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• Court tosses conviction of man in 2011 policeman killing

  29-12-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey appeals court has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of killing an off-duty Newark police officer in 2011.
  
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• Someone swapped photos of Trump with his animatronic, and plz let my mom know I am dead

  29-12-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  This photoshop says a thousand words, all of which are "help." For Twitter user's @Bornmiserable's latest creation, he swapped photos of the real Trump with his now legendary Disney animatronic figure. The result was just as upsetting as you always imagined it would be. SEE ALSO: Disney's new weapon in the war on Netflix: Hulu @BornMiserable says it's an improvement, which I cannot independently verify as this image has turned me into stone. "I've done several Trump Photoshops and when I saw tha
  
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• Puerto Rico mayor tears into Trump 100 days after hurricane, as half of island still remains without power

  29-12-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz has again criticised Donald Trump for his response to Hurricane Maria, 100 days after the storm devastated the American island territory.Ms Yulin Cruz, the mayor of Puerto Rico’s capital city, claimed Mr Trump was “disrespectful” to the people of Puerto Rico and the other Americans who came to their aid.“Where he needed to be a commander-in-chief, he was a disaster-in-chief,” Ms Yulin Cruz told ABC News.
  
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• Deadly NY blaze sparked by boy playing with stove

  29-12-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  A three-year-old boy playing with stove burners accidentally ignited the fire that ripped through a New York apartment building, killing 12 people including four children, the city's fire department chief said Friday.The blaze broke out Thursday evening in a 25-apartment building near the Bronx Zoo, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the US financial capital."We found that this fire started in a kitchen on the first floor," fire commissioner Daniel Nigro told reporters.
  
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• Mattis sees larger U.S. civilian presence in Syria

  29-12-2017 23:37 via yahoo.com
  By Idrees AliWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday that he expected to see a larger U.S. civilian presence in Syria, including contractors and diplomats, as the fight against Islamic State militants nears its end and the focus turns toward rebuilding and ensuring the militants do not return.The United States has about 2,000 troops in Syria fighting Islamic State.Mattis' comments are likely to anger Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has previously called U.S.
  
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• Marco Rubio: Tax Bill ‘Probably Went Too Far’ On Corporate Handouts

  29-12-2017 23:31 via yahoo.com
  has some hangups about the GOP’s tax bill, and he’s speaking out ― over a week after he delivered a crucial vote in its favor and helped send it to President Donald Trump’s desk.
  
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• White House, Congress prepare for talks on spending, immigration

  29-12-2017 23:29 via yahoo.com
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it was set to kick off talks next week with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders on immigration policy, government spending and other issues that need to be wrapped up early in the new year.The expected flurry of legislative activity comes as Republicans and Democrats begin to set the stage for midterm congressional elections in November.President Donald Trump's Republican Party is eager to maintain control of
  
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• Sue Grafton, writer of popular 'alphabet' mysteries, dies

  29-12-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sue Grafton, author of the best-selling "alphabet series" of mystery novels, has died in Santa Barbara. She was 77.
  
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• Save the bees: Inside a bee sanctuary's fight to save colonies – and the world's food supply – from collapse

  29-12-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  On a seven-acre plot of land in upstate New York, an expansive lawn juts up behind a brown cottage, gently sloping down into the woods.“It’s like a desert,” Guillaume Gauthereau, the founder and executive director of the New York Bee Sanctuary, said this past August, gesturing to the lush grass as those same bees swirled around.The difference at the sanctuary, however, is that Gauthereau has carefully cultivated a habitat full of vegetation around that grass that gives bees the
  
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• Gunman kills 11 in attacks on Coptic church, Christian-owned shop in Egypt

  29-12-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  A gunman killed at least 11 people on Friday in attacks on a Coptic Orthodox church and a Christian-owned shop near Cairo before he was wounded and arrested, the Egyptian interior ministry and church officials said.Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks, in a statement carried out by its Amaq news agency, though it provided no evidence for the claim.Police have stepped up security measures around churches ahead of Coptic Christmas celebrations on Jan. 7, deploying officers outside
  
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• 2-Year-Old Boy Is Thrilled to Get a Banana For Christmas

  29-12-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  Mason's dad told Inside Edition the family got him 20 gifts but the banana was his favorite.
  
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• U.S. crude ends year above $60 on strong global oil demand

  29-12-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  By Nia WilliamsCALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - U.S. oil prices closed above $60 a barrel on the final trading day of the year, the first time since mid-2015, as the commodity ended 2017 with a 12 percent gain spurred by strong demand and declining global inventories.International benchmark Brent crude futures ended the year with a 17 percent rise, supported by ongoing supply cuts by top producers OPEC and Russia as well as strong demand from China.The spread between the benchmarks widened throughou
  
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• Ukraine kidnappers free bitcoin analyst after $1 mln ransom paid

  29-12-2017 22:32 via yahoo.com
  By Pavel PolityukKIEV (Reuters) - Kidnappers in Ukraine have released an employee at a United Kingdom-registered cryptocurrency exchange after getting more than $1 million in bitcoins as ransom, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister told Reuters on Friday.Pavel Lerner, a leading analyst and blockchain expert, was abducted by unknown masked people on Dec. 26, according to a statement by his company, EXMO Finance, on its website."This is the first such case in Ukraine linked to bitcoins,"
  
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• Court refuses to release elephants from zoo after campaigners say they are 'persons entitled to liberty'

  29-12-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  A Connecticut court has refused to free three elephants from a zoo after an animal rights group asked it to do so.The court ruled that Minnie, Beulah, and Karen do not qualify as “persons entitled to liberty and equality” under state law.Judge James Bentivegna wrote in the decision that “the petition is wholly frivolous on its face” because it relied on applying “human rights of freedom and equality” to the animals.
  
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• Twitter Users Announce Their New Year's Resolutions Through Song

  29-12-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  In a few days it will be 2018, and that means time to give up on those resolutions you thought were a good idea way back in 2017.
  
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• Mystery Writer Sue Grafton Dies at 77 After Two-Year Battle with Cancer

  29-12-2017 22:29 via yahoo.com
  Sue Grafton, the New York Times best-selling author behind the Alphabet Series, died Thursday night after a two-year battle with cancer. She was 77
  
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• Road rage finally puts alleged 'Goodfellas' mobster, 82, behind bars

  29-12-2017 22:18 via yahoo.com
  New York may have recorded a dramatic fall in crime this year, including the lowest annual murder total since the 1950s, but a sentencing hearing in Brooklyn on Thursday revealed the persistence of some of the city’s most famous criminal traditions.Prosecutors allege that Vincent Asaro, 82, was inducted into the Bonanno crime syndicate more than 40 years ago and has held the position of captain and been a member of the family’s ruling panel.On Thursday, however, Asaro was sentenced t
  
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• US eyes increased pumping from biggest federal water project

  29-12-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration said Friday it will look at revving up water deliveries to farmers from California's Central Valley Project, the largest federal water project in the United States, in what environmental groups called a threat to protections for struggling native salmon and other endangered species.
  
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• 16 December Wedding Pics With Plenty Of Love To Keep You Warm

  29-12-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  Big congratulations to all the wonderful couples who tied the knot last month!
  
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• Congo Republic releases U.S. citizen detained for nearly two years

  29-12-2017 21:55 via yahoo.com
  Congo Republic on Friday released Marcel Pika, a naturalized U.S. citizen detained for nearly two years, according to the U.S. embassy in the capital, Brazzaville."We are happy about the liberation of Mr. Pika.Pika, a retired colonel in Congo's armed forces, immigrated to the United States in 1999 and became a citizen in 2005.
  
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• Keepers Wrangle Ally the Alligator So They Can Save Her Record-Breaking 60 Eggs

  29-12-2017 21:50 via yahoo.com
  The zoo's general manager Tim Faulkner explained the eggs wouldn't hatch in the Australian heat if they were not moved.
  
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• NBA Player Avery Bradley Paid Accuser To Stay Quiet About Sexual Assault Allegation

  29-12-2017 21:47 via yahoo.com
  Detroit Pistons player Avery Bradley paid a woman to keep quiet after she accused him of sexual assault earlier this year, TMZ reported Friday.
  
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• Venezuela opens new probe into former oil company chief

  29-12-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  Venezuelan authorities said Friday they were opening a new investigation into Rafael Ramirez, the former head of state oil company PDVSA, who is already accused of graft.The matter, announced by chief prosecutor Tarek William Saab in a statement, relates to a PDVSA subsidiary created in Austria in 2006 to bill for oil sales.The subsidiary used a firm to help set prices, but they were allegedly lowballed to favor some clients.
  
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• Best of 2017: Game Design Deep Dive: Creating believable crowds in Planet Coaster

  29-12-2017 21:44
  "10,000 guests was what we targeted, and simulating each seemed like a challenge. This was where using flow/potential fields became very appealing." - Owen McCarthy, principal programmer at Frontier. ...
  
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• Woman Got So Drunk on Date She Damaged Over A Million Dollars Worth of Artwork: Cops

  29-12-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  Lindy Layman's date with a high-profile lawyer didn't end well when she tore down two of his Andy Warhol paintings.
  
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• Get a job: Insomniac Games is hiring Engine Programmers

  29-12-2017 21:35
  Insomniac Games is looking for mid to senior level Engine Programmers to work with the team to design, add and modify features of both runtime and tools components of the engine. ...
  
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• The 25 Most-Read Inverse Science Stories of 2017 Are Wild, Wonderful & Strange

  29-12-2017 21:31 via yahoo.com
  Psychedelics, flat-Earthers, and sea monsters abound.
  
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• Battlegrounds surpasses 3M concurrent players on Steam

  29-12-2017 21:22
  Fresh out of Early Access, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has surpassed 3 million concurrent players on Steam. ...
  
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• Rare public protests spread across Iran amid spiraling inflation

  29-12-2017 21:06 via yahoo.com
  Iranian police clashed with protesters demonstrating against government corruption on Friday, in a rare public show of discontent in the Islamic republic.  About 300 people gathered in the western city of Kermanshah on Friday calling for a "revolution", shouting "where's my paycheck?", "the people are begging, the clerics act like God" and “death to the dictator”. It followed a day after similar protests in the northeastern city of Mashhad, where more than 50 were arrested.
  
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• Nintendo Year in Review 2017

  29-12-2017 21:01
  
  Weeelcooome to Nintendo Voice Chat, Episode 388 -- our big NVC Year in Review for 2017! In this special year-end episode, we reflect back on Nintendo's year in 2017: the good, the bad, and everything in-between. Please keep in mind; this episode was recorded in advance. But don't worry, we'll be back next week with our regularly scheduled programming.
  As always, you can watch NVC here on IGN and on our YouTube channel (subscribe and hit the bell!) or listen to it on your comm
  
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• Blue Apron Is Launching A Whole30 Meal Plan Just In Time For The New Year

  29-12-2017 20:54 via yahoo.com
  If your New Year’s resolution is to eat cleaner and healthier, the challenge just got a little bit easier.
  
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• Waitress says co-worker owes her half of $300K lottery winnings

  29-12-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  A lucky lottery ticket appears to be tearing apart two long-time friends.
  
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• 10 Winter Hats For Natural Hair That'll Protect Your Beautiful Curls

  29-12-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  I know the struggle that is trying to find a winter hat or beanie that will stylishly fit over my massive head of hair ― which I recently transitioned back to its naturally curly state.
  
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• Disney World Guest Mercilessly Heckles Animatronic Donald Trump

  29-12-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  A guest at Disney World got very, er, animated while attending the Hall of Presidents attraction on Wednesday.
  
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• Trump's vacation: golf, tweets and phone calls

  29-12-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump is spending his winter vacation at his exclusive Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida but he is not taking a break from two of his favorite things -- golf and Twitter.Trump flew to his Florida resort on Air Force One a week ago, and his days since have tended to follow the same routine.Shortly before 9:00 am, the presidential convoy leaves Mar-a-Lago and heads for the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.
  
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• Ramen price-fixing class action headed for U.S. trial

  29-12-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  U.S. District Judge William Orrick on Thursday rejected efforts by market leader Nongshim Co and Ottogi Corp to dismiss claims brought by food retailers and distributors, and by consumers in 23 U.S. states and Washington, D.C.Lawyers in the United States for Nongshim and Ottogi did not immediately respond on Friday to requests for comment.
  
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• Thousands of Palestinians take part in anti-Trump protests

  29-12-2017 20:38 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza and the occupied West Bank for the fourth Friday in a row in protests against U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.Palestinian health officials said at least 50 protesters had been wounded by live fire, mostly along the Gaza border.An Israeli military spokeswoman said soldiers had shot at the "main instigators" who she said posed a direct threat to the troops and who were trying to damage the border secur
  
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• Some mobile games now report TV viewing habits back to advertisers

  29-12-2017 20:37
  A number of mobile games and apps now use a smart device's microphone to track the shows or advertisements its players see on TV....
  
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• Is Trump Intern Giving a White Power Hand Signal in Group Photo?

  29-12-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  Controversial alt-right figures have flashed the sign.
  
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• Deadly Police Shooting May Have Been Result of Online Gaming Prank

  29-12-2017 20:27 via yahoo.com
  The practice is known as "swatting"
  
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• Where deadly Bronx fire raged, an eerie, icy calm

  29-12-2017 20:19 via yahoo.com
  There are barely any traces of fire on the apartment building's facade, no puddles of water on the ground, and only a handful of onlookers.On Friday, only two fire trucks, their lights still flashing, hinted at the drama that had unfolded the evening before in the Bronx.
  
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• Gamasutra's Best of 2017: Brandon Sheffield's all-time top 10 games hidden in other games

  29-12-2017 20:15
  "I'm talking about games tucked away within published games. Specifically I'm interested in games that have little to nothing to do with the games they're hidden in." ...
  
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• Why Collecting 900 Korok Seeds Gets You a Giant Poop

  29-12-2017 20:00
  
  Of the many tasks in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, collecting every Korok seed is perhaps the most daunting. Around every corner, at the top of every mountain, behind every pillar, a Korok seed could be waiting, along with a short puzzle or race in order to unlock it.
  After finally completing the monumental task of collecting all nine hundred of them, your reward is probably not what you were expecting: Hestu’s Gift, a golden piece of poop.Continue reading…
  
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• What I Learned From Reading All The Media Safaris Into 'Trump Country' I Could Handle Before Wanting To Die

  29-12-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  This was the year the political media couldn’t stop reminding us of the forgotten Americans.
  
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• 2017's Pop Culture in 5 Minutes

  29-12-2017 20:00
  It's the end of 2017 as we know it, and we've enjoyed some fine pop culture moments over the past year. From Nintendo's return to Superman's mustache, 2017 certainly hasn't been shy about rolling out the surprises, one after the other. Join us now as we try to condense 12 months of pop culture news into five fast-paced minutes.
  Whatever you want to say about the events of the year, we can be certain Nintendo is feeling no pain, at least. The company has had an impressive rebound with its new con
  
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• San Juan Mayor Says Trump Lacks 'Good-Hearted' American Values

  29-12-2017 19:55 via yahoo.com
  One-hundred days after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz on Friday again slammed President Donald Trump’s response to a disaster the president says wasn’t a “real catastrophe,” even though it left at least 64 dead.
  
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• Berlin to host New Year's Eve 'safe zone' for women as authorities crack down on harassment

  29-12-2017 19:45 via yahoo.com
  New Year’s Eve celebrations in central Berlin will include a women’s safe zone for the first time, in the hope of preventing a repeat of mob attacks on female revellers during festivities in Cologne two years ago. Up to a million guests are expected to attend the open-air event taking place around Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate, featuring fireworks and pop acts such as Rednex and Whigfield this year. The women’s safety area is being established at the request of Be
  
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• Consumer Reports' Top Car Stories of 2017

  29-12-2017 19:36 via yahoo.com
  As 2017 draws to a close, we took a look back at the most popular Consumer Reports automotive articles of the year. We've highlighted the cars our testers and readers loved, along with the models...
  
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• Singer Joy Villa Says 'Boorish' Corey Lewandowski Slapped Her Behind After She Told Him Not To

  29-12-2017 19:32 via yahoo.com
  Villa, a Trump supporter, is accusing his former campaign boss of sexual assault.
  
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• 2 Children Among 4 Dead in Basement in Troy After Act of 'Savagery,' Police Say

  29-12-2017 19:30 via yahoo.com
  Two young children and their mother were among the four family members found killed in an act of “savagery” this week inside their basement apartment in the upstate New York city of Troy
  
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