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• NRA Tweets Photo Of AR-15 On Day Of National School Walkout For No Particular Reason

  14-03-2018 23:54 via yahoo.com
  It's probably just a coincidence, right?
  
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• Xbox Live Currently Experiencing Issues for Some Players

  14-03-2018 23:50
  
  Xbox Live and much of its functionality may be down for some users on both Xbox One and Xbox 360, and Microsoft is investigating the problems.
  Microsoft's Xbox Status support page currently acknowledges a handful of issues affecting Xbox Live services, TV, apps, and certain games.
  Players may be running into issues with matchmaking, cloud storage, finding friends, Game DVR, leaderboards, avatar editing, and pictures on the social and gaming side, while others may be running into store
  
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• Navy fighter jet crashes near Key West

  14-03-2018 23:50 via yahoo.com
  A Navy fighter jet crashed near Key West, Florida, Wednesday. The two-person crew ejected before the crash, but it's unclear how they're doing.
  
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• Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Was Just Charged With 'Massive Fraud.' Here's What the SEC Says She Did

  14-03-2018 23:46 via yahoo.com
  She claimed $100 million in revenue in 2014. It was really $100,000
  
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• Oklahoma officials plan to use nitrogen for executions

  14-03-2018 23:10 via yahoo.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — After trying unsuccessfully for months to obtain lethal injection drugs, Oklahoma officials said Wednesday they plan to use nitrogen gas to execute inmates once the state resumes using the death penalty, marking the first time a U.S. state would use the gas to carry out capital punishment.
  
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• Democrats Projected To Win Pennsylvania District That Went Heavily For Trump

  14-03-2018 23:10 via yahoo.com
  ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP, Pa. ― Democrat Conor Lamb defeated Republican Rick Saccone
  
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• Death of puppy on United flight prompts U.S. agency probe

  14-03-2018 23:10 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Senator John Kennedy, who earlier on Wednesday sent a letter to United Airlines President Scott Kirby demanding information on the high number of animals that have died in the carrier's care, wrote on Twitter that he planned to file a bill on Thursday that would prohibit airlines from putting animals in overhead bins.Kennedy, in his letter, said United's "pattern of animal deaths and injuries is simply inexcusable." He cited figures from the Transportation Department that of the 24 animals
  
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• Britain boots 23 Russian diplomats over spy poisoning

  14-03-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — Relations between Britain and Russia plunged Wednesday to a chilly level not seen since the Cold War as Prime Minister Theresa May expelled 23 diplomats, severed high-level contacts and vowed both open and covert action against Kremlin meddling after the poisoning of a former spy.
  
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• Officials: California man shot 130 hawks, birds of prey

  14-03-2018 22:38 via yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California man shot more than 130 hawks and other legally protected birds of prey on his land, leaving the carcasses to pile up at the foot of trees and telephone poles, wildlife officials said Wednesday.
  
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• Ex-student charged in Florida shooting silent in court

  14-03-2018 22:37 via yahoo.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The former student charged with killing 17 people at a Florida high school last month remained silent in court Wednesday and had a not guilty plea entered on his behalf as police released more recordings that captured the terror of the Valentine's Day slayings.
  
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• Anthem: 8 Things We've Learned in 2018

  14-03-2018 22:31
  With Anthem recently confirmed for Q1 2019 to make way for a new Battlefield this fall, reportedly titled Battlefield V, BioWare’s highly anticipated shared-world action-RPG is now roughly a year away from being released.
  The majority of staff from the developer's Edmonton and Austin studios is reportedly focused on Anthem, yet both BioWare and EA have remained relatively quiet about its development since last year's reveal at E3.
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• The Latest: Clinton saddened by Hawking's death

  14-03-2018 22:12 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the death of Stephen Hawking (all times local):
  
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• Stardew Valley Publisher's Wizard Sim Gets Official Title

  14-03-2018 21:56
  
  The official title of Chucklefish's upcoming wizard sim is WitchBrook.
  "So, project Spellbound finally has a proper name..." Chucklefish CEO Finn Brice said in a post on Twitter that includes the following image:WitchBrook image revealing the game's official title, via Finn Brice on TwitterContinue reading…
  
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• Nikki Haley calls poisoning of former spy 'Russia's crime' as she backs Britain at UN

  14-03-2018 21:56 via yahoo.com
  The US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, has accused Russia of a “crime” worthy of action by the UN Security Council, as she backed Britain’s attempts to punish Moscow for the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Salisbury.The Trump administration was relatively quiet on the Russia issue for much of Wednesday after Theresa May expelled 23 Russian diplomats and blamed Moscow for this month’s nerve agent attack on the former spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter.
  
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• Pennsylvania Congressional Upset Undercuts GOP Messaging On Tax Law

  14-03-2018 21:55 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Early in their efforts to push through tax reform last year,
  
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• White nationalist leader faces battery charges in Indiana

  14-03-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  PAOLI, Ind. (AP) — A white nationalist arrested for physically harassing a woman protesting at a 2016 Donald Trump rally is accused of attacking his wife and her stepfather in southern Indiana.
  
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• US says Russia 'responsible' for spy attack in Britain

  14-03-2018 21:38 via yahoo.com
  The United States said Wednesday that Russia was "responsible" for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in England, and urged the UN Security Council to hold Moscow accountable."The United States believes that Russia is responsible for the attack on two people in the United Kingdom, using a military-grade nerve agent," US Ambassador Nikki Haley told an emergency council meeting.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn accused of being an 'apologist' for Kremlin as his MPs turn on him over claims British intelligence is 'problematic'

  14-03-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  Jeremy Corbyn was yesterday accused of being an "apologist for Russia" after suggesting Moscow may not be responsible for a nerve agent attack, as furious Labour MPs turned on him in the House of Commons.  The Labour leader and his spokesman Seumas Milne repeatedly failed to accept that Russia is responsible for the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter and later called British intelligence "problematic", warning another state could be to blame.  Labour MPs called for Mr Milne's&nb
  
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• Trump reportedly says PA Democrat won because he's 'like Trump'

  14-03-2018 21:21 via yahoo.com
  The Atlantic reports President Trump broke his silence on the GOP PA-18 defeat at a closed-door fundraiser, insisting that Democrat Conor Lamb won because he said, "Oh, I'm like Trump." Did the audience buy it?
  
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• Trump loses in Trump country

  14-03-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  Democrats turned out to lead Conor Lamb to an apparent victory in Pennsylvania's special election, but he couldn't have done it without some GOP votes in spite of the president's personal pleas.
  
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• Horror, bewilderment after bulldog pup dies on United plane

  14-03-2018 21:04 via yahoo.com
  Shock over a puppy's death on a United Airlines plane has renewed scrutiny over airline handling of pets, after a flight attendant demanded the animal travel in an overhead bin where it apparently suffocated.A string of calamities linked to pets on planes has inflamed a grim public relations nightmare for United, which in the past year has dealt with the death of a valuable giant rabbit, outrage over its refusal to allow an "emotional support" peacock to board, and now the death of a 10-month ol
  
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• Fifty, fit and female? You have five times less chance of dementia  

  14-03-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  Women who are fit at fifty are five times less likely to get dementia, research suggests. The Swedish study of 191 women examined their fitness levels in mid life, before tracking them for 44 years. Participants were asked to carry out exercise tests on a bike to measure their cardiovascular activity. The research found that those with the highest fitness levels when first assessed had just a five per cent chance of developing dementia in subsequent decades. This compared with rates of 25 p
  
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• Girl, 11, Agonizes Over Death of French Bulldog on United Flight: 'It Can't Breathe There!'

  14-03-2018 20:45 via yahoo.com
  The family says their dog, Kokito, barked for about an hour while in the overhead bin before his death.
  
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• FBI Official Trump Loathes May Be Fired For Disclosing Info That Helped Trump's Campaign

  14-03-2018 20:40 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Andrew McCabe, who took over as acting head of the FBI after
  
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• NRA tweets glamour shot of AR-15 while students hold National School Walkout protesting gun violence

  14-03-2018 20:25 via yahoo.com
  The NRA had a pretty tactless response to the National School Walkout on Wednesday.  March 14 marks one month since the tragic mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. that left 17 people dead, and students nationwide are walking out of classes to honor those who died and protest gun violence.   On a day being used to remember children killed by an AR-15, the National Rifle Association, a pro-gun lobbying group, tweeted a photo of an AR-15 with the caption, "I'll control my own guns, thank you.
  
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• House passes bill to prevent gun violence in schools in rare bipartisan vote

  14-03-2018 20:24 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved legislation to increase federal funding of programs to help schools and local law enforcement prevent gun violence following last month's Florida school shooting that resulted in 17 deaths. By a rare bipartisan vote of 407-10, the House passed the bill, which does not allow any of the $50 million to be authorized annually to be used to arm teachers or other school officials. The full Senate has not yet
  
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• Updated: Full List of Games Revealed for the Sega Genesis Collection

  14-03-2018 20:15
  Update: SEGA has released a full list of games for this collection. We've included the list in a comparison chart at the bottom of this article.
  Continuing on a wave of nostalgia over the past year or two, Sega has announced that a collected edition of classics from its Genesis/Mega Drive era will be coming to PC, PS4 and Xbox One on May 29.
  The SEGA Genesis Classics (or SEGA Mega Drive Collection in the UK) was initially announced via Twitter before the tweet was deleted; a trailer has since be
  
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• Meet the man whose voice became Stephen Hawking's

  14-03-2018 19:59 via yahoo.com
  Stephen Hawking's computer-generated voice is so iconic that it's trademarked — The filmmakers behindThe Theory of Everything had to get Hawking's personal permission to use the voice in his biopic. But that voice has an interesting origin story of its own. SEE ALSO: The world reacts to the death of the much-loved Stephen Hawking Back in the '80s, when Hawking was first exploring text-to-speech communication options after he lost the power of speech, a pioneer in computer-generated speech
  
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• Pencil in Pa. election winner, but soon erase the district?

  14-03-2018 19:56 via yahoo.com
  CANONSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pencil in Democrat Conor Lamb or Republican Rick Saccone as the next congressman in a U.S. House district in southwestern Pennsylvania. But erase their congressional district.
  
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• Parents Of 12-Year-Old Say Son Killed Himself After Being Bullied Over Sexuality

  14-03-2018 19:52 via yahoo.com
  The parents of a 12-year-old Mississippi boy say he killed himself last week
  
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• Stoneman Douglas shooter appears in court

  14-03-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  Accused Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz was arraigned in a Florida court.Cruz faces the death penalty in the shooting deaths of 17 people.
  
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• Senate confirmation fights ahead on Trump's State, CIA picks

  14-03-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Back in 2017, the Senate gave quick confirmation to President Donald Trump's national security team and his first secretary of state. But it's not likely to go as smoothly for Trump's new nominees to run State and the CIA.
  
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• Kendall Jenner Addresses Gay Rumors: 'I Have Literally Nothing To Hide'

  14-03-2018 19:32 via yahoo.com
  Being part of the Kardashian-Jenner family means getting used to hearing
  
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• Former biotech star charged with fraud over blood-testing claims

  14-03-2018 19:20 via yahoo.com
  Holmes and Theranos made a deal to settle the case against them, with the penalty including her surrendering majority voting control of the company, according to a statement by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.Founded in 2003 by Holmes when she was only 19, the company had been seen as a rising star but came under scrutiny after The Wall Street Journal published articles questioning the reliability of its technology.Theranos, which had touted a new way of testing that uses far less bloo
  
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• 'He couldn't breathe:' Family speaks out after dog dies on United flight to New York City

  14-03-2018 19:15 via yahoo.com
  Eleven-year-old Sophia Ceballos and mom Catalina Robledo say they were forced to put their French bulldog Kokito in the overhead compartment.
  
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• UK Labour leadership raises doubts over Moscow spy role

  14-03-2018 19:13 via yahoo.com
  Britain's opposition Labour leader and his spokesman cast doubt Wednesday on whether Russia was to blame for the poisoning of a former spy, after the government announced sanctions against Moscow.Jeremy Corbyn's lukewarm response to Prime Minister Theresa May's statement was followed by several interventions by Labour MPs backing the government's response to the attack on Sergei Skripal.In parliament, Corbyn questioned May on whether she had responded to Russia's request to provide samples of th
  
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• Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Charged With 'Massive Fraud' By SEC

  14-03-2018 19:13 via yahoo.com
  In a complaint filed Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission leveled
  
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• Accused Casino Robber Tried To Disguise Himself With Blackface

  14-03-2018 19:11 via yahoo.com
  A man accused of robbing a Las Vegas casino in January attempted to elude
  
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• Skyrim VR Coming to PC Next Month

  14-03-2018 19:07
  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR, which initially launched last year exclusively for PSVR, will come to SteamVR with support for both the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift on April 3.
  In an official blog post announcing the release, Bethesda said that Skyrim VR will include the entire base game and all of its DLC expansions, the same as the PSVR version did.
  When we reviewed Skyrim VR for PSVR back in November of last year, we said it was "at once the best way to experience Skyrim and the worst wa
  
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• Do you prefer your nostalgia Hotline Miami or Contra-flavored? Two upcoming 2D shooters are here to satisfy

  14-03-2018 19:04 via gamesradar.com
  Take your pick or gorge yourself on both
  
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• Cabinet chaos: Trump's team battles scandal, irrelevance

  14-03-2018 18:52 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — One Cabinet member was grilled by Congress about alleged misuse of taxpayer funds for private flights. Another faced an extraordinary revolt within his own department amid a swirling ethics scandal. A third has come under scrutiny for her failure to answer basic questions about her job in a nationally televised interview.
  
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• Haley Anderson Case: Orlando Tercero Captured in Nicaragua

  14-03-2018 18:48 via yahoo.com
  Orlando Tercero, 22, was arrested Tuesday afternoon, four days after the body of Haley Anderson was found by Binghamton Police conducting a wellness check.
  
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• New German foreign minister criticizes Russian response to chemical attack

  14-03-2018 18:46 via yahoo.com
  Germany's new foreign minister, Heiko Maas, criticized Russia on Wednesday over its stance towards a nerve agent attack in England for which the British government has blamed Moscow and he said it could not go unpunished.In his first speech as foreign minister shortly after taking up the post in Germany's new coalition government, Maas also criticized Russia's behavior in Ukraine but said he still hoped to improve relations with Moscow through dialogue.
  
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• Trial begins anew for feces-smearing suspect in cop's death

  14-03-2018 18:45 via yahoo.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jury selection began anew Wednesday for a suspect who brought an end to his October murder trial by smuggling excrement into a New Orleans court and rubbing it on his face.
  
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• The student walkout at Columbine High School carries a special meaning

  14-03-2018 18:44 via yahoo.com
  While students at schools across the country participated in a National School Walkout to protest gun violence in the wake of the deadly February 14 shooting in Parkland, Florida, the walkout at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado carried extra emotional weight.  SEE ALSO: Lin-Manuel Miranda, James Corden, and other big names show their support during the National School Walkout The April 20, 1999, shooting at Columbine was devastating in its scope and marked a new stage in the way
  
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• Rand Paul to oppose Gina Haspel as CIA director over her 'gleeful joy' at torture

  14-03-2018 18:42 via yahoo.com
  Senator Rand Paul: ‘To really appoint the head cheerleader for waterboarding to be head of the CIA?.The Republican senator Rand Paul said on Wednesday he would oppose Donald Trump’s nomination of Gina Haspel for director of the CIA, accusing her of having shown “joyful glee” during the torture of terrorism suspects.
  
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• EU to back May on Russia with words, but limited action

  14-03-2018 18:42 via yahoo.com
  By Tuomas Forsell and Alastair MacdonaldHELSINKI/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May has a week to rally wary European Union leaders behind punitive measures against Moscow over the poisoning of a Russian former spy but will struggle to secure major EU action at an EU summit next Thursday.Despite talk of "full solidarity" with London after a "brutal attack inspired most likely by Moscow" from summit chair Donald Tusk and others in Brussels, there is profound caution in Paris
  
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• Stardew Valley's Multiplayer Is Now in the QA Phase

  14-03-2018 18:26
  Stardew Valley's multiplayer update has officially entered the QA phase, and will bring some new single player content with it when it does finally drop.
  Eric Barone, the game's creator, posted a status update to Twitter, saying, "Stardew Valley multiplayer is in QA and bugs are being fixed at a very good pace!"
  He also assured fans that there would be more to the update than just the multiplayer feature, saying that players can expect "new single player stuff," and that the multiplayer function
  
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• Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin is Dropping After Google’s Major Decision

  14-03-2018 18:23 via yahoo.com
  Google follows in Facebook's footsteps.
  
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• Peacocks Chase Down Thief as He Makes Off With Their Feathered Friend

  14-03-2018 18:18 via yahoo.com
  Don't mess with the peacocks.
  
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