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• Irish man pleads guilty in NY over Silk Road narcotics conspiracy

  05-10-2018 23:40 via yahoo.com
  A 30-year-old Irish man pled guilty in New York on Friday to narcotics conspiracy over the now-defunct "dark web" marketplace Silk Road, just months after being extradited to the United States.US prosecutors say Gary Davis, who went by the alias "Libertas," was a Silk Road administrator in 2013 -- paid a weekly salary to carry out duties that included resolving disputes between drug dealers and buyers on the site.On Friday, he pled guilty in a Manhattan federal court to one count of conspiracy t
  
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• Red Dead Redemption 2's PS4 exclusive content is split between single-player cosmetics and Red Dead Online items

  05-10-2018 23:39 via gamesradar.com
  A horse, a gun, and a fancy outfit mosey onto a PS4
  
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• Red Dead Redemption 2's PS4 exclusive content is split between single-player and Red Dead Online items

  05-10-2018 23:39 via gamesradar.com
  A horse, a gun, and a fancy outfit mosey onto a PS4
  
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• Watch us play The Light Keeps Us Safe with lead developer Jim Rossignol

  05-10-2018 23:35
  We talked to the lead developer of The Light Keeps Us Safe over on the Gamasutra Twitch channel about making successful Early Access games....
  
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• APNewsBreak: Prison riot defendant pleaded guilty months ago

  05-10-2018 23:32 via yahoo.com
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware inmate who is a key prosecution witness in a deadly prison riot entered a guilty plea almost a year ago to charges stemming from the uprising, but the plea was not noted in court records until this week.
  
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• Complete Guide to WWE 2K19 Preorder Bonuses

  05-10-2018 23:31
  
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  WWE 2K19 is the latest installment in the WWE 2K franchise, with WWE superstar AJ Styles grabbing the cover athlete spot this year. Legendary wrestler Ric Flair gets his own version of the game with the WWE 2K19 Ric Flair: Wooooo! Edition. WWE 2K19 features a new 2K Towers mode and the roster is the  "biggest yet" for WWE 2K.
  Preorder bonuses for all versions of the game include un
  
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• Pokémon Let's Go Will Be The First In The Franchise I Can't Play

  05-10-2018 23:21
  On November 16, the Nintendo Switch will be graced with its first quasi-traditional Pokémon adventure. Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!  will aim to reimagine the first generation of the hit series through everything from improved graphics to updated battling.
  Wild battles and random encounters have been removed to reduce the sometimes-tedious grind; Pokémon can be ridden if they’re large enough, or follow behind you if
  
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• Video: Building Brink's SMART parkour traversal system

  05-10-2018 23:19
  At GDC 2012 Splash Damage's Arne Olav Hallingstad, presents a detailed programmer-oriented overview of the freedom of movement implementation in the studio's 2011 multiplayer shooter Brink. ...
  
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• Tesla Delays Rollout of Navigate on Autopilot Feature

  05-10-2018 23:14 via yahoo.com
  Tesla owners will have to keep waiting for a key Autopilot navigation update because CEO Elon Musk says it's still not ready. An over-the-air software update is underway, but Musk announced via T...
  
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• Social media contributed to my stroke, says Norman Lamb

  05-10-2018 23:06 via yahoo.com
  A former health minister has said that “addictive” social media contributed to his stroke, as he warned that websites such as Twitter and Facebook could have a “distorting” effect. Norman Lamb, the Lib Dem MP, suffered a minor stroke in March that was at the time attributed to his high workload. He told The Daily Telegraph that his overuse of technology and social media was one of the causes. “I have addictive tendencies,” he said. “I use social media la
  
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• If a game starts badly, should you stick with it?

  05-10-2018 23:00 via gamesradar.com
  Rage, redemption, and Skyrim
  
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• Chicago police officer guilty of murder of black teen

  05-10-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
  
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• The 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio Thinks It's a Sports Sedan

  05-10-2018 22:45 via yahoo.com
  Practicality comes second for this wolf in Italian overalls.
  
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• Brett Kavanaugh Is Proof Republicans Will Never Hold The Elite Accountable

  05-10-2018 22:37 via yahoo.com
  In his Senate testimony last week, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh
  
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• Ex-Wife Of Chicago Cubs Star Addison Russell Describes Years of Alleged Abuse

  05-10-2018 22:34 via yahoo.com
  Addison Russell was suspended 40 games by the MLB
  
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• Toyota Recalls Over 900,000 Vehicles for Stall Risk, Airbags That Don't Deploy

  05-10-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Toyota says it is recalling approximately 807,000 of its Prius and Prius V hybrids in the U.S. because they could stall while driving. The automaker is also recalling 168,000 additional vehicles,...
  
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• A baby elephant pushed Melania Trump during her visit to the Nairobi National Park

  05-10-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  During First Lady Melania Trump's four-country tour of Africa, she met a somewhat pushy baby elephant.  While visiting the Nairobi National Park in Kenya, Trump was introduced to a baby elephant who gave her a forceful push, throwing the first lady off balance momentarily. SEE ALSO: Trump boarded Air Force One with toilet paper stuck to his shoe "When the Republican party and their mascot collide," CBS News tweeted, along with footage of the first lady's elephant encounter.And as much as we
  
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• Lawsuits point to large trove of unreleased Kavanaugh White House documents

  05-10-2018 22:25 via yahoo.com
  New details have emerged about potentially thousands of Brett Kavanaugh’s White House emails and records related to the Senate hacking scandal from early in the George W. Bush administration and other controversial subjects that haven't been disclosed to the Senate.
  
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• Brett Kavanaugh's Judicial Philosophy Apparently Doesn't Apply To His Own Words

  05-10-2018 22:13 via yahoo.com
  Last week, two people testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Of the
  
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• Tennessee Man Wanted for 2 Murders Arrested After 7 Days on the Run: Cops

  05-10-2018 21:55 via yahoo.com
  Kirby Wallace was arrested at about 10:15 a.m. Friday.
  
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• Susan Collins will vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court

  05-10-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  The senator from Maine announced that she would vote in support of Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court.
  
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• Talking Cars 171: CR Ranks Automated Driving Systems

  05-10-2018 21:26 via yahoo.com
  Main themes: This week our panel wades chest-deep into the partially automated driving systems that we’re seeing on more of today’s new cars. CR for the first time has ranked four of the most com...
  
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• Weekly Jobs Roundup: Nerd Kingdom, Plarium Michigan Studio, and more are hiring now!

  05-10-2018 21:22
  From gameplay programmers to UX designers, here are just some of the many, many positions being advertised right now on the Gamasutra Job Board. ...
  
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• The Troubling History of the Fight to Honor Leif Erikson—Not Columbus—as the Man Who 'Discovered America'

  05-10-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  Leif Erikson Day's history is connected to nativist backlash against immigration to the United States
  
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• The Situation gets 8-month sentence in federal tax case

  05-10-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino, whose abs became famous on the hit reality show "Jersey Shore," was sentenced Friday to eight months in prison for cheating on his taxes.
  
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• Melania Trump Mourns Elephant Deaths As Her Husband Lets People Import Tusks As Trophies

  05-10-2018 21:18 via yahoo.com
  While first lady Melania Trump reportedly mourned an ivory burn and toured an
  
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• Joe Manchin: Undecided Democrat defies party to put Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination to final vote

  05-10-2018 21:14 via yahoo.com
  In a move likely driven by the 2018 midterm elections, Senator Joe Manchin broke ranks with the Democratic Party and has said he will vote in favour of Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination when it comes up for a final vote this weekend.The moderate Democrat from the reliably “red” Republican state of West Virginia has become a crucial vote in putting Donald Trump’s second nominee on the highest court in the country as party divisions have grown clear.With Mr Manchin
  
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• French police investigate Interpol chief, missing on home visit to China

  05-10-2018 21:10 via yahoo.com
  "France is puzzled about the situation of Interpol's president and concerned about the threats made to his wife," the ministry said.It was not clear why Meng, 64, who was named Interpol's president two years ago, had traveled to China.Hong Kong's South China Morning Post quoted an unnamed source as saying Meng had been taken for questioning as soon as he landed there, but it also was not clear why.
  
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• Palestinians say Israeli troops kill three, including a child, at Gaza protest

  05-10-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  Israeli forces killed three Palestinians including a child at a border protest in Gaza on Friday, Palestinian officials said.The Israeli army said it was defending against members of the crowd who were throwing grenades and explosives at its soldiers.Thousands of Palestinians had gathered for a weekly protest along Israel's border fence with the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by the Islamist group Hamas.
  
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• Don't Miss: 6 ways that the Final Fantasy series continues to influence devs

  05-10-2018 20:43
  "Final Fantasy was the first game that really made you feel something for characters, and feel that the game world meant something," says Andrew Allanson, whose YIIK was inspired by the franchise....
  
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• Melania Trump Bumped by Baby Elephant While on Safari During Africa Trip

  05-10-2018 20:39 via yahoo.com
  The first lady was pushed back by the creature, but laughed it off.
  
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• These Republicans Expressed Some Concern, But Will Vote For Kavanaugh Anyway

  05-10-2018 20:38 via yahoo.com
  Time and time again, Republicans have issued strongly worded statements and
  
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• New York Comic Con trailers: Watch them all from Aquaman to Voltron

  05-10-2018 20:30 via gamesradar.com
  See all the movie and TV trailers as they roll out from NYCC
  
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• Suspect in shooting of 7 South Carolina officers charged with murder

  05-10-2018 20:29 via yahoo.com
  Fred Hopkins, 74, allegedly ambushed officers who were serving a search warrant for sexual assault allegations for another individual at a home in Florence, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said.
  
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• Leaving the comforts of linear design behind to create the first Assassin†™s Creed

  05-10-2018 20:29
  Developers that worked on the original Assassin's Creed game recall the title's origins and the technology that allowed them to move from a linear story to an open world game....
  
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• New Dead Or Alive 6 Trailer Shows Off Tina, Bass, And Mila

  05-10-2018 20:25
  KOEI Tecmo today showed off a new trailer for Dead or Alive 6, their upcoming fighting game title. The trailer shows off returning characters Tina, Bass, and Mila, two long-time DOA veterans and the latter introduced in Dead or Alive 5. Check out the new trailer below.Tina and her father Bass have set up a tag team with each other called Muscle Team, which seemingly gives superfan and MMA fighter Mila a shot at fighting her wrestling idols. The trailer also shows off the wrestling ring stage, wh
  
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• Amazon Called For Raising The Minimum Wage. Republicans Say It's Fine As It Is, Thanks.

  05-10-2018 20:21 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― The second-largest employer in the United States thinks it's time
  
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• Senate advances vote on Supreme Court nominee

  05-10-2018 20:10 via yahoo.com
  After a delay for a supplemental FBI investigation, the Supreme Court voted this morning to advance the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
  
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• First SpaceX mission with astronauts set for June 2019: NASA

  05-10-2018 20:09 via yahoo.com
  NASA has announced the first crewed flight by a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) is expected to take place in June 2019.It will be the first manned US launch to the orbiting research laboratory since the space shuttle program was retired in 2011, forcing US astronauts to hitch costly rides aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft.A flight on Boeing spacecraft is set to follow in August 2019.
  
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• How We Would Have Liked Telltale's The Walking Dead to End

  05-10-2018 19:51
  
  Telltale Games’ shutdown has been tragic to watch unfold. There’s the unfortunate and potentially illegal denial of benefits to its laid-off employees, but it’s also sad to see the demise of a studio that nearly single-handedly reinvigorated and arguably redefined the modern adventure game. But there’s another thing that’s gnawed at me: Though I’ve been underwhelmed by Episode 1 and Episode 2 of the planned four in the final season, I was looking forward to se
  
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• Die, die, die: Boss battle design in Death's Gambit

  05-10-2018 19:49
  †œDeath's Gambit literally began as a google doc of boss ideas," says Alex Kubodera, co-founder of Death's Gambit dev White Rabbit, in this deep dive into the boss-centric game's combat design....
  
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• Canada Trains 800 Officers to Test for High Drivers

  05-10-2018 19:49 via yahoo.com
  Government officials briefed journalists Friday on preparations to crack down on impaired driving once the legal pot market kicks in.The first screening device was approved in August, and is not yet in use in other countries, said the officials, who gave the briefing on condition of anonymity.Drug-impaired driving has long been illegal in Canada, but police forces are stepping up efforts ahead of the opening of the legal market.
  
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• 'Things happened in the '80s': Women Trump fans explain their faith in Brett Kavanaugh

  05-10-2018 19:47 via yahoo.com
  Women who attended the president's rally in Rochester, Minn., explain their support for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
  
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• Overwatch's Mei Is Getting a $175 Levitating Snowball Toy

  05-10-2018 19:37
  Blizzard has announced that it's releasing a $175 USD levitating toy version of Snowball, the companion bot of Overwatch's Mei.
  The levitation, which Blizzard jokingly calls "very scientific," is accomplished through a magnetic system between Snowball itself and the base it comes with. Other bells and whistles include an LCD screen with a number of changing expressions like a winking face and heart eyes.
  Snowball has standard AC/DC and USB charging options, and a snowflake icon on the unit's bas
  
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• The Latest: Deer-hunting blinds aid murder suspect's capture

  05-10-2018 19:33 via yahoo.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the capture of a multiple murder suspect in Tennessee (all times local):
  
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• NRATV Host Says 'My Life Is All About Owning The Libs Now'

  05-10-2018 19:29 via yahoo.com
  NRATV host Dan Bongino went on a tear Friday about the drama between Democrats
  
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• A closer look at the malware that masquerades as Fortnite cheats

  05-10-2018 19:29
  The company behind the anti-malware software Malwarebytes has tracked down one particular scam that's been making the rounds while disguised as a Fortnite cheat and dug into what makes it tick. ...
  
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• Google shows progress in addressing competition concerns, says EU's Vestager

  05-10-2018 19:28 via yahoo.com
  Google's proposals to increase competition in online shopping are bearing fruit, Europe's antitrust chief said on Friday, suggesting that the company may be able to avoid further fines.Alphabet Inc's Google last year offered to allow price-comparison rivals to bid for advertising space at the top of a search page, giving them the chance to compete on equal terms, seeking to appease regulators after the European Commission fined it a record 2.4 billion euros ($2.8 billion) for favouring its own s
  
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• Blog: A crash course in conducting interviews

  05-10-2018 19:25
  Recently, a colleague came to me with a conundrum. It went something like this: "Hey I have to interview someone in 30 minutes. Give me a crash course." This is that crash course. ...
  
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• 2 Palestinians, including teenager, killed in Gaza protest

  05-10-2018 19:08 via yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops killed two Palestinians, including a 13-year-old boy, at a protest near the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Gaza's Health Ministry said on Friday.
  
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