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• Influencer Who Documented Cancer Battle Dies at Age 24

  23-05-2018 23:56 via yahoo.com
  Nara Almeida, a popular blogger and influencer from Brazil, has died after inspiring her over 4.5 million social media followers during her nearly year-long battle with stomach cancer. She was 24
  
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• Iran says cannot 'interact' with US

  23-05-2018 23:48 via yahoo.com
  Iran cannot "interact" with the United States as it is a country whose word cannot be trusted, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as saying on Wednesday.Because America is not committed to its promises," Press TV quoted him in English as saying.The conditions addressed every aspect of Iran's missile programme and what the US calls its "malign influence" across the region, including support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Hezbollah and Huthi rebels in Yemen.
  
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• Teacher's win in Kentucky points to November potential

  23-05-2018 23:41 via yahoo.com
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Teachers across the country have left their classrooms this spring to protest at state capitols, closing schools to win pay raises and better funding in mostly Republican-controlled states.
  
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• Georgia jury awards $1 billion after guard rapes teen

  23-05-2018 23:18 via yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia jury has awarded an eye-popping $1 billion verdict against a security company after an apartment complex guard was convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl.
  
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• 9 Things We Learned About Battlefield 5

  23-05-2018 22:59
  
  Battlefield 5 was official revealed to the world, and while little more than the trailer was shown in terms of the gameplay, longtime series developer DICE went into detail on what to expect when the game launches in October.
  CHECK OUT THE FULL REVEAL TRAILER BELOWWar Stories
  War Stories return and the mantra is to focus on the “unseen, untold, unplayed” aspects of World War II. They play out as small self-contained narratives inspired by real events.
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• Battlefield 5 is killing the season pass model - here's how it will be replaced

  23-05-2018 22:53 via gamesradar.com
  Well, that's a change
  
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• All the Battlefield 5 release dates, and how to access the open beta

  23-05-2018 22:51 via gamesradar.com
  Start clearing that October schedule
  
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• 12 Things You Need To Know About Battlefield V

  23-05-2018 22:44
  Sixteen years after Battlefield 1942 changed the landscape of competitive first-person shooters with its large-scale land/air/sea battles, the series returns to the same setting with Battlefield V. Today DICE dropped a kiloton of information on its eager fan base, revealing dramatic changes to some core Battlefield tenants, exciting new modes, and a new approach to its post-launch plans. Here's what we know about the game so far.Battlefield Returns To World War II
  Yes, Battlefield is going back
  
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• NASA's new chief changes mind, now believes in climate change

  23-05-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  NASA's new administrator, a former lawmaker nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the US space agency, admitted Wednesday he has changed his mind about climate change and now believes that humans are the main driver of greenhouse gas emissions."The National Climate Assessment that includes NASA and it includes the Department of Energy, and it includes NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), has clearly stated that it is extremely likely... that human activity is the dom
  
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• Battlefield 5 Release Date and First Detailed Revealed

  23-05-2018 22:31
  Battlefield V will be released for all players on October 19 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
  Battlefield V is now available for preorder. If you opt for the Deluxe Edition, you'll be able to start playing on October 16, and if you subscribe to EA Access, you'll be able to hop over a week earlier on October 11.
  Players that preorder any edition of the game with the Battlefield V Enlister Offer gain early access to the Open Beta and other in-game benefits including soldier customization options, access
  
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• Teachers show strength in Kentucky primary elections

  23-05-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  LANCASTER, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky teacher has schooled a leading politician, defeating him in the GOP primary for a state House seat.
  
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• This Overwatch free weekend is the best time ever to try out Blizzard's charismatic shooter

  23-05-2018 22:23 via gamesradar.com
  Overwatch's latest free weekend gives you a chance to try out 2 years worth of cool stuff
  
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• Tomi Lahren Rips Her Haters After She's Doused With Water During Brunch in Minnesota

  23-05-2018 22:15 via yahoo.com
  President Trump and Kathy Griffin were among those coming to her defense.
  
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• Best Side Quests in Games

  23-05-2018 22:13
  
  Side quests have a bit of a mixed reputation, and its pretty well deserved. A lot of them feel like filler: fetch this thing, escort that guy, stab this monster. But among the canon of side quests are a number of missions which rank as truly remarkable, either for the excellence of their storytelling, the power of their gameplay experience, or the sheer weirdness of their existence.
  There are so many side quests scattered across gaming that narrowing the list down to ten proved pretty difficult.
  
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• Calling all Time Lords: Twitch is serving up over 500 classic episodes of Doctor Who

  23-05-2018 22:11 via gamesradar.com
  Stream starts on May 29, no Sonic Screwdriver required
  
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• Atlanta lawyer gets life in shooting of business exec wife

  23-05-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Wednesday sentenced a well-connected Atlanta attorney to life in prison with the possibility of parole for fatally shooting his business executive wife.
  
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• Michael Rotondo Talks Returning to His Parents' Home After Eviction: 'It Was Awkward'

  23-05-2018 21:45 via yahoo.com
  The case sheds new light on "Failure to Launch" syndrome.
  
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• US disinvites China from multinational military exercise

  23-05-2018 21:43 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Wednesday it has withdrawn an invitation for China to participate in a multinational naval exercise the U.S. is hosting this summer, a sign of fresh tension between Pacific powers.
  
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• Sea of Thieves: The Hungering Deep Expansion Detailed

  23-05-2018 21:39
  Sea of Thieves' first major, free content expansion has been detailed by Rare.
  The Hungering Deep will introduce a number of permanent new features to Sea of Thieves framed around a "special time-limited campaign."
  The campaign will introduce players to an adventuring group known as the Bilge Rats and more specifically Merrick, a bard who brushed with the unseen horror and lived to tell the tale.
  Players must "untangle his groggy recollection of events" and hunt the mysterious monster for specia
  
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• Don't Miss: How RuneScape maintains its prolific update schedule

  23-05-2018 21:34
  In this 2016 GDC session, Jagex's Conor Crowley covers how the development team for RuneScape moved from an established development process to multiple agile cross-disciplined teams without missing an update....
  
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• Betsy DeVos Stirs Uproar By Saying Schools Can Call ICE On Undocumented Kids

  23-05-2018 21:32 via yahoo.com
  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos provoked an outcry Tuesday when she said
  
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• Trump can't block his critics on Twitter, judge rules

  23-05-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump violated the US constitution by blocking Twitter users who disagree with him, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a case closely watched for implications for online free speech.Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald said the blocking of Trump critics -- which prevent them from seeing and interacting with the president's tweets -- violated the free speech rights of those users guaranteed in the Constitution's First Amendment.The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit filed by a group of
  
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• Weary Venezuelans reject 'Maduro's circus'

  23-05-2018 21:28 via yahoo.com
  Fed up with years of acute deprivation and deeply distrustful of the government, a record number of Venezuelans declined to vote in the election that saw unpopular President Nicolas Maduro returned to office.It was "an historic demonstration of civil disobedience," said Gustavo Le Moire, a retiree and supporter of the opposition.Maduro won 68 percent of the vote, far ahead of his nearest rival, former army officer Henri Falcon, with 21 percent.
  
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• More Americans Than Ever Support Same-Sex Marriage

  23-05-2018 21:17 via yahoo.com
  In spite of enduring threats to LGBTQ rights in the U.S., a recent poll found
  
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• Yulia Skripal says recovery from poisoning 'slow, painful'

  23-05-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned with her ex-spy father in a nerve agent attack, said Wednesday her recovery has been "slow and painful," and that she hopes to return to her home in Russia someday.
  
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• Jagex shutting down RuneScape Classic after 17 years

  23-05-2018 21:12
  RuneScape developer Jagex has announced that it will shut down RuneScape Classic on August 6, 2018, ending support for the early online game 17 years after its first launch. ...
  
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• Exclusive: Yulia Skripal - Attempted assassination turned my world upside down

  23-05-2018 20:54 via yahoo.com
  By Guy FaulconbridgeLONDON (Reuters) - Yulia Skripal survived an assassination attempt that UK authorities blame on Russia."The fact that a nerve agent was used to do this is shocking," Skripal told Reuters in an exclusive statement."My life has been turned upside down."Yulia and her father Sergei Skripal, a former colonel in Russian military intelligence who betrayed dozens of agents to Britain’s MI6 foreign spy service, were found unconscious on a public bench in the British city of Sali
  
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• Archaeologists Find 'Holy Grail of Shipwrecks' Carrying Stash Worth Up to $17 Billion

  23-05-2018 20:35 via yahoo.com
  In 1708, the San José— a Spanish galleon ship carrying a stash of gold, silver and emeralds — sank during a fierce battle against the British in the Caribbean Sea.Now, after sitting at the bottom of the ocean for 310 years, the San José's shipwreck has finally been officially identified, thanks to an analysis of the distinctive bronze cannons that sank with the ship.
  
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• Global warming may have 'devastating' effects on rice: study

  23-05-2018 20:33 via yahoo.com
  As carbon dioxide rises due to the burning of fossil fuels, rice will lose some of its protein and vitamin content, putting millions of people at risk of malnutrition, scientists warned on Wednesday."We are showing that global warming, climate change and particularly greenhouse gases -- carbon dioxide -- can have an impact on the nutrient content of plants we eat," said co-author Adam Drewnowski, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington.Protein and vitamin deficiencies can lea
  
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• Blog: Game design beyond screens and joysticks - Part 2

  23-05-2018 20:33
  Tatiana Vilela dos Santos is an indie designer and digital artist making games with special interfaces, and she wants to talk about game design beyond the world of screens and joysticks. ...
  
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• Nintendo is selling a dock-free 'Second Set' Switch bundle in Japan

  23-05-2018 20:29
  Nintendo is selling a slightly cheaper Switch bundle that doesn't include a dock or an AC Adapter to help the Switch become a multiple-units-per-home device. ...
  
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• Ariana Grande Shuts Down Fan Blaming Her For ‘Heartbreaking’ Mac Miller Split

  23-05-2018 20:23 via yahoo.com
  Reason No. 3489543 to stan Ariana Grande:
  
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• Jared Kushner Received His Security Clearance: Reports

  23-05-2018 20:22 via yahoo.com
  Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, now has
  
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• Judge Orders 30-Year-Old Man To Move Out Of His Parents' House Already

  23-05-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  Two parents in New York will finally get to know what empty nest syndrome
  
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• Assad meets Russia envoy, hails 'partners in victories'

  23-05-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hailed Russia's hand in his recent victories during a meeting in Damascus on Wednesday with the Kremlin's special envoy to talks on the conflict.It came just days after his troops secured the capital from jihadists and less than a week since Assad travelled to Sochi to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.On Wednesday, the Russian envoy to Syria was in Damascus to meet Assad and other top Syrian officials, state news agency SANA reported.
  
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• Cleveland Indians Pitcher Trevor Bauer Rejects Claims He Scrawled 9/11 Conspiracy Message on Mound

  23-05-2018 19:59 via yahoo.com
  The message, "BD911" was thought to mean "Bush did 9/11."
  
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• Daughter of Poisoned Russian Ex-Spy Says Recovery Has Been 'Slow and Extremely Painful'

  23-05-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  Yulia Skripal and her father Sergei spent weeks hospitalized in critical condition
  
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• Fortnite Players Want 50v50 to Stay as a Permanent Mode

  23-05-2018 19:49
  50v50 is one of Fortnite's most popular limited-time modes and fans are asking to have it to stay as a permanent mode.
  Limited-time modes in Fortnite last about one to two weeks, leaving players worried that the recent return of the 50v50 mode will be leaving in the next few days. Community posts on Reddit and the official Fortnite Forums include fans clamoring for the mode to stay and are consistently some of the most popular posts over the last few days.
  According to fans, 50v50 allo
  
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• Is This the Loch Ness Monster? Scientists to Finally Find Out the Truth

  23-05-2018 19:48 via yahoo.com
  A little girl's eerie footage has people scratching their heads in Scotland.
  
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• Syrian official rejects US demand for Iranian withdrawal

  23-05-2018 19:43 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Syria on Wednesday dismissed American calls for the withdrawal of Iranian troops and Lebanese Hezbollah militants from the war-torn country.
  
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• How 3-Year-Old Princess Charlotte Took Charge of the Other Kids at the Royal Wedding: 'No, You Can't Go Yet!'

  23-05-2018 19:37 via yahoo.com
  Leave it to Princess Charlotte to secretly run the show on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s big day.
  
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• U.S. veteran pleads guilty to airport killings to avoid death penalty

  23-05-2018 19:28 via yahoo.com
  A U.S. veteran of the war in Iraq on Wednesday pleaded guilty to fatally shooting five people to death at Fort Lauderdale International Airport in January 2017, in a deal approved by a federal judge that spared him the death penalty.Esteban Santiago, 28, agreed in U.S. District Court in Miami to a plea deal that calls for him to serve five consecutive life sentences followed by 120 years in prison without a right to appeal.Santiago flew from his home in Anchorage, Alaska, to Fort Lauderdale, ret
  
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• UN envoy urges quick action to avoid Israel-Palestinian war

  23-05-2018 19:27 via yahoo.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.'s Mideast envoy called Wednesday for urgent action to avoid another Israeli-Palestinian war sparked by the violence in Gaza.
  
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• Kim Kardashian West Takes Saint and North to Disneyland — See the Cute Mommy-and-Me Snaps

  23-05-2018 19:15 via yahoo.com
  Nothing like a magical getaway with the world’s most famous mouse!
  
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• 'I'm Always Going to Be Meg': The Sweet Thing Meghan Markle Said to Makeup Artist Friend Before Walking Down the Aisle

  23-05-2018 19:15 via yahoo.com
  Meghan Markle's makeup artist cried after seeing her for the first time as Duchess of Sussex: 'I lost it'.
  
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• Chat with Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire director Josh Sawyer at 3PM EDT

  23-05-2018 19:12
  We're streaming Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire and chatting with the game's director at 3PM EDT....
  
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• Death Stranding fans make a moss connection and helps confirm the game's setting

  23-05-2018 19:08 via gamesradar.com
  Check out Kojima's latest tease for Death Stranding
  
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• Death Stranding fans make a moss connection and help confirm the game's setting

  23-05-2018 19:08 via gamesradar.com
  Check out Kojima's latest tease for Death Stranding
  
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• Crunch can put devs at odds with their own mental health, warns Blizzard dev

  23-05-2018 19:07
  "We have to take care of our mental health because we put a lot of a pressure on ourselves,"& #8203; cautioned Blizzard's Thiago Klafke....
  
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