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• Kingdom Hearts 3: Reviewing The Unreviewable

  29-01-2019 23:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Welcome to our first ever Review Q&A, where GameSpot reviewers and friends take a deep dive into our review process (and hopefully answer some of your biggest questions). First up: Kingdom Hearts 3! Reviewer Tamoor Hussain and superfan Lucy James talk about the 14-year wait for Kingdom Hearts 3, the hardest parts of the review, and how nostalgia factors in to it all. Make sure to let us know if you'd like to see more behind-the-scenes reviews features like this one and how we can make them e
  
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• See Marvel's Black Panther For Free When It Returns To Theatres For Black History Month - GameSpot Universe News Update

  29-01-2019 23:40 via gamespot.com
  
  Wakanda for Black History Month and Forever.
  
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• Post-shutdown, some Republicans see door ‘slightly ajar’ to challenging Trump

  29-01-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  It’s still a long shot, but a few Republicans are beginning to muse about a possible primary challenge to President Trump.
  
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• Contract that ended LA teacher strike gets final approval

  29-01-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A contract that ended a six-day strike by Los Angeles teachers got final approval despite a report from an oversight agency saying the deal may not be sustainable because of the long-term financial outlook of the nation's second-largest school district.
  
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• What we know about the 4 Houston police officers shot and 1 injured

  29-01-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  At least one of the officers has a long road to recovery ahead of him, HPD Chief Art Acevedo said.
  
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• Will there be another government shutdown? Republicans and Democrats don't want another 'kick of the mule'

  29-01-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump signed legislation to reopen the government for three weeks but hasn't ruled out another shutdown if he doesn't get border wall funds.
  
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• Dean Ambrose Is Leaving WWE, The Company Confirms

  29-01-2019 23:34 via gamespot.com
  
  The Lunatic Fringe is headed for the exit. Former WWE Champion Dean Ambrose will leave WWE once his current contract expires in April. The news was first reported by PWTorch, before the company commented on the manner."Dean Ambrose (Jonathan Good) will not be renewing his contract with WWE when it expires in April," WWE said in a statement. "We are grateful and appreciative of all that Dean has given to WWE and our fans. We wish him well and hope that one day Dean will return to WWE."The news co
  
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• Here are the facts: Despite winter storms, global warming is real

  29-01-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Attacks of extreme cold, big snowstorms and even unwelcome invasions from the polar vortex will continue to occur even as the planet warms.
  
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• Huawei exec's extradition hearing pushed to March

  29-01-2019 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The extradition hearing for a top Huawei executive at the center of a diplomatic row between Ottawa and Beijing was pushed back to March on Tuesday, after the US unveiled sweeping charges against her and the Chinese tech giant.Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer and the daughter of its founder, was indicted along with Huawei and two affiliates in a US case related to alleged Iran sanctions violations that has inflamed tensions with China.In Meng's first court appearance since being re
  
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• EA Removing FIFA Points In Belgium After Loot Box Crackdown, But The Drama Isn't Over Yet

  29-01-2019 23:08 via gamespot.com
  
  Gaming giant EA is removing FIFA Points, a form of virtual currency for the franchise's lucrative Ultimate Team mode, across all titles from the franchise in Belgium following the country's crackdown on loot boxes. In a blog post, EA said it came to the decision to remove FIFA Points following "discussions with the Belgian authorities."The FIFA Points will be removed from all FIFA games on console and PC by the end of January, EA said. While FIFA Points will no longer be purchasable for Ultimate
  
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• Trump boosts bills to teach his favorite book — the Bible — in public schools

  29-01-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Steven Fitschen, president of the National Legal Foundation, reacts to the president's tweet praising his effort to teach teach the Bible in public schools.
  
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• 'We're Flying Blind.' The Shutdown Is Making it Harder for Economists to Understand the Shutdown

  29-01-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Essential economic data is being delayed or scrapped entirely, making it harder to understand the shutdown's broader costs
  
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• U.K. Parliament Rips Up Theresa May’s Brexit Deal

  29-01-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Theresa May promised to go back to Brussels to re-negotiate Brexit after Parliament ripped up the deal she’s spent the past year and a half stitching together.On a rare good night for the U.K. prime minister, she won the backing of members of Parliament for her Plan B -- to scrap the most difficult part of the divorce package and re-open talks with the European Union.May chose to tear open the exit deal to unite her divided Conservative Party.
  
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• Here Are Some 2019 Super Bowl And Halftime Show Options

  29-01-2019 22:48 via gamespot.com
  
  On Sunday, February 3, the NFL's NFC and AFC champions will face each other in the Super Bowl. Millions of people across the United States will be tuning in to see which American football team will reign supreme on CBS. Additionally, the halftime show for the evening will be a performance from Maroon 5. But what if you don't want to watch that halftime show? What if you don't want to watch the Super Bowl at all? Luckily, there is some counter-programming which may be up your alley.There was a t
  
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• Fallout 76 Update: Patch Notes Detail Tons Of Balance Changes And Bug Fixes

  29-01-2019 22:40 via gamespot.com
  
  Bethesda has released another update for Fallout 76 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. As the developer previously detailed, this patch focuses primarily on implementing various balance adjustments and resolving a "large wave" of bugs and other issues still lingering in the online RPG.This time around, the patch weighs in at approximately 3.5 GB for PS4 and Xbox One, and 500 MB for PC. Among other changes, Bethesda has capped the carry weight limit to "1,500 pounds over the character's current maximum ca
  
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• Trump, sounding off on climate change, loses an argument to actual climatologists — government ones

  29-01-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  While Trump may not understand how global warming can lead to extreme cold, members of his own government made a point of reminding Americans of just that Tuesday.
  
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• Venezuela crisis: Chief prosecutor asks court to ban opposition leader from leaving country and freeze his accounts

  29-01-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela’s chief prosecutor has asked the country’s top court to impose a travel ban on opposition leader Juan Guaido and freeze his accounts.The United States, along with several other countries, has recognized Mr Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate head of state and denounced leftist president Nicolas Maduro as a usurper.Mr Maduro, who was sworn in earlier this month for a second term after disputed elections last year, accuses Mr Guaido of staging a US-directed coup.
  
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• Palestinians say Israel removing witnesses by ejecting Hebron monitors

  29-01-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he will not renew the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH), accusing the observers of unspecified anti-Israel activity.Norway, which has headed the multi-country observer mission for the past 22 years, said "the one-sided Israeli decision can mean that the implementation of an important part of the Oslo accords is discontinued"."The situation in Hebron is unstable and characterized by conflict," Foreign Min
  
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• 'El Chapo' defense rests after calling one witness

  29-01-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  After that, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan, who is presiding over the trial in Brooklyn federal court, will instruct the jury so it can begin deliberatingGuzman's fate.The brief defense case was in sharp contrast to the 10-week presentation put on by prosecutors, who called over 50 witnesses to testify.Guzman said on Monday that he would not testify in his own defense.
  
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• New Black Ops 4 Update Changes Blackout, Multiplayer, And Zombies; Full Patch Notes Listed

  29-01-2019 21:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Treyarch has revealed the full patch notes for the final January console update--titled 1.12--for Black Ops 4, which is now live. The update implements many changes in the console versions of the Call of Duty game, with Multiplayer, Blackout, and Zombies mode all being affected. Treyarch also wrote that additional content is "planned for later this week."Update 1.12 adds Blackjack's Gun Game, Hardcore Moshpit, Endurance Chaos Moshpit, Mercenary Capture Moshpit, and Safeguard to the featured play
  
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• Sheriff: Suspect confesses to killing 5 with dad's gun

  29-01-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A young man from Louisiana has confessed to killing his parents, his girlfriend, and two of her family members who had taken him in after he was kicked out of his house, authorities said Tuesday.
  
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• Netflix In February 2019 - Best New Movies And TV Shows To Watch!

  29-01-2019 21:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Find out what shows, originals, and films are coming to the streaming platform in February as we list our top recommendations, including The Umbrella Academy, The Dragon Prince Season 2, and Velvet Buzzsaw!
  
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• Woman bitten on rear by python lurking in her toilet

  29-01-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman in Australia got a rather unpleasant surprise when she sat down on her
  
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• The 2020 Toyota Tacoma Is Coming, and This Teaser Photo Hints at How It'll Look

  29-01-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  We try to decipher a nearly undecipherable image of the latest mid-size pickup truck.
  
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• Top airline is selling flights for $44

  29-01-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Winter weather and the general lull of the post-holiday season can leave just
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Global warming hasn't gone away despite cold

  29-01-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In the midst of a Midwest cold spell, President Donald Trump is pleading for global warming to come back, but it never went away.
  
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• Howard Dean warns Schultz's 'vanity candidacy' could mean a 2nd term for Trump

  29-01-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The former Starbucks chief executive stirs up fear and anxiety by floating an independent presidential run.
  
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• Canada’s Decision on Huawei and 5G ‘Some Ways Off,’ Goodale Says

  29-01-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  “I’m not going to speculate about time but it’s certainly beyond weeks,” Goodale told reporters Tuesday after a cabinet meeting.Goodale said Canada will take the view of allies such as the U.S. into account when studying potential risks to national security, and will make its own decision in the end.China’s ambassador to Canada and Huawei officials have denied the company’s gear is used for spying.
  
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• PS4 Humble Bundle Gets You A Bunch Of Games For Very Cheap

  29-01-2019 21:20 via gamespot.com
  
  The Humble Bundle has partnered with PlayStation for a sale on a bundle of indie titles along with bonuses. The Humble Indie PlayStation Bundle offers up to nine PS4 games, with some proceeds going to charity, for a limited time.At the lowest tier you can get Grim Fandango Remastered, The Bard's Tale Remastered, and InnerSpace. Those three games are available if you pay at least one dollar. The next level up unlocks if you pay more than the average, which as of time of writing is approximately $
  
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• New PS4 Humble Bundle Gets You A Bunch Of Games For Very Cheap

  29-01-2019 21:20 via gamespot.com
  
  The Humble Bundle has partnered with PlayStation for a sale on a bundle of indie titles along with bonuses. The Humble Indie PlayStation Bundle offers up to nine PS4 games, with some proceeds going to charity, for a limited time.At the lowest tier you can get Grim Fandango Remastered, The Bard's Tale Remastered, and InnerSpace. Those three games are available if you pay at least one dollar. The next level up unlocks if you pay more than the average, which as of time of writing is approximately $
  
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• Star Wars Actor In Talks For Dune Reboot Movie

  29-01-2019 21:17 via gamespot.com
  
  The much-anticipated new movie adaptation of the classic sci-fi novel series Dune continues to add some big names. Following the news earlier this month that MCU stars Dave Bautista and Stellan Skarsgård will play key roles, it has now been reported that Star Wars actor Oscar Isaac is in talks to join the cast.According to Variety, Isaac is in negotiations to play the role of Duke Leto, the father of lead character Paul Atreides, who will be played by Timothy Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name
  
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• Netanyahu's toughest ballot rival, ex-general Gantz, breaks silence

  29-01-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  In a long-awaited speech in which he broke his silence for the first time since joining the campaign, former military chief Benny Gantz was careful not to directly attack Netanyahu, who is under investigation for corruption."The mere notion that in Israel a prime minister can remain in office while under indictment is ridiculous," Gantz said at a launch party timed to coincide with the evening TV news.Netanyahu, who denies any wrongdoing, has said he is a victim of a political witch hunt and has
  
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• Graham to Press Barr on Releasing Mueller Report

  29-01-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Chairman Lindsey Graham was pressed on the issue at a committee meeting Tuesday by Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, who questioned whether Barr would feel constrained by a Justice Department policy against releasing derogatory information about people who haven’t been charged with a crime.Whitehouse of Rhode Island noted that a separate department legal opinion holds that a sitting president can’t be prosecuted.
  
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• Gov. Cuomo shrugs off bishops' calls for his excommunication

  29-01-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday shrugged off criticism and even calls from Roman Catholic leaders for his excommunication from the church over his support of a new state abortion law.
  
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• Dems Tap Stacey Abrams to Respond to Trump’s State of the Union

  29-01-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday that failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams will deliver Democrats’ response to President Trump’s State of the Union address.Abrams, who lost a tight gubernatorial race to former Georgia secretary of state Brian Kemp in November, will return to the national spotlight on February 5 to address the nation immediately after Trump concludes his remarks.
  
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• U.S. spy chiefs break with Trump on many threats to the U.S

  29-01-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  China and Russia pose the biggest risks to the United States, and are more aligned than they have been in decades as they target the 2020 presidential election and American institutions to expand their global reach, U.S. intelligence officials told senators on Tuesday.The spy chiefs broke with President Donald Trump in their assessments of the threats posed by North Korea, Iran and Syria.
  
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• The Latest: Maduro plans to expand Venezuela militias

  29-01-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Latest on the political and economic crisis in Venezuela (all times local):
  
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• New PS4 Game Sale Now Live For PS Plus Members In The US

  29-01-2019 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  On top of the ongoing PS Essentials sale, a new selection of PS4 game deals has gone live on the US PlayStation Store. From now until February 5, Sony is holding the PS Plus Specials sale, which offers discounts on an array of PSVR-compatible games--but only for PlayStation Plus subscribers.Capcom's critically acclaimed horror game, Resident Evil 7, is one of the many titles on sale this week. The standard edition is available for $15, while the Gold edition--which includes all of the game's DLC
  
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• Palestinian president Abbas accepts government resignation

  29-01-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas accepted the resignation of his government Tuesday, in a reshuffle seen as a bid by the ageing leader to strengthen his position as a decade-old political split deepens.Analysts view replacing prime minister Rami Hamdallah after five years as part of Abbas's efforts to further isolate his political rivals Hamas, who run the Gaza Strip.Hamdallah's government will remain in place while a new administration is formed.
  
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• GameStop Abandons Attempts To Sell Itself, Stock Takes A Major Hit

  29-01-2019 20:45 via gamespot.com
  
  GameStop has announced that it is no longer trying to sell itself to another company. The video game retail company did not provide further details as to what that means for its future, but its stock price has plunged dramatically as a result."GameStop's Board has now terminated efforts to pursue a sale of the company due to the lack of available financing on terms that would be commercially acceptable to a prospective acquirer," GameStop said in a blog post. The announcement caused investment s
  
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• GameStop Abandons Attempts To Sell Itself

  29-01-2019 20:45 via gamespot.com
  
  GameStop has announced that it is no longer trying to sell itself to another company. The video game retail company did not provide further details as to what that means for its future."GameStop's Board has now terminated efforts to pursue a sale of the company due to the lack of available financing on terms that would be commercially acceptable to a prospective acquirer," GameStop said in a blog post. The announcement caused investment stock in GameStop to plummet, with the trading value decrea
  
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• Veteran Houston officer shot in neck while pulling the wounded from gunfire

  29-01-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Facing gunfire, the 54-year-old HPD officer took the risk of pulling wounded officers and took a bullet while doing it.
  
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• My special needs students needed their teachers in the classroom — not on the picket line

  29-01-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The Los Angeles Unified School District strike resulted in historic wins for teachers. But students with disabilities were forced to bear the cost.
  
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• When anti-corruption protests succeed

  29-01-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  In its latest survey of 180 countries by levels of corruption, Transparency International tried something different.For the first time, the global watchdog group measured links between public-sector corruption and each country’s basic freedoms, rule of law, and democracy.In recent weeks, the world has witnessed mass protests in two of the most-corrupt countries, Sudan and Venezuela, which are also among the most nondemocratic.
  
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• Netanyahu in talks with Russians to avoid Syria 'frictions'

  29-01-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday held talks with two Russian officials on reinforcing their military coordination in Syria in order to avoid any "friction" there, his office said.The talks focussed on "Iran and the situation in Syria, and strengthening the security coordination mechanism between the militaries in order to prevent friction," said a statement from his office.At the meeting, the Kremlin's Syria envoy Alexander Lavrentiev and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershi
  
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• GTA 5 Giving Away Free Cash In February

  29-01-2019 20:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Grand Theft Auto Online is debuting a new RC toy car with all sorts of custom options and dangerous weaponry to pack a tiny wallop. But if you're not sure you want to buy yet, you can sample it in a series of new races and earn double rewards in the process. Plus just logging in can net you some free cash.First off, logging into GTA Online each weekend in February will get you $250K in GTA cash, so coming back over and over will net you a total of $1 million. Each week's reward will populate int
  
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• Brexit deal 'best possible' and 'not renegotiable': Macron

  29-01-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday the Brexit deal is the "best agreement possible and is not renegotiable", as Britain's premier pushed to reopen talks with Brussels.Macron's comments during a summit in Cyprus came as Prime Minister Theresa May appealed to British lawmakers to give her a mandate to renegotiate, after parliament rejected an accord reached with the European Union.Macron urged the British government to "promptly" lay out to EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier "the next s
  
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• U.S. intel chief Dan Coats: North Korea 'unlikely to completely give up' its nukes

  29-01-2019 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  "Our assessment is bolstered by our observations of some activity that is inconsistent with full denuclearization," Coats added.
  
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• Harley-Davidson expects 2019 shipments to slump amid trade war fallout

  29-01-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  H-D expects to ship 222,000 units globally in 2019, the lowest since 2010.
  
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• Speedy defense for El Chapo in US court -- 30 minutes

  29-01-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  For nearly three months, US federal prosecutors have made their case against Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in a Brooklyn courtroom.The only witness called by the defense was FBI agent Paul Roberts, who in February 2017 interviewed Jorge Cifuentes, one of Guzman's cocaine suppliers who is jailed in the US and testified against his former boss.Guzman's legal team put Roberts -- who took notes during that interview -- on the stand to try to undermine the credibility of Cifuentes, o
  
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