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• 25 years in prison for ex-Florida policeman who shot black motorist

  25-04-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  A former Florida police officer was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday for fatally shooting a black man whose car had broken down on the highway.Nouman Raja, 41, was convicted of manslaughter and attempted murder last month for the October 2015 shooting of Corey Jones, a 31-year-old musician.Raja, a former member of the Palm Beach Gardens police force, is the first police officer to be convicted in Florida for the on-duty shooting death of a black man in three decades.
  
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• House Democrats to Probe ‘Unprecedented’ DHS Firings

  25-04-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Three powerful House Democrats on Thursday opened a probe of the recent spate of firings at the Department of Homeland Security, which they called "unprecedented."In a letter to acting secretary of homeland security Kevin McAleenan, House Oversight Committee chairman Elijah Cummings, Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler, and Homeland Security Committee chairman Bennie Thompson expressed concern that the firings had compromised national security. They also requested that &ld
  
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• Heather Heyer’s Mom Breaks Silence on Joe Biden Invoking Charlottesville for 2020

  25-04-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  PoolJoe Biden did not tell Susan Bro, Heather Heyer’s mother, that he would be invoking her daughter’s murder in Charlottesville in August 2017 in his presidential campaign launch video focusing on “the battle for the soul” of America.“But I wasn’t surprised,” Bro, co-founder of the Heather Heyer Foundation set up in her daughter’s memory, told The Daily Beast. “Most people do that sort of thing. They capitalize on whatever situation is handy
  
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• Days Gone Quick Review Video

  25-04-2019 23:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Days Gone has its exciting moments, but it fails to say anything interesting or meaningful about its story and characters.
  
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• Fortnite Week 9 Secret Battle Star Location Guide (Season 8 Discovery Challenge)

  25-04-2019 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  We're quickly coming up on the end of Fortnite Season 8, but Epic still has a few more challenges in store for players before Season 9 officially begins. Week 9's challenges are now live across PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch, and mobile, which means you have another chance to earn Battle Stars and unlock more of this season's skins and other Battle Pass rewards.If you're familiar with how Fortnite works by now, you'll know there's an added incentive to complete as many challenges as you can; if you f
  
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• Southwest CEO 'not happy' about Max crisis but backs Boeing

  25-04-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines executives acknowledge they are upset with Boeing over the grounding of its 737 Max jetliner, a move that has caused the airline to cancel thousands of flights.
  
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• The Latest: Boy died of blunt force trauma to head

  25-04-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on death of the 5-year-old northern Illinois boy (all times local):
  
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• Anita Hill refuses to accept Joe Biden’s apology: ‘I cannot be satisfied by simply saying I’m sorry’

  25-04-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Anita Hill \- the woman whose treatment during Justice Clarence Thomas’ Senate confirmation hearings Joe Biden has said he regrets - says she spoke with the former vice president this month in a phone call that left her feeling "deeply unsatisfied." She said she's unconvinced that he accepts the harm he caused her when he presided over a congressional hearing during Justice Thomas' Supreme Court confirmation process in 1991.In an interview with The New York Times published Thursday, Ms Hil
  
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• Hillary Clinton Said Russia Infiltrated All Florida Election Systems. A State Official Disputes That

  25-04-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Florida's Secretary of State is disputing Clinton's claim at the TIME 100 Summit
  
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• Ford shares surge as US pickup sales stay strong

  25-04-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Ford reported a drop in first-quarter profits Thursday due in part to restructuring costs, but the company's share price rallied following a strong performance in North America and improved results in Europe.Ford pointed to strong sales of pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles as the source of higher operating profits in North America.The company posting an operating profit in Europe, compared with a loss in the year-ago period, but the loss in South America deepened, while the China operatio
  
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• Fortnite - Season 8 Week 9 Secret Battle Star Location Guide (Discovery Challenge)

  25-04-2019 23:03 via gamespot.com
  
  Complete all of this week's challenges for Fortnite Season 8's Battle Pass and unlock a loading screen clue that will lead you to the secret battle star for week 9 of the Discovery Challenge. Here's where to go to find the battle star once all the pre-requisites have been met. Captured on PC.
  
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• Putin Chef's Firm Seeks Contempt Against Mueller Over Report

  25-04-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Mueller and Attorney General William Barr must explain to a judge why they shouldn’t be held in contempt for violating court rules with the 448-page report, according to a filing in Washington Thursday.Mueller and Barr violated the regulation by prejudging Concord’s guilt and putting details about their evidence in the report, he said.
  
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• US STOCKS-S&P 500 nudges lower as industrials drag

  25-04-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The S&P 500 closed just barely lower on Thursday, as a dive in industrial stocks and concerns about slowing global growth eclipsed gains in Facebook and Microsoft.The industrials sector fell 1.99% with hefty drags from 3M , United Parcel Service Inc and Raytheon Co after they reported disappointing results.
  
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• Trump won't make immigration adviser available to Congress

  25-04-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House blocked adviser Stephen Miller from testifying before congressional committees on immigration and a staff shakeup at the Department of Homeland Security, prompting lawmakers on Thursday to demand internal communications on the topic from Homeland Security officials.
  
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• Boeing 737 Max: Southwest preps for return, expects some traveler anxiety

  25-04-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Airline executives concede some travelers will be concerned after the plane's grounding but say they don't think it will be a "massive issue.''
  
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• UPDATE 3-T-Mobile US profit beats estimates as it signs up more customers

  25-04-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  T-Mobile US Inc first-quarter revenue and profit jumped from a year earlier, beating Wall Street's estimates, as competitive pricing lured new subscribers to its monthly cellphone plans.The company said it added a net 656,000 phone subscribers in the first quarter, up from 617,000 additions a year earlier and substantially more than the 612,000 new subscribers analysts had expected, according to research firm FactSet.T-Mobile, the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier by subscriber count, is await
  
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• Air Canada says its 737 MAX jets grounded until at least August

  25-04-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Air Canada said Thursday that its fleet of Boeing 737 MAX jets will remain grounded until at least August 1, pushing back a previous estimate for their return to service.Two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft -- one operated by Ethiopian Airlines and another by Lion Air -- have crashed in recent months, killing nearly 350 people.Air Canada's 24 MAX jetliners were grounded in March following the second crash.
  
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• Putin says U.S. guarantees unlikely to prompt North Korea to de-nuclearize

  25-04-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Putin and Kim held a day of talks on an island off the Russian Pacific city of Vladivostok two months after Kim's summit with U.S. President Donald Trump ended in disagreement, cooling hopes of a breakthrough in the decades-old nuclear row.The talks between Putin and Kim did not appear to have yielded any major breakthrough.
  
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• House Democrats demand documents on Trump's DHS purge

  25-04-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The chairmen of three U.S. House committees sought documents on Thursday related to recent Trump administration firings of top Department of Homeland Security officials, escalating tensions between congressional Democrats and the White House over immigration policy.
  
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• George H.W. Bush grandson considering run for his grandfather's former Congress seat

  25-04-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Pierce Bush, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star, says he is "seriously considering running" for the 7th Congressional District in Texas.
  
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• Days Gone Review Roundup

  25-04-2019 22:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Years after its debut, Days Gone finally releases this week. The open world zombie game puts you in the shoes of Deacon St. John, a rough-and-tumble biker turned mercenary after the world went to hell. You'll take on Freakers (aka zombies) and factions of brutal survivors in an expansive adventure.Though the game boasts high production values, reviews have been mixed. The adventure itself is often said to be dull or middling, and many critics agree the story fails to do anything interesting with
  
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• Chevrolet Prepares for C8 Corvette Production by Adding Workers at Bowling Green Factory

  25-04-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  GM is adding more than 400 jobs and a second shift in preparation for the next-gen Corvette.
  
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• New Mexico armed border group barred from Facebook fund-raising

  25-04-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Facebook Inc on Thursday barred a New Mexico-based paramilitary group that has stopped undocumented migrants near the U.S.-Mexico border from using its fundraising tools and said it would remove any of its posts that violated company policies.Facebook made the statement after a civil rights organization asked it to block videos posted by the United Constitutional Patriots (UCP), saying the clips violated its standards, which prohibit images showing criminal acts."People cannot use our fundraisin
  
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• Ex-Florida policeman gets 25 years in prison for killing black motorist

  25-04-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  A former Florida police officer was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday for fatally shooting a black motorist who was awaiting a tow truck in October 2015.Nouman Raja, 41, was fired from the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department shortly after he killed Corey Jones, 31, while on plainclothes duty, and was convicted last month by a jury of manslaughter and first-degree murder.The conviction was unusual in a country in which police officers kill roughly 1,000 people each year, a disproportio
  
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• Bernie Sanders First to Sign Pledge to Rally Behind Democratic Nominee

  25-04-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Loren ElliottNational progressive outfit Indivisible on Thursday launched a pledge compelling all 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to rally behind the eventual nominee. Bernie Sanders was the first to sign it, the group revealed.The “We Are Indivisible” pledge asks for three commitments from him and any other prospective signers, as first reported by BuzzFeed News. First, Indivisible’s pledge requests that candidates “make the primary constructive” by outlini
  
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• Trump is suing Congress ... with a weak lawsuit: Today's talker

  25-04-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  'Trump's lawsuit is an irresponsible attack on the American public's legitimate interests in oversight,' says Donald Sherman of CREW.
  
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• Sony Just Unveiled a 98-Inch 8K TV That Costs $70,000

  25-04-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  The television, which costs more than a 2019 Audi A7, is optimized to handle the 33 million pixels the 8K outputs
  
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• Flash Deal: Get 12 Months Of Xbox Live Gold For $40

  25-04-2019 21:23 via gamespot.com
  
  If you're an Xbox One owner who plays online multiplayer games, you're probably very familiar with Xbox Live Gold, Microsoft's premium service that lets you do just that. A 12-month membership sells for $60 at most retailers, but for a very limited time, you can grab an annual subscription to Xbox Live Gold for just $40 at MassGenie. The deal ends in less than 24 hours, so act fast.GET 12 MONTHS OF XBOX LIVE GOLD FOR $40 »Here's how to claim the offer at MassGenie: On the product page, cli
  
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• Police: Slain Illinois boy was beaten, put in cold shower

  25-04-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Police believe an Illinois couple who reported their 5-year-old son missing last week killed him days earlier by beating him and forcing him to stand in a cold shower for an extended period of time, according to court documents released Thursday.
  
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• Respawn Delays Titanfall Plans To Focus On Apex Legends

  25-04-2019 20:35 via gamespot.com
  
  It appears Respawn's current Titanfall project and plans on all future Titanfall games have been delayed. Previously scheduled for later this year, Apex Legends executive producer Drew McCoy announced plans for all future Titanfall games have been delayed so that Respawn can better focus on future seasons for Apex Legends."[Regarding] other games in development at Respawn, it is important to understand that there are entirely separate development teams working on Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi:
  
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• Respawn Delays Future Titanfall Games To Focus On Supporting Apex Legends

  25-04-2019 20:35 via gamespot.com
  
  It appears Respawn's current Titanfall project and plans on all future Titanfall games have been delayed. Previously scheduled for later this year, Apex Legends executive producer Drew McCoy announced plans for all future Titanfall games have been delayed so that Respawn can better focus on future seasons for Apex Legends."[Regarding] other games in development at Respawn, it is important to understand that there are entirely separate development teams working on Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi:
  
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• Fortnite's Avengers: Endgame Crossover Has Cool Black Widow Skin, But Only For Today

  25-04-2019 20:35 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite's 8.50 update is now live across all platforms, and it's kicked off the game's anticipated Avengers: Endgame limited-time event. That isn't the extent of the crossover, however. Epic has also added a new assortment of Avengers-inspired cosmetics to the battle royale game, including a cool skin based on Black Widow.The Black Widow outfit, which you can see below, is available for purchase now from Fortnite's in-game store. It costs 1,500 V-Bucks and comes in two variants: one with red ha
  
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• Fortnite's Avengers: Endgame Crossover Adds Cool Black Widow Skin, But Only For Today

  25-04-2019 20:35 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite's 8.50 update is now live across PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch, and mobile devices, kicking off the game's highly anticipated Avengers: Endgame limited-time event. That isn't the extent of the crossover, however. Epic has also introduced an assortment of new Avengers-inspired cosmetics to the battle royale game, including a cool skin based on Black Widow.The Black Widow outfit, which you can see below, is available for purchase now from Fortnite's in-game store. It costs 1,500 V-Bucks and c
  
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• UPDATE 2-Ex-Florida policeman gets 25 years in prison for killing black motorist

  25-04-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  A former Florida police officer was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday for fatally shooting a black motorist who was awaiting a tow truck in October 2015.Nouman Raja, 41, was fired from the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department shortly after he killed Corey Jones, 31, while on plainclothes duty, and was convicted last month by a jury of manslaughter and first-degree murder.The conviction was unusual in a country in which police officers kill roughly 1,000 people each year, a disproportio
  
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• US agency to host meeting of global regulators on 737 MAX

  25-04-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The Federal Aviation Administration has invited international regulators to Washington for a meeting on the issues facing the Boeing 737 MAX, which suffered two deadly crashes in recent months, an agency spokesman said Thursday.The forum, scheduled for May 23, aims to outline for civilian aviation regulators the US agency's process for returning the 737 MAX to service after the aircraft was grounded worldwide in mid-March following crashes by Ethiopian Airlines and October Lion Air that together
  
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• Apple recalls UK wall plug adapters over electric shock fears

  25-04-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple has recalled its UK plug adapters after warning there's a risk of some causing electric shocks. The tech giant said that “in rare cases” its AC wall plugs sold between 2003 and 2010 can break open. It warned this could leave people at risk of getting a shock if they then touched the exposed metal components. The Telegraph understands Apple instituted the recall after being made aware of six incidents with the adapters worldwide. The two-part adapters, which were also sold
  
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• PlayStation Gear Store Relaunches With New Official Apparel, Accessories (North America Only)

  25-04-2019 20:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Die-hard PlayStation fans now have a new online destination for games-related merchandise and apparel: Sony just relaunched its online PlayStation Gear Store this week with officially licensed products inspired by PlayStation and some of its biggest games, like God of War, Bloodborne, Uncharted, and The Last of Us. As of right now, the PlayStation Gear Store is available only to those in North America and ships to the United States, Mexico, and Canada.The new store has a wide range of official p
  
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• Fortnite Season 8 - Dance Between Sculptures, Dinosaurs, And Hotsprings Location Guide (Week 9 Challenge)

  25-04-2019 20:06 via gamespot.com
  
  Fortnite Season 8 has brought back its much anticipated Avengers crossover event! For Battle Pass owners however, there are still challenges to be completed. This week one challenge requires you to dance between Ice Sculptures, Dinosaurs, and Hotsprings, and we've got the exact locations that you need to go in this video guide. Captured on PC.
  
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• Schools curb students' appetites for Grubhub, Uber Eats deliveries during school day

  25-04-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Kids like food delivered via apps such as DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats, but schools worry about safety concerns and class disruptions.
  
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• Sri Lanka blast toll revised down to 253 as some 'double-counted'

  25-04-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities in Sri Lanka on Thursday lowered the death toll in a spate of Easter bombings by more than 100 to 253, admitting some of the badly mutilated bodies had been erroneously double-counted.The toll revision will boost the pressure on a government already under fire over its apparent failure to act on intelligence about the attacks, and follows the resignation of a top defence official.The top bureaucrat in the island nation's defence ministry, Hemasiri Fernando, was the first official to
  
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• Apple’s iPhone XS beats every top Android phone in ‘portrait mode’ shootout

  25-04-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  If we forget about the utter disaster that was the Galaxy Fold, Samsung over the past few years has done an impressive job of churning out premium smartphones that can stand toe-to-toe with the iPhone in many ways. Sure, the face unlock and fingerprint sensor features on Samsung's S10 line is far less secure than what Apple offers with Face ID, but the reality is that it's getting harder and harder to differentiate the iPhone from premium Android models.One of the more interesting areas where ha
  
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• After Kim-Trump summit collapse, North Korean leader holds talks with Vladimir Putin

  25-04-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  North Korea's Kim Jong Un made his first trip to Russia two months after his second denuclearization summit with President Donald Trump failed.
  
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• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joins Bernie in backing voting rights for prisoners

  25-04-2019 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Stepping into the debate over whether imprisoned felons should be allowed to vote, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed the idea and advised opponents they risked “looking completely + utterly out of touch with the reality [of] our prison system.”
  
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• Avengers: Endgame Introduces The MCU's First Openly Queer Character

  25-04-2019 19:48 via gamespot.com
  
  The Marvel Cinematic Universe doesn't have the best track record when it comes to representing minorities. All but three of the franchise's 22 films have been focused primarily on straight, white men--and the three that aren't only came in the last two years. It's not a spectacular ratio when you really break it down. Avengers: Endgame didn't exactly tip the scales in favor of diversifying the line up in any meaningful way, but it did include the big screen MCU's first-ever openly queer characte
  
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• Epic Store Will Stop Going After Exclusives If Steam Makes A Big Change

  25-04-2019 19:44 via gamespot.com
  
  Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has laid out an ultimatum in regards to securing further exclusive titles for the Epic Games Store. If Valve offers a revenue share for developers on Steam that matches Epic's, Sweeney tweeted out, then the Epic Games Store will stop signing exclusivity agreements that keep games off of Steam."If Steam committed to a permanent 88% revenue share for all developers and publishers without major strings attached, Epic would hastily organize a retreat from exclusives (while
  
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• Apex Legends Season 2 Includes Map Changes And New Character; Details Before E3

  25-04-2019 19:40 via gamespot.com
  
  Respawn will share the first concrete details of Apex Legends Season 2 at the EA Play event taking place just before E3 in June. A statement from the company acknowledges some of the shortcomings of this first season battle pass and goes on to tease some of the new content that will be coming, including the first changes to the map."We've seen all the feedback on Season 1 and look forward to showing you the improvements we're making," the studio said in a note on the EA blog. "For Season 2 you c
  
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• Apex Legends First Season 2 Details Coming In June

  25-04-2019 19:40 via gamespot.com
  
  Respawn will share the first details of Apex Legends Season 2 at the EA Play event taking place just before E3 in June. A statement from the company acknowledges some of the shortcomings of this first season battle pass, and goes on to tease some of the new content that will be coming, including changes to the map."We've seen all the feedback on Season 1 and look forward to showing you the improvements we're making," the studio said in a note on the EA blog. "For Season 2 you can expect a Battle
  
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• 6 Things You Should Know About Groupon

  25-04-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  At a time when many Americans were feeling the financial pain of the Great Recession, Groupon promised deeply discounted limited-time offers on everything from fine dining to car detailing.Founded in 2008, the daily deals website had a legion of devoted followers.Laura Jones of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, was one of those fans.
  
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• S&P 500 flat as losses in industrials offset gains in Facebook, Microsoft

  25-04-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Shares of the Post-it notes maker tumbled 12%, on track to post their biggest percentage decline in over three decades, after the company cut its 2019 earnings forecast and said it would lay off 2,000 workers.Industrial stocks fell 1.6%, also dragged down by United Parcel Service Inc, Raytheon Co and Fedex Corp, all down after disappointing results.On the other hand, Facebook Inc rose 6% and Microsoft Corp 3.5% after the technology heavyweights reported better-than-expected results.
  
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• AP Interview: Sri Lanka's PM says potential bombers at large

  25-04-2019 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's prime minister said Thursday that suspects linked to the coordinated Easter Sunday bomb attacks remain at large and could have access to explosives.
  
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