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• Man in California subway stabbing eligible for death penalty

  22-08-2018 23:56 via yahoo.com
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors on Wednesday added charges that could qualify a man for the death penalty if he's convicted of stabbing 18-year-old Nia Wilson to death at a train station in Northern California.
  
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• Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Makes 720 HP, Says Fishy Leaked Document

  22-08-2018 23:28 via yahoo.com
  The documents, which comes from an unknown source, also says the GT500 will make 650 lb-ft of torque from a supercharged 5.2-liter V8.
  
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• Video: How to foster diversity in games

  22-08-2018 23:24
  In this GDC 2018 talk, developers discuss their unique perspectives, struggles, and available tools as they work to improve diversity in games....
  
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• Mexico Travel Warning Issued After Bodies Were Found in a Taxi, a Hammock and Bags

  22-08-2018 23:24 via yahoo.com
  The bodies were in a taxi, a hammock, and bags
  
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• Stocks, dollar wobble as US-China trade talks open

  22-08-2018 23:21 via yahoo.com
  Stock markets wobbled and the dollar was mixed against main rivals Wednesday as trade talks opened between China and the United States in an effort to avoid an escalation of the fight.
  
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• Trump’s Embattled Lawyer Michael Cohen Rents Out Tribeca Condo for $25,000 a Month

  22-08-2018 23:15 via yahoo.com
  Cohen, who pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court this week, just purchased the 19th-floor apartment for $6.7 million in April
  
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• U.S. to bring back Khalilzad as special Afghanistan envoy: sources

  22-08-2018 23:07 via yahoo.com
  The decision to tap Khalilzad, a Republican foreign policy veteran, comes as U.S. military commanders acknowledge a stalemate in the fighting and follows a meeting last month between a U.S. diplomat and Taliban officials to explore possible negotiations.The two U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they were unsure when the announcement would be made.The White House and the State Department declined to comment, and Khalilzad did not return messages left with his office.
  
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• Orchard Supply to close all of its stores

  22-08-2018 23:07 via yahoo.com
  Orchard Supply will be closing all its stores by the end of next month. The official announcement came Wednesday morning during the call for Lowe's earnings report.
  
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• How Not Tonight went from workplace sim to twisted Brexit vision

  22-08-2018 23:07
  We talked to the lead developer of Not Tonight to discuss how workplace simulators make a strong foundation for different types of games. ...
  
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• Man charged in family killings spoke on saving relationships

  22-08-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man charged with killing his family and dumping their bodies at an oil worksite taped a video presentation six years ago about saving or abandoning relationships.
  
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• Ubisoft Reveals How It Ruined D.C. For The Division 2

  22-08-2018 22:56
  The Division 2 is pulling its stakes and moving the action from New York City to another familiar American location. In a behind-closed-doors presentation at Gamescom, lead level designer Manny Diaz explained how the team created its nearly 1:1 recreation of the nation’s capital – and how it wasn’t their first idea when it came time to pick a new setting.Diaz says players spent a lot of time in The Division’s world, and the development team wanted to make the sequel feel
  
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• 'Big Bang Theory' Finally Coming To An End After 12-Season Run

  22-08-2018 22:56 via yahoo.com
  The end is near for "Big Bang Theory."
  
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• Facebook removes its revenue share from Instant Games on Android

  22-08-2018 22:54
  Facebook announced today that it is foregoing its 30 percent share of Instant Games in-app revenue on the Android platform....
  
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• Senate and House leaders reject talk of impeachment

  22-08-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  Lawmakers react to Michael Cohen's guilty plea implicating President Donald Trump in a crime.
  
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• Indiana Priest Beaten Unconscious, Allegedly Told 'This Is For All The Little Kids'

  22-08-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  Someone allegedly knocked an Indiana priest unconscious in church and told him
  
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• Zelda, Mario, and more Nintendo merch is on sale for up to 70% off on ThinkGeek (but not for long)

  22-08-2018 22:48 via gamesradar.com
  Save $30 or more on sweaters, lights, and more
  
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• New Ford Focus ST Spied: Hey Ford, Please Bring this Hot Hatch to the U.S.

  22-08-2018 22:35 via yahoo.com
  Ford says the crossover-y Focus Active is the only version coming to our shores, but we’re hoping that changes.
  
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• Teen suspects identified in murder of high school star athlete Kristian Marche

  22-08-2018 22:22 via yahoo.com
  Philadelphia police have arrested a teenager in connection with the killing of a high school track and field star athlete who was days away from starting college at Penn State University.
  
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• Oregon earthquake: Magnitude 6.2 offshore quake shakes Portland

  22-08-2018 22:19 via yahoo.com
  A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 has hit off the coast of Oregon.The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake occurred just after 1:30 a.m. local time over 170 miles west of Coos Bay and nearly 220 miles southwest of Portland.There are no reports of damage or injury and a tsunami warning has not been issued for the surrounding areas.
  
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• Spanish police smash Europe's 'biggest' illegal turtle farm

  22-08-2018 22:11 via yahoo.com
  Spanish police said Wednesday they had dismantled Europe's biggest illegal turtle and tortoise farm, seizing over 1,100 of the animals, including several highly endangered species.Officers arrested two German men suspected of operating the farm on the holiday island of Mallorca, as well as a Spanish owner of an exotic pet store in Barcelona who sold the animals raised on the farm, police said in a statement.A "land turtle" is more commonly called a tortoise in English.
  
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• Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi urges followers to wage 'jihad'

  22-08-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Islamic state leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in his first purported speech in nearly a year, has called on followers to persevere, according to a statement posted on the group's media outlet. "For the Mujahideen (holy warriors) the scale of victory or defeat is not dependant on a city or town being stolen or subject to that who has aerial superiority, intercontinental missiles or smart bombs," Baghdadi said in a recording posted on his al-Furqan media group. Reuters was unable to verify
  
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• Fire Department Joins Net Neutrality Suit After Verizon Cuts Data During Wildfire

  22-08-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  A California fire department that's repeatedly had its mobile data speeds
  
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• PUBG Training Mode Announced

  22-08-2018 21:59
  Currently set for this September, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds will be getting a training mode that allows 5-20 players to practice and improve their skills on a 2x2 km map.
  Announced via Steam, this new mode is part of the Fix PUBG campaign that was announced earlier this month and aims to make PUBG into a "better, more stable, and fairer game."
  This new training mode will allow players to practice "all aspects of PUBG, from driving the game's various vehicles around the island's race tracks,
  
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• Get a job: Ghost of Tsushima dev Sucker Punch is hiring a Sr. Community Manager

  22-08-2018 21:59
  The Sr. Community Manager strives to provide personal support by engaging, educating, informing, and entertaining players, while maintaining an ongoing dialogue with the community at large....
  
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• Suspect In Slaying Of Mollie Tibbetts Ordered Held On $5 Million Bond

  22-08-2018 21:55 via yahoo.com
  The suspect in the slaying of Mollie Tibbetts made his first appearance since
  
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• Developing GoldenEye 007 when the technology didn't exist

  22-08-2018 21:53
  In an oral history published by MEL Magazine, several members from the development team behind GoldenEye 007 discuss the unique challenges that came with designing for the Nintendo 64. ...
  
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• Trump supporters react to Cohen, Manafort

  22-08-2018 21:49 via yahoo.com
  In Ohio, Wisconsin and Texas people who voted for Donald Trump say they are still supportive even after his personal lawyer pleaded guilty to finance violations and his onetime campaign chairman has been convicted for financial fraud. (Aug. 22)
  
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• Ubisoft's once-yearly Assassin's Creed series is skipping a 2019 release

  22-08-2018 21:47
  Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot told Gamescom attendees that the franchise is going to take a year off following the release of Assassin†™s Creed: Odyssey this year. ...
  
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• Iran threatens U.S., Israel targets, if attacked

  22-08-2018 21:37 via yahoo.com
  Iran says it would strike U.S. and Israeli targets if attacked by the U.S. - part of a war of words that's been escalating since Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal. Matthew Larotonda reports.
  
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• Trump’s Potential Criminal Exposure Is Not Comparable To 2008 Obama Campaign’s Fine

  22-08-2018 21:30 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Wednesday responded to his former lawyer Michael
  
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• Don't Miss: The physics of trains in Assassin's Creed: Syndicate

  22-08-2018 21:20
  Ubisoft gameplay engineer Bartlomiej Waszak goes in-depth on the custom simulator that the studio created to model the physics of trains in Assassin's Creed Syndicate. ...
  
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• Senators Urge Delaying Brett Kavanaugh Hearing After Cohen, Manafort Cases

  22-08-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  Several senators are urging their colleagues to delay considering Brett
  
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• Trump aides' felony convictions spur calls to oppose Kavanaugh nomination

  22-08-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  Again and again, Democrats termed the president as an alleged "co-conspirator" in campaign finance crimes.
  
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• Ohio State trustees deliberate Urban Meyer's coaching future

  22-08-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State trustees on Wednesday began discussing the future of football coach Urban Meyer with Meyer and later Meyer's wife seen entering the building where the meeting was underway.
  
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• Sarah Huckabee Sanders Refuses To Answer Questions After Trump's No Good, Very Bad Day

  22-08-2018 21:06 via yahoo.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders repeatedly dodged questions
  
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• The Latest: Pastor removed after diocese received allegation

  22-08-2018 20:56 via yahoo.com
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the Roman Catholic Church child sex abuse scandal in Pennsylvania (all times local):
  
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• Dota 2 now has a Gabe Newell announcer for your mega-kills: "Let me know about your rampage"

  22-08-2018 20:55 via gamesradar.com
  Dota 2's Gabe Newell Mega-Kills Announcer pack is the best addition to the Battle Pass
  
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• 8 Best Pokemon Decks That Could Win the 2018 World Championships

  22-08-2018 20:51
  
  The 2018 Pokemon World Championships are kicking off this week on Friday, August 24 where hundreds of Trainers will compete to see who is the very best like no one ever was. The TCG Masters division tournament (for competitors age 16 and older) has the biggest cash prize of the entire event -- a cool $25,000 -- so we’re taking this opportunity to predict the Pokemon deck that will take it all.
  Need a refresher? Check out our primer on how competitive Pokemon works.
  You can flip through the
  
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• Shadow of the Tomb Raider: All Our Newest Info

  22-08-2018 20:42
  
  We're covering Shadow of the Tomb Raider, which was unveiled earlier this year, all August long as this month's IGN First game. Keep checking back on this page, as we'll be archiving every piece of our exclusive coverage right here. Click on the image above to read our impressions from the Gamescom build of Shadow of the Tomb Raider.Continue reading…
  
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• Ustwo Games' Monument Valley picked up for film adaptation

  22-08-2018 20:40
  Paramount Pictures and Weed Road Pictures are spearheading the coming adaptation and have brought on Patrick Osborn to direct. ...
  
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• Suspect led police to the body of Mollie Tibbetts

  22-08-2018 20:40 via yahoo.com
  Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is revealing how surveillance video led to man suspected of murdering the 20-year-old Iowa student.
  
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• Gaza running out of fuel, medicine: UN

  22-08-2018 20:40 via yahoo.com
  The United Nations has run out of funding to pay for fuel needed for hospitals, water plants and other critical facilities in the Gaza Strip, the UN political chief said Wednesday.The Security Council held its monthly meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the United Nations was working with Egypt to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and halt the violence.
  
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• Rocket League Will Soon See Big Progression Changes

  22-08-2018 20:38
  Major changes are coming to Rocket League, including new XP, progression and clubs systems. The initial update is coming August 29 to all platforms, with Rocket Pass, a time-limited item unlock system, launching the following week.
  The update will remove the previous level 75 cap and players who have continued earning XP through online matches beyond that level cap will be taken to an even higher level based on the XP they would have earned. In addition to this, the amount of XP needed
  
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• Spyro Reignited Trilogy: Three New Levels, Skateboarding Gameplay Revealed

  22-08-2018 20:32
  Toys for Bob and Activision have unveiled gameplay from the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, including the first level shown off in full from Spyro: Year of the Dragon and a look at Spyro skateboarding from that level.
  As captured by IGN, the gameplay below shows off more of Toys for Bob's upcoming remake trilogy. The first clip is from Spyro: Year of the Dragon, the third Spyro adventure, and sees Spyro in Sunny Villa helping out Councillor George stop "hordes of ferocious Rhynocs" who have kidnapped t
  
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• Kim Kardashian Has A $5,000-Plus Side Of Fries On The Red Carpet

  22-08-2018 20:31 via yahoo.com
  Kim Kardashian brought fast food onto the red carpet Tuesday in the form of a
  
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• Meet the FXDR 114: Harley-Davidson's Newest Power Cruiser

  22-08-2018 20:30 via yahoo.com
  Meet the FXDR 114: Harley-Davidson's Newest Power Cruiser Harley's monster new power cruiser stuffs the Milwaukee-Eight 114 into a lightweight chassis and pours on the style. Let's take a closer look The hits keep coming from Harley-Davidson . No, seriously.
  
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• Merkel eyes German EU chief: report

  22-08-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants a compatriot as the next president of the European Commission, local media reported Wednesday, apparently backing away from a demand that the European Central Bank installs a German as head."The highest priority for Merkel is no longer the ECB but rather the Commission," reported the business daily Handelsblatt.The paper said Germany's leader views the head of the Commission as more politically relevant than the same role within the ECB.
  
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• GOP offers muted response after jury convicts Manafort and Cohen pleads guilty

  22-08-2018 20:21 via yahoo.com
  Republicans on Wednesday reacted to the legal drama involving Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager, and Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime lawyer, with what seemed to be a collective shrug.
  
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• How Cohen and Manafort will redefine this fall's 'corruption' campaign. (Plus: A reality check on Trump's 'red wave')

  22-08-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  Everything you need to know this week about Election 2018.
  
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• Blog: Efficient instancing in a streaming scenario

  22-08-2018 20:17
  This article explains how the GPU can be used to prepare instance-data for fast mesh rendering in a dynamic world....
  
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