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• The Caligula Effect: Overdose Gameplay - Exclusive Look At New Character's Powers

  25-02-2019 23:50 via gamespot.com
  
  The upcoming remaster of The Caligula Effect introduces never before seen characters, such as Eiji, and a brand-new story for you to play through.
  
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• Authorities: Kraft visited parlor for sex on day of AFC game

  25-02-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft visited a Florida massage parlor for sex acts the night before and the morning of last month's AFC championship game, authorities said Monday in documents charging him with two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution.
  
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• Microsoft Considered Ending The Halo Series After Bungie Split Off

  25-02-2019 23:49 via gamespot.com
  
  After Bungie split off of Microsoft, the Halo series was at something of a crossroads. Veteran Microsoft developer Bonnie Ross recalls in a fascinating new interview that at this time, some at Microsoft questioned whether or not the series would live on."When we spun Bungie out, the future of Halo was uncertain," Ross said in an interview with IGN. "We weren't actually sure [if] Halo 3 was going to be the last game."As fans may recall, Halo 3's story ended in ambiguous fashion. Master Chief coul
  
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• Sanofi, Regeneron lose U.S. patent challenge to Amgen cholesterol drug

  25-02-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Amgen Chief Executive Robert Bradway said in a statement that the company was "thankful that the jury weighed the evidence carefully and recognized the validity of Amgen's patents."Regeneron and Sanofi said in a statement they disagreed with aspects of the ruling and would seek to have it overturned."We will continue to vigorously defend our positions against Amgen's overly broad patent claims," Joseph LaRosa, Regeneron's general counsel, said in the statement.Thousand Oaks, California-based Amg
  
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• Pokemon Go's Pokemon Day 2019 Event Features Shiny Pidgey And Rattata

  25-02-2019 23:40 via gamespot.com
  
  The Pokemon series is celebrating its 23rd anniversary on February 27, and Niantic is commemorating the occasion with a special event in Pokemon Go. The annual Pokemon Day celebration returns at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET on February 26, and it'll feature a lot of Pokemon from the original Red and Blue versions.Throughout the event, Pokemon that appear early on in the Gen 1 games will spawn much more frequently in the wild. Moreover, players will have a chance of finding Shiny versions of Pidgey and Ratt
  
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• After Putin's warning, Russian TV lists nuclear targets in U.S.

  25-02-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  The targets included the Pentagon and the presidential retreat in Camp David, Maryland.The report, unusual even by the sometimes bellicose standards of Russian state TV, was broadcast on Sunday evening, days after President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was militarily ready for a "Cuban Missile"-style crisis if the United States wanted one.With tensions rising over Russian fears that the United States might deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe as a Cold War-era arms-control treaty u
  
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• Pinterest, YouTube say acting against anti-vaccine messages

  25-02-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Several social networks including Pinterest and YouTube have detailed measures they are taking in response to pressure to combat disinformation on vaccines, which they have been accused of enabling.Pinterest confirmed to AFP Monday it changed its policy last year with regards to anti-vaccine content, a development first disclosed last week by the Wall Street Journal.
  
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• Trump's SALT Cap Is a Hurdle for Balanced N.J. Budget, S&P Says

  25-02-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  S&P said New Jersey income-tax revenue was down 4.8 percent in January -- and 6 percent so far for the fiscal year ending in June.Governor Phil Murphy, who last year avoided a last-minute state shutdown after fellow Democrats rejected his higher sales tax and levies on millionaires, is set to make his fiscal 2020 budget address on March 5.
  
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• Acclaimed Horror Game, Devotion, Removed From Steam Amidst Winnie The Pooh Controversy

  25-02-2019 22:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Red Candle Games has removed its game, Devotion, from Steam. The removal occurs after a weekend of bad PR for Devotion, which saw heavy review bombing after being caught in controversy.According to PC Gamer, Devotion launched to positive reviews. However, the Taiwanese first-person horror game came under fire when a piece of in-game art that seems to mock Chinese president Xi Jinping was discovered. The art compares the president to Winnie the Pooh, a comparison the Chinese government frequently
  
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• Trials Rising Review - Bunny-Hopping Along

  25-02-2019 22:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Trials Rising is a sequel to a franchise that has a lot of things figured out. After multiple entries that have helped refine gameplay that was already good to start off with, Rising doesn't veer too far off the track. It still has a wonderfully diverse set of destinations to visit, each with their own over-the-top track design and goofy finish line antics. Each course still encourages you to repeat it nearly obsessively in the pursuit of that next perfect run to show off online. Trials Rising h
  
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• Facebook content moderators using drugs `and sex` at work to cope with PTSD symptoms

  25-02-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Facebook content moderations disclosed the extreme consequences that come with the stress of constantly reviewing graphic and offensive material, according to a new report from the Verge.Facebook’s content moderators are based in a facility in Arizona, operated by contract vendor Cognizant, where employees told the tech website that they cope with using drugs and having sex while on the job.The content moderators, most of whom are paid $15 an hour, are hired to look through a constant stre
  
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• The New Peugeot 208 Hatchback Exploits Our Love for French Forbidden Fruit

  25-02-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Peugeot's latest subcompact has a sci-fi design and a new all-electric variant, and we wish it was coming here.
  
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• Pokemon Go's Smeargle: How To Get The New Pokemon

  25-02-2019 22:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Pokemon Go's new AR photo mode is now live for all players level 5 and above, and it comes with an added surprise: a new Pokemon. By using the feature, players will have their first chance of encountering the elusive Gen 2 Pokemon Smeargle in Niantic's mobile game.According to Pokemon fansite Serebii, Smeargle may appear in photos you take using the Go Snapshot feature. If the Painter Pokemon does show up in one of your pictures, it will be waiting in the wild after you exit out of the mode, giv
  
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• UN council to meet on Venezuela after deadly clashes

  25-02-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The UN Security Council will meet Tuesday to discuss Venezuela, diplomats said, following weekend violence over a failed opposition bid to bring in humanitarian aid.The United States requested the meeting to be held in open session at 3:00 pm (2000 GMT).Four people died in clashes at the weekend on Venezuela's border with Brazil between security forces and civilians seeking to bring in aid.
  
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• Trump news: President faces new sexual misconduct lawsuit and attacks Spike Lee as ‘racist’

  25-02-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The president went after Spike Lee — who used his Oscar acceptance speech to urge mobilisation for the 2020 election — in a tweet, claiming the filmmaker did a “racist hit on your President.” Mr Trump then claimed that he had “done more for African Americans” than “almost” any other president.Mr Lee did not directly name Trump.“Let’s all be on the right side of history,” Mr Lee said on Sunday night’s awards show.
  
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• True Detective's Season 3 Finale Felt Completely Flat

  25-02-2019 22:16 via gamespot.com
  
  True Detective's Season 3 finale was an oppressively strange episode of television, even by True Detective's standards. The entire hour and 20 minutes rode a tense, haunting score that had me holding my breath between every scene, waiting for some awful, final other shoe to drop. Even as Wayne's discoveries turned happy--or, at least, as happy as this show is capable of getting--the tone remained oddly ominous. And then, it was over--just like that, no final revelations or satisfying last note.
  
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• Couple stranded in Mexico after kicked off cruise ship for medical emergency

  25-02-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The wife's illness while on board in Mexico led the ship's crew to remove the New Jersey couple, leading to a grueling, costly trip home by cab and plane.
  
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• New England Patriots owner, Robert Kraft charged with soliciting prostitution

  25-02-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Robert Kraft, one of the most powerful figures in US sport, has been charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution. Mr Kraft, the owner of Super Bowl winners New England Patriots, is one of 25 people facing similar charges following a lengthy investigation into human trafficking and money laundering across Florida. The 77-year-old sports magnate could, in theory, face a year in jail if convicted. However, announcing the misdemeanour charges, Palm Beach County state attorney Dave Aronberg sa
  
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• 'Bomb cyclone' strikes: 550,000 still powerless from fierce winds

  25-02-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Ferocious winds from a potent 'bomb cyclone' roared across the eastern U.S. Monday, leaving hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses powerless.
  
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• Patriots owner Kraft formally charged in Florida prostitution sting

  25-02-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Florida prosecutors on Monday filed formal charges against Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots football team, and about two dozen other men for soliciting prostitution at massage parlors, authorities said on Monday.The investigation by law enforcement officers in three Florida counties into the trafficking of young women to work at day spas and massage parlors has led to hundreds being charged.Kraft, 77, and the other defendants charged with first-degree misdemeanors
  
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• Venezuelan military deserters willing to return to fight Maduro

  25-02-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Gonzalez's wife, Sergeant Kari Castro, escaped a day later on Sunday, crossing a riverbed near the Colombia city of Cucuta with their baby and two other family members.The couple are two of at least 167 members of the Venezuelan armed forces who have deserted and turned themselves into Colombia's migration agency over the last three days.The desertions began Saturday, during a failed attempt by Venezuela's opposition to drive a convoy of hundreds of tonnes of international humanitarian aid into
  
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• WWE's Roman Reigns Announces Return On Raw, Just In Time For Wrestlemania

  25-02-2019 21:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Back in October, the recently crowned WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns announced that he would be vacating the title as he had been diagnosed with leukemia and needed to take time off. However, Reigns returned to Raw on February 25 to reveal that he's in remission and ready to compete in the WWE again.There has been a lot of speculation around Reigns the past week, as WWE put out a press release stating the superstar would appear on the February 25 episode of Raw. During the opening moments o
  
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• Marvel's Spider-Man For PS4 Is Almost Half Off Its Original Price Right Now

  25-02-2019 21:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Marvel’s Spider-Man launched as a PS4 exclusive last September for $60, but if you’ve been waiting for that price to drop, today might be your best chance to snag this Insomniac Games hit title. Earlier this month, Insomniac Games announced Spider-Man has had a permanent price drop from $60 to $40, and you can snag the game for even cheaper right now at Newegg, where the standard edition is being sold for $35 (with free shipping!) through Thursday.The game is also a few dollars off a
  
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• Justin Fairfax: Virginia lieutenant governor stuns senators by comparing himself to lynching victims

  25-02-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The lieutenant governor of Virginia has likened himself to a lynching victim while battling accusations of sexual assault and calls to resign from his post amid a series of scandals impacting the state’s top lawmakers.Justin Fairfax made the controversial statements during a surprise speech on Sunday, lashing out against his critics in the state Senate as 2019 legislative session was coming to a close.“I’ve heard much about anti-lynching on the floor of this very Senate, where
  
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• True Detective Season 3 Finale Theories: We Should Have Seen This Coming

  25-02-2019 21:08 via gamespot.com
  
  True Detective Season 3 spoilers below!True Detective: Season 3 didn't have a happy ending, per se. But given how badly things could have shaken out? It was about as happy as it could have been. Julie Purcell is alive, first and foremost. She slipped out of the Hoyt compound after Mr. June left the door open, and she found some peace and happiness with her elementary school sweetheart and her daughter. Roland has a family to love him, after years of only havings dogs for company. Wayne solved th
  
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• The Division 2 Open Beta Trailer And New Details Released

  25-02-2019 20:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft has hosted a couple of private betas for The Division 2, but this weekend, the publisher is giving all players across PS4, Xbox One, and PC a chance to try out the upcoming shooter with its first open beta. Ahead of the test, Ubisoft has shared a new trailer showing off some of the content players will be able to experience.The Division 2 open beta will run on all three platforms from March 1-4. During that time, players will be able to embark on three main missions on Normal and Hard mo
  
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• Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Has Tons Of Stan Lee Cameos

  25-02-2019 20:47 via gamespot.com
  
  It's hard to argue that the Stan Lee cameo fans saw in the Academy Award-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is one of the comic book legends best yet. That the film's release came so soon after Lee's death gave the appearance even more impact for fans. However, what fans don't realize is that Lee is in almost every scene of the movie.While it was previously revealed that Lee also popped up as a passenger on a train, thanks to a tweet shared by Sony animator Nick Kondo, it turns out that's
  
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• Roundup weed killer contributed to man's cancer, 1st US federal trial told

  25-02-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The controversial weed killer Roundup was a "substantial factor" in the cancer of a US man who woke up one day with a lump in his throat and was soon diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, his lawyer said Monday, opening the first US federal trial of its kind.Edwin Hardeman, of Sonoma County north of San Francisco, filed a complaint against Roundup's manufacturer Monsanto in early 2016, a year after being diagnosed with the cancer.Jurors in a California State Court last August unanimously found
  
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• Supreme Court won't block smokers' lawsuits against big tobacco companies

  25-02-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The Supreme Court refused Monday to block Florida smokers' lawsuits against two major tobacco companies.
  
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• Venezuela: US increasingly isolated as allies warn against use of military force

  25-02-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The US vice-president, Mike Pence, has repeated a veiled threat of military intervention in Venezuela, but Washington appeared increasingly isolated in its willingness to contemplate using force to oust President Nicolás Maduro.European powers and some of Donald Trump’s key Latin American allies – all of whom have recognised the opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, as Venezuela’s legitimate leader – warned that they would oppose sending troops into the country.
  
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• The Latest: Brazil wants non-military pressure on Venezuela

  25-02-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Latest on Venezuela's political crisis (all times local):
  
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• Detective Pikachu: How Ryan Reynolds Lost Himself In The Pokemon Role

  25-02-2019 20:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Despite what he says in this newly published video promoting Warner Bros.' upcoming Detective Pikachu movie, Ryan Reynolds isn't actually known for disappearing into his roles--unless you count putting on the Deadpool mask as disappearing. But it seems the actor is giving it his all to truly become the electric yellow mouse at the heart of Detective Pikachu.In the video, Reynolds contends he did everything he could to lose himself in the role of Pikachu. He stopped picking his daughters up from
  
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• Robert Kraft prostitution scandal exposes the horrors in our backyard: Today's talker

  25-02-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  A 'community' of clients looks for sexual services; Robert Kraft just happened to be a big name among many.
  
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• Assassin's Creed Odyssey's New Game Plus Update Out Tomorrow; Full Patch Detailed

  25-02-2019 20:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft has released the full patch notes for the final scheduled February update for Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Titled Patch 1.1.4, the update comes to Xbox One, PS4, and PC tomorrow, February 26.The most notable addition included in the update is New Game Plus, a much requested feature from the Assassin's Creed community for Odyssey. To access New Game Plus, you'll need to finished the Family Quest Line, which is the largest of the three mainline campaign stories in Odyssey. Once you've complet
  
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• Explained: Why North Korea's Voluntary ICBM Test-Ban Is a Big Deal

  25-02-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  "This represents a big change," Wright continued. "In the five years 2013 to 2017, North Korea launched more than 80 flight tests of 10 different missiles, or an average of 16 flight tests per year. In 2017 alone, it launched 20 tests of seven types of missiles, including the successful launch of two different long-range missiles."
  
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• The Porsche 718 T Is Pure Driving Enjoyment

  25-02-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  More focused and a touch simpler, Porsche's new 718 T models embody the basic goodness of a driver's machine.
  
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• Video shows rare 'ice tsunami' along Niagara River

  25-02-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Incredible video out of Canada shows a rare "ice tsunami" along the Niagara River, which forced officials to close the parkway to protect drivers.
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal Could Cost $93 Trillion, Group Says

  25-02-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The so-called Green New Deal may tally between $51 trillion and $93 trillion over 10-years, concludes American Action Forum, which is run by Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who directed the non-partisan CBO from from 2003 to 2005.“The Green New Deal is clearly very expensive,” the group said in its analysis.
  
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• Tony Stark, Not Captain America, Should Die In Avengers: Endgame

  25-02-2019 19:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Avengers: Endgame promises the culmination of a story arc that has lasted more than a decade. The ambitious Marvel Cinematic Universe has borrowed liberally from the criss-crossing continuity that comic fans have known for years, and evolved into a sprawling movie empire. And because it has become so larger-than-life, it’s easy to forget that it began with a single hero. Tony Stark was our unlikely introduction to this universe. Now it’s time for his character to exit, and in the pro
  
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• Vietnam vows 'maximum level' security for Trump-Kim summit

  25-02-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — With North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on an armored train barreling through China toward Vietnam's capital, and U.S. President Donald Trump en route to Hanoi, Vietnamese officials scrambled Monday to finish preparations for a rushed summit that will capture global attention.
  
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• Dead Or Alive 6 Full Game Early Story and Challenge Mode

  25-02-2019 19:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Ben and Erick tackle the early portion of story, some challenge mode, and some good ole fashion 1 on 1 in Dead or Alive 6.
  
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• Dead Or Alive 6 Early Story and Challenge Mode Gameplay Live

  25-02-2019 19:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Ben and Erick tackle the early portion of story, some challenge mode, and some good ole fashion 1 on 1 in Dead or Alive 6.
  
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• Ex-Swedish P.M. Mocks Bernie Sanders’s Past Praise of Soviet Union

  25-02-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt mocked Senator Bernie Sanders's (D., Vt.) past praise of the Soviet Union in a Monday morning tweet.Bildt, who was Sweden's prime minister from 1991 to 1994 as the leader of the moderate party, cited a 1988 speech in which Sanders and his wife, having recently returned from the Soviet Union, celebrated the then-crumbling state's public-transportation system and government-backed cultural programs.> Bernie Sanders was lucky to be able to get to the Sovi
  
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• Labour’s Corbyn Says He’ll Back ‘Public Vote’: Brexit Update

  25-02-2019 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has come out in favor of a "public vote" on Brexit, in a shift to the main opposition party’s stance that could make it more likely that Britain holds a second referendum on its divorce.It’s a major shift for Corbyn and comes after members of his team have been pushing him toward a second referendum.
  
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• When Does Fortnite Season 8 Start?

  25-02-2019 19:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Season 8 of Fortnite is just around the corner. With only a few days remaining in Season 7, developer Epic Games has now confirmed that the new season of the battle royale game will kick off across all platforms this Thursday, February 28.Just as it has done in the run up to previous seasons, Epic is dropping teasers in the days leading up to Season 8. Each of the hints thus far has come in the form of a poem that suggests the new season will have a pirate theme; the first references "X marks th
  
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• Venezuela's Guaido meets Pence in anti-Maduro strategy talks

  25-02-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  United States Vice President Mike Pence told Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido that Donald Trump supports him "100 percent" as the pair met regional allies on Monday to thrash out a strategy to remove Nicolas Maduro from power after the failed attempt to ship in humanitarian aid.The meeting comes after four people were killed and hundreds injured as Guaido supporters clashed with Venezuelan security forces on the borders with Colombia and Brazil over the weekend.The Lima group met in Bogo
  
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• The Latest: Northeast's highest peak records 144 mph gust

  25-02-2019 18:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The Latest on a windstorm affecting the Northeast (all times local):
  
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• How to roast broccoli florets and get them crispy browned

  25-02-2019 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Roasting might just be the best way to cook vegetables. Roasting is a fancy term for cooking food in a hot oven. The intense heat causes excess moisture to evaporate, leaving a crispy, browned exterior. And all that browning makes food taste better.
  
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• New Open-World Western Game Offers A Big Change In Pace From Red Dead Online

  25-02-2019 18:22 via gamespot.com
  
  Even after massive hits like Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption series, the setting of the old west isn't something see games used that often. But with the upcoming Outlaws of the Wild West, coming from developer Virtual Basement, this online open-world survivalist take on the timeless concept of the Western aims to give the setting a different spin. Throughout your journey in the open world, you'll be able to explore the vast plains and snowy mountains in order to survive the lawless lands of
  
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• Pence, allies take new steps against Maduro

  25-02-2019 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States and Latin American countries are announcing measures to exert further pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday after he blocked the entry of hundreds of tonnes of humanitarian aid to his economically devastated country over the weekend. Jillian Kitchener reports.
  
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