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• Trump Achieves The Impossible: Democratic Voters Want Jeff Sessions To Stick Around

  10-09-2018 23:52 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has scrambled many of Washington's standard operating
  
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• 7 wounded in Paris knife attack, including British, Egyptian tourists

  10-09-2018 23:51 via yahoo.com
  A man believed to be an Afghan national was being held in custody Monday as the suspect in an attack with a knife and an iron bar in Paris that left seven people injured, including three foreign tourists, police said.In the attack next to a canal in the northeast of the capital on Sunday evening, the suspect, believed to be in his thirties, was overpowered by bystanders who had tried to stop him by throwing petanque balls at him.Among the seven injured were two British tourists and an Egyptian v
  
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• Bank employees back in fatal shooting aftermath

  10-09-2018 23:44 via yahoo.com
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The husband of a bank executive who was shot at least 12 times publicly thanked police and emergency medical caregivers Monday for saving her life.
  
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• Save $10 when you pre-order the Phantom Black Special Edition Xbox Wireless Controller

  10-09-2018 23:29 via gamesradar.com
  Little black D-pad
  
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• Kellyanne Conway Mocked For Hypocritically Bashing 'Cowardly' Anonymous NYT Writer

  10-09-2018 23:20 via yahoo.com
  Kellyanne Conway on Monday slammed the unnamed Trump administration official
  
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• Hurricane Florence growing in size and strength as it heads toward Carolinas, max winds now 140 mph

  10-09-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  Florence rapidly strengthened into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane on Monday as it closed in on North and South Carolina, carrying winds and water that could wreak havoc over a wide stretch of the eastern United States later this week.
  
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• BMW X3 M and X4 M Are Definitely Happening

  10-09-2018 23:14 via yahoo.com
  The first ever M versions of the X3 and the X4 will reach showrooms a year from now as 2020 models.
  
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• Game Scoop's Take on Spider-Man

  10-09-2018 23:10
  Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. This week we're discussing Spider-Man, Yakuza, Assassin's Creed, and more. Watch the video above or download the podcast below.
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• The first mobile Spider-Man game almost shipped with Game Boy Advance assets

  10-09-2018 22:47
  In an interview Gadgets 360, game designers from Mumbai studio Indiagames discuss development of the first mobile iteration of Spider-Man, which was put together in under a month. ...
  
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• Players Are in Love With Spider-Man PS4's Photo Mode

  10-09-2018 22:43
  
  Marvel's Spider-Man has only been available on PS4 for a few days, but since its September 7 release date, fans have been capturing their time in Insomniac Games' New York with a ton of polished photos.
  I wrote last week about why Spider-Man's photo mode is so great and specific to the Spidey experience, and since then, players have taken the mode to new heights. (You can see a bit of the IGN team's ingenuity with the mode in the gallery below - some light spoilers will follow.
  Fans, Marvel
  
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• European stocks rise on Swedish vote relief

  10-09-2018 22:40 via yahoo.com
  European equities rose Monday as the far-right failed to make as large gains as expected in Swedish elections, while US stocks ended mostly higher, cautiously resisting pressure from soaring trade war concerns.
  
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• The Latest: Hospital releases bank shooting victim

  10-09-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on the Sept. 6 shootings in a Cincinnati bank building (all times local):
  
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• How at least one Destiny 2 player got all the new Raid's Warlock loot days before it went live

  10-09-2018 22:32 via gamesradar.com
  This Destiny 2 Last Wish raid loot glitch was one for the grimoire, but Bungie's fixed it (for now)
  
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• How to Avoid Food Poisoning

  10-09-2018 22:29 via yahoo.com
  Eggs, flour, romaine lettuce, and sliced melon are just a few of the foods responsible for hundreds of cases of salmonella or E. coli infections nationwide in the past year. Have you ever wondere...
  
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• Donald Trump receives letter from North Korea to ‘schedule second meeting’ with Kim Jong-un

  10-09-2018 22:02 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has received a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un about scheduling a second meeting between the pair.The first summit took place on 12 June in Singapore and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed the receipt of the letter in a news conference.Ms Sanders pointed to a recent military parade held in Pyongyang as a "sign of good faith" in the denuclearisation talks because it did not feature any long-range missiles as Mr Kim has had before, adding it was "
  
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• Sweden faces political impasse after far-right election gains

  10-09-2018 21:58 via yahoo.com
  Sweden faces a political impasse after its mainstream centre-left and centre-right blocs virtually tied in an election on Sunday, while the far-right - which neither wants to deal with - made gains on a hardline anti-immigration platform.With nearly all votes counted on Monday, the ruling centre-left Social Democrats and Greens and their Left Party parliamentary ally had 40.6 percent of the vote, while the opposition centre-right Alliance was on 40.3 percent.The Sweden Democrats, a party with wh
  
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• CBS sets Moonves payoff at $120 mln

  10-09-2018 21:55 via yahoo.com
  CBS says it will pay $120 million to former chief executive Leslie Moonves if an internal investigation into allegations of harassment fails to provide grounds for his dismissal. Fred Katayama reports.
  
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• Turkey renews call for ceasefire in Idlib

  10-09-2018 21:43 via yahoo.com
  Turkey on Monday urged Syria and Russia to halt all bombing on the Syrian province of Idlib, and called for a ceasefire in the region near its border."Our priority is to put an end as soon as possible to all the ground and air attacks and to ensure the implementation of a ceasefire and of stability," Turkey's Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted as saying by the state-run Anadolu news agency.The province of Idlib, in Syria's northwest, has been the target in recent days of artillery bombing b
  
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• California Pledges 100% Clean Electricity by 2045

  10-09-2018 21:43 via yahoo.com
  The ambitious commitment comes as the state gears up for a sprawling climate change summit
  
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• German org calls on Sony to fix 'customer-hostile' terms & conditions

  10-09-2018 21:38
  Sony is facing possible legal action in Germany after the Consumer Association of North Rhine-Westphalia issued a complaint regarding the terms and conditions imposed on customers using PSN.  ...
  
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• Dallas Cop Seen Crying Moments After Shooting Neighbor When She Entered Wrong Apartment

  10-09-2018 21:37 via yahoo.com
  Paramedics were unable to save the life of Botham Jean after the 26-year-old was shot by Officer Amber Guyger when she entered his apartment by mistake.
  
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• Exclusive: Venezuela signs oil deals similar to ones rolled back under Chavez - document

  10-09-2018 21:32 via yahoo.com
  The effort signals that President Nicolas Maduro, who is struggling under a hyper-inflationary economic meltdown and fast-declining oil output, is willing to reverse the aggressive efforts of his predecessor - who died in 2013 - to expand the state's role in the energy industry of the OPEC nation.The government had already announced a vague plan to boost oil output with the help of seven companies.The plan was described during a televised event on Aug. 28 in which representatives of those compan
  
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• Omarosa Suggests Tape Of Trump Using Racial Slur Will Come Out Before Elections

  10-09-2018 21:26 via yahoo.com
  Since the publication of her book Unhinged last month, former White House aide
  
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• Analyst: 'Whale' spenders aren't as crucial to F2P mobile games as they once were

  10-09-2018 21:24
  Data featured in a report from DeltaDNA suggests that casual spenders are on the rise, and that free-to-play mobile games likely won†™t need to rely on power-spenders as a result. ...
  
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• The Latest: Evacuations lifted in Napa County blaze

  10-09-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in California (all times local):
  
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• Hybrid pythons could threaten beyond Florida Everglades

  10-09-2018 21:11 via yahoo.com
  Pythons as long as SUV’s are tightening their grip on the Florida Everglades and with no natural predators in the state, the snakes native to Southeast Asia have quickly risen to the top of the food chain. A new study in the journal “Ecology and Evolution” suggests the python problem could slither beyond just the swamp
  
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• Les Moonves resigns from CBS amid new allegations of sexual misconduct

  10-09-2018 21:10 via yahoo.com
  Shares in CBS fell sharply on Monday as the television network faced a future without chairman Les Moonves, who resigned hours after six women made allegations of sexual misconduct against him.The chairman, CEO and president, was already under investigation by the company for similar allegations made by six others.The New Yorker magazine reported the latest accusations, which included Mr Moonves allegedly exposing himself.
  
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• Venom director Ruben Fleischeron on Marvel's most "horrific and violent" character

  10-09-2018 20:52 via gamesradar.com
  Hardy-core.
  
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• Venom director Ruben Fleischer on Marvel's most "horrific and violent" character

  10-09-2018 20:52 via gamesradar.com
  Hardy-core
  
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• Vatican promises 'clarifications' to pope cover-up claims

  10-09-2018 20:33 via yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is preparing the "necessary clarifications" about accusations that top Vatican officials including Pope Francis covered up the sexual misconduct of a now-disgraced American ex-cardinal, Francis' top advisers said Monday.
  
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• Don't Miss: A postmortem of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

  10-09-2018 20:21
  Former Big Huge Games executive producer Mike Fridley walks through what went right and what went wrong with Kingdoms of Amalur's production leading up to a release that would sink two studios....
  
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• HMs in Pokemon Let's Go Replaced by Secret Techniques

  10-09-2018 20:20
  The newest trailer for Pokemon: Let's Go! Pikachu and Pokemon: Let's Go! Eevee revealed a replacement for HMs and ride Pokemon, along with additional exclusive moves for both partner Pokemon, Pikachu and Eevee.
  Specifically, new "Secret Techniques," will replace the original HMs and the more recent Ride Pokemon system. Much like HMs, Secret Techniques grant Pokemon the ability to overcome obstacles to help you get around.
  Chop Down cuts down trees in your way, Sea Skim lets you surf on water, an
  
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• Sekiro Aiming to Support Japanese Audio Worldwide

  10-09-2018 20:13
  According to a project administrator working on Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, FromSoftware is aiming to include Japanese audio in every version of the game.
  Chief project administrator Bob Simpson, who works in translation and interpretation, replied to a fan on Twitter who asked if European players could use the game’s native Japanese audio with English subtitles. Simpson responded "The plan is to have JP audio as an option in every version."The plan is to have JP audio as an option in
  
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• Nintendo: Restrictions on cloud saves for certain Switch games are to curb cheaters

  10-09-2018 20:08
  While most Switch titles support cloud saves, some games have disabled the feature in order to prevent players from manipulating online features....
  
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• Melania Trump's Camp Lashes Out at 'The View' for Mocking Her Accent

  10-09-2018 20:02 via yahoo.com
  The spokeswoman blasted the ladies of "The View" for mocking the first lady's accent, which they did not do.
  
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• THQ Nordic Needs EA's Permission to Remaster Kingdoms of Amalur

  10-09-2018 19:57
  Fans of 38 Studios' Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning were excited about the possibilities when THQ Nordic bought the property from its now-defunct creator, but there's reportedly another hurdle in the way that's yet to be cleared.
  Eurogamer reports that THQ Nordic has explained EA still has the publishing rights to the franchise.
  "EA still has the publishing rights to Reckoning," a THQ Nordic representative told Eurogamer.
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• PUBG logs 1 million peak concurrent players for 365 days in a row, a Steam first

  10-09-2018 19:35
  According to the third-party Steam tracker SteamDB, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has attracted over one million players at daily peak for one year straight, a first for any game on Steam. ...
  
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• California Commits To 100 Percent Clean Energy By 2045

  10-09-2018 19:30 via yahoo.com
  In a move bucking the Trump administration's push to revive the coal industry,
  
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• Elon Musk's access to government secrets questioned after bizarre cannabis interview

  10-09-2018 19:18 via yahoo.com
  Elon Musk has access to some of the government's most important secrets.The SpaceX boss has high-level security clearance as a result of his work with the rocket firm he founded and which carries sometimes mysterious government hardware up into space.After that video surfaced, numerous reports suggested that the Air Force was reconsidering Mr Musk's government clearance.
  
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• XRDC attendee Q& A: Steve Biegun and how healthcare is using VR and AR

  10-09-2018 19:16
  VR/AR developer Steve Biegun explains how healthcare companies are innovating in the fields of VR, AR, and beyond....
  
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• Serbian president's praise of Milosevic triggers outrage

  10-09-2018 19:16 via yahoo.com
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The Serbian president's praise of Slobodan Milosevic as a "great" leader triggered outrage on Monday in neighboring states where his nationalist policies in the 1990s caused bloodshed and destruction.
  
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• Ford Model T Buying Guide

  10-09-2018 19:14 via yahoo.com
  Here’s how to buy a solid Ford Model T, a prime slice of Americana and one of the most significant cars in motoring history…
  
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• Republican Florida governor candidate DeSantis resigns from Congress

  10-09-2018 19:06 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Representative Ron DeSantis, a Republican in a close race for governor of Florida, on Monday notified House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan that he was resigning immediately from Congress.In a letter to Ryan, DeSantis noted that the gubernatorial campaign would keep him out of Washington for most of the remaining House sessions before the November election.As a result, it would be "inappropriate for me to accept a (congressional) salary," DeSantis wrote.
  
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• Get Victory IRL with Fortnite Nerf Blasters and a Monopoly board on the way

  10-09-2018 18:56 via gamesradar.com
  Get Monopoly: Fortnite Edition later this year and Fortnite Nerf Blasters in 2019
  
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• Major Idlib raid could spark worst catastrophe of 21st century: UN

  10-09-2018 18:33 via yahoo.com
  The UN's new humanitarian chief warned Monday that a large-scale military operation against the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib could create "the worst humanitarian catastrophe" of this century."There needs to be ways of dealing with this problem that don't turn the next few months in Idlib into the worst humanitarian catastrophe with the biggest loss of life in the 21st century," Mark Lowcock told reporters in Geneva.Since 2015, Idlib has been home to a complex array of anti-regime forces:
  
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• Pennsylvania explosion: Evacuations and destroyed homes near Pittsburgh after huge gas line blast

  10-09-2018 18:28 via yahoo.com
  Residents have been forced to evacuate after a gas line explosion outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania destroyed buildings amid massive flames.There have been no reported injuries as yet but the 5 am explosion and fire affected the approximately 30 homes within a half-mile radius.The line is operated by a company called Energy Transfer in Center Township, a suburb approximately 25 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
  
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• Nissan Design Chief Suggests a New Z-Car Is Coming

  10-09-2018 18:19 via yahoo.com
  A replacement for the 370Z is long overdue, and it is on its way.
  
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• Murder charge still possible for officer involved in wrong apartment shooting

  10-09-2018 18:18 via yahoo.com
  The Texas Rangers, a law enforcement agency assigned to conduct an independent investigation of the case, obtained an arrest warrant against Guyger, 30, on Sunday on suspicion of manslaughter.
  
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• Left Alive's New Trailer Showcases The Three Playable Protagonists

  10-09-2018 18:18
  A year after its reveal at Tokyo Game Show, the Square Enix survival shooter Left Alive is still a mysterious project we don't know a ton about. The latest trailer introduces us to the characters and story driving the action.Led by Armored Core director Toshifumi Nabeshima and former Metal Gear artist Yoji Shinkawa, Left Alive is a Front Mission spin-off set during a war-ravaged future where mechs roam the streets taking out anyone stupid enough to walk into their crosshairs. Play
  
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• Apple supplier stocks dip as Trump tweets threats over China tariffs

  10-09-2018 18:18 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has seemingly triggered a drop in the shares of China-based suppliers of Apple Inc after threatening price increases against the tech giant on Twitter.The president claimed "prices may increase" for the world's most popular smartphone provider thanks to "massive tariffs we may be imposing on China," in a message calling on Apple to manufacture its products in the US."Apple prices may increase because of the massive Tariffs we may be imposing on China - but there is an easy solution
  
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