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• Olympic Weightlifter To Sell Gold Medal For Iran's Earthquake Victims

  14-11-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  Olympic gold medalist Kianoush Rostami of Iran is auctioning off his prestigious medal to raise money for the victims of Sunday’s catastrophic earthquake on the Iran-Iraq border, which has left at least 530 people dead and thousands injured.
  
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• Gunman goes on shooting spree in Northern California

  14-11-2017 23:42 via yahoo.com
  A gunman choosing targets at random opened fire in a rural Northern California town Tuesday, killing four people at several sites and wounding others at an elementary school before police shot him dead, authorities said.The gunfire began around 8 a.m. in the community of Rancho Tehama Reserve, about 130 miles north of Sacramento. Police offered no immediate word on the assailant’s motive, but a sheriff’s official said the shooter’s neighbors had reported a domestic violence inc
  
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• There’s an all-silver FIFA 18 Ultimate Team XI that will cost you 393,000 coins

  14-11-2017 23:40 via gamesradar.com
  Gold cards, and packs, are traditionally the most sought after elements of Ultimate Team
  
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• Breath of the Wild player walks entire world row by row; this map is the result

  14-11-2017 23:37 via gamesradar.com
  The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a massive game with an equally massive number of things to find in its rolling hills and deep caves
  
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• NASA took the 1st, astonishing aerial photos of the giant new Antarctic iceberg

  14-11-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  Each Antarctic spring and summer, NASA flies special aircraft over the continent to keep tabs on how global warming is altering the landscape. The agency does the same in the Arctic each summer, for a project known as Operation IceBridge.  Just a few days ago, a NASA P-3 Orion aircraft flew from Ushuaia, Argentina, out over the Larsen C Ice Shelf, including the new, Delaware-sized iceberg that the shelf gave birth to sometime between July 10 and July 12 of this year. The iceberg, named A-68
  
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• Gunman kills four in Northern California shooting spree

  14-11-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  At least 10 other people were wounded, including two children at an elementary school near the small town of Corning, about 100 miles north of Sacramento, where the suspect was slain, according to police and local media."Deeply saddened to hear of the shooting in Northern California, the loss of life, including innocent children," Vice President Mike Pence said on Twitter.Shots were fired at Rancho Tehama Elementary school and some people were injured there but no students or staff members died,
  
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• Sessions angrily rejects Dems' perjury charges

  14-11-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions angrily rebutted House Democrats’ suggestion that he had perjured himself in congressional testimony and on an application form for security clearance on Tuesday.
  
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• Jeff Sessions Admits He Has No Idea What DOJ Is Doing To Prevent Election Hacking

  14-11-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  More than a year after Russia attempted to interfere in the U.S. elections, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he was unsure what the Justice Department was doing to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
  
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• Navy Widow Learns She's Pregnant After Husband's Death and Honors Him with Special Gender Reveal

  14-11-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  Cassie and Hospital Corpsman 1st class Ryan Lohrey had just celebrated their first month of marriage when tragedy struck. On July 10, Ryan, 30, died in a military plane crash during training in Mississippi
  
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• Whistleblower Sues Interior Department For Information On Staff Shuffle

  14-11-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON — A scientist-turned-whistleblower who resigned from the Interior Department in October citing agency chief Ryan Zinke’s “poor leadership” and “resume of failure” is suing to obtain  information concerning his own reassignment and that of several of his former colleagues.
  
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• Police: Man fatally shot tried to run, fought with officer

  14-11-2017 22:50 via yahoo.com
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A man killed by a Baton Rouge police officer had tried to run when confronted during a child abuse investigation, fought with the officer and kept resisting after being shot, authorities said Tuesday.
  
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• Escaped Psychiatric Patient, Once Described as a Classic Serial Killer, Could Be in California

  14-11-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  A court in 1993 said he still suffered from sexual sadism and necrophilia
  
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• The Latest: Netanyahu says Israel offered aid to Iran, Iraq

  14-11-2017 22:40 via yahoo.com
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The latest on developments from an earthquake in the border region of Iran and Iraq (all times local):
  
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• Retired US general says nuclear launch order can be refused

  14-11-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired Air Force general told the Senate on Tuesday that an order from President Donald Trump or any of his successors to launch nuclear weapons can be refused by the top officer at U.S. Strategic Command if that order is determined to be illegal.
  
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• Five dead in California shooting spree that ended at school 

  14-11-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  Five people died in a shooting spree on Tuesday that ended at a school in a remote area of rural Northern California . Law enforcement officers shot dead the gunman after a series of shootings at seven or more locations, according to  local newspaper the Record Searchlight. The spree began at a home and ended at Rancho Tehama School near the town of Corning. The shooter was armed with a semi-automatic rifle and two handguns, Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston told local media. He sai
  
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• The $40 Gadget That'll Help You Cook The Biggest Meal You've Ever Made

  14-11-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  Any good hostess knows that a well-fed crowd is a happy crowd.
  
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• Bryan Cranston Thinks Hollywood's Sexual Abusers Could Make A Comeback

  14-11-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Given the deluge of sexual misconduct allegations in Hollywood, pretty much every famous type is being questioned about their stance on the issue.
  
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• Shooter Kills 5 and Wounds Children in Northern California

  14-11-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  Authorities say a series of shootings in rural Northern California has left five people dead, including the shooter, and that two children were among the wounded.
  
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• 4 Dead In Shooting At Northern California Elementary School

  14-11-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  At least three people are dead and several injured after a shooting early Tuesday morning at an elementary school in Northern California, local authorities report.
  
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• Paul Ryan Announces That U.S. House Will Mandate Sexual Harassment Training

  14-11-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Tuesday announced that members of the House and staff will undergo mandatory training regarding sexual harassment.
  
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• 16 holiday gifts for wine lovers

  14-11-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  There's nothing cozier than curling up your couch and ending a crazy day with a nice glass of red wine.
  
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• Sick Prisoner Will Get Pillow During Execution to Help Him Breathe as He Dies

  14-11-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  Alva Campbell is set to be executed Wednesday.
  
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• The Leonid Meteor Shower Is This Weekend. Here Are the Best Places to See It

  14-11-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  The annual event starts Nov. 17
  
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• To grow teen athletes, let kids try lots of sports

  14-11-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) - The best way to get teens to play sports may be to let them sample a variety of different athletic pursuits earlier in childhood, a Canadian study suggests.Kids who dabbled in several sports at the start of the study were 55% more likely to participate in recreational athletics five years later than children who didn’t start out playing any sports or who specialized in only one, the study found.“Children have a lot to gain from engaging in a wide va
  
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• Vive Focus Is HTC's New Standalone VR Headset

  14-11-2017 21:13
  Vive announced its new, standalone VR headset, the Vive Focus, but it looks like it's not coming West just yet.
  The company's Chinese website has details on the device, described as the "most immersive VR experience" in the world. Currently there's only a link for developer's kits, and not a consumer-ready product.
  The device uses the Snapdragon 835 chipset, a 10nm Samsung chip found in the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, among other phones.
  It's completely wireless and comes with a small controller
  
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• Women's anger transformed the 2017 elections. Get ready for 2018.

  14-11-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  Voters weren’t just voting against Donald Trump, they were taking action on years’ worth of accumulated grievances that had no outlet in districts where the only candidates running were Republicans.Take the case of Virginia’s 73rd House of Delegates district, outside of Richmond.In 2012, a proposed transvaginal ultrasound law in Virginia became a major issue in the presidential race and part of that year’s War on Women narrative.
  
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• Florida Police Believe A Serial Killer Has Struck Again

  14-11-2017 20:55 via yahoo.com
  A suspected serial killer shot and killed a man as he crossed a street early Tuesday morning in Tampa, Florida, police say, the fourth such murder in little more than a month.
  
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• Sessions changes statement about Trump campaign and Russia

  14-11-2017 20:47 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions acknowledged on Tuesday he was aware of contact between Donald Trump's election campaign and Russian intermediaries, again modifying a previous statement about the extent of connections to Moscow.The comment by Sessions to a House of Representatives panel did not reveal any new link between the Trump team and Russia but it was another example of the top U.S. law enforcement official offering a different version of events as lawmakers try to work out if the Tru
  
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• 5 dead in Northern California shooting spree

  14-11-2017 20:37 via yahoo.com
  Five people are dead and two others were left wounded in a shooting spree that began at a home in Northern California on Tuesday and ended at an elementary school, officials there say.
  
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• Stoli Is Spending $150 Million to Build a Kentucky Bourbon Distillery

  14-11-2017 20:36 via yahoo.com
  It’s part of the Luxembourg-based spirit brand’s big push into the American whiskey market.
  
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• 5 'Stealth' Reasons the U.S. Military Can't Be Beat on Any Battlefield

  14-11-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  Stealth doesn’t just apply to aircraft—submarines have been incorporating stealthy features for decades.Among submarines, the most powerful combination of lethality and stealth is almost certainly the Ohio-class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines.Thousands of years later, with the ability to detect objects on the ground, in the air and at sea using electromagnetic radiation, hiding weapons in plain sight has become much harder.
  
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• Lawsuit Against Tesla Claims "Pre-Civil Rights Era Race Discrimination"

  14-11-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  Elon Musk's response has complainants feeling unsatisfied.
  
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• Humble Bundle Raises Funds for Natural Disaster Relief

  14-11-2017 20:27
  Humble Bundle has partnered with more than 25 game publishers and developers to launch the Humble Care Package Bundle to raise funds for those affected by recent natural disasters.
  The bundle, which features over $385 worth of games for $30, will run from now until November 21 at 11am PT/2pm ET.Those who donate at least $30 will get all of the following titles:StarboundDarkest DungeonMinecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
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• Prosecutor Fired Over Rant on Uber Driver Apologizes: 'My Career Is Done'

  14-11-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  Jody Warner was accused of being drunk and obnoxious by the driver, who recorded her as she berated him.
  
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• Sick death row inmate will be given special pillow to help him breathe during lethal injection

  14-11-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  A sick death row inmate set to die by lethal injection this week will be given a special wedge-shaped pillow to help him breathe as he is executed.
  
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• Rumors of a Coup Are Circling Around Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe. Here's What We Know

  14-11-2017 20:07 via yahoo.com
  A power struggle over who will succeed the 93-year-old Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe spilled out on the country's streets on Tuesday
  
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• 5 Dead, Including Gunman, in Series of Northern California Shootings

  14-11-2017 20:01 via yahoo.com
  The shootings took place at multiple locations, including an elementary school
  
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• Newtown families seek to hold gun maker accountable in Connecticut court

  14-11-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  By Tina BellonHARTFORD, Conn. (Reuters) - A lawyer for families who lost loved ones in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting told Connecticut's highest court on Tuesday that Remington Outdoor Co [FREDM.UL] should be held responsible because its military-themed marketing was designed to appeal to young men like killer Adam Lanza."They knew they were hitting their mark and Lanza was responding to their marketing," said lawyer Joshua KoskoffLanza, 20, used a Remington AR-15 Bushmaster rifle, a semi-a
  
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• Jon Stewart 'Stunned' About Louis C.K., Wonders 'Did I Miss Something?'

  14-11-2017 19:57 via yahoo.com
  Jon Stewart said Tuesday that he was “stunned” to learn about Louis C.K.’s history of sexual misconduct.
  
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• 9 Unforgettable Star Wars Moments in Games

  14-11-2017 19:30
  For the past 40 years, we’ve played through dozens upon dozens of awesome Star Wars games. Spanning across every genre imaginable, they’ve allowed us to live the fantasy of going on adventures in a galaxy far, far away. Here are some of the moments from Star Wars video games that we’ll never forget.
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  Bioware’s Knights of the Old Republic has no shortage of incredible moments. But none is quite as memorable as finding out that you
  
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• Mike Pence Keeps Getting Caught In A Web Of Deception

  14-11-2017 19:25 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― On Oct. 14, 2016, then-GOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence vehemently denied that the Trump campaign had any contact with WikiLeaks.
  
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• At Least 4 Killed, 2 School Children Hurt in Multiple Shootings in Rural California Town

  14-11-2017 19:23 via yahoo.com
  Three people died in a series of shootings in a rural California town.
  
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• Unrest Growing in Zimbabwe as Tanks Close in on Capital

  14-11-2017 19:19 via yahoo.com
  Mugabe last week fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and accused him of plotting to take power, including through witchcraft.
  
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• Tehama County school shooting: At least five people killed as shooter opens fire at elementary school

  14-11-2017 19:18 via yahoo.com
  At least five people have died in a California school shooting, sheriff's officials said.An official with the Tehama County Sheriff's office said the shooter was among the dead after having opened fire at a local elementary school.The alleged assailant was killed by “law enforcement bullets” after opening fire, Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston told reporters. Mr Johnston said officers had recovered a semiautomatic rifle and two handguns believed to have been used by the shooter.
  
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• Tanks seen near Zimbabwe capital but streets calm as political tensions rise

  14-11-2017 19:11 via yahoo.com
  By MacDonald DzirutweHARARE (Reuters) - Armoured vehicles were seen heading towards Harare but the streets of the Zimbabwe capital remained calm, a day after the armed forces chief said he was prepared to "step in" to end a purge of supporters of a vice president sacked last week.A Reuters witness saw two tanks parked beside the main road from Harare to Chinhoyi, about 20 km (14 miles) from the city.Witnesses said they saw four armoured vehicles turn before reaching Harare, heading towards the P
  
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• Trump is trying to quietly reverse decades of social progress in America

  14-11-2017 19:09 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has got one thing right: we have not been paying proper attention to the avalanche of appointments he is making to the country’s federal courts.While he has dragged filling other senior jobs in government, particularly diplomatic posts, Trump, helped by Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, has wasted no time finding folks to his liking to take up vacant judgeships.More important for Trump is populating the bench with judges with proven records of conservative, anti-progress
  
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• GameStop is introducing a 6-month binge program called Power Pass - here's how it works (Update: it's paused)

  14-11-2017 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  Update: A soft-launch of GameStop's Power Pass program has revealed some fundamental weaknesses in the current setup
  
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• Lagos authorities urged to stop mass evictions

  14-11-2017 18:58 via yahoo.com
  Lagos (AFP) - Timu Elijah was heavily pregnant and asleep at her shanty town home in the Otodo-Gbame area on the water's edge of Lagos, when she was woken up by her neighbours.
  
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• This is the strange, sad story of Star Wars Battlefront 2 hero prices and the worst Reddit post ever

  14-11-2017 18:55 via gamesradar.com
  Over a few days, the conversation surrounding Star Wars Battlefront 2 went from folks happily blasting away in the Play First Trial, to maths-driven outrage, to sweeping changes in how the game lets you unlock its biggest hero characters
  
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• Mike Pence's NFL Stunt Cost Police Department $14,000

  14-11-2017 18:54 via yahoo.com
  A planned political stunt by Vice President Mike Pence, in which he walked out of an NFL game in protest of players kneeling during the national anthem, cost the Indiana Metropolitan Police Department more than $14,000, new records show.
  
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