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• Making a Monster in Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus

  21-11-2017 23:59
  Full spoilers for Wolfenstein 2 ahead.
  Wolfenstein’s Frau Engel is one of the most startlingly terrifying onscreen characters in recent memory, murdering and maiming with unabashed sexual aggression and a freewheeling god complex. If the alt-right hate Wolfenstein 2 for being mean to Nazis, they surely despise Engel, a Nazi general so blatantly evil that chopping off the head of protagonist BJ Blazkowicz feels like an act of mercy.
  She is a character built by many, but much of her realizat
  
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• 'Playing Aloy made me a stronger woman' - Ashly Burch thanks Horizon: Zero Dawn devs in speech

  21-11-2017 23:46 via gamesradar.com
  Ashly Burch - who you may recognize as Aloy in Horizon: Zero Dawn, Chloe in Life is Strange, or Tiny Tina in Borderlands 2 - received major kudos at the 35th annual Golden Joystick Awards this year
  
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• U.S. wants PLO's Washington office to stay open -State Dept

  21-11-2017 23:45 via yahoo.com
  The United States wants the Palestine Liberation Organization to keep its Washington office open and is in talks with Palestinian officials about the issue despite a U.S. decision that could trigger its closure, the State Department said on Tuesday.Under the law, the PLO, the main Palestinian umbrella political body, cannot operate a Washington office if it urges the ICC to prosecute Israelis for alleged crimes against Palestinians.
  
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• Weather improves but clock ticks for Argentine submarine search

  21-11-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  By Walter BianchiMAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) - The search for a missing Argentine submarine and its 44-member crew was helped by calmer seas on Tuesday, but there were no new clues about its location and worries multiplied because the vessel may be running low on oxygen, a navy spokesman said.The ARA San Juan was en route from Ushuaia, the world's southernmost city, to its base in Mar del Plata and was about 300 miles (480 km) off the coast when it gave its last location on Wednesday, soo
  
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• FBI treating border agent's death as assault, for now

  21-11-2017 23:36 via yahoo.com
  DALLAS (AP) — An FBI official said Tuesday that the bureau is investigating the death of a border patrol agent and injuring of another as "potential assault," but he wouldn't rule out that they could have been injured in some other way.
  
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• Hariri back in Lebanon for first time since quitting as PM

  21-11-2017 23:20 via yahoo.com
  Saad al-Hariri returned to Beirut on Tuesday for the first time since he resigned as Lebanon's prime minister in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia and plunged his country into political crisis.Hariri's sudden resignation on Nov. 4 thrust Lebanon to the forefront of regional tussle between the Sunni monarchy of Saudi Arabia and Shi'ite Islamist Iran, whose powerful Lebanese ally Hezbollah is part of the government.Hariri was greeted by members of the security forces as he disembarked from a jet at Be
  
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• Alabama Police Chief Suspended After 'Joking' About Roy Moore Sexual Assault Allegations

  21-11-2017 23:10 via yahoo.com
  An Alabama police chief has been suspended after posting on social media what he described as “jokes” about sexual assault accusations that are dominating the state’s race for a U.S. Senate seat.
  
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• U.S. diplomats accuse Tillerson of breaking child soldiers law

  21-11-2017 23:05 via yahoo.com
  By Jason Szep and Matt SpetalnickWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of about a dozen U.S. State Department officials have taken the unusual step of formally accusing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of violating a federal law designed to stop foreign militaries from enlisting child soldiers, according to internal documents reviewed by Reuters.A confidential State Department “dissent” memo, which Reuters was first to report on, said Tillerson breached the Child Soldiers Prevention Act whe
  
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• Venezuela arrests six top executives from PDVSA's US subsidiary Citgo

  21-11-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  Venezuela on Tuesday arrested the acting president and five other top executives in charge of Citgo, the US refinery subsidiary of troubled state oil company PDVSA, on corruption charges."Six senior executives have been arrested," said chief prosecutor Tarek William Saab, adding that the charges included embezzlement, bid rigging, money laundering and criminal association.The Citgo chief, Jose Angel Pereira, was arrested in Caracas.
  
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• WWE 2K18 adds five new characters as DLC – including Elias and Drew McIntyre

  21-11-2017 22:56 via gamesradar.com
  It's not been the best of years for Holland or Scotland on the football pitch, with both failing to qualify for next year's World Cup
  
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• Man arrested in cop killing; mom accused of helping him flee

  21-11-2017 22:50 via yahoo.com
  NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Tips from informants helped lead law enforcement to the man accused of fatally shooting a rookie police officer, and the suspect's mother is accused of helping him evade arrest during a four-day manhunt, officials said Tuesday.
  
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• What 3 Creepy Meetings With Charlie Rose Taught Me About Toxic Sexism And Blurred Lines

  21-11-2017 22:49 via yahoo.com
  A few years ago I belonged to the group of people who thought that working for Charlie Rose represented the holy grail of journalism.
  
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• The Latest: FBI says officer's death a 'potential assault'

  21-11-2017 22:40 via yahoo.com
  DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on the death of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Texas (all times local):
  
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• Avengers: Infinity War's heroes take coffee breaks in-costume and Karen Gillan "cannot deal"

  21-11-2017 22:40 via gamesradar.com
  Karen GIllan enjoyed quite a boost to her geek credentials since appearing as Nebula the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, but nothing could prepare her for walking onto the set of Avengers: Infinity War
  
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• Trump defends Roy Moore: 'He totally denies it'

  21-11-2017 22:32 via yahoo.com
  President Trump suggested on Tuesday that voters in Alabama should support the embattled Republican Senate candidate, Roy Moore, because the alternative on the ballot is a Democrat.
  
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• The Latest: African Union: Mugabe exit shows 'statesmanship'

  21-11-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Latest on Zimbabwe's political turmoil (all times local):
  
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• Conservatives knew 'family values' pol had secret gay life

  21-11-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As Wes Goodman built a political career around values including "committed natural marriage," the 33-year-old Republican was secretly engaging in sexual encounters with men online, via cellphone and, on one significant occasion, in his state office.
  
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• U.S. threatens to sue Harvard over admissions policies

  21-11-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. Justice Department has threatened to sue Harvard University to force it to turn over documents as it investigates whether the Ivy League school's admission policies violate civil rights laws by discriminating against Asian-American applicants.
  
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• The Latest: Jurors get San Francisco pier shooting case

  21-11-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the San Francisco pier shooting murder trial (all times local):
  
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• Senator Seeks Answers on US Attorney Firing

  21-11-2017 21:47 via yahoo.com
  Senator Chris Coons talks with Rachel Maddow about his effort to get answers from the Trump administration on why key U.S. attorney Dana Boente was pushed out of his position.
  
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• Zimbabwe's New Leaders Are None Other Than Mugabe's Former 'Enforcers'

  21-11-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  Jubilant crowds filled the streets of Zimbabwe’s cities on Tuesday, after the country’s speaker of parliament announced that President Robert Mugabe had resigned after decades in power.
  
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• U.S. warns citizens against risks of travel to Saudi Arabia

  21-11-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. State Department on Tuesday warned citizens to "consider the risks" when traveling to Saudi Arabia due to militant threats and the threat of ballistic missile attacks on civilians by rebels in Yemen.The warning comes two weeks after U.S.-allied Saudi Arabia said it had shot down a ballistic missile fired by Iran-aligned Houthis from Yemen towards the Saudi capital Riyadh.The missile, which the Houthis said was in response to Saudi-led air strikes on civilians in Yemen, was shot down nea
  
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• Donald Trump Breaks Silence On Roy Moore Allegations

  21-11-2017 21:31 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Tuesday directly addressed the sexual misconduct allegations against Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore, nearly two weeks after the first accounts of Moore’s alleged sexual predation were first reported by The Washington Post.
  
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• Destiny 2: Mercury Exploration, Public Events, and Strike Preview

  21-11-2017 21:00
  Mercury, the centerpiece to the Destiny 2 Curse of Osiris expansion, is going to be your newest destination. However, there may not be that much to investigate.  The scope of the area we were allowed to play felt much smaller than any of the other locations I’ve seen. We're told branches will open up if you begin a Public Event or quest, but those moments are supposedly only tied to specific instances. I wish I could give you a better impression of the area, but because it was so smal
  
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• Ratko Mladic still a 'legend', says Bosnian Serb chief

  21-11-2017 20:57 via yahoo.com
  The Bosnian Serb political leader Milorad Dodik said he believed Ratko Mladic would remain "a legend" regardless of the verdict at his genocide trial on Wednesday.UN war crimes judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) are to hand down their long-awaited judgement on "The Butcher of Bosnia" in The Hague.Despite the multiple charges against him, which include genocide, Mladic remains a hero to many in Serbia.
  
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• Splatoon 2's Creative Team Details New Major Updates

  21-11-2017 20:52
  With two massive updates just around the corner, the Squid Research Lab has been hard at work preparing a slew of new content for the Inklings of Splatoon 2, including two major free updates. IGN spoke with Splatoon 2 producer Hisashi Nogami and Directors Shintaro Sato and Seita Inoue to discuss some of the upcoming added content and what the future holds for the multiplayer shooter.
  As announced earlier today, the first free update dropping on Nov. 23 adds new gear and hairstyles for Inklings,
  
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• The Latest: Conyers acknowledges settling staffer complaint

  21-11-2017 20:47 via yahoo.com
  DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on sexual harassment allegations against Rep. John Conyers (all times local):
  
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• Lebanon's Hariri meets Sisi in Egypt ahead of return home

  21-11-2017 20:44 via yahoo.com
  Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri briefly stopped Tuesday in Egypt for talks on his way back from France to his country, which is reeling from his surprise resignation amid an escalating regional crisis.Hariri's media office said he met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who has sought to defuse the tensions between Hariri's sponsors in Saudi Arabia and the powerful Lebanese Hezbollah and its Iranian patrons.Hariri's visit to Cairo follows two weeks of deep uncertainty after he announced
  
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• Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe finally resigns, sparking wild jubilation on the streets of Harare 

  21-11-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe resigns Wild jubilation among MPs as speaker tells parliament  Comes one week after military coup Former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa 'to be sworn in' How Mugabe brought Zimbabwe's economy to its knees Who are Robert Mugabe's indulged children?  ​ Mugabe denied his people freedom and prosperity Robert Mugabe's fall is an opportunity for Zimbabwe​ Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe resigned on Tuesday, bringing to an end 37 years in p
  
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• How the U.S. Navy Could Beat China in a War

  21-11-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  During its westward advance across the Pacific, the U.S. Navy fashioned techniques and hardware to refuel, resupply, and repair ships from dispersed, often improvised island bases.The allies should ransack history for insight—thinking ahead about how to use Japan’s many islands and inlets as impromptu logistics hubs.After all, the conventionally powered surface fleets based in Japan need fuel too.
  
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• Natalie Portman Has '100 Stories' Of Sexual Misconduct, Discrimination

  21-11-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  When actress Natalie Portman heard the mounting allegations of sexual assault and misconduct in Hollywood, she said she considered herself lucky that she has never been personally assaulted.
  
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• Star TV host Rose sacked over sexual harassment allegations

  21-11-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  Charlie Rose, one of America's most prominent broadcasters and an award-winning television interviewer, was sacked Tuesday, the latest powerful man disgraced over allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted advances.CBS News said Rose's employment had been "terminated" with immediate effect after what it called "extremely disturbing and intolerable behavior" revealed by eight women in The Washington Post on Monday."A short time ago, we terminated Charlie Rose's employment with CBS News, effect
  
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• Charlie Rose's Co-Anchors 'Reeling' Over Harassment Allegations as Newsman Is Fired From CBS, PBS

  21-11-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell spoke out against Rose as his chair was left empty at the "CBS This Morning" desk.
  
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• Trump pardons Drumstick, the national Thanksgiving turkey

  21-11-2017 20:22 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving turkey Drumstick in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Nov. 21, 2017
  
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• "They said, I’m sorry, because you weren’t physically injured, you can’t go to the private events."

  21-11-2017 20:10 via yahoo.com
  Lisa Hamp was in the same building as the gunman on the day of the Virginia Tech shooting. She and her classmates pushed against the door of the room to keep him from entering.Last fall, we were talking, and we were like, “Are you going to the 10-year anniversary?” And I said, “I haven’t been to one since my senior year, which was the first anniversary, but I’d love to go because now I’m recognizing all this power from recovery and healing.
  
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• "I remember feeling really scared that he could be around any corner, because we weren’t sure exactly where he was."

  21-11-2017 20:09 via yahoo.com
  Chelsea Sobolik had just come off a double shift at a Red Robin restaurant when she decided, at the last minute, to join a group of friends for a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colorado.After the shooting, Sobolik took a year off to rest and recover, something that would not have been possible without Red Robin’s Giving Fund ― a charitable donation her colleagues made with every check to support workers during tough times.Between this fund, the f
  
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• Come to GDC 2018 and hear how sounds tell stories in Night in the Woods

  21-11-2017 20:01
  Come to GDC 2018 next March, because sound designer Em Halberstadt will be there to deliver a neat talk about "How Sound Tells the Story of 'Night in the Woods.'"...
  
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• Donald Trump is reportedly more popular than some of Europe's biggest leaders

  21-11-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  President Trump has received some rather dismal approval ratings, but he’s reportedly more popular compared to some of his European counterparts.
  
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• Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Looks Set to Continue Nintendo’s Hot Streak

  21-11-2017 19:51
  Some people don't like the art style of Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Me? I was surprised to find myself ever so slightly annoyed when the first combat sequence popped up to remind me that I was, in fact, playing a game.
  In the few minutes before that moment, I might as well have been watching an expertly made anime about a young man named Rex, who ekes out his existence as a salvager on a cloud-covered sea while living on the back on dragon-like "Titan." Barely had the opening credits slipped past, a
  
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• Blog: Burning money, brain power, and morale to make your game

  21-11-2017 19:50
  When making a game you need to keep track of what resources you are burning. It's far more than just time and money, so here's how you can also reduce stress when working on games. ...
  
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• More remains of slain US soldier found in Niger

  21-11-2017 19:48 via yahoo.com
  Additional remains of a US soldier who was killed in an ambush in Niger last month have been found in the West African nation, the Pentagon said Tuesday.Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said a joint US Africa Command military team on November 12 discovered the remains at the site where Sergeant La David Johnson's body was recovered following the October 4 attack."Today, we can confirm that the Armed Forces Medical Examiner has positively identified these remains as those of Sergeant Johnson," Whi
  
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• Iran's Rouhani urges France to remain "realistic, impartial" in Middle East

  21-11-2017 19:48 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) - France can play a productive role in the Middle East by taking a "realistic and impartial approach", Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in a phone call on Tuesday, according to Iranian state media.Tensions between Iran and France increased last week after Macron said that Tehran should be less aggressive in the region and should clarify its ballistic missile program.
  
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• Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age passes 1 million sold

  21-11-2017 19:47
  Square Enix's remastered release of Final Fantasy XII has crossed 1 million sales since first being released in July. ...
  
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• The Internet Has Feelings About Trump's Presidential Turkey Pardon

  21-11-2017 19:40 via yahoo.com
  This one's for you, Drumstick
  
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• Kindergartener bags buck under Wisconsin's new hunting rules

  21-11-2017 19:40 via yahoo.com
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin kindergartener is among the first youngsters to bag a buck under a new law that eliminates the state's minimum hunting age.
  
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• Sarah Silverman Says She 'Fell In Love' With Trump Voters While Traveling

  21-11-2017 19:39 via yahoo.com
  Sarah Silverman has some things to say about Trump voters she’s encountered while traveling for work ― and they’re all positive!
  
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• Prosecutors Won't Seek Death Penalty Against Husband Accused of Pushing Wife Off Cruise Ship

  21-11-2017 19:37 via yahoo.com
  Kenneth Manzanares has been charged with murder in the July death of his wife, Kristy Manzanares.
  
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• 'This Is Not a Pleasant Story for Me.' Megyn Kelly Opens Up About Her Own Experience With Charlie Rose

  21-11-2017 19:19 via yahoo.com
  "This isn't a pleasant story for me"
  
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• Battlefield 1: Turning Tides DLC Release Date Announced

  21-11-2017 19:09
  Battlefield 1's Turning Tides DLC will begin rolling out in December.
  As detailed on the game's official website, the first of the new maps — Cape Helles and Achi Baba — will be released on December 11 for Battlefield 1 Premium Pass owners. This will also include six new weapons and two new melee weapons, like the M1917 Trench Carbine and Maschinenpistole M1912/P.16.
  Also featured in the December 11 content is a new Operation set in 1915 on the Gallipoli peni
  
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• More charges filed against woman in Missouri teen's suicide

  21-11-2017 18:51 via yahoo.com
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — More charges have been filed against the former manager of a small-town Missouri Dairy Queen accused of bullying a teenage employee so relentlessly that he killed himself.
  
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