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• Beyond: WTF, PlayStation Is Making Amiibo and Shoes Now?

  23-01-2018 23:41
  Join Max Scoville, Brian Altano, Andrew Goldfarb, and Casey DeFreitas for another heaping pile of PlayStation goodness for your ears and eyes. For starters, a bunch of iconic PlayStation characters are getting their own Amiibo-like Totaku figurines. Nike and Sony have joined forces to make a pair of PlayStation-themed sneakers, and there are some rumors about Kindgom Hearts 3 and some buzz about Resident Evil 2's remake.
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• FBI agent cut from Mueller probe doubted collusion theory

  23-01-2018 23:32 via yahoo.com
  New text messages allegedly reveal that controversial FBI official Peter Strzok was hesitant about joining Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation team because of his 'gut sense' there would be 'no big there there'; reaction and analysis on 'The Five.'
  
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• Report: Gulf Coast wreck could be last US slave ship

  23-01-2018 23:30 via yahoo.com
  MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Researchers say remains of a wooden ship found embedded in mud in a river delta in southwestern Alabama may be the Clotilda, the last vessel to bring slaves to the United States nearly 160 years ago.
  
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• Turkey kills at least 260 Kurdish, Islamic State fighters in Syria offensive -military

  23-01-2018 23:26 via yahoo.com
  By Ece Toksabay, Ellen Francis and Tuvan GumrukcuANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey has killed at least 260 Syrian Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants in its four-day-old offensive into the Kurdish-dominated Afrin region of northwest Syria, the Turkish military said on Tuesday.U.S. President Donald Trump plans to raise concerns with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call expected on Wednesday about Ankara's offensive against U.S.-backed Kurdish YPG forces in Afrin, a senior U.S.
  
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• Suspect Arrested In Killing Of 7-Year-Old Zainab Ansari

  23-01-2018 23:19 via yahoo.com
  Police in Lahore, Pakistan, have arrested a man for the rape and murder of 7-year-old Zainab Ansari, officials said on Tuesday.
  
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• Monster Hunter World, 9 More Games Coming to PS4, Vita, PSVR

  23-01-2018 23:19
  10 games are debuting on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation VR this week, with Monster Hunter World and Dragon Ball FighterZ among the week's biggest releases.
  For a full rundown of what's releasing, along with official descriptions via the PlayStation Blog and links to IGN's reviews when applicable, check out the gallery below.Monster Hunter World (Available on Jan. 26 on PS4)Dragon Ball FighterZ  (Available on Jan. 26 on PS4)
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• The 10 Best Hotels In The US In 2018, Revealed

  23-01-2018 23:11 via yahoo.com
  The jet-setting experts at TripAdvisor just unveiled their 16th annual Traveler’s Choice Awards for the best hotels in the U.S. for 2018, and the results have us impulsively researching flights to off-the-grid places like Cannon Beach, Ore., and San Antonio, Texas.
  
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• ICE Responds to Detainment of Michigan Doctor Citing 18 Encounters with Local Law Enforcement

  23-01-2018 23:06 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is responding to the controversial investigation of a Kalamazoo doctor who was detained last week.
  
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• Female Journalists Were Blocked Behind Male Colleagues While Covering Pence's Israel Trip

  23-01-2018 23:03 via yahoo.com
  Female journalists who traveled around the world to report on Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Israel this week were literally blocked from doing their jobs on Tuesday morning.
  
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• US-led strikes kill up to 150 IS fighters in Syria: coalition

  23-01-2018 23:02 via yahoo.com
  The US-led coalition has killed as many as 150 Islamic State fighters in an operation in the middle Euphrates River Valley in Syria, officials said Tuesday."The precision strikes were a culmination of extensive intelligence preparation to confirm an ISIS headquarters and command and control center in an exclusively ISIS-occupied location in the contested middle Euphrates River Valley," the statement read.While IS has lost most of the terrain they once controlled in Syria, they still remain entre
  
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• German police arrest 15-year-old for killing classmate

  23-01-2018 23:01 via yahoo.com
  German police have arrested a 15-year-old schoolboy suspected of killing a classmate on Tuesday by stabbing him in the neck, authorities and media reports said.Media reports said the teenager did not resist when police tracked him down through a helicopter search and arrested him.Prosecutors said preliminary investigations suggest that the boy was not planning a rampage at the school in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
  
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• Nintendo eShop Releases for Switch and 3DS: January 22 - 28

  23-01-2018 22:48
  It's the last week of January with no slowdown of game releases in sight. So IGN has gathered a list of the latest eShop releases of the week for Nintendo Switch and 3DS in North America.
  CELESTE
  Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight, hand-crafted platformer from the creators of multiplayer classic TowerFall. The controls are simple and accessible - simply jump, air-dash, and climb - but with layers of expressive depth to m
  
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• James Franco Wasn't Nominated for an Oscar. One of His Accusers Says We Still Need to Hold Him Accountable

  23-01-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  She says she still wants an apology
  
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• RollerCoaster Tycoon Seeks Crowdfunding for Switch Version

  23-01-2018 22:12
  
  Atari has launched a crowdfunding campaign to bring a new RollerCoaster Tycoon game to Nintendo Switch.
  The campaign is on the StartEngine platform, where Atari is seeking between $10,000 and $1.07 million. Nvizzio Creations, the studio behind the free-to-play RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch, will be developing this new entry in the long-running series.
  Investors will participate in a revenue share, be kept informed about the game's development, and potentially become involved in futur
  
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• Twisted Metal Creator's Latest Project Canceled, Major Layoffs Affect Studio

  23-01-2018 22:06
  David Jaffe's Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency game studio suffered a huge blow today following the cancellation of one of its major projects.
  The news was broken by studio head David Jaffe on his personal Twitter. Jaffe said "the vast majority" of the studio's game division are being let go following the cancellation. Jaffe promised more news is forthcoming.
  Bartlet Jones was responsible for Drawn to Death, the free-to-play arena shooter that took its visual inspiration fro
  
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• Gun industry converges near Las Vegas mass shooting site

  23-01-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  The gun industry is holding its biggest annual trade show this week just a few miles from the site where a gunman slaughtered 58 concertgoers outside his high-rise Las Vegas hotel room in October using a display case worth of weapons, many fitted with bump stocks that enabled them to mimic fully automatic fire.
  
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• Pre-teens arrested for cyberbullying before girl's suicide

  23-01-2018 21:57 via yahoo.com
  Two 12-year-olds in Florida were arrested for cyberbullying in connection with the death of a middle-school student who police say hanged herself two weeks ago.
  
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• Alaska tsunami latest: Fears give way to relief as warnings lifted along the US West Coast

  23-01-2018 21:55 via yahoo.com
  A tsunami warning spurred by a powerful earthquake pushed Alaskans from their beds in the middle of the night and left western Canada and the US West Coast on edge before the threat was declared over.Authorities issued tsunami warnings for a large stretch of Alaska and British Columbia after midnight, reacting to an 7.9-magnitude earthquake that reverberated in the Gulf of Alaska and placed much of the US West Coast under a tsunami watch that urged residents to stay alert for impending danger.Ra
  
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• U.S. CDC director urges flu vaccinations as pediatric deaths mount

  23-01-2018 21:29 via yahoo.com
  (This version of the Jan 22 story was officially corrected to clarify that CDC director was referring to historical vaccination trends and not deaths from the current flu season in paragraphs 1 and 4)By Julie SteenhuysenCHICAGO (Reuters) - Of the 30 U.S. children who have died from the flu so far this season, some 85 percent likely will not have been vaccinated, said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, who urged Americans to get flu shots amid one of the mo
  
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• Report: Trump asked Acting FBI Director who he voted for in 2016

  23-01-2018 21:27 via yahoo.com
  The Washington Post reports President Trump asked acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe who he voted for after firing FBI director James Comey. Lawrence O'Donnell talks to Betsy Woodruff and Matt Miller about the Trump administration's pressure on the FBI.
  
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• My Parents Held Me Captive for 18 Years. This Is How We Can Save Other Kids

  23-01-2018 21:27 via yahoo.com
  Lessons we should all take from my experience and the tragic case in California
  
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• North Korea says protesters who burned Kim Jong-un image are 'stinking conservative riff-raff'

  23-01-2018 21:24 via yahoo.com
  North Korea has demanded South Korea apologise for "despicable conservative riff-raff" prostesters who burned an image of Kim Jong-un in Seoul. The incident threatened to undermine an agreement that athletes from North Korea would attend February's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea. Organisers have sought to promote the event as a "Peace Olympics" to open a door for dialogue. But a group of right-wing activists set the image of Mr Kim on fire at a rally in Seoul on Monday, along with th
  
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• The Latest: ICE: Doctor scrutinized after 18 interactions

  23-01-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of a Polish-born Michigan doctor by federal immigration agents (all times local):
  
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• Rainbow Six Pro League Reveals Esports Plans Through 2020

  23-01-2018 21:15
  
  Ubisoft has announced its new formula for the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League, as well as all Rainbow Six Siege competitions ranking from amateur to professional, from 2018-2020. The new structure is designed to boost growth in the Rainbow Six esports scene and kicks off in June 2018.
  Following the transitional Season, the Rainbow Six Pro League will be split into two Seasons, each lasting six months; from June to November 2018 and December 2018 to May 2019. The eight best teams from e
  
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• Last major challenger to Egypt's Sisi calls off campaign after arrest

  23-01-2018 20:47 via yahoo.com
  The last challenger seen as a potential threat to the re-election of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was detained on Tuesday, and halted his campaign after the army accused him of breaking the law by running for office without permission.Former military chief of staff Lieutenant General Sami Anan, who had announced his candidacy last week, was taken to the Military Prosecutor's office in Cairo, according to his son and one of his lawyers, who were waiting outside the building.Anan's son
  
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• Former FBI chief Comey interviewed by special counsel: N.Y. Times

  23-01-2018 20:42 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investigators working with Special Counsel Robert Mueller interviewed former FBI Director James Comey last year, focusing on memos Comey wrote about interactions he had with President Donald Trump that unnerved him, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Trump fired Comey last May after Comey publicly confirmed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was looking into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Deputy Att
  
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• Egypt's military arrests ex-general running for president

  23-01-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  CAIRO (AP) — Less than two weeks after announcing his candidacy, Egypt's former chief of staff was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of incitement against the armed forces and other charges in what appeared to be a calculated move to force out the last potentially serious challenger to President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
  
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• PUBG Dev Donating $2 million to Gaming Charities

  23-01-2018 20:08
  PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds developer PUBG Corp. plans to donate up to $2 million to video game-related charities this year, the studio announced today.
  The $2 million will be pulled from the sales of PUBG's 2017 Gamescom Invitational crates, which contained exclusive cosmetic items. The news follows PUBG Corp.'s $100,000 donation to the Twitch PUBG Winter Charity Invitational held in December 2017.
  In 2018, $300,000 will go toward the PUBG Extra Life Charity Marathon, which will be held from
  
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• Olympic Medalist Shawn Johnson: 'If I Had A Daughter Right Now, I Couldn't' Put Her In Gymnastics'

  23-01-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  The 2008 Olympian posted an emotional video expressing support for her teammates and gymnasts who were abused by Larry Nassar, and strong criticism of USA Gymnastics
  
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• Strong Earthquake Sparks Tsunami Panic Along America's West Coast

  23-01-2018 19:57 via yahoo.com
  Cops in Kodiak, Alaska, posted a dramatic warning on Facebook after the 7.9-magnitude quake.
  
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• Man Arrested Over Threats To CNN: 'Fake News. I'm Coming To Gun You All Down.'

  23-01-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  A Michigan man was arrested by federal authorities after he allegedly made phone calls to CNN employees threatening to kill them because they are “fake news.”
  
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• Germany’s Left Is Committing Suicide by Identity Politics

  23-01-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  Social democrats have committed to a partnership with Angela Merkel that exposes their greatest vulnerability.
  
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• Logan Paul's Brother Finally Opens Up About YouTube Star's Controversy: 'He Didn't Mean to Offend Anyone'

  23-01-2018 19:38 via yahoo.com
  Logan Paul is embroiled in a firestorm over video that showed a dead body.
  
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• Yep, The Most Romantic Hotel In The US Is In Ohio

  23-01-2018 19:36 via yahoo.com
  Hopeless romantics might find themselves second-guessing their idea of a romantic getaway thanks to this latest news.
  
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• Serial Stowaway Marilyn Hartman Arrested Again After Sneaking Onto London-Bound Flight

  23-01-2018 19:29 via yahoo.com
  The 66-year-old woman managed to sneak onto a flight to London without a passport or a ticket.
  
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• CIA: North Korea moving 'ever closer' to putting US at risk

  23-01-2018 19:25 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that North Korea is moving "ever closer" to putting Americans at risk and that he believes leader Kim Jong Un won't rest until he's able to threaten multiple nuclear attacks against the U.S. at the same time.
  
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• 8 Craziest Alternate Histories in Games

  23-01-2018 19:20
  History is done. The events of the past might as well be carved in stone, because short of time travel, they’re not going to change. But in video games, everything can change — even things that already happened. Let’s delve into some of the wildest alternate histories that have ever appeared in gaming. Welcome to the worlds that weren’t.
  Here’s something that didn’t happen. In the 1940s, a rich fella named Andrew Ryan — his head swimming with objectivist
  
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• J&J takes $13.6 billion charge related to new U.S. tax law

  23-01-2018 19:18 via yahoo.com
  Healthcare conglomerate Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday took a $13.6-billion charge related to the new U.S. tax law and plans to bring back billions of dollars from overseas immediately.The company, based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, plans to move $12 billion of that cash immediately, J&J CFO Dominic Caruso said during a conference call with analysts, and will be used to fund U.S. operations, primarily by paying down debt.
  
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• FBI Texts Reveal Major Flaw In GOP Theory Of 'Deep State' Plot To Defeat Trump

  23-01-2018 19:14 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― For weeks, President Donald Trump and his supporters on Capitol Hill have attempted to undermine Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation by claiming that the FBI was working behind the scenes during the 2016 campaign to stop Trump from winning.
  
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• Russia "ultimately" responsible for suspected Syria gas attacks: Tillerson

  23-01-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday the Syrian government may still be using chemical weapons against its own people following a suspected chlorine attack in a rebel enclave. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• Galactic Civilizations III Getting New Expansion

  23-01-2018 19:00
  Stardock Entertainment is adding politics and government to Galactic Civilizations III with a new expansion named Intrigue.
  This new Galactic Civilizations III expansion will let players pick out various forms of government — like a democracy, oligarchy and monarchy — and then choose cabinet members accordingly. Stardock says each one has positives and negatives, with the choice of technology and cultural ideology affecting which types of government are even available.
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• F-35 Using "Open Air" Ranges to Train for War Against Russia's S-400

  23-01-2018 18:48 via yahoo.com
  Designed as part of the developmental trajectory for the emerging F-35, the test-firing facilities further development of an ability to fire the weapon “off-boresight,” described as an ability to target and destroy air to air targets that are not in front of the aircraft with a direct or immediate line of sight, Pentagon officials explained.The Air Force F-35 is using “open air” ranges and computer simulation to practice combat missions against the best Chinese and R
  
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• Davos 2018: Donald Trump criticised for protectionism even before arriving to deliver America First speech

  23-01-2018 18:42 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump is preparing to deliver a major speech during his first visit to the World Economic Forum (WEF), but has come in for intense criticism over his “America First” protectionism even before he has arrived in Davos.According to White House officials, Mr Trump will tell the gathering in Switzerland that "America is open for business" and that the president "wants the world to invest in America and create jobs for hard-working Americans".Underscoring the populist vision that he
  
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• Skier Killed by Flying Rocks During Sudden Volcanic Eruption

  23-01-2018 18:37 via yahoo.com
  Twelve people were injured by flying rocks during the eruption
  
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• The Most Expensive War in EVE Online's History Could Happen Today

  23-01-2018 18:36
  Two of EVE Online's largest factions are gearing up for war, with fleets of titan class warships worth more than $1 million ready to do battle. If they pull the trigger, this will be the most costly war to have been waged in the game's history.
  PCGamesN reports that the remnants of The Imperium alliance spent the last year in an arms race with the Moneybadger Coalition (formerly the CFC), who gave them a sound thrashing in 2016, with total losses in the region of $300,000.
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• U.S. takes aim at Russia after suspected Syrian government gas attack

  23-01-2018 18:17 via yahoo.com
  By John IrishPARIS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday the Syrian government may still be using chemical weapons against its own people following a suspected chlorine attack in a rebel enclave, and he said Russia bore ultimate responsibility.Rescue workers in the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, near to Damascus, accused government forces of using chlorine gas during bombardment of the area on Monday.The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at leas
  
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• Trans-Pacific Partnership countries agree new trade deal after US departure

  23-01-2018 18:16 via yahoo.com
  Eleven countries aiming to forge an Asia-Pacific trade pact after the United States pulled out of an earlier version will sign an agreement in Chile in March, Japan's economy minister said on Tuesday, in a big win for Tokyo. Trade officials had been meeting in Tokyo to resolve rifts including Canada's insistence on protections for its cultural industries such as movies, TV and music. An agreement is a win for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government, which has been lobbying hard to save t
  
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• Jordan Peele's Emotional Reaction to Get Out's Oscar Nominations Deserves Its Own Award

  23-01-2018 18:07 via yahoo.com
  "What’s the opposite of the Sunken Place?"
  
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• Have you been slowly tuning out of The Walking Dead? You're gonna want to catch the midseason premiere

  23-01-2018 18:03 via gamesradar.com
  Everyone who tuned in for The Walking Dead season 8, episode 8 - "How It's Gotta Be" - surely knows what's coming when the show returns for its midseason premiere on February 25
  
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• Multiple casualties in Kentucky high school shooting

  23-01-2018 18:02 via yahoo.com
  A suspect was taken into custody after one person was killed and others wounded Tuesday morning at a rural Kentucky high school. "You just never think this will happen in a small town like ours," Savana Smothers, the assistant girls' soccer coach at Marshall County High School, told the Associated Press.
  
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