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• Elon Musk's Tweets Spark Lawsuits Against Tesla but He Won't Stop Tweeting

  11-08-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  He doesn't seem worried about the lawsuits.
  
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• Erdogan accuses US of waging economic 'war' against Turkey as he threatens to ‘look for new allies’

  11-08-2018 23:11 via yahoo.com
  Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the US of waging economic “war” on Turkey amid a downturn that has seen the currency plunge.The warning came after his US counterpart, Donald Trump, escalated a feud by doubling tariffs on metals imports.Speaking in the northeastern province of Rize, Mr Erdogan said dollars, euros and gold were now "the bullets, cannonballs and missiles of the economic war being waged against our country”.
  
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• Charlottesville on high alert on the anniversary of white supremacist violence

  11-08-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  A group of anti-fascist activists rallied peacefully in downtown Charlottesville as the city marks the anniversary of last summer's white supremacist violence. Saturday marks a year since white nationalists marched through the University of Virginia campus with torches, clashing with a group of counterprotesters. The following day, a much larger gathering of white nationalists near a downtown park erupted into violence.
  
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• Fallout 76 PvP starts "like slapping somebody in a bar" but punishes straight-up murder

  11-08-2018 22:51 via gamesradar.com
  Fallout 76 developers talk about rewards and punishments for fighting players
  
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• President Trump Jabs FBI, Saying He May 'Get Involved' Over Andrew McCabe Texts

  11-08-2018 22:19 via yahoo.com
  “FBI said they won’t give up even one (I may have to get involved, DO NOT DESTROY). What are they hiding?”
  
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• Arab Israelis rally against Jewish nation-state law

  11-08-2018 21:55 via yahoo.com
  Tens of thousands of Arab Israelis and their supporters chanted against "apartheid" and for "equality" on Saturday in central Tel Aviv at a rally protesting a law that declares Israel the nation state of the Jewish people.Israeli Jews also joined the demonstration, the second since last Saturday, when thousands from Israel's Druze minority took to the streets in Tel Aviv to denounce the law they say makes them second-class citizens, AFP reporters said.Protesters waved Palestinian and Israeli fla
  
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• Seattle plane crash: Hijacker had security clearance to be among aircraft but did not hold pilot’s licence

  11-08-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  The hijacker of an empty Horizon Air turboprop plane in Seattle had clearance to be among aircraft but did not hold a pilot’s licence, authorities said.The 29-year-old man used a machine called a pushback tractor to first manoeuvre the aircraft so he could board and then take off from Sea-Tac International Airport on Friday evening.
  
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• Airline worker dies after stealing empty airplane

  11-08-2018 20:54 via yahoo.com
  An unidentified 29-year-old airline employee died after stealing an empty plane from Seattle's airport and crashing it into a nearby island, in what an NTSB official called "very unusual." Conway G. Gittens reports.
  
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• The Latest: Man had security clearance to be among aircraft

  11-08-2018 20:52 via yahoo.com
  SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on a plane stolen from Sea-Tac International Airport in Washington state (all times local):
  
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• Here's how Fallout 76 character creation and customization work

  11-08-2018 20:51 via gamesradar.com
  Fallout 76 levels up with Perk Cards and lets you change your look whenever
  
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• Charlottesville Anniversary: White Supremacy Didn’t Invade. It Was Always Here.

  11-08-2018 20:37 via yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― On Aug. 12 of last year, after the murder of Heather
  
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• Theft and crash of Seattle airplane prompts FBI investigation

  11-08-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  The family of an airline employee who stole and later crashed a plane near Seattle have said they are “stunned and heartbroken”, as authorities investigate how the major security breach happened.The family of Richard Russell – who was a ground services employee with Horizon Air, part of Alaska Airlines – said the actions of “Beebo”, as he was known to them, had come as “a complete shock to us”.
  
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• FBI seeks motive after U.S. airline worker stole plane and crashed it

  11-08-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  A Horizon Air ground service agent got into a Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft on Friday night in a maintenance area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and took off, Horizon sister carrier Alaska Airline said.
  
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• Fallout 76 PvP Detailed, Aims for 'Danger Without Griefing'

  11-08-2018 20:00
  One of the biggest concerns about Fallout 76 so far has been around how PvP will work, and if you can ignore it if you want to. Speaking at QuakeCon 2018, Bethesda Game Studios director Todd Howard broke down exactly how it would work.
  Howard said Fallout 76 would be driven by both PvE and PvP, explaining that “we want this element of danger, and it sounds weird to say, without griefing.” How that works is that you have to actively respond to an attacking player in order to engage in
  
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• BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe Coming Next Year With 300 HP

  11-08-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  You better watch your backs, Mercedes and Audi.
  
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• Who is Bethenny Frankel? RHONY star mourning boyfriend found dead in Trump Tower

  11-08-2018 19:57 via yahoo.com
  Real Housewives of New York (RHONY) star Bethenny Frankel is mourning the death of her on-off boyfriend of Dennis Shields after he was found unresponsive following an apparent drug overdose of addictive opioid oxycodone.While Frankel, a successful businesswoman and self-professed “hustler”, is best known for her lead role on RHONY, it is not her only claim to fame.Born to horse trainer Robert J Frankel, Frankel moved to Los Angeles soon after graduating from New York University.
  
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• California wildfires spark political debate

  11-08-2018 19:53 via yahoo.com
  Sacramento Bee politics reporter Angela Hart explains political divide over California wildfires.
  
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• Latest: Anti-fascist demonstrators march in Charlottesville

  11-08-2018 19:44 via yahoo.com
  The Latest on events marking the anniversary of white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia (all times local):
  
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• Electric scooters face backlash from cities across the US after mayhem on the streets

  11-08-2018 19:34 via yahoo.com
  Electric scooters, billed as the new and environmentally friendly way of commuting, are facing a backlash from cities across the US. Billions of dollars have been pumped into innovative high-tech companies like Lime, Bird and Spin, headquartered in California. Combined, the companies operate in more than 100 US cities as well as around half a dozen in Europe, including Paris. They are still banned in the UK. The scooters are booked via an app. They normally cost around one dollar (78 pence) &nbs
  
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• Fierce Syria bombardment kills 53 civilians: monitor

  11-08-2018 19:30 via yahoo.com
  At least 53 civilians including 28 children, have been killed in fierce bombardment Friday that targeted rebel-held areas of northern Syria, a war monitor said updating an earlier toll.The air strikes and barrel bombs targeted the key opposition-held province of Idlib and a rebel town in the adjacent province of Aleppo, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.In a new toll Saturday, the war monitor said 41 civilians, including 25 children, were killed in the rebel town of Orum
  
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• Bethesda Details Fallout 76 Perk System

  11-08-2018 19:19
  Changes and new additions to the perk system in Fallout 76 were detailed at a Bethesda panel at QuakeCon.
  The SPECIAL system returns and allows players to assign points across seven main attributes that enhance your character, but this time it also uses a new card system. As you level up, cards are unlocked and each one comes with a point value that is used to increase one of the SPECIAL attributes. Each card features a new ability and can be leveled up. Duplicate cards can be merged to level up
  
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• 'Suicidal' airline employee steals, crashes commercial plane

  11-08-2018 19:14 via yahoo.com
  Airline employee stole a commercial aircraft and crashed into a Seattle island; Dan Springer reports.
  
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• China delays mosque demolition after protest

  11-08-2018 19:13 via yahoo.com
  Authorities in northern China delayed the demolition of a massive mosque on Saturday after thousands of people demonstrated to stop its destruction, local residents said, amid a nationwide government drive to tighten restrictions on religious activities.Across China, officials have sought to limit religious freedoms for Muslims as part of a widespread attempt to bring believers in line with the dictates of the ruling Communist Party.Protesters began gathering Thursday ahead of a deadline to demo
  
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• Authorities Investigate the Circumstances Surrounding 'Suicidal' Employee Who Stole a Plane

  11-08-2018 19:01 via yahoo.com
  The incident points to one of the biggest potential perils for air travel
  
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• Fallout 76 Will Have Private Servers and Mod Support

  11-08-2018 18:55
  Speaking at QuakeCon 2018, Bethesda Game Studios director Todd Howard confirmed that Fallout 76 will have private servers that allow custom mods.
  Howard said “it’s a complicated problem, but one that we are 100% committed to solving." He explained that he knows that modding is an important part of the current Fallout games, and that they want to make sure that experience is still available in Fallout 76.
  Howard also acknowledged that this isn't an easy technical challenge in an
  
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• Perseids to peak this weekend as one of 2018's best meteor showers

  11-08-2018 18:29 via yahoo.com
  This weekend will feature one of the best meteor showers of the year, boasting over 50 meteors an hour. However, clouds and wildfire smoke may spoil the show for many across the United States.
  
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• Firefighters battle raging Southern California wildfire

  11-08-2018 18:25 via yahoo.com
  Firefighters worked furiously Friday to keep a Southern California wildfire from burning more homes, dumping water and bright pink retardant to protect Lake Elsinore and other foothill communities as the fire sweeps through the dense, bone-dry brush of the Cleveland National Forest.
  
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• Gaza protest toll rises to three: ministry

  11-08-2018 18:16 via yahoo.com
  A 40-year-old Palestinian hit by Israeli fire on the Gaza border died of his wounds on Saturday, taking the death toll from protests the previous day to three, the territory's health ministry said.In all 307 Palestinians were wounded on Friday, some by tear gas, including two journalists and five medics, the health ministry in the coastal enclave said.
  
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• Police charge man in shooting in Fredericton, Canada

  11-08-2018 18:11 via yahoo.com
  Police charged Matthew Vincent Raymond, 48, with four counts of first degree murder, according to a statement on Saturday.The four people killed, including police officers Sara Mae Burns, 43, and Lawrence Robb Costello, 45, were shot at an apartment complex in Fredericton, capital of the province of New Brunswick.
  
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• Erdogan slams interest rates as 'tool of exploitation'

  11-08-2018 18:11 via yahoo.com
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday branded interest rates a "tool of exploitation" which should be kept as low as possible."Interest rates should be kept to a minumum because they are a tool of exploitation that makes the poor poorer and the rich richer," Erdogan said in a speech in the Black Sea city of Rize.The nominally independent central bank has defied pressure over the last few weeks to hike interest rates in the face of high inflation and a collapsing currency.
  
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• Prey: Mooncrash's Randomized Levels Were Almost Part of the Base Game

  11-08-2018 18:01
  Prey’s Mooncrash DLC randomizes its rooms and item placements to turn Prey into a roguelike experience, but developer Arkane Studios tells us some of that procedural generation was almost in the base game as well.
  Speaking with IGN at QuakeCon 2018, Prey Senior Game Designer Ricardo Bare said that Mooncrash’s randomized room conditions were initially designed to be part of Prey’s campaign. They would have made it so different rooms along your path would have random states, like
  
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• Erdogan warns Trump that Turkey will 'find new friends' as US row deepens

  11-08-2018 17:59 via yahoo.com
  Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that Turkey would “seek new friends” after the US “upset and annoyed” Ankara with sanctions which triggered a major currency crisis. Turkey’s president told counterpart Donald Trump to respect its sovereignty “before it is too late”, plunging relations between the Nato allies to their lowest in decades. Writing in the New York Times - the broadsheet paper much loathed by the US president - Mr Erdogan said: "Washington must
  
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• Rep. Chris Collins Suspends Re-Election Campaign Following Indictment

  11-08-2018 17:36 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) announced Saturday he would not run for re-
  
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• The Latest: Containment grows for California wildfire

  11-08-2018 17:10 via yahoo.com
  LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local):
  
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• Seattle plane crash: Transcript of extraordinary conversation between hijacker and air traffic control

  11-08-2018 17:08 via yahoo.com
  Audio has emerged of an extraordinary conversation between a “suicidal” airline employee who stole a passenger plane and air traffic controllers trying to guide him back down.
  
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• Seattle Airline Employee’s Sad Final Words Before Crashing Stolen Plane: ‘I Got a Few Screws Loose'

  11-08-2018 16:49 via yahoo.com
  The employee stole an unoccupied 76-seater Horizon Air turboprop plane Friday night.
  
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• One year after Charlottesville rally, Trump says he condemns all racism

  11-08-2018 16:43 via yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he condemns "all types of racism and acts of violence," appealing for unity ahead of the anniversary of a deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.Trump drew strong criticism in the days after the Charlottesville rally last year for equating white supremacists with counter-protesters and saying "both sides" were to blame.
  
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• Monsanto known for controversial chemicals

  11-08-2018 16:38 via yahoo.com
  From "Agent Orange" and DDT to genetically modified crops, Monsanto has long been associated with controversial chemicals, but a US court order for it to pay damages because one of its herbicides may cause cancer could open the door to thousands more claims against the company.A California jury on Friday ordered the US agrochemicals giant -- which was taken over by Germany's Bayer in June -- to pay nearly $290 million in compensation to a groundskeeper diagnosed with cancer after he repeatedly u
  
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• Watch the Fallout 76 panel from QuakeCon here and get ready to talk Perks

  11-08-2018 16:28 via gamesradar.com
  The Fallout 76 panel begins at 9 PDT / noon EDT / 5 pm BST
  
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• NYC cab driver arrested after road rage brawl

  11-08-2018 16:08 via yahoo.com
  Video shows cab driver fighting in the street before getting back into her cab and hitting multiple cars.
  
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• Charlottesville Anniversary: Rallies Planned One Year After Death of Heather Heyer

  11-08-2018 16:08 via yahoo.com
  Demonstrations were planned in Charlottesville and Washington, D.C.
  
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• Jury Awards $289 Million to Man Who Blames Monsanto's Roundup for Cancer

  11-08-2018 16:03 via yahoo.com
  Monsanto spokesman Scott Partridge said the company will appeal
  
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• Count of last Kansas governor primary ballots to stretch out

  11-08-2018 15:57 via yahoo.com
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The counting of the last ballots in the tight and contentious Republican primary for Kansas governor will stretch out over the next week and still might not settle the race.
  
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• The Latest: Trump 'monitoring' the stolen plane situation

  11-08-2018 15:56 via yahoo.com
  SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on a plane stolen from Sea-Tac International Airport in Washington state (all times local):
  
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• Iraq PM to visit Iran, Turkey as US sanctions bite

  11-08-2018 15:46 via yahoo.com
  Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is to visit top trading partners Turkey and Iran next week, an official said Saturday, days after Washington slapped new sanctions on Tehran and piled economic pressure on Ankara.Abadi "will head to Turkey on Tuesday and Iran on Wednesday to discuss economic affairs with the two countries," the official said on condition of anonymity.
  
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• Erdogan says U.S. turned its back on Turkey, upsetting Ankara

  11-08-2018 15:41 via yahoo.com
  The United States has turned its back on its NATO ally Turkey over a Christian American pastor and such treatment has annoyed and upset Ankara, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday."If the U.S. is turning its back on us...choosing a pastor instead, sorry...we continue our path with decisive steps," Erdogan told a crowd of supporters in Black Sea coastal city of Rize."This treatment by America of its strategic partner has annoyed us, it has upset us."The two governments have been at
  
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• Michael Avenatti's Message to Iowa Democrats 'When They Go Low...We Hit Harder'

  11-08-2018 15:34 via yahoo.com
  Avenatti was the closing speaker at the Democratic Wing Ding in Clear Lake
  
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• What To Watch On Netflix That’s New This Week

  11-08-2018 15:01 via yahoo.com
  Streamline recommends "Disenchantment" as the thing to watch on Netflix this
  
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• 'Suicidal' Airline Employee Stole a Plane and Performed Stunts Before Crashing Near Seattle

  11-08-2018 14:20 via yahoo.com
  The man's condition after the crash wasn't immediately known
  
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• Airline worker steals empty plane in Seattle, sparking security scare

  11-08-2018 14:19 via yahoo.com
  There was no indication that the incident was an act of terror, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department said on Twitter.No passengers were onboard and normal operations have resumed at the airfield, the airport said on Twitter."Was doing stunts in air or lack of flying skills caused crash into Island," the sheriff said on Twitter.
  
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