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• Here's Why You Don't Need To Worry About The Christmas Tree Shortage

  01-12-2017 23:57 via yahoo.com
  For the past few years, news outlets have covered Christmas tree shortages and this year is no exception.
  
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• U.S. prosecutors seek arrest of illegal immigrant acquitted of Kate Steinle murder

  01-12-2017 23:56 via yahoo.com
  By Dan WhitcombLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Friday sought to arrest an illegal immigrant acquitted of murdering a San Francisco woman in a case raised during the 2016 presidential campaign, saying his conviction on a lesser weapons charge violated the terms of his supervised release.A San Francisco Superior Court jury on Thursday found Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, 45, not guilty of murder and manslaughter charges in connection with the July 1, 2015, death of Kate Steinle.President Don
  
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• As juror sleeps, prosecution plods along at sanctions trial

  01-12-2017 23:48 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — As a juror slept, a wealthy Turkish-Iranian businessman who was arrested on his way to Disney World described to a jury Friday how he overcame U.S. economic sanctions to help Iran move $1 billion through foreign banks.
  
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• Michael Flynn Will Keep Military Rank And Pension Despite Guilty Plea

  01-12-2017 23:35 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― By admitting on Friday that he lied to the FBI while he was President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn has further tarnished the reputation he built in the military, already marred by his behavior on the campaign trail, and made it almost impossible for him to hold high office again.
  
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• A Popular Voting Reform Could Add 22 Million Americans To The Rolls, Analysis Shows

  01-12-2017 23:32 via yahoo.com
  Simply changing how people are offered the opportunity to register to vote could result in 22 million people being added to voter rolls across the United States, according to a new analysis.
  
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• Colorado man charged with killing wife in Iowa in 2000

  01-12-2017 23:13 via yahoo.com
  MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa (AP) — A Colorado man has been charged in the cold-case killing of his estranged wife in Iowa, where they used to live and where she was last seen 17 years ago.
  
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• Star Wars: The Last Jedi has already revealed one of its most important lines, Mark Hamill says

  01-12-2017 23:12 via gamesradar.com
  Mark Hamill knows what his biggest line is in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  
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• Koch brothers sue Venezuela to collect $409 million

  01-12-2017 23:11 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The capitalist Koch brothers want the socialist president of Venezuela to pay up.
  
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• Cuphead's first major patch fixes bugs and makes things (ever so slightly) easier

  01-12-2017 23:10 via gamesradar.com
  Cuphead, the gorgeous Contra-meets-ol'-timey-cartoons platforming shooter that dazzled us earlier this year, is an example of hardcore difficulty done right
  
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• Florida Student Believed to Have Run Away With Soccer Coach Found Safe in New York: Sheriff

  01-12-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  Caitlyn Frisina was found in New York, according to the Columbia Sheriff.
  
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• Video: A year's worth of lessons learned from growing a F2P mobile game

  01-12-2017 23:07
  N3twork's Ethan Levy speaks at GDC 2017 about the studio's success with its F2P mobile game Legendary: Game of Heroes, sharing the top 5 lessons its learned during 12+ months of steady growth. ...
  
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• Missing sub crew families ask Argentina to continue rescue

  01-12-2017 23:07 via yahoo.com
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Families of 44 crew members aboard a submarine that has been lost for 16 days in the South Atlantic demanded Friday that Argentina reverse its decision to stop looking for survivors.
  
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• Croatian General Who Killed Himself at War Crimes Hearing Drank Cyanide, Autopsy Finds

  01-12-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  Authorities aren't sure how he got the poison into the courtroom
  
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• Flynn says he is cooperating with Mueller probe

  01-12-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  Former national security adviser Michael Flynn confirmed Friday that he is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller, after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI about two conversations he had with the Russian ambassador in the weeks before President Trump took office.
  
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• 'Coco' Director Addresses Criticism Of That Long 'Frozen' Short

  01-12-2017 22:50 via yahoo.com
  Adrian Molina, co-director and writer on Pixar’s “Coco,” is weighing in on the “Frozen” short that’s making some people un poco loco.
  
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• Jared Kushner Could Be The Next Domino To Fall In Mueller's Russia Probe

  01-12-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Sergei Kislyak, the former Russian ambassador to the U.S. One of the alleged falsehoods that led to Flynn’s indictment appears to implicate Trump’s own son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner.
  
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• Lindsey Vonn dishes about new Under Armour collection (and what it takes to eat like an Olympian)

  01-12-2017 22:35 via yahoo.com
  Lindsey Vonn has grabbed another first, this time within the world of fashion.
  
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• Daring Dog Caught Trying to Bust Out of His Cage

  01-12-2017 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Buttermilk the beagle was not harmed during the incident.
  
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• Biomutant Developers Answer the 6 Biggest Questions

  01-12-2017 22:23
  On the outside, BioMutant is a game about Kung Fu woodland critters in a post-apocalyptic fantasy land full of monsters, mythology, and mechs. So... yeah, it's totally understandable to still have a few questions about what's quickly becoming one of the most intriguing and anticipated games of 2018.
  Fortunately for all of us, developer Experiment 101 gathered up some of your (and our) most frequently asked questions, and studio head Stefan Ljungqvist has answered them below. And as a small,
  
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• Missing Toddler In North Carolina Still Has Not Been Found Days Later

  01-12-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  The search for 3-year-old Mariah Woods of Jacksonville, North Carolina, has entered its fifth day, and despite help from the FBI and volunteers, she still has not been found.
  
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• Michael Flynn’s Guilty Plea Pulls Vice President Pence Closer To Russia Spotlight

  01-12-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― With Michael Flynn’s guilty plea bringing fresh attention to what Vice President Mike Pence knew about possible Russian collusion and when he knew it, Pence’s office has a ready answer: Not much and really late.A White House official who spoke on the condition of anonymity said Pence felt “vindicated” by Flynn’s guilty plea as proof that Flynn had lied not only to Pence, but to federal authorities as well.
  
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• Joy Behar Responds To Michael Flynn Guilty Plea With Pure Joy

  01-12-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  On Friday, a producer for “The View” interrupted co-host Joy Behar on air to deliver some breaking news.
  
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• GOP Poised to Raise Middle Class Taxes

  01-12-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on the slapdash tax bill that Republicans unveiled at the last minute before a vote and intend to pass despite deep unpopularity and cost to middle class Americans in favor of extremely rich people.
  
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• Kim Jong-Nam was carrying VX 'antidote': lawyer

  01-12-2017 22:01 via yahoo.com
  North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's half-brother was carrying a VX 'antidote' when he was assassinated with the deadly nerve agent in a stunning Cold War-style hit, a lawyer said Friday.
  
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• Nostalgia alert: A Jak and Daxter bundle and PS2-style dashboard theme are coming to PS4

  01-12-2017 21:59 via gamesradar.com
  Naughty Dog may be too busy with The Last of Us Part 2 to return to the colorful/gritty world of Jak and Daxter, but that doesn't mean you can't
  
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• Tall order to repatriate distressed migrants from Libya

  01-12-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  Grand-Bassam (Ivory Coast) (AFP) - European and African leaders have set themselves a tall order to stamp out horrific abuse of African migrants in Libya, where thousands are suffering in a vast, lawless territory.Hundreds of thousands more -- "400,000 to 700,000," according to AU Commission head Moussa Faki Mahamat -- remain stranded."It is a step in the right direction," International Organization for Migration (IOM) Europe Director Eugenio Ambrosi told AFP by phone from Brussels.
  
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• German police secure nail-filled package found near Christmas market

  01-12-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  German police on Friday secured a device full of wires and nails found near an outdoor Christmas market in the city of Potsdam, but could not establish whether it had contained explosives.Germany is on high alert for militant attacks, nearly a year after a Tunisian Islamist rammed a hijacked truck into a Christmas market in central Berlin, killing 11 people as well as the driver.Police evacuated a large area of Potsdam's old town center on Friday, including parts of the market, and closed stores
  
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• Assassin's Creed Origins Update Adds Horde Mode

  01-12-2017 21:50
  Assassin's Creed Origins has a meaty update for December that will add new modes, enemy scaling, and more.
  Ubisoft announced Assassin's Creed Origins will receive an update this month adding a Horde mode, an increased difficulty setting, enemy scaling, and a few new quests for the open-world action-RPG.
  A new event quest will be added pitting players against endless waves of enemies in the Cyrene arena. The quest, titled Here Comes a New Challenger, is recommended for players Level 32 or hi
  
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• Saudi and Iran trade insults at conference on 'positive agenda'

  01-12-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia and Iran have exported their bitter regional tussle to Rome, accusing each other of villainous meddling in the Middle East during diplomacy talks in the Italian capital."They have literally got away with murder in our region and the world," Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir told a three-day conference on creating "a positive agenda" in the Mediterranean on Friday.The gathering, called "Beyond Turmoil", became the stage for a bitter slanging match between the two countries, with
  
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• Report: Officer safety put ahead of public safety at rally

  01-12-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Law enforcement failed to adequately plan for or respond to a violent white nationalist rally this summer in Virginia, leading to "deep distrust of government" in the Charlottesville community, an independent review released Friday found.
  
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• Get a job: Stoic is hiring a Tools Programmer

  01-12-2017 21:40
  Stoic is looking for a Tools Programmer to join its team in Seattle and help facilitate the development of Banner Saga and future projects....
  
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• These Are The Explicit Things Men Say To Women On The Street

  01-12-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  Growing up in New York City, Sophie Sandberg began experiencing street harassment when she was 15 years old.
  
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• Geraldo Rivera (Kind Of) Apologized For Allegedly Assaulting Bette Midler

  01-12-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  Geraldo Rivera just apologized for “publicly embarrassing” Bette Midler.
  
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• DayZ Beta Release, Console Versions Coming in 2018

  01-12-2017 21:30
  DayZ is set to leave Early Access next year as well as finally come to consoles.
  Lead producer Eugen Harton discussed how 2018 will an important year for the game on DayZ's website. "As soon as the PC beta is headed in a way we like, we're still committed to bringing DayZ to Xbox, where we have a large community of gamers patiently (very patiently!) waiting for a truly hardcore online survival game," he wrote.
  "All of that will (and must) happen next year — meaning we're just about to star
  
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• How Will Michael Flynn's Guilty Plea Affect the Trump Family?

  01-12-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  Robert Mueller is one step closer to Trump's inner circle after Michael Flynn pleaded guilty in the Russia probe. So who in Trump’s world has the most to worry about with Michael Flynn’s testimony?
  
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• 5 PC Games You Don't Want to Miss - Dec 1

  01-12-2017 21:15
  
  Welcome back to the third episode of our PC-focused show, Hot Keys! You can watch the first two episodes here if you missed them.
  Every Friday at noon, Hot Keys will take a look at the five PC games you should check out this week. We’ll be finding you the diamond in the rough games you may have missed, as well as letting you know when a game you might already love has something exciting going on.
  We’ll also dive deeper into our top pick of the week for a hands-on Let’s Play to
  
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• Zero Escape dev Spike Chunsoft opens North American publishing branch

  01-12-2017 21:11
  Developer and publisher Spike Chunsoft has announced that it is opening up a North American subsidiary to handle its global publishing and localization strategy....
  
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• Mutant Mudds Collection Pricing and Release Date Announced

  01-12-2017 21:02
  The release date and pricing details for Mutant Mudds Collection on Nintendo Switch have finally been revealed.
  Developer Atooi has officially announced that Mutant Mudds Collection will launch digitally on Nintendo Switch for $14.99 / £10.99 / €12.99 on December 14. There will also be an option to pre-purchase the game, starting on December 7, for a discounted price of $9.99 / £7.29 / €8.69.
  Back in October, IGN exclusively revealed that the collection will include Mutant
  
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• Syria gov't envoy blasts 'irresponsible' opposition comments

  01-12-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  GENEVA (AP) — The head of Syria's government delegation on Friday blasted the opposition for statements made ahead of the current round of talks in Geneva, saying there can be no progress in light of such "provocative and irresponsible" statements relating to President Bashar Assad's future.
  
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• Humble's holiday Jingle Jam bundle donates 100% of proceeds to charity

  01-12-2017 20:33
  Humble Bundle has once again partnered with YouTubers The Yogscast to bring back its pay-what-you-want Jingle Jam game bundle. ...
  
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• Trump mocked over empty seats White House Christmas Tree Lighting

  01-12-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  The Trump White House drew mockery this week from critics who were quick to notice empty seats at the annual White House Christmas Tree Lighting event on Thursday night.
  
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• Blake Farenthold Used $84,000 In Taxpayer Money To Settle Sexual Harassment Claim, Politico Reports

  01-12-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  Politico on Friday identified Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) as the congressman who used $84,000 in taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment claim.
  
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• Two PUBG Mobile Games in Development

  01-12-2017 20:21
  Tencent has revealed two games based on Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) coming to smartphones.
  The two games, Army Attack and Battlefield are being developed by different studios, and will feature different types of combat, according to Tencent, via Polygon.
  The first game, Army Attack, is in production at Timi Studio and will focus on naval warfare. Players will be able to control ships and helicopters to gun each other down, in addition to their usual weapons.
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• Ranking the NFL coaches most likely to be fired this year

  01-12-2017 20:08 via yahoo.com
  The NFL is reaching the homestretch of its season.On the other end, the league’s bottom feeders are starting to be officially eliminated from the postseason picture.With five weeks to go in the regular season, the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers are left to play out the string.
  
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• Destiny 2's secret XP scaling system was made partly because of the Loot Cave

  01-12-2017 20:08 via gamesradar.com
  An odd, old glitch that you probably never expected to hear about again helped pave the way to Destiny 2's now-defunct secret XP scaling system
  
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• Albino Dog's Life Changed With Loving New Family, and a Stylish Pair of Sunglasses

  01-12-2017 19:52 via yahoo.com
  Sherlock’s life went from a rocky start to smooth sailing when the pooch was outfitted with a pair of suave sunglasses.
  
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• Neo-Nazi site founder asks court to toss 'troll storm' suit

  01-12-2017 19:41 via yahoo.com
  A neo-Nazi website publisher has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit that accuses him of orchestrating an anti-Semitic internet trolling campaign against a Montana real estate agent and her family.
  
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• Schools cut ties with honorees accused of sexual misconduct

  01-12-2017 19:38 via yahoo.com
  Dozens of U.S. colleges have bestowed honors upon prominent men from Hollywood to the nation's capital who have recently been accused of sexual misconduct. Their dilemma: deciding whether to revoke them.
  
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• Exclusive: Pence Not Contacted by Mueller

  01-12-2017 19:36 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports exclusively that Mike Pence has not spoken with the Robert Mueller investigation and has not been asked to, and has not been asked to produce any documents for the investigation.
  
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• Why This Aging Expert Thinks First 1,000-Year-Old Person is Already Alive

  01-12-2017 19:34 via yahoo.com
  Aubrey de Grey wants to end ageing forever.
  
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