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• Tom Cruise Shares Photo To Tease Start of Production on 'Top Gun 2'

  31-05-2018 23:55 via yahoo.com
  Tom Cruise is officially back in the cockpit.
  
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• Anti-Kremlin journalist defends faking own murder

  31-05-2018 23:30 via yahoo.com
  Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko on Thursday defended faking his own murder with the cooperation of the Ukrainian security services, after the shock operation was criticised by fellow reporters.Kiev has come under fire after it admitted staging the killing in a bid to foil what it said was a real assassination plot by Moscow against the anti-Kremlin journalist.Babchenko made a scarcely credible reappearance at a press conference in Kiev on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the Ukrainian aut
  
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• The Mobile Action Game Shows Off Its Moves

  31-05-2018 23:27
  World of Demons, the first PlatinumGames title that's made for mobile phones, has a brand new gameplay trailer.
  The new trailer shows off more of the action gameplay people have come to expect from PlatinumGames, as well as some of the title's other features, like the demon summoning and asymmetric multiplayer. You can watch the trailer below.
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  World of Demons is scheduled for release this summer for both iOS and Android.
  
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• Check Out The Action Gameplay Of PlatinumGames' World Of Demons

  31-05-2018 23:27
  World of Demons, the first PlatinumGames title that's made for mobile phones, has a brand new gameplay trailer.
  The new trailer shows off more of the action gameplay people have come to expect from PlatinumGames, as well as some of the title's other features, like the demon summoning and asymmetric multiplayer. You can watch the trailer below.World of Demons is scheduled for release this summer for both iOS and Android.
  
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• Octopath Traveler: On the Town With Cyrus the Smooth-Talking Scholar

  31-05-2018 23:25
  Octopath Traveler – then titled simply “Project Octopath Traveler” – had me at hello.
  The art style of Square Enix’s RPG boldly asked – and answered – the question, “What if 16-bit graphics were dynamically lit with volumetric fog?” When the surprise playable demo dropped onto the Nintendo eShop last fall, I was pleased to see that the gameplay lived up to the uniquely impressive visuals. Now, as the July release nears, I played another 30 mi
  
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• Border Patrol Shooting Shakes Town Where Illegal Crossings Are Part Of Daily Life

  31-05-2018 23:10 via yahoo.com
  RIO BRAVO, Texas ― The vague message J.C. Gonzalez received over the radio on
  
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• Outrage, apologies and pardons in the age of Trump

  31-05-2018 23:01 via yahoo.com
  From Roseanne Barr to Samantha Bee, this week's spin cycle of outrage and apologies has applied differently to President Trump.
  
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• Walmart goes upscale with personal shopper service

  31-05-2018 22:55 via yahoo.com
  Walmart on Thursday unveiled a new concierge shopping service enabling customers to get quick deliveries and advice from a personal assistant, going upscale in theretail giant's battle with Amazon.The new $50 per month service called Jetblack is launching in New York, offering "curated shopping recommendations" using both artificial intelligence and professional assistants.The new subscription service ramps up competition with Amazon, which gives customers a variety of benefits and delivery opti
  
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• Monster Hunter World Update 4.0 Adds New Elder Dragon

  31-05-2018 22:54
  Monster Hunter World's latest free update, 4.0, is now out and it adds a new Elder Dragon, among a variety of gameplay changes.
  Per Capcom's blog post, players can now take on the Empress of Flame, Lunastra, a returning Elder Dragon who has appeared in past Monster Hunter titles.
  Lunastra is more aggressive than her male counterpart Teostra, with both able to fight side-by-side. Lunastra can also easily alter the environment, and teamwork is essential when trying to defeat her.
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• Dogs Rescued After Breeder Allegedly Debarked Them With Object Down Throats

  31-05-2018 22:50 via yahoo.com
  Fifteen dogs were removed from a Pennsylvania property last week after some of
  
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• People Are Losing It Over Malala Yousafzai's Otherworldly Message to Elon Musk

  31-05-2018 22:45 via yahoo.com
  "This is my favorite thing on the entirety of the internet right now"
  
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• Will Democrats Back A Former Bush Official Who Hates Trump As Much As They Do?

  31-05-2018 22:37 via yahoo.com
  Richard Painter, an ethics lawyer in former President George W. Bush's
  
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• Public's help sought in finding suspect in deputy's killing

  31-05-2018 22:34 via yahoo.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities appealed for the public's help Thursday in finding a man suspected in the fatal shooting of a Tennessee sheriff's deputy. The man they said they're looking for has a lengthy arrest record and was charged just the day before with hitting a woman and stealing her car.
  
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• Assad raises prospect of clashes with U.S. forces in Syria

  31-05-2018 22:19 via yahoo.com
  By Tom PerryBEIRUT (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad raised the possibility of conflict with U.S. forces in Syria if they do not withdraw from the country soon.In an interview with Russia's RT international broadcaster, Assad said he would negotiate with fighters backed on the ground by Washington, but would reclaim territory they control by force if necessary, whether or not American troops supported them.In Washington, the State Department said it was not looking to fight Syrian or Iranian
  
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• Sally Field's Tweet On Samantha Bee's Ivanka Trump Comment Is One For The Books

  31-05-2018 22:13 via yahoo.com
  Sally Field has weighed in on Samantha Bee calling Ivanka Trump a "feckless
  
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• War Never Changes, But Fallout Does

  31-05-2018 22:00
  Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. This week we're talking Fallout 76, Mega Man 11, and more. Watch the video above or download the podcast below.
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• You can play GTA: San Andreas on Xbox One soon, and there's a pleasant surprise if you still have an Xbox disc

  31-05-2018 21:58 via gamesradar.com
  GTA: San Andreas is headed to Xbox One on June 6
  
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• Fallen soldier's comrades cradle his newborn daughter in powerful photo

  31-05-2018 21:55 via yahoo.com
  Army Specialist Chris Harris tragically died in combat just months before his
  
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• Samantha Bee Loses Advertisers After Comments About Ivanka Trump

  31-05-2018 21:44 via yahoo.com
  Samantha Bee used her show Wednesday night to highlight the Trump
  
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• Chris Pratt Responds To Fans Still Upset About Star-Lord's Actions In 'Infinity War'

  31-05-2018 21:43 via yahoo.com
  Warning: Spoilers for "Avengers: Infinity War" below!
  
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• Delta just made two major company changes -- and it speaks volumes to how the airline listens to employee feedback

  31-05-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  With a seemingly never-ending slew of bad airplane news — from disorderly
  
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• Wondrous dunes on Pluto are made of grains of frozen methane

  31-05-2018 21:39 via yahoo.com
  By Will DunhamWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have detected another exotic feature on one of the solar system's most wondrous worlds, a large field of dunes on the surface of the distant, frigid dwarf planet Pluto apparently composed of wind-swept, sand-sized grains of frozen methane."Pluto, even though it's so far away from Earth and so very cold, has a riot of processes we never expected to see.It is far more interesting than any of us dreamed, and tells us that these very distant bodies are
  
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• Disinformation wars: How Ukraine fought the Kremlin's fake news machine

  31-05-2018 21:36 via yahoo.com
  Yahoo interviews the founder of StopFake.com, which has grown into a Snopes-type website that debunks Russian lies and propaganda in 11 languages.
  
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• Retta Talks 'Roseanne' Cancellation: 'She's Been A Hot Mess For A Long Time'

  31-05-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  The comedian weighs in on Roseanne Barr's controversial tweet
  
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• Samantha Bee Apologizes For Her Ivanka Trump Comments After Widespread Backlash

  31-05-2018 21:03 via yahoo.com
  Samantha Bee has apologized for calling Ivanka Trump a "feckless c**t" on her
  
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• Assassin's Creed Games Have Leaked 13 Times

  31-05-2018 20:53
  Another year, another Assassin's Creed leak. We recently reported on a promotional keychain that seemed to point to the next AC game being set in Greece, and titled Assassin's Creed Odyssey. If that's the case, this marks at least the 13th (!) leak in the long, porous history of the Assassin's Creed franchise. In fact, the only core entry in the series to date not to have been leaked in some fashion is Assassin's Creed 2, which released back in 2009.
  Let's take a look back through the fine tradi
  
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• Police beach arrest video shows woman spit at, berated cops

  31-05-2018 20:47 via yahoo.com
  Dueling videos show the arrest of a Philadelphia woman suspected of underage drinking on a New Jersey beach, with one shot by a beachgoer showing a police officer punching her in the head, and police body-cam footage appearing to show her spitting at an officer afterward.
  
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• FIFA 19 for Nintendo Switch Will Have Improved Graphics

  31-05-2018 20:46
  FIFA 19 will have improved graphics on Nintendo Switch despite not utilizing the Frostbite engine.
  Per Dream Team, this year's entry will look a lot better than FIFA 18 on Switch and the game will run on a custom engine. However, there's still a chance FIFA titles on Switch might run on Frostbite in the future.
  "I’m not closing the door on that possibility,” Andrei Lazarescu said, supervising producer for FIFA World Cup mode. “However we didn’t want to create a dumbe
  
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• Official: 2 more months to restore power in Puerto Rico

  31-05-2018 20:45 via yahoo.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — It could take up to another two months to fully restore power in Puerto Rico as crews across the U.S. territory prepare to strengthen its electrical grid amid a new hurricane season, the power company director told The Associated Press on Thursday.
  
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• Battlefield V Teases Brand New Game Mode

  31-05-2018 20:40
  
  New details about Battlefield V have emerged since its official reveal earlier this month.
  Battlefield V will feature a new multiplayer game mode called Airborne, where players parachute onto the map and destroy or defend artillery on the ground, all while explosive dogfights presumably take place in the air above.
  The new mode was introduced with very few details on the Battlefield franchise's official Twitter account. The tweet stated: "Say hello to Airborne: a new Battlefield V mode where you
  
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• Southern Baptist Leader Fired Over Mishandling Of Student Rape Allegation

  31-05-2018 20:08 via yahoo.com
  A prominent evangelical leader has been fired from a Southern Baptist seminary
  
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• Disabled Missouri man forced to fight for amusement

  31-05-2018 19:56 via yahoo.com
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A developmentally disabled Missouri man was forced to fight another man for the "amusement" of people who ran the private care home where he lived and was left to die in a bathtub, his mother has alleged in a lawsuit.
  
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• Apple cuts smartphone power chip orders from Dialog Semiconductor

  31-05-2018 19:54 via yahoo.com
  Dialog Semiconductor said Apple now planned to source the main power management chips (PMICs) for one of its three new iPhone models from two suppliers instead of just from the German chipmaker.Dialog's stock has lost more than half of its value over the past year on investor concerns that Apple is working on its own battery-saving chips for iPhones.Analysts reckon Dialog derives more than half its revenue from supplying Apple with PMICs.
  
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• Assassin's Creed Odyssey Reportedly Leaked

  31-05-2018 19:46
  
  Update: Ubisoft has now confirmed Assassin's Creed Odyssey on Twitter, adding "See you at E3"
  Details on the next installment of the Assassin's Creed franchise have reportedly been leaked.
  According to French site JeuxVideoLive, via Kotaku, the next installment in the series will be called Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Sources confirmed to Kotaku that this next entry in the franchise will take place in ancient Greece and that it will released before the end of Ubisoft's fiscal year 2019, which ends
  
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• Daughter of Fallen Soldier From North Carolina Poses in Photo Shoot With Dad's Comrades

  31-05-2018 19:37 via yahoo.com
  The baby looks amazingly like her father, who was killed in action in Afghanistan before she was born.
  
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• Fortnite's Meteorite Mystery Continues with New Changes to the Map

  31-05-2018 19:26
  
  The meteorite at Dusty Divot has been gotten a visual update since Fortnite's latest patch and whatever is inside is starting to show.
  Taking a dive into Dusty Divot will show that the giant crater has once again evolved. Small patches of grass with brand new trees have grown around the research facility, signaling the start of the earth reclaiming the meteorite's destruction.Continue reading…
  
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• Andrew Lincoln May Have Spoiled Rick's Final 'Walking Dead' Scene

  31-05-2018 19:24 via yahoo.com
  Over the course of "The Walking Dead," we've watched Andrew Lincoln's
  
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• The History of Vault 76 and What It Means for Fallout 76

  31-05-2018 19:20
  The next Fallout has been announced, and no Bethesda didn’t suddenly decide to skip a few dozen numbers. Fallout 76 seems to be following New Vegas’ lead as a spin-off from the main Fallout series, with the 76 referring to Vault 76.
  The thing is, this isn’t the first time we’ve heard about Vault 76, and what we know about this vault actually tells us where Fallout 76 will likely be set, its place in the Fallout timeline, and also reveals a surprising connection to the ver
  
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• Here's Why Princess Eugenie Can Have an Instagram Account - Could Meghan Markle Be Next?

  31-05-2018 19:18 via yahoo.com
  Meghan deleted her Instagram in January 2018, just 2 months after the engagement announcement.
  
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• Want to see if Mario Tennis Aces is the game, set, and match for you? Try the demo this weekend

  31-05-2018 19:14 via gamesradar.com
  Practice your serve before the June 22 release date
  
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• Imperator: Rome is Grand Strategy on a Scale We’ve Never Seen Before

  31-05-2018 19:00
  The year is 304 BCE, and a scrappy Italian city-state called Rome has not yet begun to even dream of the greatness it will one day achieve. Paradox’s recently announced grand strategy game Imperator: Rome will allow you to rise to the challenge of that war-torn era. Surrounded by a roiling cauldron of barbarian tribes, the ascendant Mediterranean power of Carthage, and the squabbling successor states left behind by the untimely death of Alexander the Great - it's fair to say you'll have yo
  
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• Assassin's Creed Odyssey is the next AC game and it's headed to Greece (according to this keychain)

  31-05-2018 18:50 via gamesradar.com
  Cool Greek helmet, Assassin's Creed Odyssey - wait, Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a thing?
  
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• Family of woman found dead believes she didn't commit suicide but was killed

  31-05-2018 18:48 via yahoo.com
  Michelle O'Connell's family learned that the St. Johns County sheriff's department in Florida spent just a few hours at the scene before calling her death a suicide.
  
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• The Best Way to Buy and Play Every Fallout Game Before Fallout 76

  31-05-2018 18:32
  
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  Here's what we know about Fallout 76: it was revealed, it exists, and it's coming to PC, Xbox One, and PS4. That's pretty much it. There are lots of rumors, like Fallout 76 is a survival RPG similar to DayZ, and clues to the Fallout 76 setting dropped all the way back in Fallout 3. Bethesda is going to fill us in on more of the details during E3 2018.
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• John Goodman Breaks Silence on 'Roseanne' Cancellation: 'I Wasn't Gonna Get an Emmy Anyway'

  31-05-2018 18:30 via yahoo.com
  John Goodman has spoken out for the first time since "Roseanne‘s" cancellation — by saying he’d rather stay quiet.
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence Supports Ex and 'Very Good Friend' Darren Aronofsky at N.Y.C. Event

  31-05-2018 18:30 via yahoo.com
  Jennifer Lawrence and director Darren Aronofsky are amicable exes.
  
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• This 8-Year Old's Act of Kindness Earned Him Gratitude—and a Big Tip

  31-05-2018 18:20 via yahoo.com
  An 8-year-old boy made his mom pull the car over when he saw an opportunity to help
  
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• Sheriff: Baby in diaper box may have died of natural causes

  31-05-2018 18:20 via yahoo.com
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An 11-month old baby found dead inside a plastic bag in a diaper box, in a field full of briars in South Carolina, may have died of natural causes, an emotional sheriff said Thursday as he tried to balance his feelings for the baby with his oath to justice.
  
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• Arena of Valor to Have a Two-Week Closed Beta on Nintendo Switch

  31-05-2018 18:00
  The most popular game in the world, Arena of Valor, is going to have a two-week long closed beta on Nintendo Switch.
  The MOBA, which is currently out on mobile, will be hosting the beta this summer "with dates being announced soon," according to publisher Tencent Games.
  The beta will only be available in North America and Europe, and fans can enter the chance to win a code by completing a survey.
  Massively popular in China, Arena of Valor arrived on Western mobile devices last December. The MOBA
  
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• Dinesh D'Souza: Trump 'will give full pardon' to right-wing theorist for campaign finance violations

  31-05-2018 17:48 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has pardoned Dinesh D’Souza, the right-wing author, filmmaker, and commentator who pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws four years ago.Mr D'Souza was charged in 2014 with illegally arranging for two people to donate to a Republican Senate candidate.Mr Bharara slammed the decision to pardon Mr D'Souza a tweet, pushing back at a White House spokesman's suggestion that the activist had been subject to "selective prosecution".
  
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