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• This Woman’s Flooded Store Looks Brand New After She Refused To Give Up Hope

  02-09-2017 23:52 via yahoo.com
  Just a few days ago, Hanh Nguyen was waist-deep in water.The water started rising at her store, Marie’s Seafood in Port Arthur, Texas, on Tuesday — the day that tropical storm Harvey dumped 26 inches of rain on the city, triggering flash flooding and causing thousands to evacuate.HuffPost visited Nguyen’s store on Thursday, when the water was still up to her calves.
  
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• Activists Face Rain And Security Threats As 10-Day March Against White Supremacy Continues

  02-09-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  Braving the rain, threats of violence and uncertainty over police permits, dozens of civil rights activists set out on the sixth day of their 118-mile trek from Charlottesville, Virginia, to Washington, D.C., on Saturday to protest the white supremacist ideas that inspired deadly violence in Charlottesville a few weeks ago.
  
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• 'I survived': How 1 woman lived Harvey on social media

  02-09-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — Katlyn Perkins' first announcement that something was very wrong at her home in northeast Houston came at 8:19 p.m. on Aug. 24, when she updated her Facebook status.
  
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• Los Angeles hit by largest wildfire in its history, prompting hundreds of evacuations

  02-09-2017 23:16 via yahoo.com
  A wildfire on the northern edge of Los Angeles rapidly grew on Saturday into what the mayor called the largest blaze in the city's history, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of people and the closure of a major highway.The 5,000-acre (2,023-hectare) La Tuna Fire, named after the canyon area where it erupted on Friday, has led authorities to evacuate more than 700 homes in a north Los Angeles neighbourhood and in nearby Burbank and Glendale, officials said."Other than that, no loss of any prop
  
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• $17,000 raised to send a steadfast Texas meteorologist on a post-Harvey vacation

  02-09-2017 23:01 via yahoo.com
  Throughout the storms and flooding caused by Harvey, many Houston residents turned to one voice for answers: Jeff Linder.  Meteorologist for the Harris County Flood Control District, Linder delivered clear, reassuring, and composed updates as flooding reached unprecedented levels. He was on TV and Twitter both for nearly 24/7, guiding Houstonians as they decided whether to evacuate and how.  SEE ALSO: Before and after photos: Harvey's devastating floods are clearly visible from space N
  
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• FIFA 18 Dev Explains Why Switch Version Has Cut Modes

  02-09-2017 22:48
  FIFA 18 producer Andrei Lazarescu has come forward explain why the EA's upcoming Switch port is lacking several noteworthy features found in the Xbox One, PS4 and PC versions.
  With regard to Ultimate Team, Lazarescu told Eurogamer the team feared the large amount of content might overwhelm Switch players who haven't grown accustomed to all of the features that have been progressively added over the years.
  "If you look at the history of Ultimate Team on the likes of Sony or Microsoft&md
  
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• Largest wildfire in Los Angeles history forces hundreds to evacuate

  02-09-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  By Alex DobuzinskisLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A wildfire on the northern edge of Los Angeles rapidly grew on Saturday into what the mayor called the largest blaze in the city's history, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of people and the closure of a major highway.The 5,000-acre (2,023-hectare) La Tuna Fire, named after the canyon area where it erupted on Friday, has led authorities to evacuate more than 700 homes in a north Los Angeles neighborhood and in nearby Burbank and Glendale, officials
  
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• 'Ink Master' Star Chris Blinston Arrested For Allegedly Strangling Daughter

  02-09-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  The "Ink Master" star's daughter claimed her father strangled her twice during a custody visit.
  
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• 10-Year-Old Girl Escapes Tormentors After Being Beaten and Dragged by Car

  02-09-2017 22:05 via yahoo.com
  A 10-year-old girl who was beaten repeatedly, forced to run with heavy packs and dragged behind a car escaped her tormentors as they slept to ask a neighbor for help, police in central New York said Friday
  
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• 16-Year-Old Arrested For Allegedly Murdering 14-Year-Old With Hammer During Drug Deal

  02-09-2017 22:02 via yahoo.com
  Her body was later found in a landfill.
  
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• Department Of Justice Says It Has No Evidence Obama Ordered Wiretap Of Trump Tower

  02-09-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  The Department of Justice confirmed in a Friday court filing it had no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s claim that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the presidential campaign.
  
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• Texas rangers subdue 12ft alligator in Houston floods

  02-09-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  Game wardens and state troopers were called in to capture a massive alligator after it was displaced by the flood waters caused by Hurricane Harvey.The Texas game wardens posted a tweet of the incident showing five lawmen sitting on top of the alligator.The flooding has forced many alligators in Texas to seek higher ground, in some cases putting them in close contact with humans.
  
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• Borderlands-Themed Skins Coming to Battleborn

  02-09-2017 21:17
  Battleborn will soon feature Borderlands-themed skins, Gearbox Software announced today at PAX West 2017.
  The character skins, featuring familiar faces like Siren and Claptrap, were revealed during the "Inside Gearbox" panel at this year's Seattle-based convention. Check out the gallery below for a look the six character skins that were shown.
  Battleborn players will have access to the Borderlands skins sometime later this year. Those who attended the panel at PAX West were given a code to unloc
  
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• Prince George's school to help Duke and Duchess of Cambridge 'feel secure'

  02-09-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  As the first day of school dawns, it is sometimes hard to tell who is more nervous: the four-year-old child on a new adventure, or his parents waving him off. But if the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are experiencing any jitters about Prince George’s first day, it appears they are in good hands. The Prince’s new school, Thomas’ Battersea, has promised to place special emphasis on making sure new parents “feel secure” about leaving their children, with a drinks recep
  
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• Exploring A Chunk Of The Massive World

  02-09-2017 21:00
  Fantasy-based role-playing games typically transport you across several massive, sprawling locales, but even going in with that expectation, I was taken aback by the sheer scale of what I played of Xenoblade Chronicles 2.Those who weren't fans of Xenoblade Chronicles X on Wii U should findpeace of mind in the direction of this entry, as several elements looklike it's veering closer to the original Xenoblade Chronicles. Not onlyare the Skells nowhere to be found, but the game is more story focus
  
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• 5 Moments You Missed This Week On 'Days Of Our Lives,' 'Bold and the Beautiful,' And 'Young and the Restless'

  02-09-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  These five major moments from this week's episodes of "Days of Our Lives," "The Young and the Restless," and "The Bold and the Beautiful" were too good to miss.
  
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• Taylor Swift's Close Friend Todrick Hall Defends Her Election Silence

  02-09-2017 20:19 via yahoo.com
  One of the more pointed complaints leveled against the polarizing pop star concerns her silence during the presidential election.
  
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• Trump visits evacuees at shelter in storm-battered Houston

  02-09-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump handed out box lunches and hugged children in a Houston emergency shelter on Saturday, as he witnessed the devastation wrought after Hurricane Harvey unleashed apocalyptic floods on America's fourth-largest city.The sprawling Texas megacity was taking tentative steps back to normalcy after a week of flooding that damaged 40,000 to 50,000 homes and sent tens of thousands fleeing to emergency shelters.Harvey has been blamed for at least 42 deaths.
  
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• Watching Katla: Icelanders plan for next volcanic eruption

  02-09-2017 20:05 via yahoo.com
  VIK, Iceland (AP) — Sneeze next to the Katla volcano, goes the joke in this Icelandic village, and a seismologist in Reykjavik will analyze the disturbance.
  
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• Metroid: Samus Returns' First Few Hours Have Us Hooked

  02-09-2017 20:00
  IGN producer Zach Ryan and I have played a few hours of Metroid: Samus Returns so far, and we can’t stop talking about it. Instead of keeping our thoughts to ourselves (and annoying our deskmates), we thought we’d share our discussion with you all right here. We’ll talk about Metroid: Samus Returns more on IGN’s weekly Nintendo show, Nintendo Voice Chat (be sure to tune in to the September 8 episode), and we’ll have our full review of Samus Returns on September 12.
  
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• Man Wrapped 7-Year-Old Girl in a Blanket and Threw Her Over a Bridge

  02-09-2017 19:55 via yahoo.com
  The girl survived by swimming to shore and knocking on someone's door
  
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• 2 men arrested in wounding of 2 St. Louis police officers

  02-09-2017 19:42 via yahoo.com
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities have arrested two men suspected of wounding two St. Louis police officers in an attack that also left a 24-year-old woman in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head.
  
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• Texas Mother Of Two Went Missing Just Before Hurricane Harvey

  02-09-2017 19:18 via yahoo.com
  The day before Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, realtor and mother of two Crystal McDowell told her followers on Facebook to “stay safe out there!” Hours later, she would go missing herself
  
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• Iran Says West Won't Attack and Would Lose If It Tried

  02-09-2017 19:14 via yahoo.com
  Military leaders said they did not fear an invasion from the West, touting Tehran's growing military might at home and abroad.
  
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• Houston refineries and plants leak thousands of tons of pollutants

  02-09-2017 18:45 via yahoo.com
  Houston’s petrochemical industry has leaked more than 2,700 tons of extra air pollution in connection with Hurricane Harvey.Hurricane Harvey has resulted in Houston’s petrochemical industry leaking thousands of tons of pollutants, with communities living near plants damaged by the storm exposed to soaring levels of toxic fumes and potential water contamination.
  
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• Philly Police Union President Calls Black Lives Matter Activists 'A Pack Of Rabid Animals'

  02-09-2017 18:38 via yahoo.com
  The president of a Pennsylvania police union responded to Black Lives Matter activists demanding accountability for the police killing of a black man by calling the group a “pack of rabid animals.”
  
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• Kenya president warns judiciary after it nullifies election

  02-09-2017 18:26 via yahoo.com
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's president promised Saturday to "fix" the judicial system a day after the Supreme Court nullified his re-election, and he warned the chief justice and judiciary not to interfere with the electoral commission as the country prepares for a new presidential vote.
  
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• Formal investigation opened in French girl's disappearance

  02-09-2017 18:24 via yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — A French prosecutor opened a formal kidnapping investigation Saturday in the disappearance of a 9-year-old girl who went missing from a wedding celebration last weekend.
  
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• A Return To The Offroad Arcade

  02-09-2017 18:16
  In the '90s, racers ruled a corner of every arcade. From the Cruisin' games to Daytona U.S.A., many people have fond memories of throwing a quarter in the slot and taking a few high-speed laps with little learning curve. Milestone, the studio behind such series as Ride, WRC, and MotoGP, look back on those days with great affect, and strive to deliver fans an adrenaline-pumping experience that harks back to those games.
  One of the key components of Milestone's new offroad racer Gravel is that it
  
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• Tech billionaire one-ups Trump’s Hurricane Harvey donation in a big way

  02-09-2017 18:00 via yahoo.com
  After plenty of negative press coverage surrounding his 'first-hand" experience of Hurricane Harvey, President Trump decided to solve the problem in the only way he knows how: a vague commitment of money. He pledged $1 million out of his own pocket to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey, a small but meaningful gesture from a man who values himself at over $1 billion.But even giving out free cash isn't a risk-free exercise for Trump. Michael Dell, a verifiable tech billionaire, has committed to
  
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• Russia says US threatened to break into trade mission

  02-09-2017 17:33 via yahoo.com
  An official at the Russian consulate in San Francisco tells firemen there is no problem after smoke was seen coming from the rooftop.Russia’s trade mission in Washington also had a fire.Russia’s foreign ministry has summoned a senior US diplomat in Moscow to hand him a note of protest over alleged plans to conduct searches in the trade mission complex in Washington, the ministry said in a statement claiming the United States had threatened to “break down the entrance door&rdquo
  
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• People are desperate for air conditioning as San Francisco deals with record heat

  02-09-2017 17:32 via yahoo.com
  It's really hot in San Francisco right now. Like, really,really hot.  Temperatures in the Bay Area reached 106 degrees Farenheit on Friday. That's 106 degrees in foggy, chilly northern California, where late-summer temperatures are usually in the high 60s. The 106-degree day broke a record for all-time hottest temperature in San Francisco in recorded history, or at least 143 years. A second consecutive day of extreme heat forecast for Saturday across the #BayArea and Central Coast. Tak
  
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• Kenyan president, election overturned by court, attacks judiciary

  02-09-2017 17:13 via yahoo.com
  By Maggie FickNAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Saturday the country has "a problem" with its judiciary that must be fixed.Kenyatta, however, also repeated his message from Friday that he would respect the court's ruling.The decision to annul the election was an unprecedented move in Africa where governments often hold sway over judges -- and the first time on the continent that a court ruled against the electoral victory of an incumbent.
  
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• George and Amal Clooney Step Out for Venice Dinner Date Ahead of Film Premiere

  02-09-2017 17:13 via yahoo.com
  Amal stepped out with husband Georgefor a dinner date at Ristorante Da Ivo in Venice, Italy Friday night
  
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• Schoolteachers on edge as Trump mulls changing 'Dreamers' policy

  02-09-2017 17:05 via yahoo.com
  Sometimes, though, one finds out that she lacks legal authorization to live in the country, often a child in similar circumstances.Rocha is one of nearly 800,000 undocumented young people in the United States to receive work authorization through Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.After graduating from the University of Texas at San Antonio, she was accepted into Teach for America, which places high-achieving college graduates in low-income schools.
  
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• Serial Killer's Remains Exhumed Amid Rumors He Escaped Execution

  02-09-2017 17:03 via yahoo.com
  Tests show that the remains in a suburban Philadelphia grave are indeed those of a 19th century serial killer, quelling rumors that he'd conned his way out of execution and escaped from prison
  
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• Hezbollah says buses from IS convoy stuck in the desert

  02-09-2017 16:55 via yahoo.com
  Lebanon's Hezbollah group said in a statement on Saturday that it and the Syrian army had fulfilled their obligations by safely transporting a convoy of Islamic State fighters and their families out of Syrian government territory.Six buses from the convoy were still in Syrian government territory and in the care of Hezbollah and the Syrian government, the statement said.Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shi'ite group allied to the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad, called on the international c
  
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• 5 Ways to Keep Mosquitoes Away

  02-09-2017 16:49 via yahoo.com
  It just takes a few minutes outdoors, particularly at dusk, to develop a deep-rooted disdain for mosquitos. And as if buzzing incessantly near your ear and feasting on your exposed arms and legs ...
  
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• Convoy of hundreds of Isil fighters still stranded in Syrian desert standoff

  02-09-2017 16:45 via yahoo.com
  A convoy of evacuated Islamic State fighters is in a stand-off in the desert Syria, with the US threatening more air strikes if they continue to their destination near the Iraqi border. Lebanon's Hizbollah movement, which agreed the deal with Isil, today accused US-led forces of stranding the buses carrying hundreds of fighters and civilians headed for jihadist-held territory in eastern Syria. It was reported that some of the ambulances carrying wounded fighters, who had
  
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• Pokken on Switch Is the Portable Pokemon Fighting Game I’ve Always Wanted

  02-09-2017 16:41
  As a kid, battling was always my favorite part of Pokemon. Even more than catching ‘em all, building my party and carefully selecting a strategy was what got me hooked on the games (and eventually even the Trading Card Game) in the first place. When Pokemon Stadium came around on N64, it was like a dream come true to finally see those battles in 3D, but it was always missing a key element for me: portability.
  With Pokken Tournament DX on Switch, I feel like I finally have the portable Poke
  
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• Barcelona says Liverpool made late offer to sell Coutinho

  02-09-2017 16:30 via yahoo.com
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona says it rejected a last-minute offer from Liverpool to sell midfielder Philippe Coutinho for 200 million euros ($237 million) the Spanish club on Friday, the final day of the transfer window.
  
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• Religious tourism: the white gold of Saudi Arabia

  02-09-2017 16:21 via yahoo.com
  With global oil prices flailing, Saudi Arabia is turning to another natural resource: billions of dollars gained from religious tourism as the kingdom hosts the annual hajj pilgrimage.Shops line the packed esplanade of the Great Mosque of Mecca, one of the holiest sites in Islam, lowering their awnings only at prayer time and re-opening their doors minutes after the mosque empties.Saudi authorities have reported 2.35 million Muslims are participating in this year's hajj, the pilgrimage to the we
  
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• Saudi king says kingdom has made progress in tackling terrorism

  02-09-2017 16:19 via yahoo.com
  Saudi King Salman, receiving dignitaries attending the annual Muslim haj pilgrimage, said on Saturday the kingdom had made progress in eradicating terrorism aimed at attacking its holy sites, state news agency SPA reported.Saudi Arabia, which stakes its reputation on its guardianship of Islam’s holiest sites and organizing the haj, has been hit by bombings in recent years and uncovered plots to carry out attacks in Mecca."The limbs of terrorism have sought to harm the holy cities, paying n
  
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• Hezbollah slams US over IS convoy stranded in Syria

  02-09-2017 16:09 via yahoo.com
  Lebanon's Hezbollah movement on Saturday accused US-led forces of stranding a convoy of Islamic State fighters and civilians headed for Syria's Deir Ezzor province under an evacuation deal.The convoy carrying hundreds of IS fighters as well as civilians was meant to travel from the Lebanon-Syria border to jihadist-held territory in eastern Syria under a deal Hezbollah helped broker.
  
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• FCC’s Broken Comments System Could Help Doom Net Neutrality

  02-09-2017 16:00 via yahoo.com
  How spambots, fake names, and 2,000 "John Olivers" wreaked havoc on the net neutrality debate
  
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• 19 U.S. Diplomats in Cuba Now Affected by Health Attacks

  02-09-2017 15:23 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. increased its tally of government personnel affected
  
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• Salt Lake City nurse arrested for refusing request for patient's blood

  02-09-2017 15:20 via yahoo.com
  The nurse declined to provide police a blood sample of an unconscious patient unable to give consent.
  
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• Russia hands note of protest to U.S. over plans to search trade mission

  02-09-2017 15:06 via yahoo.com
  Russia's foreign ministry has summoned a U.S. diplomat in Moscow to hand him a note of protest over plans to conduct searches in Russia's trade mission complex in Washington, which should soon be closed, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday.It said it has summoned Anthony F. Godfrey, a deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.The ministry called the planned "illegal inspection" of Russian diplomatic housing an "unprecedented aggressive action", which could be used by the U.S
  
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• These 7 NASA Photos Show How Complex Our Star Really Is

  02-09-2017 15:00 via yahoo.com
  NASA has taken some impressive photos of the sun's surface while studying our star.
  
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• Physicists Want to Rebuild Quantum Theory From Scratch

  02-09-2017 13:00 via yahoo.com
  Physicists are trying to rewrite the axioms of quantum theory from scratch in an effort to understand what it all means. The problem? They’ve been almost too successful.
  
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