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• Facebook Killer Promised Girlfriend He'd Change in Messages He Left Before Murder

  28-04-2017 23:47 via yahoo.com
  
  Joy Lane shared the messages with Inside Edition.
  
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• How hard is Apple’s stock going to crash?

  28-04-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Another day, another analyst shouting BUY BUY BUY on Apple's stock, based on the upcoming iPhone 8 launch. This week, Credit Suisse analyst Kulbinder Garcha raised his estimate for the firm's stock price to $170, based on his belief that "pent-up demand" for a new iPhone will create a "supercycle" of upgrades, sending Apple's profits into the stratosphere and investors into a tizzy.
  No-one's denying that Apple is going to make a dumpster-truck of money on the iPhone 8, and will continue bei
  
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• Coughing, convulsing and calls for probe after Arkansas execution

  28-04-2017 23:42 via yahoo.com
  
  Arkansas, which had not held an execution in 12 years, concluded its executions series by putting to death Kenneth Williams on Thursday night.Accounts of his execution raised fresh concerns about whether the sedative midazolam, a Valium-like drug, is effective in lethal injection mixes.
  
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• Mom tells school: My daughter will do less homework

  28-04-2017 23:33 via yahoo.com
  
  Too much homework is the worst. Luckily for this 10-year-old girl, her mother has her back.
  
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• Gamasutra examines the Prey demo

  28-04-2017 23:30
  
  Game demos aren't used to promote games as often as they used to be, so why did Bethesda choose to release one for the upcoming game Prey? ...
  
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• The Latest: Menendez lawyer says senator will be vindicated

  28-04-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the Medicare fraud conviction of Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen, who also awaits trial with Sen. Bob Menendez on charges of bribing the New Jersey Democrat. (all times local):
  
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• U.S. says time to act on North Korea, China says not up to Beijing alone

  28-04-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  
  By Michelle Nichols and Lesley WroughtonUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned on Friday that failure to curb North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs could lead to 'catastrophic consequences,' while China and Russia rebuked Washington's threat of military force.The showdown in a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on North Korea highlighted the diplomatic challenges of resolving tensions over Pyongyang, with the Trump administration aggressively pre
  
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• Your weekend hate read is this ridiculously dumb New York Times op-ed

  28-04-2017 23:04 via yahoo.com
  
  It didn't take long for the controversial new editorial writer a theNew York Times to deliver the goods — the goods in this case being tired and weak excuses for why mainstream media publications should give credence to climate change deniers.  On Friday afternoon, theTimes published  the first column from Bret Stephens, in which he argues "ordinary citizens also have a right to be skeptical of an overweening scientism" in relation to climate change. SEE ALSO: We’re about t
  
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• Two US soldiers killed in Afghanistan may have been hit with friendly fire, says Pentagon

  28-04-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  
  Two US special operations forces soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan may have been struck by friendly fire in an operation targeting the emir of Islamic State militants in Afghanistan, the Pentagon has said.Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis told reporters that the military was investigating whether the two troops may have been killed by ground fire, either by American forces or Afghan commandos taking part in the raid, though it appeared to be accidental.“We are investigating the ci
  
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• Donald Trump Is America’s Experiment in Having No Government

  28-04-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  
  Yes, it seems scary. But it’s all in the name of science.
  
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• Video: Conveying character via first-person animations in Overwatch

  28-04-2017 22:50
  
  At GDC 2017 Blizzard's Matthew Boehm breaks down how to convey a sense of character in a first-person game. It comes down to answering tricky questions like: How would McCree reload a revolver? ...
  
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• MS-13 street gang grips Long Island suburbs in violence

  28-04-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  
  BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — Late at night, when helicopters thrum overhead and spotlights beam down onto lawns, many people here know exactly what's going on.
  
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• Elon Musk just unveiled the first photo of Tesla’s upcoming semi-truck

  28-04-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  
  Earlier today, Elon Musk delivered an engrossing TED Talk under the following umbrella theme: The Future You. While TED Talks have arguably reached a saturation point these days, any time Musk is given a platform to discuss his vision for the future, it's always worth paying attention to.While Musk's talk was predictably far-ranging, he did take some time to not only confirm the development of a Tesla semi-truck, but to also give us a teaser photo of what the company's all-electric semi-truck is
  
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• Pope Francis pleads for 'holy' peace during Egypt visit

  28-04-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Pope Francis pleaded for peace in a visit to Egypt on Friday as he attended a service in solidarity with the embattled Coptic minority at a church bombed by the Islamic State group.Last December, the Saint Peter and Saint Paul church was itself targeted by a suicide bomber in an attack that killed 29 people.Francis had earlier met President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of the Al-Azhar institution, one of Muslim world's leading authorities, to push for dialogue between
  
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• Trump speaks at NRA meeting and more: April 28 in photos

  28-04-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  
  The president speaks to the NRA convention; Japanese and U.S. naval ships engage in joint maneuvers; the pope meets an imam during a peace conference in Egypt.
  
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• 'Horrifying' execution of US inmate: lawyer

  28-04-2017 22:16 via yahoo.com
  
  The last of four US prisoners rushed to death by the state of Arkansas after intense legal battles, jerked and convulsed in a "horrifying" end to his life, his lawyer said Friday, as the UN and EU renewed their opposition to the death penalty.Kenneth Williams, a 38-year-old convicted multiple murderer, was the last of four inmates put to death over the space of a week -- the first such executions by the conservative southern state since 2005."Press reports state that within three minutes into th
  
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• Trump on his first 100 days in office: ‘I thought it would be easier’

  28-04-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  
  As Trump's first one hundred days in office come to a close, Americans are reflecting on what the president and his administration have been able to accomplish since stepping into the White House. To call these first hundred days tumultuous would be an understatement, as Trump's attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare collapsed before it was even voted on and tensions with North Korea, Russia and even Canada have ratcheted up considerably. What does Trump think of all this?"I loved my
  
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• Battlefield 1 has its own giant shark Easter egg, come see

  28-04-2017 22:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Everybody knows about the amazing, terrifying megalodon Easter egg in Battlefield 4 and now Battlefield 1 has its own version
  
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• Call of Duty Goes Back to its Boots on the Ground

  28-04-2017 21:59
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• Arrest made in death of elderly California woman out on walk

  28-04-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  
  NORTH HIGHLANDS, Calif. (AP) — A young man has been arrested in the sexual assault and beating death of an 86-year-old California woman who was attacked as she tried to help a friend during a morning walk, officials said Friday.
  
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• Get a job: Mindshow is hiring a 3D Character Modeler

  28-04-2017 21:49
  
  Mindshow is looking for a full-time 3D Character Modeler to realize 3D VR characters based on concept art and more in Los Angeles, California....
  
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• Andmesh’s cool elastomer cases are finally available for the iPhone 7 Plus

  28-04-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  We’ve covered Andmesh's elastomer iPhone cases a few times before here on the site. They’re like no other cases out there, both in terms of their design and the material they’re made from. Elastomer is a cool rubbery substance that’s harder than silicone but still flexible and grippy. The pattern is another unique aspect, with a cool design that spreads different sized holes across the back of the phone. It still covers your iPhone, but you can still see the Apple logo th
  
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• Tad Cummins' Wife Says She Warned Her Husband About Getting Too Close to Teen

  28-04-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  
  Jill Cummins says the girl was like a daughter to her.
  
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• Trump: I’m ‘disappointed’ with the speed of congressional Republicans

  28-04-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump said he is disheartened with the pace of the Republican-controlled Congress, which has yet to send a signature piece of legislation to his desk.
  
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• Get ready for all the wireless carriers to get worse

  28-04-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  
  The last couple months have seen a welcome change in the wireless industry. Instead of massively confusing bills and data caps, we've had prices slashed across the board and unlimited data plans for all. But thanks to the unending drive for consolidation and profits, the good times aren't going to last.
  During the recent 600MHz spectrum auction, which ran from the end of 2016 all the way to last week, the government imposed a "quiet rule" on carriers. They couldn't talk about the auction, their
  
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• NKorea official calls US efforts to rid nukes a 'wild dream'

  28-04-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea's deputy U.N. ambassador said Friday that U.S. efforts to get rid of his country's nuclear weapons through military threats and sanctions are "a wild dream."
  
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• A closer look at the animation that moves Horizon Zero Dawn's robotic fauna

  28-04-2017 21:27
  
  Lead animator Richard Oud has assembled an animation reel featuring some of the 'Machines' he worked on during the six-year-long development of Horizon Zero Dawn. ...
  
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• Apple joins Tesla in letter begging California to change its self-driving car rules

  28-04-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  
  Apple hasn't publicly stated that it's working on self-driving vehicle technology quite yet, but it's giving the world plenty of reason to think it's doing just that. Earlier this month, Apple scored a permit to test self-driving vehicles in California, and now the company is showing its hand once again by joining the likes of Tesla, Uber, Ford, and Alphabet-owned Waymo in formally requesting that the state rethink its rules and regulations regarding driverless car testing.As Reuters report
  
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• Guardians of the Galaxy 2's sisterly reunion almost didn't happen (because Nebula was gonna die in the first movie)

  28-04-2017 21:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nebula's return was one of the highlights we called out in our Guardians of the Galaxy 2 review but the unlikely ally almost wasn't alive for it to happen
  
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• Barack Obama says Obamacare is more popular than Trump in first attack on president

  28-04-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  
  Barack Obama and Donald Trump have had something of a testy relationship since the New York businessman assumed the presidency.
  
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• Modern Warfare Remastered Prop Hunt Mode Returns

  28-04-2017 21:08
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered's hilariously strange Prop Hunt mode returns this weekend.
  As revealed in a post on Activision's official blog, the hide and seek mode will be playable from now until May 1.
  In celebration of April Fool's Day earlier this month, Raven Software featured Prop Hunt mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered's Weekend Warfare playlist. In Prop Hunt, a team of armed human "seekers" are tasked with finding and destroying the "hiders" who sneak around the ma
  
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• 100 Days in, Trump Misses His Old Life

  28-04-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump says he thought the presidency would be far easier than it's actually been. He says he misses his old life. But will he actually learn anything from these reflections? Lawrence O'Donnell speaks with Nicholas Kristof and Charlie Sykes.
  
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• ‘It may be Pocahontas’: Trump attacks Warren as potential 2020 rival

  28-04-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump insulted Sen. Elizabeth Warren by calling her “Pocahontas” again during a speech at the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) annual meeting in Atlanta.
  
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• US Congress averts shutdown, passing stopgap spending bill

  28-04-2017 20:56 via yahoo.com
  
  The US Congress easily passed a one-week stopgap spending bill Friday, assuring there is no embarrassing government shutdown on the 100th day of Donald Trump's presidency.With lawmakers mindful of the midnight deadline, the measure cleared the House of Representatives 382 to 30, with broad bipartisan support.Minutes later, the Senate approved it by a simple voice vote.
  
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• NRA’s Wayne LaPierre calls academic and media elites ‘America’s greatest threat’

  28-04-2017 20:55 via yahoo.com
  
  Executive vice president and CEO of the National Rifle Association Wayne LaPierre spoke ahead of President Trump at an NRA meeting and said academic and media elites are “America’s greatest domestic threats.”
  
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• 'Shaving Cats!!??' Virginia police probe seven pet abductions

  28-04-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  
  Since December, at least seven cats have suddenly shown up at their homes with shaved belly, groin and leg areas, Waynesboro Police Captain Kelly Walker said on Friday."Shaving Cats!!??" says the poster in Waynesboro, a city of 21,000 about 140 miles (225 km) southwest of Washington, D.C.Walker said the cats were collar-wearing, well-groomed pets, not strays or feral cats, although some were outdoor cats.
  
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• Don't Miss: A postmortem for the tree-trimming puzzle game Prune

  28-04-2017 20:39
  "Prune is a tiny mobile game about the simple pleasures of growing and cultivating trees. It's a delicate dance to remove that which does not matter in favor of that which does."...
  
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• US condemns Macedonia parliament violence

  28-04-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  
  The United States on Friday strongly condemned chaotic violence in Macedonia's parliament and called on authorities "to hold accountable" those responsible."Violence has no place in the democratic process," the State Department said in a statement, adding "we urge all parties to remain calm" and respect the law.The violence erupted late Thursday when nationalist demonstrators, including a group of masked men, stormed the parliament in anger at a vote appointing Xhaferi, an ethnic Albanian.
  
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• U.S. appeals court grants Trump request on climate regulations case

  28-04-2017 20:15 via yahoo.com
  
  By Lawrence Hurley and Valerie VolcoviciWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday granted a Trump administration request to put on hold a legal challenge by industry and a group of states to former President Barack Obama's regulations aimed at curbing greenhouse emissions mainly from coal-fired power plants, rules that the Republican president is moving to undo.A 10-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted the request to put the litigation
  
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• Nintendo sold 2.3 million NES Classic Editions

  28-04-2017 20:12
  
  Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Amié says the console sold over 2 million units before being discontinued after five months as Nintendo focuses on driving its 'key areas.'...
  
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• Why the ex-Rare devs behind Yooka-Laylee didn't roll their own engine

  28-04-2017 20:07
  
  You would think that with loads of Kickstarter cash, the minds behind Yooka-Laylee might have decided to roll their own game engine. Here's why they didn't....
  
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• Rivals trade blame over Macedonia parliament violence

  28-04-2017 20:07 via yahoo.com
  
  Macedonia's rival political parties traded blame Friday for an eruption of violence in the unstable Balkan country's parliament which left about 100 people injured.The chaos in Skopje broke out on Thursday evening, with dozens of nationalist demonstrators -- including a group of masked men -- breaking a police cordon and storming parliament in anger over a vote for a new speaker, an ethnic Albanian.The riots, which came after two years of political crisis, drew widespread condemnation, with NATO
  
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• Volkswagen Is Considering Selling Ducati

  28-04-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  
  The VW Group purchased the Italian motorcycle maker in 2012, but financial struggles with the diesel emissions scandal could force a sale.
  
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• At Steve Hogue Enterprises, One-Off Cars Get a Second Shot at Life

  28-04-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  
  How do you restore a custom-built car with no spare parts and no complete cars to compare to? You call bodywork expert Steve Hogue.
  
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• Alfa Romeo Giulia vs. BMW M3 vs. Mercedes-AMG C63: The Road & Track Test

  28-04-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  
  Alfa Romeo joins BMW and Mercedes with a rear-wheel-drive sedan that moonlights as a track toy. But which does it best?
  
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• Syria Says Israel Attacked With Missiles Today

  28-04-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  
  The Syrian military said in a statement that the attack, which could be felt at least 15 kilometers (9 miles) away, was carried out by Israel and aimed to "raise the morale of terrorist groups" the government maintains are waging war against President Bashar Assad's forces.
  
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• NASA's SLS Rocket Will be Pushed Back to 2019

  28-04-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  
  This means the program will miss its initial deadline by 3 years.
  
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• Cassini Spacecraft Successfully Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings

  28-04-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  
  To boldly go where no robotic spacecraft has gone before.
  
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• Friendly fire may have killed 2 Army Rangers in Afghanistan

  28-04-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Army Rangers killed during a raid on an Islamic State compound in eastern Afghanistan may have died as a result of friendly fire during the opening minutes of the fierce, three-hour firefight, the Pentagon said Friday.
  
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• You Can Now Eat At Taco Bell's Top-Secret Test Kitchen

  28-04-2017 19:52 via yahoo.com
  
  It's like getting access to Willy Wonka's factory.
  
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