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• Keep your eye on Tanglewood - it might be the next Shovel Knight

  12-02-2018 23:52 via gamesradar.com
  A new Genesis / Mega Drive game arrives 30 years after the console's debut
  
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• Need for Speed Payback Free Roam Mode Available Tomorrow

  12-02-2018 23:42
  Need For Speed Payback's free roam mode Alldrive is coming in tomorrow's update.
  Announced on EA's Need For Speed website, Alldrive boasts a new social mode called Hangout which will let players explore Fortune Valley with friends and other community members.
  Catch-up packs are also being added to the Tune-up shops in game. These will let players upgrade cars faster for in-game currency and different tiers of the packs will unlock through leveling up.
  Cosmetic and user interface improvement
  
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• Peek at some original design documents for Mega Man X

  12-02-2018 23:15
  Design documents revealed during the recent Rockman Unite event held in Japan to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Mega Man X gives some insight into a few of the game's characters. ...
  
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• U.S. woman found with eye worm previously known only in cattle

  12-02-2018 23:01 via yahoo.com
  By Gina CherelusNEW YORK (Reuters) - An Oregon woman has become the first person worldwide known to have had an eye infestation by a tiny worm species previously seen only in cattle that is spread by flies that feed on eyeball lubrication, U.S. government researchers said on Monday.This species of Thelazia worm was previously seen in cattle throughout the northern United States and southern Canada, the researchers reported in a study published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hyg
  
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• These 6 changes coming to Fortnite: Battle Royale already have us riding the hype bus

  12-02-2018 22:41 via gamesradar.com
  The good times have kept rolling for Fortnite: Battle Royale since it launched in September 2017, and now the developers have laid out some enticing plans for the year ahead
  
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• Mirai Nagasu Inspired By Michelle Kwan, Also A Child Of Asian Restaurant Family

  12-02-2018 22:38 via yahoo.com
  With the landing of a historic triple axel at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Mirai Nagasu instantly became a role model to many younger American skaters.
  
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• 5 Cable-Cutting Problems You Probably Didn't Think About

  12-02-2018 22:35 via yahoo.com
  As alternatives to live television ― such as Sling TV, YouTube TV and Hulu Live ― improve and other streaming services ― like Netflix and Amazon Prime ― add better original programming, it’s become increasingly tempting to cut the cord.
  
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• Jeff Sessions accused of fueling racism after speech mentioning 'Anglo-American heritage' of US policing

  12-02-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions veered from his prepared remarks to hail the “Anglo-American heritage” of law enforcement.“Since our founding, the independently elected sheriff has been the people's protector, who keeps law enforcement close to and accountable to people through the elected process,” Mr Sessions told a National Sheriffs Association meeting, adding “the office of sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement”.The in
  
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• Server Fired After Complaining About Getting Stiffed on Tip by Church Group

  12-02-2018 22:17 via yahoo.com
  Tamlynn Yoder, 25, said she prepared 75 orders for a church group that called Outback Steakhouse in Palm Beach Gardens for a massive takeout meal.
  
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• Don't Miss: Crafting the complex, chaotic ecosystem of Rain World

  12-02-2018 22:08
  All of the creatures in Rain World have their own survival needs. Outside of the player's field of view, they're still alive, hunting food, getting into territorial fights, and finding new homes....
  
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• Trump Budget Eliminates DOJ 'Peacemaker' Office Founded By Civil Rights Act

  12-02-2018 22:04 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― The Trump administration has proposed the elimination of a historic Justice Department office known as the federal government’s “peacemakers.”
  
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• Sea level rise is accelerating: study

  12-02-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  Sea level rise is accelerating and could reach 26 inches (66 centimeters) by century's end, in line with United Nations estimates and enough to cause significant problems for coastal cities, a study said Monday.The past annual rate of sea level rise -- about three millimeters (0.1 inches) per year -- may more than triple to 10 millimeters per year by 2100, said the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer-reviewed US journal.The findings are "roughly in agreem
  
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• Obama unveils official portraits, jokes about wife's 'hotness'

  12-02-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  Former U.S. President Barack Obama joked about his ears and gray hair and praised his wife Michelle Obama's "hotness" at the unveiling of the couple's official portraits at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Monday.The Obamas selected artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald for the paintings, which take their place in the National Portrait Gallery's collection of presidential portraits.Wiley and Sherald were the first black artists ever commissioned to paint a president or first lady f
  
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• Investigators search snow for clues to deadly Russian plane crash

  12-02-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  Investigators on Monday begun examining a black box containing flight data about the Russian passenger plane which crashed near Moscow minutes after take-off, killing all 71 people on board.Russia's Aviation Committee said the black box was recovered from the scene on Monday, adding that "some 400 pieces of the plane" have also been found.The accident happened in Ramensky district around 70 kilometres (44 miles) southeast of Moscow on Sunday after the plane departed from Domodedovo airport outsi
  
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• Everything You Need To Know About Michelle Obama's Portrait Dress

  12-02-2018 21:44 via yahoo.com
  If you saw artist Amy Sherald’s portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama and thought, “Tell me all the things about that gown,” then you’re in luck.
  
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• McConnell fulfills promise, Senate opens immigration debate

  12-02-2018 21:43 via yahoo.com
  Can an open-ended debate on immigration reform produce a bipartisan bill in the Senate? Democratic commentator Monique Pressley and syndicated radio host Kevin McCullough join the debate.
  
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• Get a job: Schell Games is looking for a Game Designer/Director

  12-02-2018 21:40
  Schell Games is looking to bring on a Game Designer/Director with the capability to both direct teams and establish and guide the vision for a wide variety of projects. ...
  
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• Netanyahu says discussed annexing settlements with US; White House denies

  12-02-2018 21:34 via yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he has discussed legislation with the United States that would annex settlements in the occupied West Bank, but the White House denied it in a rare show of disunity.Netanyahu later issued a clarification somewhat backing away from the deeply controversial statement.Annexing settlements would severely damage remaining prospects for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and draw international outrage, but Netanyahu has been u
  
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• US immigration authorities to deport Arizona father whose five-year-old son has cancer

  12-02-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  An undocumented father from Mexico who has a five-year-old son with cancer and a pregnant wife is due to be deported.Jesus Berrones, who lives in Arizona with his wife and five children, was denied an extension to stay in America by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Thursday and is scheduled to be deported on Monday.The 30-year-old took refuge at the Shadow Rock United Church - a sanctuary church that provides a safe place for undocumented migrants - in Phoenix on Friday.
  
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• For Ubisoft, loot box inclusion boils down to two things: quality and choice

  12-02-2018 21:17
  "On loot boxes, what we can say is that we define it as a question of quality and choice," explains Ubisoft CFO Alain Martinez. "As simple as that."...
  
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• Trump's Budget Would Partly Replace Food Stamp Benefits With Canned Goods

  12-02-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Facing a trillion-dollar deficit because of his just-passed tax cuts, President Donald Trump has an idea for how to get some of that money back: making poor people eat beans and rice.
  
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• President Trump's Budget Cuts Amtrak Funding in Half Despite a String of Deadly Crashes

  12-02-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  There have been three fatal crashes since December
  
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• Alt.Ctrl.GDC Showcase: Grave Call

  12-02-2018 21:10
  Grave Call buries a player in a coffin with a smartphone and a low battery, having them communicate clues with a police dispatcher in order to be found in time....
  
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• Mother of 2 Dies of the Flu After Skipping Meds That Were Too Expensive

  12-02-2018 21:08 via yahoo.com
  Heather Holland was sick for about one week before she was rushed to the hospital with the flu, pneumonia and sepsis, according to relatives.
  
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• Tearful mother testifies about 8-year-old's abduction

  12-02-2018 21:02 via yahoo.com
  Struggling through tears, the mother of an 8-year-old who was abducted from a Florida Walmart and later raped and killed said the man accused of the crime had convinced her he was a good Samaritan who was trying to help her family out.
  
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• Suspected poacher mauled to death by pack of lions in South Africa

  12-02-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  Authorities in Limpopo, which is the northernmost province of South Africa, discovered the unidentified man's remains alongside a rifle and ammunition at a private nature park outside of the famous Kruger National Park.Police spokesman Moatshe Ngoepe told AFP that he believes the victim was poaching in the game park when he was attacked and killed by the pack of lions.
  
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• How to Avoid a Dangerous Flu Complication

  12-02-2018 20:59 via yahoo.com
  More than one out of every 10 deaths in the U.S. during the third week of 2018 was from influenza or pneumonia, according to data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
  
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• Twitter Bans GOP Candidate For Racist Meghan Markle Tweet

  12-02-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Twitter has permanently banned the account of a GOP congressional candidate after he posted a racist picture targeting soon-to-be royal bride Meghan Markle.
  
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• Ford expands 'Do Not Drive' warning to 33,000 more pickup trucks

  12-02-2018 20:49 via yahoo.com
  Ford Motor Co on Monday warned an additional 33,000 owners of older pickup trucks in North America to stop driving themuntil potentially defective Takata Corp air bag inflators can be repaired.In January, Ford told 2,900 owners of model year 2006 Ford Ranger trucks to stop driving immediately after a second death was linked to inflators built on the same day.The expanded warning was prompted by additional testing, Ford, the second largest U.S. automaker, said in a statement, and now covers a bro
  
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• 28 Tweets That Create A Hilariously Honest Portrait Of Married Life

  12-02-2018 20:48 via yahoo.com
  Love can also be a huge pain in the butt ― just ask anyone who’s been married longer than six minutes and they’ll tell you so.
  
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• Nintendo Plans to Extend the Normal Console Lifecycle with the Switch

  12-02-2018 20:43
  Nintendo is enjoying a wave of success with the Switch, drowning out the tepid reception of the Wii U, which the Switch has already outsold, just 10 months into its lifecycle. At the company's investor call, director and creative lead Shigeru Miyamoto outlined plans for the console, which are ambitious to say the least. Miyamoto seems confident that the usual console lifecycle of five to six years is something that Nintendo can prolong for the Switch.
  "Nintendo also has a system in place wh
  
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• Israel Strikes Syria After Iranian Aerial Intrusion

  12-02-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  An Iranian drone flying into Israeli airspace Saturday triggered a mushrooming crisis involving retaliatory strikes and counterstrikes in Syria.After its provocative violation of Israeli airspace, the drone was destroyed by an Israeli helicopter, and Israel responded with airstrikes on an Iranian command-and-control trailer from which the drone was launched from a base in Syria.An Israeli F-16 fighter involved in that operation was shot down by Syrian missiles and crashed inside Israel, injuring
  
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• What’s the Time Difference Between South Korea and the U.S.? Here's What to Know as You Watch the Olympics

  12-02-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  From every time zone in the U.S.
  
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• New releases led growth in Ubisoft's third quarter

  12-02-2018 20:20
  Ubisoft has posted its financial results for the third quarter of its 2017-18 fiscal year noting that new releases drove much of its growth for the three month period. ...
  
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• Blog: The unavoidable conflict of serious storytelling in games

  12-02-2018 20:14
  As the medium has matured, developers have been trying to elevate storytelling in video games. In today's post, we're going to discuss how gameplay creates a possible unavoidable conflict. ...
  
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• Final Fantasy 14's Eureka Content Detailed in Square Enix Live Stream

  12-02-2018 20:03
  Final Fantasy 14's latest DLC, Rise of a New Sun, rolled out in patch 4.2 last month, and is the second major expansion following 2017's Stormblood. Matt "Bayohne" Hilton, from Square Enix's community team, has confirmed that The Forbidden Land - Eureka Anemos will follow in patch 4.25. The content will be similar to Diadem, which wasn't very well received at the time, but Final Fantasy 14's director and producer, Naoki Yoshida, has elaborated on what's in store, and the lessons they learned fro
  
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• Do You Like Paying Tolls? You're Gonna Love Trump's Infrastructure Plan

  12-02-2018 19:57 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― If you like paying tolls, you’re going to love Donald Trump’s infrastructure plan.
  
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• Road to the IGF: Nifflas Games' Uurnog Uurnlimited

  12-02-2018 19:54
  Uurnog Uurnlimited is a game of unintentional mayhem, where players collect animals and puzzle-solving (sometimes explosive) blocks, bringing them to a save room that saves their every mistake. ...
  
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• US Congress takes up fate of 1.8 million young immigrants

  12-02-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  The citizenship hopes of 1.8 million immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children hung in the balance Monday as Congress launched debate on the hot-button issue, with President Donald Trump eager to "make a deal" on new legislation.In offering a path to citizenship for the so-called Dreamers, Trump has exceeded the demands of opposition Democrats -- but only in exchange for tough cutbacks on overall immigration and funding for a massive wall on the Mexican border.
  
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• Nintendo's Teases Their Next Announcement on Their Paid Online Service

  12-02-2018 19:31
  Nintendo's managing executive officer, Shinya Takahashi says that there are some aspects of the company's upcoming paid online service that will be "worth the wait." The online service was discussed in an investor Q&A, and Nintendo President, Tatsumi Kimishima, said that the service is going to be just "one component" of the company's plan to "diversify" how their games are played, as well as how they'll get more people to play them.
  Nintendo's online paid service for the Switch wa
  
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• Ukraine deports opposition leader Saakashvili to Poland

  12-02-2018 19:07 via yahoo.com
  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili was deported from Ukraine to Poland on Monday after being detained by armed, masked men at a restaurant in Kiev and rushed to the airport, Ukrainian officials and his supporters said.
  
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• Herman Cain says Trump doesn't have a racist bone in his body

  12-02-2018 19:07 via yahoo.com
  Herman Cain says President Trump is not a racist and that he thinks his own time in the limelight as a 2012 Republican presidential candidate gives him an idea of what the president is going through right now.
  
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• Puerto Rico officials say power restored to most after explosion, blackout

  12-02-2018 19:03 via yahoo.com
  Officials with Puerto Rico's power company said Monday that they have restored power to most customers who were hit by a blackout overnight after a fire at a substation, a setback that added to the U.S. territory's struggle to recover from Hurricane Maria and years of deteriorating infrastructure.
  
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• Netanyahu, US discuss annexing West Bank settlements

  12-02-2018 18:58 via yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he has been discussing legislation with the United States that would effectively annex settlements in the occupied West Bank, a spokesman said.The move would severely damage remaining prospects for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and draw international outrage."Regarding the issue of applying sovereignty, I can tell you that I have for some time been speaking with the Americans about it," Netanyahu told lawmakers from
  
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• Putin discusses Middle East peace process with Trump by phone: agencies

  12-02-2018 18:54 via yahoo.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he had spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump by telephone and discussed efforts to bridge differences between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Russian news agencies reported.Putin was reported to have made the comments at the start of a meeting in Moscow with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.The same news agencies quoted Abbas as saying that the Palestinians could not accept the United States as the sole mediator in talks with Israel because o
  
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• APNewsBreak: Long-stalled Vegas casino-resort gets new life

  12-02-2018 18:52 via yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Fontainebleau is no more. Call it The Drew Las Vegas.
  
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• Fired officer who refused to shoot suspect settles lawsuit

  12-02-2018 18:49 via yahoo.com
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia police officer who was fired after he refused to shoot a man who had a gun has settled a lawsuit for $175,000.
  
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• The Education Department Officially Won't Deal With Transgender Students Experiencing Bathroom Discrimination

  12-02-2018 18:45 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration’s Education Department will no longer investigate complaints filed by transgender students who are kept from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity, a department official told BuzzFeed News.
  
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• Mother Sobs in Court as She Faces the Man Accused of Raping and Murdering Her Daughter, 8

  12-02-2018 18:44 via yahoo.com
  Donald Smith is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and rape
  
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• Russians dead in 'battle' in Syria's east

  12-02-2018 18:34 via yahoo.com
  Russian citizens died last week in eastern Syria, where a US-led coalition bombed pro-regime fighters to fend off an attack on its local allies, groups representing them said Monday.Vladimir Loginov, a 52-year-old from Russia's western Kaliningrad region "died in an unequal battle in the area of Syria's Deir Ezzor," according to a statement by the Baltic Cossack Union in Kaliningrad.The statement said Loginov was "heroically defending our Motherland in its far reaches from crazy savages" when he
  
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