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• Red Dead Redemption 2 players have figured out how to get every horse for free

  27-11-2018 23:58 via gamesradar.com
  These stallions are yours for the taking, provided you don't mind some repetition
  
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• Christine Blasey Ford to give donations to charity for trauma survivors

  27-11-2018 23:58 via yahoo.com
  Christine Blasey Ford and her family became the target of death threats after she testified that then-supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh tried to rape her.Dr Christine Blasey Ford, the California psychologist who accused the supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault before his confirmation, emphatically thanked supporters for an “outpouring” of donations in a new post that explained the shutdown of her GoFundMe page after raising nearly $650,000.
  
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• El Chapo's high life: Swiss clinics, mansions and a zoo

  27-11-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  Rejuvenation treatments at Swiss clinics, a beachfront mansion in Acapulco and a private zoo of lions: the US trial of drug baron Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was given an extraordinary glimpse Tuesday into his life of excess.At the height of his power as one of the most notorious criminals in the world and most prolific drug traffickers on the planet, Guzman reputedly profited to the max from his ill-gotten gains.In the early 1990s, smuggling Colombian cocaine into the United States -- Guzman's li
  
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• Fatal Police Shooting Of 21-Year-Old Emantic Bradford In Alabama Sparks Protest

  27-11-2018 23:47 via yahoo.com
  Protesters shut down parts of an Alabama highway on Monday in response to the
  
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• Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Legacy of the First Blade DLC Focuses on a Key Assassin

  27-11-2018 23:01
  Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s first major story-driven DLC, Legacy of the First Blade, has received a launch trailer, showing off a highly-important assassin.
  With Episode 1: Hunted releasing on December 4, Legacy of the First Blade follows the first assassin to wield a hidden blade: Darius I, son of Xerxes I. Though Darius had long passed since the events of Assassin’s Creed 2, Ezio went on to explore a tomb dedicated to Darius. Though the real-world history on the matter is
  
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• Ex-Trump campaign chair denies meeting WikiLeaks' Assange

  27-11-2018 22:57 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort denied Tuesday that he met secretly with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, including weeks before the organization's 2016 publication of Democratic Party secrets hacked by Russian intelligence.Manafort rejected a report in The Guardian newspaper that he met three times with Assange over 2013-2016, an explosive claim that if true could support allegations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russians to tilt the 2016 election in the
  
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• Google, Walmart and MLB demand Cindy Hyde-Smith refund campaign donations after racial remarks

  27-11-2018 22:40 via yahoo.com
  Google has joined a number of major organisations demanding refunds for campaign donations sent to Cindy Hyde-Smith whose controversial racial remarks have drawn backlash just before a crucial run-off election for a Senate seat in Mississippi.As voters flocked to the polls to cast their ballots in the final senatorial election of the 2018 midterms, Google confirmed it had requested a $5,000 refund for a donation the tech giant had previously sent to the senator’s re-election campaign.
  
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• CNN’s Jim Acosta attends first White House briefing since press credential fight

  27-11-2018 22:37 via yahoo.com
  CNN’S Jim Acosta asks questions at a White House Press Briefing for the first time since his press credentials were revoked, then reinstated under a federal judge’s order.
  
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• Video: Playing with Pride -- When game culture & LGBTQ culture collide

  27-11-2018 22:32
  In this GDC 2018 talk, documentarian Matt Baume shares interviews with a wide array of LGBTQ devs and players to help you better understand the needs and challenges of players in the LGBTQ community....
  
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• Giuliani Says Trump Doesn't Know If Paul Manafort Met With WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange

  27-11-2018 22:26 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump does not know whether his former campaign
  
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• Murdered woman's family sues husband for wrongful death

  27-11-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  DENVER (AP) — The parents of a Colorado woman murdered by her husband are seeking financial damages in a lawsuit filed on the same day he was sentenced to life in prison.
  
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• Indonesia due to release preliminary Lion Air crash report

  27-11-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  Indonesian investigators are expected Wednesday to release a preliminary report into the Lion Air plane crash last month that saw all 189 on board killed when the nearly new jet slammed into the sea.The Boeing 737 MAX vanished from radar about 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta on October 29, crashing into waters off Indonesia's northern coast moments after it had asked to return to the capital.
  
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• Devs label Brexit 'a dire threat' to UK game industry in open letter

  27-11-2018 22:02
  The letter comes the way of the organization Games4EU and has been signed by 1,300 individuals from 127 game companies in the UK. ...
  
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• Fortnite Has Invaded the Modern American Classroom Like No Other Game

  27-11-2018 21:55
  Kids have been bringing video games and other distractions into schools for decades. For me, it was my Game Boy. But everything from the ‘90s surge of Tamagotchi to Magic the Gathering and Pokémon cards has had their moment in the spotlight in middle schools and high schools alike. Kids in high school these days, however, have grown up with games on smartphones, and those games follow them into class in ways my Game Boy never could have.
  Fortnite is huge in a way few games have been
  
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• In Rare Statement, Christine Blasey Ford Pledges to Donate Funds to Trauma Survivors

  27-11-2018 21:52 via yahoo.com
  Ford said "coming forward was terrifying ... but I am grateful to have had the opportunity to fulfill my civic duty"
  
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• Honduran migrant, clutching two small children, flees tear gas

  27-11-2018 21:48 via yahoo.com
  In the shot, taken on Sunday, you can see Honduran mother Maria Meza grabbing the thin arms of her two 5-year-old twin daughters Cheili and Saira as they frantically run from a tear gas canister spewing fumes.Meza's daughter, Jamie, is behind her mother in the photo, also running away from the approaching gas.According to their Honduran documents, Meza is 40 and her daughter is 12.
  
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• Protests as Saudi crown prince visits Tunisia

  27-11-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held talks in Tunisia on Tuesday as hundreds of protesters rallied against his visit, urging justice over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and condemning the Yemen war.Saudi Arabia's de facto leader, who flew in from Cairo, met with Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi before they dined together with Prime Minister Youssef Chahed.Upon receiving him, Essebsi said the Saudi royal was "not merely a guest of Tunisia, he is at home here", stressing the i
  
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• Destiny 2 update nerfs Ikelos shotgun, fixes problem Exotics, and preps for The Black Armory

  27-11-2018 21:43 via gamesradar.com
  Load times on PS4 and Xbox One have also been improved
  
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• Massive Australian cow nearly as tall as Michael Jordan goes viral

  27-11-2018 21:37 via yahoo.com
  A cow in Western Australia has gone udderly viral due to its sheer size and
  
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• Get a job: Insomniac Games is hiring a Senior Environment Technical Artist

  27-11-2018 21:31
  Insomniac Games is looking for a talented Senior Environment Technical Artist to act as the link between its programming and art teams....
  
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• Top 5 Holiday Scams To Watch Out For This Year

  27-11-2018 21:28 via yahoo.com
  The holiday season can be both exciting and stressful. Between parties, gift
  
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• Captured Ukrainian sailors broadcast giving 'confessions' on Russian television

  27-11-2018 21:24 via yahoo.com
  Ukrainian sailors were on Tuesday filmed giving what Kiev said were forced confessions and brought to court after Russia seized their ships off the coast of Crimea in a major escalation of tensions. A court in Crimea ruled on Tuesday that 12 of the 24 captured sailors and security service agents would be kept in confinement for two months, with a decision on the rest expected Wednesday. Moscow has defied Western calls to release the men, who have been accused of violating Russia's borders a
  
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• Yahoo News Explains: How Trump has hindered climate change policies

  27-11-2018 21:22 via yahoo.com
  The White House just released a harrowing report on the potentially deadly consequences of climate change.Why does President Trump contradict the report?In the past, Trump has frequently called climate change a hoax and in 2017, he pulled the U.S. out of an environmental action accord signed by 195 nations to help stop climate change.
  
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• Facebook was warned of alleged Russian meddling back in 2014

  27-11-2018 21:21 via yahoo.com
  Facebook acknowledged on Tuesday that its engineers had flagged suspicious Russian activity as early as 2014 -- long before it became public -- but did not confirm evidence of a coordinated campaign.The revelation came as the British Parliament held hearings featuring lawmakers from nine countries into how the social media behemoth was being used to manipulate major election results.Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg refused to attend the meeting and organisers pulled up an empty chair in
  
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• Trump Threatens To Cut 'All GM Subsidies' Following Company Layoffs

  27-11-2018 21:05 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump said he was looking into cutting subsidies from General
  
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• Cyber Monday was Amazon's biggest shopping day in history -- Here were the top selling items

  27-11-2018 21:01 via yahoo.com
  Black Friday has been a coveted, day-long bargain extravaganza that has always
  
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• Candidate-backed group challenges Georgia election process

  27-11-2018 21:01 via yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — A political organization backed by Democrat Stacey Abrams filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the way Georgia's elections are run, making good on a promise Abrams made as she ended her bid to become the state's governor.
  
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• Dark Souls Heroes Get Epic Vinyl Figures

  27-11-2018 21:00
  Looking for a "gud" gift for that Dark Souls fanatic in your life? Look no further than Fangamer's Heroes of Lordran figurines!
  Series one features Solaire, Oscar, and Siegmeyer. Each vinyl figure stands around four inches tall, and they'll run you $29 each, or $69 for all three.
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• Don't Miss: A look back at the rise and fall of the Sega Dreamcast

  27-11-2018 20:57
  On the 20th anniversary of the Sega Dreamcast's Japanese debut, take a look back at this retrospective on the system's whirlwind run....
  
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• The Chevy Volt Is A Dream Car And Now GM Is Killing It

  27-11-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  General Motors just killed the best car you've never owned.
  
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• The 2021 Rivian R1S Is an Electric Seven-Passenger SUV Claiming Supercar Acceleration

  27-11-2018 20:52 via yahoo.com
  Like the startup's forthcoming R1T pickup, the just-announced R1S SUV is said to offer more than 400 miles of range between charges.
  
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• Bethesda Responds to Fallout 76 Complaints, Reveals Upcoming Changes and Bug Fixes

  27-11-2018 20:48
  After Fallout 76 players have felt unheard in the recent weeks, Bethesda has responded to the complaints on Reddit.
  Bethesda admitted to being too silent and non-communicative with the Fallout community, and said they are focusing on being more transparent from now on.
  "We know you’re frustrated and angry at the state of things right now, whether it’s the issues you’re running into in the game, or the lack of communication about fixes, updates, or news. To be clear, this accoun
  
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• Telltale's Minecraft: Story Mode Launches on Netflix

  27-11-2018 20:45
  Minecraft: Story Mode, an episodic point-and-click adventure game from the recently shuttered Telltale Games, has launched on Netflix.
  Available to stream now, the first three episodes of the season are up and running, and the final two episodes will be coming December 5. The original first season of Minecraft: Story Mode ran for eight episodes, with the second season consisting of five episodes.
  The Netflix version of the game begins with a short explanation on how to play it through the stream
  
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• Kosovo Serbs protest Pristina's tariff

  27-11-2018 20:41 via yahoo.com
  Several thousand Kosovo Serbs protested in northern Kosovo on Tuesday against Pristina's massive customs tariff on Serbian goods, a retaliatory measure announced last week that has spiked tensions and curtailed trade between the neighbours.The crowd gathered in the northern Serb-half of the divided city of Mitrovica with Serbian flags and signs saying "Help us" and "Stop the violence of Pristina".The mayors of four majority-Serb municipalities in Kosovo -- North Mitrovica, Zvecan, Leposavic and
  
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• Argentina prosecutors considering charges against Mohammed bin Salman at G20

  27-11-2018 20:39 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is on the guest list for the two-day G20 summit.Argentinian prosecutors are considering charging Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, with war crimes and torture if he flies to Buenos Aires for the G20 summit this week.
  
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• Trump Administration Will Say Anything To Downplay Dire Climate Report

  27-11-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration appears to have settled on a strategy for dealing
  
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• Himura Kenshin and Makoto Shishio Cross Swords In New Jump Force Trailer

  27-11-2018 20:35
  The latest Jump Force trailer has revealed the character models and attacks for their new additions to the Shonen Jump brawler. Last week Bandai Namco announced that characters from the anime/manga Rurouni Kenshin would be joining the roster. The new trailer shows off the sword-based attacks of protagonist Himura Kenshin and Kyoto arc antagonist, Makoto Shishio.Released as a manga in 1994, the story of Rurouni Kenshin follows Kenshin, a former assassin who in later life swear
  
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• San Francisco Giants Face Backlash Over Owner's Donation To Cindy Hyde-Smith

  27-11-2018 20:30 via yahoo.com
  The San Francisco Giants are facing calls for a boycott after a report that
  
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• Just Cause 4's New Trailer Has The Baddies Asking 'One Man Did All This?'

  27-11-2018 20:30
  You'll be able to play the one-man wrecking crew and leader of The Army of Chaos, Rico Rodriguez, when Just Cause 4 comes out next week. Three years after Just Cause 3, the fourth entry in the over-the-top action-adventure game is just around the corner and has already gone gold. To celebrate Avalanche Studios and Square Enix released a live-action trailer that gives us a hilarious glimpse of the enemies' stories about Rico Rodriguez.In a struggle not unlike describ
  
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• Missed Cyber Monday? These Cyber Week Sales Are Still Going On

  27-11-2018 20:29 via yahoo.com
  The day after Cyber Monday is typically reserved for two things: travel deal
  
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• Red Dead Online's battle royale mode is real, and called Make It Count

  27-11-2018 20:20 via gamesradar.com
  No guns, just knives or bows
  
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• Destiny 2: Black Armory Mini-Expansion Detailed

  27-11-2018 20:18
  Bungie unveiled details about Destiny 2's first mini-expansion, Black Armory on Tuesday. Details can be seen in the video below.
  Black Armory will be made available to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC players on Dec. 4, bringing with it new exotic items and the ability for players to increase their power levels. Story-wise, the mini-expansion sees the titular Black Armory's Ada-1 tasking players with reigniting four special weapon forges that were lost during the Golden Age.
  As part of
  
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• Blog: Lessons from the making of Steel Rats

  27-11-2018 20:13
  Michal Azarewicz writes about letting your experiences drive your design, iterating on your own passions and talents, and leaving no idea behind in the new motorbike combat racer Steel Rats....
  
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• Obituary: Carolyn Enlow, one of Sierra Online's first female coders

  27-11-2018 19:56
  Carolyn Enlow, a programmer and likely the first woman to work in that role at Sierra Online, has passed away. She was 77. ...
  
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• Fortnite Surpasses 200 Million Players

  27-11-2018 19:51
  Fortnite now has more than 200 million players, making it among the most-played games in the history of the medium.
  The new statistic, which comes from Bloomberg, represents a 60 percent increase in players since Epic Games shared information back in June. The following month, Epic Games was valued at up to $8 billion, and a new investment deal made back in October valued the company at nearly twice that number.
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• Melania Trump puts together care packages for U.S. troops

  27-11-2018 19:06 via yahoo.com
  Melania Trump teams up with Red Cross.
  
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• Guacamelee! 2: New Character Skins and Challenge Level Enter the Fray

  27-11-2018 19:02
  
  Guacamelee! 2 is available now on PlayStation 4 and PC, and is receiving two new DLC packs over the next couple of weeks featuring additional playable character skins as well as a new challenge level.
  Revealed through the PlayStation Blog, Guacamelee! 2 will add the Three Enemigos character pack for $3 tomorrow, which gives you the chance to play as the bosses El Muñeco, Uay Pek, and Jaguar Javier instead of hero Juan. The characters are designed to change how you approach the game a
  
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• A tiny satellite says goodbye to Mars with gorgeous new photo

  27-11-2018 18:45 via yahoo.com
  Parting is such sweet sorrow.  A farewell photo taken by a tiny satellite shows its final view of Mars as it flew by the red planet on Monday.  The satellite — called a cubesat — that took the photo is named MarCO-B and it performed quite the service for humanity before saying goodbye to Mars.  The small satellite and its twin MarCO-A beamed home data to Earth on Monday as the InSight lander made its successful touchdown on Mars."This image was taken at about 12:10 p.m
  
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• Here are three new Exotics coming in Destiny 2: The Black Armory

  27-11-2018 18:43 via gamesradar.com
  Get to know Anarchy, Izanagi's Burden, and Le Monarque
  
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• The Crown Prince May Build Himself a Nuclear Kingdom

  27-11-2018 18:38 via yahoo.com
  The Trump administration should keep a close eye on Saudi Arabia’s nuclear connections and activities.
  
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