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• Who Will Replace Justice Anthony Kennedy?

  01-05-2017 23:57 via yahoo.com
  
  Amid Monday rumors that Justice Anthony Kennedy is seriously considering retirement, President Donald Trump’s possible next pick for the Supreme Court has become a hot topic.
  
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• Total Solar Eclipse August 2017

  01-05-2017 23:48 via yahoo.com
  
  The total solar eclipse in August is your last chance to see one in the United States until 2024.
  
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• Spicer: White House 'looking into' libel laws

  01-05-2017 23:36 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is "looking into" ways to potentially change the nation's libel laws to make it easier to go after reporters whose stories they deem inaccurate.
  
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• White House ethics office 'not consulted' on plans to make Ivanka Trump presidential adviser

  01-05-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  
  The US Office of Government Ethics has said it was not consulted by the White House about plans to make Ivanka Trump a formal adviser to the president.This contradicts statements from White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, who said on 21 March that Ms Trump was working "in consultation with the Office of Government Ethics” in her transition to the new role.
  
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• 16 dead after tornadoes, floods ravage Midwest, South

  01-05-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Several southern states braced for more severe weather Monday in the wake of storms, tornadoes and flooding that claimed 16 lives and left authorities in Arkansas searching for two children swept away by raging waters.
  
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• Police set ablaze at May Day demos and more: May 1 in photos

  01-05-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  
  French CRS anti-riot police officers are engulfed in flames as they face protesters during a march for the annual May Day workers’ rally in Paris; Looking At Lee gets a bath outside Barn 38 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.; and, An attendee photographs fashion displays during the ‘Rei Kawakubo/Commes Des Garcons: Art of the In-Between’ during the The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Spring 2017 exhibition.
  
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• Quake near Canada border jolts southeast Alaska communities

  01-05-2017 23:01 via yahoo.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A major earthquake in northwest British Columbia shook up communities in nearby Alaska but caused no apparent damage.
  
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• U.S. issues travel alert for Europe, citing threat of terrorist attacks

  01-05-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. State Department issued a travel alert for Europe on Monday, saying U.S. citizens should be aware of a continued threat of terrorist attacks throughout the continent.The State Department's previous travel alert for Europe, issued ahead of the winter holiday season, expired in February.
  
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• Hearthstone Passes 70 Million Players

  01-05-2017 22:57
  Over 70 million people have played Hearthstone now, and that's not the only milestone for the collectible card game.
  Blizzard also announced that Hearthstone broke a record for most simultaneous players at one time, thanks to the Journey to Un'Goro expansion. To celebrate, the company is rewarding players — old and new — with card packs.
  "We’re humbled and grateful that so many players have chosen to join us for some Hearthstone fun," Blizzard said. "As our way of saying t
  
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• Get ridiculously specific with your Netflix genre browsing by entering in these secret codes

  01-05-2017 22:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix is just like any other website on the internet: it takes information and breaks it down into a series of numbers representing various pieces of said information
  
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• Hamas softens stance on Israel, drops Muslim Brotherhood link

  01-05-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  
  By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Tom FinnGAZA/DOHA (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Monday dropped its longstanding call for Israel's destruction, but said it still rejected the country's right to exist and backs "armed struggle" against it.In a policy document presented in Doha by its leader Khaled Meshaal, Hamas also said it would end its association with the Muslim Brotherhood, a move apparently aimed at improving ties with Gulf Arab states and Egypt, which view the Brotherhood as
  
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• Reality Star Takes Mel B's Side Against Estranged Husband She Claims Assaulted Her

  01-05-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Nicole Contreras is the mother of Stephen Belafonte's 12-year-old daughter.
  
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• Donald Trump 'thinks he has the votes for new healthcare bill', says top adviser

  01-05-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  
  The administration of President Donald Trump is pushing for a vote to overhaul US healthcare law this week – with White House officials saying they are confident legislation will be successfully pushed through soon.In one of a number of television interviews by officials seemingly aimed at ramping up the pressure to get the legislation onto the floor of the House of Representatives, White House economic advisor Gary Cohn told CBS News that the administration "were convinced" that they have
  
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• U.S. top court says cities can sue over predatory lending but sets high bar

  01-05-2017 22:42 via yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that cities may sue banks over predatory mortgage lending to minorities that harms municipal finances, but cast doubt on whether such cases can succeed by throwing out a lower court decision that had allowed litigation brought by Miami to move forward.The court, ruling 8-0, tossed out a ruling by the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that had permitted Miami's lawsuits against major banks but gave the city another chance to make its case befo
  
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• Video Shows Cops Confronting Pool Party Gunman 'With a Beer in One Hand and a Gun in the Other'

  01-05-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Seven people were shot in the chaos, one fatally.
  
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• 1 Dead, At Least 2 Injured in Stabbing at University of Texas: Authorities

  01-05-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  
  A student was arrested for the "heinous" stabbing attacks, authorities said.
  
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• How Playtronic is crafting the future of Yooka-Laylee through player feedback

  01-05-2017 22:36
  
  "It's a learning curve for us," Playtonic's Gavin Price tells Gamasutra. "Before it was always a closed loop, and the game went out." ...
  
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• Video: Game design lessons you can learn from studying escape rooms

  01-05-2017 22:28
  
  At GDC 2017, experienced escape room designer Laura E. Hall reveals design fundamentals and structures necessary for creating immersive real-world experiences like escape rooms or immersive theater. ...
  
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• Good Samaritans Jump Into Action to Save Family From Rising Floodwaters in Pulse-Pounding Video

  01-05-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  
  Both a baby and a toddler in the overturned car were not breathing when they were pulled from the vehicle.
  
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• Just when you thought it was over, here's the mermaid frappuccino

  01-05-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  
  Congratulations, Starbucks. You played yourself. You thought the unicorn frappuccino was going to be a good idea, and it was. We're sure it made you a ton of money. But now that people have been alerted to the idea that you can be creative with your drink order, complicated recipes are popping up everywhere in an attempt to be the next big frappuccino trend, like the dragon frappuccino we've seen going around the last few weeks. Well, now there's the mermaid frappuccino. Maybe people really are
  
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• Leon Kennedy goes full John Wick in clip from Resident Evil: Vendetta

  01-05-2017 22:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Leon Kennedy: "Can I copy your homework?"John Wick: "Sure, just change a few things so it's not obvious
  
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• 7 Nutrients That Keep Your Brain Young, According To Science

  01-05-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  
  While genetics and exercise play a large role in your brain health and risk of developing dementia, diet is quite influential, too.
  
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• The two best bands Fitbit has ever made are discounted on Amazon today

  01-05-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Fitbit played a huge role in popularizing fitness bands and other types of activity trackers. Incredibly, after all these years, Fitbit is still one of the biggest names in the business. Products like the Apple Watch and fitness trackers from Garmin or others have given Fitbit some good competition, but there's still only one brand people turn to when they want the best pure fitness bands in the business.
  Whether you're looking to shed a few pounds by picking up a fitness tracker for the first t
  
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• Police injured in clashes with Paris May Day protesters

  01-05-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  
  One French police officer was seriously burnt and two others injured in clashes at a May Day demonstration in Paris on Monday in which protesters threw Molotov cocktails and other missiles, the police said.Television pictures showed policemen trying to shake flames from their riot gear, and of tear gas enveloping the streets around Paris' Bastille monument.This year's May Day came less than a week ahead of the final round of a presidential election where voters must choose between the far-right
  
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• The Latest: Le Pen wants negotiations to drop euro currency

  01-05-2017 21:43 via yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on France's presidential campaign (all times local):
  
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• Elizabeth Warren says Barack Obama does not understand 'lived experience of most Americans'

  01-05-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  
  Talking about her new book This Fight Is Our Fight, Ms Warren also did not rule out a possible 2020 presidential bid.Senator Bernie Sanders, who ran against Hillary Clinton for the party’s nomination in 2016, recently said he supports Democratic candidates who are pro-life.
  
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• New Hamas program softens language, but some goals remain

  01-05-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Islamic militant Hamas on Monday unveiled what had been billed as a new, seemingly more pragmatic political program aimed at ending the group's international isolation.
  
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• Puerto Ricans protest on May Day as debt deadline nears

  01-05-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Thousands of protesters blocked roads and marched in Puerto Rico's capital Monday to vent their anger over a decade-long economic crisis and looming austerity measures.
  
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• N.Y. zoo names giraffe calf Tajiri for 'hope' but means 'rich'

  01-05-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  
  Tajiri was picked as the winner of a naming contest for a baby giraffe whose long anticipated birth, hooves first, was watched online last month by millions tuning into his mother April's pen at Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York.Zoo owner Jordan Patch, announcing the name on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday, said the Swahili word was chosen for its forward-looking meaning when translated into English."Tajiri is a word in Swahili that means hope," Patch said, as he fed carrots
  
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• White House says 'Let Girl's Learn' Initiative' has not been changed despite internal documents

  01-05-2017 21:11 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House says there have been no changes to the “Let Girls Learn” Initiative."There have been no changes to the program," Kelly Love, a White House spokeswoman, told CNN, hours after the network reported on internal documents which stated that the stand-alone program would be shut down immediately.Statements from the Peace Corps and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to CNN and The Independent, respectively, indicated that the program would stop operati
  
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• Feline Rescued by Passerby After Cat Fight Lands Him in the River Thames

  01-05-2017 21:07 via yahoo.com
  
  Felix the feline had gotten into a fight with another cat when it landed him off the docks.
  
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• Nintendo Sent Switch Systems by Air to Meet Demand

  01-05-2017 21:06
  Nintendo skipped the seas and sent some Switch systems by air in March to meet high demand.
  The Wall Street Journal says the company opted for the costlier shipping method because initial interest for Switch was higher than expected. Nintendo originally planned to sell 2 million systems in March, but in the end 2.74 million Switch consoles were sold worldwide in its first month.
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• Lawrence On What Trump's Civil War Comments Reveal

  01-05-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump, who has failed to successfully negotiate any bill through Congress, now believes that he could have negotiated away the Civil War. Lawrence O'Donnell speaks with Indira Lakshmanan and Charlie Sykes.
  
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• White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's daily briefing on May 1, 2017

  01-05-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  
  On Monday, May 1, 2017, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer holds the daily briefing with the White House press corp.
  
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• Fox News co-president Bill Shine resigns amid growing exodus at Murdoch network

  01-05-2017 20:55 via yahoo.com
  
  The bloodletting at Fox News shows no sign of stopping after the conservative network announced that co-president Bill Shine was leaving.After days of speculation that the days of Mr Shine - long seen as a close ally of former CEO Robert Ailes - were coming to an end, the network said he had resigned.The departure of Mr Shine follows the ousting last month of leading anchor Bill O’Reilly, and the firing of Mr Ailes last year.
  
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• U.S. Congress to give Puerto Rico short-term Medicaid help

  01-05-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Ailing Puerto Rico would receive $295 million in Medicaid funding from the federal government as part of the U.S. Congress' spending plan to avert a government shutdown, Governor Ricardo Rossello said on Monday.Puerto Rico's public health system is nearly insolvent, a key driver of emigration that has decimated the U.S. territory's population as it wrestles with $70 billion in debt, a 45 percent poverty rate and unemployment twice the U.S. average."Not just lowball but also not a well constructe
  
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• Multiplayer dev First Strike Games is partnering up with Nexon for its first release

  01-05-2017 20:42
  
  First Strike Games, which was created last year by ex-Halo developers from 343 Industries, has partnered up with Nexon to release its inaugural, and yet unannounced, multiplayer game....
  
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• Call of Duty: WW2 multiplayer will include female characters, here are a few IRL examples to live up to

  01-05-2017 20:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  We already knew Call of Duty: WW2's campaign would include a segment starring a woman in the French Resistance, and now we know that won't be limited to the single player
  
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• Violence scars France's pre-election May Day marches

  01-05-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  
  Traditional May 1 union marches turned violent in France on Monday and presidential election frontrunner Emmanuel Macron attacked far-right rival Marine Le Pen, highlighting the divisions six days before the runoff.Six police officers were hurt in clashes in Paris between masked youths throwing molotov cocktails and riot police who responded with tear gas, as tens of thousands of union activists took to the streets for May Day demonstrations.In a feisty speech, Macron told thousands of his suppo
  
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• Driving the 2018 Audi TT RS With the Man Who Created It

  01-05-2017 20:15 via yahoo.com
  
  "Making a car with personality, that's the difficult part. That's what we're trying to do," says Audi Sport boss Stephan Reil.
  
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• Historians react to Trump’s Civil War comments: ‘That’s entirely wrong in every respect’

  01-05-2017 20:13 via yahoo.com
  
  Historians Monday valiantly tried, and mostly failed, to understand and interpret President Trump’s remarks about President Andrew Jackson.Among other comments, Trump seemed to assert that Jackson, who died in 1845, could have prevented the Civil War, which began in 1861, and that the causes of the bloodiest conflict in the nation’s history have not been addressed or discussed.“I mean, had Andrew Jackson been a little later, you wouldn’t have
  
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• People Are Calling McDonald's "A Monster" For Taking This Drink Off Its Menu

  01-05-2017 20:05 via yahoo.com
  
  Oh no they didn't.
  
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• Insanely Easy Weeknight Dinners To Try This Week

  01-05-2017 20:05 via yahoo.com
  
  Every week, we're delivering five easy-to-make, insanely delicious dinners, so you can put that takeout habit on hold.
  
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• Dunkin Donuts' New Fruit Punch Has An Amazing Twist

  01-05-2017 20:05 via yahoo.com
  
  It'll wake you up faster than a shot of espresso.
  
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• Trump considers breaking up large banks: report

  01-05-2017 20:01 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump is reviewing a possible breakup of large US banks, according to a published interview Monday.Trump told Bloomberg News that he was considering a "21st century" version of the 1933 Glass-Steagall law that separated consumer lending and investment banking and was repealed in 1999 by President Bill Clinton.Trump's comments are his first on the subject and follow other statements from administration officials such as National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn and Treasury Se
  
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• Poor Hires May Explain Poor Trump Performance

  01-05-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow looks at how Donald Trump's weak vetting and handing out government positions as political favors puts his administration at a disadvantage for performing government functions.
  
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• Intermittent Fasting May Not Be Better for Weight Loss

  01-05-2017 19:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Fasting every other day doesn't lead to bigger weight loss than daily calorie-cutting—and is more difficult to maintain, a new study says. This popular alternate-day diet is a type of intermitten...
  
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• Dallas firefighter shot, police searching for gunman

  01-05-2017 19:42 via yahoo.com
  
  Hunt for alleged armed assailant
  
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• The Legend of Zelda Gets a Clue Board Game

  01-05-2017 19:41
  Forget about Colonel Mustard and the candlestick. Clue is getting a Legend of Zelda makeover, featuring Link and the Master Sword.
  Merchoid is selling The Legend of Zelda Clue Game (releasing in June), where you find out who can defeat Ganondorf. But that's not all. Players must also determine what item to use and where the King of Thieves is hidden.
  Zelda Clue features six personality cards — including Link, Zelda and Impa — and six metal hero movers, like the boomerang and hoo
  
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• Prey's demo keeps you confined to the intro area, but here's how you can break free

  01-05-2017 19:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Prey demo hasn't even been out in the wild for a full week and players are already figuring out ways to circumvent its limitations
  
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