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• 2019 BMW M5 Competition

  05-08-2018 23:58 via yahoo.com
  A marginally better M5 is still a better M5.
  
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• Nicolas Maduro assassination attempt: Six arrested for failed drone attack on Venezuelan president

  05-08-2018 23:46 via yahoo.com
  Authorities in Venezuela have arrested six people suspected of using explosives-laden drones in a failed bid to assassinate president Nicolas Maduro, in what one witness described as a terrifying attack that shook her apartment building.The government alleged that opposition factions conspired with assailants in the US and Colombia, although they offered no specific evidence.Opposition leaders decried Mr Maduro for broadly singling out his political opponents and they warned he may use it to fur
  
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• Massive California wildfire becomes fifth largest in state history

  05-08-2018 23:34 via yahoo.com
  By Dan WhitcombLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A massive, out-of-control Northern California wildfire thatdestroyed 68 homes and forced thousands to flee has become the fifth largest in state history, officials said on Sunday, as crews battled high temperatures and strong winds.The Mendocino Complex Fire, made up of two separate conflagrations that merged near Ukiah, north of Sacramento, exploded by 25 percent overnight and had blackened nearly 400 square miles as of Sunday morning, the California Depar
  
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• 5 Dead After Small Plane Crashes in Southern California Mall Parking Lot

  05-08-2018 23:30 via yahoo.com
  The plane declared a state of emergency before it crashed
  
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• 'Murphy Brown' Reboot Teases 'Enormously Famous' Guest Star In 1st Episode

  05-08-2018 23:24 via yahoo.com
  "Murphy Brown" is returning to TV in September, and audiences can expect the
  
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• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Direct Announced For This Week

  05-08-2018 23:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Some more Super Smash Bros. Ultimate news is on the way very soon. Before the Super Smash Bros. Melee Grand Finals kicked off at EVO 2018, Nintendo announced it is going to broadcast a special Nintendo Direct presentation all about the upcoming Smash game for Switch this Wednesday, August 8.The Direct will begin at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET / 3 PM BST. Nintendo hasn't revealed how long the presentation is scheduled to last, nor has it divulged any further details on what will be shown off, only confirm
  
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• California's wildfires: why are they so intense and what can be done?

  05-08-2018 23:08 via yahoo.com
  The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning in parts of California warning of conditions conducive to the growth of wildfires, including strong winds, low humidity and very high temperatures.The White House has declared California’s fires a major disaster and there are signs they are growing more intense.
  
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• Venezuela braces for blowback as Nicolas Maduro says he survived drone assassination attempt

  05-08-2018 23:01 via yahoo.com
  It was a chance for an embattled leader to project an image of strength as he addressed a military parade. Nicolas Maduro, the Leftist president of Venezuela, wore a medal and sash to deliver his message in a televised address. “We are going to bet for the good of our country,” he said. “The hour of the economic recovery has come.” Seconds later everything changed. TV images showed he and his wife Cilia Flores looking up at the sky and flinching as an explosion apparently
  
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• Emaciated children rescued from filthy and heavily armed New Mexico compound

  05-08-2018 23:01 via yahoo.com
  Eleven emaciated children living in a filthy, heavily-armed compound, have been rescued by police looking for a missing three-year-old boy.Officers searching for Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj, who was was reported to have been abducted in Georgia late last year, raided a compound in rural New Mexico, about 120 miles north east of Santa Fe and close to the border with Colorado.While they did not find the youngster, police did discover 39-year-old Siraj Wahhaj, who was wanted by Georgia authorities for the a
  
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• Vintage plane crashes in Swiss Alps, killing 20 on board

  05-08-2018 22:56 via yahoo.com
  BERLIN (AP) — Determining why a vintage plane crashed in the Swiss Alps will be challenging since the 79-year-old aircraft did not have black boxes and was traveling in an area without frequent radar readings when it plunged into a mountain, killing all 20 of the people on board, investigators said Sunday.
  
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• SoulCalibur VI Adds Astaroth And Seong Mi-na As New Characters

  05-08-2018 22:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Bandai Namco has announced two new characters for SoulCalibur VI: Astaroth and Seong Mi-na. The announcement was made during EVO 2018, an annual fighting game tournament held in Las Vegas. During the show producer Motohiro Okubo appeared on stage to reveal the characters and show off a trailer for both characters.For longtime SoulCalibur players Astaroth and Seong Mi-na will be welcome additions, as they have both been mainstays in previous titles. As with his previous incarnations, Astaroth tow
  
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• Trump Finally Admits His Campaign Colluded With Russia At Trump Tower Meeting

  05-08-2018 22:38 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Forty times President Donald Trump has posted statements on
  
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• Vintage plane crash in Switzerland kills all 20 people on board

  05-08-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  Twenty people were killed when a vintage aircraft operating a sightseeing flight over Switzerland crashed into the Alps over the weekend. There were no survivors, Swiss police announced yesterday (SUN) as a search and rescue operation was called off. The historic Junckers Ju-52 propellor plane disppeared on Saturday afternoon after taking off from Locarno in southern Switzerland on its way to a military airfield near Zurich. On board were three crew members and 17 passengers aged between 42 and
  
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• C-SPAN Caller Threatens 'To Shoot' CNN Hosts Brian Stelter And Don Lemon

  05-08-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  A supporter of President Donald Trump threatened "to shoot" CNN reporters
  
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• John Kasich: GOP Candidate Said He Didn't Invite Trump To Ohio Rally

  05-08-2018 22:18 via yahoo.com
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) on Sunday suggested that President Donald Trump
  
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• Freight train derailment suspends inbound and outbound light rail service in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  05-08-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed on Sunday, sending train cars crashing onto the light rail tracks below at Station Square in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  
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• BREAKING: Freight train derailment suspends inbound and outbound light rail service in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  05-08-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed on Sunday, sending train cars crashing onto the light rail tracks below at Station Square in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  
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• Death Toll in California's Carr Wildfire Raises to 7 as Utility Worker Dies

  05-08-2018 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Jairus Ayeta died working in 'dangerous terrain' of Carr fire
  
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• At least 39 dead after 7.0 earthquake hits Indonesia's Lombok island; tsunami warning lifted

  05-08-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  The head of a disaster management agency in Indonesia says the death toll from an earthquake has risen to 39.
  
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• Utility worker killed near Northern California wildfire

  05-08-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  CLEARLAKE, Calif. (AP) — A utility worker was killed near a Northern California wildfire as crews working in sweltering conditions battled multiple blazes, including twin fires that exploded in size and forced hundreds more to evacuate rural communities, officials said Sunday.
  
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• Fox News' Chris Wallace Grills John Bolton Over Trump's Attacks On Media

  05-08-2018 21:08 via yahoo.com
  National Security Adviser John Bolton dodged questions from Fox News' Chris
  
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• 8 wounded in Gresham shooting; At least 40 shot in Chicago Sunday

  05-08-2018 20:40 via yahoo.com
  Dozens of people were wounded in shootings across Chicago Sunday, police said.
  
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• Top court nominee has long knocked back environmental rules

  05-08-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  Environmental groups were not going to be happy with anyone President Donald Trump picked for the Supreme Court. But the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh has them especially worried.
  
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• Tsunami Warning Lifted for Indonesia Quake, But Officials Fear Casualties

  05-08-2018 20:26 via yahoo.com
  Both tourists and locals report extreme panic.
  
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• 8 wounded in Gresham shooting; More than 30 shot in Chicago Sunday

  05-08-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  Dozens of people were wounded in shootings across Chicago Sunday, police said.
  
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• Michael Jordan divides opinion with LeBron James statement and reference to 'his community'

  05-08-2018 19:58 via yahoo.com
  NBA legend Michael Jordan has divided opinion over his response to Donald Trump’s row with LeBron James, which saw the US president declared he “preferred Mike”.The retired Chicago Bulls star was dragged into the argument after being name-dropped by Mr Trump on Twitter, apparently referencing the popular debate over whether Jordan or James is the greatest basketball player of all time.The president hit out after James told CNN anchor Don Lemon in a televised interview last week
  
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• South Sudan foes sign final power-sharing deal

  05-08-2018 19:55 via yahoo.com
  South Sudanese arch-foes signed a final power-sharing deal on Sunday, aimed at ending a civil war that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions in the world's youngest country.President Salva Kiir and his bitter rival Riek Machar were in neighbouring Sudan to sign the deal, under which the rebel leader is set to return to a unity government as the first of five vice presidents, an AFP correspondent there reported.The deal, which paves the way to a final peace accord, was sig
  
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• Trump Attorney: 'Bad Information' To Blame For His False Trump Tower Meeting Statement

  05-08-2018 19:40 via yahoo.com
  Jay Sekulow, an attorney for President Donald Trump, said "bad information"
  
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• Report: Blast kills Syrian arms program researcher

  05-08-2018 19:38 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — A research director at a military agency linked to Syria's chemical weapons program was assassinated, a newspaper close to the Syrian government reported Sunday.
  
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• $260,000 Reward Offered for Safe Return of Missing University of Iowa Student

  05-08-2018 19:21 via yahoo.com
  Mollie Tibbetts went missing on July 18
  
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• Authorities searching for Mollie Tibbetts return to pig farm

  05-08-2018 19:16 via yahoo.com
  Farmer insists he has nothing to do with the 20-year-old student's disappearance; Matt Finn reports from Brooklyn, Iowa.
  
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• Psychiatrist: Much is still hidden in theater shooter's mind

  05-08-2018 19:07 via yahoo.com
  DENVER (AP) — A psychiatrist who spent hours talking with mass murderer James Holmes says that what led Holmes to open fire in a crowded Colorado movie theater was a one-of-a-kind vortex of his mental illness, his personality and his circumstances — and some other, unknown currents that will probably never be uncovered.
  
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• 'Avengers: Infinity War' Star Has Us Thinking One 'Dead' Character Is Returning

  05-08-2018 19:07 via yahoo.com
  Warning! "Avengers: Infinity War" spoilers below!
  
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• 7.0 earthquake hits Lombok island, Indonesia, near Bali

  05-08-2018 19:06 via yahoo.com
  A powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia's Lombok Sunday, sending people running from their homes and triggering a tsunami alert.
  
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• Trump's New Obamacare Sabotage Could Really Stick It To Consumers

  05-08-2018 19:05 via yahoo.com
  BOSTON ― The Trump administration's new attack on Obamacare will expose
  
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• Suicide bomber kills 3 NATO forces in Afghanistan

  05-08-2018 18:34 via yahoo.com
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban suicide bomber killed three NATO forces on a foot patrol in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday in an attack that also wounded a U.S. soldier and two Afghan troops, NATO said in a statement.
  
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• Kellyanne Conway Says Journalists Not ‘Enemy Of The People' But Defends Trump's Attacks

  05-08-2018 18:21 via yahoo.com
  Top White House adviser Kellyanne Conway on Sunday offered a tepid rebuke of
  
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• Deployed Soldier`s Dog Found Safe Two Months After Escaping Foster Home

  05-08-2018 18:16 via yahoo.com
  David Powell can breathe a sigh of relief after a deployed soldier`s dog in his car was found after being missing for two months.
  
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• How Long Does It Take To Hit 191 MPH In Porsche Cayenne Turbo?

  05-08-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  It even surpassed its top speed on paper.
  
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• Assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

  05-08-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro dodged an apparent assassination attempt when drones armed with explosives detonated while he was delivering a speech to hundreds of soldiers being broadcast live on television, officials said.Caught by surprise mid-speech, Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, looked up at the sky and winced Saturday after hearing the sound of an explosion pierce the air.Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez said the incident took place shortly after 5:30 p.m. as Maduro was celeb
  
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• 8 wounded in Gresham shooting; At least 30 shot in Chicago Sunday

  05-08-2018 17:59 via yahoo.com
  Dozens of people were wounded in shootings across Chicago Sunday, police said.
  
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• Man Arrested After Yellowstone Bison Taunting Video Goes Viral

  05-08-2018 17:58 via yahoo.com
  Cops say the man in the video is 55-year-old Raymond Reinke.
  
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• Magnitude 7 earthquake rocks Indonesia's Lombok island

  05-08-2018 17:58 via yahoo.com
  A powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia's Lombok Sunday, sending people running from their homes and triggering a tsunami alert, just a week after a quake killed 17 people on the holiday island.The latest tremor had a magnitude of seven and struck just 10 km underground according to the US Geological Survey.Despite reports of damage in Lombok and neighbouring islands, no information on casualties was available hours after the quake hit.
  
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• ‘We Are Not A Number’: Black Activists Protest At Progressive Convention

  05-08-2018 17:54 via yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS ― A group of black activists took the stage at the Netroots Nation
  
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• Mendocino Complex Fire explodes to 5th largest blaze in California history

  05-08-2018 17:45 via yahoo.com
  The Mendocino Complex Fire has charred more than 254,000 acres, making it the fifth largest blaze in California's history. Firefighters will continue to face local gusty winds and building heat this week.
  
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• Mendocino Complex Fire explodes to 4th largest blaze in California history

  05-08-2018 17:45 via yahoo.com
  The Mendocino Complex Fire has charred more than 266,000 acres, making it the fifth largest blaze in California's history. Firefighters will continue to face local gusty winds and building heat this week.
  
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• Mendocino Complex Fire explodes to 2nd largest blaze in California history

  05-08-2018 17:45 via yahoo.com
  The Mendocino Complex Fire has charred more than 273,000 acres, making it the fifth largest blaze in California's history. Firefighters will continue to face local gusty winds and building heat this week.
  
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• Star Trek Icon Patrick Stewart To Play Picard Again In New Series For CBS All Access

  05-08-2018 17:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Iconic Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart has announced that he will once again portray 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, where Stewart appeared on stage to reveal his involvement and discuss his decision to return to the character. Stewart later posted a lengthy statement on Twitter, saying that it is "an unexpected but delightful surprise" to play Picard again."I will always be very prou
  
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• WWII vintage plane crashes into Swiss mountainside, 20 dead

  05-08-2018 17:32 via yahoo.com
  Twenty people died when a vintage World War II aircraft crashed into a Swiss mountain at the weekend, police said Sunday, as an investigation was launched into why the plane plummeted straight down at high speed."The police have the sad certainty that the 20 people aboard perished," police spokeswoman Anita Senti told a news conference.The German-built Junker JU52 HB-HOT aircraft, dating from 1939 and nicknamed "Iron Annie", was a collectors' aircraft.
  
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• At Least 91 Dead in Indonesia Earthquake

  05-08-2018 17:25 via yahoo.com
  The quake struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok
  
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