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• Your tax refund won't be delayed by short-staffed IRS if you do these two things

  23-01-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Tax refunds probably won't be delayed even if the Internal Revenue Service is short-staffed due to the government shutdown as long as you do this.
  
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• El Chapo's sons killed Mexican journalist Javier Valdez, witness tells trial

  23-01-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The sons of former drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman killed Mexican journalist Javier Valdez because he insisted on publishing an interview with a drug trafficker, who told of the murder in court Wednesday.Valdez was an AFP stringer and co-founder of the weekly Riodoce de Sinaloa.
  
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• Venezuelan opposition rejoices as lawmaker proclaims himself president

  23-01-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Tens of thousands of opposition protesters burst into ecstatic cheering and shouts of joy in the streets of Caracas on Wednesday after parliament leader Juan Guaido proclaimed himself interim president."What's happened today fills us with hope, what these people have today is hope, it is a clear need for us so we can move forward," said Jose Gregorio Flores, a 43-year-old university professor walking in the anti-government march called by Guaido.While other protesters around him honked car horns
  
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• Losses everywhere overseas drag down Ford fourth-quarter results

  23-01-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  'It was not a year we were happy with.'
  
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• The Coolest Part of the Toyota Land Cruiser Heritage Edition Is Its Retro Badging

  23-01-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The special edition also deletes the third row of seats and brings other visual tweaks.
  
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• Ford reports 4Q loss on weakness in China, Europe

  23-01-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Ford on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $112 million following weak performance in China and Europe.The US auto giant, which had notched $2.5 billion profit in the year-ago period, also cited $877 million in one-time pension expenses as a factor in the loss, which Bloomberg News said was just its second quarter in the red since early 2009.Ford last year announced it would halt production of almost all sedans and small cars in the United States to save $11 billion, and earlier this mo
  
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• Five killed in central Florida bank shooting, police say

  23-01-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The shooting occurred at the SunTrust Bankin Sebring, a town of about 10,000 people 95 miles south of Orlando, around 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT), Sebring Police Chief Karl Hoglund said at a news conference.The 21-year-old suspect, identified as Zephen Xaver, called police and said he had fired shots inside the bank, according to authorities.Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he has asked the state's department of law enforcement to assist local police officials in the investigation.
  
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• Regional powers recognize Maduro opponent as interim leader

  23-01-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States, Canada and major South American nations recognized the head of Venezuela's opposition-controlled legislature as the country's interim leader on Wednesday, leaving President Nicolas Maduro increasingly isolated.Major regional players Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Argentina all gave their backing to Juan Guaido's self-proclamation as Venezuela's acting president, which he made in front of crowd of tens of thousands of supporters in Caracas.Mexico, however, stood apart, sayin
  
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• 5 people 'senselessly murdered' after gunman takes hostages in Sebring, Fla., bank

  23-01-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Five people were 'senselessly murdered' after a gunman took hostages in a Florida bank, forced them to the floor and began shooting, authorities said.
  
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• Manafort denies lying to investigators after plea agreement

  23-01-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman on Wednesday denied allegations he lied to investigators after he began cooperating with them.
  
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• The Lesson to Take Away From the Confrontation Between High Schoolers and a Native Elder

  23-01-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  How to tell what is and isn't just noise
  
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• Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen postpones testimony to Congress, citing 'threats'

  23-01-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Cohen, who has pleaded guilty to crimes including campaign finance violations during Trump's 2016 election campaign and is cooperating with investigators, had received "ongoing threats against his family from Trump" and Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, the adviser, attorney Lanny Davis, said in a statement.Trump called Cohen a "rat" in a tweet last month for cooperating with prosecutors.Cohen had been Trump's self-described longtime "fixer" and once said he would take a bullet for the New York real
  
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• Juan Guaido: the 'kid' taking on Venezuela's Maduro

  23-01-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Guaido did not set out to supplant Maduro, the socialist president who has presided over a spiraling political and economic crisis in Venezuela.US President Donald Trump immediately recognized him as Venezuela's interim president, followed by a string of countries across the region.
  
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• NASA swaps out astronauts for first manned flight on Boeing’s new ship

  23-01-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Last year was a huge year for private spaceflight, with a steady stream of very successful launches and huge progress being made on more ambitious ventures. It's already looking like 2019 is going to be an even bigger test for SpaceX, as well as competitor Boeing. Both groups are expected to soon begin their new manned spacecraft systems that will eventually serve NASA's needs, but first NASA has to make sure it has its crews ready.In a new announcement, NASA reveals that it is swapping out one
  
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• Jay "Christian" Reso Talks WWE Hall Of Fame And Thoughts On AEW

  23-01-2019 23:07 via gamespot.com
  
  Most people know Jay Reso for his work in WWE as Christian. Over the years, he became a tag team and world champion with the company, and now co-hosts the E&C Pod of Awesomeness with his former tag partner Edge. Additionally, he's a host and judge of the new History Channel competition series Knight Fight. Although Reso has moved away from in-ring action, he is still a valued voice in the wrestling community.In 2012, Reso inducted his former partner Adam "Edge" Copeland into the WWE Hall of
  
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• PSA: Wii Shop Channel Shutting Down Next Week

  23-01-2019 23:05 via gamespot.com
  
  After nearly 12 years of operation, Nintendo will be shutting down the Wii Shop Channel next week. The service will officially be discontinued on January 30, after which point it will no longer be possible to purchase any WiiWare or Virtual Console games from the storefront.Prior to the Wii Shop Channel's shutdown, Nintendo removed the ability to purchase Wii Points on the service last March. Unlike the company's current digital store, the Eshop, the Wii Shop Channel didn't allow users to buy ga
  
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• The Latest: Pope touches down in Panama, meets first couple

  23-01-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The latest on the pope's visit to Panama (all times local):
  
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• WWE Royal Rumble 2019: Every Entrant In Both Rumble Matches

  23-01-2019 23:02 via gamespot.com
  
  It's officially the start of Wrestlemania season, as WWE's first major event of the year, Royal Rumble, coming to PPV and the WWE Network this Sunday. Phoenix, Arizona's Chase Field will host the event, which starts at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT. Obviously, it's going to be a long show, and even longer when you consider that the Kickoff Show starts two hours before the main card.The main focus of the evening is none other than the Royal Rumble. Like last year, there will be two of these matches: one for
  
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• U.S. recognizes Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido as president; Russia backs Maduro

  23-01-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president in a speech Wednesday before masses of anti-government demonstrators.
  
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• Boeing's flying car lifts off in race to revolutionize urban travel

  23-01-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing Cosaid on Wednesday its flying car prototype hovered briefly in the air during an inaugural test flight, a small but significant step as the world's largest planemaker bids to revolutionize urban transportation and parcel delivery services.Boeing is competing with arch-rival Airbus SEand numerous other firms to introduce small self-flying vehicles capable of vertical takeoff and landing.Boeing's 30-foot-long (9 meter) aircraft - part helicopter, part drone and part fixed-wing plane - lift
  
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• Meet Marvel's All New Guardians Of The Galaxy

  23-01-2019 22:52 via gamespot.com
  
  This week marked the all-new number one issue of Marvel's latest Guardians Of The Galaxy series--an ongoing comic that has been ominously teased for the past few months by releasing a roster of extremely eclectic heroes as potential candidates for the roster. It's eclectic even by Guardians' standards, which is certainly saying something. But with the wait finally over and the truth of the new lineup revealed, the new trajectory for everyone's favorite rag-tag space heroes has finally been revea
  
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• Back to school: Los Angeles teachers return to work after six-day strike

  23-01-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of teachers in Los Angeles returned to the job on Wednesday, fresh off a six-day strike against the nation's second largest school district that disrupted the education of half a million students.Rank and file members of United Teachers Los Angeles voted overwhelmingly late on Tuesday to approve a 3-1/2 year contract agreement that the union and school district had reached before dawn that day, union officials said.The Los Angeles Unified School District kept schools open during the st
  
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• Swedish teen takes climate activism to jet-setters in Davos

  23-01-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — There aren't many people who spend 32 hours on a train to get to the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos and plan to sleep in a tent.
  
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• How the State of the Union Became the Latest Flashpoint

  23-01-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  "He has no more right to come and speak before a joint session than any of us have to crash the White House"
  
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• Wild weather forecast: Snow, ice, rain, floods, tornadoes – then more bitter cold

  23-01-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  As a winter storm walloped the central USA, the East braced for flooding.
  
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• Black Ops 4 Update Adds New Event, Zombies Gauntlets On Xbox One And PC

  23-01-2019 22:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Treyarch has rolled out another update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. This week, the developer brings Gauntlets and new Elixirs for Zombies mode to Xbox One and PC following their release on PS4 last week, while Sony's console receives a new event and Black Market loot.On PS4, Treyarch has kicked off a special four-week event stream in the Black Market dubbed Barbarians. As part of this event, the developer has added 25 new tiers of loot below the Operation Absolute Zero stream, meaning players
  
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• A pot marketplace is offering federal employees free weed during the shutdown

  23-01-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Our political system may be crumbling, but at least federal workers who can't pay for medical marijuana during the government shutdown can get it for free!Called the "Craigslist of weed," BudTrader is a massive pot-trading marketplace that allows users to buy and sell grow supplies, bud, and paraphernalia. As we continue to endure the longest government shutdown in history, the company wants to help federal employees who have gone without pay for 33 days. SEE ALSO: Understanding the confusi
  
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• The Problem With Savannah Guthrie's Nicholas Sandmann Interview

  23-01-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Sandmann's MAGA hat and presence at an anti-abortion protest were acts of political speech. As a journalist, Guthrie had a responsibility to press him about those politics. Instead, she took him at his word.
  
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• Colorado governor works to try to prevent teachers strike

  23-01-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said Wednesday he is seeking to prevent Denver teachers from walking off the job next week after they overwhelmingly voted to strike over pay.
  
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• Correction: Native American March-Videos story

  23-01-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  DETROIT (AP) — In stories Jan. 19 and 20 about an encounter between a Native American and a Kentucky student, The Associated Press reported that Indian Country Today said the Native American, Nathan Phillips, was a Vietnam veteran. Military records show that he served in the U.S. Marine Corps but did not serve in Vietnam.
  
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• The Latest: PG&E objects to judge's proposals on fire risk

  23-01-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on proposals by a U.S. judge aimed at preventing Pacific Gas & Electric Co. equipment from causing any wildfires in 2019 (all times local):
  
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• WWE NXT TakeOver Phoenix: Match Card, Date, And How To Watch The 2019 Event

  23-01-2019 21:51 via gamespot.com
  
  Every January, the Royal Rumble stands out as one of WWE's biggest and more important events of the year. It's the beginning of the road to Wrestlemania and helps to set the tone for how the rest of the year will play out. The annual spectacle has some serious competition this year, though, thanks to NXT. Each time the developmental brand airs one of its TakeOver events on the WWE Network, it has the chance of surpassing the main roster's product in terms of excitement and quality--and the next
  
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• D.C. Is Still Divided Over the Shutdown. But Celebrity Chef José Andrés Briefly Bridged the Gap

  23-01-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  D.C. remains divided on partisan lines on the government shutdown, but celebrity chef José Andrés briefly brought both sides together.
  
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• This Kid Asked Each Car Company to Send Him A Decal. They Sent a Lot More Than That.

  23-01-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Way to go, car companies.
  
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• 'Build a wall and crime will fall,' says Trump. But it's been falling anyway.

  23-01-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  As the partial shutdown of the federal government drags on into its 33rd day over Donald Trump's demand that Congress allocate $5.7 billion for a barrier along the U.S. border with Mexico, the president unveiled a new rhyming slogan Wednesday to try to convince more Americans of the logic of his proposal.
  
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• Following Netflix Price Hike, Hulu Drops Cost For Ad-Supported Tier

  23-01-2019 21:34 via gamespot.com
  
  The video streaming service Hulu has announced plans to drop the price for its most popular subscription tier. Starting next month the ad-supported basic plan will drop to $6, down from $8. Its other pricing tiers will remain as they currently are.The Hulu site already lists the new price, so it'll already be effective for new subscribers. Existing subscribers will see the new price take effect as of February 26. The $6 tier is ad-supported but includes all of Hulu's on-demand programming from p
  
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• Mexico backs Maduro as Venezuela president amid crisis

  23-01-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexico still backs Nicolas Maduro as Venezuelan president, the government's top spokesman said Wednesday after the head of Venezuela's opposition-controlled legislature declared himself interim president."We recognize the authorities elected in accordance with the Venezuelan constitution," Jesus Ramirez, spokesman for Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, told AFP.
  
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• Michael Cohen postpones congressional testimony, claims 'threats' from President Trump and Rudy Giuliani

  23-01-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  "Due to ongoing threats against his family from President Trump and Mr. Giuliani... Mr. Cohen's appearance will be postponed to a later," Lanny Davis, a spokesman for Cohen, said.
  
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• Kentucky school comes under fire after Washington incident

  23-01-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  PARK HILLS, Ky. (AP) — Less than a week ago, Covington Catholic High School was known mostly for its seven state titles in football and its rousing motto, "A spirit that will not die."
  
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• Man charged in Boston kidnapping sent for mental evaluation

  23-01-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  BOSTON (AP) — A man charged with kidnapping a 23-year-old woman in Boston sobbed in court Wednesday as he was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation.
  
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• Cohen Postpones Congressional Testimony, Citing Trump’s Threats

  23-01-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Michael Cohen will not testify before Congress regarding his work for the Trump campaign on February 7 as previously planned, his attorney Lanny Davis announced Wednesday.“Due to ongoing threats against his family from President Trump and Mr. Giuliani, as recently as this weekend, as well as Mr. Cohen’s continued cooperation with ongoing investigations, by advice of counsel, Mr. Cohen’s appearance will be postponed to a later date,” Davis said in a statement.President Tru
  
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• Trump insists speech will be in Congress, Pelosi says no

  23-01-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump's insistence that he deliver his State of the Union speech next week in Congress, setting up an unsettling clash among Washington's power elite.The spat about where the annual political set-piece will be staged is a sideshow to the struggle between the White House and Democrats in Congress over partial government shutdown now in its 33rd day.Traditionally the speech, which is scheduled for next Tuesday, is given by the pr
  
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• Boeing successfully completes test flight of air taxi prototype

  23-01-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing, which is working with Uber on flying taxis, successfully completed the first test of its prototype autonomous passenger air vehicle.
  
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• Mortal Kombat's Ed Boon Tells Us How Fatalities Are Made And What Makes MK11 Unique

  23-01-2019 21:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Mortal Kombat 11 went big by holding a kommunity reveal event and livestream to unveil the details of the next entry in this storied, brutal fighting game franchise. Several facets of the game were covered, which included new mechanics, a developing story, a brand new playable character, and a high-profile collaboration with UFC and WWE star Ronda Rousey. But behind the extravagant tongue-in-cheek gore and detailed combat system is series creator and long-time director Ed Boon. During the Mortal
  
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• Jon Shafer's At The Gates Review - Fertile New Ground

  23-01-2019 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  In his time at Firaxis as the lead designer on Civilization V, Jon Shafer showed he wasn't afraid to uproot a settled and successful series and venture forth in search of something better. With At The Gates, his first release under the one-man studio moniker Conifer Games and his first game proper since Civ V, you get the feeling Shafer challenged himself to pack up the whole 4X genre and find fertile new ground on which to start over again.Connections to the past remain--technologies are resear
  
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• Trump ex-lawyer delays testimony over president's 'threats': attorney

  23-01-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen has postponed testimony in Congress citing threats from the president, Cohen's attorney Lanny Davis said Wednesday.The threats were unspecified, but allegedly came from both the president and his current personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, according to a statement from Davis.Cohen had been scheduled to appear before the House Oversight Committee on February 7 to testify about his work for Trump, including contacts with Russia during the 2016 election and hus
  
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• Everything New in Episode 5 Of Living World For Guild Wars 2

  23-01-2019 20:40 via gamespot.com
  
  (Presented by Guild Wars 2) The magical world of Guild Wars 2 is always evolving! Here's what's new!
  
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• Los Angeles teachers return to classes after reaching deal

  23-01-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers returned to work Wednesday after voting to ratify a contract, ending a six-day strike at the nation's second-largest district.
  
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• Erdogan and Putin vow closer cooperation on Syria at Moscow talks

  23-01-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a meeting in Moscow on Wednesday vowed to coordinate their actions more closely in Syria."Cooperation between Russia and Turkey is a touchstone for Syrian peace and stability," Erdogan said in translated comments at a joint press conference after their talks, which lasted around three hours."We agreed how we'll coordinate our work in the near future," Putin said, calling the talks which included the countries' d
  
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• Anthem Demo: Dates, VIP Demo, Early Download, Friend Codes, And More

  23-01-2019 20:31 via gamespot.com
  
  BioWare has announced two demos for Anthem, and the first--the VIP demo--launches for select players this weekend. The second demo will be open for all, and will launch closer to Anthem's release date.Regardless of whether you plan on playing the VIP or free demo, you can pre-load the client right now. It's a 26GB download on consoles and 44GB on PC.The VIP demo is available for anyone who pre-orders Anthem or is an EA or Origin Access subscriber. You don't have to go it alone either, as getting
  
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