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• Equifax breach could be most costly in corporate history

  02-03-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK/TORONTO (Reuters) - Equifax Incsaid it expects costs related to its massive 2017 data breach to surge by $275 million this year, suggesting the incident at the credit reporting bureau could turn out to be the most costly hack in corporate history."It looks like this will be the most expensive data breach in history," said Larry Ponemon, chairman of Ponemon Institute, a research group that tracks costs of cyber attacks.Equifax on Thursday reported fourth-quarter profit that topped Wall S
  
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• 6 Smart-Home Upgrades to Help Sell Your House

  02-03-2018 23:53 via yahoo.com
  The stock advice for homeowners putting a house on the market used to go like this: Give the exterior, or the front door, a fresh coat of paint; tame unruly shrubs; and swap out a few light fixtu...
  
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• Sheriff: Indiana deputy shot during pursuit won't survive

  02-03-2018 23:46 via yahoo.com
  LEBANON, Ind. (AP) — A central Indiana sheriff's deputy who was shot in the head while chasing three suspects won't survive and was on life support for donation of his organs, authorities said Friday.
  
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• Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Is Hostage-Taking

  02-03-2018 23:41 via yahoo.com
  The West knows what Ankara is up to, but won’t call it by its name.
  
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• US mother breaks down at New York killer nanny trial

  02-03-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  The devastated mother of two young children killed by their New York nanny broke down on the stand Friday, yelling that the former caregiver was "evil" and a "liar" before twice fleeing the court room.Yoselyn Ortega is on trial for murdering Lucia, six, and Leo, two, with a kitchen knife in the bathroom of their Upper West Side apartment on October 25, 2012.Marina Krim, 41, tearfully fled the stand twice while testifying for a second day -- once under cross-examination by the defense after becom
  
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• Amandla Stenberg Passed On ‘Black Panther’ To Make Way For Darker-Skinned Actors

  02-03-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  Amandla Stenberg put a lot of thought into not entering the Marvel cinematic universe.Last week, “The Hunger Games” actress explained to CBC Arts that she was in the running for a lead part in “Black Panther” but decided to back out because she didn’t want to take the role from a darker-skinned actor.The biracial actress said she put a lot of thought into rejecting a role in which she’d play a purely African woman.
  
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• Kingdom Hearts World Tour Orchestra Sets 2018 Dates

  02-03-2018 23:24
  The Kingdom Hearts Orchestra World Tour concert series is coming back for a second round of performances around the world in 2018.
  Canada, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, and the United States—including some cities that missed out on the 2017 tour celebrating the 15th anniversary of Kingdom Hearts—will have a chance to experience the orchestral concert tour.
  The locations and tour dates are as follows: Los Angeles (USA) – June 9, 2018 – Dorothy Cha
  
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• Ben Carson Cancels $31,000 Furniture Order

  02-03-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  The HUD won't be decorated with designs by Alexa Hampton, David Phoenix, and more
  
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• Video: Rune Factory dev shares Marvelous tips for RPG design

  02-03-2018 23:11
  At GDC 2013 veteran game dev Yoshifumi Hashimoto shares lessons learned from his time working in a lead role on the Bokuj& #333; Monogatari (Harvest Moon / Story of Seasons) and Rune Factory games...
  
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• Indicted Missouri governor goes after top prosecutor

  02-03-2018 23:05 via yahoo.com
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Since he was indicted on allegations related to an extramarital affair, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has shifted into attack mode, zeroing in on the St. Louis prosecutor who launched the investigation with comments decried by some critics as politically or racially charged.
  
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• Delta fighting to stay out of gun debate and is 'not taking sides' by scrapping NRA discounts, says chief executive

  02-03-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  Delta Air Lines' chief executive has said the company is not “taking sides” in the gun control debate, even though its decision to no longer offer discounts for National Rifle Association (NRA) members put it in the centre of it.“Our objective in removing any implied affiliation with the NRA was to remove Delta from this debate,” CEO Ed Bastian told employees in a memo, which was titled “Delta and the school safety debate”.Georgia state lawmakers had not taken
  
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• Trump broken charity promises a journalist's jackpot

  02-03-2018 22:56 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reviews the reporting on Donald Trump's broken promises to charities that earned David Fahrenthold a Pulitzer Prize.
  
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• Democratic memo reveals another Carter Page meeting with FBI

  02-03-2018 22:56 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow talks about some of the new things learned about the Trump Russia investigation from the Democratic memo, including a March 2016 meeting with the FBI about his contacts with Russian intelligence.
  
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• Democratic memo shows Carter Page investigation pre-dates dossier

  02-03-2018 22:55 via yahoo.com
  Benjamin Wittes, editor in chief of Lawfare, talks with Rachel Maddow about why Paul Manafort shouldn't count on a presidential pardon, and why the Democratic rebuttal memo to Devin Nunes is a significant document.
  
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• Drastic staff cuts at U.S. Embassy in Cuba now permanent

  02-03-2018 22:48 via yahoo.com
  By Sarah Marsh and Marc FrankHAVANA (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it was making permanent its decision last year to slash staffing at its Havana embassy by around two-thirds because a spate of alleged health incidents among its diplomats remained unsolved.The decision casts a pall on U.S.-Cuban relations and limits the United States' ability to play a role in the civil society of the Communist-run island as it prepares for its first non-Castro president in nearly 60 years.It will
  
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• Deep Rock Galactic Is A Cooperative Blast

  02-03-2018 22:48
  Your party consists of four gun-totting dwarves. After a successful mission, you can buy them new beards. If this doesn’t pique your interest, perhaps the excellent exploration and gunplay will.Deep Rock Galactic isn’t officially out yet, but is available to play now through Steam Early Access or Xbox One’s Game Preview program. After vesting a few hours into this unique experience – which plays out like a mix of Red Faction, No Man’s Sky, and any game featuring a
  
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• Monster nor'easter pounds East Coast, kills at least 7

  02-03-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  A fierce nor’easter knocked out power lines, leaving more than a million residents without power, stranded thousands of travelers, inundated coastal roads and homes and killed at least seven people Friday. More than 3,000 flights were canceled and more than 3,500 others delayed across the country on Friday, according to FlightAware
  
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• NATO says Russian warnings against allies 'unacceptable'

  02-03-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  By Robin EmmottBRUSSELS (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin's warnings to NATO allies are "unacceptable" and do not help efforts to calm tensions, the alliance said on Friday, a day after the Russian leader announced an array of new nuclear weapons.Already angry at NATO's expansion eastwards into its old Soviet sphere of influence, Putin said in a speech on Thursday that any attack on Moscow's allies would be regarded as an attack on Russia itself and draw an immediate response.While it was unc
  
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• Get a job: CCP London is hiring a Unreal Engine 4 Engineer

  02-03-2018 22:23
  CCP Games is looking for an experienced Engineer to join the team in London. This dev will be responsible for developing a wide range of gameplay features and games systems....
  
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• South Carolina deputy, suspect wounded in shooting

  02-03-2018 22:20 via yahoo.com
  ST. STEPHEN, S.C. (AP) — A sheriff's deputy and a man suspected of threatening to kill his wife were wounded early Friday in a shooting in South Carolina, authorities said.
  
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• Three children found living in wooden box in California desert

  02-03-2018 22:19 via yahoo.com
  Sheriffs have found three children living in a wooden box in a southern California desert.It appeared the children - aged 11, 13 and 14 - had been living in the plywood structure for about four years, the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department said, and were not being sufficiently fed.Officials located the parents, Mona Kirk and Daniel Panico, on the property and arrested them, before booking them into the local jail for alleged "willful cruelty" to children.
  
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• Start of trial on AT&T, Time Warner merger may be delayed by one day

  02-03-2018 22:18 via yahoo.com
  The start date for the trial over whether wireless and pay TV provider AT&T Inccan buy Time Warner Incmay be delayed by a day to March 20, Judge Richard Leon said on Friday.Leon, who is on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said March 19 may be needed to hear final pre-trial motions so the trial start may be pushed back.The Justice Department's Craig Conrath said he opposed any delay because witnesses travelling to Washington for the trial could be inconvenienced.
  
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• Square Enix Releases Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth Teaser

  02-03-2018 22:11
  A mysterious teaser for something related to Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth has been released.
  The video, titled "First Teaser Trailer 2018," recalls how the first Valkyrie Profile game launched in Japan in 1999, before displaying the phrase: "Should Deny The Divine Destiny of The Destinies."
  The teaser then proceeds to highlight some of the talent behind the original game, and then concludes by displaying the words "Coming Soon" as a scream is heard in the background. Watch the it below:
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• Netflix Acquires Vigilante Superhero Movie from Ratchet and Clank Writer, Keanu Reeves May Star

  02-03-2018 22:11
  Netflix has acquired the rights to a vigilante superhero film which may star Keanu Reeves.
  Deadline reports the film, titled Past Midnight, will be helmed by Dope director Rick Famuyiwa. TJ Fixman, who wrote several Ratchet & Clank games as well as the original draft of the Ratchet film, penned the screenplay, with Avengers: Infinity War directors Anthony and Joe Russo producing.
  "In 2011 I had an idea at SDCC that became an obsession. It was a long and rocky road as it jumped from a graphic
  
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• Sheriff: Guns taken from Georgia teacher after car set afire

  02-03-2018 21:57 via yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia teacher accused of firing a handgun in his classroom had three rifles taken away after setting the family car ablaze at his home two years ago, according to a sheriff's report obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
  
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• Turkey arrests two Greek soldiers 'on espionage charges'

  02-03-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  A Turkish court on Friday placed two Greek soldiers under arrest on espionage charges after they illegally crossed into Turkey, state media reported, in a move that risks a new flaring of tensions between Ankara and Athens.The court in the western province of Edirne ordered the pair be charged with "attempted military espionage" and "entering forbidden military territory", state news agency Anadolu said.The Greek army said the two soldiers lost their way in poor weather while patrolling the area
  
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• Anthropomorphic Animals Headline A New XCOM-Style Tactics Game From Creators Of Hitman, Payday

  02-03-2018 21:49
  It's not every day you see a game starring an angry boar and anthropomorphic duck with an attitude problem, but that's what Mutant Year Zero: Road To Eden is selling. 
  Funcom and The Bearded Ladies (a collaboration between former Hitman and Payday developers) have teamed up to deliver this off-kilter tactical adventure featuring XCOM style gameplay, exploration, and a story that takes place after the fall of mankind. With various groups of mutants vying for control given the vacuum&nb
  
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• Membership in Gun Groups Is Spiking After the Florida Shooting

  02-03-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  "The NRA better be 15 million strong soon, or this is only going to get worse"
  
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• Sea of Thieves is hosting another scale test this weekend, here's how to play

  02-03-2018 21:27 via gamesradar.com
  Try out Sea of Thieves early with these simple steps
  
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• Canada urged to walk away from NAFTA talks over US steel tariffs

  02-03-2018 21:27 via yahoo.com
  The largest private sector union in Canada on Friday called on this country to walk away from continental trade talks in protest if Washington slaps tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.At the same time, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned that the proposed US levies would cause significant pain on both sides of the border."If Canada fails to obtain an exemption from unjust and punitive tariffs on steel and aluminum exports to the US, then the Canadian government has no choice but to withdraw
  
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• Pennsylvania Redistricting Leads To Bad Blood Among Some Democrats Forced To Shuffle Electoral Plans

  02-03-2018 21:10 via yahoo.com
  Democrats rejoiced last month when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court redrew the state’s congressional districts, ruling that the GOP had gerrymandered the map unconstitutionally.The court’s move made Democrats competitive in several more districts than they would have been under the Republican plan.Democrat Christina Hartman, an establishment favorite running there, announced Wednesday that she would be withdrawing from that race and running in the adjacent 10th District instead.
  
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• Mom still searching for answers after young son's deadly fall

  02-03-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  Dina Shacknai's 6-year-old son Max Shacknai died in 2011, after falling from a second-story landing at his father Jonah Shacknai's mansion. Police later determined Max's death was an accident.
  
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• Trump "unglued" amid White House chaos

  02-03-2018 21:08 via yahoo.com
  Trump decided to start a trade war while angry and "unglued," NBC News reports. Ex-Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee says Trump "fired a shot" at our allies. USA Today's Susan Page and Neera Tanden join Ari Melber to react to the latest White House.
  
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• Delta To Georgia Lawmakers: 'Our Values Are Not For Sale'

  02-03-2018 21:08 via yahoo.com
  The CEO of Delta Air Lines on Friday declared his company’s “values are not for sale” after Georgia lawmakers retaliated against the airline for cutting ties with the National Rifle Association in the wake of last month’s Florida school shooting.Bastian explained the decision to employees a day after Georgia lawmakers passed a tax bill that effectively punishes the airline for rescinding the discount for NRA members to travel to the group’s annual meeting.
  
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• Are Kushner's businesses tied to Trump policies?

  02-03-2018 21:07 via yahoo.com
  NBC News reports that Mueller is looking at whether Kushner's foreign business ties affected White House policy. Ari Melber discusses with Maya Wiley and Natasha Bertrand how any unusual influence could result in criminal charges.
  
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• 'It Is My Greatest Fear.' Superintendents Are Shutting Down School Districts Nationwide Over Shooting Threats

  02-03-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  School administrators are trying to strike a difficult balance between protection and education
  
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• Road to the IGF: ULTRA ULTRA's Echo

  02-03-2018 20:52
  Echo takes players to a palatial space station, one eerily filled with clones of the heroine that shift and adapt to the player's style, taking their actions as their own....
  
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• Gun debate roils U.S.

  02-03-2018 20:52 via yahoo.com
  Nowhere in the world do citizens have access to guns as they do in America. Although the U.S. makes up 4.4 percent of the world’s population, it owns nearly half the world’s guns.
  
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• Bodycam Video Shows North Carolina Officer Beating Black Man Accused Of Jaywalking

  02-03-2018 20:50 via yahoo.com
  An Asheville, North Carolina, news outlet published disturbing bodycam footage this week showing a white police officer beating a black resident, prompting public apologies from city officials who are continuing to investigate the incident.The graphic video shows officers chasing Johnnie Rush, 33, throwing him to the ground, shocking him with a stun gun and beating him as he cries out in pain and shouts for help.Photos that Rush provided to the Asheville Citizen-Times show his bandaged and
  
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• Reverend Billy Graham laid to rest at North Carolina home

  02-03-2018 20:46 via yahoo.com
  The late Reverend Billy Graham, spearhead of an evangelical Christian movement that touched millions worldwide and who provided spiritual counsel to several US presidents, returned for good to his North Carolina home Friday.The ceremony took place at the Billy Graham Library on the family's property in Charlotte, under a broad white tent that harkens back to the "canvas cathedral" in 1949 that helped propel Graham to prominence.
  
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• U.S. evangelist Graham 'followed Jesus all the way to heaven,' son says

  02-03-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  U.S. evangelist Billy Graham, who preached to millions and counselled presidents in his 70-year career, was remembered as a man who loved his family and the Bible at a funeral on Friday attended by President Donald Trump in Graham's native North Carolina.About 2,300 people gathered beneath a canvas tent emblematic of Graham's 1949 Los Angeles revival that marked his breakthrough as a religious leader.Graham, who died on Feb. 21 at age 99, lay in honour at the U.S. Capitol this week in recognitio
  
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• Donald Trump is against gun control, NRA says after meeting president

  02-03-2018 20:42 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump appeared to make a sharp U-turn on gun control measures yesterday after coming under heavy pressure from the National Rifle Association. The US president met America's biggest gun lobby less than a day after stunning fellow Republicans by indicating his support for a raft of Democrat-inspired measures. Those measures included confiscation of weapons without due process in court, tighter background checks, discussion of a possible assault weapons ban, and raising the minimum age for
  
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• Dozens dead or injured in attacks on Burkina military HQ, French embassy

  02-03-2018 20:30 via yahoo.com
  Armed men attacked the French embassy in Burkina Faso and the country's military headquarters on Friday before being repelled in a battle that left dozens dead or injured.A government source said 16 attackers and defenders died, while other sources reached by AFP from Paris sketched a bloodier outcome, with at least 28 killed.Heavy gunfire broke out mid-morning in the centre of the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou.
  
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• 'Pretty Much Everyone On The Plane Threw Up' On Gut-Wrenching Landing

  02-03-2018 20:30 via yahoo.com
  The tweet sent out by the National Weather Service’s Aviation Weather Center suggests the experience for the passengers and crew of United Flight 3833 from Charlottesville, Virginia, was miserable.More than 4,500 U.S. flights had been canceled as of Friday mid-afternoon, according to FlightAware.com. Most of those cancellations were along the East Coast from Maine to Virginia, the area currently being affected by a nor’easter, according to The Washington Post.
  
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• Turok and Turok 2 Now Available on Xbox One

  02-03-2018 20:29
  The first two Turok games are now out on Xbox One.
  As detailed on Major Nelson's blog post, Turok and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil include restored and enhanced visuals as well as additional new features. They're priced at $19.99 each. However, it's important to note both games are remasters and not remakes.
  The first Turok, first released in 1997, has players assume the role of the titular time-traveling warrior as he tries to collect the eight pieces of the shattered Chronoscepter scattered acr
  
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• Ex-Trump adviser Carl Icahn sold $31m in shares days before president announced new steel tariffs

  02-03-2018 20:25 via yahoo.com
  ​A billionaire investor and long-time ally of Donald Trump, sold more than $30m of shares in a company that depends heavily on steel, only days before the President announced plans to introduce tariffs on imports of the metal.Carl Icahn, who served as special economic adviser to the President before he resigned when a magazine article highlighted potential conflicts of interest, got rid of a total of $31.3m of stock in Manitowoc Company Inc. The company describes itself as a leading manufa
  
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• John Kelly: I have 'nothing to even consider resigning over'

  02-03-2018 20:20 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defending himself weeks after the fact, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly on Friday insisted he had done "nothing to even consider resigning over" in his handling of domestic abuse allegations against a former top aide by the staffer's two ex-wives.
  
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• Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 11 including three aid workers in Nigeria

  02-03-2018 20:16 via yahoo.com
  By Paul CarstenABUJA (Reuters) - Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 11 people including three aid workers in an attack on a military barracks in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state late on Thursday, according to two security reports seen by Reuters.The raid in the town of Rann marks the latest high-profile assault by the jihadists in the northeast, coming less than two weeks after militants abducted 110 girls from a school in the town of Dapchi in neighboring Yobe state.The United Nat
  
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• Paul Teutel Sr. Slapped with Fraud Lawsuit

  02-03-2018 20:15 via yahoo.com
  Paul Teutel Sr. Slapped with Fraud Lawsuit Paul Sr.'s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad decade continues With reality TV star Paul Teutul already scheduled to appear in court later this month due to the foreclosure of his multi-million dollar New York
  
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• Parkland Teacher Jim Gard, Praised as a Hero, 'Is Nothing but a Coward,' Student Says

  02-03-2018 20:10 via yahoo.com
  Joshua Gallagher claims Gard locked his classroom doors, leaving students outside to be killed.
  
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