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• Insurance tactic drags down U.S. drug prices in second quarter: analyst

  04-09-2018 23:28 via yahoo.com
  Real U.S. drug prices, which includes discounts and rebates drugmakers provide to insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), fell 5.8 percent in the quarter, compared with a 0.7 percent increase a year earlier, SSR analyst Richard Evans said in a research note on Tuesday.Lower "real" drug prices means drugmakers are receiving less revenue on sales, but does not necessarily translate into savings for patients as employers and payers are more likely to reap the benefit.Evans believes "copay ac
  
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• Jordan Belliveau Case: Missing Florida 2-Year-Old Found Dead in Wooded Area, Authorities Say

  04-09-2018 23:21 via yahoo.com
  Jordan Belliveau's 21-year-old mother reported the 2-year-old boy missing early Sunday.
  
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• New book by Woodward says Trump wanted Syrian leader killed

  04-09-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  Excerpts from the book, "Fear: Trump in the White House," written by famed Watergate reporter Bob Woodward, were published by the Washington Post on Tuesday.The book, which is scheduled for release on Sept. 11, is the latest to detail tensions within the White House under Trump's 20-month-old presidency."It's just another bad book," Trump told the Daily Caller.
  
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• Check out Rolling Stone's 1972 coverage of Spacewar!

  04-09-2018 22:39
  An original scan of a Spacewar! article published by Rolling Stone back in 1972 has been uploaded to the Internet Archive. ...
  
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• Nearly 100 elephants killed for ivory in Botswana

  04-09-2018 22:27 via yahoo.com
  Ninety elephant carcasses have been discovered in Botswana with their tusks hacked off, a charity said Tuesday, in figures fiercely contested by the government.Elephants Without Borders said the grim discovery of scores of elephant carcasses, made over several weeks during an aerial survey, is believed to be one of Africa's worst mass poaching sprees.The charity's scientists, who carried out the assessment with Botswana's Department of Wildlife and National Parks, found most of the dead animals
  
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• Get a job: The Behemoth is hiring an Experienced Generalist Programmer

  04-09-2018 22:24
  The Behemoth is looking for a C++ savvy programmer to join its San Diego-based team. ...
  
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• Father of Parkland Shooting Victim Says Brett Kavanaugh 'Turned His Back' to Him at Confirmation Hearing

  04-09-2018 22:21 via yahoo.com
  Fred Guttenberg tried to shake hands with the Supreme Court nominee
  
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• Looking back at the level design triumphs of Super Metroid

  04-09-2018 22:14
  Game Maker†™s Toolkit has released a new video in its Boss Keys series that offers an in-depth look at a game that would later have an entire genre named at least partially named after it....
  
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• Kevin Spacey will not be charged over 1992 sexual assault accusation by LA prosecutors

  04-09-2018 22:11 via yahoo.com
  The Los Angeles County District Attorney declined to file sexual assault charges against the actor on Tuesday.The case, involving an adult male, was presented to Los Angeles prosecutors in April and had been under review.The district attorney also announced that it had declined to file sexual misconduct charges against Steven Seagal and Anthony Anderson.
  
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• This Vintage 1973 Mercedes-Benz SL Will Make Onlookers Green with Envy

  04-09-2018 22:06 via yahoo.com
  A classic R107 SL in an oh-so-Seventies color scheme.
  
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• Battlefield 5 open beta early access is live, when general admission begins, and more

  04-09-2018 22:06 via gamesradar.com
  Here's how and when you can play the Battlefield 5 open beta
  
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• Fantastic Arcade announces lineup of commissioned games

  04-09-2018 21:51
  Fantastic Arcade has announced the first wave of games to be featured during the indie festival, including titles like Boyfriend Dungeon, Spelunky 2 and five commissioned games. ...
  
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• Brett Kavanaugh Snubs Father Of Parkland Shooting Victim

  04-09-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's latest nominee to the Supreme
  
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• Kurdish militants must leave Syria, Turkey tells U.S. envoy

  04-09-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  Turkey told the United States on Tuesday that Kurdish militants must completely abandon Syria, as violence in the rebel-held northern Syrian enclave of Idlib escalated.Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar made the call during talks with visiting U.S. special representative for Syria James Jeffrey, the defense ministry said in a statement.Akar conveyed Ankara's discomfort with the presence of Kurdish militants in the region, it added.
  
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• Exxon evacuates Mobile Bay facilities in Gulf ahead of Storm Gordon

  04-09-2018 21:19 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp said on Tuesday it evacuated offshore personnel and is performing a controlled shut-down of its Mobile Bay facilities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico ahead of Tropical Storm Gordon. Exxon also said it has evacuated the Lena platform. Gordon is expected to make landfall as a tropical storm late Tuesday or early Wednesday near the Gulf Coast borders of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The Lena platform is about 110 miles (177 km)southeast of New Orleans. (Reporting by Sc
  
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• Nike shares hit as Kaepernick ad spurs boycott

  04-09-2018 21:17 via yahoo.com
  Shares of Nike fell as calls for a boycott of the sportswear giant gained traction on social media following its choice of Colin Kaepernick as a face for the 30th anniversary of its "Just Do It" slogan. Fred Katayama reports.
  
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• Lockheed Martin Has a Big Idea for the Air Force: Merge an F-22 and F-35

  04-09-2018 21:15 via yahoo.com
  Lockheed Martin is reportedly pitching a new version of the stealthy F-22 Raptor air superiority fighter to the United States Air Force. But the new Raptor variant would not simply be a rehash of the original F-22, instead this new derivative would replace the original jet’s avionics and mission systems with hardware from Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
  
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• Tucker Carlson Calls Colin Kaepernick's Nike Ad An 'Attack' On America

  04-09-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  Fox News host Tucker Carlson slammed Colin Kaepernick and Nike executives on
  
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• Parkland father's moment with Brett Kavanaugh goes viral

  04-09-2018 21:11 via yahoo.com
  Fred Guttenberg approached Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh with his hand outstretched, but Kavanaugh was led away without shaking his hand.
  
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• Colorado River boat crash survivor: 'I thought I was going to die'

  04-09-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  As three people remain missing from a weekend boat crash on the Colorado River near Lake Havasu, a survivor spoke out about the deadly ordeal on Tuesday.
  
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• Anthem isn't charging for story DLC in an effort to keep its audience undivided

  04-09-2018 21:05
  BioWare†™s upcoming multiplayer game Anthem won†™t be locking post-release story content behind a paywall....
  
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• 5 GIFs that prove Henry Cavill is the perfect choice to play Geralt in The Witcher Netflix show

  04-09-2018 21:05 via gamesradar.com
  As The Witcher Netflix series casts Henry Cavill as Geralt, here's how it could look based on his previous roles
  
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• 3 moments that show The Witcher Netflix series casting Henry Cavill as Geralt might just work out

  04-09-2018 21:05 via gamesradar.com
  The Witcher Netflix series casts Henry Cavill as Geralt, here's how it could look judging by his previous roles
  
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• There Was a Witcher Movie in 2001?

  04-09-2018 20:55
  Sorry, Netflix. Before the games, but after the books written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher was adapted into a movie, and a TV series. Netflix is now developing the franchise into a new TV show starring Henry Cavill as monster-hunting hero Geralt.
  The original film was known as Wiedźmin in Poland, which translates into The Witcher in English, although the film was renamed The Hexer internationally.
  As the story goes, the film was released in 2001 and was panned by critics.
  
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• Israel says struck Iranian targets in Syria 200 times in last two years

  04-09-2018 20:40 via yahoo.com
  According to regional sources, Israel began carrying out military strikes in Syria in 2013 against suspected arms transfers and deployments by Iranian forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies, both Damascus's partners in Syria's civil war.On Tuesday, an Israeli military spokeswoman declined to comment after Syria said it shot down rockets fired by Israeli planes at military targets near the city of Hama."Only just now it was published - in the name of military sources, so I can quote it too -t
  
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• Did Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Crash John McCain's Funeral?

  04-09-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  That's the claim made by Meghan McCain's fellow panelists on "The View."
  
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• Chemical weapons watchdog confirms UK nerve agent findings

  04-09-2018 20:22 via yahoo.com
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The global chemical weapons watchdog on Tuesday confirmed findings by British authorities that the Novichok nerve agent killed one person and sickened another in the English town of Amesbury in June.
  
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• Rachael Bland reveals online trolls 'berated' her for not 'trying hard enough' to save herself

  04-09-2018 20:08 via yahoo.com
  A dying BBC presenter has hit out at online trolls who "berated” her for not “trying hard enough” to save herself during her cancer battle. BBC Radio 5 Live journalist Rachael Bland revealed she had receive some negative responses in describing her experience with the illness. On Monday, Bland, 40, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2016, announced via Twitter that she only had “days to live”, which triggered an outpouring of support including goodwill messa
  
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• Russian airstrikes on Syria's Idlib resume, UN warns of 'bloodbath'

  04-09-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  The UN urged Russia and Turkey Tuesday to help avert a "bloodbath" in Idlib, as renewed Russian airstrikes on the Syria's last major rebel stronghold killed least nine civilians, according to a monitor.Rebel-backer Turkey has held several rounds of talks with regime ally Russia aimed at averting an major assault on Idlib, but Moscow on Tuesday dubbed the province a "pocket of terrorism" as Syrian troops massed near the region.The UN's Syria peace envoy Staffan de Mistura on Tuesday called on Rus
  
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• PSA: Discounted early registration for XRDC ends this Wednesday!

  04-09-2018 20:05
  With just over a day left before XRDC early registration closes Wednesday, September 6th, conference organizers are encouraging anyone interested in coming to register now at a discounted rate! ...
  
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• Netflix's 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before' Has People Craving Yogurt Drink

  04-09-2018 20:02 via yahoo.com
  The hit Netflix romantic comedy "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" may have
  
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• Former senator Jon Kyl steps in to fill McCain's Arizona Senate seat

  04-09-2018 19:53 via yahoo.com
  Jon Kyl, right, a Republican former senator from Arizona, has stepped in as John McCain’s successor.The US Senate seat left vacant by John McCain’s death will be filled by Jon Kyl, a former Republican senator from Arizona, it was announced on Tuesday.
  
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• Rick & Morty Crossover Unlikely in Trover Saves the Universe

  04-09-2018 19:49
  It seems like we won't be seeing any portals, Meeseeks or cameos from Rick and Morty themselves during Trover Saves the Universe. In an interview at PAX West, Justin Roiland (creator of both Trover and the popular sci-fi show) told IGN that the new PS4/PSVR game is "it's own thing."
  That's not to say that there isn't a connection between the two, however. One of Rick & Morty's key plot points is that there are infinite universes and realities, and Roiland acknowledges that. "We’ve seen
  
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• Former Obama aide Emanuel won't seek third Chicago mayor term

  04-09-2018 19:38 via yahoo.com
  Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel, once a star of the Democratic party and chief of staff to former US President Barack Obama, will not seek a third term, he announced Tuesday.In a tear-filled, surprise announcement, Emanuel told a hastily-arranged news conference that he would not run again for the highest office in the nation's third largest city, and the hometown of his former boss Obama."I've decided not to seek re-election," Emanuel said.
  
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• GDC 2019 is looking for great AI talks, so submit yours today!

  04-09-2018 19:27
  Hey devs, submit your pitches for talks for next year's GDC AI Summit, which presents panels and lectures from top game AI programmers, designers, researchers, and AI enthusiasts in the industry! ...
  
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• Japan's deadly typhoon is the worst in 25 years

  04-09-2018 19:23 via yahoo.com
  Japan issued evacuation advisories for more than a million people and canceled hundreds of flights as Typhoon Jebi sliced across the west on Tuesday, cutting power, overturning cars and killing at least six people. Rosanna Philpott reports.
  
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• Is This Yamaha Racing Transmission Coming to the Street?

  04-09-2018 19:18 via yahoo.com
  Is This Yamaha Racing Transmission Coming to the Street? A Yamaha patent for a seamless transmission suggests more racing tech for your street bike The seamless transmission is the motorcycle performance utopia. This time-saving system has been exclusive to
  
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• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Blackout Player Count Revealed

  04-09-2018 19:09
  Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's battle royale mode, Blackout, will feature 80 players when the beta launches next week, although that number may change for launch or at some point in the future.
  Speaking to Game Informer, Treyarch co-studio head Dan Bunting said that while they "they had tested internally with 100 players, the studio is putting the quality of gameplay first over hitting an arbitrary number."
  “What’s really more important to us than a number is that the gameplay experienc
  
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• Oh god, Paul McCartney is back for Destiny 2: Forsaken in possibly the best Lost Sector Easter egg ever

  04-09-2018 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  One of the Tangled Shore's Lost Sectors contains more than we expected
  
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• The Wildest Things About Trump From Bob Woodward's New Book, 'Fear'

  04-09-2018 18:46 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's job is to lead the nation, but Bob Woodward's new
  
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• Chicago mayor will not seek re-election

  04-09-2018 18:44 via yahoo.com
  Rahm Emanuel made the announcement at a City Hall press conference on Tuesday morning.
  
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• Arizona Governor Names Jon Kyl As John McCain's Senate Replacement

  04-09-2018 18:41 via yahoo.com
  Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) on Tuesday named Jon Kyl to fill the late John
  
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• Amazon goes from books to a trillion-dollar valuation

  04-09-2018 18:35 via yahoo.com
  What began as an online bookseller is now a global e-commerce powerhouse valued at a trillion dollars.
  
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• Destiny 2: Cayde-6 Leaves Heart-Wrenching Letter

  04-09-2018 18:29
  Bungie shared last words from the beloved Hunter as we say goodbye to Cayde-6 on the bittersweet day that marks Destiny 2's Forsaken launch – Tuesday, Sept. 4.
   
  Ikora, Zavala:
  If you’re reading this, shame on you. You didn’t notice me slip out the back door. Step up your game, my buddies. 
  Here’s the play. I’m going back to the Reef. Not just for a mission or two—I’ll be staying there for a few days to help out our old pal Petra Venj with a fe
  
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• Jeep Wrangler Pickup Spied in Gnarly Off-Road Trim

  04-09-2018 18:28 via yahoo.com
  A Wrangler pickup prototype with aggressive off-road tires was spotted by our spy. Is this the Scrambler Rubicon?
  
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• IGF 2019 Inspirations: 2016 Excellence in Audio award winner Mini Metro!

  04-09-2018 18:17
  Remember, entries for all IGF award categories are being accepted through October 1! To inspire you we've started a profile series of past IGF winners, continuing today with Mini Metro! ...
  
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• Come to XRDC and learn all about how to better use haptics in your work!

  04-09-2018 18:11
  Come to XRDC next month, where Sense Glove's chief will bring you up to speed on the different types of haptics and how to implement them into XR projects, using real examples! ...
  
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• Battlefield 5: 64-Player Battle Royale Mode Is Officially Called Firestorm

  04-09-2018 18:07
  Battlefield 5 developer DICE has finally shed just a little more light on its “reimagined” battle royale mode that will make changes to the popular multiplayer style in interesting ways.
  Officially dubbed Firestorm, the mode was given a proper name in a new overview video called This Is Battlefield 5. It places players into 16 teams of four as they work together to remain the last group standing. It will take place on what DICE calls the largest map in Battlefield history.
  
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• Xbox Games with Gold for September 2018 are as cute as a button (or Lego toy)

  04-09-2018 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  See which games are free with your Xbox Live Gold subscription this month.
  
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• Claire Wineland, YouTube star and activist, dies at 21

  04-09-2018 18:04 via yahoo.com
  Claire Wineland — YouTuber, inspirational speaker, and activist — died at age 21 on Sunday night. Wineland, who had cystic fibrosis, founded a non-profit organization called Claire’s Place Foundation to support children and families living with the disorder. On Monday, the organization announced her death in a Facebook post. SEE ALSO: YouTube's women of STEM make learning about science fun Wineland's death came days after she suffered a severe stroke on August 26, which resulte
  
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