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• Why Banning Laura Kipnis Would Betray Wellesley's Academic Mission

  23-03-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  
  This week at Wellesley College, six professors who serve on the Commission on Race, Ethnicity, and Equity, a committee at the highly selective liberal arts school, sent an email to fellow faculty members urging a radical shift in campus culture. Under the status quo, the Northwestern professor Laura Kipnis, a feminist cultural critic, was invited to speak on campus, despite her controversial view that academia’s approach to regulating sexual conduct is doing harm to female students.
  
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• Husband Accidentally Donates Wifes Wedding Dress to Goodwill

  23-03-2017 23:50 via yahoo.com
  
  After Natalie Gelbert discovered her husband had accidentally donated her wedding dress to Goodwill, she posted a plea on Facebook to have it returned, which has been shared over 21,000 times.
  
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• Spider-Man spin-off centered on Black Cat/Silver Sable is in the works at Sony

  23-03-2017 23:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony Pictures is looking to capitalize on Spider-Man’s popularity by developing a spin-off centered around two of the web-slinger’s female cohorts
  
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• House Intel Chair Apologizes for How He Handled New Trump Info

  23-03-2017 23:42 via yahoo.com
  
  Members say that Republican House Intel Committee Chairman Devin Nunes expressed regret to members in private about going public — and going to the president — before informing his committee.
  
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• Intel chairman hates spotlight_ but the spotlight found him

  23-03-2017 23:38 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For a man who doesn't like the spotlight, the chairman of the House intelligence committee has secured himself a place in it.
  
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• Amid falling earnings, GameStop chief says Switch has 'potential to be Wii-like'

  23-03-2017 23:38
  
  GameStop today reported its earnings for the final quarter and the full 12 months of its 2016 fiscal year, and sales and profits are down across the board for the retail giant....
  
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• 29 inmates tunnel out of northern Mexico prison

  23-03-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A group of 29 inmates have tunneled their way out of a prison in the northern Mexico border state of Tamaulipas, authorities said Thursday.
  
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• White US veteran charged with murder 'targeted black men'

  23-03-2017 23:04 via yahoo.com
  
  A white US army veteran accused of fatally stabbing a 66-year-old homeless black man in New York was charged Thursday with second-degree murder as a hate crime, after telling police he was planning a race-based killing spree.James Jackson, 28, is also facing a charge of criminal possession of a weapon in connection with Monday night's incident near the city's main Port Authority bus terminal.The attack comes as several major US cities including New York are grappling with an increase in hate cri
  
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• Alan Tudyk on Uncharted 4: 'I Don't Play That Game'

  23-03-2017 23:03
  Alan Tudyk, the actor who played Wash in Firefly and K-2SO in Rogue One, briefly shared his thoughts on Uncharted 4, which he originally worked on before leaving the project.
  On the latest episode of IGN's weekly show Up At Noon, Tudyk was asked if he ever ended up playing Uncharted 4, to which he responded with laughter before saying, "Sorry Nolan North, I have not checked out the finished product." He elaborated, adding, "I don't play that game. I always played Halo."
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• US sees 'activity' at North Korea nuke sites: US official

  23-03-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  
  The US military has observed activity in North Korea that suggests Pyongyang may be gearing up for another nuclear test, a US official said Thursday."At the sites where we watch tests, we see a level of activity that's similar to what they've done before other tests," the defense official told AFP on condition of anonymity.Fox News reported earlier on Thursday that North Korea is in the final stages of readying for another nuclear test, possibly within the coming days.
  
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• 15 under 15: Rising stars in cybersecurity

  23-03-2017 22:43 via yahoo.com
  Everything in their lives is captured in silicon chips and chronicled on Facebook.Turns out, CyFi had unearthed a new class of previously undisclosed security weaknesses, otherwise known as zero days, spanning across all mobile devices.
  
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• Peru mudslide survivor: I prayed to God for strength

  23-03-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Clinging to a trunk against a massive current of mud outside her home, Evangelina Chamorro cried out to her husband.
  
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• Hackers still threaten a remote wipe of iPhones, despite Apple’s statement

  23-03-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  
  After news had emerged earlier this week that a hacker group called Turkish Crime Family (TCF) is holding millions of Apple ID accounts for ransom, Apple said that its servers and databases were not hacked. Instead, the company said that hackers may be using user databases acquired from massive data breaches that affected other parties, such as LinkedIn.
  Since the initial disclosure, the TCF reached out to media to provide additional details about their anti-Apple quest, explaining some of their
  
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• Take a look at how Blizzard decides which mods live and die

  23-03-2017 22:25
  
  For game developers protecting intellectual property is no easy feat. But things can get complicated when trying to maintain a healthy modding community at the same time. ...
  
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• How do you make being a moral person a challenge? A look back at Deus Ex

  23-03-2017 22:14
  
  Being good in the real world isn't easy, but video games tend to laud you with praise for doing it. But Deus Ex has some design choices that may help you create moral ambiguity in your next game....
  
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• Delay on GOP health care vote: Bill 'too conservative' and 'not conservative enough'

  23-03-2017 22:13 via yahoo.com
  
  House Speaker Paul Ryan thought he had found the “sweet spot” in the Republican health care plan – a bill that would appeal to both GOP conservatives and moderates.Despite intense coordination with the White House and the president’s personal involvement on the GOP bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, the speaker was forced to delay the bill for lack of Republican votes.If Speaker Ryan is unable to forge a compromise that will bring him to victory, it will be a huge blow
  
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• Israeli troops kill Palestinian petrol bomb thrower in West Bank

  23-03-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  
  Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian and wounded three others on Thursday in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian health official said.The Israeli army said they had attacked a settlement with petrol bombs.The Palestinian health source said the dead man was 17 and that one of the three wounded was in critical condition.
  
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• Video: How Respawn evolved the Titan combat in Titanfall 2

  23-03-2017 21:59
  
  At GDC 2017, Respawn game designer Carlos Pineda speaks about how the studio balanced Titans in the game so that Titanfall 2 combat is satisfying -- whether players are fighting in robots or on foot. ...
  
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• Justice League gets teasers for its new trailer (yup, you read that right) and some stylish posters

  23-03-2017 21:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Justice League trailer is set to hit the web on Saturday, March 25 - but Warner Bros
  
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• Justice League gets teasers for a new trailer (yup, you read that right) and some stylish posters

  23-03-2017 21:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Justice League trailer is set to hit the web on Saturday, March 25 - but Warner Bros
  
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• Want to attend EA Play in Hollywood this June? Tickets go on sale April 20

  23-03-2017 21:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  EA fans, mark your calendars: tickets for the EA Play event in Hollywood this June will go on sale starting April 20
  
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• White House ‘confident’ about health care vote despite delay

  23-03-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House said a House floor vote on the GOP health care bill was postponed simply for scheduling reasons on Thursday and officials remain “confident” it will pass.Shortly after news of the delay broke, White House principal deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters the vote was put off to avoid holding it in the wee hours of Friday morning.“We are going to start the debate tonight on the vote as planned,” Sanders said.
  
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• Russia spurns Eurovision offer of remote participation for its singer

  23-03-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Russia's state-run broadcaster on Thursday quickly spurned Eurovision's offer for its contestant to participate in this year's song contest via satellite after Ukraine barred the singer from entering the country."We find the offer of remote participation odd and refuse it, for it is going absolutely against the very essence of the event," Russia's Channel One said in an emailed statement.Ukraine's security service on Wednesday imposed a three-year entry ban on Russia's participant Yuliya Samoilo
  
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• Man held for driving car at crowd in Belgium's Antwerp

  23-03-2017 21:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Belgian security forces arrested a man Thursday after he drove into a shopping area at high speed in the port city of Antwerp, officials said.Authorities found a rifle and bladed weapons in the car after the suspect, identified by prosecutors as 39-year-old Mohamed R., tried to flee and was detained in the northern city.The man was "under the influence of something" but it was not clear what substance, a source close to the investigation told AFP.
  
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• Get a job: Disruptor Beam is hiring a Mobile Software Engineer

  23-03-2017 21:20
  
  Disruptor Beam is on the lookout for a Mobile Software Engineer to join its Massachusets-based development studio and help create games for iOS, Android, and the web. ...
  
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• Airlift of forces in Syria shows growing US involvement

  23-03-2017 21:19 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The deepening U.S. military involvement against Islamic State militants in northern Syria indicates the Pentagon will likely send even more troops in coming weeks. Their mission won't be to fight on the front lines but to bolster Syrian Arab and Kurdish forces in a coming battle for the key city of Raqqa.
  
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• Police: Repeatedly deported MS-13 gang member abused child

  23-03-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  
  HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A member of the MS-13 street gang who had been deported from the U.S. four times stabbed two women and sexually assaulted a 2-year-old girl in a New York City suburb, police said Thursday.
  
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• German candymaker Haribo to build plant in Wisconsin

  23-03-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — German candymaker Haribo, which is known for its brightly colored gummy bears and bow tie-wearing gold bear mascot, plans to build its first North American factory in southeastern Wisconsin not far from Chicago, Gov. Scott Walker announced Thursday.
  
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• Black Panther is filming a car chase on the streets of Gwangalli Beach and it looks rad

  23-03-2017 21:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Production on the Black Panther solo movie is currently underway, and it looks like the film will be just as action-packed as its predecessors
  
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• Spicer scolds wary GOP over ‘free votes’ to repeal Obamacare

  23-03-2017 20:55 via yahoo.com
  
  Shortly before Republican leaders postponed a vote on repealing and replacing Obamacare, the White House on Thursday scolded Republicans who took “free votes” to roll back the law while President Barack Obama was in office, but who now balk at supporting President Trump’s health care plan.“You’ve taken a bunch of these free votes when it didn’t matter, because you didn’t have a Republican president.“Well, this is a live ball now, and this is for re
  
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• Democrat Joe Manchin cautions against Gorsuch filibuster: ‘What goes around comes around’

  23-03-2017 20:55 via yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Thursday that he would not join a Democratic filibuster of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, arguing that the integrity of the Senate needs to be preserved.Manchin, a conservative Democrat and key vote, told Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric that Senate decorum needs to be preserved and that it started to fall apart in 2013 when then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid instituted the so-called nuclear option.
  
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• To recapture intimate horror, Resident Evil 7 devs looked to the '90s

  23-03-2017 20:42
  
  "...we focused on how to make players experience horror in an intimate way." Jun Takeuchi explores how classic Resident Evil horror influenced the latest game in the series....
  
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• A Closer Look at Destiny's Age of Triumph Gear

  23-03-2017 20:39
  Yesterday, Bungie hosted a live stream showing off a ton of new and revised gear and weapons from Destiny's upcoming (and final) Age of Triumph update.
  You can now get a closer look at some of the Raid armor, weapons, and more coming to Destiny in the gallery below.
  Destiny's Age of Triumph update goes live on Tuesday, March 28 at 10am PT.
  Chloi Rad is an Associate Editor for IGN. Follow her on Twitter at @_chloi.Continue reading…
  
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• Trump supporter: My husband is being deported Friday

  23-03-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  
  As a popular Indiana restaurant owner faces deportation under President Trump’s immigration directives, his family becomes the latest in a series of Trump supporters to find campaign promises affecting their lives.According to a report from Indiana Public Radio, Roberto Beristain’s family said he’s expected to be deported on Friday and has already been moved from the detention facility in Wisconsin where they had been visiting him.Beristain is the owner of Eddie’s St
  
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• Supergirl Throws Down With Black Adam In Latest Trailer, Gets Punched Through A Pyramid

  23-03-2017 20:32
  
  NetherRealm studios continued their Injustice 2 info drop today with a closer look at Supergirl's role in the fighting game's highly anticipated story mode. The third in a series of Shattered Alliances trailers gives fans their first look at Black Adam's gameplay and super move, as well as a good deal of Supergirl's origins, including the destruction of her home planet and a baby Superman.
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  The biggest takeaway from the trailer is our first look at Supe
  
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• Erdogan says Turkey will review EU ties after April referendum

  23-03-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  
  By Ece Toksabay and Nick TattersallANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will review all political and administrative ties with the European Union after an April referendum, including a deal to curb illegal migration, but will maintain economic relations with the bloc, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.In an interview with broadcaster CNN Turk, Erdogan said everything "from A to Z" in Turkey's relations with Europe would be reviewed after the April 16 referendum on constitutional changes th
  
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• Top-Rated Robot Vac Just Dropped to $186

  23-03-2017 20:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Robot vacuums have been around for over a decade, but the market has generally belonged to iRobot, whose floor-cleaning bots can cost as much as $899.
  
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• EA Play Games Lineup Announced

  23-03-2017 20:15
  Electronic Arts has announced its games lineup for its E3-adjacent event EA Play.
  The upcoming Star Wars Battlefront sequel will be playable for fans attending EA Play this year, as will FIFA 18, NBA LIVE 18, Madden NFL 18, and the new entry in the Need for Speed series. New, unannounced games revealed during EA Play could also be playable at the event, though no such plans have been revealed.
  Along with game demos, EA Play 2017, which EA announced earlier this year, wil
  
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• GOP Sen. Roberts: I ‘deeply regret’ quip about insurance coverage for mammograms

  23-03-2017 20:11 via yahoo.com
  
  Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., speaks at Secretary of Agriculture nominee Sonny Perdue’s confirmation hearing.Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., expressed remorse Thursday for making a sarcastic comment implying that coverage for mammograms shouldn’t be a requirement for the GOP’s insurance plan.Mammograms are essential to women’s health & I never intended to indicate otherwise,” he tweeted.
  
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• What to look for in a college award letter

  23-03-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  
  Kelly Peeler, founder and CEO of NextGenVest.com, explains what to look for in a college award letter on "Real Biz with Rebecca Jarvis."
  
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• Texas A&M, Rick Perry clash on election of gay student body president

  23-03-2017 20:05 via yahoo.com
  
  Texas A&M University said on Thursday it respectfully disagreed with comments U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry made a day earlier when he criticized an election at his alma matter that led to the school's first openly gay student body president.In an opinion article submitted to the Houston Chronicle's editorial board published on Wednesday, Perry, a former governor of Texas, said the Texas A&M student election may have been rigged to secure a result that projected diversity at a campus
  
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• Which Xbox Games With Gold games are free in April?

  23-03-2017 19:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox's selection of Games With Gold for April is
  
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• Intel chair Nunes admits mishandling Trump wiretap claim

  23-03-2017 19:36 via yahoo.com
  
  House intelligence committee chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., apologized to members of the panel today for his public claims about intelligence community surveillance of President Trump’s transition team amid charges from Democrats that his unilateral announcement on the White House lawn had “betrayed” the panel’s bipartisan investigation of Russian cyberattacks on the 2016 election.“At this point, the committee’s independence is on life support,&rdqu
  
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• Don't Miss: The deep voice of Darkest Dungeon has some advice on hiring voice talent

  23-03-2017 19:26
  
  "The concept of Darkest Dungeon grabbed me," says prolific voiceover artist Wayne June. He shares tips on hiring and working with voiceover talent. ...
  
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• Boy, 12, Diagnosed With Brain Tumor Right After Shaving His Head For Cancer Fundraiser

  23-03-2017 19:26 via yahoo.com
  
  He'd been the top fundraiser in his school class before his diagnosis.
  
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• ‘Last Dictator of Europe’ Earns His Title, Cracks Down on Protests

  23-03-2017 19:21 via yahoo.com
  
  Lukashenko has long played Russia and the West off each other. But this time he’s trying to play Belarus.
  
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• Jihadist-led offensive in Syria's Hama advances: monitor

  23-03-2017 19:15 via yahoo.com
  
  Jihadists and allied rebels claimed more ground against Syrian government forces in central Hama province on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.The Britain-based group said the jihadists and allied fighters have taken 15 towns and villages from government troops since they began the surprise offensive on Tuesday.Despite the bombing campaign, rebel groups seized four new towns in the afternoon in "a new advance" in Hama, said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
  
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• Emboldened Taliban capture key southern district

  23-03-2017 19:06 via yahoo.com
  
  Taliban fighters captured the strategic southern district of Sangin on Thursday, officials said, another setback for Afghan forces in opium-rich Helmand province ahead of the spring fighting season.The capture of Sangin, where US and British forces suffered heavy casualties until it was handed over to Afghan personnel, marks the culmination of the Taliban's year-long offensive to seize the district and underscores their growing strength.Most of Helmand is already estimated to be under Taliban co
  
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• Judge orders trial for Argentina ex-president

  23-03-2017 19:05 via yahoo.com
  
  A judge on Thursday ordered Argentina's former president Cristina Kirchner to stand trial on charges of financial mismanagement.A string of cases targeting Kirchner and her rival, current President Mauricio Macri, are clouding Argentine politics ahead of mid-term elections later this year.Kirchner is accused of ordering the central bank to sell dollar futures at artificially low prices, causing Argentina to lose hundreds of millions.
  
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• British parliament attack: The victims

  23-03-2017 19:01 via yahoo.com
  
  Three people were killed in the terror attack outside Britain's parliament: a woman picking up her children from school, a man from Utah, and an unarmed police officer.Westminster Bridge, where the attacker mowed down pedestrians before stabbing a police officer, is a busy tourist spot with its views of parliament's Big Ben clock tower.Unarmed police officer Keith Palmer, who was fatally stabbed as he stood guard at an entrance to parliament, has been hailed as a hero.
  
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