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• Why Flooded-Out Cars Are Likely Total Losses

  31-08-2017 23:52 via yahoo.com
  Auto owners whose vehicles were swept up by Hurricane Harvey are facing two hard facts right now: Their car is almost certainly totaled, if it was swamped, and they'll get no money back if they d...
  
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• U.S. judge strikes down Obama administration overtime pay rule

  31-08-2017 23:38 via yahoo.com
  A federal judge in Texas on Thursday struck down an Obama administration rule that would have extended mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million U.S. workers, siding with business groups and 21 states that had challenged it.The Trump administration had already said it would make changes to the rule, which riled trade groups and companies when it was adopted.The rule would have doubled to about $47,000 the maximum salary a worker could earn and still be automatically eligible for overtime pay
  
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• Prosecutor demands trial for fraternity 'savages' in Penn State hazing death

  31-08-2017 23:37 via yahoo.com
  A prosecutor on Thursday urged a Pennsylvania judge to try 16 fraternity members in the alcohol-fueled hazing death of a 19-year-old aiming to join the club at Pennsylvania State University."They have been acting as out-of-control savages for so long," District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller said in her closing argument at a hearing in Centre County Courthouse on whether there is enough evidence to bring the case to trial."The Gauntlet," a drinking obstacle course in which fraternity pledges consum
  
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• Donald Trump says he will donate $1m of his own money to Harvey relief as Mike Pence helps out on the ground

  31-08-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump says he will donate $1 million (£75,000) of his own money to flood relief efforts in Texas and Louisiana after the devastation unleashed by Hurricane Harvey, the White House said on Thursday. "He’ll pledge, proudly, $1 million of his own personal money to help the people of Texas and Louisiana," spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters. The White House did not say whether the money would come from Mr Trump or his foundation. Trump calls Hurricane Harve
  
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• Amazon Is Now The Boozy Friend Who Can Bring You Alcohol In Less Than Two Hours

  31-08-2017 23:21 via yahoo.com
  Sometimes, you need liquor because you have a party to go to and you need to bring some sort of offering to say, “Thanks for having me, let’s imbibe together!”
  
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• Antidepressants Found In Brains Of 10 Fish Species

  31-08-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  High concentrations of antidepressants were found in the brains of 10 fish species.
  
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• Mother Heartbroken After Son is Electrocuted While Trying to Save Sister's Cat During Harvey

  31-08-2017 23:04 via yahoo.com
  He reportedly ordered his friend not to touch him in one final selfless act.
  
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• Before and after photos: Harvey's devastating floods are clearly visible from space

  31-08-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  Even from space, the flooding disaster caused by Hurricane Harvey is clear as day.   New images taken by DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite show the catastrophic flooding in Texas left in the wake of Harvey this week. The new photos are particularly striking when compared with earlier images taken from orbit that show green fields instead of brown, flooded land.  SEE ALSO: Tropical Storm Harvey's mind-blowing stats "Since Aug. 19, DigitalGlobe’s constellation of five
  
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• White House pushes back on reports that Trump has decided to end DACA program

  31-08-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday pushed back on multiple new reports that President Trump has decided to end DACA.
  
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• Isil convoy that was blocked by US air strikes attempts different route

  31-08-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  An Isil convoy that was blocked by US air strikes on Wednesday attempted a different route to reach territory held by the jihadist group in eastern Syria, despite the coalition warning it would likely strike again. More than 300 lightly armed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) fighters and about 300 family members are being evacuated from Syria's western border with Lebanon under a ceasefire agreement involving the jihadist group, the Syrian army and the Lebanese Shia militia Hizbollah.
  
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• Heroes On Jet Skis Rescue Trapped Elderly Couple From Texas Floods

  31-08-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  On Monday, an elderly couple in North Houston was rescued from their flooding home by two men on jet skis.
  
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• A Look At Mecca, Islam's Holiest Site, At The Height Of The Hajj Pilgrimage

  31-08-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  The annual Hajj pilgrimage is one of the world’s largest religious gatherings, as some 2 million people flock to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to participate in one of Islam’s five pillars of faith.
  
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• Take a first look inside Snoke's Star Destroyer thanks to Star Wars BB-9E toy

  31-08-2017 22:43 via gamesradar.com
  We already new that the evil but adorable BB-9E was a thing thanks to a selection of Star Wars: The Last Jedi Lego figures revealed in June, but his appearance as a Sphero toy gave us a new look at The Supremacy, Supreme Leader Snoke's Mega Star Destroyer
  
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• Nearly 800,000 Dreamers Wait For Trump To Decide Whether To Change Their Lives

  31-08-2017 22:29 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― A week after the first reports that President Donald Trump was set to end protections for young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, the nearly 800,000 so-called Dreamers still don’t know where they stand.
  
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• Is Bran the Night King? Is Tyrion in love with Dany? Game of Thrones cast and crew respond to theories

  31-08-2017 22:17 via gamesradar.com
  With the Game of Thrones season 7 finale behind us, it's time to go into full-on conspiracy mode
  
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• Former EA exec Rod Humble to head up TinyCo Studio

  31-08-2017 22:10
  Humble, who joined up with Jam City last year, is now heading up one of the company's subsidiaries in San Francisco. ...
  
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• Danger in the Water: High Levels of Unsafe Bacteria Found in Harvey Floodwaters

  31-08-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  Microbiologists have found that the bacteria levels in the water are 125 times higher than what is considered safe for swimming.
  
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• Thailand seizes 136 smuggled live pangolins

  31-08-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  Thai customs have confiscated 136 live pangolins, the world's most poached animal, and 450 kg (992 lb) of pangolin scales worth 2.5 million baht ($75,000), officials said on Thursday.Authorities managed to intercept the smuggled pangolins which entered Thailand from Malaysia late on Wednesday after a tip-off.Director-general of Thai Customs Department, Kulit Sombatsiri, said the market value and demand of the animals and their body parts remained high, which drove smuggling.
  
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• If Trump pulls trigger on NAFTA withdrawal, Mexico will walk away

  31-08-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said on Wednesday that Mexico will leave the negotiating table if U.S. President Donald Trump goes ahead with a threat to start the process of withdrawing from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
  
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• Get a job: Be a Sr. Core Systems Engineer at Infinity Ward

  31-08-2017 21:41
  Infinity Ward is looking for a Sr. Core Systems Engineer with experience in core engine architecture to join it on its new project in Woodland Hills, CA. ...
  
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• Don't Miss: Developing meaningful player character arcs in branching narrative

  31-08-2017 21:34
  Can you deliver both choice and a character arc that has depth and meaning in the same game?...
  
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• Stranded Houston Father Crashes Daughter's Grad School Class, Takes The Most Dad Selfie

  31-08-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  One Houston dad who was helping his daughter move to college is making the best out of not being able to return to Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• Racing Sim Gear Club Unlimited Gets Release Date

  31-08-2017 21:18
  The racing sim Gear Club Unlimited will release December 1 on Nintendo Switch.
  Developer Eden Games is behind the game and previously worked on the Test Drive Unlimited series. Gear Club Unlimited will feature over 400 races in three modes: Derby, Rally and Time Trial.
  Some of the cars already revealed for Gear Club Unlimited include the Bugatti Veyron GrandSport, Chevrolet Corvette Stingray and Nissan 370Z. They can be customized in the game too.
  Yesterday, Nintendo highlighted 1
  
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• Immigrants and advocates rally in support of DACA

  31-08-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  Trump had pledged on the election campaign trail to scrap all of former President Barack Obama's executive orders on immigration, including the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or "Dreamers," program.
  
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• Three-Mile Asteroid Is About to Buzz the Earth

  31-08-2017 21:05 via yahoo.com
  Asteroid Florence is one of the biggest ones to come close to our planet since we started keeping records.
  
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• Choices in games should be deeper than good vs. evil, argues Obsidian co-founder

  31-08-2017 21:01
  "It can be often too easy to make it about good and evil, right," says Feargus Urquhart. "So player choice needs to be legitimate and it needs to be about the player and not the designer."...
  
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• Bipartisan Group of Governors Propose Obamacare Fixes, Beg Congress To Consider

  31-08-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  A bipartisan group of eight governors on Thursday handed Congress a proposal for shoring up the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces, which in many states remain extremely fragile enterprises.
  
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• Battlefield 1: In the Name of the Tsar Release Date Revealed

  31-08-2017 20:24
  Battlefield 1's upcoming expansion, In the Name of the Tsar, will be released for all players on September 19.
  According to the official Battlefield 1 blog, players who own either Battlefield 1 Revolution or the Battlefield 1 Premium Pass will have access to the DLC two weeks ahead of time on September 5.
  The expansion, priced at $15 USD/£12, comes included with the game's $50/£40 Premium Pass.
  In the Name of the Tsar introduces six new maps, a new mode, new weapons, a
  
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• Colorado Construction Crew Finds 66-Million-Year-Old Triceratops Fossil

  31-08-2017 20:22 via yahoo.com
  A Colorado scientist says he’s “over the moon” after a construction crew in the city of Thornton reportedly stumbled upon a triceratops fossil last week.
  
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• Hezbollah chief, who lives in hiding, says met Assad in Damascus

  31-08-2017 20:15 via yahoo.com
  The head of Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, who has lived in hiding for the past decade, said Thursday he travelled to Damascus to seek the Syrian president's approval of a jihadist evacuation deal."I personally went to Damascus" to see President Bashar al-Assad, Hassan Nasrallah told thousands of his supporters in a televised speech.Nasrallah, 57, has only made rare public appearances since the 2006 war against his arch-foe Israel.
  
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• Nintendo ordered to pay $10M following Wii patent infringement suit

  31-08-2017 20:14
  iLife Technologies' $144 million patent infringement case against Nintendo has ended with the tech company being awarded $10 million for infringing tech in Wii Remotes. ...
  
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• No Easy Way Out for Trump on Obstruction Case

  31-08-2017 20:12 via yahoo.com
  Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney, talks with Joy-Ann Reid about the strength of the obstruction of justice case against Donald Trump and why it's about more than the firing of James Comey.
  
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• Iraq announces another major victory over IS jihadists

  31-08-2017 20:08 via yahoo.com
  Iraq declared on Thursday that its forces had retaken the northern city of Tal Afar and the surrounding region, in another major victory over Islamic State group jihadists.IS, which seized nearly a third of Iraq in 2014 in a humiliating defeat for the army and police, now controls barely 10 percent of the country, according to the US-led international coalition ranged against the jihadists.The fall of Tal Afar, located in the northern province of Nineveh, deprives IS of what was once a key suppl
  
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• Oxenfree Is Coming to Nintendo Switch

  31-08-2017 19:43
  Oxenfree, the supernatural indie mystery from Night School Studio, is headed to Nintendo Switch.
  Night School Studio teased the port on Twitter. According to co-founder Sean Krankel, it will be playable in both controller and touchscreen mode. A release date and trailer will be revealed "in the coming days."
  Oxenfree is a paranormal adventure about a group of teenagers who stumble upon a mysterious force while partying on an island. The main character Alex can manipulate certain objects like doo
  
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• U.S. forces Russia to close three diplomatic offices ‘in the spirit of parity’

  31-08-2017 19:39 via yahoo.com
  Last month, the United States was ordered to cut in half its diplomatic and technical staff in Russia. Now Russia is being asked to close its consulate in San Francisco and annex buildings in Washington, D.C., and New York City.
  
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• Trump is 'seized with fear' over Russia investigation, says veteran news reporter Dan Rather

  31-08-2017 19:32 via yahoo.com
  Former news anchor Dan Rather has said Donald Trump is “seized with fear” over what special counsel Robert Mueller may find in a probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.“Donald Trump is afraid,” Mr Rather told MSNBC.“A political hurricane is out there at sea for him, we'll call it Hurricane Vladimir if you will, the whole Russian thing,” he said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Texas Chemical Plant Owner Lobbied To Delay Obama Administration Safety Rules

  31-08-2017 19:20 via yahoo.com
  Arkema, the company that owns a Texas chemical plant that spewed “noxious” smoke Thursday, successfully lobbied to delay the enactment of plant safety rules — regulations that would've gone into effect five months ago.
  
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• Russian activist Navalny launches new attack on Putin with claim of 'secret mansion'

  31-08-2017 19:15 via yahoo.com
  Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has been linked to ownership of a villa complex on a scenic island near the Finnish border where a Soviet version of Sherlock Holmes was filmed, according to two investigations. It is claimed in a YouTube video, which got more than 1.8 million views in 24 hours, that Mr Putin is the owner of the Sellgren Villa on Lodochny Island in the Bay of Vyborg, a red-brick home built in 1913 and recently expanded, according to separate in
  
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• Pokemon Gen 2's Legendary dogs are live in Pokemon Go, will travel to new regions through November

  31-08-2017 19:05 via gamesradar.com
  Pokemon Go trainers, are you tired of hunting down the same three Legendary birds across town, hopping from Raid to Raid, with only exhaustion to keep you company? Well, how would you feel if those birds were suddenly dogs? Yup, the Legendary trio from Pokemon Silver and Gold - Raikou, Entei, and Suicune - have arrived in Pokemon Go
  
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• Pilgrims throng Mount Arafat for peak of hajj

  31-08-2017 19:04 via yahoo.com
  Mount Arafat (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Their palms facing the sky, around two million Muslims gathered Thursday on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat for the highlight of the hajj pilgrimage, one of the world's largest annual gatherings.
  
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• Twitter Burns Joe Walsh For Claiming Charlie Hebdo Never Attacks Muslims

  31-08-2017 19:02 via yahoo.com
  After the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo came out with an inflammatory cover suggesting the victims of the Houston floods were Nazi sympathizers, one right-wing talk show host came out guns-a-blazing.
  
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• How Destiny played an important part in the making of Kong: Skull Island

  31-08-2017 19:01 via gamesradar.com
  Kong: Skull Island gained attention from the viewing public not just for its tender treatment of an iconic monster, but for being packed with gaming Easter Eggs
  
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• Blog: Making Portal Painter in ARCore

  31-08-2017 19:01
  Here are some tips and tricks I learned from developing an AR Experiment with Google and ARCore. ...
  
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• Islamic State convoy in Syria appears to have turned back, U.S.-led coalition says

  31-08-2017 18:59 via yahoo.com
  By Angus McDowallBEIRUT (Reuters) - A convoy of Islamic State fighters appears to have turned back after U.S.-led airstrikes thwarted its attempt to reach territory held by the militant group in eastern Syria, the head of U.S.-led forces fighting Islamic State said on Thursday.More than 300 lightly armed IS fighters and about 300 family members were evacuated from Syria's western border with Lebanon under a ceasefire agreement involving the ultra-hardline group, the Syrian army and the Lebanese
  
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• US orders Russia to close consulate in San Francisco, and buildings in Washington and New York

  31-08-2017 18:57 via yahoo.com
  The United States is requiring Russia to close its consulate in San Francisco and two buildings in Washington, and New York, the State Department said. It was a response to the Kremlin's decision to shrink the US diplomatic mission in Russia. Last month Moscow ordered the United States to cut its diplomatic and technical staff in Russia by more than half, to 455 people, after Congress overwhelmingly approved new sanctions against Russia. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said : "We bel
  
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• Mumbai building collapses after torrential rain

  31-08-2017 18:53 via yahoo.com
  An 117-year-old condemned building collapsed in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai on Thursday after torrential rains this week, killing at least 22 people, with about 10 other people feared trapped, police and fire official said.
  
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• The World's Driest Desert Blooms With Hundreds Of Flowers After Rare Rain

  31-08-2017 18:49 via yahoo.com
  The Atacama desert in Chile, widely referred to as the world’s driest desert, is currently experiencing a truly breathtaking phenomenon.
  
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• Conservative Texans Love To Fight The Feds Until They Need Them

  31-08-2017 18:39 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― For Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), suing the federal government is a point of pride.
  
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• Pod Traveling at 201 MPH Wins Elon Musk's Hyperloop Competition

  31-08-2017 18:20 via yahoo.com
  A team of students from Germany sent a carbon-plastic pod whizzing through a tube at 201 mph (324 km/h) last weekend, securing the top spot in Elon Musk's second Hyperloop competition.Musk, the founder of SpaceX, Tesla and brain-interface company Neuralink, aims to revolutionize transportation with his Hyperloop concept, which he envisions as a series of underground vacuum tubes through which transportation pods levitated by air would zoom at nearly the speed of sound.In January, SpaceX held its
  
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• Learn how to design immersive, interactive environments at VRDC Fall 2017!

  31-08-2017 18:18
  This panel will discuss the critical importance of creating believable and immersive VR worlds through four unique experience lenses, products and platforms....
  
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