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• New Switch-Exclusive Platinum Game Announced

  13-02-2019 23:41
  A brand new game from Bayonetta developer PlatinumGames was revealed during today’s Nintendo Direct, Astral Chain. It will be launching exclusively on Switch on August 30, 2019.
  Astral Chain is an action game with a sci-fi setting where you appear to be fighting giant demonic monsters, seemingly with glowing glowing blue chains that you use to tie them to the ground. Although gameplay was shown, not much of it was explained.Part of that is, by Nintendo’s own admission, there appear t
  
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• Guaido seeks to wrest control of Venezuela's oil company

  13-02-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly appointed a transitional board of directors for the state oil company Wednesday, in a bid by congress chief Juan Guaido to gain control of an industry that is the economic backbone of the country.
  
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• Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered Announced for Nintendo Switch

  13-02-2019 23:32
  Nintendo and Ubisoft have announced Assassin’s Creed 3 Remastered will be available for the Nintendo Switch this year.
  The Assassin’s Creed 3 remaster package will feature the main game, all of AC3’s DLC, as well as Assassin’s Creed Liberation Remastered, and will be made available on May 21.
  Ubisoft first announced Assassin’s Creed 3 Remastered as part of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s DLC season pass. The remaster, also available separately on PC, PS4, and
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is 'fine' with a sitting president who smokes weed

  13-02-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to be chill as hell.In an interview with TMZ on Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez shared some of her thoughts on cannabis legalization, proving she's extremely open-minded on the topic.When asked if she'd be OK with a sitting president who smokes, the 29-year-old congresswoman said, "I don't care. Yeah. I don't care, it's fine with me. You're not hurting anybody, you know?""There are plenty of people who drink, they'll go out to happy hour ... how is that different from
  
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• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Announced for Nintendo Switch

  13-02-2019 23:30
  Nintendo’s February 13 Direct offered plenty of surprises, including the reveal that the originally PS4-console-exclusive Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice will be coming to the Nintendo Switch in 2019.
  Revealed during a suite of third-party announcements for Switch, Nintendo confirmed that Ninja Theory’s third-person action-exploration game will be released for the Switch this spring.
  Hellblade originally came to the PS4 and PC in 2017, followed by a release on Xbox One in 2018.
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• The Latest: Arlington diocese says 16 priests on abuse list

  13-02-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Latest on Catholic dioceses in Virginia releasing lists of priests with credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor against them (all times local):
  
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• Super Mario Maker 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch this summer

  13-02-2019 23:26 via gamesradar.com
  And we thought we'd be lucky to get a re-release
  
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• A Battle Royale Tetris Is Coming to Nintendo Switch Today

  13-02-2019 23:26
  A new battle royale is coming, but you’ll need to sharpen your Tetris skills to survive among the pack.
  Nintendo revealed Tetris 99 during its Feb. 13 Direct, which will be available later today as a free-to-play game for Nintendo Switch Online members.
  Tetris 99 sees 99 players competing in a game of Tetris — completing lines will cause blocks to fill up the screens of opponents. Do your best to prevent your screen from filling up and persevere as the crowd of 99 players is whittled
  
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• Fire Emblem Switch Release Date Announced, Gameplay Details Revealed

  13-02-2019 23:25
  During today’s Direct, Nintendo revealed that Fire Emblem: Three Houses will launch on Switch on July 26, later than the Spring release window that had previously been announced.
  Nintendo also showed off a large amount of story and gameplay details for Three Houses, which puts you in the role of a teacher at a neutral officer’s academy seated in the center of three kingdoms. You pick one of three houses to teach for within the academy, each representing one of the countries surroundi
  
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• Square Enix Announces New RPG, Oninaki

  13-02-2019 23:19
  Square Enix’s development team behind I Am Setsuna and Lost Sphear, Tokyo RPG Factory, has revealed its latest game, Oninaki, in Nintendo’s February 13 Direct.
  The action-RPG is scheduled for a summer 2019 launch, and takes place in a world where, according to its trailer, people are forced to lead repressed lives, never properly being able to grieve the dead.Players will control a protagonist who can cross between worlds, from the land of the living to a world beyond, where they&rsq
  
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• Starlink Gets New Star Fox Characters and Missions

  13-02-2019 23:15
  During today’s Direct, Nintendo revealed that the Switch version of Starlink: Battle for Atlas will get an update in April that adds even more Star Fox content, including new playable characters and new missions.
  Most excitingly, Star Fox’s trusty wingmen Peppy, Slippy, and Falco will be added as playable characters. Each will have their own unique pilot abilities and skill trees to go along with them.
  Those three characters will also be playable in both the Star Fox missions from th
  
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• Dragon Quest XI Comes To Switch This Fall

  13-02-2019 23:14
  Publisher: Square EnixDeveloper: Square Enix, Armor ProjectRelease: September 4, 2018 Rating: Rating PendingPlatform: PlayStation 4, PC
  Coming this fall, Square Enix's Dragon Quest XI will be making it's way to the Switch. In addition to arriving on Nintendo's console, it will also feature several new upgrades. It will allow you to switch on the fly between the 3D visuals and the 2D, 16-bit visuals that would play on the bottom screen of the Japanese-exclusive 3DS version. You will be
  
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• Dragon Quest 11 Announced for Switch in the West

  13-02-2019 23:13
  During today’s Nintendo Direct, two Dragon Quest games set plans for Switch releases in the West. Dragon Quest 11 will arrive sometime this Fall, while Dragon Quest Builders 2 will be launching on Switch on July 12.
  Dragon Quest 11’s Switch release will be officially titled “Dragon Quest 11 S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition” but if I spelled that whole thing out every time I’d demand to be paid by the word and IGN would go bankrupt. It will include ne
  
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• Farewell to a 'workhorse': Mars rover Opportunity officially dead after 15 years

  13-02-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  After more than eight months without contact, NASA tried one more time to revive the Mars rover Opportunity before bidding it farewell – and failed.
  
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• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Joker DLC Fighter Gets Release Window

  13-02-2019 23:07
  Following its major 2.0 update last month, Nintendo announced during its Direct today that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will get a large 3.0 update sometime this Spring. Nintendo also revealed the release window for its first paid DLC character, Joker from Persona 5, as well as new Smash Bros. Amiibo.
  No specific information was given about what the 3.0 update will include, but the 2.0 patch brought a copious amount of balance adjustments in January while also adding the Piranha Plant DLC fighter.
  
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• BoxBoy and BoxGirl for Nintendo Switch Announced

  13-02-2019 23:06
  Nintendo has announced a new entry in its beloved BoxBoy! Series, BoxBoy + BoxGirl, for the Nintendo Switch.
  BoxBoy + BoxGirl will be released on April 26 for the Switch and features BoxGirl as a co-op partner. With her addition, BoxBoy + BoxGirl will feature cooperative gameplay to allow players to solve puzzles together. A separate adventure for Qudy, a rectangle-shaped boy, will also be included.
  Nintendo has billed BoxBoy + BoxGirl as a brand new adventure in the series, with 270 stages to b
  
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• Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 for Switch Release Window Confirmed

  13-02-2019 23:04
  Nintendo has announced a launch window for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, as well as the addition of an MCU newcomer to the playable roster.
  During the Feb. 13 Nintendo Direct, developers Koei Tecmo Games and Team Ninja, with publisher Nintendo, confirmed Ultimate Alliance 3 is planned for a summer 2019 launch.
  Additionally, the latest look at the action-RPG revealed that Captain Marvel will be among the playable cast, which features Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Defenders, an
  
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• Super Mario Maker 2 Announced for Nintendo Switch

  13-02-2019 23:02
  Today’s Nintendo Direct opened with the surprise announcement of Super Mario Maker 2 for the Nintendo Switch, a sequel to the hit custom Mario level maker for Wii U.
  Super Mario Maker 2 is set to come out sometime this June, and the Direct showed off a whole heck of a lot of new gameplay. In it, we saw the addition of a new visual style option based on Super Mario 3D World, as well as the inclusion of its iconic Lucky Bell power-up that puts Mario in a cat suit which lets him climb walls.
  
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• Captain Marvel Joins Roster For Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, Out This Summer

  13-02-2019 23:01
  The star of the next major Marvel film, Captain Marvel, is joining the roster of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, which is also not that far away.Carol Danvers is a major part of the latest trailer for the game, which outlines some of the additions and feature of this entry. Along with learning new skills as they level up, there are new co-op Synergy Attacks, as well as what are called "Alliance Extreme Attacks," which act as a kind of super ability. You can combine those supers as w
  
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• Thune: Green New Deal is bad for American workers, families who will get stuck paying the bill

  13-02-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Markey accusing McConnell of trying to sabotage Green New Deal; reaction from Senate Majority Whip John Thune.
  
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• Texas Mom Arrested After Kids Found Locked in Dog Cage and Covered in Feces

  13-02-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The two eldest children were found in a 3 by 3 foot dog cage and the two other children were discovered nearby, covered in urine and feces.
  
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• Brock Long, who oversaw Trump administration's response to Hurricane Maria, resigns as FEMA chief

  13-02-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Deputy Administrator Pete Gaynor will become acting administrator upon Brock Long’s departure.
  
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• Ilhan Omar confronts Elliott Abrams over human rights

  13-02-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Omar suggested Americans would have reason to doubt Abrams’ testimony about the United States role in Venezuela. “If I could respond to that,” said Abrams. “I’m not going to respond to that question, I’m sorry,” said Abrams. Omar continued.
  
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• Exclusive look at how migrant caravan has overwhelmed US agents

  13-02-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox News got an inside look at the workings of one of the busiest crossings on the southern border.
  
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• Xbox Game Pass Greatly Increases Player Bases for New and Old Games

  13-02-2019 21:52
  Microsoft has revealed some interesting statistics about its game subscription service Xbox Game Pass, including how it helps grow player bases and franchise sales.
  In an article published by The Sydney Morning Herald, head of planning for Game Pass Matt Percy claims that players’ time spent in games generally increases by 20% once they join Xbox Game Pass, and the number of individual games they play increases by 40%.
  "People are drawn to the biggest brands and the stuff that they know. B
  
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• Apex Legends Valentine's Day Update Encourages Loving Your Team

  13-02-2019 21:45
  Publisher: Electronic ArtsDeveloper: Respawn EntertainmentRating: Teen Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
  Apex Legends has not been out long, but the game has already gotten its first update wrapped up in a neat little Valentine's Day theme. No one has to be lonely when you're in a three-person squad climbing your way to the top of the battle royale!The patch notes, which were posted today on Reddit, don't name a lot of changes, but there are a few for new updates for the season. There are tw
  
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• Ohio man pleads not guilty to deputy slaying charges

  13-02-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who could face the death penalty if convicted pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he fatally shot an Ohio sheriff's deputy and tried to kill others during a standoff.
  
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• Democratic lawmakers say U.S. military action in Venezuela 'not an option'

  13-02-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The Democratic chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Eliot Engel, expressed concern about Trump's hints that military action was an option in Venezuela, where President Nicolas Maduro is under intense international pressure to step aside and the country's economy is in chaos."I do worry about the president's saber rattling, his hints that U.S. military intervention remains an option.The head of Venezuela's National Assembly, Juan Guaido, invoked a constitutional pro
  
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• Eastern Canada digs out from major snow storm

  13-02-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  A huge snowstorm blanketed eastern Canada on Wednesday, closing schools, grounding hundreds of flights and forcing many workers to stay home as tens of thousands of plows toiled to clear roads.Wind gusts up to 70 kilometers (44 miles) per hour were also expected in the evening, blowing snow and severely reducing visibility from Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal to the Atlantic coast provinces.A winter storm warning was in place for much of the region and travel was not advised.
  
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• Rock Band Developer Announces New Rhythm-Shooter Audica

  13-02-2019 21:14
  Harmonix, creators of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, have announced a new rhythm-shooter for VR called Audica.
  Revealed on Twitter alongside an official website, the description calls Audica a "VR rhythm shooter that combines Harmonix's award-winning music gameplay with precision shooting mechanics and a killer soundtrack, all set in a mesmerizing cosmic arena.” Audica will be released through Early Access on Oculus Rift and Steam VR on March 7.
  Beyond a reveal trailer, the
  
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• Assassin's Creed Odyssey gets New Game+, giving you a chance at a different story

  13-02-2019 21:13 via gamesradar.com
  Greece is the word
  
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• Israeli leader sees 'common interest' in confronting Iran

  13-02-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israel's prime minister on Wednesday sent out a belligerent rallying cry to his Arab partners at a U.S.-backed Mideast conference, saying he planned to focus on the "common interest" of confronting Iran.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Newsom wrong on illegal border crossings

  13-02-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom devoted part of his first State of the State address to attacking President Donald Trump's positions on illegal immigration, declaring, "This border emergency is nothing more than a manufactured crisis and California will not be part of this political theater."
  
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• Former US Air Force agent charged with defecting to Iran

  13-02-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The US Justice Department charged a former Air Force intelligence official Wednesday with spying for Iran, saying she exposed a fellow US agent and helped the Revolutionary Guard target her former colleagues for cyber attacks.US officials said Monica Witt, 39, who worked a decade in Air Force counterintelligence, had an "ideological" turn against her country and defected in 2013, turning over information on US espionage operations against Tehran."It is a sad day for America when one of its citiz
  
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• Apple ramps up self-driving program as Waymo says its tech improves

  13-02-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple Inc has sharply increased its efforts to test self-driving cars on public roads but lags far behind market leader Waymo on a key safety metric, according to data released on Wednesday by the California Department of Motor Vehicles.Apple, which has kept details of its self-driving program under wraps, put in 79,745 miles (128,337 km) of testing in California in 2018, still far short of 10 million miles of testing on roads around the world by Alphabet Inc's Waymo.The data was part of Califor
  
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• U.S. charges former top Apple lawyer with insider trading

  13-02-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities said Gene Levoff exploited his positions as corporate secretary, head of corporate law and co-chairman of a committee that reviewed draft copies of Apple's financial results to trade illegally between 2011 and 2016.Prosecutors said Levoff, 45, of San Carlos, California,generated $604,000 in illegal gains, including realized profit and avoided losses, before Apple terminated his decade-long employment in September.
  
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• From Mass Weddings to Spilled Wine: How 6 Countries Around the World Celebrate Valentine's Day

  13-02-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Here are some unusual Valentine's Day traditions around the world
  
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• White Supremacist Sentenced to Life in Prison for NYC Sword Killing

  13-02-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  A 30-year-old white supremacist who traveled from Baltimore to Manhattan to kill a black man with a sword was sentenced Wednesday.
  
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• Suicide bomber targeting Iran's Revolutionary Guard kills 27

  13-02-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A suicide car bomber claimed by an al-Qaida-linked group attacked a bus carrying members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard paramilitary force Wednesday, killing at least 27 people and wounding 13 others, state media reported.
  
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• Former US intelligence officer charged with spying for Iran after defection

  13-02-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  A former US Air Force intelligence officer has been charged with helping Iran target ex-colleagues with cyberattacks after defecting to the country in what was dubbed a “betrayal” of America.  Monica Witt, 39, was accused of switching sides after more than a decade of US military service and identifying American intelligence officers and their personal Facebook accounts for the Iranian regime.  Messages quoted in an indictment unsealed yesterday showed Witt saying that she
  
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• Suicide attack on bus kills 27 Iran Revolutionary Guards

  13-02-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  A suicide car bombing on a Revolutionary Guards bus in southeastern Iran killed 27 troops on Wednesday, in one of the deadliest attacks on the elite forces in years.The assault came as the troops were returning from a border patrol mission, the Guards said in a statement."In this terrorist attack 27 of Islam's brave warriors were killed and 13 were wounded," the statement read, accusing "world domination and Zionist intelligence agencies" of supporting the attackers.
  
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• Fairfax accuser speaks out on abuse at Stanford #MeToo panel

  13-02-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — A college professor avoided talking directly about her accusation that Virginia's lieutenant governor sexually assaulted her, but she talked in detail about her research and thoughts on the growing number of women reporting abuse.
  
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• Apex Legends' first patch brings Valentine's Day treats and plenty of bug fixes

  13-02-2019 20:44 via gamesradar.com
  Spread the love with some seasonal cosmetics
  
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• Hackers can gain full control over Xiaomi electric scooter, security group finds

  13-02-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  The Xiaomi M365 electric scooter has a defect in which hackers can take complete control over the vehicle, according to Zimperium.
  
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• White supremacist sentenced for killing black man with sword

  13-02-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A white supremacist who killed a black man with a sword wanted to ignite a worldwide race war, a prosecutor told a judge who sentenced the man Wednesday to life in prison without parole.
  
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• Texas children found in dog cage placed in foster care

  13-02-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  DALLAS (AP) — Four malnourished siblings, all aged 5 or younger, have been placed in foster care after authorities found them hungry and thirsty in a North Texas barn, two locked in a dog cage and the others smeared with excrement, authorities said Wednesday.
  
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• Meghan Markle hounded like Diana? Hardly, British papers say

  13-02-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Could Meghan Markle really face the same fate as Princess Diana?Britain's newspapers on Wednesday angrily challenged US actor George Clooney's claim that their treatment of Prince Harry's wife resembled the hounding of his late mother.Clooney, who attended the couple's wedding last year, on Tuesday stirred up a hornet's nest of discontent by accusing the London tabloids of giving the new Duchess of Sussex "a raw deal".
  
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• Talks to end three-day Denver teachers strike resume after progress reported

  13-02-2019 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Negotiators for striking Denver teachers and the city school district returned to the bargaining table on Wednesday after a productive session the previous day, as the walkout affecting 92,000 students entered a third day.The two sides sounded an optimistic note on Tuesday after resuming talks that had broken off on Saturday, and went late into the night seeking to resolve differences over a variable pay system, known as ProComp, which has been at the center of the dispute."We exchanged proposal
  
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• Google investing billions in US operations

  13-02-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Google said Wednesday it will invest $13 billion in US data centers and offices this year as the internet giant continues to expand across the country.The spending will build on more than $9 billion in US investments in the past year and should create the potential for tens of thousands of new jobs, according to chief executive Sundar Pichai."This growth will allow us to invest in the communities where we operate, while we improve the products and services that help billions of people and busine
  
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• Nice Discounts on Red Dead Redemption 2 and Spider-Man

  13-02-2019 19:59
  
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  Here's some good news for anyone who held off on buying a pair of last year's biggest games: Red Dead Redemption 2 is on sale for $39.99 on PS4 and Xbox One - its lowest price ever - and PS4's Spider-Man is back on sale for $39.99. Those are remarkable deals on some of the most beloved games of the generation.
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