohen- and Tom Arnold says Michael Cohen will tell the truth about Donald Trump.
  
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• Remedy's Sam Lake Opens Up About Having The Freedom To Be Weird Again

  22-06-2018 22:33 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the biggest surprises at E3 2018 was Remedy Entertainment's new PC, PS4, and Xbox One game, Control. Due to release next year, Remedy's latest project is an action-oriented game that focuses on environmental destructibility and supernatural powers, but it's the source of those powers and how they physically transform the game's setting that stood out the most. As discussed in an earlier article, the demo I saw was beautiful, haunting, and filled with strangely alluring touches that beg fo
  
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• Trump Props Up Grieving Parents To Defend Immigration Policy

  22-06-2018 22:27 via yahoo.com
  Amid the immense backlash he's facing for separating immigrant children from
  
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• Ask Us About Super Smash Bros. Ultimate While We Play Smash For Wii U

  22-06-2018 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  We played over an hour of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at E3 and it got us really excited--so much so that we're gonna play some Smash for the Wii U. So come watch and ask us questions about Ultimate!
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks rise as energy companies surge

  22-06-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Italy says Malta not taking in migrant ship is 'inhumane'

  22-06-2018 22:13 via yahoo.com
  By Philip Pullella and Steve SchererROME (Reuters) - Italy said on Friday Malta had refused to take in a Dutch-flagged ship carrying more than 200 rescued migrants and said the decision was "inhumane", 10 days after shutting its own ports to a migrant vessel.The new stand-off between the neighboring Mediterranean countries arose as Italy's new government has been pressuring European partners to shoulder more of the burden of immigration from North Africa.Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli criti
  
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• Turkey opposition candidate challenges Erdogan again in giant rally

  22-06-2018 22:06 via yahoo.com
  If you have the courage, confront me," Muharrem Ince, a fiery lawmaker from the secular Republican People's Party (CHP), told hundreds of thousands of people in Ankara."Look, that's my last proposal to you ... If you want, I can even cancel my Istanbul rally for you.The Ankara campaign comes only a day after Ince gathered hundreds of thousands in one of the biggest election rallies in years in the Aegean city of Izmir.
  
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• Kojima Has A Big Fan In Remedy's Sam Lake

  22-06-2018 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Sam Lake, the writer and director behind games like Alan Wake and Quantum Break along with the upcoming Control, feels a kinship with Hideo Kojima. He expressed admiration for Kojima and games that allow for unique authorial voices in a recent interview with GameSpot."I love it, that we have auteurs and the possibility of just trusting your own vision and going with it," he said. "Kojima is brilliant, I feel. I still don't know what [Death Stranding] is really about, but I'm really interested to
  
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• No Narcotics In Anthony Bourdain's System When He Died: Report

  22-06-2018 21:57 via yahoo.com
  Anthony Bourdain had no narcotics in his system when he killed himself this
  
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• Netflix's Castlevania Getting A New Season Before The Year's End

  22-06-2018 21:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Fans of Netflix's Castlevania who have been holding their breath waiting for a new season can finally exhale. After the popular but short first season was released in 2017, show writer Warren Ellis has finally put fans at ease on Twitter by announcing that there will be a second season released before the year is out.Fans were very relieved to hear an update because even though Netflix announced that a new season was on the way pretty quickly after the first season came out, it hasn't said much
  
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• This New Nintendo Switch Accessory Lets You Play Your Games Vertically

  22-06-2018 21:46 via gamespot.com
  
  If you've been looking for a better way to play with your Switchvertically, this new accessory might be your answer. The Flip Grip lets you do just that, with the comfort of handheld mode.Throw away your desktop stands. This small accessory is designed with classic games and vertically-oriented titles, like Ikaruga, in mind. Similar to the Switch Joy-Con grip, but instead of just holding your controllers, it cradles the entire system. While it isn't available yet, you can back it on Kickstarter
  
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• Why Preacher Made Major Changes To The Comics' Best Storyline

  22-06-2018 21:32 via gamespot.com
  
  When Preacher returns to AMC this Sunday, June 24, for its Season 3 premiere, viewers will finally begin the journey of the comics' best storyline: Angelville. But it won't really be the same. If you haven't watched Preacher Season 2 and don't want to be spoiled, stop reading now!The main difference? Tulip is already dead. At the end of Season 2, Featherstone--who'd been masquerading as a neighbor named Jenny--shot her, and she unambiguously died. In any other show (besides Game of Thrones) that
  
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• Who The Hell Is Bushmaster In Netflix's Luke Cage Season 2?

  22-06-2018 21:31 via gamespot.com
  
  With the second season of Netflix's Luke Cage looming just over the horizon, it's time to take a closer look at one of the new villains appearing on the scene: John McIver, A.K.A. Bushmaster (Mustafa Shakir), an up-and-coming crime lord with his sights set on Harlem and a few tricks up his sleeve.In the comics there have been a couple different incarnations of Bushmaster, but the McIver version is the first. Introduced in Iron Fist #15 back in 1977, McIver had a fairly standard villain upbringin
  
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• Portion of Kentucky bourbon warehouse collapses

  22-06-2018 21:28 via yahoo.com
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Thousands of bourbon barrels were piled in a massive heap Friday after a large section of a whiskey storage warehouse collapsed at a distillery in the heart of Kentucky bourbon country.
  
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• Self-Driving Uber Driver May Have Been Watching Hulu During Crash, Cops Say

  22-06-2018 21:21 via yahoo.com
  The backup driver in a fatal accident between a self-driving Uber and a
  
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• Jogger accidentally crosses US border from Canada and is held for two weeks

  22-06-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  Teenager Cedella Roman was visiting from FranceEvening run along beach led to two-week detention nightmare Vehicles line up to enter the US at the border crossing between Blaine, Washington, and White Rock, British Columbia, but along the beach where Cedella Roman was arrested the border is unmarked. Photograph: Getty
  
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• PUBG Update Out Now, Gets New Sanhok Map, Event Pass, And QBZ Assault Rifle

  22-06-2018 21:13 via gamespot.com
  
  PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' newest update just dropped on PC. Update #15 includes the game's third map, Sanhok, as well as a new firearm, an event pass, and a Mini Royale matchmaking playlist.Sanhok is the smallest map to come to PUBG. At 4km x 4km, it's only a fourth the size of the two previous battlefields. Despite its smaller size, the map still features 100 players. The blue zone on Sanhok also behaves differently. It checks how many players are left before adjusting both the wait and tr
  
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• 19 Biggest Battle Royale Games To Play In 2018: Battlefield 5, Call Of Duty Black Ops 4, And More

  22-06-2018 21:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Going Battle Royale
  After the smash success of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Fortnite, battle royale games are quickly evolving, moving past the genre's humble beginnings as mods for large-scale survival games, like ARMA 2 and Minecraft, and into new territory. This year alone is packed with a slew of new battle royale games that aim to push the genre further by expanding its most well established tenets. To keep you informed of all the latest games in the genre, we've compiled 14 of the big
  
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• Move Over Steam Sale, Many PC Games Are Even Cheaper At GMG Right Now

  22-06-2018 20:57 via gamespot.com
  
  The Steam Summer Sale isn't the only deal in town for PC gamers. Green Man Gaming is also running a sale, and if you enter promo code JUNE20 at checkout, you'll get an extra 20% off most of the already-discounted games. That amounts to some serious savings on lots of worthy games. You can find the full list of games on sale here, or read on for the highlights.That extra 20% off bumps many of these deals in to best-ever territory. PUBG, for instance, normally sells for $30, but it's on sale for $
  
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• Astronaut Jeanette Epps still can't tell us why NASA pulled her from historic space mission

  22-06-2018 20:57 via yahoo.com
  NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps should be in space right now. But instead, she's stuck on Earth. In January, NASA unexpectedly announced that Epps — who was set to become the first African-American astronaut to live aboard the International Space Station for an extended period of time — would not be flying to the orbiting outpost in June after all. No public reason was given for the sudden reassignment, and Epps hasn't said much about the situation until now.  SEE ALSO: Astronaut e
  
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• Trump Leaves GOP Leaders Out To Dry On Immigration

  22-06-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and other Republican leaders thought
  
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• Student: Cruz said 'get out of here' before school shooting

  22-06-2018 20:49 via yahoo.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A freshman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School told investigators he encountered shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz in a stairwell as he was loading his AR-15 rifle and was told, "you better get out of here," according to police interview transcripts released Friday.
  
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• Democrat Ted Lieu Plays Audio Of Migrant Kids Crying On House Floor

  22-06-2018 20:45 via yahoo.com
  On the House floor Friday, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) played the infamous audio
  
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• Bethesda Files Lawsuit Over "Blatant Ripoff" Westworld Game

  22-06-2018 20:31 via gamespot.com
  
  Update: Bethesda has confirmed with GameSpot that it filed suit again Warner Bros. and Behaviour in US District Court. It says the complaint alleges "copyright infringement, breach of contract, and misappropriation of its intellectual property." The publisher also issued the following statement:"The case arises from Behaviour's development of a Westworld mobile game for Warner Bros. Behaviour had previously worked with Bethesda to develop Bethesda's hit game, Fallout Shelter, and under that cont
  
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• MoviePass Adds Surge Pricing For Big Movies As Competitors Bring The Heat

  22-06-2018 20:27 via gamespot.com
  
  Some things are simply too good to be true. With the latest wrinkle it's adding to its service, MoviePass is quickly becoming one of those things. Though it originally announced it would allow users to see a movie every day for the price of $10 a month, the months that have followed have brought caveats as MoviePass tries to recoup some of the money it's spending on tickets.Among the changes the service has attempted is a revamped plan that offered only four movies a month, removing the option t
  
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• When Rick & Morty Returns, Say Goodbye To Crazy Long Breaks Between Seasons

  22-06-2018 20:26 via gamespot.com
  
  When it was announced that Adult Swim has ordered 70 new episodes of Rick and Morty beyond the three seasons that already exist, fans were elated. However, given that the series still isn't expected to return until sometime in 2019, the wait for new episodes was still far too long.Thankfully, though, it's the last time fans will be stuck with a drought between new episodes. Speaking to GameSpot at E3, co-creator Justin Roiland--who was promoting his upcoming video game Trover Saves the Universe-
  
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• No drugs, no alcohol in U.S. celebrity chef Bourdain's body when he died: prosecutor

  22-06-2018 20:26 via yahoo.com
  U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who killed himself in a French hotel room earlier this month, had no narcotics or alcohol in his body when he died, a local prosecutor said on Friday.Bourdain, host of CNN's food-and-travel-focused "Parts Unknown" television series, was 61."No trace of narcotics, no trace of any toxic products, no trace of medicines, no trace of alcohol," prosecutor Christian de Rocquigny told Reuters.
  
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• The Best Game Deals Of The Week: Steam Sale, Switch, PS4, And Xbox One (US Only)

  22-06-2018 20:23 via gamespot.com
  
  Listen up, deal hunters. Now that the week is in full swing, let's take a moment to appraise the deals that have gone live this week and see what kinds of savings we can wrangle. No matter your platform of choice, from PS4 and PC to Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, you can find great deals on great games. Read on to learn about all the best sales going on right now, along with highlights for some of the biggest savings.MultiplatformKilling Floor 2 is free to play on Xbox One and PS4 this weekend. I
  
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• Free PS4 And Xbox One Game To Play This Weekend

  22-06-2018 20:23 via gamespot.com
  
  If you're itching for a new shooter to play, you'll be pleased to hear you can try Killing Floor 2 for free between now and Monday, June 25 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Killing Floor 2 is a co-op shooter that takes place in a zombie-infested version of Europe that's seen civilization collapse. Despite the downfall of governments and the general unrest that's going on, a group of survivors is trying eradicate the "zeds" and rebuild society.In GameSpot's 8/10 Killing Floor 2 review, we said, "If
  
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• Fortnite Countdown Timer May Signal Big Changes For Season 5

  22-06-2018 20:22 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite is teasing yet another special something, and fans are once again speculating like wild about what it may mean. A missile launch appears imminent, thanks to a countdown clock connected to an evil lair that appeared spontaneously on screens across the map.The obvious conclusion is that the battle royale game is preparing to change the map again. Following a long tease of a meteor in the sky, it hit land and created a new area as well as several hidden secrets. This countdown may signal t
  
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• Space Force: Donald Trump's announcement of sixth branch of the armed forces 'surprised the Pentagon'

  22-06-2018 20:20 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump’s announcement on Monday of a sixth branch of the armed services – the “space force” – was a surprise proposal issued after months of frustration at Pentagon scepticism, it has been claimed. Mr Trump on Monday announced: “I’m hereby directing the department of defense and Pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary to establish a space force as the sixth branch of the armed forces.” He added: “That’s a big
  
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• Mario Tennis Aces Review Roundup (Nintendo Switch)

  22-06-2018 20:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Mario Tennis Aces brings back one of the Mushroom Kingdom's oldest pasttimes, pitting its iconic characters against each other on the court. On the Nintendo Switch it's both pretty and portable, and it packs plenty of new bells and whistles for this round. A new zone shot and trick shot system brings some more subtlety to your strategy, and the multiplayer mode allows for online tournaments and matches.But is it worth another round on the court? The critical reception is positive, with reservati
  
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• New Ant-Man And The Wasp Clip Showcases An Insane Car Chase

  22-06-2018 20:15 via gamespot.com
  
  2018 has already proven to be a huge year for Marvel, with both Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War scoring the studio two of its biggest ever hits. But there's still one more MCU movie to come, and while it's unlikely that Ant-Man and The Wasp will do quite as well at the box office business as those two blockbusters, it should still prove to be a popular and entertaining romp.The movie hits theaters next month, and ahead of that, a new clip has been released. It's an action-packed car cha
  
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• How to Make Perfect Pasta Salad

  22-06-2018 20:15 via yahoo.com
  Congratulations—You just found your new go-to pasta salad! This veggie-packed beauty is nice and filling, thanks to meaty eggplant.
  
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