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• The Latest: Anti-violence protesters snarl Chicago traffic

  02-08-2018 23:53 via yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on protest demanding government action on gun violence, resignation of mayor and police superintendent (all times local):
  
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• Manafort trial: Former bookkeeper Heather Washkuhn testifies she did not know about off-shore accounts as she details former Trump aide's

  02-08-2018 23:52 via yahoo.com
  Paul Manafort's former bookkeeper has testified that the former Donald Trump campaign chairman kept her in the dark about the foreign bank accounts he was using to allegedly buy millions in luxury items and personal expenses.Mr Manafort, facing trial on back fraud and tax charges otherwise approved “every penny” of the personal bills she paid for him, said Heather Washkuhn of the accounting firm NKFSB.Washkuhn's testimony on the third day of the trial appeared to undercut an argument
  
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• Princesses Beatrice And Eugenie Grant Rare Interview To British Vogue

  02-08-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  Not only does British Vogue's September issue feature a stunning Rihanna
  
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• Russia: UN peacekeepers back on Golan Heights-Syria frontier

  02-08-2018 23:34 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — U.N. peacekeepers returned Thursday for the first time in years to the frontier between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, conducting joint patrols with Russian military police in a reflection of Moscow's deepening role in mediating between the decades-old foes in the volatile region.
  
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• ‘It’s Heart-Wrenching.’ Photographers Take You Behind Their Haunting Images of the California Wildfires

  02-08-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  Photographers share what it's like capturing the aggressive 2018 California wildfire season, which is one of the most destructive in history
  
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• Crackdown 3 'Pretty Much Done,' Devs Using 2019 Delay to Polish

  02-08-2018 23:28
  Crackdown 3 is somewhat infamous for being delayed and delayed some more, but lead developer Sumo Digital is apparently very nearly done developing the core of Crackdown 3 at long last
  Sumo Managing Director Paul Porter said as much in a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz. A fan of the original Crackdown, Porter also said he's keen to avoid Crackdown 2's failings.
  "My experience of Crackdown is probably similar to a lot of other people's," he said. "I played the first one to death &nda
  
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• Iran conducts naval exercise in Gulf: US official

  02-08-2018 23:26 via yahoo.com
  Iran launched a naval exercise in the Gulf on Thursday, just days before the US reimposes sanctions on Tehran, a defense official told AFP.The timing of the exercise is unusual, as it appears to be similar in scale and nature to a drill that ordinarily happens later in the autumn.The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said several dozen boats were out training early Thursday morning.
  
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• Amber Alert Canceled After Michigan Toddler Found Safe; Babysitter Arrested

  02-08-2018 23:25 via yahoo.com
  A 1-year-old Michigan boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert was found safe Thursday and a babysitter has been arrested.
  
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• Texas police refused to take schizophrenic immigrant woman to hospital amid ICE request. It has been two weeks and she is still in jail

  02-08-2018 23:18 via yahoo.com
  Fourteen days after her initial arrest, a young immigrant woman with schizophrenia remains in a Texas jail because of a federal immigration request, even though her family and mental health professionals say that continued detention runs the risk of severe consequences.Tania Silva, 21, was arrested by police in Austin, Texas, who were responding to a missing person request her family filed after she went missing a day earlier during a mental health emergency - charging her with assaulting the of
  
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• Louisiana Grocery Store Worker Befriends Teen With Autism, Kindly Shows Him How to Stock Shelves

  02-08-2018 23:08 via yahoo.com
  A simple act of kindness to a teen with autism made the young man's day.
  
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• Watch a Full Playthrough of The Witcher Tabletop RPG

  02-08-2018 23:01
  In case you might have missed it, The Witcher is getting it's very own tabletop role-playing game. Developed by R. Talsorian Games, creators of Cyberpunk 2020 (on which Cyberpunk 2077 is based), The Witcher Role-Playing Game is set during the years between The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. To get a taste for what The Witcher feels like in tabletop form, we invited Talsorian's Witcher Line Manager Cody Pondsmith to lead a session of the game for IGN's resident tableto
  
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• Back to rubble, some 'lost everything' in California fire

  02-08-2018 22:55 via yahoo.com
  REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Carol Smith and her family walked into their hillside neighborhood Thursday to find her home reduced to mangled metal and piles of bricks after a massive Northern California wildfire leveled more than 1,000 homes.
  
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• Spider-Man Spin-Off Movie Morbius Explained

  02-08-2018 22:54
  
  Most of the time, vampires are the villains in Hollywood movies. They're portrayed as soulless bloodsuckers who pose an existential threat to all humanity. But sometimes even a vampire can be a hero. That's the case with Morbius, a Marvel hero who's set to be portrayed by Jared Leto in Sony's upcoming Spider-Man spin-off movie.
  To help prep for this new addition to Sony's growing Spider-Man cinematic universe, here's everything you need to know about the man they call "The Living Vampire."
  Morbi
  
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• The Latest: Trump downplays Ivanka saying media is not enemy

  02-08-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's assertions that the news media is the "enemy" of the American people (all times local):
  
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• Trump aides say Russia has sweeping effort to weaken U.S. elections

  02-08-2018 22:48 via yahoo.com
  By Steve Holland and Jeff MasonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's top aides said on Thursday that Russia is behind "pervasive" attempts to interfere in upcoming U.S. elections, in a rejection of denials of meddling that Russian President Vladimir Putin made directly to Trump.Trump's national security team, including intelligence director Dan Coats and national security adviser John Bolton, appeared in the White House briefing room to stress that a major effort is under way to p
  
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• Judge Throws Out Lawsuit By Seth Rich's Parents Against Fox News

  02-08-2018 22:45 via yahoo.com
  A New York judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought against Fox News by
  
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• How Did Six Willem de Kooning Paintings End Up Forgotten in a Storage Unit?

  02-08-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  They are expected to be worth somewhere between $10,000 and $10 million when they head to auction
  
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• A 10-Year-Old Named Clark Kent Has Flown Past a Michael Phelps Record

  02-08-2018 22:29 via yahoo.com
  Watch out, Boomer and Beckett Phelps
  
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• Picking up Spyro Reignited? Even if you go physical, you'll need to download Spyro 2 and 3

  02-08-2018 22:28 via gamesradar.com
  Be sure to read the fine print
  
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• Trump receives new letter from Kim

  02-08-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  The White House said Thursday that President Donald Trump had received a new letter from North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, without disclosing its contents.With little public sign of progress toward Trump's aim of Korean denuclearization, the White House said the letter followed up on the pair's June 12 summit."A letter to President Trump from Chairman Kim was received on August 1," said White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders.
  
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• Spyro Reignited Trilogy Will Require a Download to Play Spyro 2 and 3

  02-08-2018 22:00
  The upcoming Spyro Reignited Trilogy will require significant downloads of some sort for Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage and Spyro: Year of the Dragon.
  The game's official website points out two of the three games on the retail disc, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage and Spyro: Year of the Dragon, will "require download." When reached for comment about what that specifically means, Activision provided IGN with the following statement, as first given to PlayStation Lifestyle.
  “As w
  
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• Smith College employee calls police on black student that 'seemed to be out of place'

  02-08-2018 21:56 via yahoo.com
  A Smith College employee called the police on a black student who was eating lunch in a common area because she “seemed to be out of place,” the school said.
  
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• 15 Purses That Convert To Backpacks To Give You Way More Options

  02-08-2018 21:51 via yahoo.com
  Most two-for-one situations in life are worth getting excited about, like two-
  
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• The Latest: Bookkeeper notes false info on Manafort forms

  02-08-2018 21:50 via yahoo.com
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the Paul Manafort's financial fraud trial (all times local):
  
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• Bob Evans Suspends Partnership Deal With Ohio State Coach Urban Meyer

  02-08-2018 21:44 via yahoo.com
  Bob Evans Restaurants dropped an endorsement deal with Ohio State University
  
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• U.S. agency discloses delay in Trump high court nominee's records

  02-08-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some records sought by U.S. senators about the prior White House service of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will not be available until the end of October, the U.S. National Archives said on Thursday, though it was unclear whether this would delay his confirmation process.The documents at issue, sought by Trump's fellow Republicans, relate to Kavanaugh's service from 2001 to 2003 as a White House lawyer under Republican form
  
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• Chicago protestors threaten to 'get arrested' and 'shut down streets' in anti-gun violence demonstration

  02-08-2018 21:28 via yahoo.com
  Chicago activists have warned a sprawling anti-violence protest may lead to multiple arrests and the shutdown of busy streets.The demonstration was being organised in an effort to unseat Rahm Emanuel, Chicago’s Democratic mayor, and Eddie Johnson, the city’s police superintendent, according to organisers.Protestors planned to march from Lake Shore Drive to Wrigleyville in the middle of Thursday rush hour, and had not ruled out entering the Wrigley Field, where the Chicago Cubs were s
  
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• White House refuses to say media is not 'enemy of the people'

  02-08-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  CNN's Jim Acosta and White House press secretary Sarah Sanders engage in a heated exchange over the president's characterization of the media.
  
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• California wildfires entering ‘uncharted territory,’ Governor Jerry Brown warns

  02-08-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  The wildfires ravaging California are plunging the state into “uncharted territory”, governor Jerry Brown has said.Mr Brown – like other officials before him – warned on Wednesday that that situation could be the “new normal” for the state.Every year is teaching the fire authorities new lessons," the governor said at a press conference, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
  
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• Venezuela's Constituent Assembly legalizes money exchanges

  02-08-2018 20:54 via yahoo.com
  By Vivian Sequera and Angus BerwickCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's all-powerful Constituent Assembly on Thursday voted to legalize money exchange operations to relax the strict currency controls imposed by the social government that have throttled the oil-rich nation's economy.It is unlikely, economists say, that President Nicolas Maduro's government would do away completely with currency controls, first introduced by his predecessor, Hugo Chavez, in 2003 to curb capital flight.The decision appe
  
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• Sarah Huckabee Sanders Refuses To Say Press Isn't 'The Enemy Of The People'

  02-08-2018 20:52 via yahoo.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday refused to say
  
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• Family Of Elizabeth Tollison, Accidentally Killed By LAPD, Files Claim

  02-08-2018 20:42 via yahoo.com
  The family of 49-year-old Elizabeth Tollison, whom California police officers
  
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• CNN reporter walks out of press briefing after heated exchange with Sarah Huckabee Sanders

  02-08-2018 20:39 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration hasn't been on the best of terms with the media lately, to put it lightly. On Thursday, CNN's Jim Acosta walked out of a White House press briefing after Sarah Huckabee Sanders refused to confirm that the press corps is not the "enemy of the people," as Trump has repeatedly called them in the past. SEE ALSO: Sarah Huckabee Sanders tries and fails to explain Trump’s odd comment on groceries "...You read off a laundry list of your concerns about the press and things
  
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• BusinessWeek Had The Best Joke About Apple Becoming A Trillion Dollar Company

  02-08-2018 20:33 via yahoo.com
  On the heels of Apple's market value hitting the $1 trillion mark,
  
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• Fuming Driver Calls the Police on Woman She Claims Stole Her Parking Spot

  02-08-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  It was a war in this California parking lot.
  
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• Both Mass Effect and Dragon Age have some "secret stuff" in the works at BioWare

  02-08-2018 20:23 via gamesradar.com
  BioWare boss Casey Hudson says Anthem and SW:TOR aren't the studio's only projects
  
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• Wright-Patterson incident: Reports of active shooter at air force base hospital in Ohio

  02-08-2018 20:21 via yahoo.com
  Firefighters and emergency personnel are responding to reports of an active shooter at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton in Ohio.Local media outlets reported that an alert was sent to personnel at the base that read: “Emergency responders are enroute.All WPAFB Gates are Closed.
  
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• Wright-Patterson incident: All-clear given after reports of active shooter at air force base hospital in Ohio

  02-08-2018 20:21 via yahoo.com
  The all-clear has been given by authorities after reports of an active shooter at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton in Ohio.Local media outlets reported that an alert was sent to personnel at the base that read: “Emergency responders are enroute.All WPAFB Gates are Closed.
  
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• The Ugly Destination of Trump’s Iran Policy

  02-08-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  To the extent Iranian leaders might be sounding a little testy these days, no one should be surprised.
  
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• The New 'Golden Bridge' In Vietnam Is Hands-Down The Coolest Bridge Ever

  02-08-2018 20:10 via yahoo.com
  Visitors to Ba Na Hills in Central Vietnam near Da Nang this summer have been
  
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• This Star Wars Game is Getting a Ludicrously Big Super Star Destroyer Figure

  02-08-2018 19:38
  One of the largest ships in the Star Wars universe is going miniature… barely. During Fantasy Flight Games’ Gen Con 2018 preview night, the publisher revealed the almost comically-large Super Star Destroyer miniature for its epic space battles game, Star Wars: Armada.
  Carrying out a replica of the daunting ship nearly as long as the presenter’s arm, Fantasy Flight explained that this was the largest model the publisher has ever produced.
  Take a close-up look at this behemoth i
  
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• Terry Bogard Joins SNK Heroines In New Trailer

  02-08-2018 19:35
  SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy, the upcoming tag fighter from SNK and NISAmerica, has an extensive history of women from SNK fighting games to make up its roster. But what's an SNK fighting game without Terry Bogard? Apparently nothing, as the Fatal Fury hat has turned Fatal Cutie and Terry has joined the fight.It seems like SNK isn't being clear on how exactly Terry ended up like this, and I sure don't want to speculate, but it does appear to be the Terry Bogard, "Are you okay?" and "Buster
  
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• Mollie Tibbetts sighting: Report turned out not to be missing college student, investigators say

  02-08-2018 19:34 via yahoo.com
  The day after police in Kearney, Missouri shared information about a possible sighting of missing Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, investigators said it was not her after all.
  
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• Here's A Closer Look At Paul Manafort's $15,000 Ostrich Jacket

  02-08-2018 19:34 via yahoo.com
  On Tuesday, while Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was on
  
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• Walking Dead Story Builder Lets You Shape Clementine for the Final Season

  02-08-2018 19:27
  Players have been making choices for Telltale's The Walking Dead's Clementine since the first season began more than six years ago. Now, with Clementine's story set to begin its conclusion on August 14, Telltale Games is giving new players a chance to shape — and returning players the ability to reshape — the character however they want.
  The Walking Dead: The Final Season Story Builder is a website allowing users to make choices for the series' biggest story moments. U
  
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• Man Accused of Locking Girlfriend's Children in Closets, Forcing Them to Eat Shoes

  02-08-2018 19:25 via yahoo.com
  A Missouri man is behind bars, accused of horrific child abuse. The victims are three of his girlfriend's children who were allegedly beaten, starved, locked in closets and made to eat shoes.
  
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• How Facebook Decided Anti-Racist Activists Were Part Of A Foreign Influence Operation

  02-08-2018 19:14 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON -- Facebook removed 32 pages and accounts it said exhibited
  
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• Brett Kavanaugh Hits Hurdle On Road To Supreme Court

  02-08-2018 19:12 via yahoo.com
  Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday that they'll move
  
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• Elon Musk Responds to Controversy Over His Tesla Earnings Call Outbursts

  02-08-2018 19:10 via yahoo.com
  Musk is ready to listen.
  
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• Reported sighting of missing Iowa student

  02-08-2018 19:09 via yahoo.com
  Police are following up on a report of Mollie Tibbetts being spotted at a truck stop in Missouri.
  
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