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• California governor halts death penalty: 'I couldn't sleep'

  13-03-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday halted the death penalty, saying he was deeply troubled by the possibility ofexecuting an innocent person even though California voters have repeatedly backed capital punishment.Newsom was convinced by statistics suggesting that perhaps dozens of the 737 inmates on the state's death row were innocent.The state has not held an execution since 2006 but appeared to be moving toward resuming them.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely claims vindication on collusion

  13-03-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is falsely asserting that the latest trial of his former campaign chairman proved there was no collusion with Russia. That's twice in two cases that Trump claimed vindication that did not occur.
  
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• Correction: Trump-Judicial Nominee story

  13-03-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story March 12 about Senate confirmation of Paul Matey as an appeals court judge, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Matey is senior vice president and general counsel at University Hospital in New Jersey. He left the hospital in August 2018 and became a partner at Lowenstein Sandler law firm.
  
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• Google is reportedly cutting back on hardware, moving some workers to new jobs

  13-03-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Is the hardware honeymoon over at Google? That's certainly one interpretation of reports that have emerged from within the company suggesting Google seems to be trimming its product portfolio, or is about to. This despite the fact that the tech giant has enjoyed some degree of hardware success thanks to products like its Pixel smartphones and smart speakers that compete against Amazon's dominance in that market.Nevertheless, Google has begun reassigning employees away from is tablet and laptop d
  
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• 'Affirmative action for the rich:' How the privileged legally game the college admissions process

  13-03-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Wealthy and influential parents often routinely use their privilege to game the college admissions process. And it's perfectly legal.
  
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• Brexit set for delay after May wounded by rejection of 'no-deal'

  13-03-2019 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  After a day of high drama, lawmakers defied the government by voting 321 to 278 in favor of a motion that ruled out a potentially disorderly "no-deal" Brexit under any circumstances.It went further than the government's position of keeping the threat of a "no-deal" Brexit on the negotiating table -- a stance many in her party said was essential to push Brussels to make further concessions to the deal they have rejected.While the approved motion has no legal force and ultimately may not prevent a
  
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• Whitaker Went Mum on Talks With Trump Over Cohen, Nadler Says

  13-03-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  “Unlike in the hearing room, Mr. Whitaker did not deny that the president called him to discuss the Michael Cohen case and personnel decisions in the Southern District” of New York, Representative Jerrold Nadler told reporters Wednesday after two hours of closed-door questioning.Nadler had demanded that Whitaker meet with the panel to resolve what the New York Democrat portrayed as contradictions in Whitaker’s public testimony before the committee on Feb. 8.
  
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• Senate Democrat Targets College Donors After Admissions Scandal

  13-03-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Ron Wyden of Oregon, the ranking minority member of the Senate Finance Committee, said Wednesday he plans to introduce a bill that would prohibit donors to colleges to take a tax deduction for those charitable contributions before or during the time a family member is enrolled.Wyden’s announcement follows the indictments of dozens of wealthy parents, college coaches and a college admission counselor in a sweeping criminal conspiracy to gain admission to elite universities, including Yale,
  
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• Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Why We Like Difficult Games

  13-03-2019 23:05
  BEYOND!
  IGN's weekly PlayStation show, Podcast Beyond, is now live with a brand new episode. This week, host Jonathon Dornbush is joined by Brian Altano, Lucy O'Brien, and Max Scoville to discuss Days Gone going gold, PS4 remote play coming to iOS mobile devices, and more in the first edition of News Crunch.
  The panel then discusses why Max and Brian are playing through Bloodborne, whether we're all excited for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and if being difficult is necessary to make a game good.
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• Parliament Votes Against No-Deal Brexit as Theresa May Suggests Delay

  13-03-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  On another chaotic day in London, Theresa May suffered a major rebellion from her own Conservatives, lost two big votes, saw a minister resign, and ended up warning that Brexit will be delayed for many months if there’s no agreement in the next week.At the end of the night, the House of Commons eventually voted 321 to 278 to reject leaving the EU with no deal and is now expected to seek to postpone the U.K.’s departure.It is almost three years since Britain voted to cancel its 40-yea
  
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• From the flight manual to automation, why pilots have complained about Boeing's 737 MAX 8

  13-03-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Before 157 people died in a Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash, the second crash of the jet in five months, pilots voiced safety concerns, records show.
  
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• British MPs vote to reject no-deal Brexit

  13-03-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  British MPs voted to reject a no-deal Brexit on Wednesday, prompting Prime Minister Theresa May to announce she will put her EU divorce plan to parliament for a third time in the coming days.May warned that if MPs did not adopt the deal there could have to be a lengthy delay to Brexit that would see Britain elect members to the European Parliament in elections in May.The chaotic session of parliament demonstrated once again the splits in parliament over Brexit, reflecting the deep divisions that
  
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• UK Parliament acts to avert 'absolute catastrophe' Brexit

  13-03-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  British lawmakers voted to rule out leaving the European Union without a formal departure deal when the U.K. leaves the bloc in less than three weeks.
  
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• Venezuela seeks to restore power amid looting; China offers help

  13-03-2019 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Power had returned to many parts of Venezuela after a nationwide outage last week, with the country's main port terminal of Jose, which is crucial for oil exports, resuming operations.The ruling Socialist Party blamed the outage on an act of U.S. sabotage, accusing President Donald Trump of being responsible for several cyber attacks on Venezuela's main dam."About 100 people came into the store and took all the food, the point of sale terminals," said Maria Centeno, 29, the owner of a store sell
  
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• Eight killed, 37 rescued, in Lagos building collapse

  13-03-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Children had been attending an "illegal school" inside the residential building when the structure collapsed, officials said."Thirty-seven people were rescued alive and eight were recovered dead," Ibrahim Farinloye of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said in a statement.Earlier officials said dozens of children were trapped inside the building which collapsed mid-morning in an area near Itafaji market on Lagos Island.
  
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• The Bizarre History of Crackdown 3

  13-03-2019 22:20
  On June 9th, 2014, almost four years to the day after Crackdown 2 was released, Microsoft revealed the third game in the Crackdown series was coming to the company’s brand-new console, the Xbox One.
  It would be a cooperative, open-world game, touted as a new iteration of the action series, featuring a whole new campaign, and using Xbox Live to power a city. And that city... it wouldn’t just be an exciting place to play, but part of your destructive arsenal.
  In this new Crackdown reve
  
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• Pound rallies on Brexit delay hopes before 'no deal' vote

  13-03-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  New York (AFP) - The British pound recovered strongly Wednesday as traders were increasingly confident Britain's exit from the EU will be pushed beyond the current March 29 deadline.
  
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• Admissions scandal highlights divide over class in America

  13-03-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The families ensnared in the college bribery scandal embody wealth and privilege in America: CEOs, Hollywood stars, Wall Street millionaires. A California vineyard owner. A prominent Manhattan lawyer.
  
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• Pound Soars as U.K. Parliament Rejects No-Deal Brexit From EU

  13-03-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The result means Parliament will vote Thursday to decide whether to postpone the U.K.’s exit from the EU in just over two weeks.The development came after Parliament a day earlier rejected a revised version of the withdrawal agreement that Prime Minister Theresa May has spent the past two years negotiating with the EU.May is planning to ask the EU for an extension to the March 29 Brexit deadline lasting about two months, according to people familiar with the matter.
  
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• Alexa and Google can control things outdoors, too, with this discounted weatherproof smart plug

  13-03-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  You know what's cooler than having those gorgeous outdoor string lights in your backyard? Having those gorgeous outdoor string lights in your backyard and being able to control them with your voice using Alexa. The iClever Outdoor Smart Plug is a weatherproof Wi-Fi smart plug with two outlets, and each one can be controlled individually using Alexa or Google Assistant voice commands. Plug your string lights into one outlet, your fountain pump into the other, and enjoy! This nifty weatherproof sm
  
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• Gearbox is teasing another game reveal on top of Borderlands 3 for PAX, this time with robots

  13-03-2019 21:50 via gamesradar.com
  There are so many robot gifs on the Gearbox Twitter account right now
  
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• The Latest: California governor may commute death sentences

  13-03-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California Gov. Gavin Newsom's moratorium on executions (all times local):
  
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• US grounds Boeing 737 MAX amid growing safety concerns

  13-03-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  The ban on the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft became worldwide on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump joined Canada and other countries in grounding the aircraft amid intense pressure about the safety concerns.Demands grew for urgent answers over the safety of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 as Ethiopian and US authorities searched for the cause of Sunday's deadly crash near the capital of the African nation, which followed a fatal accident in Indonesia in October."We're going to be issuing an emergency ord
  
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• Islamic State counter-attacks out of final Syria enclave fall short: U.S.-backed SDF

  13-03-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The jihadists, waging a last-ditch battle in Baghouz, a collection of hamlets and farmland near the Iraqi border, dispatched suicide bombers against SDF fighters, who thwarted the attacks, the U.S.-backed force said.Islamic State launched the second counter-attack in the afternoon, "(taking) advantage of smoke and dust over Baghouz", the SDF media office said.
  
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• One person killed, dozens of children feared trapped in collapsed Lagos building

  13-03-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  At least one person was killed and dozens of children were among those feared trapped after a four-storey building containing a primary school collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos on Wednesday.Adeshina Tiamiyu, general manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, said that the agency had recorded one death so far in the disaster, and had rescued nearly 50 people.Residents said around 100 children had attended the school, which was on the top levels of the building.
  
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• Trump says 'I feel very badly' after Paul Manafort was sentenced to more prison time

  13-03-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The president described it as a "very sad situation."
  
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• Manafort’s Light Sentence in Washington Owes to How Mueller Charged Him

  13-03-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Paul Manafort has been sentenced to 43 additional months in prison by a federal judge in Washington, D.C. Manafort had been sentenced to 47 months’ imprisonment last week by a federal judge in Virginia.The Washington sentence was imposed at shortly after noon today, in a proceeding that took more than two hours.Manafort was facing two conspiracy counts, each with a maximum five-year (or 60-month) sentence. On count one, Judge Amy Berman Jackson imposed 60 months, 30 months to run concurren
  
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• The Latest: Judges skeptical of challenge to California law

  13-03-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on a Trump administration lawsuit against California over state sanctuary laws (all times local):
  
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• GTA 6 as a PS5 exclusive? It could happen if this Sony/Take-Two report comes true

  13-03-2019 20:39 via gamesradar.com
  Sony is 'in advanced discussions' to buy Take-Two Interactive, according to an analyst
  
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• Parliament Narrowly Passes Amendment Ruling Out a No-Deal Brexit

  13-03-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  British parliament on Wednesday approved an amendment prohibiting a so-called no-deal Brexit, in which the U.K. would exit the E.U. without first securing alternative trade and immigration arrangements.The amendment, which passed 312–308, came one day after Prime Minister Theresa May suffered yet another defeat in her ongoing effort to secure parliamentary approval for the Brexit deal she painstakingly negotiated with the European leaders following the 2016 referendum in which U.K. voters
  
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• California suspends death penalty

  13-03-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Governor Gavin Newsom imposed a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty in California on Wednesday, granting a reprieve to 737 condemned inmates -- the largest death row population in the United States."The death penalty has been an abject failure.Newsom, a Democrat who took office in January, has been a staunch opponent of the death penalty, last carried out in California in 2006.
  
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• The Latest: Trump warns GOP senators ahead of border vote

  13-03-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the emergency declaration by President Donald Trump (all times local):
  
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• The Fight Over Trump's Emergency Declaration Is Symbolic. But It Still Matters

  13-03-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's border wall began as a symbol of his approach to immigration, and it may be rejected symbolically as well.
  
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• Heavy snow and howling winds as blizzard sweeps through Colorado

  13-03-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Blizzard conditions have swept through Colorado on March 13.First video was shot from Larimer County, Colorado.Howling winds and heavy snowfall made visibility difficult.
  
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• All Boeing Max 8 And 9 Jets Were Just Suspended From Flying in the United States

  13-03-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  In the wake of two deadly plane crashes, the U.S. finally follows the lead of other countries' aviation administrations in grounding the plane.
  
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• Remembering the First and Only Mario FPS

  13-03-2019 20:10
  
  Every year dozens of classic video games celebrate milestone anniversaries. There always seem to be a few major releases highlighted above the rest, but last year may have been the biggest yet for Nintendo fans. 2018 saw the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. 3, the 25th anniversary of Star Fox, and the 20th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, just to name a few.
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• Michael Cohen ‘could have been clearer’ on pardon talks, attorney says

  13-03-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Michael Cohen's attorney said he "could have been clearer" while testifying about whether he sought a pardon from President Trump.
  
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• Boeing 737: Trump's government shutdown delayed fixes to airplane involved in multiple deadly crashes

  13-03-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing has announced plans to release a software update for its MAX fleets that may fix reported flaws in the new planes’ automated safety features following a second deadly crash in just five months.The two pilots on that Lion Air flight struggled to correct the issue as the plane plunged into the sea, according to investigators.The fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash, which also killed all 157 passengers on the flight, followed the US government shutdown — the longest of its kind in Ame
  
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• Canada grounds Boeing 737 MAX

  13-03-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Canada grounded the world's third largest fleet of Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliners, or 41 planes operated by three Canadian carriers, and banned the aircraft from its airspace Wednesday."As a result of new data that we received this morning, and had the chance to analyze, and on the advice of my experts and as a precautionary measure, I issued a safety notice," Transport Minister Marc Garneau told reporters.
  
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• Manafort Charged in New York Just After Federal Sentencing

  13-03-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has no pardon powers over state crimes, and the move by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. raises the prospect of a third criminal conviction for Trump’s one-time campaign manager.It’s the latest entry in Manafort’s criminal saga, one that’s stretched from Ukraine to Brooklyn with allegations of money laundering, high living and witness tampering, while advising eastern European autocrats on how to stay in power.Vance has been investigating
  
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• Some advertisers exit Tucker Carlson, Jeanine Pirro shows on Fox News amid controversies

  13-03-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  There have been some advertiser defections from Fox News Channel shows featuring Tucker Carlson and Jeanine Pirro after each has met with controversy.
  
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• The Judge Who Sentenced Paul Manafort Rebuked Him for 'Lies'

  13-03-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Judge Amy Berman Jackson told Manafort 'it's hard to overstate the number of lies' involved
  
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• Stanford sailing coach John Vandemoer pleads guilty in college admissions scam

  13-03-2019 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Stanford's longtime sailing coach has been fired after he was charged, along with several Bay Area residents, in the largest college admissions cheating scam ever prosecuted in the United States.
  
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• 'Full House' fans upset by news of Lori Loughlin's alleged involvement in college admissions scheme

  13-03-2019 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Fans visiting the famous house featured in the title sequence of "Full House" were disappointed by the news that one of the stars of the popular sitcom was involved in a college admissions scheme.
  
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• Pressure Builds on May to Find Compromise Plan: Brexit Update

  13-03-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Follow @Brexit, sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, and tell us your Brexit story. 
  
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• This Highly Collectible 1978 Corvette Pace Car Has Only 99 Miles

  13-03-2019 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Low mileage and upline powertrain options make this 1978 Corvette Pace Car a top collector’s pick.The Chevrolet Corvette remains a staple of homebred automotive dominance.As a Pace Car for the Indianapolis 500, it's stepped into the respected position more times than any other model – serving on no-less than 15 occasions.
  
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• NY Prosecutors Indict Manafort on Mortgage-Fraud Charges

  13-03-2019 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Moments after being sentenced in federal court in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Paul Manafort was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in connection with a mortgage-fraud scheme.Manafort, who has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to a host of federal charges in two separate cases, was charged with 16 state counts of residential mortgage fraud and conspiracy, according to the indictment unsealed Wednesday.The former Trump campaign chairman is accused of falsif
  
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• Manafort's 73-month sentence 'callous': Attorney

  13-03-2019 18:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Paul Manafort's attorney Kevin Downing described his client, Paul Manafort's sentence as "callous" and "harsh" after a federal judge on Wednesday sentenced the former campaign chairman for President Trump to 73 months in prison for two conspiracy charges arising from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• Hawaii earthquake: 5.5-magnitude earthquake strikes near Kilauea volcano

  13-03-2019 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Geological Survey on Wednesday confirmed that a 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit Hawaii.
  
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• How 'a small quantity of cocaine' derailed Judgment, the latest game from the Yakuza studio

  13-03-2019 18:25 via gamesradar.com
  The future of Judgment, that not-Yakuza game from the Yakuza devs, is in question after an IRL drug arrest
  
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