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• Attempted Rapist Arrested After Woman Throws Hot Coffee at His Face, Police Say

  22-02-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  A man has been arrested after a woman threw a hot cup of coffee into his face to stop an attempted rape in Manhattan, police said.
  
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• President Trump 'in no rush' to have North Korea denuclearize – as long as it doesn't test weapons

  22-02-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump speaks to the president of South Korea a week before another summit with the leader of North Korea.
  
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• Disabled greeter meets with Walmart about job; no resolution

  22-02-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A beloved, longtime Walmart greeter with cerebral palsy met with store management in Pennsylvania on Friday in a bid to keep his job but came away with no guarantees, and his family is girding for a fight.
  
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• Fortnite Season 7's Last Double XP Weekend Event Now Live

  22-02-2019 23:40 via gamespot.com
  
  Season 8 of Fortnite is only a few days away, making this your last chance to mop up any remaining Season 7 challenges. To help you do just that, developer Epic is holding another double XP weekend in the battle royale game right now on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch, and mobile.Through February 24, you'll earn twice the usual amount of XP by playing Fortnite, allowing you to level your Battle Pass up much quicker than normal. You have until the season ends next week on February 28 to unlock Season 7
  
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• Fake news: Kim and Trump lookalikes draw crowds in Hanoi

  22-02-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Days before the second summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump, to be held in Vietnam's capital, a Kim impersonator appeared at the Metropole Hotel, a back-up location for the meeting.Howard X, an Australian, has been cashing in on his resemblance to North Korea's leader, especially his haircut.It looks awful," Howard X said, adding it takes him three hours to prepare his outfit and get into character.
  
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• An Organization-Obsessed Store Owner’s Top Storage Essentials

  22-02-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Your clutter never looked so good
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she could have been a teacher if it wasn't for Trump

  22-02-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she could have been a high school teacher if she didn't run for Congress because of Trump's presidency.
  
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• Captain Marvel Does Have A Love Story, Just Not The Way You Think

  22-02-2019 23:12 via gamespot.com
  
  The MCU may not be known as the most romantic shared universe in film history, but there are still some truly heartwarming love stories to be found beyond the glitz and glamor of heroes punching villains and saving the world--and Captain Marvel is no different. But the love story that pans out for Carol Danvers might not be the one you expect.The connection between Carol and her airforce comrade Maria Rambeau (Lashana Lynch) is what Brie Larson calls "the great love of the movie." She continued
  
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• Anthem Video Review

  22-02-2019 23:09 via gamespot.com
  
  BioWare's Anthem has good ideas, but most of those ideas don't end up working well together.
  
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• As tensions over aid rise, Venezuelan troops fire on villagers, kill two

  22-02-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States, which is among dozens of Western nations to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate president, has been stockpiling aid in the Colombian frontier town of Cucuta to ship across the border this weekend.With tensions running high after Guaido invoked the constitution to declare an interim presidency last month, Maduro has denied there is a humanitarian crisis in Venezuela despite widespread shortages of food and medicine and hyperinflation.The socialist
  
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• ‘He’s Proclaimed His Innocence.’ Trump Uses Familiar Line on Patriots Owner Robert Kraft

  22-02-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump used similar language while defending Rob Porter and Roy Moore
  
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• S&P 500 posts highest close since November 8 on trade optimism

  22-02-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Investors assessed a slew of headlines on the talks, with top trade negotiators from the two countries meeting to wrap up a week of discussions on some of the thorniest issues in their trade war.If the two sides fail to reach a deal by midnight on March 1, then their seven-month trade war could escalate."People are expecting some sort of positive news on trade and tariffs with China fairly soon," said Peter Tuz, president of Chase Investment Counsel in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  
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• Destiny 2: Forsaken - Where Is Xur? (Feb 22-26 Location Walkthrough Guide)

  22-02-2019 22:36 via gamespot.com
  
  The exotic vendor of the nine is back during an Iron Banner week ready to equip you with some old favorite exotics but incorporating some random rolls. Here's where to go, and what he has in stock.
  
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• When rich men like Robert Kraft get charged with soliciting prostitutes, we forget so fast

  22-02-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Allegedly the New England Patriots owner went looking for prostitutes at 'Orchids of Asia', but don't forget trafficking victims across the country.
  
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• Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged in Florida prostitution sting

  22-02-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Kraft, 77, a billionaire businessman who built the Patriots into the National Football League's most dominant franchise, was swept up in a police sting targeting sex-trafficking in day spas and massage parlors in several Florida counties.Kraft, who lives in Massachusetts but owns property in Palm Beach, Florida, is accused of visiting Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida, on two separate occasions to solicit sex.
  
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• Democrats launch resolution to stop Trump border emergency

  22-02-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats introduced the resolution early on Friday, taking the first step to challenge Republican Trump's assertion that he could take money Congress had appropriated for other activities and use it to build the wall.Pelosi predicted the resolution would pass the Democratic-controlled House.In any case, Trump vowed on Friday to veto the measure if it passes both chambers and gets to his desk.
  
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• Fourth-grader dies same day she's diagnosed with flu, strep throat: 'Our hearts are completely broken'

  22-02-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  An elementary school girl in Ohio died the same day she was told she had the flu and strep throat, her school and family says.
  
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• Captain Marvel Stars Reveal What They Miss About The '90s

  22-02-2019 22:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Captain Marvel isn't just another entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's the second movie in the company's history taking place decades in the past. The upcoming movie centers around the Earth during a very important decade, the 1990s.Aside from the super rad '90s-inspired website the movie got, the cast and crew came together to lament the past at a Captain Marvel junket recently. They were asked what they missed about the '90s. Director Ryan Fleck said he missed VHS tapes, while Samuel
  
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• Trump rules out reducing US troops from South Korea

  22-02-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Friday ruled out reducing US forces from South Korea as part of a deal in his upcoming summit with North Korea.Trump, answering questions as he met at the White House with a senior Chinese official, said that he would not reveal his bargaining cards ahead of next week's summit in Hanoi.Trump again hailed his relations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whom he met in June in Singapore in the first-ever summit between the two adversaries.
  
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• Mueller report looming, new attorney general in hot seat

  22-02-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — William Barr has been attorney general for just one week but is on the cusp of staring down what will almost certainly be the most consequential decision of his long career: how much of the special counsel's findings to make public.
  
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• 'It's very sad': Trump on Patriots owner Robert Kraft's soliciting prostitution charges

  22-02-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump said he was surprised by the news of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft being charged with soliciting prostitution.
  
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• Pokemon Go March Community Day Details Announced

  22-02-2019 22:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Niantic has announced the first details for next month's Pokemon Go Community Day. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 23, and as usual it'll only run for three hours. This time, however, Niantic is doing things a little differently with the event hours.Up until now, the time that each previous Community Day took place was designated for an entire region; for instance, North America's events would run from 11 AM - 2 PM PT. March's event, however, will run everywhere from 3-6
  
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• R. Kelly Charged with 10 Counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse

  22-02-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Kelly was previously indicted in Illinois in 2002 after a similar tape emerged
  
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• The Captain Marvel Cast Has A Problem With Goose The Cat

  22-02-2019 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Captain Marvel is still a couple weeks away from flying into theaters as the first Marvel Cinematic Universe movie of 2019, but we're learning a few things about what it was like to work on the set. More specifically, what it was like to work with Reggie, the cat who plays Goose in the upcoming film.During a press junket for Captain Marvel, the cast revealed that their lovable, furry castmate wasn't the best to work with for the two human stars of the movie. "No, I am not a cat person," Samuel L
  
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• Worry about US-SKorea alliance grows before Trump-Kim summit

  22-02-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As President Donald Trump seeks a nuclear deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next week in Vietnam, some in Seoul are wondering if the fate of Washington's decades-long military alliance with South Korea could be at stake.
  
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• Trump 'surprised' Patriots owner Kraft was charged in prostitution probe

  22-02-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  "It's very sad," Trump said. "I was very surprised to see it. He's proclaimed his innocence totally. But I was very surprised to see it."
  
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• Trump: Decreasing troops in South Korea not on table for North Korea talks

  22-02-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump said on Friday that drawing down U.S. troops in South Korea is not on the table for his upcoming talks with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, which will be focused on pressing the Asian nation to abandon nuclear weapons.Trump made the comments at a White House event on trade negotiations with China.Senior Trump administration officials said on Thursday the two sides will not discuss removing U.S. troops from South Korea and will focus on seeking a common understanding of what it
  
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• Democrats plan House vote Tuesday on measure to stop Trump's declaration of emergency at the border

  22-02-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Many Republicans are uneasy with the president declaring a national emergency to get border wall funding, but it's unclear if they'll vote against it.
  
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• Relatives of US oil industry ‘hostages’ in Venezuela make emotional appeal for their release

  22-02-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The six men – five US citizens and one permanent resident, and all employees of Citgo, the US subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-run Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) – were detained in November 2017 after being called to Caracas from Houston for a meeting.President Nicolas Maduro went on television to denounce them as “traitors”, saying: “They’re properly behind bars, and they should go to the worst prison in Venezuela.” Asdrubal Chavez, a cou
  
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• Saudi crown prince defends China's right to put Uighur Muslims in concentration camps

  22-02-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’’s crown prince, on Friday defended China’s use of concentration camps for Muslims, saying it was Beijing’s “right”. "China has the right to carry out anti-terrorism and de-extremisation work for its national security,” Prince Mohammed, who has been in China signing multi-million trade deals much to the annoyance of his Western allies, was quoted as saying on Chinese state television. Xi Jinping, China’s leade
  
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• Maduro’s Troops Kill Two in Border Clash over Humanitarian Aid

  22-02-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan troops on Friday killed two indigenous villagers attempting to block their convoy from reaching the Venezuela–Brazil border, where, the villagers believed, the troops planned to prevent humanitarian aid from entering the country.The troop convoy entered the indigenous village of Kumarakapay and fired on a group of residents attempting to block their path, killing one woman, Zoraida Rodriguez, and one man, Roland Garcia, and injuring many others, community leaders told
  
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• Planned Parenthood Cut Off From Federal Funding Under Trump Rule

  22-02-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Under a regulation issued on Friday, no health-care provider that offers abortion services will be eligible for the federal Title X program, which last year offered $286.5 million in grants that funded family-planning services.The rule “prohibits the use of Title X funds to perform, promote, refer for, or support abortion as a method of family planning,” according to a fact sheet published by the Department of Health and Human Services.Planned Parenthood has long been a target for an
  
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• Walt Disney World announces updates to Epcot, including new pavilion, 'experience center'

  22-02-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Walt Disney World is making updates to Epcot theme park, announcing a new play pavilion, a reimagined main entrance and a new Experience Center.
  
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• Fortnite Prisoner Challenges: How To Unlock Prisoner Skin Stages 2, 3, And 4

  22-02-2019 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Only a few days remain in Season 7 of Fortnite, which means time is running out to complete any outstanding challenges from this season. If you've managed to finish at least 60 weekly challenges, you'll receive the Legendary Prisoner skin, but it also has a few different variants that you can unlock by completing an additional set of hidden tasks.As with other Season 7 content, you'll need to complete these Prisoner challenges before the season ends next week on February 28 to unlock the differe
  
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• Anthem: This Is The Most Important Thing The Game Doesn't Tell You

  22-02-2019 20:56 via gamespot.com
  
  You'll shoot a lot of guns as you fly around completing missions in Anthem, but the best and most fun part of combat is using your javelin's special abilities to execute combos with your teammates. These moves do massive damage and create status effects on enemies that can turn the tide of battle, and each kind of javelin suit gets its own benefits from a successful combo. The Ranger suit does serious damage to a single character, the Colossus creates an area-of-effect explosion, the Storm can t
  
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• Anthem: Here's The Most Important Thing The Game Doesn't Tell You

  22-02-2019 20:56 via gamespot.com
  
  You'll shoot a lot of guns in Anthem, but the best and most fun part of combat is using your javelin's special abilities with your teammates to execute combos against bad guys. These combination attacks do massive damage and create status effects on enemies to turn the tide of battle, and each kind of javelin suit gets its own benefits from a successful combo. The Ranger have increased power against a single enemy, the Colossus creates an area-of-effect explosion, the Storm can transfer status e
  
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• Donald Trump: Russian Asset?

  22-02-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  ‘I  think it’s possible” that President Donald Trump is a Russian asset, disgraced former FBI acting director Andrew McCabe told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday. McCabe also said to The Atlantic that FBI brass felt “concern about the president and whether or not he posed a national-security threat that we should be investigating.”On Wednesday, Russian president Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Assembly in Moscow. “
  
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• 2020 Vision: Bernie Sanders launches, like a rocket

  22-02-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders jumps into the race, raises $6 million and immediately mixes it up with the president.
  
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• The Real Culprit Behind Trump's Border Emergency? Climate Change

  22-02-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  By declaring a national emergency on the U.S. border, Trump elevated an issue caused in part by global warming
  
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• Prince Harry and wife Meghan to champion cause of girls education in rural Morocco

  22-02-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain's Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan will begin a three-day visit to Morocco on Saturday during which they will show their support for rural girls' education in the Atlas mountains.The visit at the request of the British government is the second to the kingdom in recent years by a member of the royal family, following a trip by Prince Charles in 2011.Queen Elizabeth visited Morocco in 1980.
  
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• New Bottega Veneta designer Lee mixes modern and classic at Milan show

  22-02-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Bottega Veneta's new creative director, Daniel Lee, premiered his first catwalk show for the Italian luxury label at Milan Fashion Week on Friday, in which he said he added a touch of modernity to the brand's classic looks.Lee, who was previously at French label Celine, kicked off the show in all leather looks - a décolleté dress, zipped biker jacket and trousers - and plenty of A-line quilted skirts that were held at the front with chunky golden chains.Coats and jackets had very l
  
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• Skullgirls | GameSpot Community Fridays

  22-02-2019 19:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Ben and Jean-luc duke it out in Skullgirls on this weeks Community Friday!
  
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• Democrats file resolution to block Trump's 'unconstitutional power grab'

  22-02-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Texas congressman Joaquín Castro, the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, is leading the effort.House Democrats will vote next week on a resolution to block the national emergency declaration issued by Donald Trump in order to access billions of dollars Congress refused to give him to build a wall along the border with Mexico.“The president’s act is lawless and does violence to our constitution and therefore to our democracy,” House speaker Nancy Pelosi said on a
  
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• China, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela in hot seat at U.N. rights forum

  22-02-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia will face criticism for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and its failure to cooperate with a U.N.-led inquiry, diplomatic sources said.Western countries look to Turkey and other members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to shine a spotlight on what China calls re-education and training facilities.U.N. experts say the camps hold a million Uighurs, who speak a Turkic language, and other Muslims.
  
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• Anthem Guide: How To Combo With Javelin Primers, Detonators, And Special Effects

  22-02-2019 19:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Anthem is very different from anything BioWare has made before. It abandons the company's choice-driven, single-player RPG formula in favor of a multiplayer focused game. If you've played some of BioWare's recent titles, like Mass Effect: Andromeda, you'll probably recognize the action-heavy third-person shooter mechanics.However, setting up combos in Anthem is very different from how you would in past BioWare games. This doesn't mean combos are any less important, though. In fact, they're proba
  
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• Anthem Combo Guide: Tips For Javelin Primers, Detonators, And Special Effects

  22-02-2019 19:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Anthem is very different from anything BioWare has made before. It abandons the company's choice-driven, single-player RPG formula in favor of a multiplayer focused game. If you've played some of BioWare's recent titles, like Mass Effect: Andromeda, you'll probably recognize the action-heavy third-person shooter mechanics.However, setting up combos in Anthem is very different from how you would in past BioWare games. This doesn't mean combos are any less important, though. In fact, they're proba
  
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• Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged with soliciting prostitution

  22-02-2019 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  If you're a fan of hating on the New England Patriots, you're probably enjoying a bit of schadenfreude right about now.New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged with "two misdemeanor counts of soliciting a prostitute" on Friday, part of a widespread Florida investigation into prostitution and potential sex trafficking. The announcement came just a day after Deadspin noted some peculiar NFL-related questions at a press conference about arrest warrants being issued.SEE ALSO: Speaking out
  
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• Vietnam announces traffic ban for possible Kim Jong Un summit arrival route

  22-02-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Vietnam has been preparing for Kim to arrive by train for the Feb. 27-28 summit in Hanoi, two sources with direct knowledge of security and logistics planning told Reuters on Wednesday.Kim's train will stop at the border station of Dong Dang where he will disembark and proceed 170 km (105 miles) to Hanoi by car, the sources said.Traffic on that route will be partially banned from 7 p.m. on Feb. 25 and fully banned from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 26, the ruling Communist Party's Nhan Dan paper repo
  
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• Kid reporter confronts officer who threatened to arrest her near Arizona-Mexico border

  22-02-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Kid reporter Hilde Lysiak uploaded a YouTube video that shows her confronting a law enforcement officer who threatened to throw her in jail.
  
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• Wild weather weekend: Blizzard, tornadoes, floods, ferocious winds all expected

  22-02-2019 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The final weekend of February will deliver a wild potpourri of weather as winter and spring do battle across the United States.
  
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