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• Guatemalan gets 16 years in crash that killed Colts player

  21-09-2018 23:59 via yahoo.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man from Guatemala living illegally in the U.S. was sentenced Friday to the maximum of 16 years in prison for a drunken-driving crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver.
  
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• I Revealed A Priest Abused Me 30 Years Ago. If I'm A Hero, Why Isn't Christine Blasey Ford?

  21-09-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  Three weeks ago, I publicly revealed that I was abused by my parish priest
  
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• If You Like Airstreams, You'll Love the Ecocapsule

  21-09-2018 23:52 via yahoo.com
  No plug needed!
  
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• Brett Kavanaugh Controversy Rocks Yale Law School

  21-09-2018 23:52 via yahoo.com
  The sexual assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh is rocking the world of
  
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• U.S. preparing 'actions' in coming days against Venezuela: Pompeo to Fox News

  21-09-2018 23:47 via yahoo.com
  The United States is preparing a "series of actions" in the coming days to increase pressure on the Venezuelan government, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News on Friday."You'll see in the coming days a series of actions that continue to increase the pressure level against the Venezuelan leadership folks, who are working directly against the best interest of the Venezuelan people," Pompeo said."We're determined to ensure that the Venezuelan people get their say."He did not give furt
  
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• UK PM May facing ministerial resignations over Brexit plan: Telegraph

  21-09-2018 23:45 via yahoo.com
  Some of British Prime Minister Theresa May's ministers will demand a "Plan B" on her Brexit proposal next week and could quit if she does not change course, the Telegraph newspaper reported late on Friday, citing unnamed sources.Ministers will demand an alternative plan to her "Chequers" proposal at a Cabinet meeting on Monday, the Telegraph said.Pro-Brexit members of May's party on Friday had welcomed her defiant tone, but her Chequers proposal has many domestic critics, too.
  
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• Should A Sexual Assault Follow You For Life? Victims Like Me Don't Get A Choice.

  21-09-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  Since professor Christine Blasey Ford wrote a confidential letter accusing
  
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• Fallout 76 weapons include this frankly absurd Guitar Sword

  21-09-2018 23:08 via gamesradar.com
  Fallout 76 introduces you to Appalachia with some killer chords
  
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• Stillfront acquires Imperia Online developer for $11M

  21-09-2018 23:01
  The Swedish firm Stillfront Group announced today that it has acquired developer Imperia Online, known for the medieval-themed MMO strategy game of the same name $11.7 million.  ...
  
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• Telltale Games is closing, and we may never get to see the end of Clementine's story

  21-09-2018 22:53 via gamesradar.com
  The studio behind Batman: The Enemy Within, Minecraft: Story Mode and an upcoming Stranger Things game shutting doors after 14 years
  
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• PayPal ends business dealings with Alex Jones's Infowars

  21-09-2018 22:36 via yahoo.com
  The move makes PayPal the latest tech company to take action against Jones, a deeply controversial right-wing radio talk-show host who has suggested that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, among other sensational claims."We've made a decision to end our relationship with Infowars websites, including PrisonPlanet," a PayPal spokesman said.
  
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• Tanzania leader orders arrests as ferry death toll over 130

  21-09-2018 22:27 via yahoo.com
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Hundreds of solemn people watched Friday as body after body was pulled from a capsized ferry that Tanzanian authorities said was badly overcrowded and upended in the final stretch before reaching shore. The death toll was above 130 but horrified witnesses feared that would rise as a second day of searching neared an end.
  
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• 'We Do Not Support This Conduct.' PayPal Joins the Growing Number of Sites to Ban InfoWars

  21-09-2018 22:17 via yahoo.com
  'We do not support this conduct'
  
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• Woman stabs 5 - including newborns - at New York nursery

  21-09-2018 22:15 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A woman stabbed five people — including three newborn babies — and then slashed her wrist early Friday inside a New York City home that was apparently being used as an unlicensed neighborhood nursery for new mothers and their children, authorities said.
  
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• Interior and Passenger Space

  21-09-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  The Range Rover Sport Supercharged has an attractive, well-equipped cabin, but the interior fittings don't feel any more special than those found in the V-6–powered Range Rover Sports.What is new, however, is the addition of Jaguar Land Rover's InControl Touch Pro Duo infotainment system, which adds a second, reconfigurable screen that supplements the 10.2-inch infotainment display higher up on the dashboard.From this secondary screen users can select climate-control functions, turn on the
  
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• 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Supercharged / SVR

  21-09-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Today, however, there's a veritable smorgasbord of hot SUVs aimed at wealthy driving enthusiasts with a kid or three.The Range Rover Sport Supercharged brings an intriguing combination of luxury and British class to the mix.A sonorous supercharged V-8 engine-offered in either standard 518-hp or 575-hp SVR trim-provides substantial forward thrust and brawny towing capacity, while a sport suspension helps this Land Rover maintain its composure through the twisties.
  
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• Rod Rosenstein 'suggested secretly recording' Trump in order to invoke 25th Amendment

  21-09-2018 21:49 via yahoo.com
  Rod Rosenstein reportedly suggested he would secretly record Donald Trump in an effort to expose the president as being “unfit for office” – while attempting to invoke the 25th Amendment.The deputy attorney general suggested in several conversations with multiple FBI and Justice Department officials that he’d be willing to wear a wire to secretly record his meetings with Mr Trump, The New York Times reported on Friday.The paper’s anonymous sources alleged his intent
  
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• Red Dead Redemption 2: 13 of Your Biggest Questions, Answered

  21-09-2018 21:47
  Recently we got to play a couple hours of Red Dead Redemption 2. Afterwards, we took to Twitter and asked you for your most burning questions, with an eye towards answering some of the best ones. Let's get started!
  Dean Thompson 62 (@62Thompson) asks: Will the campaign be offline?
  Yes! Red Dead Online is totally separate and will be released later.
  Lolable (@LolableComics) asks: Can you pet dogs?
  Also a big yes! You can interact with them, but sadly you can't have one as your own pet.
  Nic Shanno
  
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• Police chief forced to tell Trump it is 'a fact' sex crimes go underreported as president demands Kavanaugh assault evidence

  21-09-2018 21:44 via yahoo.com
  Houston police chief has hit back Donald Trump’s controversial demands for evidence surrounding sexual assault allegations against his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.The president called on Christine Blasey Ford — who has accused Mr Kavanaugh of sexual assault while at a party when the two were teenagers — to release any police filings she may have filed at the time of the alleged incident.“I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, cha
  
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• More than 500 Sexual Assaults Happen in a Single Year at Some Military Installations: Report

  21-09-2018 21:42 via yahoo.com
  A newly released Pentagon study revealed that many military sexual assaults occur at a relatively small number of bases and naval ships.
  
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• India cancels rare Pakistan meeting over 'brutal killings'

  21-09-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  India on Friday cancelled rare talks between its foreign minister and her Pakistani counterpart set for next week on the sidelines of a major UN conference, just one day after saying it would go ahead, drawing an indignant response from Islamabad.The Indian foreign ministry blamed the about-face on the "latest brutal killings of our security personnel by Pakistan-based entities" and the recent release of a series of Pakistani postage stamps "glorifying a terrorist and terrorism".It added that th
  
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• Three infants, two adults stabbed at New York City daycare center

  21-09-2018 21:34 via yahoo.com
  A female worker stabbed three babies, two of whom are less than a month old, at a home-based daycare center in New York City on Friday before slashing her own wrists and being taken into custody, police said.The unidentified woman, age 52, who also stabbed two adults in the predawn incident in the borough of Queens, was in stable condition, Juanita Holmes, assistant chief of patrol for the New York City Police Department, said at a news conference.The woman also stabbed a 31-year-old man, believ
  
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• Over 54,000 still without power in Carolinas after Florence

  21-09-2018 21:34 via yahoo.com
  Flooding across the Carolinas was expected to worsen over the next couple of days, forecasters said.Duke Energy Corp , the biggest utility in the Carolinas with over 4 million customers, said it had restored power to more than 1.7 million of its nearly 1.8 million customers affected by the storm.
  
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• Monster Hunter Movie Will Have 'Bloody Big Monsters,' Says Director

  21-09-2018 21:34
  Back in May, we learned that Capcom's popular RPG, Monster Hunter, will be making its big screen debut with Resident Evil star Milla Jovovich cast in the leading role. Also attached to the project is Jovovich's husband, Paul W.S. Anderson (Event Horizon), who will direct the live-action adaptation.
  While speaking with Anderson about his upcoming YouTube original sci-fi horror series, Origin, the director shed some light on the Monster Hunter film and what we can expect to see when it hits theate
  
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• Duke shuts natgas plant due to Florence floods, coal ash leak feared

  21-09-2018 21:26 via yahoo.com
  Duke also said it cannot rule out the possibility that coal ash from another plant is flowing into nearby waters.Water breached the cooling lake dam at Duke's 625-megawatt natural gas L.V. Sutton plant, causing the company to shut the plant.Site personnel are supplementing on-site supplies with large stones and other materials, and engineering experts are on their way to the site, Duke said.
  
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• Death toll reaches 136 in Tanzania ferry disaster with scores missing

  21-09-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  Tanzanian President John Magufuli ordered the arrest of those responsible for a packed ferry sinking on Lake Victoria.
  
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• The 2019 Mercedes-Benz A-class Sedan Is a Worthy Luxury Entry Point

  21-09-2018 21:20 via yahoo.com
  One of the first things we were told during the briefing for the new Mercedes-Benz A-class sedan is that there are four ways to interact with it.Well of course there are, we thought, mentally ticking off the controls: steering wheel, accelerator, brake pedal, clutch-wait a sec, could this sporty little sedan actually have a manual transmission?What the Mercedes rep was actually talking about is the company's new infotainment system: Mercedes-Benz User Experience, or MBUX for short.
  
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• Telltale Games initiates 'majority studio closure'

  21-09-2018 21:19
  Update Telltale Games, the studio behind games like The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us, is all but closing its doors, the company confirmed Friday....
  
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• Donald Trump Has A Very, Very Long History Of Not Believing Women

  21-09-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  After a week of exercising some restraint, President Donald Trump on Friday
  
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• 5 Games to Play After Spider-Man PS4

  21-09-2018 21:00
  With Marvel's Spider-Man's initial release now a couple weeks behind us, it's very possible you've already beaten and even platinumed Insomniac Games superhero adventure.
  So, if you've already completed Peter Parker's PS4 outing, the cast of IGN's Beyond!, our weekly PlayStation show, dove into the topic of what to play next. Yes, they cover the obvious if you're looking for more superhero games and haven't picked up the Batman: Arkham franchise. But, beyond (Beyond!) that, the cast dives into s
  
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• Don't Miss: Exploring the rise and appeal of Roguelikes

  21-09-2018 20:46
  In this 2014 feature, Gamasutra speaks to a number of game devs to explore the appeal of Roguelikes, both for players and developers. ...
  
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• Parts of the Carolinas to remain underwater as river flooding from Florence persists through September

  21-09-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  While crests will continue to work downstream along the major rivers in the eastern part of the Carolinas into next week, some unprotected areas may stay flooded until the end of September or early October.
  
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• Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in new Gaza clashes: ministry

  21-09-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  A Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire in new clashes along the Gaza border on Friday, the health ministry in the Hamas-controlled territory said.A spokesman for the ministry told AFP that Karim Mohammed Kallab, 25, died after being shot in the stomach during protests east of Gaza City.
  
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• Floodwaters continue to rise on portions of Carolina rivers even a full week after Florence's arrival

  21-09-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  While crests will continue to work downstream along the major rivers in the eastern part of the Carolinas into next week, some unprotected areas may stay flooded until the end of September or early October.
  
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• America Is Striking Back over Russia's Sale of Su-35 Fighters and S-400s to China

  21-09-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  China and Russia are reacting with fury after the United States sanctioned Beijing for its purchase of Russian-made Sukhoi Su-35S Flanker-E fighters and S-400 air and missile defense systems.
  
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• Father, Son Killed in Small Plane Crash

  21-09-2018 20:43 via yahoo.com
  Authorities in Missouri say the pilot of a small plane that crashed near Festus Memorial Airport early Friday morning had reported electrical failure and had asked his fiancee via text message to stand at the runway with a flashlight.
  
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• Kris Jenner Reveals She 'Pulled' Out Kylie's Baby During Delivery

  21-09-2018 20:41 via yahoo.com
  Anyone with a passing knowledge of the Kardashian family knows Kris Jenner is
  
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• Google exploring 6DoF and other features for Daydream VR

  21-09-2018 20:34
  The in-development features could open up augmented reality and additional tracking possibilities for the standalone VR headset. ...
  
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• What Happens To Blackout When the Next Call of Duty Comes Out?

  21-09-2018 20:28
  Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 isn’t out yet, but the next Call of Duty after it is only 13 months away.
  That’s not based on any industry leaks or insider info, it’s just an assumption that’s about as safe to make as “the sun will rise tomorrow.” It’s also a thought that was hanging over my head like a raincloud while I played the PC beta of the Blackout battle royale mode this past weekend.I seriously enjoyed Blackout, far more than I expected to. It’s
  
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• May faces new Brexit resistance in Northern Ireland

  21-09-2018 20:28 via yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Theresa May's renewed pledge to deliver Brexit without dividing the UK was met with contradictory ultimatums Friday from Northern Ireland's unionist and nationalist parties.May returned from a bruising EU summit in Salzburg to deliver an impassioned televised address in which she blamed Brussels for the impasse and demanded "respect" for the UK."It is something I will never agree to -- indeed, in my judgement it is something no British prime minister would ever agree to,"
  
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• Rape Survivors Share Why They Stayed Quiet In Powerful #WhyIDidntReport Tweets

  21-09-2018 20:26 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump wonders why survivors of sexual assault don't
  
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• Rod Rosenstein Suggested Recording Trump And Invoking 25th Amendment: Reports

  21-09-2018 20:13 via yahoo.com
  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein suggested last year that he covertly
  
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• PlayStation on If More Games Will Be Added to PS Classic Post-Launch

  21-09-2018 20:08
  With the PlayStation Classic's reveal earlier this week came the confirmation of five of the 20 games to be included in the nostalgic console, as well as what players would be getting for the $99.99 price point.
  Still, some questions lingered about functionality for the system, and how it might differ from what we've seen in Nintendo's NES and SNES Classic mini consoles. Speaking to IGN via email, a PlayStation spokesperson confirmed that, similarly to those consoles, the initial launch lineup w
  
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• Puerto Rico mayor blames Donald Trump for soaring Hurricane Maria death count: ‘It’s a historic failing’

  21-09-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  Puerto Rico's mayor of San Juan has sharpened her attacks against Donald Trump, blaming his administration for "structural negligence" that led to thousands of deaths in the wake of Hurricane Maria.Carmen Yulín Cruz said the president was responsible for the federal government’s slow response to the deadly hurricane estimated to have killed nearly 3,000 people, during an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper on the one-year anniversary of the storm."This is President Trump’s Ka
  
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• Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang dead at 61

  21-09-2018 20:06 via yahoo.com
  Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang, a former police chief known as a tough politician and committed communist with little tolerance for dissent, died Friday aged 61 after a serious illness, state media reported.Coverage on state media was sombre Friday, with a Vietnam Television anchor in dark clothing announcing the news of the leader's death, first reported by the official Vietnam News Agency.The president had sought treatment in Japan for over a year before he was checked into hospital on Thu
  
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• Joe Biden Says Christine Blasey Ford 'Should Not Have to Go Through What Anita Hill Went Through'

  21-09-2018 20:05 via yahoo.com
  "She deserves to be treated with dignity"
  
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• Italy's fashion industry says tackling low pay problem

  21-09-2018 20:02 via yahoo.com
  Italy's fashion industry responded Friday to accusations of widespread underpaid and undeclared subcontracted work in a New York Times article, saying that the problem is limited and already being dealt with."The problem of irregular employment exists in the world and luxury businesses are the most active in the fight against the phenomenon," said Carlo Capasa, head of the Italian chamber of fashion commerce."Taking a few units that go underneath the radar seems a little pretentious," he told AF
  
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• Pokemon Go may have revealed an entirely new Pokemon and the existence of Gen 8

  21-09-2018 19:52 via gamesradar.com
  Say hello to Pokemon #891
  
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• Whatever happens to Kavanaugh, Trump has already made 2018 the Year of the Woman

  21-09-2018 19:40 via yahoo.com
  Women have contributed to a rise in activism that has also been mirrored by a surge in candidate recruitment.
  
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• Activists protest Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to Supreme Court

  21-09-2018 19:31 via yahoo.com
  More than 50 protesters opposing the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court were arrested on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
  
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