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• Veteran's Day 2018 sales: Save on things like Instant Pots, mattresses, and TVs at Macy's, Best Buy, Target, and more

  09-11-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  Oh, look: Another holiday, another excuse for a ton of online retailers to have a sale. This time we're talking about Veteran's Day. Thank the people you know who have served, tell them all of the places they can get free stuff on Monday, and get to saving. If you'll be clearing house to make room for new items, this is also a great time to donate old clothing and household goods to veteran charities. Some charities will even offer to come pick your stuff up for you. The official holiday is on S
  
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• Late-breaking races are washing away Trump’s near-'complete victory' in midterms

  09-11-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  As votes continue to be counted, Democrats are inching toward solidifying their control of the House with a pickup of as many as 40 seats, while Republican Senate wins in Arizona and Florida are looking less solid.
  
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• Water heater malfunction mistaken for gunfire at high school

  09-11-2018 23:54 via yahoo.com
  HAMPSTEAD, N.C. (AP) — Classes were delayed by a few hours at a group of North Carolina schools Friday after loud noises from a high school's malfunctioning water heater prompted a report of an active shooter and a massive law enforcement response.
  
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• Bodies found in burnt cars as Calif. fire incinerates town

  09-11-2018 23:50 via yahoo.com
  Five people were found dead in their burned-out vehicles after a Northern California wildfire incinerated most of a town of about 30,000 people with flames that moved so fast there was nothing firefighters could do, authorities said Friday.
  
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• Video: An apology for Roger Ebert

  09-11-2018 23:45
  Loom creator Brian Moriarty takes the stage at GDC 2011 to deliver a thoughtful defense of critic Roger Ebert's industry-stirring sentiment that 'video games can never be art.'...
  
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• What Experts Want You To Know About Being In An Active Shooter Situation

  09-11-2018 23:43 via yahoo.com
  It's a dreadful reality of living in America right now that there are, and
  
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• California town in shock and mourning now threatened by wildfire

  09-11-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  For residents of the Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks, that moment came at the end of a gut-wrenching week in which a combat veteran entered a local bar and killed a dozen people in the kind of mass shooting that has become increasingly commonplace in the United States.Andrea Campbell Conant, a public relations executive who grew up in Thousand Oaks, said on Friday that roads had begun to close as a precaution, even as she drove to one of the vigils for victims of Wednesday night's shooting a
  
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• Watch Lucas Pope discuss the making of Return of the Obra Dinn

  09-11-2018 23:32
  Watch game developer Lucas Pope discuss the making of Return of the Obra Dinn....
  
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• What GTA 6 Can Learn From Red Dead 2

  09-11-2018 23:30
  After roughly 80 hours, I finally rolled credits on Red Dead Redemption 2, and even with lots still left to do in that world, it’s hard not to look to the future. Rockstar has done some amazing things in their rendition of the Old West, and despite some of its faults, they’ve set a new bar for themselves as a studio. From the gorgeous environments to the world’s interactivity, there are plenty of new ideas and mechanics that would be great additions to the studio’s flagsh
  
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• Five dead in California wildfire as second blaze forces Malibu evacuation

  09-11-2018 23:29 via yahoo.com
  A rapidly moving wildfire in Northern California killed five people when flames engulfed their vehicles as they attempted to flee the mountain town of Paradise in one of three infernos raging across the state, authorities said on Friday.Nearly 500 miles (800 km) to the south, a blaze forced the evacuation of the upscale oceanside city of Malibu, home to many celebrities, and threatened the beleaguered town of Thousand Oaks, where a gunman killed 12 people this week in a shooting rampage in a bar
  
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• Malibu burning: Kardashians, del Toro among celebrities fleeing

  09-11-2018 23:27 via yahoo.com
  Celebrity website TMZ reported that the Malibu ridge home of Caitlyn Jenner, America's best-known transgender person, was destroyed by the flames on Friday.TMZ also reported that the fire had reached the grounds of the mansion in nearby Calabasas owned by Kardashian and husbandKanye West.Kardashian posted on social media late on Thursday that she "had just one hour to pack up and evacuate our home."The TMZ report could not be confirmed but West tweeted on Friday that "our family is safe and clos
  
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• Michelle Obama's Story Could Mean A Lot To Black Women Facing Infertility

  09-11-2018 23:26 via yahoo.com
  In her new memoir, Becoming, former first lady Michelle Obama talks frankly
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her D.C. Rent Problem

  09-11-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who this week became the youngest woman ever elected
  
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• Within hours, rights groups sue to overturn Trump order on asylum

  09-11-2018 23:15 via yahoo.com
  President Trump’s latest executive action, which seeks to limit the ability of migrants to apply for asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, was met with widespread criticism Friday from legal experts, human rights advocates and some members of Congress, who described it as not just discriminatory and inhumane, but also illegal under both U.S. and international law.
  
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• Walmart's Black Friday deals include a Spider-Man PS4 bundle and PSVR set for $199 each

  09-11-2018 22:45 via gamesradar.com
  Get ready for savings on TVs, tech, and a ton of games in Walmart's Black Friday sale
  
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• Florida Election Official: Donald Trump And Rick Scott 'Are Trying To Disrupt Our Democracy'

  09-11-2018 22:39 via yahoo.com
  The election supervisor in Palm Beach County, Florida, rebuked President
  
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• Driver opened fire at vehicle with teens inside after one of them pulls gun, Harris Co. sheriff says

  09-11-2018 22:35 via yahoo.com
  Authorities say the suspected shooter opened fire at an 18-year-old who had pulled an apparent weapon in southwest Houston.
  
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• This Is What California's Terrifying Wildfires Look Like After Leaving 5 Dead and Entire Towns Destroyed

  09-11-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  Together, the Camp, Woolsey and Hill fires have burned 86,000 acres, and are continuing to spread across the state of California.
  
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• Stacey Abrams Holds Strong In Georgia, Despite Intense Pressure To Concede

  09-11-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  Stacey Abrams is facing intense pressure to concede the Georgia governor's
  
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• Here's An Adorable Sneak Peek Of Prince Louis With Kate Middleton And Prince Charles

  09-11-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Prince Louis-sighting alert!
  
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• Passenger stops Utah Greyhound bus after driver passes out

  09-11-2018 22:28 via yahoo.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Greyhound bus passenger got behind the wheel and steered the bus to safety after the driver began passing out on a Utah highway Friday morning, police said.
  
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• Some Democrats Don't Want Nancy Pelosi to Be Speaker. But They Don't Have an Alternative

  09-11-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  The battle for leadership positions have begun
  
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• California Wildfires Kill 9 People Trapped In Vehicles And Homes

  09-11-2018 22:21 via yahoo.com
  Devastating wildfires scorching large sections of California have killed nine
  
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• California Wildfires Kill 5 People Trapped In Vehicles

  09-11-2018 22:21 via yahoo.com
  Devastating wildfires scorching large sections of California have killed five
  
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• California Wildfires Kill 11 People Trapped In Vehicles And Homes

  09-11-2018 22:21 via yahoo.com
  Devastating wildfires scorching large sections of California have killed at
  
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• Victims of synagogue shooting remembered in Pittsburgh park

  09-11-2018 22:16 via yahoo.com
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nearly two weeks after a gunman shot to death 11 people inside a Pittsburgh synagogue, their lives were remembered Friday with a moment of silence and rally for peace in a downtown park.
  
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• Sony†™s PlayStation Classic is powered by the open-source emulator PCSX

  09-11-2018 22:13
  Sony has opted to license a long-running open-source PlayStation emulator, PCSX, to power the games on its upcoming plug-n-play PlayStation Classic system. ...
  
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• Boeing jet crash-lands at Guyana airport, 10 injured

  09-11-2018 22:11 via yahoo.com
  Ten people were injured in scenes described as "chaos" as a Boeing airliner carrying 126 people, most of them Canadians, crash-landed in Guyana's capital Georgetown on Friday, skidding to a halt just before a steep drop.The Fly Jamaica Airways plane was bound for Toronto when it suffered a hydraulic problem shortly after takeoff and returned to the airport, crashing and careening off the runway, Transportation Minister David Patterson said."Everyone was going crazy, screaming, crying for their l
  
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• Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. Impressions

  09-11-2018 22:07
  After 20 hours spent in the West-Virginian wasteland of Fallout 76 via the now-concluded B.E.T.A. (playing on Xbox One X, if you’re curious), I’ve been left with an overarching sense of curiosity. Mainly, I’m curious why Fallout 76 exists.
  That’s not meant to be a criticism. With so many elements working together and against one another, I wonder why this is the next Fallout game that we’re playing, as opposed to one that leans harder into the traditional story-driv
  
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• The 2021 Mercedes-Benz C-class Spied

  09-11-2018 22:06 via yahoo.com
  The next Mercedes C-class will gain new engines and greatly improved technology.
  
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• Conan O'Brien Roasts White House For Releasing Its Own 'Comedy Videos'

  09-11-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  The White House has been the source of so much comedy lately that one comedian
  
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• 5 dead in massive Butte County wildfire

  09-11-2018 21:56 via yahoo.com
  A fast-moving wildfire that has ravaged the town of Paradise has claimed at least five lives, according to the Butte County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• Judge To Hear Arizona Senate Race Vote Count Dispute

  09-11-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  PHOENIX (AP) -- As the Arizona Senate vote count starts to tip into Democratic
  
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• First Deltarune Merchandise Revealed

  09-11-2018 21:41
  The first chapter of Deltarune, the latest project from Undertale creator Toby Fox, has been released, and it is now getting some official merchandise to go along with it.
  The products, which can be pre-ordered on Fangamer, include a poster, two T-shirts, a plushie and a pin set. The poster features characters from Deltarune like Ralsei, Jevil, Susie and more. One shirt includes an image of Rudebuster Susie, and the other has a group image on the front and Lancer riding a bike on the back.
  
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• For Democrats looking to future, 2020 looms large

  09-11-2018 21:34 via yahoo.com
  “People are looking too much at what got flipped and not at long-term directional trends,” said Jessica Alter of Tech for Campaigns, which connects tech and campaign experts with candidates.
  
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• Jeff Sessions Dealt Police Reform One Final Blow On His Way Out The Door

  09-11-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Hours before he resigned as the nation's 84th attorney general,
  
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• Don't Miss: The untold story of Lumines: Electronic Symphony

  09-11-2018 21:22
  Producer James Mielke (formerly of developer Q Entertainment) walks through early concepts for the game, outlines production difficulties -- including in-progress screens and video....
  
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• Qatari cash reaches Gaza in campaign to ease tensions

  09-11-2018 21:20 via yahoo.com
  Palestinian civil servants formed long queues in Gaza on Friday to receive millions of dollars in Qatari-funded salaries, as part of efforts to ease tensions in and around the impoverished territory.For the second consecutive Friday, clashes along the Gaza-Israel border were less violent than in previous weeks, although one Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire and 37 others wounded by gunshots, the Gaza health ministry said.In Qatar's operation, a total of $90 million is to be distributed in s
  
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• California wildfire pushes toward tony Malibu, Pacific Ocean

  09-11-2018 21:16 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wind-driven wildfire raged through Southern California communities on Friday, burning homes and forcing thousands of people to flee as it relentlessly pushed toward tony Malibu and the Pacific Ocean.
  
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• Twitter Is Rallying Behind Black Female Journalists After Trump's 'Loser' Comment

  09-11-2018 21:15 via yahoo.com
  People on social media are shedding light on the important work by black
  
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• Kim Kardashian, Alyssa Milano, Rainn Wilson Among Celebrities Evacuating Homes Amid California Wildfires

  09-11-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  The Woolsey Fire grew to over 2,000 acres Thursday evening with zero percent containment and jumped to 10,000 by Friday morning
  
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• Ice-T Says He’s Never Eaten A Bagel Before And People Are Freaking Out

  09-11-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  Ice-T shook Twitter Friday when he announced he has never eaten a bagel.
  
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• How California erupted in flames overnight

  09-11-2018 21:13 via yahoo.com
  Newly-born fires torched bone-dry Northern and Southern California throughout the night of November 8. One deadly blaze in particular, the Camp Fire, ripped through 70,000 acres in just 24 hours.  "It's incredible," Michael Gollner, a fire scientist at the University of Maryland, said of the uncontrollable Northern California wildfire. "I don’t know if I want to say unprecedented — but it's getting close to that. It's incredibly rare."  "That blows your mind,"Brenda Be
  
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• Qatar pays Gaza salaries to ease tensions; Israel says money's not for Hamas

  09-11-2018 21:09 via yahoo.com
  Hamas's political rival based in the West Bank, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, has slashed Gaza budgets, beggaring tens of thousands of government employees.Palestinian sources said the Qatari payout, received on Thursday, was the first of a total of $90 million that would come into Gaza over the next six months with Israeli approval.Israel had previously agreed to the gas-rich Gulf Arab state donating materials for civilian construction projects or fuel, worried that more fungible cash do
  
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• California Has A Law That Might've Prevented The Thousand Oaks Shooting. It Wasn't Used.

  09-11-2018 20:57 via yahoo.com
  Few might have been able to predict that Ian David Long would walk into a bar
  
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• AO's best Black Friday deals, including £90 off a 4K TV and £50 off a PS4 with Red Dead Redemption 2

  09-11-2018 20:57 via gamesradar.com
  It's never too early to start saving
  
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• Blog: My time at Telltale Games

  09-11-2018 20:55
  I worked QA at Telltale games during Tales from the Borderlands, Game of Thrones, and Minecraft. I was a regular QA tester, and it was my first job in the industry. ...
  
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• Law Enforcement Not Investigating Broward Vote Count, Contra Scott’s Claim

  09-11-2018 20:54 via yahoo.com
  The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Friday that it is not investigating allegations of fraud levied against Broward County elections officials by Governor Rick Scott, the Republican Senate candidate, despite Scott’s claim to have ordered such an investigation.“Right now, FDLE is working with DOS and will investigate any allegations of criminal activity or fraud.This morning FDLE communicated with Department of State and they indicated at this time, they had no allegations
  
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• Lord of the Rings Online returns to its 2007 roots with official 'Legendary Server'

  09-11-2018 20:51
  Lord of the Rings Online has opened up a 'Legendary Server' that rolls the modern version of the game back (in some ways) to match the world offered way back in 2007 when the game first launched. ...
  
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• Trump dubs California bar shooter 'sick puppy' as wildfires rage

  09-11-2018 20:34 via yahoo.com
  "He is a very sick puppy," Trump said of the gunman, speaking at the White House before leaving on a trip to Paris.Victims of Wednesday night's rampage in the city of Thousand Oaks included an 18-year-old freshman student at Pepperdine University, a security guard at the bar, a graduate of California Lutheran University and a Marine Corps veteran.Ian David Long, 28, walked into the Borderline Bar and Grill, which was packed with dancing college students, and opened fire, fatally shooting 12 peop
  
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