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• Elon Musk's Tweets Spark Lawsuits Against Tesla but He Won't Stop Tweeting

  11-08-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  He doesn't seem worried about the lawsuits.
  
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• Donald Trump dismisses former Apprentice star Omarosa as a 'lowlife' ahead of critical book

  11-08-2018 23:49 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has one word to describe former White House staffer and fellow reality-TV star Omarosa Manigault Newman: "Lowlife." Ms Manigault Newman claims in an upcoming book, Unhinged, that Mr Trump used racial slurs on the set of his reality show The Apprentice. She also says she later concluded that he is a racist and a bigot. On Saturday, reporters asked Mr Trump during an event at his golf club in New Jersey if he felt betrayed by Ms Maniga
  
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• The Latest: Source: Man who stole plane was Richard Russell

  11-08-2018 23:47 via yahoo.com
  SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on a plane stolen from Sea-Tac International Airport in Washington state (all times local):
  
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• Erdogan accuses US of waging economic 'war' against Turkey as he threatens to ‘look for new allies’

  11-08-2018 23:11 via yahoo.com
  Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the US of waging economic “war” on Turkey amid a downturn that has seen the currency plunge.The warning came after his US counterpart, Donald Trump, escalated a feud by doubling tariffs on metals imports.Speaking in the northeastern province of Rize, Mr Erdogan said dollars, euros and gold were now "the bullets, cannonballs and missiles of the economic war being waged against our country”.
  
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• Man Who Stole, Crashed Seattle Plane ID'd As Horizon Air Worker Richard Russell

  11-08-2018 23:00 via yahoo.com
  The airline employee who commandeered a plane from Seattle-Tacoma
  
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• Charlottesville on high alert on the anniversary of white supremacist violence

  11-08-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  A group of anti-fascist activists rallied peacefully in downtown Charlottesville as the city marks the anniversary of last summer's white supremacist violence. Saturday marks a year since white nationalists marched through the University of Virginia campus with torches, clashing with a group of counterprotesters. The following day, a much larger gathering of white nationalists near a downtown park erupted into violence.
  
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• Full Fallout 76 QuakeCon 2018 Panel

  11-08-2018 22:21 via gamespot.com
  
  As seen at QuakeCon 2018, Todd Howard and team further explain what Fallout 76's character customization, perk system, and nuclear impact means for this online multiplayer RPG
  
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• President Trump Jabs FBI, Saying He May 'Get Involved' Over Andrew McCabe Texts

  11-08-2018 22:19 via yahoo.com
  “FBI said they won’t give up even one (I may have to get involved, DO NOT DESTROY). What are they hiding?”
  
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• Fallout 76's Perks, Mutations, And Customization Explained

  11-08-2018 21:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Todd Howard details Fallout 76's character customization and explains how character progression and abilities work in the PS4, Xbox One, and PC RPG.
  
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• Arab Israelis rally against Jewish nation-state law

  11-08-2018 21:55 via yahoo.com
  Tens of thousands of Arab Israelis and their supporters chanted against "apartheid" and for "equality" on Saturday in central Tel Aviv at a rally protesting a law that declares Israel the nation state of the Jewish people.Israeli Jews also joined the demonstration, the second since last Saturday, when thousands from Israel's Druze minority took to the streets in Tel Aviv to denounce the law they say makes them second-class citizens, AFP reporters said.Protesters waved Palestinian and Israeli fla
  
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• Audio of Airline Employee Who Stole Plane

  11-08-2018 21:45 via yahoo.com
  Investigators worked to find out how an airline employee stole an empty Horizon Air turboprop plane, took off from Sea-Tac International Airport and crashed into a small island in the Puget Sound after being chased by military jets. (Aug. 11)
  
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• 'Suicidal' airport worker steals, crashes empty plane from Seattle airport

  11-08-2018 21:34 via yahoo.com
  A young, "suicidal" airport worker who stole an empty plane from Seattle-Tacoma Airport and took it on an hour-long flight before crashing did not commit any security violations, officials said Saturday.Video taken by a bystander showed the 76-seat plane making a big, slow loop-the-loop as F-15 fighter jets gave chase, then flying low over Puget Sound before crashing into Ketron Island, a sparsely-populated area in the northwestern US state of Washington."Commercial aircraft are complex machines
  
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• Seattle plane crash: Hijacker had security clearance to be among aircraft but did not hold pilot’s licence

  11-08-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  The hijacker of an empty Horizon Air turboprop plane in Seattle had clearance to be among aircraft but did not hold a pilot’s licence, authorities said.The 29-year-old man used a machine called a pushback tractor to first manoeuvre the aircraft so he could board and then take off from Sea-Tac International Airport on Friday evening.
  
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• Airline worker dies after stealing empty airplane

  11-08-2018 20:54 via yahoo.com
  An unidentified 29-year-old airline employee died after stealing an empty plane from Seattle's airport and crashing it into a nearby island, in what an NTSB official called "very unusual." Conway G. Gittens reports.
  
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• Nationalists and anti-racist protesters to square off by White House one year after Charlottesville violence

  11-08-2018 20:52 via yahoo.com
  White nationalists and anti-racism protesters will face off just metres from the White House on Sunday as both mark the one-year anniversary of violent clashes in Charlottesville.  Both groups have been given permission to demonstrate in separate sections of Lafayette Square, a shady park that looks onto the back of the US president’s residence.  Attendees of "Unite the Right 2", a follow-up to the controversial far-Right protest last year, have been told to bring Confederate fla
  
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• Deadpool 2 Original Vs. Extended Cut: Every Change In The Super Duper Edition

  11-08-2018 20:44 via gamespot.com
  
  When Deadpool 2 hit theaters, you might have assumed it would be impossible to somehow load in more dirty jokes or gratuitous violence. How wrong you were, though. While the film is certainly raunchy, perhaps even more so than the first Deadpool, there's always room for more.That's proven by the Super Duper cut of the movie, which has been released on Digital HD. This version of Deadpool 2 first debuted at San Diego Comic-Con and will arrive on Blu-ray on August 21.The new cut of the film adds
  
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• Iran Supreme Leader calls for action to face 'economic war': state TV

  11-08-2018 20:41 via yahoo.com
  Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday called for "swift and just" legal action from new courts after the head of the judiciary said the country faced an "economic war", state television reported.The rial currency has lost about half of its value since April under the threat of revived U.S. sanctions, with heavy demand for dollars among ordinary Iranians trying to protect their savings.The judiciary has suggested that arch-foes the United States and Israel as well as regional
  
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• Charlottesville Anniversary: White Supremacy Didn’t Invade. It Was Always Here.

  11-08-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― On Aug. 12 of last year, after the murder of Heather
  
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• Theft and crash of Seattle airplane prompts FBI investigation

  11-08-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  The family of an airline employee who stole and later crashed a plane near Seattle have said they are “stunned and heartbroken”, as authorities investigate how the major security breach happened.The family of Richard Russell – who was a ground services employee with Horizon Air, part of Alaska Airlines – said the actions of “Beebo”, as he was known to them, had come as “a complete shock to us”.
  
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• FBI seeks motive after U.S. airline worker stole plane and crashed it

  11-08-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  A Horizon Air ground service agent got into a Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft on Friday night in a maintenance area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and took off, Horizon sister carrier Alaska Airline said.
  
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• Here's How Fallout 76's Nukes Work, And What They Do

  11-08-2018 20:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Bethesda's upcoming multiplayer RPG Fallout 76 aims to switch things up in a big way for the post-apocalyptic series. However, one new feature, and its ensuing ramifications, has gotten many players talking. First revealed during Bethesda's E3 2018 press conference, Fallout 76 will allow players to gain access to a stockpile of nuclear weapons hidden in post-apocalyptic West Virginia, and use them to decimate areas of the map. While talking about the new mechanics of Fallout 76 at QuakeCon 2018-
  
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• BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe Coming Next Year With 300 HP

  11-08-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  You better watch your backs, Mercedes and Audi.
  
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• Former prosecutor reacts to lengthy delay in Manafort trial

  11-08-2018 19:58 via yahoo.com
  Paul Manafort on trial for bank and tax fraud; former federal prosecutor Doug Burns shares his take on the trial.
  
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• Who is Bethenny Frankel? RHONY star mourning boyfriend found dead in Trump Tower

  11-08-2018 19:57 via yahoo.com
  Real Housewives of New York (RHONY) star Bethenny Frankel is mourning the death of her on-off boyfriend of Dennis Shields after he was found unresponsive following an apparent drug overdose of addictive opioid oxycodone.While Frankel, a successful businesswoman and self-professed “hustler”, is best known for her lead role on RHONY, it is not her only claim to fame.Born to horse trainer Robert J Frankel, Frankel moved to Los Angeles soon after graduating from New York University.
  
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• We Happy Few Review

  11-08-2018 19:57 via gamespot.com
  
  Just like the forcibly stretched grins of its inhabitants, the joy found in We Happy Few is a facade. The game's fascinating setting of a drug-fueled society wasting away in fake happiness is squandered on repetitive environments, poorly paced and downright boring quest designs, and a variety of confusing mechanics that never find harmony with each other. Its three individual tales of survival manage to deliver some surprisingly poignant moments, but We Happy Few does its best to dissuade you fr
  
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• Fallout 76: Release Date, PvP, Perks, And What We Know (So Far)

  11-08-2018 19:57 via gamespot.com
  
  Only a couple years after Fallout 4's release, Bethesda surprised fans by officially announcing Fallout 76, the next entry in its beloved post-apocalyptic RPG franchise. The new game was revealed in a trailer after a series of teases, and Bethesda discussed it in more detail at E3 2018 and more recently at QuakeCon 2018. While there's still so much we do not yet know about Bethesda's upcoming game, the company has offered some clarity on Fallout 76's most curious features and additions to the Fa
  
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• Latest: Anti-fascist demonstrators march in Charlottesville

  11-08-2018 19:44 via yahoo.com
  The Latest on events marking the anniversary of white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia (all times local):
  
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• Electric scooters face backlash from cities across the US after mayhem on the streets

  11-08-2018 19:34 via yahoo.com
  Electric scooters, billed as the new and environmentally friendly way of commuting, are facing a backlash from cities across the US. Billions of dollars have been pumped into innovative high-tech companies like Lime, Bird and Spin, headquartered in California. Combined, the companies operate in more than 100 US cities as well as around half a dozen in Europe, including Paris. They are still banned in the UK. The scooters are booked via an app. They normally cost around one dollar (78 pence) &nbs
  
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• Fierce Syria bombardment kills 53 civilians: monitor

  11-08-2018 19:30 via yahoo.com
  At least 53 civilians including 28 children, have been killed in fierce bombardment Friday that targeted rebel-held areas of northern Syria, a war monitor said updating an earlier toll.The air strikes and barrel bombs targeted the key opposition-held province of Idlib and a rebel town in the adjacent province of Aleppo, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.In a new toll Saturday, the war monitor said 41 civilians, including 25 children, were killed in the rebel town of Orum
  
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• Fallout 76 Has Randomized Card Packs, And They Come With Gum

  11-08-2018 19:16 via gamespot.com
  
  The upcoming Fallout 76 will be one of the biggest leaps forward for the much-loved series, moving it into an always-online multiplayer environment where every other character you'll encounter in its wastelands is a real life human being. But it's also introducing something else never seen before in a mainline Fallout title: card packs.As revealed at the Fallout 76 panel broadcast during this year's Quakecon, Fallout 76 will feature a progression system that uses perk cards to build out a player
  
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• China delays mosque demolition after protest

  11-08-2018 19:13 via yahoo.com
  Authorities in northern China delayed the demolition of a massive mosque on Saturday after thousands of people demonstrated to stop its destruction, local residents said, amid a nationwide government drive to tighten restrictions on religious activities.Across China, officials have sought to limit religious freedoms for Muslims as part of a widespread attempt to bring believers in line with the dictates of the ruling Communist Party.Protesters began gathering Thursday ahead of a deadline to demo
  
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• Charlottesville: Trump calls for unity - but divisions still run deep a year after deadly protests

  11-08-2018 19:11 via yahoo.com
  For many, the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, on 12 August 2017 confirmed their worst fears about the impact of Donald Trump’s presidency.A white nationalist rally, called to protest against the removal of a Confederate statue, ended in tragedy with a counterprotester – 32-year-old Heather Heyer – being killed by a car driven through a crowd.A year on, Trump displayed on Saturday the statesmanlike behaviour that numerous members of congress, rights groups across the coun
  
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• QuakeCon 2018: Rewatch The Fallout 76 Panel, Q&A Here

  11-08-2018 19:04 via gamespot.com
  
  QuakeCon 2018 is now in full swing and we've already had some big reveals, with the first Doom Eternal gameplay video making its debut and confirmation that Doom Eternal is coming to Nintendo Switch. Bethesda's other major upcoming game, Fallout 76, is also set to have a big QuakeCon. The post-apocalyptic online RPG was the focus of a panel and Q&A session taking place at the event, and there was a great deal discussed about the game. The Fallout 76 panel will feature series producer Todd Ho
  
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• QuakeCon 2018: Rewatch The Fallout 76 Panel And Read All The News

  11-08-2018 19:04 via gamespot.com
  
  QuakeCon 2018 is now in full swing and we've already had some big reveals, with the first Doom Eternal gameplay video making its debut and confirmation that Doom Eternal is coming to Nintendo Switch. Bethesda's other major upcoming game, Fallout 76, is also set to have a big QuakeCon. The post-apocalyptic online RPG was the focus of a panel and Q&A session taking place at the event, and there was a great deal discussed about the game.The Fallout 76 panel will feature series producer Todd How
  
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• Turkey is a 'target of economic war', Erdogan says

  11-08-2018 19:02 via yahoo.com
  Speaking after U.S. President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminum imports, Erdogan described Friday's 18 percent fall in the lira to a record low as the 'missiles' of an economic war waged against Turkey.Erdogan said those who plotted against Turkey in a failed coup attempt in July 2016 were now trying to target the country through its economy, and pledged to fight back."Those who can't compete with us on the ground have brought online fictional currency plots that have no
  
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• Fallout 76 Character Progression And Leveling Detailed; SPECIAL And Perks Return In A New Form

  11-08-2018 19:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Bethesda doled out several new details on how character progression and abilities function in Fallout 76 during a panel at Quakecon 2018. By nature of being an online multiplayer survival game, the systems we know from previous Fallout games are changing. Series staples like the SPECIAL system and Perks return, but you'll have to get reacclimatized with them.SPECIAL encompasses the following stats: Strength, Perception, Endurance, Intelligence, Agility, Luck. When players level up, they're given
  
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• Authorities Investigate the Circumstances Surrounding 'Suicidal' Employee Who Stole a Plane

  11-08-2018 19:01 via yahoo.com
  The incident points to one of the biggest potential perils for air travel
  
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• QuakeCon 2018: Fallout 76's Solution To Dealing With Griefers Is Brutal

  11-08-2018 18:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Bethesda has discussed how Fallout 76 will deal with griefers, namely players that are intent on attacking and killing others, even when their target isn't interested in player versus player combat. As discussed during the game's QuakeCon 2018 panel by game director Todd Howard, Bethesda decided to turn griefers into content for other players by giving them a taste of their own medicine."We want this element of danger, without griefing," said Howard, who continued on to explain that when you sho
  
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• Fallout 76's Solution To Dealing With Griefers Is Brutal; More PvP Details Revealed

  11-08-2018 18:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Bethesda has discussed how Fallout 76 will deal with griefers, namely players that are intent on attacking and killing others, even when their target isn't interested in player versus player combat. As discussed during the game's QuakeCon 2018 panel by game director Todd Howard, Bethesda decided to turn griefers into content for other players by giving them a taste of their own medicine."We want this element of danger, without griefing," said Howard, who continued on to explain that when you sho
  
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• The Latest: Fragments of stolen plane scattered after crash

  11-08-2018 18:47 via yahoo.com
  SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on a plane stolen from Sea-Tac International Airport in Washington state (all times local):
  
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• Perseids to peak this weekend as one of 2018's best meteor showers

  11-08-2018 18:29 via yahoo.com
  This weekend will feature one of the best meteor showers of the year, boasting over 50 meteors an hour. However, clouds and wildfire smoke may spoil the show for many across the United States.
  
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• Firefighters battle raging Southern California wildfire

  11-08-2018 18:25 via yahoo.com
  Firefighters worked furiously Friday to keep a Southern California wildfire from burning more homes, dumping water and bright pink retardant to protect Lake Elsinore and other foothill communities as the fire sweeps through the dense, bone-dry brush of the Cleveland National Forest.
  
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• Gaza protest toll rises to three: ministry

  11-08-2018 18:16 via yahoo.com
  A 40-year-old Palestinian hit by Israeli fire on the Gaza border died of his wounds on Saturday, taking the death toll from protests the previous day to three, the territory's health ministry said.In all 307 Palestinians were wounded on Friday, some by tear gas, including two journalists and five medics, the health ministry in the coastal enclave said.
  
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• Police charge man in shooting in Fredericton, Canada

  11-08-2018 18:11 via yahoo.com
  Police charged Matthew Vincent Raymond, 48, with four counts of first degree murder, according to a statement on Saturday.The four people killed, including police officers Sara Mae Burns, 43, and Lawrence Robb Costello, 45, were shot at an apartment complex in Fredericton, capital of the province of New Brunswick.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Walker right on Wisconsin prison population

  11-08-2018 18:11 via yahoo.com
  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker spent much of the week before Tuesday's primary election protesting some of his Democratic opponents' hopes to reduce the state's prison population.
  
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• Path of Exile's Upcoming Delve Expansion Will Debut A New Infinite Dungeon

  11-08-2018 18:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Path of Exile's unique approach to loot-based action-RPG gameplay on both PC and Xbox One has become increasingly more ambitious over the years. With the developers at Grinding Gear Games diving into new content focusing monster-hunting, time-travel, and even the exciting world of cartography--each major expansion that introduced new gameplay and league features showed that there's still places for the game venture out to. But now, the creative team behind the free-to-play action-RPG aims to dig
  
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• Is Beyond Good & Evil As Good As You Remember? | Nostalgia Trip

  11-08-2018 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  This week Jake and Jean-Luc look at the cult-classic action adventure game, Beyond Good & Evil.
  
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• QuakeCon 2018: Watch The Fallout 76 Panel, Q&A Here

  11-08-2018 17:59 via gamespot.com
  
  QuakeCon 2018 is now in full swing and we've already had some big reveals, with the first Doom Eternal gameplay video making its debut and confirmation that Doom Eternal is coming to Nintendo Switch. Bethesda's other major upcoming game, Fallout 76, is also set to have a big QuakeCon. The post-apocalyptic online RPG is the focus of a panel and Q&A session taking place at the event, but you don't have to be there to see it as GameSpot is hosting the livestream right here.The Fallout 76 panel
  
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• Erdogan warns Trump that Turkey will 'find new friends' as US row deepens

  11-08-2018 17:59 via yahoo.com
  Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that Turkey would “seek new friends” after the US “upset and annoyed” Ankara with sanctions which triggered a major currency crisis. Turkey’s president told counterpart Donald Trump to respect its sovereignty “before it is too late”, plunging relations between the Nato allies to their lowest in decades. Writing in the New York Times - the broadsheet paper much loathed by the US president - Mr Erdogan said: "Washington must
  
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• Rep. Chris Collins Suspends Re-Election Campaign Following Indictment

  11-08-2018 17:36 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) announced Saturday he would not run for re-
  
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