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• Kurds call on Syrian regime to intervene in Afrin battle

  25-01-2018 23:55 via yahoo.com
  Kurdish militias fighting against Turkey in the Syrian enclave of Afrin have called on the government of Bashar al-Assad to intervene and protect the area’s borders.The latest development, nearly a week into Turkey’s military offensive, could undermine Kurdish aspirations for self-governance and, if heeded, could set the stage for a direct military confrontation between Ankara and Damascus.
  
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• Tax-cutting governor resigns to take Trump administration post

  25-01-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  The tax-cutting Republican governor of Kansas, whose policies were opposed even by members of his own party, resigned Thursday to become President Donald Trump's ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom.Sam Brownback sent a letter saying he would step down as chief executive of the Midwestern state on January 31 to take up the job within the Trump administration.Donald Trump nominated Brownback for the State department position in July.
  
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• Intel gets lift from earnings, investors look past chip flaw

  25-01-2018 23:43 via yahoo.com
  A stronger-than expected earnings report Thursday lifted Intel shares as investors looked past a troubling computer chip flaw weighing on the US tech giant.Intel shares climbed more than four percent to $47.13 in after-market trades that followed release of its earnings figures, despite its warning of lawsuits, claims, and negative publicity from security vulnerabilities including recently disclosed Spectre and Meltdown flaws.For the fourth quarter, Intel posted a loss of $700 million due to som
  
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• Check out Celeste's remarkably granular 'Assist' options

  25-01-2018 23:38
  Celeste is a 2D platformer released earlier today that features an "assist mode" designed for players who might find the game inaccessible due to its difficulty....
  
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• Xbox Games with Gold for February 2018 will make you fast and furious with Split/Second and Shadow Warrior

  25-01-2018 23:22 via gamesradar.com
  Ah, February. The month of Valentine's Day! The month of love. And what's not to l ...
  
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• Trump offers amnesty to Dreamers in return for $25bn fund to build Mexico border wall

  25-01-2018 23:08 via yahoo.com
  The White House has presented an immigration reform plan to Congress that would include a pathway to citizenship for as many as 1.8 million Dreamers in exchange for a dramatic increase in restrictions for immigration in the future and $25 billion to fund his long promised border wall.A senior White House official reportedly outlined one-page framework to Republican staffers on Capitol Hill.The inclusion of a path to citizenship for so many immigrants who came here illegally when they were young
  
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• Crock-Pot Created A Twitter Account Just To Comfort 'This Is Us' Fans

  25-01-2018 23:03 via yahoo.com
  The latest episode of “This Is Us” was so powerful that it even prompted Crock-Pot to start tweeting.
  
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• The Oldest Human Fossil Outside of Africa Has Been Found

  25-01-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  Indicating humans left Africa earlier than previously thought
  
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• Customers vote on new Krispy Kreme doughnut flavor

  25-01-2018 22:40 via yahoo.com
  Customers got to choose between lemon, blueberry, caramel, and maple.
  
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• PSA: GDC 2018 attendees, book your travel and accommodations!

  25-01-2018 22:33
  If you're planning on attending GDC 2018 in March, book your travel and accommodations sooner rather than later -- you can access discounted rates via the GDC Travel hub!...
  
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• Manager Had Open Sores, Used Heroin While Making Pizza at Little Caesars: Police

  25-01-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  A former manager of an Indiana Little Caesars and her boyfriend are accused of buying and using heroin at the restaurant.
  
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• Oldest human remains outside Africa found in Israeli cave, showing species left continent far earlier than known

  25-01-2018 22:25 via yahoo.com
  A partial jawbone bearing seven teeth unearthed in a cave in Israel represents what scientists are calling the oldest-known Homo sapiens remains outside Africa, showing that our species trekked out of that continent far earlier than previously known. Researchers on Thursday announced the discovery of the fossil estimated as 177,000 to 194,000 years old, and said the teeth bore telltale traits of Homo sapiens not present in close human relatives alive at the time including Neanderthals. The
  
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• Davos Is Inspiring Quite a Few Game of Thrones Memes for a Hilarious Reason

  25-01-2018 22:08 via yahoo.com
  The World Economic Forum is happening in Davos, Switzerland, but all Game of Thrones fans see are the memes of their beloved character.
  
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• The White House 'requested a Van Gogh, but got a golden toilet instead'

  25-01-2018 22:02 via yahoo.com
  A White House request to loan a Vincent Van Gogh painting was reportedly rejected by an art gallery who offered another artwork instead – a golden toilet.  The Washington Post has reported that it was hoped the 19th century Van Gogh would hang in the private quarters of Donald Trump and his wife Melania.  However Nancy Spector, chief curator at the Guggenheim – the New York museum which housed the work – was said to have rejected the request and made a counter-of
  
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• Man Surprises Stepdad With Adoption Papers and Plans to Take His Name

  25-01-2018 22:01 via yahoo.com
  "I wish I had done it years and years ago," Logan Borden told InsideEdition.com.
  
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• Get a job: Naughty Dog is hiring a Graphics Programmer

  25-01-2018 21:59
  Naughty Dog is looking for a Graphics Programmer to join its rendering team to develop and implement new and existing rendering techniques for its upcoming projects in Santa Monica, CA....
  
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• Don't Miss: Breaking down the scenography of Kentucky Route Zero

  25-01-2018 21:46
  Kentucky Route Zero developer Tamas Kemenczy breaks down the game's artistic inspiration....
  
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• Captain Marvel set pics show Brie Larson suited up and she looks... um... different than expected

  25-01-2018 21:46 via gamesradar.com
  How well do you react when Hollywood puts a new twist on an old favorite? I ask because some new pictures taken from the set of the upcoming Captain Marvel movie have hit the web and not everyone's taking it so well
  
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• Trump Evokes Nixon Again with Mueller Firing

  25-01-2018 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian, talks with Rachel Maddow about parallels between Donald Trump's desire to fire Robert Mueller and Richard Nixon's criticism of his investigation.
  
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• Vegas shooting victim's husband says wife visited him in dream to tell him not to take her off life support

  25-01-2018 21:33 via yahoo.com
  A husband whose wife was critically injured during the Las Vegas shooting on October 1 says she visited him in a dream and told him everything would be okay.
  
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• Man sentenced for attacking wife after she found evidence

  25-01-2018 21:33 via yahoo.com
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan teacher has been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison for slashing his wife's throat after she discovered evidence of an affair that investigators said involved a middle-school student.
  
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• Washington state senator introduces bill to tackle the big loot box debate

  25-01-2018 21:29
  Washington State Senator Kevin Ranker has introduced a bill that seeks to answer the million dollar question: should loot boxes be classified as gambling?...
  
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• Venezuela seeks Interpol red alert for ex-oil czar Ramirez

  25-01-2018 21:17 via yahoo.com
  By Brian Ellsworth and Marianna ParragaCARACAS/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities said on Thursday they were seeking an Interpol red alert for ex-oil czar Rafael Ramirez on corruption charges, heightening tensions between the former political heavyweight and the country's socialist government.Ramirez, who headed the powerful oil ministry and state energy firm PDVSA [PDVSA.UL] for a decade, is a longtime rival of President Nicolas Maduro who has become more critical of his handling of the
  
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• McGahn oddly central in recent Trump stories

  25-01-2018 21:10 via yahoo.com
  Bob Bauer, White House counsel to President Barack Obama, talks with Rachel Maddow about what can be inferred about the relationship between Donald Trump and White House counsel Don McGahn from reports including the New York Times.
  
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• Stormy Daniels Smirks When Asked If She Had Affair With Donald Trump

  25-01-2018 21:05 via yahoo.com
  If a picture is worth a thousand words, what’s the going price for a knowing smirk?
  
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• Correction: Burned Bears story

  25-01-2018 21:04 via yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a story Jan. 24 about medical care for three wild animals burned in fires in Southern California, The Associated Press, relying on information from the animal's caregivers, reported erroneously that a 5-month-old mountain lion being treated for burns would be released back into the wild this week.
  
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• 750,000 DACA 'Dreamers' are holding their breath. Here's how one is coping.

  25-01-2018 21:02 via yahoo.com
  Last August, Fairooz Haider was about to start her senior year at City College of New York with big plans for her future. But then an announcement left her feeling shattered and hopeless.
  
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• Oldest human fossil outside Africa is dug up in Israel

  25-01-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  The oldest remains of a modern human outside Africa have been dug up in Israel, offering evidence of what genetic studies have already suggested -- that humans migrated out of Africa some 50,000 years earlier than previously thought.Facial fragments, including a jawbone and several teeth, were found at a site called Misliya Cave in Israel, one of several prehistoric cave sites located on Mount Carmel.Until now, the earliest modern human fossils found outside of Africa were estimated to be betwee
  
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• Three dead as packed Italy commuter train derails

  25-01-2018 20:52 via yahoo.com
  Three women were killed and a dozen people seriously injured after a packed Italian commuter train derailed on Thursday near the northern city of Milan.Witnesses told the media the regional train began to shake heavily as if it were running over rocks, before braking suddenly and derailing.Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni promised that full light would be shed on the circumstances of the crash, whose cause was not immediately clear.
  
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• Here's How to Tell Whether Your Supplements Are Dangerous

  25-01-2018 20:48 via yahoo.com
  The NIH Office of Dietary Supplements released two new fact sheets about the safety and efficacy of weight loss and fitness supplements.
  
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• 'He Kissed My Forehead and Slit My Throat.' Ex-Teacher Attacked Wife Who Discovered His Affair With 14-Year-Old Student, Police Say

  25-01-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  James Chelekis slashed his wife's throat after she discovered his affair
  
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• There’s A Line Between Justice And Vengeance. Larry Nassar’s Judge Crossed It.

  25-01-2018 20:33 via yahoo.com
  Rosemarie Aquilina, the judge who presided over the astounding sentencing hearing of former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar this month, has emerged as a heroine for victims of sexual assault.
  
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• Trump firing of Mueller stopped by McGahn: NYT

  25-01-2018 20:32 via yahoo.com
  Michael Schmidt, Washington correspondent for The New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about breaking new reporting that Donald Trump ordered the firing of Robert Mueller based on dubious conflict accusations and more.
  
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• Astronomers really hate that bright disco ball satellite secretly launched to space

  25-01-2018 20:28 via yahoo.com
  On Thursday, the rocket company Rocket Lab announced that it had secretly launched the Humanity Star, a satellite in the shape of a reflective sphere that effectively works as a disco ball and could at times become the brightest object in the night sky.  The Humanity Star was launched as a way to unite all who see it under the night sky, according to Rocket Lab.  SEE ALSO: A satellite secretly launched by a little rocket is expected to be 'the brightest thing in the night sky' "The Hum
  
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• Analyst: YouTube Gaming saw a 343% increase in active streamers in 2017

  25-01-2018 20:16
  A new report from Streamlabs says that Twitch still attracts the lion's share of streamers but notes that YouTube Gaming achieved a significant amount of growth in 2017....
  
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• The Stick of Truth Gets Standalone PS4, XB1 Launch in Feb

  25-01-2018 20:14
  South Park: The Stick of Truth will soon be available as a standalone purchase for the first time on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, Ubisoft announced.
  The game, previously included as a bonus for those who preordered last year's The Fractured But Whole, will cost $30 USD and launch on February 13. The Stick of Truth was released back in 2014 for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.
  Be sure to read IGN's review of The Stick of Truth, which we think is "the South Park video game we've always wanted." Also check ou
  
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• Pillars of Eternity 2 Release Date Announced

  25-01-2018 20:14
  Pillars of Eternity 2 has been in development for a couple of years now, but it now officially has a release only a few months away, along with the announcement of several special editions you can preorder now.
  Obsidian announced Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire will be released on April 3.
  "Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is our first sequel here at Obsidian and we’ve created something incredible," Obsidian Entertainment CEO Feargus Urquhart said.
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• Engineer says he misjudged train location in fatal wreck

  25-01-2018 20:14 via yahoo.com
  SEATTLE (AP) — An engineer told investigators he misjudged the location of an Amtrak train before it derailed in Washington state on a new high-speed route while traveling at nearly 80 mph — more than twice the speed limit around a curve, the National Transportation Safety Board disclosed Thursday.
  
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• Escape From Tarkov May Be the Most Hardcore Survival Shooter Yet

  25-01-2018 20:02
  I’m a serial hoarder anytime I play a game that lets me manage my inventory. In The Elder Scrolls I tend to pick up every fork, plate, and cup I can get my hands on to later decorate my house with perfectly placed cheese wedges. Part of the reason I do this is because no matter what happens I’ll always have my stuff. If I die I can just reload the save and I can keep looting forever. That’s not the case in Escape From Tarkov, an ultra-hardcore, realistic, first-person survival
  
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• Here's a look at what you'll find in GDC 2018's Retro Play showcase!

  25-01-2018 19:55
  Here's an early look at what to expect from the exhibitors showcasing classic games and hardware at GDC Retro Play, the interactive space at GDC 2018 dedicated to video game history!...
  
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• The Latest: Pentagon: Turkey's Syria operations not helpful

  25-01-2018 19:49 via yahoo.com
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on developments related to Syria (all times local):
  
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• Epic Bollywood Movie That Sparked Protests, Court Battles And Burnings Opens In India

  25-01-2018 19:48 via yahoo.com
  A controversial new Bollywood movie is causing security concerns in India as it opens in theaters across the country on Thursday.
  
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• 54 lawmakers send letter urging Trump to restore Obama-era pot guidelines

  25-01-2018 19:43 via yahoo.com
  A group of lawmakers led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., sent a letter to President Trump on Wednesday urging him to restore Obama-era guidelines that allowed states to determine their own marijuana laws.Earlier this month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Cole Memorandum, a 2013 directive from the Obama administration that directed U.S. attorneys to place a “low priority” on enforcing federal marijuana laws in states that have legalized
  
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• US-Turkey relationship sours further as leaders dispute phonecall over Syria offensive

  25-01-2018 19:34 via yahoo.com
  Turkey is at loggerheads with its NATO allies in the US and Germany over its military operation against Kurdish militants in Syria. Washington and Ankara dispute what happened during the a call on Wednesday between US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey says it warned the US to “stop supporting terrorists”, and the US that it urged Turkey to rein in its military. The telephone call came four days into Turkey’s Operation Olive Branch,
  
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• Kilik, Xianghua, Nightmare, and Grøh Enter The Stage Of Destiny

  25-01-2018 19:24
  The newest trailer for Soulcalibur VI introduces several returning characters, as well as the mysterious new Grøh.
  Grøh, known as The Agent in Black in the trailer, appears to be an assassin that is targeting the fighters of Soulcalibur. He wields a double-ended sword that can be split apart and used as two separate knives. 
  Returning characters include Nightmare, who moves fast but still puts significant weight behind his giant (and evil) broadsword; Xianghua, who's uni
  
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• 5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off Northern California coast

  25-01-2018 19:23 via yahoo.com
  A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck 100 miles off the coast of Northern California this morning. There were no immediate reports of damage.
  
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• U.S. Pacific Northwest under-prepared for tsunamis, experts say

  25-01-2018 19:19 via yahoo.com
  By Sharon BernsteinSACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - The U.S. region most vulnerable to tsunamis - the massive waves of water unleashed by undersea earthquakes - is dangerously under-prepared, experts and officials in Oregon and Washington state said after a magnitude 7.9 earthquake this week.The quake that struck in the Gulf of Alaska late Monday, triggering a tsunami warning for Alaska and a tsunami watch for the U.S. West Coast, rekindled concerns that a seismic sea wave along the northwest coas
  
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• Russell Simmons Is Facing $5 Million Lawsuit Accusing Him Of Rape

  25-01-2018 19:06 via yahoo.com
  A woman is suing media mogul Russell Simmons for $5 million while accusing him of raping her in his California home ― an incident that the alleged victim’s attorney says occurred after a separate sexual assault in his New York City home years earlier.
  
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• PUBG Hits 4 Million Players on Xbox One

  25-01-2018 19:05
  PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has passed a huge milestone on Xbox One.
  The battle royale game now has over four million players on Xbox One, PUBG Corp. announced.
  As previously reported, PUBG broke three million Xbox One players less than one month after its December 12, 2017 release, meaning it's gained another million in just a few weeks.
  To celebrate this milestone, PUBG Corp. is giving Xbox One players 30,000 free Battle Points which can be used to purchase cosmetic loot boxes.
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• NATO chief says Turkey has right to defend itself amid Syria campaign

  25-01-2018 19:03 via yahoo.com
  NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that member state Turkey had a right to act in self-defence as Ankara presses a military operation against Kurdish-held positions in northern Syria."All nations have the right to defend themselves, but this has to be done in a proportionate and measured way," Stoltenberg said in a statement issued by his office.Turkey launched an offensive against the Kurdish YPG militia on Saturday in their enclave of Afrin, supporting Syrian rebels with air
  
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