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• Voters Will Likely Use North Carolina's Unconstitutional Congressional Map Again This Year

  31-08-2018 23:53 via yahoo.com
  North Carolina is unlikely to have new congressional districts this year, even
  
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• NBC Has Made No Changes In Response To Blowing The Weinstein Story

  31-08-2018 23:46 via yahoo.com
  NBC News has not reorganized its news team, nor has it disciplined or fired
  
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• Saudi Arabia hints at plan to turn Qatar into an island

  31-08-2018 23:43 via yahoo.com
  A Saudi official hinted Friday the kingdom was moving forward with a plan to dig a canal that would turn the neighbouring Qatari peninsula into an island, amid a diplomatic feud between the Gulf nations."I am impatiently waiting for details on the implementation of the Salwa island project, a great, historic project that will change the geography of the region," Saud al-Qahtani, a senior adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, said on Twitter.The plan, which would physically separate the Qa
  
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• Mazda Bongo Friendee Buying Guide

  31-08-2018 23:40 via yahoo.com
  Oddly named MPV was never an official UK import, but its family friendly features and high spec have earned quite a following. It’s the Friendee you need…
  
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• Cape Cod beaches: Playgrounds for tourists, and young sharks

  31-08-2018 23:24 via yahoo.com
  BOSTON (AP) — As another beach season draws to a close on Cape Cod, researchers are trying to figure out what's driving the increase in shark sightings and encounters — including the state's first attack on a human since 2012.
  
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• Video: thatgamecompany shares how devs can build cohesive teams

  31-08-2018 23:19
  thatgamecompany's Sunni Pavlovic offers insight on how to hire well for your game dev studio, explaining how you can retain top talent to build the kind of cohesive teams that make great games....
  
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• Gunther Werks 400R Porsche: past meets present

  31-08-2018 23:08 via yahoo.com
  Ever wanted modern Porsche 911 GT3 performance but with an air-cooled engine and style? Gunther Werks’ 400R is the answer – and we’ve got all the details…
  
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• Couple ordered to turn over funds raised for homeless man

  31-08-2018 23:03 via yahoo.com
  MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) — A couple who raised more than $400,000 for a homeless man after he used his last $20 to fill up the gas tank of a stranded motorist in Philadelphia must now turn over what's left of the cash.
  
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• Under-fire USA gymnastics coach withdraws resignation

  31-08-2018 23:00 via yahoo.com
  USA Gymnastics coach Mary Lee Tracy reversed a pledge to resign on Friday as controversy raged following an outcry over her appointment by victims of jailed former doctor Larry Nassar.Tracy -- named as USA Gymnastics' elite development coordinator on Tuesday -- said in a statement on her Facebook page she was quitting following a demand to leave by the organization's chief executive, Kerry Perry."In an attempt to move in our journey to more 'transparency' and openness, I need to explain why I ha
  
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• Amsterdam police study possible terror motive for stabbings

  31-08-2018 23:00 via yahoo.com
  AMSTERDAM (AP) — Police investigators in Amsterdam included an extremist attack as a possible motive for the stabbings of two people at a busy railway station Friday as authorities in the Dutch capital reported that a suspect shot by police is an Afghan citizen.
  
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• US ends funding for UN Palestinian refugee agency

  31-08-2018 22:58 via yahoo.com
  The United States is halting its funding for the United Nations' agency for Palestinian refugees after determining that the organization is "irredeemably flawed," the State Department said on Friday.Washington has long been the UN Relief and Works Agency's (UNRWA) largest donor but is "no longer willing to shoulder the very disproportionate share of the burden," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement.
  
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• Hitman 2 Heads To Columbia In New Video

  31-08-2018 22:53
  Warner Bros. Interactive today pulled the curtain back on one of the settings of Hitman 2 – a tease of the Columbian rain forest, where Agent 47 once again stalks and assassinate his targets with his usual flair for drama.The location looks like something of a change of pace for the series, which often feature more urban environments.Hitman 2 is targeting release on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, and the mission is set to begin on November 13.
  
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• Hitman 2 Heads To Colombia In New Video

  31-08-2018 22:53
  Warner Bros. Interactive today pulled the curtain back on one of the settings of Hitman 2 – a tease of the Colombian rain forest, where Agent 47 once again stalks and assassinate his targets with his usual flair for drama.The location looks like something of a change of pace for the series, which often feature more urban environments.Hitman 2 is targeting release on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, and the mission is set to begin on November 13.
  
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• NBC accused of trying to quash Weinstein harassment probe

  31-08-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  NBC News tried to thwart an investigation into sexual harassment claims against former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein by calling off and even threatening its own journalists, media reports said.According to reports in The New York Times and Daily Beast, NBC sought to stop the investigation led by journalist Ronan Farrow and producer Rich McHugh.NBC denied the reports.
  
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• Trump Confirms His 'Insulting' Comments About NAFTA Talks With Canada

  31-08-2018 22:47 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Friday confirmed "insulting" comments that he'd
  
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• Man, 73, accused of killing stepdaughter, 11; stabbing wife

  31-08-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  An 11-year-old girl is dead and her mother is injured following a shooting and stabbing in Garden Grove that ended with the child's stepfather in custody, police said.
  
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• Bill Clinton remembers 'my friend' Aretha Franklin

  31-08-2018 22:29 via yahoo.com
  The former president was among the many politicians who paid their final respects to the legendary singer.
  
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• 'One of the bravest souls our nation has ever produced’: Tributes paid as McCain lies in state in US Capitol

  31-08-2018 22:29 via yahoo.com
  John McCain has taken his place among the pantheon of American heroes like Abraham Lincoln, John F Kennedy and Rosa Parks by being granted the honour of lying in state inside the US Capitol.Speaker of the House Paul Ryan called upon those assembled — and the broader American public — to follow McCain’s example by embracing fervent patriotism and disciplined political debate.“We have this beautiful thing, the chance to do for this man, what he did for us,” Mr Ryan sa
  
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• Cafe blast kills pro-Moscow rebel leader in east Ukraine

  31-08-2018 22:05 via yahoo.com
  Russia's foreign ministry accused Ukraine of killing the separatist leader, Alexander Zakharchenko, to try to unleash a renewed war in eastern Ukraine, but Kiev said it had nothing to do with the blast.An aide to Zakharchenko said the rebels had seen an increased movement of Ukrainian armored vehicles heading toward the separatist region, RIA news agency reported, a claim rejected by Ukraine's military.
  
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• A Tiny Meteor Caused an Air Leak on the Massive International Space Station

  31-08-2018 22:05 via yahoo.com
  A little rock can go a long way.
  
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• Sen. John McCain lies in state at U.S. Capitol

  31-08-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  It's Washington's turn to say goodbye to the late Sen. John McCain. And McCain is saying farewell -- his way.
  
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• Don't Miss: Punk's not dead - Why No More Heroes matters

  31-08-2018 21:48
  "Above all, No More Heroes is gleefully absurd and self-referential. It lampoons the standard pretenses of video games as well as its own audience," writes Steve Gaynor in this 2008 opinion piece....
  
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• Here Comes the MQ-25A Stingray: Boeing Wins Big (And So Do Navy Aircraft Carriers)

  31-08-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  If all goes as planned, Boeing will complete the design, development, fabrication, test, delivery and support of four MQ-25A unmanned air vehicles—including integration into the carrier air wing—for an initial operational capability by 2024 under a fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract with a ceiling price of $805.3 million. The service expects to buy 72 production MQ-25 aircraft at a total program cost of roughly $13 billion.
  
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• Rocket League takes a page from Fortnite with new limited-time Rocket Pass

  31-08-2018 21:42
  Rocket League details the Rocket Pass, a limited-time progression system available to players starting September 5 and running through November 26. ...
  
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• East Ukraine separatist leader killed in cafe blast

  31-08-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  Russia swiftly blamed Ukraine for the killing of businessman-turned-warlord Alexander Zakharchenko.
  
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• The Folks At Lego Built An Actual Drivable Bugatti Chiron

  31-08-2018 21:32 via yahoo.com
  Remember when you were a kid and you built cars out of Legos, and your parents
  
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• Blog: The strings we pull during AI development

  31-08-2018 21:31
  Releasing a well-designed game often means revisiting old work to leverage new tools. In this post, I break apart the steps we take when improving enemy designs with some of our latest features. ...
  
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• Get a job: Atlus USA is hiring a Submissions Specialist

  31-08-2018 21:30
  Atlus USA is currently seeking an energetic and organized Submissions Specialist to manage first party submissions for all title, manages the relationship with various ratings boards, and more....
  
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• Manafort associate paid Trump inauguration $50,000 in Ukrainian cash

  31-08-2018 21:20 via yahoo.com
  A Republican political consultant linked to Paul Manafort and Cambridge Analytica has admitted to funneling $50,000 from a Ukrainian oligarch to Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration committee.Sam Patten used the money to buy tickets for the oligarch and a Russian associate to Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, according to a plea agreement made public on Friday.
  
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• Nazi tattoos scrubbed from Scum days after Early Access debut

  31-08-2018 21:15
  A trio of tattoos that featured Nazi symbols or imagery have been removed from the prison-set survival game Scum, a discovery and removal that both fall within days of the game†™s Early Access launch. ...
  
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• One of Dota’s Weirdest Heroes Is Becoming One of Artifacts Craziest Cards

  31-08-2018 21:02
  Not all existing Dota 2 heroes are guaranteed to make it into Valve’s next game, Artifact, but this crafty Geomancer, Meepo, is confirmed to get a card counterpart, and IGN has the first details on his cards.
  In Artifact, almost every known hero card has either a passive or active ability and a signature spell card. Meepo is unique in that his card has both an active and a passive. His active ability, Poof, allows Meepo to move to an allied Meepos lane and deal 2 damage to his new enemy ne
  
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• Valve Is 'Very Aware of All the Jokes' People Make

  31-08-2018 21:00
  It’s hard to go long on the internet without running into a ‘Half-Life 3 confirmed’ joke, the eternal meme as we collectively wait for the third installment of Valve’s legendary FPS series to materialize. And speaking to the development team of Valve’s next game, Artifact, at their office in Seattle last week, Valve clearly hasn’t missed those jokes either.
  “I think we're very aware of all the jokes because all of us lurk all the forums and share them ar
  
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• IGN Plays Fortnite Live Today at 3:05pm PT/6:05pm ET

  31-08-2018 21:00
  
  We're dropping four days of Fortnite livestreams on all of our streaming platforms, so join us today as we continue our quest to see how many Victory Royales we can get in a total of 8 hours of Fortnite streams.Today's action runs from 3:05-5:05pm PT/6:05-8:05pm ET/11:05pm-1:05am UK (Saturday, September 1 from 8:05-10:05am AET). As always, you can watch live right here on the front page of IGN.com, or you can find us on YouTube, Twitch, and Mixer.
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• How Valve Won’t Let Artifact’s Marketplace Get Crazy Expensive

  31-08-2018 21:00
  Artifact, the next game from Half-Life developer Valve, is decidedly bucking digital card game trends. Not only is it not free-to-play, it’s not going to have any kind of free in-game currency to spend on cards -- a decision Valve tells me is to avoid the grind that can make other CCGs feel like a job instead of a game.
  “At its core, we want you to play the game because you enjoy playing the game,” programmer Brandon Reinhart told me when I visited Valve last week. They don&rsq
  
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• Thousands displaced in Myanmar dam rupture aftermath

  31-08-2018 20:56 via yahoo.com
  Flooding from a ruptured dam in Myanmar has forced the relocation of more than 63,000 people and disrupted traffic on a major road that connects the country's three biggest cities.
  
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• Final Fantasy XIV surpasses 14 million lifetime registered players

  31-08-2018 20:46
  Square Enix's flagship Final Fantasy MMORPG now boasts over 14 million registered accounts since the game†™s rocky 2010 launch (and more successful 2013 relaunch). ...
  
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• Grizzly Bears Spared From Government-Authorized Hunt for at Least 14 Days

  31-08-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  Grizzly populations have recovered, but does that mean they should be hunted?
  
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• Why Torchlight Frontiers Is My Most Anticipated ARPG Since Diablo 2

  31-08-2018 20:40
  
  Immediately upon playing Torchlight Frontiers, I was presented with a choice between the two currently playable classes: the Dusk Mage and Forged. The former is a powerful magic user charged with wielding both the immense powers of dark and light in perpetual harmony. The latter is a robot. I chose the robot.
  I felt an immediate sense of adoration for my sputtering little steampunk monstrosity, who looked inescapably like Maurice's cast iron furnace contraption from Beauty and the Beast. As Echt
  
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• Survivor of Jacksonville Shooting Sues EA and Venue

  31-08-2018 20:38
  One of the survivors of the Jacksonville shooting has officially filed a lawsuit against EA, the venue the tournament took place, and six other potentially liable parties.
  The survivor, Jacob Mitich, competed in the tournament and sustained injuries after being shot twice. The lawsuit in question (via The Hollywood Reporter) claims the various parties are liable due to negligence in not providing sufficient security measures, and for hosting the tournament at an unsuitable venue in the
  
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• Jacksonville shooting survivor files lawsuit against EA and others for negligence

  31-08-2018 20:28
  The suit alleges that the event host, organizers, and other involved parties failed to provide attendees and competitors with a 'safe and secure environment.'...
  
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• Moving Moments From John McCain's Capitol Hill Tribute

  31-08-2018 20:21 via yahoo.com
  The late Sen. John McCain was honored by his congressional colleagues and members of the public at the U.S. Capitol on Friday.
  
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• NASA anxious to hear from Mars rover as dust storm clears

  31-08-2018 20:09 via yahoo.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is anxious to hear from its dust-silenced Mars rover, Opportunity, as the planet's red skies clear.
  
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• Viral debate: Is this a door or a beach?

  31-08-2018 20:08 via yahoo.com
  Internet users are getting flashbacks of Laurel vs. Yanny and #TheDress debate as another viral meme makes the rounds online. It’s a picture of various shades of blue and a sliver of a white, grainy-looking color, which has led to the debate: “Is this a door or a beach?"
  
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• Trade deal with U.S. expected to spur Mexican e-commerce

  31-08-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  Mexico's fledgling e-commerce market could get a lift from a trade agreement with the Trump administration that doubles the value of goods that can be imported tax-free from the United States, online businesses and experts said.Mexico and Washington reached a deal to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement on Monday, but talks with Canada, the other country in the 1994 pact, are ongoing and could alter the terms.The bilateral deal between the United States and its southern neighbor would
  
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• Woman shot, killed by police in South Pasadena identified as actress on TV show 'ER'

  31-08-2018 20:02 via yahoo.com
  A woman who was fatally shot by South Pasadena police has been identified as 49-year-old Vanessa Marquez, an actress who used to be on the TV show, "ER."
  
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• ‘Thank God You Exist.’ These Female VCs Have $27 Million to Invest in Women’s Ideas

  31-08-2018 19:53 via yahoo.com
  TIME visits Female Founders Fund partners Anu Duggal and Sutian Dong, who invest in WinkyLux and other women-led startups for Women Across America.
  
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• Blog: Why do you need a UX style guide?

  31-08-2018 19:49
  Is it just me, or are UX Playbooks, UX Pattern Libraries, UX Style guides not talked about and incorporated as often as UI style guides or brand style guides? ...
  
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• One by one, fall of rebel chiefs in east Ukraine

  31-08-2018 19:47 via yahoo.com
  The leader of Ukrainian separatists in the east Alexander Zakharchenko, who died in an explosion in the centre of rebel hub Donetsk, is the latest rebel official to be slain in a series of apparent murders.Since the start of the conflict between the Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine, several field commanders and politicians in the so-called "people's republics" under rebel control have died in explosions and shootings.In February 2017, Mikhail Tolstykh,
  
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• Massive Lizard the Size of an Alligator Terrorizing Florida Neighborhood

  31-08-2018 19:47 via yahoo.com
  The creature has been lurking outside homes for days, and has not yet been caught.
  
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• Sen. John McCain lies in state at the U.S. Capitol

  31-08-2018 19:46 via yahoo.com
  The Arizona senator will lie in state on Friday in the Capitol rotunda, where the public will be able to pay their respects to the lawmaker. On Saturday morning, McCain’s casket will be moved to the Washington National Cathedral for his memorial service.
  
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