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• Nintendo Would "Absolutely Love" Red Dead 2 On Switch, But It's Not Going To Happen

  12-12-2018 23:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo would "absolutely love" to have Red Dead Redemption 2 on Nintendo Switch, but more than likely it won't happen. That's according to Nintendo of America executive Reggie Fils-Aime, who explained in a new interview one of the reasons why the acclaimed western isn't on the company's hybrid console.Fils-Aime told The Hollywood Reporter that developer Rockstar Games likely started work on the game years before Nintendo started to talk about the Switch. As a result, the developer might not ha
  
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• Insurgency Sandstorm Team Combat Gameplay

  12-12-2018 23:44 via gamespot.com
  
  Insurgency Sandstorm is out now on Steam and offers quality sound design with all of it's hard hitting action. Here's some gameplay of Insurgency's multiplayer. Captured on PC.
  
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• Turkey vows to take on US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria

  12-12-2018 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey will launch a new military operation against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria "within a few days," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, a move likely to further strain ties between NATO allies Turkey and the United States.
  
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• WWE TLC PPV Predictions And Match Card: Becky Lynch Retains The Title

  12-12-2018 23:31 via gamespot.com
  
  It's almost time for another WWE PPV, and if you've been keeping up with the product, you've probably noticed what I'm calling "the great divide" between Raw and Smackdown. However, said divide revolves around the quality of storytelling and not a string of mountain ranges separating two sides of the country.Smackdown has been fantastic, setting up compelling, fun storylines that all lead to TLC--normally, a throwaway PPV. And Raw has been… Well, it's the worst it's been in a long time.
  
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• NASA’s InSight lander just snapped its first selfie, and it’s a stunner

  12-12-2018 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  When it comes to robots on Mars, one of NASA's many traditions is making sure its rovers snap a selfie or two while hanging out on the planet's dusty surface. That tradition has continued with the newly-landed InSight lander, and NASA just published the robot's first self-shot photo.The image, which is stitched together from several different snapshots the machine sent back to Earth, gives NASA engineers a clear look at InSight's surroundings and also lets them see the condition of the hardware
  
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• Fortnite Adds 20 Minutes Of New Music In Save The World Mode

  12-12-2018 23:28 via gamespot.com
  
  While Fortnite's Battle Royale mode gets much of the attention, the game's Save the World mode is not being forgotten. The recent 7.0.0 patch introduced the game's first major boss, The Storm King, with the final act of the Canny Valley campaign. GameSpot can confirm that Epic hired gaming veteran Cris Velasco (Overwatch, Darksiders 3) to compose 20 minutes of new music for the new chapter of Save the World.Velasco recorded the music with a live orchestra in Los Angeles with the professional rec
  
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• US urges UN to ban Iran nuclear missiles, keep arms embargo

  12-12-2018 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to again ban Iranian ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons and to maintain an arms embargo that is scheduled to be lifted in 2020 under the landmark Iran nuclear deal.
  
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• UK PM wins confidence vote but rebels lay down marker

  12-12-2018 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Theresa May survived a vote of confidence in her leadership on Wednesday but more than a third of lawmakers voted against her, underscoring the challenge she faces in getting her Brexit divorce deal through parliament.Here is some reaction to her survival:Pro-Brexit Conservative lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg:"It is a terrible result for the prime minister."The prime minister must realize that under all constitutional norms she ought to go and see the Queen urgently and resign.
  
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• Defying Trump, U.S. Senate advances resolution to end support for Saudis in Yemen war

  12-12-2018 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Eleven of Trump's fellow Republicans voted with Democrats to provide the 60 votes needed to advance the war powers resolution in the Republican-led chamber, paving the way for debate and a vote on U.S. involvement in a conflict that has created one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters.The vote was largely symbolic because the House of Representatives is not expected to take the matter up this year.Trump has threatened a veto.
  
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• Protesters oppose Republican moves to hobble next Michigan governor

  12-12-2018 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  More than 100 protesters took to Michigan's state capitol on Wednesday to oppose efforts by the US state's Republican-led legislature to limit the powers of its incoming Democratic governor.Similar scenes played out last week in nearby Wisconsin, where state Republicans passed measures to significantly curb the authority of the Democrat who beat the incumbent Republican governor in the November midterm elections.Critics say the legislative maneuvers are a concerted effort by Republicans to deny
  
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• The Geminid meteor shower peaks this week, and it'll be a special one

  12-12-2018 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Get ready for what might be the best meteor shower of 2018.  The Geminid meteor shower, which peaks late at night on Thursday into the wee hours of the morning Friday, could bring more than 100 meteors per hour to light pollution-free skies in dark areas around the world, according to NASA. That's a whole bunch of meteors. "If you can see the familiar winter constellations Orion and Gemini in the sky, you'll see some Geminids," NASA explained in a skywatching video. "Expect to see up to 120
  
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• 'Safe Parking' program provides support for homeless living in cars in Los Angeles

  12-12-2018 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Los Angeles' Safe Parking program was launched Wednesday. The initiative aims to help those experiencing homelessness and living out of their vehicles.
  
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• Play This Game For Free This Weekend (PS4, Xbox One, PC)

  12-12-2018 22:58 via gamespot.com
  
  Driving across the country in real life has its perks, but let's be honest: there's also a lot of down time. The Crew 2 is a racing game that cuts out the boring parts as you travel at unsafe speeds from coast to coast, using vehicles that go on the road, in the water, and through the air. There's nothing else quite like it on the market, and it's free to play December 13-17 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.The only catch is that console owners will need either a PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live Gold subsc
  
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• Should Batwoman Get Her Own Arrow-verse Show After "Elseworlds"

  12-12-2018 22:51 via gamespot.com
  
  Now that Batwoman has arrived and added a new hero to the Arrow-verse--not to mention a location in Gotham City--there are some questions we need to think about. The CW's superhero programming block is already jam-packed thanks to Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, and Black Lightning. Is there room for yet another hero next season?To figure that out and take a deep dive through everything we learned about Batwoman in the "Elseworlds" crossover event, GameSpot teamed up with TV Gu
  
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• Ex-lawyer blames Trump 'dirty deeds' as he gets 3 years

  12-12-2018 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's former lawyer apologized Wednesday for covering up the "dirty deeds" of his ex-boss as he was sentenced to three years for multiple crimes including hush money payments implicating the US president.Pleading for leniency in a packed Manhattan courtroom before US District Court Judge William H. Pauley III, Michael Cohen said he had been led astray by misplaced admiration for Trump.Cohen's lawyers had argued for no jail time after he admitted charges brought by federal prosecutors in
  
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• Game Release Dates In December 2018: PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, And PC

  12-12-2018 22:45 via gamespot.com
  
  December is officially here, which means 2018 is winding to a close. This year has seen some great games come out across PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch, but while most of the year's biggest titles have already been released, there are still a handful of noteworthy games on the way this month to close out the year in appropriately grand fashion.Headlining December's releases are new installments in the Just Cause and Super Smash Bros. series, as well as a new pair of spin-offs of Atlus's
  
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• What next for Brexit as May wins leadership battle?

  12-12-2018 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  What happens to the Brexit process now Prime Minister Theresa May has defeated Wednesday's challenge to her leadership?May's 200 to 117 win over her rebel Conservative MPs was closer than expected, but means she cannot face another no-confidence challenge from within her party for 12 months, giving her some breathing space as she attempts to tweak her deal and get it through parliament.The British leader has said she still plans to bring her Brexit deal to a parliamentary vote some time before J
  
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• May Survives Confidence Vote to Face Uphill Struggle in Brexit

  12-12-2018 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Theresa May survived an attempt to oust her as U.K. prime minister on Wednesday, but the size of the rebellion against her weakens her position at a critical time as she tries to steer the U.K. out of the European Union.May won a vote of confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party, with Tory members of Parliament backing her by 200 to 117 in the secret ballot.
  
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• Race to broker truce as Yemen talks enter final hours

  12-12-2018 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  With just hours left before the close of negotiations, UN mediators rushed to broker a truce Wednesday between government representatives and rebels in Yemen, a country teetering on the brink of famine.The UN talks opened last week in Sweden, the first meeting in two years between Yemen's Huthi rebels and the government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, backed since 2015 by a behemoth military coalition led by Saudi Arabia.Taiz, the southwestern city controlled by the government and surrounde
  
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• Star Wars: The Mandalorian TV Series Cast Confirmed

  12-12-2018 22:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Lucasfilm has officially announced the cast for The Mandalorian, the first live-action Star Wars TV series. Pedro Pascal, previously speculated to play the title role, has been confirmed to be the Mandalorian warrior the show is about, and he's being joined by quite the talented cast.Pascal is best known for portraying Oberyn Martell on Game of Thrones, but he's also starred in Kingsman: The Golden Circle and Netflix's Narcos. In a blog post, StarWars.com confirmed he would be joined by Gina Car
  
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• British PM May wins party confidence vote: official

  12-12-2018 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday survived a bid by her own MPs to unseat her, winning a confidence motion by 200 to 117 votes.The vote was triggered by hardline Brexit supporters in her Conservative party who despise the deal she struck with the EU last month."The result of the ballot held this evening is that the parliamentary party does have confidence in Theresa May as leader," said Graham Brady, who chairs the committee of backbench MPs that oversaw the vote.
  
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• It’s All About Modi as India Prepares for Mammoth 2019 Election

  12-12-2018 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Four-and-a-half years after crushing the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty’s latest scion as he swept to victory, Modi still cultivates his image as a diligent, incorruptible son-of-a-tea-seller who strives to make India a prouder, more powerful country.BJP leaders expect to triumph by focusing the campaign on Modi versus opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and by zeroing in on religious issues—including a controversial temple—that will consolidate India’s majority Hindu vot
  
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• Turkey to launch operation against U.S.-backed Kurds in Syria 'in a few days'

  12-12-2018 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Ankara and Washington have long been at odds over Syria, where the United States has backed the YPG Kurdish militia in the fight against Islamic State insurgents.Turkey says the YPG is a terrorist organization and an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has waged an insurgency against the state in southeastern Turkey for 34 years.Turkey has already intervened to sweep YPG fighters from territory west of the Euphrates in military campaigns over the past two years, but up
  
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• Erdogan says Turkey will start new military operation against US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria within days

  12-12-2018 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkey will launch a new operation in Syria within days against a US-backed Kurdish militia that Ankara considers a terrorist group, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. "We will start an operation to free the east of the Euphrates from the separatist terrorist organisation in the next few days," Mr Erdogan said during a speech in Ankara, referring to territory held by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). Turkey says the YPG is a "terrorist offshoot" of t
  
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• We Play "Real Or Fake Spider-Man" With The Cast Of Into The Spider-Verse

  12-12-2018 21:38 via gamespot.com
  
  We quizzed the Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse cast and producers to see if they knew the difference between real Spider-Man variants from Marvel Comics and ones we made up! Test your knowledge as you watch the video.
  
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• Doctor Strange 2 Brings Back First Movie's Director - GameSpot Universe News Update

  12-12-2018 21:35 via gamespot.com
  
  Phase 4 is slowly coming together.
  
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• Uncharted Creative Director To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

  12-12-2018 21:24 via gamespot.com
  
  The Game Developers Choice Awards organizers have announced that Amy Hennig will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. Hennig is best known for her work on the Uncharted series, but she has worked in the game industry since the days of the Atari 7800. She has experience as a digital artist, animator, game designer, writer, and director.Hennig was the writer and director of the Soul Reaver and Legacy of Kain series, and went on to become creative director and writer for the Uncharted series at Na
  
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• Netanyahu vows to find attackers after Israeli newborn dies

  12-12-2018 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to find Palestinian gunmen behind a West Bank attack, after a baby delivered prematurely following the shooting died.The baby's mother was one of seven people wounded in the drive-by shooting at a bus stop near the Ofra settlement in the occupied West Bank late Sunday."We lost a few hours ago an newborn baby, four days old," Netanyahu said in an address to foreign media.
  
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• The Punisher - Season 2 Official Teaser

  12-12-2018 21:04 via gamespot.com
  
  The Punisher returns for Season 2 on Netflix in January.
  
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• In Iceland, 13 'Yule Lads' come to town to herald Christmas

  12-12-2018 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  MYVATN, Iceland (AP) — The people of northern Iceland have had their travel plans disrupted with a record high snowfall this December. Roads have been shut, flights cancelled and school suspended.
  
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• Sanctions Will Harm Only the Iranian Regime, Not the Iranian People

  12-12-2018 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  That is why Washington must maintain them.
  
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• Fiance Of Missing Colorado Mom Is Cooperating With Police, Lawyer Says

  12-12-2018 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The fiance of a Colorado mother missing since Thanksgiving is praying for her
  
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• Canada Goose shares slide amid Beijing-Ottawa row over Huawei CFO arrest

  12-12-2018 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The company’s slide in the stock market comes amid reports that former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig has been detained in China.Growing tensions between Beijing and Ottawa over the arrest of a senior Huawei executive have inflicted damage on the luxury clothing retailer Canada Goose, as Chinese consumers call for a boycott of the brand.Shares in the company have plunged nearly 20% since the arrest last week of Huawei’s chief financial officers Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver.
  
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• U.S. wants U.N. to ban nuclear ballistic missile work by Iran

  12-12-2018 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Pompeo also told the Security Council an arms embargo on Iran should not be lifted in 2020 and called on the council to establish "inspection and interdiction measures, in ports and on the high seas, to thwart Iran's continuing efforts to circumvent arms restrictions.""Iran is harboring al Qaeda, supporting Taliban militants in Afghanistan, arming terrorists in Lebanon, facilitating illicit trade in Somali charcoal benefiting al-Shabaab, and training and equipping Shia militias in Iraq," Pompeo
  
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• WWE TLC 2019 PPV: There Are A Lot Of Matches On This Card

  12-12-2018 20:08 via gamespot.com
  
  Tables and ladders and chairs, oh my! That never gets old. The next event from WWE is none other than TLC, which is a lot like Extreme Rules, but centered around only three items to be used as weapons. This PPV is going to be violent, and these matches are going to be short.TLC comes to the WWE Network on Sunday, December 16. The next event comes to the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota and will air at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT, with a Kickoff Show beginning one hour prior.This is a stacked evenin
  
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• Polish PM wins confidence vote ahead of 2019 election

  12-12-2018 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  A total of 231 MPs came out in favor of the government with 181 against in a vote that was more a show of strength than a real test and followed a debate dominated by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.The PiS itself called the vote after a so far fruitless attempt by the opposition to organize a vote of no-confidence.The exercise suited the PiS to come out from under a scandal involving banking regulator KNF that emerged last month, analysts said.
  
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• Game Of Thrones Season 8: Release Date, Story Hints, And Everything We Know

  12-12-2018 19:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Winter Has ComeSeason 8, the conclusion of Game of Thrones, is fast approaching, and at this point nothing seems predictable. The show is best known for brutally killing off characters, even the ones fans love, and its final chapter is likely to elevate the feeling that nobody is safe to all-new levels. It's also a time of war, with the rivalries that have marked all seven seasons finally coming to a head. Oh, and the White Walkers have shown up with their army of the dead, and they're trying to
  
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• Mexican president starts process to scrap education reforms

  12-12-2018 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador signed an initiative Wednesday that would cancel the controversial education reforms of his predecessor and announced plans to vastly expand free university education.
  
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• Pompeo urges UN to get tough on Iran missiles

  12-12-2018 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged the United Nations to tighten restrictions on Iran's missiles, which he warned could strike US allies, but other powers called instead for dialogue.Pompeo headed to New York for a Security Council meeting on Iran, which recently confirmed a medium-range ballistic missile test, arguing it is legal and necessary for its defense."We risk the security of our people if Iran continues stocking up on ballistic missiles," Pompeo told the Security Coun
  
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• The Latest: Insurance claims at $9 billion from fires

  12-12-2018 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on California wildfires all times local):
  
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• Israeli woman wounded in Palestinian attack loses baby

  12-12-2018 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  A baby who was delivered prematurely by emergency Caesarean section to an Israeli woman wounded in a Palestinian drive-by shooting died in hospital on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.Shira Ish-Ran, seven months pregnant, her husband and five others were injured in Sunday's attack at a bus stop outside the Jewish settlement of Ofra in the occupied West Bank .The Palestinian gunman fled the scene, Israel said.
  
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• Everything We Know About Toy Story 4 In 2019

  12-12-2018 19:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Friends to infinity and beyond.Toy Story 3 ended on a perfect, bittersweet note. Andy went to college, and his toys went to Bonnie, the little neighborhood kid who would love and play with them for years to come. Adults wept buckets. So it came as something of a surprise when Toy Story 4 was announced in 2014. Where would Woody, Buzz, and company go from here?But finally after delays, rewrites, and rumors of backstage drama, Toy Story 4 is imminent. There's no spoilers circulating yet (Pixar is
  
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• The Sources of Iranian Conduct

  12-12-2018 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Iranian policy remains the same despite the Trump administration's "maximum pressure."
  
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• Walmart sale saves you an extra $50 on the Apple Watch Series 3

  12-12-2018 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  The new Apple Watch Series 4 is the best smartwatch Apple has released so far, but is it really worth the extra cash compared to the Apple Watch Series 3? We're not so sure... especially today while Walmart is running a great sale. While supplies last, you can save an extra $50 on the Apple Watch Series 3 with GPS in aluminum with a sport band. That means the 38mm Apple Watch Series 3 is just $229 and the larger 42mm Apple Watch Series 3 model is on sale for $259. These are killer prices, so get
  
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• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC Characters We Want To See

  12-12-2018 19:15 via gamespot.com
  
  New challengers will join the roster on Nintendo Switch, but who could they be?
  
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• Ex-lawyer blasts Trump as sentenced to three years

  12-12-2018 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen delivered a blistering attack on his ex-boss as he was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for multiple crimes including paying "hush money" to two women who claimed to have had affairs with Trump."It was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds," Cohen said as he pleaded for leniency before US District Judge William H. Pauley III.Cohen's lawyers had asked for no jail time after he admitted tax evasion, making false statements to a f
  
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• United Airlines expands in San Francisco with flights to Melbourne, New Delhi, Toronto

  12-12-2018 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  United Airlines on Wednesday announced a major expansion at San Francisco International Airport, adding flights to Melbourne, New Delhi and Toronto.
  
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• Top 5 Reissued Games Of 2018 - Best Of 2018

  12-12-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Here are some of the finest reissued games to release this year.
  
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• Best Games Of 2018: Monster Hunter World

  12-12-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Over the next few days, we will reveal what we believe are the ten best games of 2018, organized by release date. Then on December 19, we will reveal which of the nominees gets to take home the coveted title of GameSpot's Game of the Year. So be sure to come back then for the big announcement, and in the meantime, follow along with all of our other end-of-the-year coverage collected in our Best of 2018 hub.It's been said over and over again this year that Monster Hunter World is the most accessi
  
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• Best Games Of 2018: God Of War

  12-12-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Over the next few days, we will reveal what we believe are the 10 best games of 2018, organized by release date. Then on December 19, we will reveal which of the nominees gets to take home the coveted title of GameSpot's Game of the Year. So be sure to come back then for the big announcement, and in the meantime, follow along with all of our other end-of-the-year coverage collected in our Best of 2018 hub.The new God of War from Santa Monica Studio is a masterful reinvention of a now-classic Pla
  
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