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• 12 Sustainable Alternatives To Paper Towels Your Kitchen Needs

  26-01-2018 23:56 via yahoo.com
  Transitioning to a sustainable kitchen isn’t easy, but it can be done with a few thoughtful lifestyle tweaks.
  
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• Jemele Hill Is Leaving ‘SportsCenter’ To Write About Race And Culture

  26-01-2018 23:43 via yahoo.com
  The ESPN “SportsCenter” anchor will be exiting the evening news hour to write for the Undefeated, the network’s sports culture website, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
  
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• Epic is shutting down Paragon - here's what it means for players and gamers in general

  26-01-2018 23:42 via gamesradar.com
  Paragon, Epic Games' action-oriented foray into the MOBA genre, is shutting down
  
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• 'We Weren't Prepared for This.' Inside the Accidental Liberation of a Concentration Camp

  26-01-2018 23:41 via yahoo.com
  A Holocaust camp survivor recently reunited with a U.S. soldier who help liberate him
  
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• Kentucky school shooting suspect did not target victims: local prosecutor

  26-01-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  The teenaged boy who opened fire in a Kentucky high school this week, killing two students and wounding many others, appeared not to have targeted his victims and shot at random, a local prosecutor said on Friday.Three security cameras captured the Tuesday morning incident in Marshall County High School's common area, Commonwealth's Attorney Mark Blankenship told Reuters in an email on Friday."The video clearly shows what happened," Blankenship said.
  
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• The Latest: Suspect in deputy's death appears in court

  26-01-2018 23:29 via yahoo.com
  DENVER (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a Colorado sheriff's deputy (all times local):
  
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• Kentucky governor says shootings are a "cultural problem"

  26-01-2018 23:27 via yahoo.com
  BENTON, Ky. (AP) — This was supposed to be Spirit Week at Marshall County High School.
  
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• The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The Titan of Davos

  26-01-2018 23:23 via yahoo.com
  Today in 5 Lines During his address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Trump said “America is open for business.” Trump dismissed a New York Times report that revealed he tried to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller in June 2017 as “fake news.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rejected a White House plan that would provide citizenship for Dreamers in exchange for tighter restrictions on immigration. The Wall Street Journal reports that Steve Wynn, a Las V
  
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• Prominent businessmen reach settlements in Saudi corruption probe: source

  26-01-2018 23:22 via yahoo.com
  By Katie PaulRIYADH (Reuters) - Several prominent businessmen have reached financial settlements with Saudi Arabian authorities in the kingdom's sweeping crackdown on corruption, an official source told Reuters on Friday.
  
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• Facebook announces new pilot program for 'gaming streamers'

  26-01-2018 23:20
  Facebook announced the introduction of its gaming creator pilot program, a live streaming monetization service geared specifically toward "gaming streamers"....
  
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• Kimora Lee Simmons Defends Ex-Husband Russell Simmons From Rape Allegations

  26-01-2018 23:19 via yahoo.com
  Kimora Lee Simmons is defending her ex-husband against the numerous accusations of rape and sexual assault he’s facing.
  
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• Suge Knight's lawyers arrested on bribery charges in murder trial

  26-01-2018 23:04 via yahoo.com
  Two former lawyers of rap record producer and music executive Marion “Suge” Knight have been arrested for acting as “accessories after the fact” as part of the music mogul’s ongoing murder trial.Matthew Fletcher and Thaddeus Culpepper were allegedly attempting to bribe eyewitnesses to help Mr Knight's case.Both deny the allegations and are being held on $1m bail, according to Los Angeles County police.
  
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• What to Know About Don McGahn, the Lawyer Who Bucked Trump's Order to Fire Robert Mueller

  26-01-2018 23:02 via yahoo.com
  The New York Times and other outlets recently reported that President Trump wanted to fire special counsel Robert Mueller over the summer.
  
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• Celeste Dev Gives Update on TowerFall Ascension Switch Port

  26-01-2018 23:02
  Developer Matt Makes Games concurrently announced both its latest hit release Celeste as well as its previous great archery combat game TowerFall Ascension for the Nintendo Switch last year. And while it may have seemed a TowerFall port would likely be released first, it still has yet to be released — but don't worry, it's still on its way.
  Speaking to IGN as part of a larger discussion about independent games on the Nintendo Switch, developer Matt Thorson explained that he always intended
  
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• DR Congo president stands by election timetable

  26-01-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  DR Congo President Joseph Kabila on Friday stood by the timetable for delayed elections despite demands that he step down ahead of the poll."We have to have elections as scheduled," Kabila said at his first press conference since 2012, referring to the date of December 23, 2018 announced last year.During the rare two-hour press conference, in which Kabila made an opening statement then answered questions, he did not respond specifically when asked if he plans to stand for a third term in office
  
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• KTM Unveils RC 390 R for 2018

  26-01-2018 22:47 via yahoo.com
  KTM Unveils RC 390 R for 2018 The Ready-To-Race brand has just revealed its SSP300-grade homologation racer. KTM’s has developed quite a few championship-winning, small-displacement racers – such as the RC250R Moto3 machine – before introducing the popular
  
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• Police: 27-year-old man found dead inside gym tanning bed

  26-01-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Police are investigating the death of a New Jersey man whose body was found in a gym tanning bed.
  
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• Alabama GOP Told Gay Sheriff Candidate He Couldn’t Run As A Republican

  26-01-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  A former police officer and married gay man said GOP leaders in Alabama denied his request to run for sheriff on the Republican ticket because of his sexuality.
  
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• US economy cools in fourth quarter, falling below Trump goal

  26-01-2018 22:22 via yahoo.com
  The world's largest economy slowed in the final quarter of 2017, bringing US GDP expansion for the year below President Donald Trump's ambitious three percent target, according to data released Friday.The White House believes the massive tax cuts passed last month will energize the economy and offset the $1.5 trillion cost of the tax overhaul, but economists say this is not likely and any growth bump will be modest.After two quarters of expansion above three percent, GDP slowed to 2.6 percent in
  
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• 4 Reasons to File Taxes Early

  26-01-2018 22:21 via yahoo.com
  Don’t panic about how the new tax law could affect you this tax filing season. The giant Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed late last year, doesn’t apply to your 2017 taxes in most cases. The new law ...
  
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• US sees most active flu season since 2009 'swine' pandemic

  26-01-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  Flu is sweeping the United States, killing at least 37 children and sending the most people nationwide in search of medical care since the 2009 "swine flu" pandemic, US officials said Friday.This year, the most common strain of influenza is H3N2, and nearly every state has been hit hard, said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."For the past three weeks, the entire country has been experiencing lots of flu, all at the same time," said Dan Jernigan, director of the Influenza Divisio
  
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• Canadian billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman were 'murdered', Toronto police say

  26-01-2018 22:12 via yahoo.com
  “We believe we have sufficient evidence to describe this as a double homicide and that both were targeted,” detective sergeant Susan Gomes said.The couple were found dead by an estate agent on 15 December in the pool area of their mansion in North York, Toronto.The family said in statement shortly after the police update: “The announcement by the Toronto Police Service that the tragic deaths of their parents are being investigated as a double homicide was anticipated by the She
  
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• Lisa Page and Peter Strzok: Did the FBI agents really text about forming a secret society?

  26-01-2018 22:11 via yahoo.com
  If you’ve been anywhere near a computer or iPhone, however, you likely know that “the texts” refers to hundreds of recently released messages exchanged by two FBI agents working on the Special Counsel investigation into Donald Trump’s possible ties to Russia.The messages set off a firestorm on the right, with conservatives claiming they contain evidence of everything from biased FBI agents to the existence of a secret society within the agency.“The texts” is s
  
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• As Republicans Attack The DOJ And FBI, Sessions Vows To Stand Up To 'Unfair' Criticism

  26-01-2018 22:11 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― With his Justice Department and FBI facing broad attacks from some of his former colleagues on Capitol Hill, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Friday that he’ll stand up to any “unfair” attacks on the men and women of the Justice Department he now oversees.
  
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• Connecticut day care owner jailed after kid overdoses on Benadryl

  26-01-2018 22:09 via yahoo.com
  A daycare owner from Connecticut will be spending the next 30 months in prison after reportedly killing a 4-month-old boy by giving him an overdose of Benadryl.
  
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• White House immigration proposal has critics on the left and the right

  26-01-2018 22:05 via yahoo.com
  Democrats called the proposal a Trojan horse, with the DACA fix carrying a slew of anti-immigrant measures, while Breitbart referred to the president as "Amnesty Don."
  
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• Looming water shortages spell catastrophe for Cape Town

  26-01-2018 21:56 via yahoo.com
  Cape Town faces “catastrophic" consequences as water taps to four million citizens will be turned off within the next 80 days.  Unless the skies defy weather forecasts and rain floods the city’s six dams, "Day Zero”  is April 12.  This is when the municipality will shut taps and residents will have to queue to collect water daily at about 150 sites around the already congested city.  Many fear lack of water will spark civil unrest and even more cri
  
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• Dash: Real 'fake news' bites President Trump

  26-01-2018 21:56 via yahoo.com
  President Trump travels halfway around the world and gets booed after trashing "fake news" while at home, that very same "fake news" broke the story that Trump once sought to fire special counsel Robert Mueller.
  
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• Get a job: Wargaming is hiring a Technical Animator

  26-01-2018 21:54
  Wargaming Chicago-Baltimore is looking for a Technical Animator with 3DS Max, Maya, and Motion Builder experience to join its growing team. ...
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel To Interview Stormy Daniels After Trump’s State Of The Union

  26-01-2018 21:49 via yahoo.com
  A well-publicized smirk and now a late-night talk show booking may hint that perhaps she is.
  
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• France urges more EU sanctions on Venezuela over "shift to authoritarianism"

  26-01-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron called on Friday for further European Union sanctions on Venezuela, days after the 28-nation bloc agreed a travel ban and asset freezes on seven senior Venezuelan officials.The West accuses President Nicholas Maduro's government of violating democracy and human rights in the oil-producing nation, which is in the grip of a major economic and social crisis with millions suffering food and medicine shortages.Venezuela's pro-government Supreme Court late on Thursday
  
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• Epic Will Shut Down Paragon in April

  26-01-2018 21:44
  Epic Games is shutting down its free-to-play MOBA Paragon in April.
  As detailed on a recent blog post, Epic will continue operating Paragon servers until April 26. Until then, matchmaking times and quality will continue to degrade throughout these few months as the player population decreases.
  "After careful consideration, and many difficult internal debates, we feel there isn’t a clear path for us to grow Paragon into a MOBA that retains enough players to be sustainable," reads Epic's sta
  
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• Canada pharma tycoon and wife's deaths 'targeted' murders: police

  26-01-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  The deaths of Canadian pharmaceutical tycoon Barry Sherman and his wife were "targeted" homicides, Toronto police ruled Friday after a six-week investigation.The 75-year-old chairman of Apotex and his 70-year-old wife Honey were found dead in their Toronto home on December 15.Apotex is the largest maker of generic drugs in Canada, and the Shermans' fortune was estimated at Can$4.7 billion (US$3.8 billion).
  
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• Execution halted for man attorneys say can't remember crime

  26-01-2018 21:34 via yahoo.com
  ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Friday he was disappointed in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to delay the execution of an inmate convicted of killing a police officer in 1985, saying "justice is again delayed" for the officer's family.
  
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• Has the Wreckage of the Clotilda, America's Last Slave Ship, Been Found?

  26-01-2018 21:28 via yahoo.com
  The Clotilda brought more than 100 captives to Alabama more than 50 years after slavery was outlawed.
  
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• Epic is closing down Paragon and offering refunds to players

  26-01-2018 21:26
  Epic Games has announced that it is closing down its MOBA title Paragon, declaring the game unsustainable. ...
  
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• Three Pennsylvania teens charged with purposely exposing classmate to pineapple

  26-01-2018 21:21 via yahoo.com
  Three teenage girls are facing multiple felony charges after reportedly devising a plan to expose their classmate, who is allergic to pineapples, to pineapple juice.
  
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• Dr. James Kauffman Dead: Doctor Accused of Hiring Hit Man to Kill Wife Kills Self in Jail

  26-01-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  Kauffman's body was found Friday morning in his cell at the Hudson County Jail.
  
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• Blizzard Using YouTube to Find Toxic Overwatch Players

  26-01-2018 21:08
  Blizzard announced it is using social media like YouTube to track down toxic Overwatch players.
  Game director Jeff Kaplan said in a new developer update, which you can watch below, Blizzard has begun proactively searching social media sites to "look for incidents of very toxic behavior." Kaplan specifically cited YouTube as one of the sites which Blizzard is using to find toxic users. Kaplan said Blizzard has been actioning these users "oftentimes before anybody has even reported
  
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• US sanctions Russian officials over Crimea power plant

  26-01-2018 21:07 via yahoo.com
  The United States imposed sanctions Friday on Russian officials who supplied turbines to a power plant in annexed Crimea, as well as several "ministers" from the breakaway region in eastern Ukraine.The turbines were built by German engineering giant Siemens for delivery to Russia but were later sent to Crimea -- which Russia seized from Ukraine and annexed in 2014 -- by its Russian partner.No US action has been taken against the Munich-based firm, which says it was not aware the equipment would
  
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• Designing Engare, a game born of a charming geometry problem

  26-01-2018 21:01
  "One day my geometry teacher asked a question and everyone in the class was so fascinated by that question," says Engare dev Mahdi Bahrami. "I decided to make a little game based on this question." ...
  
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• 17 Things Monster Hunter World Doesn't Tell You

  26-01-2018 21:01
  
  Every good open-world adventure has a bunch of secrets and tricks to success - and Monster Hunter World is no different. Despite having a whole mess of formal tutorials and instructions, there are still a few things that you'll only figure out being out in the field. Here are 17 things that Monster Hunter World keeps off the main tutorial pages.Unlike other RPGs, Monster Hunter doesn’t limit you to selecting just one or two starting weapons at the beginning of the game. You’ve got ac
  
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• Bombardier wins trade dispute with Boeing amid fears huge tariffs could cost UK jobs

  26-01-2018 20:51 via yahoo.com
  Bombardier has won a trade dispute with rival Boeing in a move that potentially safeguards hundreds of jobs in Northern Ireland.Wings for the aircraft are made in Northern Ireland, prompting the union Unite to warn that thousands of jobs would be at risk if the imposition of the extra duty had led to the loss of sales.Four commissioners from the International Trade Commission rejected Boeing’s injury claims, voting unanimously to overturn the decision.
  
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• Boy, 14, arrested with weapons after alleged school threat

  26-01-2018 20:50 via yahoo.com
  UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy was arrested and weapons including a semi-automatic rifle and throwing knives were seized from his home after an alleged threat to shoot other students at a Pennsylvania high school, authorities said Friday.
  
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• Make sure to take advantage of Business Matchmaking at GDC 2018!

  26-01-2018 20:43
  GDC 2018 is just two months away, which means now is the ideal time for registered attendees to schedule meetings using the conference's powerful GDC Connect business matchmaking tool! ...
  
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• Houston Texans star J.J. Watt sends soldiers in Afghanistan a pair of his shoes

  26-01-2018 20:34 via yahoo.com
  J. J. Watt sent a platoon of soldiers in Afghanistan a pair of his shoes after one of the soldiers tweeted to him about it.
  
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• Nikki Haley hits out at 'disgusting' rumours she had an affair with Donald Trump

  26-01-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  Nikki Haley has said rumours that she is having an affair with Donald Trump are "highly offensive" and "disgusting". Ms Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, said the reports were symptomatic of the attacks powerful women frequently encounter. Rumours of a tryst between Ms Haley and the US president circulated after comments made by Michael Wolff, the author of an explosive book on life within the White House.  Wolff told an American TV network that he was “absolutely sure” Mr Tru
  
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• Don't Miss: A recipe for a great game jam

  26-01-2018 20:23
  Anders Rauff-Nielsen takes a look at game jams and how you might make your own jam experience even better. ...
  
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• These Bills Would Prevent Donald Trump From Firing Robert Mueller. They're Going Nowhere

  26-01-2018 20:22 via yahoo.com
  Reports that Donald Trump attempted to fire special counsel Robert Mueller last June have led to renewed calls to protect the investigation.
  
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• Blizzard is monitoring YouTube videos to curb toxic Overwatch behavior

  26-01-2018 20:15
  Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan says that the team is making strides on better policing toxic and harmful in-game behavior, partially by being proactive outside the game itself. ...
  
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