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• Police confronted Pittsburgh shooting suspect as he tried to flee

  29-10-2018 23:48 via yahoo.com
  New details are emerging about what took place when a gunman opened fire at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The shooter shot one of the first two responding officers. CBS News correspondent David Begnaud reports.
  
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• Adelson and Buffett clash in Nevada showdown over electricity

  29-10-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  At issue in the Nov. 6 election is the cost and control of power from the neon lights shining on the Las Vegas Strip to the state's gold mines.A measure supported by Republican donor Adelson, who is alsoLas Vegas Sands Corp's chairman, would force state legislators to break up control over much of the state's electricity effectively held by a unit of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, NV Energy.It would allow customers to choose their own power provider by 2023.
  
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• National Park Service identifies two travel bloggers who fell from Taft Point in Yosemite

  29-10-2018 23:26 via yahoo.com
  "Is our life just worth one photo?" Two travel bloggers have been identified as a couple that died in a fall in Yosemite last month.
  
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• Microsoft Could Be Bringing Xbox-Style Controllers to Your Phone

  29-10-2018 23:26
  According to recently released research papers from Microsoft, it looks like adjustable, Xbox-style grip controllers could be used for mobile gaming in conjunction with smartphones and tablets.
  As reported by Windows Central, these research documents have just been released this month, though it appears the research itself was conducted between 2012 - 2014. The key design goal for this mobile controller was "to combine a compact and convenient-to-carry form factor with the ease-of-use, cont
  
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• Jamal Khashoggi: fiancee criticises Trump's response

  29-10-2018 23:25 via yahoo.com
  Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of the murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has said Saudi authorities must not be allowed to cover up his killing, and called on western countries to demand justice.Speaking at a memorial event in London on Monday, she said through a translator: “I believe that the Saudi regime knows where his body is.
  
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• Fallout 76 Live Action Trailer Brings Survivors Together

  29-10-2018 23:20
  Fallout 76 just had its first beta and will be getting its next fairly soon, and then the full release is just days after that. The game is a dramatic step in Bethesda's journey to lighten the tone of their nuclear apocalypse series, so with that comes marketing that enjoys the contrast between those horrors and the mirth and merriment of exploring the wasteland.In this case, that comes in the form of a live-action trailer for the upcoming game.The trailer tells you how you'll be spending your t
  
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• Apocalypse Earlier

  29-10-2018 23:20
  Fallout 76 just had its first beta and will be getting its next fairly soon, and then the full release is just days after that. The game is a dramatic step in Bethesda's journey to lighten the tone of their nuclear apocalypse series, so with that comes marketing that enjoys the contrast between those horrors and the mirth and merriment of exploring the wasteland.In this case, that comes in the form of a live-action trailer for the upcoming game.The trailer tells you how you'll be spending your t
  
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• PlayStation Classic’s Lineup Would Always Be Missing Some True Classics

  29-10-2018 23:19
  Sony officially unveiled the 20-game lineup for its first nostalgia-fueled specialty system, the PlayStation Classic. And reaction has been...well, mixed. Anecdotally, one of the most common recurring refrains is that the list is missing some of the most seminal PlayStation releases — the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon trilogies, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Resident Evil 2 (in addition to the included Resident Evil: Director’s Cut), and a few more.
  Unfortunately, the Cl
  
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• Buffalo diocese says '60 Minutes' report 'incomplete'

  29-10-2018 23:13 via yahoo.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Diocese of Buffalo declined to address details of a television report where diocesan insiders called for the bishop's resignation Monday, saying he hadn't done enough when confronted with reports of clergy sexual misconduct.
  
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• Couple who fell from overlook in Yosemite identified by National Park Service

  29-10-2018 23:07 via yahoo.com
  Yosemite National Park Rangers have identified the two people who died after falling from Taft Point.
  
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• Mass Fortnite dance sets Guinness World Record

  29-10-2018 22:53 via gamesradar.com
  A crowd of nearly 400 dancing Cuddle Team Leaders sprung up during Paris Games Week
  
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• WikiLeaks' Assange says Ecuador seeking to end his asylum

  29-10-2018 22:51 via yahoo.com
  During the hearing, Assange said the new rules were a sign Ecuador was trying to push him out, and said Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno had already decided to end his asylum but had not yet officially given the order."If Mr. Assange wants to stay and he follows the rules ... he can stay at the embassy as long as he wants," said Attorney General Inigo Salvador, adding that Assange's stay had cost the country $6 million.Foreign Minister Jose Valencia declined to comment on Assange's assertion th
  
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• Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: Why was synagogue attack suspect Robert Bowers apparently obsessed with HIAS?

  29-10-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  Pittsburgh resident Robert Bowers is facing court having been charged with a number of crimes over the deaths of 11 people during a shooting at a synagogue in the city.It is one such message, written by a user with the name Robert Bowers, which has garnered much of the focus.“HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people,” he wrote.
  
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• Activision Clarifies Spyro Reignited Trilogy Download Requirements

  29-10-2018 22:45
  Following plenty of speculation about what exactly Spyro Reignited Trilogy's required downloaded would entail, Activision has offered clear clarification of what does and doesn't come on the Reignited Trilogy disc.
  As first reported by some who visited the Reignited Trilogy developer Toys for Bob, including Achievement Hunter, not all of the second and third games in the trilogy will need to be downloaded for those purchasing the game on disc.
  Activision has confirmed to IGN that "The trilogy wi
  
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• U.S. Tech Stocks Sink on Trade Angst: Markets Wrap

  29-10-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  The S&P 500 fell as much as 11 percent from its all-time high before paring the drop in the final 15 minutes of trading.The Nasdaq 100 Index tumbled to the lowest level since May. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes are on track for the steepest monthly declines of the record-long bull market.Selling intensified after Bloomberg reported the U.S. is preparing to announce by early December tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports if talks next month between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinpin
  
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• Student dies after fight ends in gunfire at NC high school

  29-10-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  A North Carolina high school student shot and killed a fellow student during a fight in a crowded school hallway Monday, officials said, calling the incident a case of bullying that "escalated out of control" which had students scurrying to escape and parents rushing to campus to check on their children.
  
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• Sarah Sanders Won't Name Which Journalists Trump Considers Enemies Of The People

  29-10-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  Things got testy between White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders
  
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• Large challenges loom for Brazil's president-elect Bolsonaro

  29-10-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro signaled Monday his administration would make tackling the country's budget-crushing pension system a top priority, doubling down on a campaign promise that made him the choice of the business community despite frequently saying he doesn't understand the economy.
  
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• Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting: Iranian immigrant raises more than $650,000 for Jewish victims

  29-10-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Shay Khatiri first heard about the mass shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue from a friend.Mr Khatiri, who had been crashing on his Jewish friend’s couch for several months, woke up to see his friend visibly shaken from the tragic news and wanted to do something.“I thought about [making] a small donation, and then I thought it’d be better if I start this campaign,” Mr Khatiri told The Independent.
  
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• Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting: Iranian immigrant raises more than $650,00 for Jewish victims

  29-10-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Shay Khatiri first heard about the mass shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue from a friend.Mr Khatiri, who had been crashing on his Jewish friend’s couch for several months, woke up to see his friend visibly shaken from the tragic news and wanted to do something.“I thought about [making] a small donation, and then I thought it’d be better if I start this campaign,” Mr Khatiri told The Independent.
  
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• Feudal Alloy: Exploring The Middle Ages As A Fish Inside A Robot

  29-10-2018 22:00
  Feudal Alloy is a platformer in the Metroid vein set in a medieval world following the story of a fish-controlled robot. To see what’s behind the intriguing concept, we played an early build and reached out to Eva Balikova and Lukáš Navrátil, the two-person development team at Attu Games.The game’s artistic appeal is apparent right from the get-go. The whimsical hand-drawn trees flow in the breeze and grass sways underfoot as clouds float lazily by. In the center
  
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• Exploring The Middle Ages As A Fish Inside A Robot

  29-10-2018 22:00
  Feudal Alloy is a platformer in the Metroid vein set in a medieval world following the story of a fish-controlled robot. To see what’s behind the intriguing concept, we played an early build and reached out to Eva Balikova and Lukáš Navrátil, the two-person development team at Attu Games.The game’s artistic appeal is apparent right from the get-go. The whimsical hand-drawn trees flow in the breeze and grass sways underfoot as clouds float lazily by. In the center
  
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• Pittsburgh shooting suspect appears in court over attack that left 11 dead

  29-10-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  Three congregations were conducting Sabbath services at Tree of Life when the attack began on Saturday morning.A man accused of killing 11 Jewish worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue over the weekend appeared in federal court on Monday to face multiple charges that federal law enforcement officials said could result in the suspect’s execution.
  
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• Cesar Sayoc in court: Pipe bomb suspect allegedly 'had list of people in hundreds' to send packages to as another intercepted in Atlanta

  29-10-2018 21:45 via yahoo.com
  Shackled and wearing a beige jumpsuit, the man accused of sending at least 14 pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and critics of the president has been formally charged with five federal crimes in a Miami courtroom.The first court appearance of Cesar Sayoc, 56, came just hours after a 15th suspicious package was intercepted in Atlanta on its way to the CNN headquarters - what may have been the last in a series the suspect was able to mail from a list of, reportedly, hundreds of potential targets.I
  
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• "I thought my contact lenses had slipped" - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's screen-blurring effect is provoking headaches and confusion

  29-10-2018 21:38 via gamesradar.com
  Viewers react to Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's prominent blur effect: "My head hurts so bad"
  
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• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's screen-blurring effect is provoking headaches and confusion

  29-10-2018 21:38 via gamesradar.com
  Viewers react to Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's prominent blur effect: "My head hurts so bad"
  
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• Health-Care Companies Pour $46.7 Million Into Midterm Vote

  29-10-2018 21:37 via yahoo.com
  Of the money given by health-care political action committees -- the official political arms of companies and industry or professional associations -- 57 percent went to Republicans.When contributions from employees are included, the total given by industry PACs and individual employees rises to almost $200 million -- more than for any other midterm election dating back to 1990, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.It doesn’t count money that industry groups give to other politi
  
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• The synagogue massacre was actually in Mister Rogers's neighborhood. What would he say?

  29-10-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  Karen Struble Myers of the Fred Rogers Center reflected on what Rogers's message for America would be in the aftermath of the shooting in the Squirrel Hill area of Pittsburgh, where lived in and filmed his famous TV show.
  
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• Sarah Huckabee Sanders Scolds Bomb Threat Victims For Criticizing Trump

  29-10-2018 21:27 via yahoo.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday that
  
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• Sanders spars with journalists over responsibility for divisiveness after violent week

  29-10-2018 21:25 via yahoo.com
  At the first White House press briefing in weeks, press secretary Sarah Sanders receives questions from the news media about rhetoric and responsibility the week after bombs were sent to prominent Democrats and CNN and a mass shooting took place at a Pittsburgh synagogue.
  
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• Rick Scott’s Halloween party is a Trump rally

  29-10-2018 21:25 via yahoo.com
  On Halloween this Wednesday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott will dress up as a candidate who wants to appear with President Trump on the campaign trail.
  
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• God Eater 3 Release Date Trailer Shows Off The Action Gameplay

  29-10-2018 21:25
  Bandai Namco has been somewhat quiet about their hunting action title God Eater 3 since its announcement in 2017, with occasional trailer drops here and there. It makes sense, then, that the game would get its release date announced the same way, with a completely English voice-acted trailer announcing a February date.The hunting game kind of rides the line between Monster Hunter and other character action titles and was fairly successful on the PSP and Vita. God Eater 3 is the first title built
  
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• Earning Your Keep

  29-10-2018 21:25
  Bandai Namco has been somewhat quiet about their hunting action title God Eater 3 since its announcement in 2017, with occasional trailer drops here and there. It makes sense, then, that the game would get its release date announced the same way, with a completely English voice-acted trailer announcing a February date.The hunting game kind of rides the line between Monster Hunter and other character action titles and was fairly successful on the PSP and Vita. God Eater 3 is the first title built
  
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• Disney Prioritizes Black Panther for Oscars, Puts Infinity War in One Category

  29-10-2018 21:09
  Disney is famously pushing Black Panther this awards season, officially campaigning the film in 16 separate Oscar categories, while Avengers: Infinity War is only being campaigned in a single category.
  According to the Disney Guild Awards 2018 webpage (via IndieWire), Disney is vying for awards from Black Panther, Infinity War, Incredibles II, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Mary Poppins Returns and the animated short Bao. However, it appears Black Panther is being heavily prioritized
  
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• Violence prompts churches to weigh security vs. welcoming

  29-10-2018 21:06 via yahoo.com
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Before he was accused of shooting and killing two black people in a Kentucky grocery store last week, Gregory Bush knocked on the door of a predominantly African-American church.
  
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• U.S. Stocks Fall, Tech Sinks on Fresh Trade Angst: Markets Wrap

  29-10-2018 21:05 via yahoo.com
  Selling intensified after Bloomberg reported the U.S. is preparing to announce by early December tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports if talks next month between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping fail to ease the trade war.“There’s this pessimism that has been hanging on this market the whole month,” Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer at the Independent Advisor Alliance, said by phone .
  
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• Monster Hunter: World Ships 10 Million Units, Breaks Capcom Record

  29-10-2018 21:03
  Capcom's net sales were up 28.5% and operating income doubled to 110.1% from the first fiscal half of 2018, according to a Capcom earnings report released Monday.
  The increase is a direct result of the success of Monster Hunter: World which released on Jan. 26. The publisher's net sales increased to 43.3 million yen for the six months ending on Sept. 30, and 10.5 million yen for their operating income – which is the highest it has ever been at the end of a second quarter in the company's h
  
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• Tesla Includes Model 3 Performance Upgrade as Standard on Top Version

  29-10-2018 20:50 via yahoo.com
  It's a $5000 gift from Elon Musk to buyers of the Dual Motor Performance Model 3.
  
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• Who is Gab founder Andrew Torba?

  29-10-2018 20:34 via yahoo.com
  The murder of 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday has brought new attention to Gab, the social media service created by Andrew Torba that bills itself as pro-free speech and serves as a gathering place for white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other extremist figures online, and counted among its users suspected gunman Robert Bowers.
  
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• Over nearly a century, Rose Mallinger saw the best and worst of America. Until Saturday.

  29-10-2018 20:31 via yahoo.com
  The oldest victim of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting had seen anti-Semitism rise and fall over the years, but was shielded from the worst of it. Until Saturday.
  
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• With racial tension high in Florida race, Trump calls Gillum a 'thief'

  29-10-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  The president portrayed the choice in the race as between a Republican with an Ivy League pedigree and a Democrat he sees as a criminal.
  
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• Guy tries to shoo cat off his car, breaks windshield instead

  29-10-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  Viral Hog shared a video on Monday of a man attempting to shoo a cat off his car by kicking his windshield. Of course! Always the right way to go about something like this. Naturally, things did not go as planned. One kick wasn't quite enough to get the cat to move, so he gave the windshield another forceful kick, resulting in a sizable crack. "I was resting in the car when a cat approached the front windshield," the man — whose identity is concealed — told Viral Hog. "I wanted to sc
  
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• Donald Trump To Visit Pittsburgh After Synagogue Shooting Despite City Leaders' Opposition

  29-10-2018 20:11 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump plans to visit Pittsburgh on Tuesday, four days after
  
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• Red Dead Redemption 2 inspired this incredible Farming Simulator 19 trailer

  29-10-2018 19:59 via gamesradar.com
  Red Farm Redemption - need I say more?
  
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• WWE and NXT Superstars Will Fight... in League of Legends

  29-10-2018 19:56
  WWE and NXT Superstars will collide in an unexpected venue: League of Legends.
  Airing on WWE’s gaming-centric YouTube channel UpUpDownDown, WWE vs. NXT: League of Legends pits four WWE Superstars and a League of Legends streamer against a team of four NXT Superstars and their own streamer in a 5v5 showdown hosted by WWE’s Xavier Woods.
  The WWE team is being coached and led by imaqtpie, featuring Ruby Riott, Cesaro, Seth Rollins and Tyler Breeze. NXT’s team consists of Tyler1 as
  
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• The Supreme Cat Show

  29-10-2018 19:47 via yahoo.com
  The one-day Supreme Cat Show is one of the largest cat fancy competitions in Europe with over 800 cats being exhibited. Exhibitors aim to have their cat named as the show’s ‘Supreme Exhibit’ from the winners of the individual categories of: Supreme Adult, Supreme Kitten and Supreme Neuter. (Getty)
  
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• Why the Trump era would be almost impossible for GTA 6 to satirize, according to Rockstar's Dan Houser

  29-10-2018 19:44 via gamesradar.com
  "It would be out of date within two minutes, everything is changing so fast"
  
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• Pittsburgh shooting: Synagogue massacre suspect Robert Bowers must return to court on Thursday

  29-10-2018 19:41 via yahoo.com
  The man accused of shooting dead 11 people inside a Pittsburgh synagogue, an incident described by prosecutors as “an horrific act of violence”, has appeared in court in a wheelchair where 29 charges were read to him aloud.Robert Bowers, 46, who is said to have written a number of racist and antisemitic social media posts, was wheeled into the court in handcuffs and was asked if he understood the charges levelled against him.Mr Bowers, dressed in a blue shirt, briefly had the handcuf
  
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• Twin Mirror Trailer Reveals Dontnod's Newest Cerebral Adventure

  29-10-2018 19:25
  Dontnod, developers behind games like Life is Strange and Vampyr, have released a trailer for their newest adventure game, the Bandai Namco-published Twin Mirror. We talked about it a bit a few months ago on the GI Show and wanted to see more of the Twin Peaks-inspired story from the French developers at Dontnod.At Paris Games Week, we finally got our wish with a new gameplay trailer, explaining a bit more about the game, to the point where actual metaphors and symbols are explained from the tra
  
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• Meet Your Other Half

  29-10-2018 19:25
  Dontnod, developers behind games like Life is Strange and Vampyr, have released a trailer for their newest adventure game, the Bandai Namco-published Twin Mirror. We talked about it a bit a few months ago on the GI Show and wanted to see more of the Twin Peaks-inspired story from the French developers at Dontnod.At Paris Games Week, we finally got our wish with a new gameplay trailer, explaining a bit more about the game, to the point where actual metaphors and symbols are explained from the tra
  
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