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• Driven to Distract: Elon Musk Tweets Tesla Pickup Truck Is Coming

  26-06-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  Crazy torque! Self-leveling suspension! But when?
  
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• Rants by judge in Manafort case suggest interesting trial ahead

  26-06-2018 23:37 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow notes that even though Robert Mueller won a battle in court in the Paul Manafort case, the judge included in his ruling an extra helping of criticism for the special counsel.
  
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• Migrant kids could end up in already strained foster system

  26-06-2018 23:35 via yahoo.com
  Foster care advocates say the government won't likely be able to reunite thousands of children separated from parents who crossed the border illegally, and some will end up in an American foster care system that is stacked against Latinos and other minorities.
  
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• General Electric breaks off health care to focus on power, aviation

  26-06-2018 23:32 via yahoo.com
  Once-dominant industrial giant General Electric announced Tuesday it will shed its health care and oil services businesses to concentrate on power, aviation and wind turbines in the latest attempt to shore up the struggling company.GE chief executive John Flannery hailed the new plan as a rebirth for the firm, which he said would slash debts and stabilize the balance sheet to produce a leaner, more focused enterprise.GE shares rallied on the announcement, although some analysts rued the effect o
  
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• The Latest: Former student gets 50 years in slaying

  26-06-2018 23:30 via yahoo.com
  CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing hearing for a former Virginia Tech student convicted of killing a 13-year-old girl (all times local):
  
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• The civility trap: There's a right and a wrong way to express dissent

  26-06-2018 23:19 via yahoo.com
  The calls for civility are a distraction. But when you have a group of angry people confronting an individual, the person targeted will fear for their physical safety, and rightly so.
  
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• Pokémon Go hits largest playerbase since launch

  26-06-2018 23:12
  Pokémon Go hit its highest active playerbase since launching back in July 2016 according to a new report from the market analysis firm SuperData. ...
  
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• 18 A.G.s sue Trump admin over family separation border policy

  26-06-2018 22:56 via yahoo.com
  Maura Healey, Massachusetts attorney general, talks with Rachel Maddow about an lawsuit filed by 17 states plus Washington, D.C. against the Trump administration to stop the border policy of separating children from parents at the border.
  
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• South Sudan foes 'agree on points': Khartoum

  26-06-2018 22:48 via yahoo.com
  South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and his arch-foe Riek Machar have "agreed on some points" at peace talks in Khartoum and a deal is to be signed, Sudanese officials said Tuesday.Authorities in Khartoum said the deal would be signed on Wednesday at the presidential palace in the Sudanese capital, but they did not give details and Machar's group said the opposition needed more time for a "framework agreement".After East African leaders stepped up calls for an end to a brutal civil war in the wor
  
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• Texas inmate wants to be executed by firing squad or gas

  26-06-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for a 66-year-old Texas death row inmate say his health problems make him unsuitable for lethal injection scheduled for this week so they're proposing he be rolled in his wheelchair in front of a firing squad or be administered nitrogen gas to cut off oxygen to his brain until he stops breathing.
  
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• Border Patrol: Smugglers abandoned 57 immigrants in Arizona

  26-06-2018 22:31 via yahoo.com
  LUKEVILLE, Ariz. (AP) — An underage pregnant girl, a toddler and over a dozen youths were among a group of 57 Central American immigrants who were abandoned in the middle of the desert by their smugglers and rescued by U.S. Border Patrol agents late last week.
  
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• Blizzard adds a positivity-driven 'endorsements' system to Overwatch

  26-06-2018 22:08
  Blizzard has introduced a new report-like option to Overwatch, but instead of being used to call out unscrupulous acts the new system focuses on rewarding players for positive behavior.  ...
  
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• For Sable, developing an evocative art style comes first

  26-06-2018 22:05
  In an interview with Forbes posted earlier today, Shedworks' Gregorios Kythreotis discusses the aesthetic design of Sable, an upcoming open world exploration game set in a stylized desert.  ...
  
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• Paw & Order: Squirrel Steals Doughnut From Cop and Takes Off

  26-06-2018 21:58 via yahoo.com
  The rodent is still on the loose.
  
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• Meghan Markle's Dad: If The Queen Is Meeting Trump, She Should Meet Me, Too

  26-06-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  Thomas Markle just can't stop talking about his daughter Meghan's in-laws ―
  
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• Get a job: Deep Silver Volition is hiring a UI Artist

  26-06-2018 21:49
  The company is seeking a dev to work with its UI team to create innovative interfaces as a member of its Illinois-based studio. ...
  
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• High court rules against Calif. crisis pregnancy center law

  26-06-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday effectively put an end to a California law that forces anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers to provide information about abortion.
  
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• 'Seismic political upset' as Ocasio-Cortez defeats Crowley in NYC

  26-06-2018 21:29 via yahoo.com
  Steve Kornacki, MSNBC political correspondent, reviews some of the night's primary results, including the shocking defeat of longtime, powerful incumbent Joe Crowley by a young newcomer, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
  
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• A White House proud of being tough is looking for more people to pardon

  26-06-2018 21:26 via yahoo.com
  When Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old grandmother serving life in prison for drug trafficking was granted clemency by President Trump on June 6, a phone call went out from the White House counsel’s office — the administration wanted more people like her.
  
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• Syria army widens southwest offensive, U.N. says 45,000 flee

  26-06-2018 21:24 via yahoo.com
  Syrian troops widened a major offensive against rebels in the southwest on Tuesday and Jordan said it would not open its border to tens of thousands of civilians fleeing the attack.At least 45,000 people have fled the upsurge in fighting in Syria's southwestern Deraa province, heading toward the border with Jordan, the United Nations said.President Bashar al-Assad is aiming to restore control over a strategically vital part of Syria at the borders with Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heigh
  
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• David Lynch rebukes Trump: 'You are causing suffering and division'

  26-06-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  Filmmaker David Lynch on Tuesday issued an open letter to President Trump to clarify a quote the president and his supporters have latched onto in recent days.
  
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• Don't Miss: Using a 3D pipeline for 2D animation in Dead Cells

  26-06-2018 20:59
  "To make up for the lack of bandwidth and still deliver on quality, we had to find a pipeline that could give us great looking pixel art, without having to hand draw each and every retake."...
  
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• Fortnite re-enables shopping carts after almost a week gone, enjoy them while they last

  26-06-2018 20:53 via gamesradar.com
  A complete timeline of Fortnite shopping carts being disabled, re-enabled, then disabled again
  
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• Supreme Court upholds Trump administration’s so-called travel ban

  26-06-2018 20:46 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Donald Trump's controversial travel ban restricting entry to people from five Muslim-majority countries, delivering the president a major victory in a tortuous legal battle.
  
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• Meghan Markle Looks Prim And Proper At Event With Prince Harry

  26-06-2018 20:43 via yahoo.com
  Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, made an appearance at the Queen's
  
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• Blizzard applied for a patent on Overwatch's Play of the Game highlight system

  26-06-2018 20:43
  Documents have surfaced detailing Blizzard's 2016 patent application for the 'Play of the Game' highlight selection system used in its multiplayer hero-shooter Overwatch. ...
  
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• Mega Man X Legacy Collection's X Challenge Mode Trailer Shows Harrowing New Boss Arrangements

  26-06-2018 20:39
  Mega Man X Legacy Collection is following in the footsteps of the previous Mega Man Legacy Collections, but is going a step further with the new X Challenge Mode. The new mode pits X in a new armor set against bosses from the series history. Rather than being a simple boss rush, however, the X Challenge mode combines Mavericks from different games and puts them into a single room with X. The bosses are arranged by themes, like ice bosses Chill Penguin and Frost Walrus together, Spiral
  
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• Fortnite Playground mode is coming on Wednesday, here's when the update will arrive

  26-06-2018 20:36 via gamesradar.com
  Fortnite's creative building mode promises "an extended period of time to build to your heart's content"
  
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• Mitch McConnell Reaps The Benefits Of His Stolen Supreme Court Seat

  26-06-2018 20:20 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― The Supreme Court handed two major wins to conservatives on
  
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• The Latest: Police arrest 2nd teen seen running from car

  26-06-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Latest on the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Antwon Rose (all times local):
  
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• Porn in Super Mario Odyssey is why we can't have nice things

  26-06-2018 20:14 via gamesradar.com
  It's-a me, unsolicited dick pics!
  
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• Immigrant mother separated from boy : 'I dream of my son'

  26-06-2018 20:14 via yahoo.com
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — They came from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, with children in tow. Some were fleeing violence. Others were looking for a better life.
  
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• Prince William visits Israel's Holocaust memorial

  26-06-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Prince William began his visit to Israel on Tuesday with an emotional tour of the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, a soccer game with Arab and Jewish youth and an introduction to Tel Aviv's vibrant start-up scene.
  
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• U.S. pushes allies to halt Iran oil imports, waivers unlikely

  26-06-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  By Lesley Wroughton and Doina ChiacuWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has told countries to cut all imports of Iranian oil from November and is unlikely to offer any exemptions, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on allies to cut off funding to Iran.U.S. President Donald Trump in May said his administration was withdrawing from the "defective" nuclear deal agreed between Iran and six world powers in July 2015, aimed at curbing
  
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• Israel may reconsider UNESCO exit: ambassador

  26-06-2018 19:59 via yahoo.com
  Israel's ambassador to UNESCO said Tuesday he was urging his government to reconsider its decision to quit the UN cultural body, saying it had halted its "anti-Israeli resolutions" over the past year.Israel and the United States both announced on October 12 that they would leave the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization over resolutions critical of the Jewish state."What I'm going to recommend to my ministry and my government is at least to reconsider our decision," Sh
  
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• Russia says February plane crash caused by pilot error

  26-06-2018 19:44 via yahoo.com
  Russian investigators said on Tuesday a plane crash outside Moscow in February that killed 71 people was the result of "erroneous actions" by the crew.The An-148 plane operated by domestic carrier Saratov Airlines went down 70 kilometres (40 miles) southeast of the Russian capital on February 11 shortly after taking off from Moscow's Domodedovo Airport."The principal version of the crash has been confirmed: it was caused by the erroneous actions of the crew," Russia's Investigative Committee sai
  
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• London couple who killed French nanny get 30-year sentences

  26-06-2018 19:44 via yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — A London couple who murdered their French nanny after developing a delusional obsession with a former boy-band star were sentenced Tuesday to at least 30 years in prison.
  
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• Nintendo brings Labo support to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, with more games to come

  26-06-2018 19:30
  Nintendo is merging its craftable cardboard Labo accessories with its existing titles by updating Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with support for the Toy-Con Motorbike from the Labo Variety Kit. ...
  
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• Iran says it can handle fresh sanctions amid national strike

  26-06-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  President Hassan Rouhani promised Iranians on Tuesday the government would be able to handle the economic pressure of new U.S. sanctions amid a second day of demonstrations in protest at financial hardship and a weakening rial.Parts of Tehran's Grand Bazaar were on strike for the second day running, state media reported, after traders massed outside parliament on Monday to complain about a sharp fall in the value of the national currency.Video footage posted on social media showed protesters set
  
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• Blog: How can you understand players better?

  26-06-2018 19:00
  How we do community management at Pixonic, and why we appreciate the angriest comments and value personal communication with everyone....
  
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• This cardboard Nintendo Switch design's THE BEST… but it's only for contest winners

  26-06-2018 18:40 via gamesradar.com
  The official Nintendo Switch cardboard system design isn't for sale but I need it
  
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• Get expert insight into how to build VR/AR training tools at XRDC

  26-06-2018 18:39
  Devs, come to XRDC in San Francisco this October to see Boeing lead technical integrator Eric Spalding presenting a fascinating session all about the opportunities (and challenges) of AR/VR training! ...
  
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• Iran's Rouhani calls for unity in face of economic woes

  26-06-2018 18:38 via yahoo.com
  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Tuesday for national unity to preserve "confidence" and "hope" in the face of unrest over the Islamic republic's mounting economic woes.Rouhani's remarks came as vendors in Tehran's Grand Bazaar, a traditional area of support for Iran's leadership, continued a rare strike that began Monday over the collapse of the rial on foreign exchange markets."The media, the scholars, the preachers, the (Shiite) seminaries, all those with a public voice, the parliam
  
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• Immigration Protesters Rally Outside Stephen Miller's Apartment

  26-06-2018 18:28 via yahoo.com
  About 20 people gathered in front of White House aide Stephen Miller's
  
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• Meghan Markle’s Sold-Out Jeans Are Back in Stock

  26-06-2018 18:27 via yahoo.com
  Here’s where to get her iconic look.
  
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• New The Predator trailer has jokes, gore, and Pred-on-Pred violence

  26-06-2018 18:25 via gamesradar.com
  Hey, it's not like the first one had an Oscar-worthy screenplay either
  
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• Notice anything different? We've updated the GamesRadar+ homepage and here's how it works

  26-06-2018 18:08 via gamesradar.com
  We're making it easier to find the best games, movies and TV with some new sections and updated navigation
  
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• Woman accused of leaking US secrets pleads guilty

  26-06-2018 17:59 via yahoo.com
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A woman accused of leaking U.S. secrets to a news outlet pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Georgia.
  
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• Donald Trump Responds To Supreme Court's Travel Ban Ruling

  26-06-2018 17:44 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling
  
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• 740 lots of Americana – including a diner! – sell in 2-day auction

  26-06-2018 17:42 via yahoo.com
  The remarkable Dingman Collection of cars, neon signs and automobilia is sold by RM Sotheby's – and a cutaway Ford V8 goes for ten times its estimate!
  
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