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• Court documents: Deputy was shot in the head by assailant

  30-04-2018 23:58 via yahoo.com
  AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine man confessed to a friend after shooting a sheriff's deputy in the head last week, investigators said in documents made public Monday.
  
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• Text of statement by Bill Cosby jury on its deliberations

  30-04-2018 23:25 via yahoo.com
  The text of a statement by jurors who last week convicted Bill Cosby of drugging and molesting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004, labeled "Official statement from the Jurors in the Commonwealth v. Cosby 2018" and provided to The Associated Press on Monday by a member of the jury:
  
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• Regulatory uncertainty overshadows T-Mobile's acquisition of Sprint

  30-04-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  Shares of Sprint closed down 13.7 percent at $5.61, and T-Mobile fell 6.2 percent to $60.51.Sprint's stock had gained 27 percent since April 10 following media reports that the companies restarted deal talks.In situations with a risk that a deal will not win regulatory approval, stocks trade at a discount of 10 percent to 20 percent to the deal price, said Cowen analyst Colby Synesael.
  
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• Drivers facing most expensive driving season in years

  30-04-2018 23:15 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Get ready for a little bit more pain at the pump this summer.
  
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• Trump administration removes language on freedom of the press from Justice Department handbook

  30-04-2018 23:08 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration has removed language about freedom of the press from its guidebook for US attorneys.The US Attorneys' Manual is a guide to Justice Department policies written for US attorneys and other department employees.Gone is a section on the need for free press and public trial.
  
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• New Ford Performance Hatchbacks Are Getting Cheap

  30-04-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  Ford is getting rid of all its cars. Buy one now before it's too late.
  
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• Roy Moore Files Complaint Claiming He Was Targeted By Political Conspiracy

  30-04-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  Former Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore filed a complaint on Monday
  
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• Official Russia World Cup 2018 game confirmed as a free expansion to FIFA 18

  30-04-2018 22:28 via gamesradar.com
  This year’s official FIFA World Cup videogame has been confirmed for a release date of 29 May – and, breaking with convention, it’ll be a free expansion to FIFA 18 rather than a standalone game
  
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• Watch Land Rover's 70th Anniversary Celebrations

  30-04-2018 22:27 via yahoo.com
  Update: the full 30-minute anniversary broadcast has been added.
  
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• 'Clerical error' briefly puts U.S. close to war with Iran

  30-04-2018 22:22 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on a declaration by the White House that Iran "has" a clandestine nuclear weapons program, followed shortly thereafter by a corrected statement that Iran only "had" such a program.
  
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• Nintendo Working on Redesign of Joy-Con for Switch

  30-04-2018 21:54
  Not long after the release of the Nintendo Switch last year, many users began noticing connection issues with the left Joy-Con controller. As found in a new filing with the Federal Communications Commission, it appears as though Nintendo is finally addressing the issue by releasing an entirely new iteration of the Joy-Con controller.
  Nintendo has been working on a fix for the Joy-Con for some time now, with a variety of software fixes through numerous firmware updates. However, the issue itself
  
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• Netanyahu says has new 'proof' of Iran nuclear weapons programme

  30-04-2018 21:53 via yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised address Monday he had new "proof" of an Iranian nuclear weapons plan that could be activated at any time, as the US considers whether to pull out of the atomic accord with Tehran.Iran has always denied it sought a nuclear weapon, insisting its atomic programme was for civilian purposes.Netanyahu made the comments in an elaborate presentation that included props, video and slides, broadcast live on television from Tel Aviv.
  
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• Trump praises Netanyahu’s speech claiming Iran is breaching the nuclear agreement

  30-04-2018 21:50 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for coming forward with documents that the Israeli leader says shows Iran lied about pursuing nuclear weapons.During a press conference at the White House, Mr Trump once again expressed dissatisfaction with the Iran nuclear agreement, but stopped short of saying that he plans on pulling the US from the deal when the May 12 deadline for a decision comes.Mr Trump said that Mr Netanyahu’s claims about Iran show that
  
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• Prominent Trump critic Painter enters Minnesota Senate race

  30-04-2018 21:45 via yahoo.com
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A former Republican White House lawyer in President George W. Bush's administration and a prominent critic of President Donald Trump announced Monday that he'll run as a Democrat for Al Franken's Minnesota Senate seat.
  
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• America Rejected A Muslim Ban. Now The Supreme Court Must As Well.

  30-04-2018 21:42 via yahoo.com
  As I sat in the Supreme Court's gallery last week, I recalled the morning
  
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• NY Times publishes Robert Mueller's questions for Donald Trump

  30-04-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reads through a set of questions published by the New York Times that are reportedly what Robert Mueller wants to know from Donald Trump if Trump agrees to be interviewed by the investigation.
  
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• Golden State Killer Case: Is Suspect Joseph James DeAngelo Pretending to Be Sickly Old Man?

  30-04-2018 21:29 via yahoo.com
  Police believe DeAngelo is acting in a bid for sympathy from the court.
  
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• Still need to unlock John Wick? Here's when Fortnite Season 3 officially ends

  30-04-2018 21:15 via gamesradar.com
  This is your last chance to get Fortnite Season 3 rewards so you'd better get going
  
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• 'I Hate to Leave.' John McCain Opens Up About His Brain Cancer Diagnosis and the Future of Politics

  30-04-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  'I can vote my conscience without worry'
  
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• Stormy Daniels Files Suit Against Trump Over 'False And Defamatory' Tweet

  30-04-2018 21:10 via yahoo.com
  Stormy Daniels has filed a new lawsuit against President Donald Trump over one
  
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• Twin Peaks star, Pamela Gidley, dies ages 52

  30-04-2018 21:02 via yahoo.com
  The American actress, Pamela Gidley, who played Teresa Banks in David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" prequel "Fire Walk with Me" passed away on April 16th, it was confirmed on Sunday.
  
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• The Latest: Trump says he favors border for NKorea meeting

  30-04-2018 20:56 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on U.S. policy on North Korea (all times local):
  
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• Trump’s Immigration And Customs Enforcement Chief To Retire

  30-04-2018 20:55 via yahoo.com
  Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan will
  
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• Trump Left Nearly 4,000 Applicants For Central American Refugee Program Stranded

  30-04-2018 20:52 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration's decision to end a program that helped
  
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• Immigrant caravan turned back by US officials at Mexican border faces a tough asylum fight

  30-04-2018 20:47 via yahoo.com
  For the scores of immigrants who arrived at the US border in a caravan denounced by Donald Trump, an arduous journey north has shifted into an odyssey through America’s asylum system.More than 100 Central American immigrants arrived at the San Ysidro border crossing to seek safe haven from violence in their home countries, organisers said, pointing to post-election chaos in Honduras in particular.A US Customs and Border Patrol official did not respond to a request to confirm how many of th
  
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• Authorities recover body of 4-year-old boy swept out to sea while walking with mother on beach

  30-04-2018 20:41 via yahoo.com
  Authorities recovered the body of a 4-year-old boy who was swept away by a
  
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• Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery Players Upset With Use of Microtransactions

  30-04-2018 20:37
  The Harry Potter mobile RPG launched last week, but its gameplay mechanics and microtransactions have prompted a backlash.  Some players are criticizing the developers for microtransaction tactics that younger players might be particularly susceptible to.
  Central to Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is the energy system, which is built up through performing tasks, and is used up in challenges. Energy can recharge if players wait, and waiting will also move the story along if they don't want to
  
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• Kim Kardashian Explains Why The Name Chicago ‘Kind Of Messes With Me’

  30-04-2018 20:32 via yahoo.com
  Chicago is a lot of things -- a city, a style of pizza and the name of Kim
  
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• 'Simpsons' Creator On Apu Debate: 'People Love To Pretend They're Offended'

  30-04-2018 20:31 via yahoo.com
  The creator of "The Simpsons" seems unapologetic over controversial Indian
  
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• Israeli Prime Minister Says He Has Evidence of Secret Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program

  30-04-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  Iran has denied ever seeking nuclear weapons
  
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• Central American migrants from Mexico 'caravan' camp out on U.S. border

  30-04-2018 20:10 via yahoo.com
  By Delphine SchrankTIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - About 150 Central Americans from a "caravan" of migrants in Mexico were camped out early on Monday at the U.S. border, some trapped inside a port of entry between the two countries, as officials barred them from stepping foot on U.S. soil.Denied passage on Sunday into a pedestrian crossing between Tijuana and San Diego at the San Ysidro port of entry, many of those who had fled El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras hoping for U.S. asylum slept in a sq
  
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• Dark Horse Reveals The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia

  30-04-2018 20:03
  Dark Horse Comics has announced The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia, and we have your exclusive first look at this impressive new guidebook.
  The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia is a 328-page book that explores the lore of Hyrule and features listings of all the creatures, potions, items and other hallmarks of the series. It's intended to be the final book in Dark Horse's "Goddess Collection" trilogy, following the Hyrule Historia and and Art & Artifacts hardcovers. The book will be sold in a regul
  
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• US top court to consider use of gas on death row inmate

  30-04-2018 19:56 via yahoo.com
  The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on whether the state of Missouri should use gas as an alternative to a lethal injection to execute a convicted murderer-rapist with a rare congenital disease.The top US court has halted Russell Bucklew's execution twice before, most recently last month after his lawyers argued that a lethal injection could cause intense suffering.The US Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, and a series of botched executions with lethal injections has spu
  
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• Stardew Valley Multiplayer Now Available in Public Beta on Steam

  30-04-2018 19:56
  A beta for Stardew Valley's long-awaited multiplayer update is now available on PC, publisher Chucklefish announced today.
  The beta is currently only available on Steam, but Chucklefish says GOG buyers will have access in "a few days." There's been no mention of the beta coming to other platforms.
  To access the Steam beta, find Stardew Valley in your game library, right-click it and select properties, then go to the "Betas" tab in the pop-out window. Enter the beta password "jumpingjunimos" and
  
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• A look back at the work of slain AFP photojournalist Shah Marai killed in Kabul

  30-04-2018 19:56 via yahoo.com
  Agence France-Presse’s chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, who was killed covering a suicide bombing on Monday, was a charismatic, courageous journalist who was dedicated to reporting on Afghanistan’s wrenching conflict.The 22-year veteran of the agency leaves behind two wives and six children, including his only daughter, born earlier this month — an event that brought him great joy and was celebrated with cake at the Kabul bureau just over a week ago.Marai’s versat
  
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• A look back at the work of Shah Marai, AFP photojournalist killed in Kabul

  30-04-2018 19:56 via yahoo.com
  Agence France-Presse’s chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, was killed covering a suicide bombing on Monday. Here’s a look at some of Marai’s work from the 22 years he spent with AFP.
  
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• Internet Burns Former 'SNL' Comic For Needing 3 Days To Write Michelle Wolf Jokes

  30-04-2018 19:55 via yahoo.com
  Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Dennis Miller has vowed to go after
  
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• Missile strikes in Syria kill over a dozen, mostly Iranians

  30-04-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — A missile attack on government outposts in northern Syria killed more than a dozen pro-government fighters, many of them Iranians, a war monitoring group and an Iranian news agency said Monday. The strikes came amid soaring tensions between regional archenemies Israel and Iran.
  
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• How Land Rover Created the Ultimate Defender

  30-04-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  If you wanted to build the perfect Defender, it'd probably look a lot like the Defender Works V8.
  
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• In central Alaska, U.S. missile defense stands ready

  30-04-2018 19:50 via yahoo.com
  Even as North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un seeks diplomatic engagement with South Korea and the United States, National Guard troops in remote central Alaska maintain the U.S. missile defense system and its devastating weapons ready to launch at a moment's notice. Justin Mitchell reports
  
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• Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu says he has 'conclusive proof' of secret Iranian nuclear weapons programme

  30-04-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  Israeli spies have obtained thousands of Iranian files which “conclusively prove” that Tehran tried to develop nuclear weapons and lied to the world about it before and after the 2015 nuclear talks, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.  Mr Netanyahu, an arch-opponent of the nuclear agreement, made his dramatic public accusation in Tel Aviv less than two weeks before Donald Trump is due to announce whether he is pulling the US out of the agreement.&
  
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• Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu says he has 'conclusive proof' Iran lied about its nuclear weapons programme

  30-04-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  Israel has accused Iran of lying to the world about its nuclear weapons programme both before and since the 2015 nuclear deal after Israeli intelligence stole 100,000 files from a secret “atomic archive” in Tehran.  Benjamin Netanyahu, an arch-opponent of the nuclear deal, made the dramatic public accusation in Tel Aviv less than two weeks before Donald Trump is due to announce whether he is pulling the US out of the agreement.  The Israeli prime minister said that Isr
  
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• A News Photographer Was Killed In Afghanistan. Here Are Some Of His Best Photos.

  30-04-2018 19:40 via yahoo.com
  A bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday has left at least nine journalists
  
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• Parkland survivors point out hypocrisy as NRA announce gun ban at meeting attended by vice president Mike Pence

  30-04-2018 19:28 via yahoo.com
  Survivors of the Florida school shooting and families of victims have accused the National Rifle Association (NRA) of hypocrisy after it announced that guns will be banned at their upcoming leadership conference that will be attended vice president Mike Pence.The powerful gun lobby revealed the policy in a post on its website about the annual meeting of its Institute for Legislative Action (ILA), which takes place in Dallas on 4 May.“Due to the attendance of the Vice President of the Unite
  
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• Oklahoma wildfires kill hundreds of cattle, blacken pastures

  30-04-2018 19:19 via yahoo.com
  Wind-driven wildfires that began in mid-April, fueled by severe drought, have killed hundreds of cattle and destroyed more than 300,000 acres in Oklahoma, authorities said on Monday.Oklahoma has been grappling with several wildfires this month, including the Rhea Fire in the western part of the state.Oklahoma's governor, Mary Fallin, recently issued a state of emergency for 52 counties due to the wildfires that blackened close to 350,000 total acres - an area roughly equal to half the size of Rh
  
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• CD Projekt Red RPG Confirmed for E3 2018

  30-04-2018 19:14
  A role-playing game from CD Projekt Red will indeed be at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo.
  According to the official E3 2018 exhibitor directory, CD Projekt Red will be in attendance with an unspecified RPG for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The game in question is almost certainly Cyberpunk 2077, which we heard earlier this year will likely be at E3 2018 and is among the games rumored to appear at this year's expo.
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• Shah Marai, charismatic and courageous AFP journalist

  30-04-2018 19:04 via yahoo.com
  Agence France-Presse's chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, who was killed covering a suicide bombing on Monday, was a charismatic, courageous journalist who was dedicated to reporting on Afghanistan's wrenching conflict.The 22-year veteran of the agency leaves behind two wives and six children, including his only daughter, born earlier this month -- an event that brought him great joy and was celebrated with cake at the Kabul bureau just over a week ago.Marai's versatility and easy camarade
  
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• Harley-Davidson Confirms LiveWire on Schedule for 2019 Release

  30-04-2018 19:04 via yahoo.com
  Harley-Davidson Confirms LiveWire on Schedule for 2019 Release Harley reports its debut electric model is on schedule for a release next year, but will the MoCo’s foray into ebikes right the ship? At this point it’s common knowledge that things in recent
  
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• Waffle House Doubles Down On Chikesia Clemons Arrest As Activists Call For Boycott

  30-04-2018 18:53 via yahoo.com
  Activists protested at Waffle House's Atlanta headquarters on Monday,
  
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• Pompeo says Israel, Palestinian peace still a US priority

  30-04-2018 18:48 via yahoo.com
  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains a priority for the Trump administration, despite its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and its planned move of the U.S. Embassy to the holy city over Palestinian protests.
  
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