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• Authorities: Kraft visited parlor for sex on day of AFC game

  25-02-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft visited a Florida massage parlor for sex acts the night before and the morning of last month's AFC championship game, authorities said Monday in documents charging him with two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution.
  
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• Sanofi, Regeneron lose U.S. patent challenge to Amgen cholesterol drug

  25-02-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Amgen Chief Executive Robert Bradway said in a statement that the company was "thankful that the jury weighed the evidence carefully and recognized the validity of Amgen's patents."Regeneron and Sanofi said in a statement they disagreed with aspects of the ruling and would seek to have it overturned."We will continue to vigorously defend our positions against Amgen's overly broad patent claims," Joseph LaRosa, Regeneron's general counsel, said in the statement.Thousand Oaks, California-based Amg
  
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• Resident Evil 4, Zero, and the remake of the original are coming to Switch in May

  25-02-2019 23:43 via gamesradar.com
  Three of Capcom's biggest GameCube games return to Nintendo all at once
  
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• Pence in Colombia announces new sanctions on Maduro

  25-02-2019 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Trump administration announced new sanctions Monday on allies of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro as it struggles to find new ways to boost his opponent after an effort to deliver humanitarian aid to the economically devastated nation faltered amid strong resistance from security forces loyal to the socialist leader.
  
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• GOG lays off a dozen employees over reported financial strain

  25-02-2019 23:22
  The digital storefront GOG laid off about a dozen staff last week....
  
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• After Putin's warning, Russian TV lists nuclear targets in U.S.

  25-02-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  The targets included the Pentagon and the presidential retreat in Camp David, Maryland.The report, unusual even by the sometimes bellicose standards of Russian state TV, was broadcast on Sunday evening, days after President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was militarily ready for a "Cuban Missile"-style crisis if the United States wanted one.With tensions rising over Russian fears that the United States might deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe as a Cold War-era arms-control treaty u
  
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• There's a new Microsoft Kinect, but it's not built for gaming

  25-02-2019 23:00 via gamesradar.com
  Azure Kinect is half the size and made for science, not shooters
  
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• Paris fashion week begins under Lagerfeld's shadow

  25-02-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Paris women's fashion week started late Monday with fashionistas in a sombre mood following the death of legendary designer Karl Lagerfeld last week.It is still not clear how much of the collection was created by Lagerfeld, who died last Tuesday aged 85.The workaholic German, who always insisted that he would design until he dropped, drew his creations by hand and then handed them on to Viard to realise.
  
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• Pinterest, YouTube say acting against anti-vaccine messages

  25-02-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Several social networks including Pinterest and YouTube have detailed measures they are taking in response to pressure to combat disinformation on vaccines, which they have been accused of enabling.Pinterest confirmed to AFP Monday it changed its policy last year with regards to anti-vaccine content, a development first disclosed last week by the Wall Street Journal.
  
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• Facebook content moderators using drugs `and sex` at work to cope with PTSD symptoms

  25-02-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Facebook content moderations disclosed the extreme consequences that come with the stress of constantly reviewing graphic and offensive material, according to a new report from the Verge.Facebook’s content moderators are based in a facility in Arizona, operated by contract vendor Cognizant, where employees told the tech website that they cope with using drugs and having sex while on the job.The content moderators, most of whom are paid $15 an hour, are hired to look through a constant stre
  
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• Brexit has fostered a culture of fear among British game devs

  25-02-2019 22:25
  British game developers speaking with Variety offer some insight into the uncertainty that has formed within studios and among developers over the last two-and-a-half years since the Brexit decision....
  
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• UN council to meet on Venezuela after deadly clashes

  25-02-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The UN Security Council will meet Tuesday to discuss Venezuela, diplomats said, following weekend violence over a failed opposition bid to bring in humanitarian aid.The United States requested the meeting to be held in open session at 3:00 pm (2000 GMT).Four people died in clashes at the weekend on Venezuela's border with Brazil between security forces and civilians seeking to bring in aid.
  
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• Trump's sexual assault allegations: The full list of women who have accused the President

  25-02-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Years after women first came forward to accuse then-presidential candidate Donald Trump of sexual assault or harassment, the issue is once again at the forefront of political discourse with a former campaign staffer claiming Mr Trump once kissed her without her consent while making a campaign stop in Florida.The most recent accusation comes from a former campaign staffer, Alva Johnson, who says she had to move her face away as Mr Trump attempted to kiss her on the lips.The accusation comes more
  
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• Mike Pence: ‘It’s Time’ for World Leaders to Confront Maduro

  25-02-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Vice President Mike Pence on Monday called on world leaders to levy sanctions against the government of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro."To leaders around the world: It's time. There can be no bystanders in Venezuela's struggle for freedom," Pence said in Bogota, Colombia at a meeting of the Lima Group, a group of mostly Latin American leaders. “The day is coming soon when Venezuela’s long nightmare will end and Venezuela will once more be free.”"Nicola
  
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• Couple stranded in Mexico after kicked off cruise ship for medical emergency

  25-02-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The wife's illness while on board in Mexico led the ship's crew to remove the New Jersey couple, leading to a grueling, costly trip home by cab and plane.
  
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• New England Patriots owner, Robert Kraft charged with soliciting prostitution

  25-02-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Robert Kraft, one of the most powerful figures in US sport, has been charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution. Mr Kraft, the owner of Super Bowl winners New England Patriots, is one of 25 people facing similar charges following a lengthy investigation into human trafficking and money laundering across Florida. The 77-year-old sports magnate could, in theory, face a year in jail if convicted. However, announcing the misdemeanour charges, Palm Beach County state attorney Dave Aronberg sa
  
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• Get Anthem for more than £10 off just days after it came out with this Amazon UK sale

  25-02-2019 21:50 via gamesradar.com
  This Anthem deal on Amazon UK is a welcome discount on BioWare's brand new online RPG
  
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• 'Bomb cyclone' strikes: 550,000 still powerless from fierce winds

  25-02-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Ferocious winds from a potent 'bomb cyclone' roared across the eastern U.S. Monday, leaving hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses powerless.
  
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• Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Speaks Out on Jussie Smollett

  25-02-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said it was "infuriating" to hear that officials believe "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett staged a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago to get a bigger paycheck, injuring the city's image in the process.
  
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• Get a job: Remedy Entertainment is looking for a Technical Producer

  25-02-2019 21:41
  Daily activities include planning, managing, documenting and tracking project schedules and workflows, managing trade-offs, and eliminating blockers.  ...
  
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• Patriots owner Kraft formally charged in Florida prostitution sting

  25-02-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Florida prosecutors on Monday filed formal charges against Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots football team, and about two dozen other men for soliciting prostitution at massage parlors, authorities said on Monday.The investigation by law enforcement officers in three Florida counties into the trafficking of young women to work at day spas and massage parlors has led to hundreds being charged.Kraft, 77, and the other defendants charged with first-degree misdemeanors
  
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• Don't Miss: Saints Row: The Third and designing over the top

  25-02-2019 21:21
  Volition's Scott Phillips discusses the initial tonal and creative boundaries for Saint's Row: The Third and explains the processes used to iterate and improve on the game. ...
  
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• Final Fantasy XII On Xbox One And Switch Gets New Improvements Over Previous Versions

  25-02-2019 21:15
  Publisher: Square EnixDeveloper: Square EnixRelease: July 11, 2017 Rating: Teen Platform: PlayStation 4
  Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, an HD remaster of the 2006 PlayStation 2 Final Fantasy game, already boasted a number of improvements when it landed on PlayStation 4 and PC, released in 2017 and 2018 respectively. That version of the game was itself based on a Japan-only re-release of the PS2 game from a decade prior, giving western fans something new. Now players who have been patiently wa
  
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• Culver City police: Missing infant's parents to be arrested in child's murder

  25-02-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The parents of a missing 6-month-old baby will be arrested Monday in connection with the infant's murder, Culver City police told Eyewitness News.
  
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• Justin Fairfax: Virginia lieutenant governor stuns senators by comparing himself to lynching victims

  25-02-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The lieutenant governor of Virginia has likened himself to a lynching victim while battling accusations of sexual assault and calls to resign from his post amid a series of scandals impacting the state’s top lawmakers.Justin Fairfax made the controversial statements during a surprise speech on Sunday, lashing out against his critics in the state Senate as 2019 legislative session was coming to a close.“I’ve heard much about anti-lynching on the floor of this very Senate, where
  
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• Jussie Smollett Check Appears to be for 'Training' Fee: Report

  25-02-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Jussie Smollett may have some support for his claim that he didn't pay two brothers to stage a phony attack on him.
  
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• Search continues for body of victim, black box in Amazon Prime Air cargo plane crash

  25-02-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Investigators in Texas continued to search for the body of an Amazon cargo plane crash victim and clues to what caused the accident outside Houston.
  
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• Capcom COO calls out the growing value of PC as a platform

  25-02-2019 20:50
  Capcom's operating chief says that PC sales account for a growing chunk of its sales every Capcom†™s year, and that the company shouldn†™t overlook the platform. ...
  
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• Trump-Kim summit: What happened at their first meeting – and what to expect at their next

  25-02-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet Feb. 27-28 for the second time in less than a year for denuclearization talks.
  
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• Robert Kraft prostitution scandal exposes the horrors in our backyard: Today's talker

  25-02-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  A 'community' of clients looks for sexual services; Robert Kraft just happened to be a big name among many.
  
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• The Porsche 718 T Is Pure Driving Enjoyment

  25-02-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  More focused and a touch simpler, Porsche's new 718 T models embody the basic goodness of a driver's machine.
  
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• Billionaire Kraft, others face formal charges in Florida prostitution probe

  25-02-2019 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The investigation by law enforcement officers in three Florida counties into the trafficking of young women to work at day spas and massage parlors has led to hundreds being charged.On Friday, police named Kraft, 77, as a client at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, saying they had video of him engaging in sex acts with a worker there on two occasions and that he would be charged with soliciting prostitution, a misdemeanor.Prosecutors from the state attorney's office in West Palm Beach will
  
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• Ex-Trump campaign staffer files sexual misconduct lawsuit against president

  25-02-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A spokesman for Donald Trump’s campaign denied the claim.A former staffer on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has filed a federal lawsuit against the president, claiming he kissed her without consent.Alva Johnson, who was director of outreach and coalitions in Alabama in 2016, said in the federal lawsuit that Trump made the nonconsensual advance on 24 August 2016 in Tampa, Florida.
  
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• Video shows rare 'ice tsunami' along Niagara River

  25-02-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Incredible video out of Canada shows a rare "ice tsunami" along the Niagara River, which forced officials to close the parkway to protect drivers.
  
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• Steam review bombing has led to more problems for Devotion's developers

  25-02-2019 19:48
  Update What started as review bombing from Chinese players has escalated over the weekend....
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal Could Cost $93 Trillion, Group Says

  25-02-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The so-called Green New Deal may tally between $51 trillion and $93 trillion over 10-years, concludes American Action Forum, which is run by Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who directed the non-partisan CBO from from 2003 to 2005.“The Green New Deal is clearly very expensive,” the group said in its analysis.
  
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• The Division 2's Open Beta Adds An Extra Main Mission

  25-02-2019 19:40
  Publisher: UbisoftDeveloper: Ubisoft MassiveRelease: March 15, 2019 Rating: Not rated Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
  The upcoming open beta for The Division 2 will allow everyone to play a bit of Ubisoft's upcoming live shooter and sequel to 2016's The Division. Even if you played the closed betas that have been hitting over the last month, however, the open beta will still have new content for people eager to play more The Division 2.The open beta offers one more main mission to the clos
  
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• Ex-Swedish P.M. Mocks Bernie Sanders’s Past Praise of Soviet Union

  25-02-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt mocked Senator Bernie Sanders's (D., Vt.) past praise of the Soviet Union in a Monday morning tweet.Bildt, who was Sweden's prime minister from 1991 to 1994 as the leader of the moderate party, cited a 1988 speech in which Sanders and his wife, having recently returned from the Soviet Union, celebrated the then-crumbling state's public-transportation system and government-backed cultural programs.> Bernie Sanders was lucky to be able to get to the Sovi
  
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• Here are your 'Best in Play' winners for GDC Play 2019!

  25-02-2019 19:10
  The teams behind these eight winning games will receive All Access passes to next year's GDC, as well as a special award they can show off while they demo their winning game at GDC 2019 next month! ...
  
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• Whoops, The Outer Worlds may have accidentally revealed the day it's coming out

  25-02-2019 19:01 via gamesradar.com
  The Outer Worlds' Steam page briefly reveals an August 6 arrival
  
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• Venezuela's Guaido meets Pence in anti-Maduro strategy talks

  25-02-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  United States Vice President Mike Pence told Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido that Donald Trump supports him "100 percent" as the pair met regional allies on Monday to thrash out a strategy to remove Nicolas Maduro from power after the failed attempt to ship in humanitarian aid.The meeting comes after four people were killed and hundreds injured as Guaido supporters clashed with Venezuelan security forces on the borders with Colombia and Brazil over the weekend.The Lima group met in Bogo
  
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• Inside The Development History Of The Outer Worlds

  25-02-2019 19:00
  Click here to watch embedded mediaWe've been rolling out exclusive features highlighting The Outer Worlds all month, and with the video above we're diving in deep on the game's development. While visiting Obsidian Entertainment, we spoke with The Outer Worlds' co-directors Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky about how the project started and what it's like on the inside developing a focused, reactive RPG. Cain and Boyarsky started their partnership with the creation of the first Fallout at I
  
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• Shenmue 3 reveals new details in world-exclusive Edge cover story

  25-02-2019 18:50 via gamesradar.com
  "There are a lot of open-world games out there, but I don’t believe many, if any, are quite like Shenmue.”, says creator Yu Suzuki
  
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• The Latest: Northeast's highest peak records 144 mph gust

  25-02-2019 18:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The Latest on a windstorm affecting the Northeast (all times local):
  
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• US slaps sanctions on Venezuelan governors supporting Maduro

  25-02-2019 18:35 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States imposed sanctions Monday on the governors of four Venezuelan states aligned with embattled President Nicolas Maduro for standing in the way of humanitarian aid shipments.The action came after a weekend of bloody clashes on the Venezuelan border as security forces beat back attempts by supporters of opposition leader Juan Guaido to bring in US-donated supplies of food and medicine."The illegitimate Maduro regime’s attempts to blockade international aid intended for the Ven
  
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• How to roast broccoli florets and get them crispy browned

  25-02-2019 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Roasting might just be the best way to cook vegetables. Roasting is a fancy term for cooking food in a hot oven. The intense heat causes excess moisture to evaporate, leaving a crispy, browned exterior. And all that browning makes food taste better.
  
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• Green New Deal: Good or bad?

  25-02-2019 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The Green New Deal is a proposal to overhaul and energize the American economy and to implement a road map for battling climate change. Climate activists have been pushing for a Green New Deal-type plan for years, but Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has become one of its most outspoken proponents.
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez Wants Hearing on Banks Funding Immigrant Prisons

  25-02-2019 18:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The New York congresswoman was named this year to the House Financial Services Committee.Its chair, Maxine Waters, reached out to the biggest U.S. banks about testifying, Bloomberg reported after Democrats took control of the House last month.JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp., the two biggest U.S. banks, are among lenders to GEO Group Inc. and CoreCivic Inc., which run facilities that have held immigrant families.
  
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• How To Write A Good Resume for Applicant Tracking Systems

  25-02-2019 18:13 via news.yahoo.com
  When you submit your credentials online, they are often screened by an applicant tracking system.The applicant tracking system resume evaluation algorithm scans your materials for resume keywords related to the job description, looking for work experience and education that match what the position calls for.This means an effective resume is one that plays the applicant tracking system game well but also appeals to the human reviewer who will hopefully examine it, too.
  
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• In his grandfather's footsteps, Kim Jong Un heads to Vietnam

  25-02-2019 18:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Vietnam's model of reform is being widely touted as the economic path for impoverished North Korea to follow as the United States leads efforts to curb Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program and bring it back to the international fold.In imagery that could have powerful propaganda value at home, Kim Jong Un will mimic aspects of his grandfather's trip to Vietnam by traveling to some of the same locations visited by the elder Kim, two sources with direct knowledge of security and logistics planning
  
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