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• New Rage 2 Gameplay Footage And Story Details Revealed At QuakeCon 2018

  10-08-2018 23:56 via gamespot.com
  
  QuakeCon 2018 is underway, and as promised, it's given fans a ton of new details on a number of Bethesda's upcoming titles. In addition to revealing the first gameplay footage of Doom Eternal, the publisher's keynote address brought a new gameplay demo of Rage 2, the open-world post-apocalyptic shooter coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC next year.The demo, which you can watch below, provides another extended look at the game in action, including showing off the first footage of a convoy takedown. T
  
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• US judge applauds government's 'significant strides' to reunite families

  10-08-2018 23:55 via yahoo.com
  The federal judge overseeing the reunification of 2,500 children separated from their parents by the Trump administration said on Friday that the government had made “significant strides” in its efforts to find deported parents whose children remain in the US, though it still lacks contact details for the relatives of 26 children.US district judge Dana Sabraw gave a significantly more positive review of the government’s work to bring families back together after last week telli
  
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• Doom Eternal Confirmed For Nintendo Switch

  10-08-2018 23:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Bethesda showed off the first Doom Eternal gameplay footage during the QuakeCon 2018 keynote. It's as fast, frantic, and gory as you'd expect if you've played the game's 2016 predecessor. What the publisher didn't mention onstage--but the official Doom Twitter account tweeted shortly after the presentation--is that Doom Eternal is also coming to Nintendo Switch.It's already been confirmed for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. In fact, you can pre-order Doom Eternal on those platforms right now. But the new
  
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• U.S. agency says United pilot posted explicit photos of flight attendant online

  10-08-2018 23:53 via yahoo.com
  A United Airlinesflight attendant is accusing the airline of failing to protect her from sexually explicit pictures that a pilot posted of her online, according to a lawsuit filed in a San Antonio, Texas, federal court.The lawsuit, filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), said United failed to prevent and correct the pilot's behavior, even after the flight attendant made numerous complaints.United said in an emailed statement that it had reviewed the allegations in the c
  
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• Doom Eternal: First Brutal Gameplay Trailer And New Details Revealed At QuakeCon 2018

  10-08-2018 23:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Bethesda capped off its QuakeCon 2018 keynote address by showing off the first gameplay video for Doom Eternal, the sequel to the 2016 reboot. The follow-up was originally announced during the publisher's E3 2018 press conference with an exciting cinematic trailer, which was shown once again during the QuakeCon keynote, before game director Marty Stratton and creative director Hugo Martin appeared on stage to discuss the sequel.Once again, Doom Eternal will be about killing monsters with badass
  
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• All The Call Of Duty Games, Reviewed: Black Ops, Modern Warfare, And More

  10-08-2018 23:49 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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• Iran test-fired anti-ship missile during drills last week: U.S. source

  10-08-2018 23:45 via yahoo.com
  Iran test-fired a short-range anti-ship missile in the Strait of Hormuz during naval drills last week that Washington believes were aimed at sending a message as the United States reimposes sanctions on Tehran, a U.S. official said on Friday.The official, however, did not suggest that such a missile test was unusual during naval exercises or that it was carried out unsafely, noting it occurred in what could be described as Iranian territorial waters in the Strait.Iran's Revolutionary Guards conf
  
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• All The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Characters: Simon And Richter Belmont, King K. Rool, More

  10-08-2018 23:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is shaping up to be one of the most exciting games coming to Switch. In a surprising, yet bold move, Nintendo announced that the game will include every single fighter that has ever appeared in a Super Smash Bros. game. Full stop. And not only that, the game will also include brand new fighters never seen in the franchise's history, like Samus' archenemy Ridley, Simon and Richter Belmont from Castlevania, and much more.Across the series' near 20-year history, there ha
  
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• A Canadian tweet in a Saudi king's court crosses a red line

  10-08-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  When Riyadh responded to a call from Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland to release civil society activists with an abrupt severing of diplomatic and trade ties, Canadian officials were left scrambling to understand what had happened.On Aug. 2, Freeland tweeted https://twitter.com/cafreeland/status/1025030172624515072 in English and French, calling for the release of two jailed Saudi human rights activists.The following day, Canada's foreign affairs department sent another tweet https://
  
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• The 10 Most Badass Jean-Luc Picard Moments In Star Trek History

  10-08-2018 23:38 via gamespot.com
  
  The greatest Starfleet captain in history is returning to the small screen.
  On August 4, Patrick Stewart announced he will reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard for a new Star Trek series on CBS All Access. It will take place after Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the continuity. Finally, longtime Trekkers will have a sequel to the original television Prime timeline, as opposed to the more recent Kelvin timeline of the films.It's what fans have wanted for years; Star Trek: Enterprise and Star Trek: D
  
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• DeVos proposes another rollback on for-profit college rules

  10-08-2018 23:30 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration plans to roll back another major Obama-era rule that was created to police the for-profit college industry, according to a proposal issued by the Education Department on Friday.
  
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• COD Black Ops 4's Changes Could Backfire

  10-08-2018 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Black Ops 4's changes make a play at Overwatch and Fortnite fans while risking what makes the game comfortable to veterans.
  
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• Erdogan tells Turks to buy crumbling lira as Trump turns the screws

  10-08-2018 23:24 via yahoo.com
  The lirahas long been falling on worries about Erdogan's influence over monetary policy and worsening relations with the United States.Reverberations spread through global markets, with European stock markets especially hit as investors took fright over banks' exposure to Turkey.U.S. stocks were also rattled.
  
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• QuakeCon 2018: Quake Champions Is Permanently Free-To-Play Now

  10-08-2018 23:23 via gamespot.com
  
  At QuakeCon 2018, Bethesda announced that Quake Champions would permanently remain a free-to-play title. Originally, anyone who downloaded the early access game within a limited time window got Quake Champions for free. Bethesda has just extended that deal indefinitely.Announced in 2017, Quake Champions is the long-awaited sequel to 2005's Quake 4. A class-based first-person shooter, Quake Champions features heated firefights across an assortment of battlefields and arenas. The game is one of ou
  
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• After Wildfire Shut Down Yosemite for 14 Days, the National Park Will Reopen Tuesday

  10-08-2018 23:16 via yahoo.com
  "This is truly a historic and unprecedented event in park history"
  
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• NAACP President Says Trump Emboldened Racists With Charlottesville Response

  10-08-2018 23:14 via yahoo.com
  It's been a year since white supremacists violently rallied in
  
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• Fredericton shooting: Two police officers among four dead in second Canadian shooting in three weeks

  10-08-2018 23:10 via yahoo.com
  Gunfire broke out at around around 7am in an apartment complex on Brookside Drive in Fredericton, a city of almost 60,000 people which is the capital of New Brunswick province.Police Chief Leanne Fitch identified one of the slain officers as Robb Costello, 45.Ms Fitch said Sarah May Burns, 43, was also killed.
  
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• Hawaii 2018 primaries: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez supports Democratic Socialist Kaniela Ing

  10-08-2018 23:08 via yahoo.com
  Hawaii politicians are fighting tooth and nail for last-minute votes in a primary election that reflects the divides seen within the Democratic Party nationwide.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic Socialist who unseated a 10-term incumbent during a primary election in New York, visited the Big Island yesterday to stump for Kaniela Ing, a fellow Democratic Socialist and Hawaii Congressional candidate.
  
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• Marvel's Spider-Man's Creative Director On Talks Mary Jane, Kratos, and More

  10-08-2018 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Marvel's Spider-Man's creative director Bryan Intihar chats with us about the challenges of adding Mary Jane as a playable character, his favorite little details, and whether Spider-Man or Kratos would win in a fight.
  
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• Manafort trial - live updates: Banker testifies about former Trump campaign manger's loans after mystery over Judge TS Ellis' hours-long recess

  10-08-2018 22:56 via yahoo.com
  The trial of Paul Manafort, former chairman of the Donald Trump campaign, resumes once more today in Virginia.The case, now entering its ninth day, is the first to result from charges brought by FBI special counsel Robert Mueller as part of his investigation into possible Russian election meddling.Mr Manafort, who stepped down from the Trump team in August 2016 after being accused of receiving $12m off the books to promote Ukraine's pro-Russia president Viktor Yanukovych (prior to his being forc
  
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• Animal rescue group says dumped pit bull died after suffering physical and sexual abuse

  10-08-2018 22:54 via yahoo.com
  An animal rescue group is calling for an investigation after a pit bull who was adopted two weeks ago died from what animal advocates believe was physical and sexual abuse after being found injured in South Los Angeles on Monday.
  
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• California blazes threaten populated areas

  10-08-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  Authorities battling massive wildfires in large swathes of California issued mandatory evacuation orders and health warnings Friday over the worsening air quality as the flames grew ever closer to populated areas.The man suspected of starting one of the blazes was due in court, where he faces life in prison if convicted of arson and other charges.The Mendocino Complex, made of two separate blazes, has been declared the most destructive fire in the state's history, authorities said.
  
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• PDVSA appeals US ruling allowing Canadian firm to seize Citgo shares

  10-08-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA on Friday appealed a US court ruling that would allow a Canadian mining company to seize shares of PDVSA's US-subsidiary Citgo in payment of a $1.2 billion debt.The case dates from 2011, when the Venezuelan government seized a mine Crystallex had been awarded and despite a settlement through an arbitration panel Caracas failed to repay the company.US District Court Judge Leonard Stark ruled Thursday the mining firm could seize Citgo shares from PDVSA, although
  
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• UN calls for 'credible' investigation of Yemen bus attack

  10-08-2018 22:39 via yahoo.com
  The UN Security Council called Friday for a credible and transparent investigation into the death of at least 29 children in a Saudi-led coalition attack on a bus in Yemen.The Saudi-led coalition earlier announced that it had ordered an investigation into the air strike on Thursday that also wounded at least 48 others in the northern rebel stronghold of Saada.
  
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• QuakeCon 2018: Doom And Rage Join Xbox Game Pass

  10-08-2018 22:39 via gamespot.com
  
  During QuakeCon, Xbox tweeted out that both Rage and 2016's Doom are now live on Xbox Game Pass. So if you have Game Pass and you're looking to play through both Rage and Doom before Rage 2 and Doom: Eternal release, now you can do so for free. Considering Xbox Game Pass is only $10 a month, it's also cheaper to just buy the subscription instead of buying each game separately.In our Doom review, Peter Brown wrote, "Many shooters chase the thrill Doom delivers, but few are as potent in their exec
  
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• Bizarre 'Chicken Teddy Bear' Appears on Facebook Marketplace

  10-08-2018 22:31 via yahoo.com
  Don't worry, it's fake.
  
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• The 2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Is Capable but Clinical

  10-08-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  The times, they are a-changin’.
  
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• Kobach to Step Down as Kansas' Top Elections Chief Until His GOP Primary Is Resolved

  10-08-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  Kobach announced his decision in a letter to his opponent Gov. Jeff Colyer
  
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• North Korea slams UN chief over call for nuclear disarming

  10-08-2018 22:28 via yahoo.com
  North Korea on Friday accused UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of making "reckless remarks" and toeing the US line when he called for verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.Guterres made the statement following talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Wednesday to discuss the US-led effort to rid North Korea of its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
  
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• Xbox One, PS4 Deals This Week At GameStop In The US

  10-08-2018 22:22 via gamespot.com
  
  GameStop has released its weekly ad for the week of August 8-14, meaning PS4 and Xbox One owners can find a whole new set of deals on games and accessories. (Sorry, Switch owners, maybe next week?) We've gone through the ad page by page and collected the highlights of this week's sale below. Read on for the goods.On the software side of things, you can get some great deals on a handful of games. The Montana-set open-world shooter Far Cry 5 is on sale for $35, which is as low as we've seen it go
  
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• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Adds King K. Rool, Donkey Kong's Rival

  10-08-2018 22:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo released a Nintendo Direct presentation that focused on the upcoming Switch game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Among many other pieces of news, the company announced that Donkey Kong Country villain King K. Rool will be a playable character in the game--the croc's first appearance in the series.Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is set to land on Nintendo Switch on December 7. In addition to many other characters announced in the Nintendo Direct, it will also feature every character who's ever ap
  
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• Multiple Diablo Projects Are In The Works At Blizzard

  10-08-2018 22:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Blizzard has dropped some news on Twitter regarding the dungeon-crawling Diablo series. In addition to saying it would continue using themes for future seasons of Diablo III, community manager Brandy Camel said in a video that Blizzard is currently working on multiple other Diablo projects."The forges here at Blizzard are burning hot, and we have multiple Diablo projects in the works," Camel said. "Some of them are going to take longer than others, but we may have some things to show you later t
  
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• Donald Trump Jr. Gets Duped By Doctored Graphic, Shares It On Instagram

  10-08-2018 22:19 via yahoo.com
  Welcome to Donald Trump Jr.'s America.
  
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• Free PS4 Or Xbox One Game Rental From Redbox This Weekend

  10-08-2018 22:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Did you know you can still rent video games? It's true. And between now and August 13, you can get a free one-night rental on select PS4 and Xbox One games. All you have to do is reserve the game you want online (the discount is added in your cart), go pick it up, and you're looking at a night of free gaming.Redbox will hold the game at the kiosk you select until 9 PM local time the day after you place your reservation. You can keep the game longer, but naturally you'll have to pay the $3 rental
  
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• Get Big Discounts On Steam Games Right Now In The US

  10-08-2018 22:17 via gamespot.com
  
  For some people, the best thing about summer isn't the sunny weather or beach vacations--it's the PC game sales. Hardly a week has gone by this season without a new summer sale popping up on one of the many online purveyors of digital PC games. The latest such sale is now live at Fanatical, an online seller of Steam games. Better yet, if you enter the promo code SUMMER10 at checkout, you get an extra 10% off the sale price. Let's take a look at some of the best deals on PC games you can find dur
  
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• The Best PS4 Game Deals On The PlayStation Store This Week In The US

  10-08-2018 22:16 via gamespot.com
  
  A new week means a new selection of PS4 game discounts are live on the PlayStation Store. You can see them all if you click over to the deals page. But instead of wading through a long, jumbled list of games and add-ons, why don't you check out the highlights we've selected below? It'll save you time and money. Just note that the deals end on August 14 and you'll need a PS Plus membership to get the full discount for some of the games.The meat of this week's deals is the Quake-Con Sale Bethesda
  
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• Joe Arpaio Gives Wild Explanation For Trainwreck Sacha Baron Cohen Interview

  10-08-2018 22:16 via yahoo.com
  Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, said Thursday
  
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• Great Xbox One Game Deals This Week At The Microsoft Store

  10-08-2018 22:16 via gamespot.com
  
  This week's Xbox One game sale is now live on the Microsoft Store, giving players an impressive set of deals on downloadable titles between now and August 13. Several of the best discounts are on games that have sequels coming up, so if you haven't played them, now is a great time to catch up. Note that some of the deals require an Xbox Live Gold membership (noted with an asterisk below). Let's dig in.With Fallout 76 landing on digital and physical store shelves on November 14, you can pick up F
  
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• WWE Summerslam 2018 Predictions: The Miz Cheats Out A Win Over Daniel Bryan

  10-08-2018 22:12 via gamespot.com
  
  WWE's biggest event of the summer is almost here. On Sunday, August 19, Summerslam returns to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York for a fourth year in a row, bringing along with it a stacked card with plenty of championship matches to keep viewers on the edge of their seats.The PPV begins at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT on the WWE Network. While the programming schedule has yet to be released for the 19th, the Kickoff Show will more than likely start two hours prior, as for the past couple of years,
  
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• Markets Right Now: Turkish turmoil sends US stocks lower

  10-08-2018 22:09 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• NPR Defends Interview With White Supremacist Jason Kessler Following Backlash

  10-08-2018 22:06 via yahoo.com
  NPR aired a segment on Friday morning featuring an interview with white
  
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• California wildfire said set by arsonist threatens community

  10-08-2018 22:05 via yahoo.com
  A Southern California wildfire - which authorities say was set by an arsonist with a grudge against a neighbor - doubled in size overnight into Friday as crews built fire lines and fought to protect thousands of homes in a lakefront community.The Holy Fire, which broke out on Monday in Holy Jim Canyon in Orange County southeast of Los Angeles, has already destroyed 12 structures and was only 5 percent contained as of Friday.Forrest Gordon Clark, 51, who owns a cabin in Holy Jim Canyon, was arres
  
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• The Latest: 2 officers ID'd in Canada shooting

  10-08-2018 22:01 via yahoo.com
  FREDERICTON, New Brunswick (AP) — The Latest on the shooting in the eastern Canadian province of New Brunswick (all times local):
  
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• Confirmation hearings for U.S. top court nominee Kavanaugh open Sept. 4

  10-08-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  Confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will begin on Sept. 4, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley announced in a statement on Friday.Opening statements by committee members will take place on Sept. 4, and the questioning of Kavanaugh will start the following day, the committee statement said.Republican President Donald Trump nominated Kavanaugh, 53, on July 9 to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.
  
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• WWE Summerslam 2018: Match Card, Date, Start Time, And Location

  10-08-2018 21:59 via gamespot.com
  
  WWE's Summerslam, the biggest PPV of the summer, will be coming on Sunday, August 19 to the WWE Network. This is the fourth year in a row that the event will be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Many of WWE's titles will be on the line for the major event, including a deja vu moment where Roman Reigns will take on Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship.Summerslam's main card will start at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT. In the past couple of years, the bigger WWE events, like Summerslam
  
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• Smoke From California Wildfires Is Reaching the East Coast. Here's What That Means for the Air Near You

  10-08-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  Smoke from California's roaring wildfires has moved all the way to the East Coast. Here's what that means for air quality
  
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• Fortnite's Spray And Pray Meta Is A Problem

  10-08-2018 21:37 via gamespot.com
  
  We need to talk about Fortnite. Epic Games' world-conquering battle royale shooter has a problem. Whether you agree with this or not depends on whether you take umbrage with the meta infamously known as "Spray and Pray," which stems from various factors introduced in Season 5 that have altered the way the majority of firefights play out.So let's start from the top. Fortnite's shooting mechanics are centered around a system known as "bloom," which affects each weapon's accuracy. Where you aim isn
  
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• Dennis Shields, Bethenny Frankel's Onetime Boyfriend, Found Dead At 51

  10-08-2018 21:29 via yahoo.com
  Businessman and banker Dennis Shields, the sometime boyfriend of Bethenny
  
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• Wave of strikes hits Syria's last rebel-held bastion

  10-08-2018 21:27 via yahoo.com
  The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said dozens of strikes from helicopters and war planes had hit parts of Hama, Idlib and Aleppo provinces, killing at least 29 people.The three areas in northwest Syria are the last major onesstill in the hands of fighters seeking to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, whose forces recaptured the area around Damascus and the southwest earlier this year.Abu al-Baraa al-Hamawi, a rebel leader in northern Hama, said a "massacre" had resulted from str
  
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• The Latest: Judge in Manafort case calls extended recess

  10-08-2018 21:24 via yahoo.com
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the bank fraud and tax evasion trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort (all times local):
  
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