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• Seven adorable puppies were found stranded on an uninhabited island in Canada

  04-08-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  Let's start with something positive: Sevenextremely cute puppies have been rescued from the wilds of Canada, and are right now on the road (literally) to a better life. The circumstances of how the puppies came to be stranded on an uninhabited island in the Canadian province of Manitoba remains a mystery, however. Most of the obvious possibilities here lead to some troubling conclusions. SEE ALSO: Internet, why won't you let me live stream this dog surfing competition?! The saga of the puppy res
  
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• California's largest wildfire surges as temps rise

  04-08-2018 23:49 via yahoo.com
  The Mendocino Complex Fire is now California's largest fire and has forced the evacuation of nearly 16,000 residents and destroyed more than 100 structures. Havovi Cooper reports.
  
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• Unlike Trump, first lady has kind words for LeBron James

  04-08-2018 23:27 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump stepped away from her husband's criticism of NBA star LeBron James to compliment his work on behalf of children and even offer to visit his school for at-risk children.
  
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• Right-wing Patriot Prayer rally and counterprotest in Portland, Ore.

  04-08-2018 23:25 via yahoo.com
  Small scuffles broke out Saturday as police in Portland, Oregon, deployed "flash bang" devices and other means to disperse hundreds of right-wing and self-described anti-fascist protesters.
  
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• Right-wing Patriot Prayer rally and counter-protest in Portland, Ore.

  04-08-2018 23:25 via yahoo.com
  A right-wing group and self-described anti-fascist counter-protesters rallied in Portland, Oregon, Saturday as police tried to prevent the gatherings from turning violent as they have before.Two previous events ended in bloody fistfights and riots, and one counter-protester was sent to the hospital with a skull fracture.
  
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• New Game Stars Cute Dogs And Contributes To Charity

  04-08-2018 23:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Not only can you play as a good boy in this new title from Spooky Squid Games, you can help save some real good boys too. With each purchase of Russian Subway Dogs on PC and Mac until August 8, $1 will go to Save Our Scruffs, a charity dedicated to finding rescue dogs safe homes around the world.From the team that brought They Bleed Pixels to life comes a new pixelated arcade game. In Russian Subway Dogs, you'll play as one of man's best friends just trying to live another day in the Moscow Metr
  
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• Israeli Druze hold mass rally to protest Jewish nation law

  04-08-2018 23:05 via yahoo.com
  Tens of thousands of Israeli Druze and their supporters rallied in central Tel Aviv Saturday to protest a new law they say makes them second-class citizens.The law, which passed last month and is part of Israel's so-called basic laws, a de facto constitution, proclaims the country the nation state of the Jewish people.It makes no mention of equality or democracy, implying the country's Jewish character takes precedence, and speaks of Israel as the historic homeland of the Jews, who have a "uniqu
  
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• Ex-I. Coast leader on trial at ICC, named head of party's dissident wing

  04-08-2018 23:04 via yahoo.com
  Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, currently on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity, has been chosen to head the dissident wing of the Ivorian People's Party (FPI), the party he created.Gbagbo, 73, was the only candidate for the position and won 97.5 percent of 5,325 votes cast, said Franck Anderson Kouassi, spokesman for the pro-Gbagbo wing of the opposition FPI party.
  
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• Star Trek's Patrick Stewart To Play Picard Again In New Series For CBS All Access

  04-08-2018 22:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Patrick Stewart has announced that he will once again portray Captain Jean-Luc Picard in a new Star Trek series. As reported by CNET, the announcement was made during a Star Trek convention being held at Las Vegas. Stewart later posted a lengthy statement on Twitter, saying that it is "an unexpected but delightful surprise" to be returning to the role."I will always be very proud to have been a part of Star Trek: The Next Generation, but when we wrapped that final movie in the spring of 2002, I
  
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• Scattered protests in Iran as U.S. sanctions loom

  04-08-2018 22:38 via yahoo.com
  Sporadic protests broke out in several cities in Iran for a fifth night on Saturday, a day after demonstrators attacked a Shi'ite seminary, according to Iranian news agencies and social media, as Iranians brace for a return of U.S. sanctions.Hundreds rallied in cities including Tehran, Karaj, Shiraz, and Qom, according to videos posted on social media, to protest against high inflation caused in part by a collapse in the rial currency over fears of the reimposition of crippling sanctions on Aug.
  
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• FIFA 19 New Features Detailed: New Kick Off, FUT, And More

  04-08-2018 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  FIFA 19's release date is fast approaching, and publisher EA has finally unveiled more of the game's new features. Possibly the most intriguing change is an overhaul of Kick Off, which was hitherto a standard exhibition mode. In addition, FUT 19, or Ultimate Team, has replaced Online Seasons with a new sub-mode named Division Rivals.FIFA 19's Kick Off brings more options than any pervious version of the mode. You can still play what's now called a Classic Match if you don't like change, or you c
  
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• FIFA 19 New Features Detailed: Kick Off 2.0, FUT, And More

  04-08-2018 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  FIFA 19's release date is fast approaching, and publisher EA has finally unveiled more of the game's new features. The most intriguing new change is something EA calls Kick Off 2.0, which is seemingly an overhaul of the hitherto standard exhibition mode. In addition, FUT 19, or Ultimate Team, has replaced Online Seasons with a new sub-mode named Division Rivals.Kick Off 2.0 gives FIFA's most basic mode more options than ever before. You can still play what's now called a Classic Match if you don
  
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• 7 Puppies Rescued From Remote Island Are Named After Gilligan and Friends

  04-08-2018 21:43 via yahoo.com
  No one knows how these brothers and sisters were lost.
  
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• Five years of Hassan Rouhani's Iranian presidency

  04-08-2018 21:20 via yahoo.com
  As he is formally sworn in on August 4, Rouhani asserts that the only way for Western countries to communicate with Iran is "on an equal footing".Three days later, on September 27, Rouhani speaks to US President Barack Obama on the phone.
  
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• Feeling sidelined, Israel's Druze protest Jewish nation bill

  04-08-2018 20:51 via yahoo.com
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of members of Israel's Druze minority and their Jewish supporters, some chanting "equality," packed a central Tel Aviv square Saturday night to rally against a contentious new law that critics say sidelines Israel's non-Jewish citizens.
  
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• Disturbing composite photos reimagine ocean pollution

  04-08-2018 20:46 via yahoo.com
  Hundreds of thousands of marine animals — fish, reptiles, birds and mammals — die every year after ingesting or being entangled in garbage carried by ocean currents.Portuguese artist Paulo de Oliveira’s shocking composite images of animals being strangled by discarded nets and gorging on plastic rubbish serve as a stark warning of the damage caused by human waste.In his series,  a baby seal lion swims with a fishing net around its neck, a turtle munches on a coffee cup, a
  
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• Romania police probe anti-semitic graffiti at Elie Wiesel home

  04-08-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  Romanian police on Saturday announced a probe into anti-semitic graffiti found on the walls of the house where Nobel Peace prize winnerElie Wiesel was born."An enquiry is underway to identify those responsible," police spokeswoman Florina Metes said, adding that officers were studying footage from surveillance cameras in the northern town of Sighetu Marmatiei, hometown of Holocaust survivor Wiesel who died in New York in 2016."This grotesque act represents an attack not only on the memory of Eli
  
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• It's a Big Day For Both Barack Obama and Meghan Markle

  04-08-2018 19:50 via yahoo.com
  They have the same birthday!
  
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• Woman Becomes First Person in Denmark Fined for Wearing a Face Veil

  04-08-2018 19:27 via yahoo.com
  The 28-year-old woman was asked to either remove the veil or leave the premises
  
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• LeBron James Tweets Positive Message To Kids After Donald Trump Attacks Him

  04-08-2018 19:27 via yahoo.com
  LeBron James' first tweet after receiving a petty attack from Donald Trump had
  
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• 'Hazardous' smoky air shuts Yosemite in peak tourist season

  04-08-2018 19:18 via yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yosemite National Park's iconic cliffs are shrouded in so much smoke from nearby wildfires that the air quality is worse than anywhere in America and is rivaling Beijing.
  
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• North Korea, U.S. spar over nuclear deal at Singapore forum

  04-08-2018 19:05 via yahoo.com
  By Jack Kim and David BrunnstromSINGAPORE (Reuters) - North Korea and the United States on Saturday sparred over an agreement reached at a landmark summit in June for the Asian country to end its nuclear program, as Washington called for maintaining sanctions pressure against Pyongyang, which in turn said it was alarmed by U.S. intentions.The discord at a regional forum in Singapore was the latest reminder of the difficulties that have long impaired efforts to negotiate an end to North Korea's n
  
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• Western US firefighters to face gusty winds, then building heat as Carr Fire explodes to over 145,000 acres

  04-08-2018 18:35 via yahoo.com
  As the Carr Fire has exploded to more than 145,000 acres, residents and firefighters across the western United States are bracing for an uptick in heat and continuing dry weather.
  
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• Western US firefighters to face gusty winds, then building heat as Carr Fire explodes to over 141,000 acres

  04-08-2018 18:35 via yahoo.com
  As the Carr Fire has exploded to more than 141,000 acres, residents and firefighters across the western United States are bracing for an increase in winds this weekend before heat builds back next week.
  
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• Western US firefighters to face gusty winds, building heat as Carr Fire explodes to more than 145,000 acres

  04-08-2018 18:35 via yahoo.com
  As the Carr Fire has exploded to more than 145,000 acres, residents and firefighters across the western United States are bracing for an uptick in heat and continuing dry weather.
  
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• California's largest wildfire surges overnight

  04-08-2018 18:15 via yahoo.com
  A fast-growing California wildfire that has already forced thousands to flee their homes and shut down a large national park surged overnight into Saturday, as fatigued firefighters battled gusting winds.The blaze in Mendocino County, about 90 miles (145 km) north of San Francisco, had spread to cover a total of 201,471 acres (81,500 hectares) by early Saturday, after increasing more than 25 percent in size from Friday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said.Th
  
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• North Korea's Foreign Minister Shoots Back at U.S. Over Sanctions Warnings

  04-08-2018 18:02 via yahoo.com
  The move comes after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke in Sinagpore
  
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• Dark Souls Still Holds Up In Spectacular Fashion | Nostalgia Trip

  04-08-2018 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  It's hard to believe Dark Souls is already seven years old. Mike and Jean-Luc put their nostalgia to the test and see if it's as good as they remember.
  
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• All The Call Of Duty Games, Reviewed

  04-08-2018 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Heed the call.
  Heed the call.
  Call of Duty is a force to be reckoned with in the video game industry. It has, for the past 14 years, been the dominant first-person shooter in a market with some serious contenders. The series has had to evolve to maintain its edge, and despite being developed by multiple different studios, the entirety of the Call of Duty series has almost consistently garnered widespread acclaim from critics and players alike. People will always debate the merits of an annualize
  
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• US progress in reuniting migrant families 'disappointing', says judge

  04-08-2018 17:58 via yahoo.com
  The federal judge overseeing the reunification of more than 2,500 migrant families separated by Donald Trump’s administration said the government’s efforts were “disappointing” – and it was its responsibility to unite them.Hundreds of families remain separated a week after the court’s reunification deadline because the parents are no longer in the US or have been deemed ineligible for reunification by the government.“The reality is that for every parent
  
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• Five die as Boko Haram attacks Nigerian village

  04-08-2018 17:57 via yahoo.com
  At least five people were killed and a village razed in an attack by Boko Haram jihadists in the northern Nigerian Borno state, militia fighting the Islamists told AFP Saturday.Arriving in 10 trucks, the Boko Haram fighters stormed the village of Gasarwa near the garrison town of Monguno late Friday, setting homes on fire."Five people were killed in the arson, they included two elderly men and three children," Babakura Kolo, a militia leader in the Borno state capital Maiduguri said.
  
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• Thai cave boys return home after completing training at Buddhist temple

  04-08-2018 17:55 via yahoo.com
  With their heads bowed and wearing orange robes, the members of the boys’ soccer team rescued from almost three weeks trapped in a cave in northern Thailand on Saturday completed their time as novice Buddhist monks. About 300 people gathered for the ceremony on a rainy morning that saw the boys leave temple life to return to their families. Those present gave alms - flowers, food, money - as a gesture of their religious devotion. The July 25 ordination of 11 boys of the Wild Boars soccer t
  
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• Mollie Tibbetts latest: Frustration builds as police stay mum on missing Iowa woman

  04-08-2018 17:54 via yahoo.com
  Investigators said they will continue to withhold basic details about the disappearance of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts because they believe it gives them the best chance to solve the case.
  
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• Fears of violence ahead of US far-right rally

  04-08-2018 17:51 via yahoo.com
  Police in Portland, Oregon braced for violence at a rally Saturday by two far-right groups that has raised fears of a replay of last year's deadly "Unite the Right" protests in Charlottesville, Virginia."It is particularly troubling to me that individuals are posting publicly their intent to act out violently," Ted Wheeler, mayor of the Northwestern US city, said in a statement Friday.Patriot Prayer and the Proud Boys, right-wing groups linked to violence at a previous Portland rally, planned to
  
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• Elizabeth Warren Calls Criminal Justice System 'Racist' While Speaking at Dillard University

  04-08-2018 17:23 via yahoo.com
  The potential Democratic presidential candidate spoke about 'the hard truth'
  
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• No Man's Sky: Next Update - Video Review

  04-08-2018 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  No Man's Sky Next breathes new life into game once thought lost to the perils of hype. No Man's Sky is available on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
  
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• No Man's Sky Next Review: You Are Not Alone

  04-08-2018 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Nothing about the hype, release, disappointment, and slow, disciplined redemption of No Man's Sky has been typical. As such, the great paradox of the Next update isn't exactly a surprise. It introduces some drastic improvements to the base game, not to mention a great deal of what Hello Games' Sean Murray promised and was pilloried for not delivering at launch. It is a grander, more cohesive experience that makes the infinite expanse of space feel much less lonely. But what Next really ends up e
  
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• President Trump Takes a Shot at LeBron James Over Twitter

  04-08-2018 16:57 via yahoo.com
  The president ended his tweet by saying 'I like Mike!'
  
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• Iran protesters attack religious school as tensions mount

  04-08-2018 16:53 via yahoo.com
  Iranian protesters have attacked a religious school in Karaj province near Tehran, the conservative Fars news agency reported Saturday, as sporadic protests simmered ahead of the reimposition of US sanctions.Iranian authorities have barely mentioned days of protests in the major cities of Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashhad and Tehran, driven by concerns over water, the economy and wider anger at the political system.
  
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• Russia: 18 killed in Siberian oil worker helicopter crash

  04-08-2018 16:21 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff Saturday in Siberia, killing all 18 people aboard, mostly oil workers, authorities said.
  
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• California Bank Employees Win Record $543 Jackpot After Buying Mega Millions Ticket on a Whim

  04-08-2018 16:08 via yahoo.com
  The 11 Wells Fargo workers will each take home $29 million before taxes.
  
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• US govt responsible for finding parents of separated children: judge

  04-08-2018 16:05 via yahoo.com
  The federal judge who ordered the reunification of families separated at the southern US border said Friday it was the government's responsibility to locate parents deported without their children.According to government figures submitted to the court Thursday, 410 of the 572 immigrant children still under government care have parents -- or another associated adult -- outside of the United States.Sabraw ordered that the government put someone in charge of the "significant undertaking" to find th
  
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• Goodwood Revival to be screened live at Bicester Heritage

  04-08-2018 16:01 via yahoo.com
  The action from the famous historic race meeting is to be screened live at a free all-day event hosted by Hagerty at Bicester Heritage on the Revival’s Sunday
  
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• The 1 Problem with the Navy's New Columbia-Class Ballistic Missile Submarine

  04-08-2018 16:00 via yahoo.com
  It does not exactly make a lot of $$$ for the people who build it. 
  
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• All Grand Theft Auto Games, Reviewed

  04-08-2018 16:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Moving On Up In The City
  Now spanning twenty years, the Grand Theft Auto series has seen all sorts of changes and improvements throughout its many crime sprees in large open worlds. While each game brought its own take on the familiar rags-to-riches story, where a small-time hood makes some bold moves against some notorious criminals, Rockstar Games have managed to up the ante with every installment--eventually becoming the quintessential example of what an open-world game is.Starting out as a t
  
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• North Korea continuing nuclear program - UN report

  04-08-2018 15:22 via yahoo.com
  North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs in violation of United Nations sanctions, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Friday. Scarlett Cvitanovich reports.
  
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• Indian army targets rebel funeral; 1 killed, 2 injured

  04-08-2018 14:56 via yahoo.com
  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A young man was killed and two other people wounded when India's army fired at a funeral of a rebel in disputed Kashmir on Saturday, police and residents said, as seven rebels and an Indian soldier were killed in gunbattles in the region.
  
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• Israel's 'loyal' Druze Arabs push for changes after Jewish state law

  04-08-2018 14:10 via yahoo.com
  By Ori LewisJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's new "nation-state" law has provoked anger among members of its most integrated minority, the Druze, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek corrective legislation.Netanyahu has defended the law, which declares that only Jews have the right of self-determination in the country, from fierce criticism at home and abroad.In a further effort to calm tensions, Netanyahu convened a meeting with Druze community leaders in Tel Aviv late on Thursday b
  
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• All eyes on 'right-hand man' in Manafort trial

  04-08-2018 13:57 via yahoo.com
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The bookkeeper said Paul Manafort submitted fake financial documents. The accountant testified he hid foreign bank accounts. And a series of businessmen said he used international wire transfers to pay for millions of dollars in luxury items.
  
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• North Korea criticises US insistence on tough sanctions despite nuclear deal

  04-08-2018 13:50 via yahoo.com
  North Korea on Saturday said the US was acting with "alarming" impatience on the issue of denuclearisation, after Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State, stressed the need to maintain full sanctions pressure on Pyongyang. The contrasting comments at a security forum in Singapore came after a UN report showed Pyongyang was continuing with its nuclear and missile programmes and evading sanctions through ship-to-ship oil transfers. At historic talks with Donald Trump, the US President, in June, Ki
  
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