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• Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Reintroduces Tracks From The Sequel Nitro Kart

  29-03-2019 23:57 via gamespot.com
  
  The upcoming remaster for Crash Team Racing channels much of the same energy and cartoonish personality that made the classic PS1 title such a well-loved game. Developed by Beenox, Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Refueled also manages to go a bit further than updating the original, including more content than people had anticipated. During PAX East 2019, we spent some time racing on the different tracks in Nitro-Refueled, which included the return of some tracks found from the sequel Nitro Kart.Speakin
  
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• Biden doesn't recall alleged kissing incident from 2014

  29-03-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Biden's spokesman said Friday that the former vice president does not recall kissing a Nevada political candidate on the back of her head in 2014.
  
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• Mueller report on Trump and Russia to be made public by mid-April: Barr

  29-03-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  "Everyone will soon be able to read it on their own," Barr wrote in the letter to the top Democrats and Republicans on the Senate and House Judiciary committees.On March 22, Mueller completed his 22-month probe and Barr on Sunday sent a four-page letter to Congress that outlined the main findings.Barr told lawmakers that the investigation did not establish that members of the election campaign of President Donald Trump conspired with Russia.
  
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• Prosecutor: Charges not certain in 5th grader's fight death

  29-03-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It could take weeks to unravel exactly what led to the death of a fifth grader after an elementary school fight in South Carolina and whether anyone should face criminal charges, a prosecutor said Friday.
  
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• "We started to smell gas in the plane": Passengers describe odor that diverted SFO-bound flight

  29-03-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  "We started to smell gas in the plane": Passengers describe the in-cabin odor that caused an SFO-bound flight to be diverted after takeoff.
  
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• Mortal Kombat 11 Beta - Brutalities & Fatalities Compilation

  29-03-2019 23:18 via gamespot.com
  
  The Online Beta in Mortal Kombat 11 brings along with more playable characters like Jade and Kabal. There are also plenty more fatalities and secret brutalities as a result and we've got a compilation of some of our favorite. Captured on PS4 Pro.
  
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• Exclusive: With a piece of paper, Trump called on Kim to hand over nuclear weapons

  29-03-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump gave Kim both Korean and English-language versions of the U.S. position at Hanoi's Metropole hotel on Feb. 28, according to a source familiar with the discussions, speaking on condition of anonymity.It was the first time that Trump himself had explicitly defined what he meant by denuclearization directly to Kim, the source said.The document's existence was first mentioned by White House national security adviser John Bolton in television interviews he gave after the two-day summit.
  
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• Police standoff on an Atlanta-area freeway halts traffic

  29-03-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — A police standoff brought traffic to a standstill Friday on an Atlanta-area freeway as officers confronted a motorist who they believed was armed and matched the description of a robbery suspect.
  
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• No Elder Scrolls 6 Or Starfield At E3 2019, Says Bethesda

  29-03-2019 23:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Bethesda has announced that it will not be showcasing or revealing additional details for either The Elder Scrolls VI or Starfield during E3 2019. Both games were announced and given tiny teasers during E3 2018, alongside more detailed reveals for Fallout 76 and Rage 2."That's just a little sneak peek at the technology that we've been building," Bethesda executive producer Todd Howard said during a PAX East panel, in regards to further details about a new game engine. "People are going to see [t
  
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• Elder Scrolls 6 Or Starfield Won't Be At E3 2019, Says Bethesda

  29-03-2019 23:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Although Bethesda has already confirmed it will hold a press conference at E3 2019, don't expect to see two of last year's biggest announcements during it. At PAX East, Bethesda announced that it will not be showcasing or revealing additional details for either The Elder Scrolls VI or Starfield at this year's E3. Both games were announced and given tiny teasers during E3 2018, alongside more detailed reveals for Fallout 76 and Rage 2."That's just a little sneak peek at the technology that we've
  
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• No-deal Brexit fears rise as parliament sinks May's deal

  29-03-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The decision to reject a stripped-down version of May's divorce deal has left it totally unclear how, when or even whether Britain will leave the EU, and plunges the three-year Brexit crisis to a deeper level of uncertainty."The implications of the House's decision are grave."Within minutes of the vote - which took place as thousands of Brexit supporters protested outside parliament - European Council President Donald Tusk said EU leaders would meet on April 10 to discuss Britain's departure fro
  
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• Woman with YouTube channel pleads not guilty to abusing kids

  29-03-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman who had a popular YouTube channel featuring children pleaded not guilty Friday to charges she abused some of her seven adopted children by pepper-spraying them, striking them with a clothes hanger and making them take ice baths.
  
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• The Origin Story: A blind date, a border and Beto O'Rourke

  29-03-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — "1659."
  
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• How We'd Spec It: The New BMW 3-Series in Its Proper Configuration, with an Inline-Six and Few Options

  29-03-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Yeah, BMW's turbo fours are good these days, but we still want the M340i's sweet six.
  
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• Celeste Composer Lena Raine Releases New Solo Album "Oneknowing"

  29-03-2019 22:33 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the several aspects that make Celeste a superb game is the soundtrack. Its catchy, rhythmic mix of piano and chiptune-style synths masterfully complement the game's tone, story, and intense platforming at just the right moments. The Celeste soundtrack is also wonderful to simply listen to as a standalone album, and the remixed Piano Collections just as much. But you don't have to take my word for it. It's been nominated for multiple awards including Best Music at the upcoming BAFTA Game A
  
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• Get 12-Month Nintendo Switch Online Subscription For Free With Twitch Prime - GS News Update

  29-03-2019 22:28 via gamespot.com
  
  Starting right now, Twitch Prime members can claim a free three months of Nintendo Switch Online.
  
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• Borderlands 3: Characters, First Trailer, Impressions, And What We Know

  29-03-2019 22:25 via gamespot.com
  
  After countless teasers and subtle misdirections over the years, developer Gearbox has finally lifted the veil over Borderlands 3. The game was revealed at the developer's PAX East panel, which was met by as much fanfare as it was technical difficulties. Still, the game's big debut trailer sparked excitement and a ton of questions. If you haven't watched it already, be sure to check it out in the player above.To catch you up on all things Borderlands 3, we've compiled all the latest news, featur
  
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• Tunisia says it will coordinate Arab response to U.S. move on Golan

  29-03-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Tunisia will coordinate with fellow Arab countries to contain any fallout from the U.S. decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui said on Friday."We will work with fellow Arab countries and the international community to contain the expected repercussions of this decision in the various regional and international forums," Jhinaoui told the meeting in Tunis.
  
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• Venezuela: Red Cross brokers Maduro-Guaidó deal to allow aid delivery

  29-03-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  * First shipment for 650,000 could reach Venezuela in two weeks* Red Cross says aid must be ‘neutral, impartial and unhindered’Tthe Tienditas bridge, which links Venezuela and Colombia, was blocked off with containers earlier this month. Photograph: Juan Pablo Bayona/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Red Cross has brokered a deal with representatives of Venezuela’s embattled leader, Nicolás Maduro, and his rival, Juan Guaidó, to allow humanitarian aid into the country, indicati
  
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• X-Men: Dark Phoenix Star Reveals How Major Death Affects His Character

  29-03-2019 21:54 via gamespot.com
  
  While traditionally, blockbuster sequels tend to keep major spoilers like character deaths a secret, the cast of Dark Phoenix has no problem discussing a major death in the upcoming movie. During an interview, Nicholas Hoult was open about how said character's death affect his role of Beast. Warning, there are spoilers for the movie ahead.During an interview at Wondercon, the cast of Dark Phoenix were open to discussing that a major character will die in the movie. Hoult, who has played Beast in
  
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• Parents in College Scandal Face Judge and Tough Plea Deals

  29-03-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Now they’re on the road again, this time appearing in federal court in Boston on Friday as the clock ticks down on plea bargains for their alleged role in the biggest college admissions scam the U.S. has ever prosecuted.“The government’s being very aggressive," said Patric Hooper, who is representing oncologist Greg Colburn and his wife, Amy.The first wave of parents, 15 of them, began to appear at noon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Page Kelley, who set bail and addressed other
  
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• Attorney General Barr says Mueller report to be released 'by mid-April'

  29-03-2019 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  We are preparing the report for release,” Barr wrote.
  
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• American and Delta join United, other airlines in offering discounts for stranded WOW Air passengers

  29-03-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Passengers scrambling to find tickets on other airlines to get home or to their vacation destination are finding limited options, most of them pricey.
  
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• AG William Barr plans to release Mueller report by mid-April. 'Everyone will soon be able to read it.'

  29-03-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General William Barr told Congress on Friday he plans to release special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russia and the Trump campaign.
  
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• Judge nixes Mexican holiday for executive charged in U.S. college admissions scandal

  29-03-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge on Friday nixed the international family vacation plans of a former senior executive at private equity firm TPG Capital charged in connection with the U.S. college admissions scandal, saying he posed a flight risk.Bill McGlashan, who prosecutors say was among the wealthy parents who engaged in fraud and bribery schemes to help get their children into colleges, had sought to go ahead with a planned family vacation to Mexico.
  
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• Iraq needs three years on Iran power: parliament speaker

  29-03-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Iraq's parliament speaker voiced hope Friday that the United States will keep waiving sanctions on energy purchases from Iran, saying his country will need to import electricity from its neighbor for three years.President Donald Trump's administration has sought to cut off all exports from Iran but has twice granted three-month exemptions to Iraq, mindful of chronic blackouts that have reignited unrest in the war-torn country."Hopefully this waiver will be extended until Iraq can stand on its fe
  
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• Alex Jones: Instagram refuses to remove right-wing conspiracy theorists' anti-semitic post

  29-03-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Infamous conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was expected to have his Instagram account shut down, or at least have a recently posted photo deleted, after he recently posted an image of an art piece called “False Profits” on his Instagram story.The image depicts six white men with hooked noses playing monopoly on the backs of other humans, surrounded by gold, skulls, money, medicine, and a globe. In the background appears to be the city of Manhattan in nuclear fall-out, and the men sit in
  
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• What we learned from Barr's summary of the Mueller report

  29-03-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  What’s in the attorney general’s summary of the Trump-Russia investigation? And will the report be made public? Full four-page letter of Barr’s summaryFollow the latest US politics news William Barr sent his summary of the Muller report to Congress on SundayPhotograph: Alex Wroblewski/Getty ImagesBarr is still reviewing Muller’s report
  William Barr: Although my review is ongoing, I believe that it is in the public interest to describe the report and to summarize the princ
  
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• Apple's AirPower Wireless Charging Mat Gets Shot Down Months After Missed Deadline

  29-03-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The product was supposed to charge multiple devices at once — wirelessly
  
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• Theresa May’s EU Brexit deal rejected by Parliament a third time

  29-03-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain now has until April 12 to announce a new plan to leave the European Union, or leave the bloc without a deal and risk a disorderly exit.
  
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• Oil posts biggest quarterly rise since 2009 on OPEC cuts, sanctions

  29-03-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The May Brent crude oil futures contract, which expired Friday, gained 57 cents, or 0.8 percent, to settle at $68.39 a barrel, marking a first-quarter gain of 27 percent.U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures rose 84 cents, or 1.42 percent, to $60.14 a barrel, and posted a rise of 32 percent in the January-March period.GRAPHIC: Crude futures quarterly performance - https://tmsnrt.rs/2HSqli7U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela have boosted prices this year.
  
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• William Barr to give Congress redacted version of Mueller report by mid-April

  29-03-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Lawmakers will receive findings from the Trump-Russia investigation, with no plans for Trump to add his own editsFollow the latest US politics updates live William Barr said he intended to censor some of the report to protect the privacy of people mentioned. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/ReutersCongress will be given a redacted version of Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia report by mid-April and there are no plans for Donald Trump to add his own edits, the US attorney general, William Barr, said
  
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• Mueller report, nearly 400 pages, to be released by mid-April

  29-03-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A full copy of Robert Mueller's report into Russian interference in the 2016 US election will be released by mid-April "if not sooner," the attorney general said. William Barr said the report is "nearly 400 pages" long, without including appendices, and he hopes to make it public in its entirety with some redactions. In a letter to Congress the attorney general said: "Everyone will soon be able to read it on their own." Mr Barr said he was willing to appear before the Senate and House judiciary
  
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• Big Star Citizen Update Launches Soon

  29-03-2019 20:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Star Citizen's been trudging along since it debuted on Kickstarter in 2012. Initially seeking $500,000, Cloud Imperium Games' space-sim closed its Kickstarter campaign after accruing a little more than $2.1 million in November 2012. Some years later, the studio's first game has exceeded well over $200 million--and the numbers keep going up. Now it's announced the game's biggest update should blast off this weekend.Titled Alpha 3.5, the update includes a new city-planet, overhauled flight models,
  
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• Trump (again) threatens to seal U.S.-Mexico border. Can he do it?

  29-03-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  As tens of thousands of Central American asylum-seekers flood the southern border, President Trump threatened to seal the southern border.
  
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• Red Dead Redemption 2, "Old Town Road," And The Cowboy Meme Explained

  29-03-2019 20:44 via gamespot.com
  
  On the morning of March 29, 2019, a Red Dead Redemption 2 AMV was shown on the news program Good Morning America. You might not have heard of it if you don't browse TikTok, the short-form video platform colloquially known as "cursed Vine," but that music video has, as of this writing, nearly 16 million views on YouTube and counting. It got over 80,000 views in the time it took to write this article.The song, "Old Town Road" by rapper Lil Nas X, is at the center of both an explosively popular cow
  
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• Red Dead Redemption 2, Country Trap, And The Cowboy Meme Explained

  29-03-2019 20:44 via gamespot.com
  
  On the morning of March 29, 2019, a Red Dead Redemption 2 AMV was shown on the news program Good Morning America. You might not have heard of it if you don't browse TikTok, the short-form video platform colloquially known as "cursed Vine," but that music video has, as of this writing, nearly 16 million views on YouTube and counting. It got over 80,000 views in the time it took to write this article.The song, "Old Town Road" by rapper Lil Nas X, is at the center of both an explosively popular cow
  
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• How to Use an HSA to Save for Retirement

  29-03-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Millions of Americans either have or are eligible for health savings accounts, but many fail to understand their benefits.Only a quarter of workers say funding their account is a financial priority, according to the 2018 Health Accounts Employee Attitudes Survey from Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory and solutions firm."The HSA was created when high-deductible (insurance) plans came about," explains Joseph Conroy, author of "Decades & Decisions: Financial Planning at Any Age," and a fi
  
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• US woman kidnapped in Afghanistan says husband's abuse was just like captors'

  29-03-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Caitlan Coleman says her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, was violent towards her before, during and after their kidnapping Caitlin Coleman leaves the Ottawa court house in Ottawa, Ontario, on Wednesday. Photograph: Lars Hagberg/AFP/Getty ImagesA Canadian man who was kidnapped with his wife in Afghanistan was controlling and violent towards her before, during and after their five-year hostage ordeal, she told a Canadian court on Friday. Caitlan Coleman, 33, gave testimony for a second day at the
  
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• UPDATE 4-Mueller report on Trump and Russia to be made public by mid-April -Barr

  29-03-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Attorney General William Barr plans to make public a redacted copy of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's nearly 400-page investigative report into Russian interference in the 2016 election by mid-April, "if not sooner," he said in a letter to lawmakers on Friday."Everyone will soon be able to read it on their own," Barr wrote in the letter to the top Democrats and Republicans on the Senate and House Judiciary committees.On March 22, Mueller completed his 22-month probe and Barr on Sunday sent
  
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• Trump threatens to close border with Mexico 'next week'

  29-03-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Friday again accused Mexico of failing to curb the flow of migrants illegally entering the US, and threatened to close the common border "next week" unless something changes.Trump's latest tweets ramp up the tension between the neighbors, putting a specific timeframe to his threats to shut the border, one of the busiest in the world."If Mexico doesn't immediately stop ALL illegal immigration coming into the United States through our Southern Border, I will be CLOSING th
  
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• UPDATE 1-Israeli troops wound Palestinians, anniversary rally approaches

  29-03-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli troops shot and wounded 10 Palestinians on the Gaza border on Friday, Gaza medical officials said, as Israeli tanks massed on the eve of a huge rally to mark the first anniversary of the start of the deadly protests.Around 200 Palestinians have been killed and thousands injured by Israeli fire at the protests, Gaza medics say, as the demonstrations turned into an often deadly standoff between Gazans hurling rocks and petrol bombs and Israel troops on the other side of the fence.Israel de
  
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• U.S. readying sanctions on Russia over nerve-agent attack in Britain: Bloomberg

  29-03-2019 20:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House has received a package of new sanctions to be imposed on Russia in retaliation for the 2018 nerve-agent attack on a Russian double agent in Britain, Bloomberg reported on Friday.Officials at the U.S. Treasury and State Departments have vetted the sanctions and are awaiting approval from the White House to issue them, Bloomberg said, citing people familiar with the matter.Sergei Skripal, a former colonel in Russia's GRU military intelligence service, and his 33-year-old daughter,
  
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