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• Trump's military strikes in Syria complicated by Iran's role

  10-04-2017 23:57 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's decision to launch missiles into Syria risked raising tensions with Iran, a key backer of Syrian President Bashar Assad in a conflict with dangerously blurry battle lines.
  
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• Lawyer: Imprisoned Utah doctor may have killed himself

  10-04-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah doctor imprisoned for drugging his beauty queen wife and leaving her to die in a bathtub may have killed himself, his lawyer said Monday.
  
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• Enjoy "The Book of Love," as read by Deus Ex's Adam Jensen

  10-04-2017 23:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  You ever wonder what Deus Ex: Mankind Divided's Adam Jensen does when he's not being a cyborg superhero, saving the world from the Illuminati and other conspirators? Why, he's spending time with his family of course
  
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• Police: Gunman who killed Texas lawman killed himself

  10-04-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  
  BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) — A man who fatally shot a Houston-area deputy constable outside a county courthouse last week killed himself the next day, police said Monday.
  
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• Scientists are going to drill deeper into the Earth than ever before

  10-04-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  
  It might come as a bit of a surprise, considering we walk around on it all day long, but science hasn't really ever seen fit to find out what's inside of our planet. Thanks to volcanic eruptions we know it's a molten mix of various elements, with the pressure of gravity having turned it into an extremely hot liquid stew, but what exactly it is made of has remained a mystery simply because nobody has ever had the right combination of funding and technology to actually drill deep enough to ma
  
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• Xbox Store Spring Sale Announced

  10-04-2017 23:28
  Microsoft is throwing a big spring sale on games, movies, TV shows and more from April 11 to 17.
  The Xbox Store discounts are already going live a bit early, providing price cuts on games like Overwatch, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Sunset Overdrive and Watch Dogs 2.
  Now it's not just Xbox One games. There are also 360 games on sale, like Lost Odyssey and the original Mass Effect. Plus Microsoft is slashing prices on Windows 10 titles, such as Forza Horizon 3 and Halo Wars 2.
  You can also grab an X
  
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• Trump applauds Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and more: April 10 in photos

  10-04-2017 23:27 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump applauds as Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch hugs his wife, Marie Louise Gorsuch, after a swearing in reenactment ceremony with Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, right, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington; men mourn during the funeral for those killed in a Palm Sunday church attack in Alexandria, Egypt, at the Mar Amina Church; and Amelia Paradiso, 11-months-old, waits in line to attend her first Yankees baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York.
  
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• Mom Finally Has Miracle Baby, 13 Years After Her 2 Children Were Murdered

  10-04-2017 23:19 via yahoo.com
  
  Erin Weaver's children died and she was badly burned when her estranged boyfriend set her on fire in 2003.
  
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• Disturbing new video shows a bloodied passenger forcibly removed from an United Airlines flight

  10-04-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Disturbing new video has been posted of the man who was forcibly removed from an United Airlines flight. The passenger was dragged out of his seat and down the plane’s aisle. The Chicago Police Department released a statement describing the events that reads in part, “Aviation officers arrived on scene [and] attempted to carry the individual off the flight when he fell. His head subsequently struck an armrest causing injuries to his face.”
  
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• Do Xbox Scorpio's 6 teraflops really make it the most powerful console ever? Let's look closer

  10-04-2017 23:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Microsoft has made a big deal about Xbox Scorpio being "the most powerful console ever" what with its 6 teraflops of processing power
  
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• Will a Last Jedi Trailer Drop at Star Wars Celebration?

  10-04-2017 23:13
  Star Wars Celebration is the biggest bash to celebrate being a Star Wars fan every year, and this year's convention in Orlando, Fla. looks to be the biggest Celebration yet.
  Don't know what Star Wars Celebration is? It's essentially like Comic-Con, if Comic-Con was only about Star Wars. Everything connected to Star Wars, from the official films, TV shows and games to the theme parks, merch and comics/novels get spotlighted during this four-day event, and we find out a significant amount of the p
  
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• Indian News Anchor Learns Of Husband’s Death During Live Report

  10-04-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  
  News anchor Supreet Kaur continued to broadcast the news after learning her husband had died in a fatal car crash.
  
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• Hijacked Indian cargo ship rescued but 8 crew missing

  10-04-2017 23:07 via yahoo.com
  
  Somali security forces have liberated an Indian cargo ship from the pirates who hijacked it, but only two of the ten-man crew were rescued, authorities in central Somalia said Monday.Abdulahi Ahmed Ali, district commissioner for the pirate-hub region of Hobyo, told local press the "Al Kauser" ship had been held off the Indian Ocean coast near Yemen after the hijacking on March 31.The pirates had "refused a call by the local authorities to release the vessel and local forces forcefully engaged th
  
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• U.S. Govt. Hackers Get Burned by Online Vigilantes, Researchers

  10-04-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  
  Or is Russia retaliating for President Donald Trump’s Syria strikes through one of its cyber-proxies?
  
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• 2 adults dead, 2 students injured in shooting at San Bernardino elementary school

  10-04-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Two adults were killed and at least two students were injured in what law enforcement officers describe as a murder-suicide. The injured students were taken to a local hospital for treatment while other students were evacuated to a nearby high school.
  
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• Tesla becomes most valuable U.S. car maker, edges out GM

  10-04-2017 22:43 via yahoo.com
  
  By Noel RandewichSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tesla Incon Monday became the most valuable U.S. car maker, reaching a market capitalisation of $50.887 billion and edging past General Motorswhich produces many more cars.Helped by an analyst's recommendation, the luxury electric car maker's stock rose 3.26 percent to a new record high close of $312.39, and its market value exceeded GM's, which ended at $50.886 billion.Tesla's market capitalisation is now equivalent to $102,000 for every car it plans t
  
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• Sweden eyes stronger terror laws after truck attack

  10-04-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  
  After the Stockholm truck attack that killed four people and injured 15 others, Swedish Justice Minister Morgan Johansson has told AFP he is seeking to toughen the nation's terrorism laws.The suspected truck driver who mowed down shoppers in the attack, named in court documents as 39-year-old Uzbek national Rakhmat Akilov, had expressed an interest in jihadist organisations, according to police.Q: How do you want to strengthen Sweden's terrorism laws?
  
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• San Bernardino authorities update the public about the shooting at North Park School Elementary

  10-04-2017 22:07 via yahoo.com
  
  On Monday, April 10, 2017, authorities hold a press conference to update the public regarding the shooting at North Park School Elementary in San Bernardino which left two adults dead and at least two other people injured.
  
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• White House warns Syria on chemical, barrel bomb use

  10-04-2017 22:05 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House on Monday warned Syria that further use of chemical weapons or chlorine-laden barrel bombs could bring US military retaliation.Broadening its warning to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, White House spokesman Sean Spicer indicated that such attacks were unacceptable."If you gas a baby or drop a barrel bomb onto innocent people, you will see a response from this president," Spicer said.
  
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• White House press secretary Sean Spicer answers question on Trump's plans for Assad in Syria

  10-04-2017 22:01 via yahoo.com
  
  ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Cecilia Vega questions Spicer on the president's next steps for Syria.
  
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• How to Watch The Last Jedi Panel Live at Celebration

  10-04-2017 22:00
  Star Wars Celebration takes place April 13-16th in Orlando, but fans who can't attend the annual convention have an easy way to watch the convention for free online. Make sure to check out all the biggest news we're expecting to come out of Celebration this year.
  April 13, Star Wars Show LIVE begins streaming Celebration starting at 8:00 a.m. PT/11:00 a.m. ET through Sunday, April 16, 2:00 p.m. PT/5:00 p.m. ET. It can be watched on:StarWars.comStar Wars YouTube
  Celebration kicks off with "4
  
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• Selena Gomez and the Cast of ‘13 Reasons Why’ Got Matching Semicolon Tattoos on Their Wrists and More News

  10-04-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  
  Everything you need to know about Selena Gomez and ‘13 Reasons Why’ cast’s matching semicolon tattoos, Ashton Kutcher’s tribute to Mila Kunis and their kids in an emotional heartwarming speech, how Chrissy Teigen helped pay for a North Carolina woman to go to aesthetician school, and how Ryan Phillippe shut down rumors that he is dating Katy Perry. Get all the details at MarieClaire.com!
  
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• Mosul zoo lion and bear flown out of Iraq

  10-04-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  
  Simba the lion and Lula the bear, the ailing last two residents of Mosul zoo, were flown out of Iraq Monday to receive emergency care from an animal welfare group.A group of veterinarians from the Four Paws International charity took the animals out of war-battered Mosul and after many administrative delays finally managed to fly them out to Jordan from the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Arbil."We're in the plane with the animals, we're leaving now," said Amir Khalil, a 52-year-old Egyptian-Austrian v
  
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• It Sounds Like Buick Is Cooking Up a New V6-Powered Regal GS

  10-04-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  
  With a 3.6-liter V6 and Buick's clever torque-vectoring all-wheel drive, this could be a genuinely fun sports sedan.
  
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• Five Things You Probably Didn't Know About the 2017 Toyota 86

  10-04-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  
  We already know the 86 a blast to drive, but there's a few things you probably wouldn't be aware of unless you actually get behind the wheel.
  
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• Why Turbulence May Soon Get Much, Much Worse

  10-04-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  Turbulence could increase dramatically thanks to more CO2 in the air.
  
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• This Mom Gave Birth to a Nearly 14-Pound Baby — *Without* An Epidural

  10-04-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  "I dreamed of a little fat baby. I've always wanted a little fat baby and I've got a big one!"
  
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• Target Now Has Public Baby Feeding Stations and They're Amazing

  10-04-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  
  Yet another reason to love the nationwide department store.
  
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• 4 Design Tips Straight From The 'Flip Or Flop' Kitchen Makeovers

  10-04-2017 21:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Tarek and Christina hung what in a kitchen?!
  
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• Attacks test Egypt's president who orders state of emergency

  10-04-2017 21:27 via yahoo.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt imposed a three-month nationwide state of emergency Monday as President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi sought to ease public anger and take a tougher stand against Islamic extremists after suicide bombings at two Coptic Christian churches killed 45 people.
  
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• Stolen credentials lead to huge spike in fraud for third-party Amazon sellers

  10-04-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  
  When the world's largest online retailer allows anyone and everyone to list products for sale without requiring proof of inventory or legitimacy there's always going to be a handful of bad seeds. In the past couple of months, however, instances of Amazon third-party seller fraud have absolutely exploded, and thanks to leaked login credentials of reputable sellers, it's now harder to detect than ever.If you've visited the Amazon listing for the Nintendo Switch in recent weeks you've pro
  
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• AT&T bets on 5G with Straight Path Communications buy for $1.25 billion

  10-04-2017 21:19 via yahoo.com
  
  AT&T Incsaid on Monday it would buy Straight Path Communications Inc , a holder of licenses to wireless spectrum, for $1.25 billion in an all-stock deal as it aims to accumulate the airwaves it needs for a next generation network.The deal shows how wireless carriers may be increasingly willing to pay lofty prices for assets they view as critical to 5G, which is expected to boast higher speeds and more capacity.The network is widely considered to be a multi-billion dollar opportunity, and wir
  
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• Nazi ‘V-2 rocket’ concentration camp liberation remembered

  10-04-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  
  During WWII, some 60,000 prisoners were used to build V-2 rockets at the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp. Some of them returned to recall its liberation.
  
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• US strike destroyed 20 percent of Syria's working jets: Mattis

  10-04-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  
  Last week's US strike on a Syrian air base destroyed a fifth of President Bashar al-Assad's working warplanes, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Monday."The assessment of the Department of Defense is that the strike resulted in the damage or destruction of fuel and ammunition sites, air defense capabilities, and 20 percent of Syria's operational aircraft," Mattis said in a statement."The Syrian government has lost the ability to refuel or re-arm aircraft at Shayrat airfield and at this point, use o
  
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• The Trump Admin's Incoherent Foreign Policy

  10-04-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Mixed messages from admin officials on foreign policy objectives in Syria confound experts. The Trump administration's Syrian missile attack has made working with Russia almost impossible for now. Steve Clemons, Malcolm Nance.
  
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• Chemical weapons attack latest in litany of Syria atrocities

  10-04-2017 20:57 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — With its missile strike on Shayrat air base in central Syria, Washington signaled that it had judged President Bashar Assad responsible for the horrific chemical weapons attack in northern Syria that drew international outrage last week. But it is not the first or even deadliest atrocity of the war. Rights groups and many Middle Eastern and Western nations say Assad is responsible for a litany of war crimes in the six years he and his supporters have struggled to extinguish a
  
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• New video apparently shows bloodied United passenger returning to plane after being forcibly removed

  10-04-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  
  The new video corroborates an original eyewitness account: “The man was able to get back on the plane … his face was bloody and he seemed disoriented.”
  
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• The game that will turn your Switch into the perfect party machine arrives Thursday

  10-04-2017 20:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Remember the rooftop party from that first ad for Nintendo Switch? The one where the woman awkwardly brings over her Switch so she can play with one other person while the rest of the party stands around and watches? Yeah, forget about that, the game that turns Switch into the proper party machine we always knew it could be comes out on Thursday, and it's called Jackbox Party Pack 3
  
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• Pentagon suspects chemical weapons still at Syrian air base

  10-04-2017 20:27 via yahoo.com
  
  The Pentagon believes the Syrian regime likely has additional chemical weapons stocks at the airfield struck by US missiles last week, but these were deliberately left untouched, an official said Monday.US intelligence experts assess Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's military is probably hoarding the weapons in munitions depots at Shayrat airfield near Homs in central Syria, the US military's Central Command spokesman Colonel John Thomas said.President Donald Trump ordered a massive military st
  
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• France's Le Pen hits nerve over WWII roundup of Jews

  10-04-2017 20:21 via yahoo.com
  
  Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has stirred up deep emotions just two weeks ahead of the election by saying that today's France is not responsible for the rounding up of Jews during World War II.Le Pen said Sunday that "I don't think France is responsible for the Vel d'Hiv," referring to the roundup and deportation of more than 13,000 Jews from a Paris cycling track ordered by Nazi officers in 1942.For many -- notably Le Pen's chief rival for the presidency Emmanuel Macron -- the
  
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• 17-Year-Old Girl and Boyfriend Allegedly Murder Her Grandparents

  10-04-2017 20:21 via yahoo.com
  
  They reportedly tried to kill themselves afterwards.
  
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• TripAdvisor Compiles Traveler Reviews And Ratings To Determine Best Airlines

  10-04-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  
  Overall, 50 airlines were recognized in TripAdvisor's Best Airlines list as a part of its very first annual Traveler's Choice Awards.
  
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• 5 Huge Games Almost Looked Completely Different

  10-04-2017 20:19
  
  All video games go through changes in the early design stages. Designers hold onto the good bits, weave in new ideas, and try their best to bury the bad ones where no one will ever, ever find them. Generally that means minor tweaks and adjustments — you can't massively overhaul a game once you've already begun, right? Actually, you wouldn't recognize many of your favorite games if you stumbled across them early in development.
  Below are five beloved games that started out as something comp
  
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• Trump To Miss Seder At White House

  10-04-2017 20:15 via yahoo.com
  
  The Passover seder is a known tradition, which started at the White House in 2008
  
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• Niger troops kill 57 Boko Haram fighters: security sources

  10-04-2017 20:12 via yahoo.com
  
  Niger troops have killed 57 Boko Haram jihadists during fighting in the southeast Niger, a security source told AFP Monday.The Boko Haram fighters were "clearly well-trained and certainly well informed about our positions," the source said.The fighting took place in Gueskerou, a village in the West African country's southeastern region of Diffa bordering Nigeria, from where a bloody uprising by Boko Haram fighters has spilled over.
  
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• Trump Gives up On Tax Overhaul Plan

  10-04-2017 20:01 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow reports that Donald Trump and Republicans have put off overhauling the tax system as Donald Trump promised, cowed by the failure of Trump's immigration ban and health care reform.
  
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• Tesla overtakes General Motors in market value

  10-04-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  
  Tesla Motors overtook General Motors to become the biggest US automaker by market capitalization Monday, a sign of how Silicon Valley has captured investor excitement at Detroit's expense.Tesla shares were up 3.0 percent to $311.74 near 1720 GMT, for a market capitalization of $51.43 billion, more than $1 billion above GM, a 109-year-old company that sold almost 120 times as many cars as Tesla last year.Tesla's latest share price surge followed an upgrade by Piper Jaffray, which set a $368 targe
  
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• Warplanes drop incendiary bombs in Syria's Idlib, Hama: activists, monitor

  10-04-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Syrian or Russian warplanes dropped incendiary bombs on areas of Idlib and Hama provinces just days after a deadly gas attack in the region, activists and a monitoring group reported on Monday.The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Russian jets had used an incendiary substance called thermite in bombs they dropped over the towns of Saraqeb in Idlib and al-Latamenah in Hama, further south, on Saturday and Sunday.
  
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• Sessions' Justice Dep't will end forensic science commission

  10-04-2017 19:51 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday he is ending an Obama-era partnership with independent scientists that aimed to improve the reliability of forensic science, as longstanding concerns remain about the quality of such evidence in court cases.
  
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• New Naruto Game Revealed Alongside Remastered Collection

  10-04-2017 19:46
  Bandai Namco has revealed two Naruto-related projects: Naruto to Boruta: Shinobi Striker, a new entry in the popular anime game series, and Naruto Shippudden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy, a remaster collection of four previously released games.
  First, Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker is being developed by Soleil Ltd. This acrobatic ninja brawler will pit up to eight combatants against each other simultaneously in four vs. four matches. Since it's a new entry in the series, Naruto to B
  
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