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• It Only Takes One Trump Tweet To Fall Into North Korea's Trap

  09-03-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  On Thursday, President Donald Trump shocked the world by agreeing to meet Kim Jong-Un in person in Pyongyang, in what would be the first ever face-to-face meeting between a U.S. president and a North Korean leader.It is certainly possible the White House is correct.
  
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• This Tiny Diamond Contains a Mineral That's Never Been Seen Before

  09-03-2018 23:49 via yahoo.com
  The discovered mineral — called calcium silicate perovskite (CaSiO3)— was found trapped inside a diamond excavated from South Africa's Cullinan mine (most famous for yielding the world's largest diamond in 1905, part of which now adorns the crown jewels of the United Kingdom).The finding, published online today (March 7) in the journal Nature, provides an important clue to the puzzle of how Earth's inner structure behaves.While rare to human eyes, calcium silicate perovskite may be s
  
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• Exclusive: U.S. has ordered Broadcom to give notice of steps to redomicile - sources

  09-03-2018 23:44 via yahoo.com
  The previously undisclosed requirement shows that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which reviews foreign acquisitions of U.S. companies for potential national security risks, is aware that its jurisdiction could be contested if Broadcom redomiciles to the United States.The panel on Sunday ordered San Diego-based Qualcomm Incto postpone its shareholder meeting by 30 days so it could investigate Broadcom's $117 billion hostile bid for Qualcomm.
  
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• Trump Pennsylvania special election: When is the rally and what will the president say at it?

  09-03-2018 23:34 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally this weekend in Pennsylvania, just days before a special congressional election in the Pittsburgh area.The race is being widely watched to see if it’s another sign that Democrats may sweep the midterm elections in November.The rally will take place at 7pm in Moon Township, about 12 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
  
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• Trump to make first trip to Latin America

  09-03-2018 23:31 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump will make his Latin America debut next month, visiting Peru and Colombia after harsh rhetoric towards Hispanic migrants and neighbors to the south.Trump will travel to Peru to attend the Summit of the Americas in Lima on April 13-14, a gathering of leaders from across the Western Hemisphere.From there he will visit Colombia, White House officials told AFP.
  
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• ‘Nobel Prize for Trump!’: Newsroom readers cheer Kim Jong Un news

  09-03-2018 23:12 via yahoo.com
  “IF Trump can denuclearize North Korea then that would definitely be winning!” “Not a Trump supporter at all but I give credit when due and this is great news.” Trump’s announcement that he plans to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is drawing an overwhelmingly positive reaction on Newsroom — across party lines.President Trump has accepted Kim Jong Un’s invitation to meet sometime between now and May. Thursday evening, Trump tweeted: "Kim Jong
  
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• Google Maps transforms into Mario Kart for Mario Day

  09-03-2018 23:10
  In celebration of Mario Day, Google and Nintendo partner up to bring Mario Kart to Google Maps. ...
  
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• Prepare for Super Smash Bros. by getting a Nintendo Switch for $256, one-day only

  09-03-2018 23:09 via gamesradar.com
  Join in on the fun with Nintendo's smash hit console
  
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• Oakland coffee shop Hasta Muerte bans uniformed police offers for 'emotional health' of customers

  09-03-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  A coffee shop has banned police officers dressed in uniform in an effort to prevent their customers from becoming upset by their presence.The ban began when Hasta Muerte in Oakland, California, denied a police officer’s request to buy a drink last month over fears for the “emotional safety” of other customers.
  
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• Why Call of Duty: WW2 Had to Go Back to Move Forward

  09-03-2018 23:05
  I had the opportunity to sit down with Sledgehammer Games co-founder and former general manager Glen Schofield to talk about his journey with Call of Duty: WWII. It’s difficult for me to imagine that the frequency and consistency of an annualized franchise like Call of Duty (which is already moving right along to Black Ops 4) would leave any room for passion or a personal connection on the part of the developer. But as Glen conveyed during the interview below, the drama, tragedy, and histo
  
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• Interior Officials Are Citing Coal Execs And Crank Bloggers To Defend Climate Stances

  09-03-2018 22:41 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Top officials at the Department of the Interior cited former coal executives and crank bloggers to challenge the overwhelming evidence of the threat posed by man-made climate change, according to department emails released through a Freedom of Information Act request by former Interior scientist Joel Clement.On Sept. 26, Indur Goklany, a science and technology policy analyst at the Interior Department, cited a study briefing from a group called CO2Science, highlighting a
  
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• West Virginia teachers end strike victorious, may serve as model

  09-03-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on the teachers of West Virginia ending their record-setting strike after winning the raise they were demanding, and points out that West Virginia isn't the only state with teachers who are overdue raises.
  
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• After day-long TV meltdown, ex Trump aide reconsiders subpoena

  09-03-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on former Donald Trump aide Sam Nunberg's bizarre performance via successive cable news appearances in which he vowed to defy a Robert Mueller subpoena, only to be reported having second thoughts by day's end.
  
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• 1 of 2 Conjoined Twins Released from NICU, More Than a Year After Birth

  09-03-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  While the other twin, Hope, is still under supervision of doctors, she is expected to also be discharged soon.
  
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• Trump's Latest Pardon Shows The Best Way To Get One: Go On Fox News

  09-03-2018 22:16 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― A former Navy sailor who pleaded guilty to a felony count of unauthorized possession and retention of national defense information for snapping photos on a nuclear attack submarine has received a pardon from President Donald Trump — and his attorney says Fox News deserves the credit.The legal team for Kristian Saucier, who served a year in federal prison, had compared his case to the handling of the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use
  
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• Pennsylvania Republicans make case for scrapping new Congress map

  09-03-2018 22:09 via yahoo.com
  By David DeKokHARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - A panel of three federal judges heard arguments on Friday in the latest attempt by Pennsylvania Republicans to block a court-imposed map of voting districts that could boost Democrats' chances of winning control of the U.S. Congress this year.Lawyers for the Republicans requested an injunction to stop the implementation of the new map and instead grant the Republican-controlled state legislature two months to come up with congressional districts that the
  
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• Markets Right Now: Strong hiring sends stocks, yields up

  09-03-2018 22:07 via yahoo.com
  The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4 p.m. Stocks and bond yields rose sharply on Wall Street after the government reported a big increase in hiring last month. Investors ...
  
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• Happy Wars shutting down Xbox 360 and PC servers this year

  09-03-2018 22:03
  Happy Wars will be ending its service for Xbox 360 and Windows 10 marketplaces beginning June 14 2018, but will still be active on the Xbox One.  ...
  
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• New Florida gun law gets mixed reviews from Parkland survivors

  09-03-2018 22:01 via yahoo.com
  Melissa Falkowski, a teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, talks with Rachel Maddow about how the students and faculty are recovering and her assessment of Florida's new gun control measures.
  
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• Get a job: GameHouse is looking for a Sr. Unity Game Developer

  09-03-2018 21:58
  GameHouse is hiring a Sr. Unity Game Developer to work on its upcoming mobile games in the Netherlands....
  
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• 'Black Panther' Sequel Officially Confirmed By Marvel Studios Head

  09-03-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige confirmed to Entertainment Weekly in an interview published Friday that ― SHOCK! ― a “Black Panther” sequel is certain.
  
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• 2019 Bentley Bentayga V-8

  09-03-2018 21:51 via yahoo.com
  Making reductions to produce more.
  
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• Florida school shooting: Governor signs bill allowing some school teachers to carry guns

  09-03-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed a school safety bill in the wake of the Parkland school shooting in which 17 people were killed that would allow some school teachers to carry guns.
  
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• Majority of poll respondents say Florida students 'effective advocates for gun control'

  09-03-2018 21:42 via yahoo.com
  Monmouth University poll also shows some respondents believe students pushing for reform are ‘being manipulated by outside groups’ Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school student Emma Gonzalez and classmates at a CNN town hall in Sunrise, Florida, on 21 February 2018. Photograph: Michael Laughlin/Sun-Sentinel via ZUMA Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
  
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• Indie devs weigh the pros and cons of forgoing a Steam release

  09-03-2018 21:42
  'When you're a small, focused game with a small, focused team, getting to put an extra 10-20 percent of your revenue back into development has the potential to produce a much better game later on.' ...
  
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• Florida Gov. Rick Scott Signs Gun Bill That Arms Some School Staff Into Law

  09-03-2018 21:38 via yahoo.com
  Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed a bill into law on Friday that allows certain school staff members who undergo training to carry guns on campuses and enacts several restrictions on gun purchases.Florida legislators passed the bill, SB 7026, earlier this week, three weeks after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, Florida. Scott had expressed hesitancy over whether he would sign the bill.
  
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• Mueller obtains personal letter from Trump to Putin: WaPo

  09-03-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  Rosalind Helderman, reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about Robert Mueller investigators obtaining a letter, including a handwritten note, from Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin, inviting Putin to the 2013 Miss Universe pageant.
  
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• Turkish court orders conditional release of two more journalists: AFP

  09-03-2018 21:25 via yahoo.com
  An Istanbul court on Friday ordered the conditional release of two more journalists in the trial on terror-related charges of staff from the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper.Cumhuriyet's editor-in-chief Murat Sabuncu and investigative reporter Ahmet Sik were ordered to be freed from jail by the judge after a day-long hearing, an AFP reporter said.One more detained suspect, the paper's chairman Akin Atalay, was ordered to stay in jail.
  
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• Gunman takes hostages at California veterans home

  09-03-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  Officials say an armed man has taken at least two people hostage at a veterans home in Northern California. Authorities are responding to the scene in Yountville, north of San Francisco. Reena Ninan reports.
  
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• Active shooter takes three hostages at California veterans home

  09-03-2018 21:21 via yahoo.com
  Law enforcement authorities from multiple agencies responded to a report in the morning of shots being fired at the Yountville Veterans Home in Napa County, working to clear buildings and establish a perimeter.A sheriff’s deputy exchanged gunfire with the assailant, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.In the early evening, California Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt Robert Nacke said he knows of no contact on Friday with the gunman or the people who were holed up with him at the veteran
  
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• Kentucky man pleads guilty to attacking US Sen. Rand Paul

  09-03-2018 21:14 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's neighbor pleaded guilty Friday to a federal charge for tackling the lawmaker in an attack his attorney says was triggered by a dispute over lawn maintenance.
  
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• Cheetah Explained: Who Is the Wonder Woman 2 Villain?

  09-03-2018 21:06
  
  While details surrounding Wonder Woman 2 remain scarce, we do at least know which DC villain Gal Gadot's heroine will be battling in the sequel. Kristen Wiig has been cast as Cheetah, one of Wonder Woman's oldest and most nefarious foes.
  While we wait for this epic clash between comic book titans, here's everything you need to know about Cheetah and the various women who have held that title in DC's comics.
  As a bridge between the world of men and the Greek gods, Wonder Woman has accumulated man
  
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• Equifax Wins In Latest Version Of Senate Bank Bill

  09-03-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Companies that are notorious for mistreating U.S. consumers could benefit from a bipartisan Senate bill that is supposed to protect those consumers.Legislation by Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and supported by more than a dozen Democrats would give credit monitoring companies like Equifax a chance to expand their role in the mortgage industry.The bill would require government-backed mortgage companies to solicit applications for credit scoring models for evaluating the creditworth
  
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• Suspected Shooter Who Killed 3 Hostages at California Veterans Home Was Ex-Patient

  09-03-2018 20:50 via yahoo.com
  Three hostages and the suspected gunman were found dead at a California veterans home on Friday.
  
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• 3 Hostages and Gunman Dead at California Veterans Home, Police Say

  09-03-2018 20:50 via yahoo.com
  Reports of a man dressed in black in body armor and armed with what appeared to be an automatic weapon
  
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• The Latest: Attorney says 'Pharma Bro' OK after sentence

  09-03-2018 20:48 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli (all times local):
  
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• Martin Shkreli jailed: 'Pharma Bro' sentenced to seven years for fraud

  09-03-2018 20:47 via yahoo.com
  In a packed Brooklyn courthouse on Friday, Martin Shkreli, the “Pharma Bro” who rose to international notoriety after increasing the price of a lifesaving drug 50-fold, was sentenced to seven years in prison.Shkreli, 34, was convicted of two counts of securities fraud and a single count of conspiracy last August.In court a tearful Shkreli apologized: “I did not act appropriately.” He said that the government had not brought him down.
  
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• Michael Cohen May Have Used Trump Org Email For Stormy Daniels Arrangement: Report

  09-03-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  Michael Cohen, personal attorney for President Donald Trump, used his Trump Organization email to arrange to have money transferred to former adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, NBC News reported on Friday.A source familiar with the negotiations said Cohen used the Trump-affiliated email address to arrange the 2016 transfer of $130,000 to Clifford, who goes by the stage name Stormy Daniels.The lawyer used the same email in other negotiations with Clifford, who signed a nondisclosure
  
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• Dramatic Video Captures Rescue of Woman Who Went Overboard While Taking Cruise Ship Selfie

  09-03-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  The 53-year-old woman had been in the water off the Bahamas for more than an hour.
  
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• Guns, Trump and steel: Next week's Pennsylvania special election a referendum on 2018's hot-button issues

  09-03-2018 20:39 via yahoo.com
  The March 13 election has the potential to upend expectations about how safe even the reddest of Republican congressional districts will be in the 2018 midterms.
  
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• The Latest: Cost for California bullet train soars to $77B

  09-03-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California's high-speed rail project (all times local):
  
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• 4 Dead As Hostage Standoff Ends At California Veterans Home

  09-03-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  A standoff at a veterans home in Yountville, California, ended Friday night with the deaths of three female employees and the gunman who took them hostage, the California Highway Patrol said.Police identified the shooter as Albert Wong, a military veteran they said was armed with a high-powered rifle.The gunman stormed the Veterans Home of California-Yountville in Napa County midmorning Friday during a farewell party for an employee.
  
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• Road to the IGF: Karina Popp's 10 Mississippi

  09-03-2018 20:30
  10 Mississippi explores a life through interactive photographs of mundane parts of their day, having players get to know someone through the bits and pieces of their everyday life. ...
  
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• The Latest: New chief faces "hard truths" at Forest Service

  09-03-2018 20:20 via yahoo.com
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Latest on the appointment of a female firefighter as interim head of the U.S. Forest Service as the agency struggles to deal with misconduct within its ranks (all times local):
  
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• Where Is Amy Yu? Teen and Man, 45, Allegedly in 'Secretive Relationship' Vanish

  09-03-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  Kevin Esterly signed Amy Yu out of school without her parents’ permission 10 times between November and February, according to court documents obtained by “The Morning Call.”
  
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• Don't Miss: The buzzer-beating bug fix that saved Crash Bandicoot

  09-03-2018 20:14
  A coder on the original Crash Bandicoot explains how his first big game almost shipped with a destructive save-wiping bug -- and how he and the team at Naughty Dog eventually solved it. ...
  
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• How to Watch the 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards

  09-03-2018 20:10
  The 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards is right around the corner, and you'll be able to watch the event right here on IGN.
  The event celebrates excellence in AAA and indie gaming, as voted on by gaming fans. This year, a total of 46 games have been nominated across all categories, with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, PUBG, Horizon Zero Dawn, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, and Cuphead leading the charge, each with six nominations.
  Read on for a rundown of when, where, and how to watch the
  
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• These Dreamers Were Deported to Mexico. Now, They're Helping Others Start Again

  09-03-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  If the DACA program ends, thousands of young people could be deported to Mexico. A band of committed activists is waiting to help them
  
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• The Latest: Al-Qaida fighters in Syria want to go to Idlib

  09-03-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):
  
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• Donald Trump tells steelworker his father is proudly 'looking down on him' - despite not being dead

  09-03-2018 19:50 via yahoo.com
  When Donald Trump told a steelworker his father was “looking down” on him with pride for leading a local union, there was only one problem - the man's dad was not dead.Steelworker Scott Sauritch had previously told the crowd about how excessive “dumping” of metals had affected his family.“My father, during the 80s, he lost his job due to imports coming into this country," said the president of a union chapel in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.
  
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