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• Hedge Fund Bets Bilked Kentuckians Out Of Their Pensions, Lawsuit Says

  28-12-2017 23:57 via yahoo.com
  Years of risky hedge fund investments helped plunge Kentucky’s public pension system billions of dollars into the red, making it one of the worst-funded state pension systems in the country.
  
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• Prosecutors delay decision on Minnesota cop who fatally shot Australian

  28-12-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said in a statement that he would not decide before the end of 2017 as he had hoped in the death of Sydney native Justine Damond, 40, who was shot once by Somali-born Minneapolis Police Officer Mohamed Noor from his patrol car."The investigation and review of the case will not be rushed.
  
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• Brazil's top court suspends parts of President Temer's Christmas pardons

  28-12-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  By Ricardo Brito and Jake SpringBRASILIA (Reuters) - The head of Brazil's Supreme Court suspended parts of a Christmas decree from President Michel Temer granting pardons to convicted criminals on Thursday, saying Temer's actions needed further examination by the court.Cármen Lúcia ruled largely in favor of a legal challenge by Brazil's top prosecutor, Raquel Dodge, who said on Wednesday that the pardons were unconstitutional and threatened a probe into the country's largest-ever c
  
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• Caregiver Beat and Stabbed 94-Year-Old Woman to Death and Then Called Uber, Police Say

  28-12-2017 23:42 via yahoo.com
  Tommie Coffer Jr. is jailed on $500,000 bond
  
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• Records say paraplegic Palestinian shot during protest

  28-12-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian medical records in the Gaza Strip show that a paraplegic man who died during a violent protest along the border with Israel earlier this month was killed by a bullet that struck him in the head.
  
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• NY mobster jailed two years after heist acquittal

  28-12-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  Two years after he was sensationally acquitted of murder and the 1978 Lufthansa heist, New York mobster Vincent Asaro finally got his comeuppance Thursday, sentenced to eight years for arson.Asaro, 82 -- a capo from the Bonanno organized crime family -- now faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life behind bars for ordering an arson attack on a car in 2012.The namesake grandson of late New York mobster John Gotti also pleaded guilty over the arson.
  
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• PlatinumGames to self-publish original titles in the future

  28-12-2017 22:53
  PlatinumGames' Atsushi Inaba discusses the desire to work on self-publishing original IPs....
  
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• Platinum Games to self-publish original titles in the future

  28-12-2017 22:53
  Platinum Games' Atsushi Inaba discusses the desire to work on self-publishing original IPs. ...
  
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• President Trump Says He's Signed More Laws Than Any President Since Truman

  28-12-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  President Trump falsely claims that he has signed more legislation than any president since Harry Truman.
  
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• A Dog Was Found Frozen Solid on Porch of Home, Humane Society Says

  28-12-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  A bitter cold snap has gripped much of the United States
  
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• Apple sued over slowing phones in France, where planned obsolescence is a crime

  28-12-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  Since it emerged that Apple slowed old iPhones to prevent them from malfunctioning due to poor battery performance, the company has faced a slew of lawsuits in the United States and Israel.In a statement, the organisation claimed Apple’s actions violated a 2015 French law that prohibits “the practice of planned obsolescence, which is defined by the use of techniques by which the person responsible for the marketing of a product aims to deliberately reduce the duration to increase the
  
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• Van jumps Seattle sidewalk, hits pedestrians, at least 5 injured

  28-12-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  The incident did not appear to be deliberate, a police official told local media.At least two people were in serious condition.The Seattle police and fire departments posted photos on social media of a white van with a dented left side that was stopped about a yard (meter) from the side of a downtown store.
  
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• Happy New Year From The Rachel Maddow Show!

  28-12-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  Thanks very much to everyone who has watched the show this year. See you in 2018!
  
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• Groups accuse Flint of violating legal settlement over water

  28-12-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Plaintiffs in a landmark legal settlement related to Flint's lead-tainted water have asked a federal judge to intervene because they say city officials have repeatedly ignored requirements that allow monitoring of whether the court-ordered deal is being followed.
  
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• Alabama Democrat officially declared winner in US Senate race

  28-12-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  Democrat Doug Jones was formally declared the winner of the bitterly contested US Senate race in the southern state of Alabama on Thursday, whittling down the Republican majority in the chamber by a crucial seat.Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill certified the results of the December 12 special election and dismissed claims of voter fraud by the campaign of the defeated Republican candidate, Roy Moore."This election has been conducted with the utmost integrity," Merrill told a news conferen
  
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• 31 Tweets That Perfectly Sum Up New Year's Eve For Parents

  28-12-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  New Year’s Eve festivities look a little different when you add kids to the mix.
  
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• Female Comedian From 'Last Comic Standing' Sued For Banning Men From Show

  28-12-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  A man is suing comedian Iliza Shlesinger for waging a “War On Men” after he was denied entry to her November show, “Girls Night In With Iliza — No Boys Allowed.”
  
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• World Health Organization adds video game addiction to diagnostic manual

  28-12-2017 22:02
  The first draft of the International Compendium of Diseases lists a description for 'gaming disorder' alongside gambling and other addictive disorders. ...
  
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• Puerto Rico Crisis Lingers as Trump Moves On

  28-12-2017 22:01 via yahoo.com
  Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz of San Juan, Puerto Rico, talks about the challenges the island is still dealing with months after catastrophic hurricanes, problems made worse by the Trump administration's bungling of the response and the new Republican tax law
  
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• Ariz. Dad Allegedly Bent His Infant Son's Body in Half to Try to Stop Him From Crying: Police

  28-12-2017 22:01 via yahoo.com
  A 6-month-old boy has died from injuries inflicted after his father allegedly bent his body in half and applied pressure in an effort to stop him from crying, PEOPLE confirms
  
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• 5-Year-Old 'Star Wars' Fan Gets Stormtrooper-Inspired Prosthetic Hand

  28-12-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  It was the ultimate Christmas gift for the young man.
  
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• PSA: Unity Student Scholarship for GDC 2018 submissions close this Sunday

  28-12-2017 21:26
  Don't forget that the deadline to submit your Unity project and potentially win a pass to GDC 2018 is this Sunday, December 31, 2017. There is no application cost!...
  
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• Quadruple Homicide in Upstate New York Unfolded Just Miles from Cold Case Killing of Another Family of 4

  28-12-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  The 2014 killings of the Chen family have never been solved.
  
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• 12 Style And Fashion Trends On Our Radar In 2018

  28-12-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  Because we’re always looking to stay on top of the newest, coolest, weirdest and most interesting trends, we’ve already got our eyes on the style trends that’ll dominate fashion headlines in 2018.
  
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• Trump attacks China after report of North Korea oil transfer

  28-12-2017 21:13 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump attacked China on Thursday following reports that Chinese ships transferred oil to North Korean vessels at sea in violation of U.N. sanctions over the North's nuclear weapons program.
  
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• Weekly Jobs Roundup: Square Enix, Infinity Ward, and more are hiring now!

  28-12-2017 21:11
  Game studios from Austin, Texas to Tokyo, Japan are hiring game developers, engineers, producers, and more right now on the Gamasutra Job Board. ...
  
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• Claire’s Pulls Makeup After Mom Finds Asbestos In 6-Year-Old’s Kit

  28-12-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  Claire’s, a store that sells accessories and makeup to young girls and teens, has pulled some of its items after it was found that cancer-causing asbestos was present in some of its products.
  
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• Trump Asserts 'Absolute Right' to Act on DoJ

  28-12-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney, talks with Joy Reid about Donald Trump's apparent belief that the attorney general should protect the president and that he has the right to do what he wants with the Justice Department.
  
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• Trump opens up about Mueller, Russia probe

  28-12-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  Michael Schmidt, national security reporter for the New York Times, talks with Reid about his impromptu interview with Donald Trump in which Trump discussed the Robert Mueller investigation, the Department of Justice, and his value to news media ratings
  
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• Italy to vote on March 4, with hung parliament feared

  28-12-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  By Gavin Jones and Isla BinnieROME (Reuters) - Italy will vote on March 4 in an election expected to produce a hung parliament, instability and possible market turbulence in the euro zone's third largest economy.Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni's cabinet set the date of the vote after the president dissolved parliament on Thursday, formally opening an election campaign which in practice has already been raging bitterly for weeks.With opinion polls suggesting no one will win a parliamentary majorit
  
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• Wine about it: Disaster date ends with $1.5 mn in art ruined

  28-12-2017 20:50 via yahoo.com
  Anthony Buzbee's date with Lindy Lou Layman was by any measure a disaster.The 29-year-old woman had become "heavily intoxicated" while at Buzbee's home in the city of Houston, according to a prosecutor's account in court."(Buzbee) called for an Uber driver," but Layman went back into Buzbee's home and shouted, "I'm not leaving," the prosecutor told a judge over the weekend while Layman, appearing in an orange jail uniform, stood listening.
  
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• Alabama officials dismiss Moore claims of voter fraud; Jones certified as winner

  28-12-2017 20:47 via yahoo.com
  Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill laughed off the assertion by Roy Moore campaign spokeswoman Janet Porter that there is a "one in 15 billion" chance voter fraud did not occur in the state’s special U.S. Senate election.
  
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• Suicide bombers kill dozens at Shi'ite center in Afghan capital

  28-12-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  By Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi and Akram WalizadaKABUL (Reuters) - Suicide bombers stormed a Shi'ite cultural center and news agency in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing more than 40 people and wounding scores, many of them students attending a conference.Islamic State said in an online statement that it was responsible for the attack, saying the center received support from Iran.It was the latest in a series that the movement has claimed on Shi'ite targets in Kabul.
  
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• Come and level up your VFX coding skills at GDC 2018!

  28-12-2017 20:36
  At GDC 2018 veteran dev Christina Coffin will show you how particle emitting surfaces and shaders can transfer material attributes and other properties to various spawned particle types!...
  
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• Best of 2017: 20 things I've learned about game development

  28-12-2017 20:27
  Thinking about what it means to be over fifty in game development prompted me to make a list of what I consider the twenty most important things I've learned over the years....
  
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• Tehran Police Say Women Will No Longer Be Arrested For Violating 'Islamic' Dress Code

  28-12-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  Police in Iran’s capital are loosening up restrictions regarding dress code after decades of pushback from women in the country.
  
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• US, Turkey put end to visa spat

  28-12-2017 20:22 via yahoo.com
  The United States and Turkey on Thursday turned the page on a visa crisis triggered nearly three months ago by the arrest of a staff member at the American mission in Ankara, but relations between the NATO allies remain tense.The two sides announced the resumption of full visa services for each other's citizens, but their statements revealed lingering misgivings between the countries, who are partners in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group.
  
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• Switch Sets New Sales Milestones

  28-12-2017 20:18
  
  The Nintendo Switch has officially become the fastest selling home console ever to hit the Japanese market. With over 269,000 units sold this week alone, the Switch has now surpassed the country's most recent fastest selling consoles first-year sales, the PlayStation 2.
  With the release of last week’s Media Create data, it was predicted that the Switch would outpace the PlayStation 2 in first-year sales. Now, thanks to this week's new data we have now have confirmation.
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• Ivanka Trump's Vacation Picture Has A Confederate Flag In The Background

  28-12-2017 20:18 via yahoo.com
  One of Ivanka Trump’s photos from her family’s holiday break in Florida is causing quite the stir.
  
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• Updated Obamacare enrollment figure dips to 8.7 million

  28-12-2017 20:04 via yahoo.com
  The number represented a slight decline from the 2017 enrollment figure when about 9.2 million people signed up for health insurance policies from private insurers on the HealthCare.gov platform.It was slightly lower than the 8.8 million figure given last week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).Proponents of Obamacare, as former President Barack Obama's healthcare law is known, said the 2018 figure was relatively strong given President Donald Trump slashed the program's adve
  
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• Destiny 2: Gods of Mars DLC Details Outed by PSN

  28-12-2017 19:54
  
  Thanks to a PSN leak new information on Destiny 2’s next expansion, titled Gods of Mars, has surfaced.
  The US and Japanese PSN stores uploaded a full description about the game’s second expansion, which seems to be coming out in March, ahead of time. Even though the listings have since been deleted, Reddit user GodsofMarsLeak grabbed a few screenshots (which you can view below) before the posts were removed.Leaked PSN listing for Gods of Mars. Image courtesy of GodsofMarsLeak.Continu
  
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• Mindfulness can lead to selfishness, warns psychiatry expert  

  28-12-2017 19:51 via yahoo.com
  Mindfulness has grown in popularity as people search for meaning in life.  But doing it alone could actually make you more selfish, an expert at the Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned.  Dr Alison Gray, chair of the spirituality special interest group at the College, which advises psychiatrists on how to deal with spiritual issues, said more "inward-focused" types of spirituality "can become self-involved".  "In as much as religion is about binding people together, spir
  
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• Obituary: Left 4 Dead and Dota 2 voice actor Jim French

  28-12-2017 19:49
  The voice actor known for voicing the character Bill in the Left 4 Dead games has passed away....
  
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• Beer stores near American Indian reservation fight tax bill

  28-12-2017 19:47 via yahoo.com
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The owners of four now-closed stores that sold millions of cans of beer next to an American Indian reservation where alcohol is banned are fighting a steep Nebraska tax bill.
  
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• Vladimir Putin: St. Petersburg Explosion Was a Terror Attack

  28-12-2017 19:33 via yahoo.com
  Officials said 13 people were injured
  
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• Demi Lovato Is Already Cool For The Summer In Plunging Cherry Swimsuit

  28-12-2017 19:30 via yahoo.com
  Move over, winter, Demi Lovato is ready for swimsuit season.
  
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• A Complete Guide to Shadow of the Colossus's Preorder Bonuses

  28-12-2017 19:27
  
  When Shadow of the Colossus comes to PlayStation 4 on February 6, 2018, it will be a triple-dip for Sony. The game originally came out on PlayStation 2. That classic was remastered for PlayStation 3.  And now it's getting a full remake for PlayStation 4. That’s good news, because Shadow of the Colossus is one of those gorgeous, singular games that nearly everyone should experience.
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• Death Of Argentine Prosecutor Investigating Massive Terror Attack Ruled A Murder

  28-12-2017 19:18 via yahoo.com
  More than two decades after the deadliest bombing in Argentina’s history, the details of the unresolved massacre are only becoming more mysterious.
  
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• Turns out "starting over naked" is a Legend of Zelda trademark, thanks to Breath of the Wild's director

  28-12-2017 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has worked on the series for more than two decades, ever since Ocarina of Time
  
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• Tehran police: No more arrests for flouting dress code

  28-12-2017 18:12 via yahoo.com
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Police in Iran's capital said Thursday they will no longer arrest women for failing to observe the Islamic dress code in place since the 1979 revolution.
  
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