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• White House: It's 'Highly Inappropriate' For Journalists To Criticize A General

  20-10-2017 23:53 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters Friday that it would be “highly inappropriate” for them to question chief of staff John Kelly because he served in the military as a general.
  
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• Doctors Fear A Potentially Deadly Disease Outbreak In Puerto Rico

  20-10-2017 23:48 via yahoo.com
  CAROLINA, Puerto Rico ― Christian Romero sat in near darkness in the stairwell of his apartment building.
  
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• Trump says thinks Republicans have the votes to pass tax reform: Fox Business interview

  20-10-2017 23:45 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he thinks Republicans have the votes needed to pass a big tax cut package. In an interview with Fox Business Network set to air on Sunday, Trump said he had been thinking about tying tax legislation to an infrastructure spending bill but that it was not clear a combined package would gain more votes. "I don’t want to take any chances cause I feel we have the votes right now the way it is," he said, according to a transcript
  
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• John Kelly Lied in Attack on Rep. Wilson

  20-10-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  Rachel reports the latest developments in the mess Donald Trump has made politicizing military next-of-kin notifications with the fact that Trump chief of staff John Kelly's attack on Rep. Frederica Wilson in his defense of Trump was completely false.
  
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• Clashes as Iraq army takes last Kurd-held area of Kirkuk province

  20-10-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  Iraqi forces clashed with Kurdish fighters Friday as the central government said it had wrested back control of the last area of disputed Kirkuk province in the latest stage of a sweeping operation after a controversial independence vote.Iraq's Joint Operations Command said police, counter-terrorism units and allied militias seized the Altun Kupri region, extending the central government's territory to within 50 kilometres (30 miles) of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region.
  
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• Mogadishu death toll rises to 358 as Somalia president to announce ’state of war’ on al-Shabaab

  20-10-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of anguished Somalis gathered to pray on Friday at the site of the country’s deadliest attack, while the toll rose to 358 and dozens remained missing. Somalia’s president will announce a "state of war" against the al-Shabaab extremist group blamed for the bombing, the prime minister said. The United States is expected to play a supporting role in the new offensive that President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed is set to launch on Saturday, a Somali military official told The Asso
  
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• 4 NC inmates face murder charges after prison workers killed

  20-10-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — Four North Carolina inmates face murder charges in the deaths of two workers in their sewing program after trying to burn, stab and slash their way out of prison. The state's public safety chief expressed outrage Friday that certain violent inmates had access to cutting tools, and announced a thorough review and temporary ban on such prison jobs.
  
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• 3 White Extremists Charged With Attempted Homicide Following Richard Spencer Speech

  20-10-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  Three white extremists were arrested and charged with attempted homicide after they got into an argument and fired on a group of people protesting white nationalist Richard Spencer’s speech in Gainesville, Florida, police said Friday.
  
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• Destiny 2 Trials of the Nine cancellation explained: "Not something we wanted to do, but we felt it was necessary"

  20-10-2017 22:58 via gamesradar.com
  It's good to take exploits seriously in a competitive game like Destiny 2, but Bungie's reaction to the looming specter of wall-glitching Silly Walkers in Trials of the Nine left many Guardians scratching their helmeted heads
  
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• Video: A game dev's romp through interesting 2017 game market data

  20-10-2017 22:48
  At GDC 2017, EEDAR co-founder and Experiment 7 creative director Geoffrey Zatkin presents a "tour de force romp" through a smorgasbord of game industry data from 2017....
  
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• Jupiter's Been Hiding A Big Stormy Secret Inside

  20-10-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  So much mystery beneath those clouds.
  
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• San Juan mayor rips Trump for giving himself a perfect '10' on hurricane response

  20-10-2017 22:43 via yahoo.com
  “If it is a 10 out of a scale of 100, of course. It is still a failing grade,” San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz said when asked about President Trump's giving himself a perfect grade for his response to the hurricane devastation in Puerto Rico.
  
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• Partisan feud undercuts Trump-Russia probe, U.S. Democrats charge

  20-10-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  By Jonathan Landay and Mark HosenballWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on a congressional panel say members of its Republican majority are trying to sabotage an investigation into suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, raising concerns the two parties will reach contradictory conclusions.Republicans on the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee have coached witnesses, scheduled interviews without first requesting important documents, and many fail to attend witness in
  
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• 'Last Jedi' Director Implies There Might Be a Time Jump After the First Scene

  20-10-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  What happens after that lightsaber pass?
  
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• The Promising Multiplayer Is Held Back By An Uninspiring Setting

  20-10-2017 22:10
  Game of Thrones is getting in on the mobile craze with Conquest, the newest in the ever-growing lineup of Game of War-style games. 
  If you haven’t played Game of War, the concept is simple: Start a castle (a ‘house,’ in Conquest), build and upgrade military and resource plots (ad infinitum), build military units, create or join an allegiance, and pillage those weaker than your allegiance until they flee or join your side. While this sounds exciting on paper, in both Game
  
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• Somalia's death toll now at 358 as 'state of war' planned

  20-10-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Thousands of anguished Somalis gathered to pray Friday at the site of the country's deadliest attack, while the toll rose to 358 and dozens remained missing. Somalia's president will announce a "state of war" against the al-Shabab extremist group blamed for the bombing, the prime minister said.
  
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• Gears of War 4 Gets New Maps, Halloween Event

  20-10-2017 22:00
  
  Gears of War 4 will receive two new maps on October 23, and a Halloween event on October 27.
  In a post on Xbox Wire, The Coalition announced that the October Update includes the final two maps for Gears of War 4, as well as support for the incoming Xbox One X enhancements. Further details regarding the Xbox One X enhancements will be released very soon.
  The two maps included in the update are Fuel Depot and Lift Apex. Fuel Depot is a returning map from Gears of War 1 and 2. The map features a la
  
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• Pressure grows on Trump to reveal details of soldiers' deaths in Niger

  20-10-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  The defense secretary, James Mattis, would not say if Donald Trump had authorized the US mission in Niger.Donald Trump’s administration is facing mounting pressure to release more details about the circumstances that led to the ambush of US troops in Niger, leaving four Americans dead and two wounded.The controversy surrounding the Niger attack escalated this week as the White House engaged in a high-profile feud with Frederica Wilson, a Democratic congresswoman, over Trump’s condole
  
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• Alabama inmate defiant before his execution for killing cop

  20-10-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — The convicted killer of a police officer used his final moments before being put to death to curse at the state of Alabama, raising his middle fingers in defiance at the start of a lethal injection his lawyers described as inhumanely painful.
  
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• 3 arrested after shooting following white nationalist speech

  20-10-2017 21:47 via yahoo.com
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A man who fired a shot at anti-Nazi protesters following a speech at the University of Florida by a white nationalist has been charged with attempted murder, police in Gainesville said Friday. Two men who allegedly urged him to shoot face the same charge.
  
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• Horizon: The Frozen Wilds Trademark Reportedly Suspended

  20-10-2017 21:44
  
  Sony's trademark for the Horizon: Zero Dawn expansion The Frozen Wilds has reportedly been suspended because of a mobile slot machine game.
  NeoGAF user Rösti discovered the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) suspension notice, which is reportedly over a month old. In the notice, USPTO states that mobile game developer Huuuge Games filed for a similar trademark before Sony.
  Huuuge Games filed a trademark for its mobile slot machine game Frozen Wild.
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• Jeff Sessions Praises Texas Immigration Crackdown

  20-10-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  AUSTIN ― Attorney General Jeff Sessions praised the Texas legislature’s controversial immigration crackdown law during a speech here Friday, commending conservative officials for supporting his efforts against “sanctuary” jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
  
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• Don't Miss: Deconstructing the Gothic horror music of Bloodborne

  20-10-2017 21:35
  Bloodborne audio experts Peter Scaturro, Penka Kouneva and Jim Fowler take the stage at GDC 2016 to talk about how the game's striking, haunting score was composed and produced across continents. ...
  
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• Video undermines White House attack on Rep. Wilson over condolence calls

  20-10-2017 21:27 via yahoo.com
  On Thursday, White House chief of staff John Kelly criticized Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., for saying President Trump had been insensitive to the widow of a slain soldier killed in Niger when he told her that her husband “knew what he signed up for.” Kelly went on to claim that at a 2015 FBI building dedication in Miami, the congresswoman boasted about securing funding for the building. But video of the 2015 dedication has surfaced, and it doesn’t support Kelly’s claim.
  
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• At Least 60 Dead After Suicide Bombers Attack Mosques in Afghanistan

  20-10-2017 21:10 via yahoo.com
  Suicide bombers struck two mosques in Afghanistan during Friday prayers, a Shiite mosque in Kabul and a Sunni mosque in western Ghor province, killing at least 63 people at the end of a particularly deadly week for the troubled nation.
  
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• Gen. John Kelly's Credibility Takes a Hit

  20-10-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  The White House Chief of Staff, Gen. John Kelly, put his credibility on the line for President Donald Trump, and now he is mired in controversy many find grotesque. Christina Greer, Tim O'Brien, and James Peterson join Ari Melber to discuss.
  
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• Get a job: Wargaming Sydney is hiring a Sr. Software Engineer

  20-10-2017 21:07
  Wargaming Sydney is seeking an experienced Sr. Software Engineer with knowledge of both low-level systems programming to high-level rendering R& D to join its team in Sydney, Australia....
  
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• Houston Suburb Conditions Hurricane Relief Money On Residents' Vow Not To Boycott Israel

  20-10-2017 21:05 via yahoo.com
  A suburb outside of Houston is requiring residents who were affected by Hurricane Harvey to certify that they do not boycott Israel in order to apply for grant money to rebuild their home or business.
  
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• Gen. John Kelly Now Part of White House Fact Problem

  20-10-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  Many hoped Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly would help abate the Trump administration's problem with falsehoods (of which the president is the key offender), but a video has proved Kelly's attack on Rep. Frederica Wilson false.
  
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• Billionaire investor launches multi-million dollar campaign to impeach Trump: 'This president is mentally unstable'

  20-10-2017 20:49 via yahoo.com
  Big money is pouring into the effort in impeach Donald Trump.Billionaire Democratic activist Tom Steyer is continuing his crusade against the president by funding a national campaign of television and digital advertisements calling for Mr Trump's removal from office.The spot warns that Mr Trump has “brought us to the brink of nuclear war, obstructed justice at the FBI” and has “taken money from foreign governments and threatened to shut down news organizations” in violati
  
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• Iraqi forces seize disputed town after clashes with Kurds

  20-10-2017 20:47 via yahoo.com
  ALTUN KUPRI, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi troops seized a town from Kurdish forces after a brief but intense firefight on Friday, capping a dramatic week of maneuvers that saw the Kurds hand over territory across northern Iraq.
  
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• The Latest: King: Catalonia is "an essential part" of Spain

  20-10-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on the Spain-Catalonia political crisis (all times local):
  
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• 666M tuned in to video game streams and videos last year, says SuperData

  20-10-2017 20:39
  SuperData's report says that video game streams now pull more viewers than streaming services like Hulu, Netflix, HBO, and ESPN combined. ...
  
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• Limited Run Physical Games Coming to Nintendo Switch

  20-10-2017 20:36
  Limited Run Games has announced it is approved to publish physical editions of Nintendo Switch games, continuing the publisher's trend of highlighting digital indie games in physical form.
  Limited Run Games, a publisher that deals in limited edition physical versions of various games, made the announcement on its Twitter.
  The publisher doesn't have any details about which specific games are coming, but did say its first release is coming in 2018. According to a follow up tweet, Limited Run plans
  
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• Mexico catches, releases endangered vaquita porpoise

  20-10-2017 20:29 via yahoo.com
  Mexico captured a rare vaquita marina porpoise as part of a bold program to save the critically endangered species, but released it because it was too young to be separated from its mother, officials said.The vaquita, the world's smallest porpoise, has been pushed to the brink of extinction by illegal fishing."The successful rescue made conservation history," Mexican Environment Minister Rafael Pacchiano said in a statement.
  
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• Anna Faris Opens Up About Preemie Son's Health Battle

  20-10-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  Anna Faris opened up about her son’s medical battle in her upcoming memoir, Unqualified.
  
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• Final Fantasy XV Multiplayer Expansion Delayed

  20-10-2017 20:17
  Final Fantasy XV's upcoming multiplayer expansion, Comrades, has been delayed.
  Square Enix announced on Twitter the expansion, previously dated for October 31, will now be released sometime in early November. According to the publisher, the delay is "due to final adjustments and to create the best possible experience."
  Players will be able to create their own character and take on quests with up to three friends online in Comrades. By equipping royal sigils, players will be grante
  
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• The White House Keeps Attacking Congresswoman Who Has Been Right All Along

  20-10-2017 20:08 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) took a victory lap in her feud with President Donald Trump after the White House was caught falsely maligning her for the second time this week.
  
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• China's Xi Jinping: Now the World's Most Powerful Man?

  20-10-2017 19:47 via yahoo.com
  Moving into his second term, the Chinese president is expected to turn his grand visions for the revival of China as a great, global power into action. China's Xi Jinping: Now the World's Most Powerful Man?A man whose name was largely unknown outside of China just a few years ago has become the rising Asian giant’s most powerful leaders in decades.Chinese President Xi Jinping, recognized as the supreme leader and the “core” of the Communist Party of China, controls more po
  
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• DNA Helps Solve 1995 Cold Case Killing of 17-Year-Old Girl

  20-10-2017 19:40 via yahoo.com
  Investigators had long hoped to find justice for Suzanne Nauman.
  
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• Boy kicked out of Cub Scouts after challenging Republican senator accused of racism

  20-10-2017 19:38 via yahoo.com
  Ames Mayfield of Broomsfield, Colorado, decided to do some research on Senator Vicki Marbles before she visited his Cub Scouts den, his mother says.“I didn’t, that was made up by the media,” Ms Marble responded.
  
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• Elon Musk to Start Hyperloop Project in Maryland, Officials Say

  20-10-2017 19:36 via yahoo.com
  This is the first step to making the hyperloop a reality.
  
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• The Real's Jeannie Mai Divorcing Husband After 10 Years of Marriage

  20-10-2017 19:32 via yahoo.com
  A rep for Jeannie Mai, co-host of The Real, confirms that she and husband Freddy Harteis are amicably divorcing after 10 years of marriage
  
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• Iranian commander issued stark warning to Iraqi Kurds over Kirkuk

  20-10-2017 19:26 via yahoo.com
  By Michael Georgy and Ahmed RasheedSULAIMANIA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A senior Iranian military commander repeatedly warned Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq to withdraw from the oil city of Kirkuk or face an onslaught by Iraqi forces and allied Iranian-backed fighters, Kurdish officials briefed on the meetings said.Major-General Qassem Soleimani, commander of foreign operations for Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, traveled to Iraq's Kurdistan region to meet Kurdish leaders at least three times thi
  
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• Brawlhalla dev Blue Mammoth Games opening studio in the Netherlands

  20-10-2017 19:26
  The Amsterdam-based operation will open its doors in January 2018 and will eventually hire a staff of 25....
  
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• Here's the story behind Blade Runner 2049's most spectacular, spoiler-y cameo

  20-10-2017 19:20 via gamesradar.com
  WARNING: Spoilers for Blade Runner 2049 ahead. Do not scroll further if you wish to keep the surpris ...
  
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• Woman heartbroken after discovering her dog wasn’t euthanised for five months after she bid 'final' farewell

  20-10-2017 19:12 via yahoo.com
  A woman who thought she had paid for her dog to be euthanized has been surprised to find out that her dog was kept alive for five months after the procedure.New Jersey woman Keri Levy says that she made the difficult decision to put down the miniature pinscher she had owned for 15 years, but was astonished to receive an anonymous tip five months later that her pup was still alive.“It broke my heart in a way like my heart has never been broken,” Ms Levy told ABC News.
  
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• How I Found My Family in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria

  20-10-2017 18:58 via yahoo.com
  Most weren't able to do so easily
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrongly blames terror for UK crime jump

  20-10-2017 18:54 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — President Donald Trump has misinterpreted British crime statistics and wrongly blamed terrorism as the driving factor behind higher numbers. Terror attacks in Manchester and London that killed 35 people only account for 1/100th of a percent of the total number of crimes recorded in the report, and homicides are actually down 2 percent.
  
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• Star Wars 9 can't just revel in the past, J.J. Abrams says: "We have to go elsewhere"

  20-10-2017 18:48 via gamesradar.com
  Amidst all the love and joy for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, there was one common criticism: it felt kinda familiar
  
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