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• Fortnite star Ninja tries to teach Ellen the game, a dance based tragedy ensues

  12-10-2018 23:49 via gamesradar.com
  Ellen is... probably not going to be the next big Fortnite streamer
  
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• Trump lawyers 'preparing written answers' to Mueller questions on Russian collusion

  12-10-2018 23:47 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s attorneys have reportedly begun preparing a written response to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s questions surrounding the president’s alleged collusion with Russia during the 2016 presidential election.The president’s lawyers have negotiated the terms of his cooperation with the Special Counsel’s investigation for several months.“It seems ridiculous that I'd have to do it when everybody says there's no collusion, but I'll do what is necessary t
  
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• Video: BioWare's postmortem look at the making of Star Wars: The Old Republic

  12-10-2018 23:43
  At GDC 2012, BioWare Austin leads Richard Vogel and Dallas Dickinson share how Star Wars: The Old Republic positioned itself to break into the World of Warcraft-dominated MMO game market....
  
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• Jesus scores as Brazil beats Saudi Arabia 2-0 in friendly

  12-10-2018 23:42 via yahoo.com
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Gabriel Jesus and Alex Sandro scored a goal each as Brazil defeated Saudi Arabia 2-0 in a friendly on Friday.
  
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• Watch our chat with CrossCode's lead developer and composer!

  12-10-2018 23:39
  We talked to some of the developers behind Steam Early Access hit CrossCode about making and selling a retro-flavored RPG in 2018....
  
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• How to Choose the Right Medicare Plan

  12-10-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  By now you’re probably noticing the signs of fall: crisper temperatures, pumpkin-spice lattes, and, if you’re over 65, an onslaught of advertisements and advisories about Medicare. Open enrollmen...
  
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• Bungie makes old Destiny 2 DLC free with Forsaken, gives early Forsaken buyers free loot

  12-10-2018 23:17 via gamesradar.com
  Everyone who plays Forsaken by October 16 will get some cosmetics and consumables
  
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• Israel says Palestinian refugees number in the thousands, not millions

  12-10-2018 23:06 via yahoo.com
  The fate of Palestinians displaced by the 1948 war of Israel's founding and their descendants has long clouded U.S.-sponsored peace efforts.Frustration over the issue is among factors fuelling often violent weekly protests at the Gaza border over the last half year, during which around 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces.Palestinians demand a refugee right of return to lands now in Israel, which rejects this, insisting they settle where they are or in a future Palestinian state.
  
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• Red Dead Online beta: When it starts, how you can play, and more

  12-10-2018 22:51 via gamesradar.com
  The Red Dead Online beta is your first shot at RDR 2 multiplayer, here's what you need to know
  
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• Why Donald Trump Will Likely Win A Second Term As President

  12-10-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  On Oct. 6, 2018, Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court by the
  
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• Miami Uber Driver Raped A Female Passenger, Told Cops It Was A 'Perk' Of The Job

  12-10-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  A Miami Uber driver raped a female passenger over Labor Day weekend last year,
  
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• Higher interest rates boost US bank earnings

  12-10-2018 22:47 via yahoo.com
  A solid US economy and rising interest rates boosted the profits of large US banks, according to earnings reports on Friday, despite President Donald Trump's antagonism to rate hikes by the central bank.The results from JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo followed a two-day stock market rout that Trump blamed on the Federal Reserve in his attacks.The stock losses were sparked in part by a sudden rise in 10-year US Treasury bond yields, which raised fears that higher interest rates would de
  
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• Yahoo News Explains: Why some people leave their pets during a hurricane

  12-10-2018 22:34 via yahoo.com
  Hurricane Michael devastated the South, leaving at least 11 dead. Yahoo News explains why the Category 4 storm forced many evacuating residents to leave their pets behind.
  
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• The Briefing Room: Journalist missing as pastor released from Turkey

  12-10-2018 22:34 via yahoo.com
  Jamal Khashoggi is still missing after entering the Saudi consulate in Turkey, and former Vice President Joe Biden is on the midterms campaign trail.
  
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• GOP candidate threatens Pa. governor: 'I'm going to stomp all over your face with golf spikes'

  12-10-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  As the national debate over violent rhetoric rages among politicians, pundits and President Trump, the Republican candidate for governor in Pennsylvania offered the latest case study in partisan rancor Friday.
  
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• Salesforce’s Benioff Spars With Twitter’s Dorsey Over Support for Homeless

  12-10-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Salesforce.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff gave fellow San Francisco corporate titan Jack Dorsey a piece of his mind on Twitter Friday. Benioff is one of the few tech leaders willing to criticize his own so openly.On Twitter, Benioff questioned Dorsey’s commitment to combating the city’s homeless crisis and drew attention to tax breaks that he said Dorsey’s companies, Twitter Inc. and Square Inc., got for putting their offices on
  
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• Trump Asking For Donations To His Re-Election Campaign To Help Build His Wall

  12-10-2018 22:23 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON -- Nearly two years into his presidency and having failed to build
  
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• Facebook is testing a mobile app for watching Facebook Gaming streams

  12-10-2018 22:17
  Facebook is currently testing a mobile spin on its Fb.gg streaming platform that groups features currently available in the company†™s Facebook Gaming web platform into a mobile-friendly app....
  
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• NASA official: Tense moments but calm crew in aborted launch

  12-10-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — NASA's chief heard one reassuring sound over the radio link after the aborted launch of a Soyuz capsule with an American and a Russian aboard.
  
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• Seven Palestinians killed in border protests: Gaza health officials

  12-10-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  Israel said its troops had shot a group who broke through the fence with a bomb and attacked an army post.The Palestinian deaths bring to around 200 the number of Gazans killed since the border protests began on March 30, according to Palestinian Health Ministry figures.Gaza medics said that, in addition to the seven dead, around 140 others were wounded.
  
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• Weekly Jobs Roundup: Outfit7, Cryptic Studios, and more are hiring now!

  12-10-2018 21:39
  Here are just some of the many, many positions being advertised right now on Gamasutra's Job Board....
  
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• This Foreign City Is Filled with Toyota Priuses—Some of Them Lifted with Off-Road Tires

  12-10-2018 21:30 via yahoo.com
  This automotive regionalism is often due to the location of production plants or heavy concentrations of employees.Such a large percentage of people in the Detroit area work for automakers that local television car advertisements regularly quote employee pricing.Almost a decade ago, in researching a story, I stumbled across a curious anomaly in some of General Motors’ sales figures: The Chevrolet brand then had a 94 percent share of the new-car market in Uzbekistan.
  
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• U.S. pastor Brunson arrives at airport in Turkey's Izmir after release

  12-10-2018 21:22 via yahoo.com
  U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson, at the centre of a row between Ankara and Washington, arrived at the airport in Turkey's western Izmir province on Friday, a Reuters photographer at the scene said, hours after a court ruled he could go free.Brunson was released after the court sentenced him to three years and 1-1/2 months in prison on terrorism charges, but said he would not serve any further jail time.Brunson, who has lived in Turkey for more than 20 years, was jailed two years ago and has been unde
  
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• Washington Post Says Turkey Has Proof Saudi Arabian Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Was Killed

  12-10-2018 21:11 via yahoo.com
  Turkey's government told the U.S. it has proof that Jamal Khashoggi was killed, according to the Post
  
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• Facebook confirms 30 million people had personal data stolen in breach

  12-10-2018 21:06
  While the number is less than the company†™s original 50 million estimate, a significant chunk of the platform†™s userbase had either their contact or profile info accessed in the breach....
  
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• 'Outside agitators,' a phrase from the civil rights era, resurfaces in Georgia governor’s race

  12-10-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Republican Brian Kemp, in a tight race with Democrat Stacey Abrams for Georgia governor, resurrects the civil rights era charge that “outside agitators” are behind her campaign.
  
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• Scott Senate campaign calls opposition ad 'dangerous' in light of hurricane

  12-10-2018 20:45 via yahoo.com
  An ad produced by a political action committee supporting Bill Nelson claims the Florida governor cut funding to education while giving tax breaks to the rich.
  
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• Tesla Buyers to Lose $7500 Tax Credit; Deadline Is October 15

  12-10-2018 20:33 via yahoo.com
  Tesla has reached the beginning of the end of the $7500 federal tax credit for buyers of the automaker's electric vehicles.Tesla hit the 200,000 mark earlier this year, and its credit will expire at the end of 2018.Because of this, Tesla has set a deadline for vehicle orders to be eligible for the credit: October 15.
  
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• Valve under investigation by Brazilian government over violent political game

  12-10-2018 20:03
  Valve is under investigation by the Brazilian government after a violent political game was published to Steam last week. ...
  
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• Another NASA space telescope shuts down in orbit

  12-10-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Another NASA space telescope has shut down and halted science observations.
  
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• Saudis welcome joint Turkey probe into missing journalist

  12-10-2018 20:01 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia has welcomed a joint investigation with Turkey into the "circumstances" of the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, its official news agency SPA tweeted on Friday."Official source welcomes the response of the Republic of Turkey to the request of Saudi Arabia to form a joint team... of specialists" from both countries "to investigate the circumstances of the disappearance of Saudi citizen, Jamal Khashoggi", SPA said on Twitter.
  
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• John Carmack and ZeniMax have ended their legal dispute

  12-10-2018 19:56
  The legal battle between id Software co-founder John Carmack and current id owner ZeniMax has ended, though a case involving Oculus rages on. ...
  
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• US says Maduro 'enablers' profiting from sale of Venezuelan resources

  12-10-2018 19:53 via yahoo.com
  The "financial enablers" of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro are profiting from the sale of resources belonging to that country's people, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday.The statement appears targeted at Russia and China, which have been major creditors helping to keep the Maduro regime afloat in exchange for oil and a stake in assets like the US-based oil company Citgo, a subsidiary of the state oil firm PDVSA.Mnuchin and 15 other finance ministers agreed to work to "mobiliz
  
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• This Harry Potter Funko advent calendar is the most magical countdown to Christmas

  12-10-2018 19:32 via gamesradar.com
  On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
  
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• Report: Blizzard considering bringing cross-platform play to Diablo 3

  12-10-2018 19:28
  Update A Blizzard rep said the company is in talks with Sony and Microsoft to enable cross-platform play across competing consoles with the arrival of Diablo 3 on the Nintendo Switch. ...
  
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• Red Dead Redemption 2 weapons: Customize more than 50 to your outlaw heart's content

  12-10-2018 19:23 via gamesradar.com
  Red Dead Redemption 2 weapons give you many ways to make them yours
  
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• Emmanuel Macron Wants to Be Globalism's Champion. Here's Why He's Failing

  12-10-2018 19:10 via yahoo.com
  A mixture of obstacles at home and abroad
  
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• You Must Build A Boat Creator's Photographs Slips Into Next Year

  12-10-2018 19:05
   Photographs is the next game from Luca Redwood's EightyEight Games, the developer behind 10000000 and its sort-of sequel, You Must Build A Boat. Since its reveal, Redwood has said it would be releasing this year, but it looks like we're going to have a wait a little bit later. Redwood doesn't have a specific release date, but says that it has moved into 2019.
  Along with the new release window, Redwood has offered new screenshots, the GIF you can see above, and a new developer diary, which
  
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• XRDC speaker Q& A: BioWare vet Jonathan Perry tunes VR for workplace training

  12-10-2018 19:05
  Ractive CEO and former BioWare cinematics director Jonathan Perry talks about the potential of VR in high-stress training....
  
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• We're Dropping into Black Ops 4: Blackout Today at 11AM PT/2PM ET

  12-10-2018 19:00
  
  Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is now available in North America, and we'll be right there on the front lines streaming the battle royale-inspired Blackout mode.
  This all goes down from 11-1pm PT/2-4pm ET/7-9pm UK (Saturday, October 13 from 5-7am AET). Join us as we attempt to get our first non-beta Blackout win!As always, you can watch right here on the front page of IGN.com, or you can find us on YouTube, Twitch, and Mixer.
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• Check Out a Full New Level of Spyro Reignited Trilogy

  12-10-2018 19:00
  With Spyro Reignited Trilogy's PS4 and Xbox One release less than a month away, IGN can share an exclusive new look at another level from the collection.
  Watch the video below to see a playthrough of Breeze Harbor, a level that originally debuted in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage.
  IGN has gone hands-on with the Spyro Reignited Trilogy multiple times, noting that the levels so far have offered a fun nostalgia trip. Spyro Reignited Trilogy was meant to originally be released on Sept. 21, but Activision and
  
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• Steve Mnuchin 'Planning On Going' To Saudi Forum Despite Journalist's Disappearance

  12-10-2018 18:58 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin doesn't want to let a little alleged
  
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• Bethesda teams up with West Virginia Tourism Office for Fallout 76 promo

  12-10-2018 18:54
  Fallout 76 developer Bethesda is partnering with the West Virginia Tourism Office to promote the upcoming game which takes place in a post-apocalyptic version of the state. ...
  
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• Panama City Beach, FL, works to recover after Hurricane Michael

  12-10-2018 18:52 via yahoo.com
  Thousands are in shelters after properties were destroyed in the historic hurricane that hit Florida's Panhandle.
  
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• Rocket failure astronauts will go back into space - Russian official

  12-10-2018 18:50 via yahoo.com
  Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, was speaking a day after Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin and American Nick Hague made a dramatic emergency landing in Kazakhstan after the failure of the Soyuz rocket carrying them to the orbital ISS.Russia is now under pressure to prove its space program is safe and received a boost on Friday when NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said he had full confidence in Russian-made Soyuz rockets and expected U.S. astronauts to fly on them a
  
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• Mexico Beach, FL, considered 'ground zero' of Hurricane Michael damage

  12-10-2018 18:48 via yahoo.com
  ABC News' Chief Meterologist Ginger Zee gives eyewitness account of the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, FL.
  
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• Pope accepts resignation of US cardinal over abuse cover-up claim

  12-10-2018 18:34 via yahoo.com
  Pope Francis on Friday accepted the resignation of Washington DC archbishop Donald Wuerl, who has been blamed for not doing enough to deal with paedophile priests.Cardinal Wuerl, 77, had offered to resign on September 21 after facing strong criticism over a report detailing mass sexual abuse cases when he was a bishop in Pennsylvania.Francis finally accepted his resignation on Friday in a letter in which he praised Wuerl's "nobility" and said the cardinal would stay on until his successor is app
  
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• Players worried Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 emotes will affect multiplayer and Blackout

  12-10-2018 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  Many emotes use a third-person camera with a broader field of view
  
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• Retailers up their game after Toys R Us closures

  12-10-2018 18:30 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — When Toys R Us closed its doors, customers mourned the loss of a beloved brand that conjured memories of their own childhood.
  
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• Bethesda Softworks opens new office to expand global operations

  12-10-2018 18:28
  Bethesda Softworks announced the opening of a new office in Moscow, Russia earlier today as part of its expansion of global operations.  ...
  
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