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• US allows 'El Chapo' to write to wife from behind bars

  04-05-2017 23:56 via yahoo.com
  
  A US judge on Thursday relaxed slightly the stringent custody conditions of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, allowing him to correspond with his beauty queen wife.The 60-year-old kingpin, accused of running one of the world's biggest drug empires, has been held in solitary confinement since being extradited to New York on January 19.Federal Judge Brian Cogan ruled that Guzman, one of the world's most notorious criminals, could send written messages to his wife -- provided they were p
  
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• U.S. House Intelligence Committee has 'successful' Russia hearing

  04-05-2017 23:52 via yahoo.com
  
  By Patricia Zengerle and Jonathan LandayWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of a House of Representatives probe of possible Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election said they had a "successful" hearing on Thursday, projecting unity after a partisan division had threatened to derail their investigation.Representatives Mike Conaway, the new Republican leader of the House Intelligence Committee probe, and Adam Schiff, the top Democrat, addressed reporters together after Federal Bureau of Investiga
  
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• GE is hoping that an Alexa-powered lamp will be the next lightbulb

  04-05-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  
  Amazon seems to be the early winner of the home AI assistants market. The Alexa-based products are best sellers over on Amazon, and the company isn’t done creating devices that incorporate its voice recognition and AI technology. If that’s not enough, other device makers are coming up with their own creations to compete against the Echo family of products. Google has a Google Home device, and Apple is also expected to soon launch a competitor for Amazon Echo. Then, there's a variety
  
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• Obama endorses a French presidential candidate

  04-05-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama endorsed a candidate in the race for France's presidency on Thursday, taking his first dive back into international politics since leaving the White House in January.
  
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• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Zombie Chronicles Coming May 16

  04-05-2017 23:40
  Activision is continuing to support Call of Duty: Black Ops III with an upcoming content pack called Zombies Chronicles. The content hits PlayStation 4 on May 16, with other platforms to follow.
  Dates for the other versions have not yet been announced by Activision. The pack contains eight remastered maps from the Call of Duty Zombie Mode franchise.
  The word came from Treyarch Studio co-head Jason Blundell during a guest spot on YouTuber JCBackfire's show earlier today. The official reveal came
  
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• Reporter says Fox News fired her for using harassment hotline

  04-05-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  
  A Fox News radio correspondent filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming she was fired for complaining about sex discrimination, after the U.S. television network encouraged employees to report harassment amid a barrage of legal claims.Jessica Golloher, who covers the Middle East and North Africa for Fox News Radio Network, says in the lawsuit that instead of addressing complaints, Fox is using the harassment hotline "to paint targets on the backs of employees."In the lawsuit, filed in New York state
  
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• Every game with PS4 Pro support

  04-05-2017 23:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  PS4 Pro has been flexing its muscles for a few months now, and developers have rushed to support its extra teraflop-crunching power
  
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• Gustavo Dudamel attacks Venezuelan president Maduro: 'Enough is enough'

  04-05-2017 23:05 via yahoo.com
  
  Throughout Venezuela’s slow descent into its current political and humanitarian crisis, the country’s most famous musical ambassador has chosen to remain largely silent.At least 36 people, including supporters and opponents of the government, have been killed in more than a month of unrest triggered by Maduro’s efforts to consolidate his rule.
  
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• Trump's healthcare bill allows effects of rape to be deemed pre-existing conditions

  04-05-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  
  When House Republicans passed the American Health Care Act on Thursday, many Americans likely thought of their family and friends living with cancer, diabetes, or heart disease.Before Obamacare, some insurance companies considered rape and domestic abuse pre-existing conditions.One woman, Jody Neal-Post, says she was turned away after telling a potential insurance that she was a domestic violence victim – despite otherwise being perfectly healthy.
  
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• Police looking for woman seen in surveillance video damaging government vehicle

  04-05-2017 22:56 via yahoo.com
  
  Fresno Police need your help finding a vandalism suspect they say damaged a government vehicle in front of the Johnny Quick store on Shields and Clovis.
  
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• Does Nintendo Get a Pass?

  04-05-2017 22:55
  Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. This week we're discussing Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Season Pass, Mario + Rabbids, Darksiders 3, and more. Watch the video above or download the podcast below.
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• Ubisoft Previews For Honor Season 2's New Maps, Heroes

  04-05-2017 22:45
  Ahead of the launch of For Honor Season 2 later this month, Ubisoft has released several new trailers highlighting the new content headed to its melee action game.
  In addition to gameplay updates and new customization items, two new heroes and two additional maps are coming with For Honor Season 2: Shadow and Might. Check out the trailer below for an early look at one of the new heroes, the Shinobi of the Samurai faction.
  The Centurion of the Knight faction will also be added as a new playable h
  
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• Overwatch leaks tease a new game mode, map, and gear, just in time for its one-year anniversary

  04-05-2017 22:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Overwatch Uprising just ended but an even bigger event could be coming in the weeks ahead
  
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• At least nine Donald Trump transition staffers ‘register as lobbyists’ despite US President's promised six-month ban

  04-05-2017 22:25 via yahoo.com
  
  At least nine members of Donald Trump’s transition team have reportedly registered as lobbyists, despite the US President temporarily barring them from doing so.
  
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• Trump and Ryan celebrate passing of health care bill and more: May 4 in photos

  04-05-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump applauds after the House pushed through a health care bill; tourists take photos of Russian jets flying over the Kremlin during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade; demonstrators protest in New York ahead of Trump’s arrival in the city for the first time since taking office. These are some of the photos of the day.
  
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• Delta Boots Family With Small Child Off Overbooked Red Eye Flight: 'I Paid for This Seat'

  04-05-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  
  Video of the incident is yet another black eye for the airline industry.
  
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• Putin Has a New Secret Weapon in Syria: Chechens

  04-05-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  
  The quiet deployment of roughly 1,000 Muslim special forces from Russia’s southern regions shows that Moscow is serious about upping its ground game in Syria.
  
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• Hero Cop Describes Tense Moments in Rescue of Boy With Autism Who Fell in Pond

  04-05-2017 21:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Officer Bulmer's bodycam captured the entire heroic act.
  
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• Rogue Trooper Redux trailer asks, "Who is Rogue Trooper?" - and okay, yeah, good question

  04-05-2017 21:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  You might not have ever heard of Rogue Trooper, but this genetically-engineered supersoldier and first-place winner in the Dr
  
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• Pope Francis and Trump to meet despite disagreements

  04-05-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  
  Pope Francis will receive US President Donald Trump at the Vatican on May 24, the first official meeting for the two leaders who have found themselves starkly at odds on issues including migration and climate change.Trump's morning audience with Francis will come just days before he is scheduled to attend a G7 summit meeting in Sicily.It will be followed by meetings with his Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States.
  
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• Trump’s executive order disappoints religious conservatives

  04-05-2017 21:43 via yahoo.com
  
  An executive order by President Trump meant to reward religious conservatives for their support fell short of what many hoped for and drew widespread criticism.
  
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• George Will: Trump Has a 'dangerous Disability'

  04-05-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  
  Conservative Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George F. Will joins Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss Donald Trump's "dangerous" inability "to think and speak clearly" and what Americans must do about it.
  
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• Black Ops 3: Zombies Chronicles DLC brings remastered versions of all the Zombies maps to current-gen

  04-05-2017 21:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  The complete Call of Duty Zombies story as told by Treyarch is coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
  
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• Tests Show SUV Tires Can Smartly Balance Car Ride and Truck Grip

  04-05-2017 21:05 via yahoo.com
  
  Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. Choosing tires has become more confusing over time for many consumers. Tires traditionally have been distinguished as ei...
  
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• Schiff: Health Care Cuts Will Haunt GOP

  04-05-2017 20:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Congressman Adam Schiff talks with Rachel Maddow about the Republican perspective that values tax cuts for the wealthy over more people having health care and the likely backlash Republicans will face in 2018 for gutting Obamacare.
  
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• Russia, Iran, Turkey sign on 'de-escalation zones' in Syria

  04-05-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed to establish "de-escalation zones" in Syria, signing on to a Russian plan under which President Bashar Assad's air force would halt flights over designated areas across the war-torn country.
  
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• GOP Uses Health Care As Means to Tax Cuts

  04-05-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Jonathan Gruber, professor of economics at M.I.T. and an architect of the Affordable Care Act, talks with Rachel Maddow about how Republicans are using cuts in Medicaid as a stepping stone to make their upcoming tax plan easier to pass.
  
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• State Department Going After Visa Applicants' Social Media Accounts

  04-05-2017 20:37 via yahoo.com
  
  The Department of State is hoping to check visa applicants' social media account use for past five years.
  
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• The Latest: 14 Missouri River levees losing flood battle

  04-05-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on flooding in the Midwest (all times local):
  
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• Darksiders Hands-On Impressions + New Sea of Thieves Details

  04-05-2017 20:30
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  On this week's Xbox show, Alanah gives us a report from her hands-on time with the just-announced Darksiders sequel. Plus: new Sea of Thieves gameplay details, the future of Xbox Game Pass, the possibility of Fable 4, new details on Quantum Break developer Remedy's next game, and more!
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• The Seven Key Consequences of GOP Health Care

  04-05-2017 20:27 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow reviews what it would mean if the new House Republican health care bill were to become law.
  
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• These 11 Images Reveal More About Prey's Alternate History

  04-05-2017 20:26
  Prey's demo allowed us to get an in-depth look at the first two areas of the Talos 1 space station, and if explored enough, items and the TranStar Exhibit offer interesting insight into Prey's space travel history.
  Thanks to the accidental discovery of hostile aliens, or Typhons as they're later dubbed, in the late 1950s, the competitive Space Race between the Soviet Union and the United States changed drastically. See those changes and their effects on science in the slideshow below.
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• Girl's tries to livestream suicide, but is saved by deputies

  04-05-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  
  MACON, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a Georgia teenager who took pills, placed a bag over her head and tried to livestream her suicide on Facebook Live was saved by deputies after viewers watching the haunting scene called 911.
  
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• Miraculously, no one was injured in this explosive plane crash caught on video

  04-05-2017 20:11 via yahoo.com
  
  What appeared to be a catastrophic, potentially deadly accident turned out to be far less serious than the footage would have you believe. Earlier this week, a driver by the name of Guanting Li (Simon Li on YouTube) captured a dash cam video of a small plane crashing and exploding near a busy intersection in Mukilteo, Washington, clipping power lines and hitting cars on its way down.According to local news station KIRO 7, plane fuel and fire poured down on to unsuspecting motorists fro
  
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• Five U.S. Politicians Want to Promote the Future of VR

  04-05-2017 20:06
  Five members of the U.S. House of Representatives have formed the "Congressional Caucus on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality Technologies for the 115th Congress," according to a press release from Congresswoman Suzan Delbene (via Gamasutra).
  The so-called "Reality Caucus" will work to advocate for the development of virtual reality and augmented reality technology, which the caucus' co-chairs view as having "tremendous potential" for the future of entertainment, education, and healthcare.
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• Kansas family wins $20 million settlement in boy's waterslide death

  04-05-2017 20:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Caleb Thomas Schwab, 10, died of a neck injury in August 2016 at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City while on the water slide known as the Verruckt, or "insane" in German.The boy was the son of Scott Schwab, a Republican state representative from Olathe, a Kansas City suburb.The bulk of the settlement, $14 million, will come from SVV 1 and KC Water Park, two companies associated with the Texas-based water park operator Schlitterbahn, the Kansas City Star reported, citing court documents.
  
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• Guess Who Just Beat Whole Foods For America's Favorite Grocery Store?

  04-05-2017 19:53 via yahoo.com
  
  We didn't see this one coming.
  
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• AP Explains: Venezuela's 'anti-capitalist' constitution

  04-05-2017 19:42 via yahoo.com
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — With hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets daily and international pressure mounting, embattled President Nicolas Maduro is doing something that once seemed unthinkable: Tearing up the constitution written by his beloved political godfather, the late President Hugo Chavez.
  
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• UN rights chief urges Ethiopia to free prisoners after protests

  04-05-2017 18:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Ethiopia should rein in a controversial anti-terrorism law and release prisoners, the UN human rights chief said Thursday during a visit to Addis Ababa.The visit by Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights, comes after Ethiopia's parliament in March extended by four months a state of emergency it declared after anti-government protesters took to the streets nationwide last year.
  
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• The PC Gaming Show is coming to E3 2017 - here are your first details and where to watch

  04-05-2017 18:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Console makers aren't the only ones who get to have fun at E3 2017 - for the third year in a row, the PC Gaming Show is Los Angeles-bound
  
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• American Health Care Act: Donald Trump's supporters would be some of the biggest losers under reform bill

  04-05-2017 18:40 via yahoo.com
  
  If the newest version of the American Health Care Act passes Congress, it will be a major legislative victory for President Donald Trump on the Hill – but it could also prove a huge loser at the polls.The top ten states for pre-existing health conditions all went for Mr Trump in the 2016 presidential election, data from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows.If 'Trumpcare' puts theses voters’ coverage in jeopardy, it might spell disaster for their representatives in Congress.
  
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• Mom Who Smoked Crack Before Premature Labor Drove Around With Baby's Corpse: Cops

  04-05-2017 18:37 via yahoo.com
  
  Cops say Chesney Wheeler gave birth at her home.
  
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• Woman who laughed at Jeff Sessions hearing convicted for being 'disorderly'

  04-05-2017 18:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Desiree Fairooz, an activist with Code Pink, found guilty of ‘disorderly or disruptive conduct’ with intent to disrupt congressional proceedings Desiree Fairooz confronts Condoleeza Rice in 2007. Fairooz has been convicted after laughing during a confirmation hearing for Jeff Sessions as attorney general. Photograph: Larry Downing/Reuters
  
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• Microsoft Shares New Details on Phantom Dust Remaster

  04-05-2017 18:24
  New details about Microsoft's upcoming Phantom Dust remaster have been revealed.
  Speaking to Polygon, creative director Adam Isgreen discussed some of the changes that have been made to the 2004 Xbox original, confirming its single-player campaign progression has been updated, allowing players to skip any mission after failing it three times.
  Microsoft also plans to release both free and paid DLC that makes Phantom Dust more accessible. In fact, there will be a free download for those who w
  
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• Prey for the Gods Gets New Name Following Bethesda Dispute

  04-05-2017 18:20
  UPDATE: A Bethesda representative provided the following statement to IGN regarding the name change:
  "We really didn’t have much of a choice. If we don’t oppose the mark, we risk losing our Prey trademark and that isn’t acceptable. Unfortunately, that’s how trademark law works."
  A Bethesda representative tells IGN that they first reached out to No Matter Studios as early as November 2015 regarding this, before Prey for the Gods' Kickstarter campaign began, and "multiple t
  
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• What to know as Texas nears passing 'sanctuary city' law

  04-05-2017 18:17 via yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — What to know about a Texas bill targeting so-called 'sanctuary cities' that is heading to the desk of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who has pledged to sign the measure that immigrant-rights activists say will lead to profiling and discrimination.
  
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• Darksiders 3 First Hands-On Preview

  04-05-2017 18:00
  
  Gunfire Games has a unique name for Darksiders 3 internally - a phrase I heard multiple times during my visit to Austin: “Classy-Siders”. The latest iteration of the franchise is undoubtedly an extension of those that came before it - our new protagonist, Fury, looks like she’d fit perfectly in a family photo next to the original game’s hero, War, with a frantic assortment of aggressive looking skulls across her armor. It’s still a post-apocalyptic, hack’n&rsq
  
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• Video Shows Classmates Welcome 7-Year-Old With New Prosthetic Leg

  04-05-2017 17:57 via yahoo.com
  
  Anu, from Birmingham, England, unveiled her new "sports blade" prosthetic leg at her school, and her peers' reactions are uplifting millions around the world on social media.
  
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• Expect More Cases of Lyme Disease This Summer, Experts Warn

  04-05-2017 17:47 via yahoo.com
  
  The CDC estimates that there are about 300,000 cases of Lyme disease every year, and due to a mild winter, scientists are predicting a particularly bad summer ahead.
  
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• Why Do Some of Us Hate Cilantro?

  04-05-2017 17:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Frankly, President Donald Trump has nothing on the world's most polarizing food: cilantro.It's greens on greens on greens with this refreshing salad recipe that highlights the absolute best of Mother Nature.
  
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