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• 2 Stanford students file first class-action suit in largest college admissions scam

  14-03-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  UCLA, USC, Yale University and other colleges were sued by two Stanford University students seeking class status over the admissions-bribery scandal.
  
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• Tucker Carlson under fire again for sexual, degrading comments toward 2007 Miss Teen USA contestant

  14-03-2019 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Tucker Carlson made sexist and demeaning comments about the 2007 Miss Teen USA contestant from South Carolina in a newly unearthed recording.
  
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• Check Out These Official Shirt Designs for the Original 151 Pokemon

  14-03-2019 23:46
  Update 3/16: A design for Mew has been added, officially completing the entire first generation of Pokemon for these official shirt designs.
  The first 151 Pokemon are now part of designs that can be incorporated into shirts through Original Stitch - though they’re currently only available in Japan.
  Through Original Stitch, the designs shown in the gallery below can be incorporated into both men’s and women’s styles of casual, dress and Hawaiian shirts. What’s more, after
  
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• Check Out These Official Shirt Designs for the First 150 Pokemon

  14-03-2019 23:46
  The first 150 Pokemon are now part of designs that can be incorporated into shirts through Original Stitch - though they’re currently only available in Japan, and Mew is notably absent.
  Through Original Stitch, the designs shown in the gallery below can be incorporated into both men’s and women’s styles of casual, dress and Hawaiian shirts. What’s more, after selecting a size for the shirt, users can mix and match both plain and specific Pokemon designs into the shirt&rsq
  
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• Video: An in-depth look at the animation of Agents of Mayhem

  14-03-2019 23:42
  In this 2017 GDC talk, Volition's Michael Jungbluth goes in-depth on every aspect of the animation process for Agents of Mayem. ...
  
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• We Didn't Start The Fire

  14-03-2019 23:35
  Publisher: Electronic ArtsDeveloper: DICERelease: November 15, 2018 Rating: Mature Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
  When Battlefield V was first revealed Battlefield V, they announced a new mode called Firestorm, but was ultimately DICE's take on the Battle Royale genre. The studio said they were big fans of the genre and wanted to do one internally, but it couldn't make it in time for launch. Now, five months after launch, and six months from the original intended release, the mode is fina
  
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• Biggest obstacle to passage of Green New Deal? Democratic lawmakers

  14-03-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats agree that climate change needs to be addressed. Pronto. But they're divided on if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' Green New Deal is the answer.
  
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• Democrat 2020 candidate Booker dating Rosario Dawson, she says

  14-03-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Star Latina actress Rosario Dawson is in a relationship with Senator Cory Booker, one of more than a dozen Democrats seeking the party's nomination to run for president in 2020, Dawson confirmed on Thursday.While Booker has long been intensely private about his relationships, Dawson confirmed it on camera to celebrity news website TMZ as she walked through Washington's National Airport.
  
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• That Time Shadow of War's Nemesis System Took It Way Too Far

  14-03-2019 23:20
  
  I am being hunted by an enemy that refuses to die.
  This statement is a bit ironic, considering that in Middle-earth: Shadow of War, I play as Talion, aka the Gravewalker, whose whole thing is that he keeps coming back from the dead. It’s also true that the enemy orcs and trolls you kill in Shadow of War also have a nasty habit of cheating death to oppose you again, but this time… it’s personal.
  I didn’t just kill this particular enemy — I completely deleted him. I
  
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• Tornadoes hit Kentucky as deadly bomb cyclone pounds central US

  14-03-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  A powerful storm is unleashing a ferocious mix of snow, tornadoes, rain and wind across the central USA.
  
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• Poland's Catholic Church: 382 priests abused 625 minors

  14-03-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's Catholic Church authorities revealed Thursday they have recorded cases of 382 clergymen who have abused 625 victims under the age of 18 since 1990.
  
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• Mother files $500 billion lawsuit in alleged college admission bribery scam

  14-03-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A mother, who was also a teacher, has filed a $500 billion lawsuit in the alleged college admission scam.
  
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• Boeing 737 Max 8 black boxes from Ethiopian Airlines crash sent to France for examination

  14-03-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  The flight data and cockpit voice recorders from doomed Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 arrived in Paris on Thursday.
  
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• Wargroove dev demystifies game development by involving its community

  14-03-2019 22:48
  Chucklefish founder and lead designer on Wargroove Finn Brice explains how being transparent with players during development can help demystify the process of making a game....
  
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• Manafort sentence exemplifies privilege in the justice system: Readers sound off

  14-03-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  'What does Manafort's 47-month sentence say to people who are not wealthy in America?'
  
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• Sasse Backs Trump’s Emergency Declaration Despite Executive-Overreach Concern

  14-03-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) on Thursday voted against a resolution condemning President Trump's national-emergency declaration despite his repeated insistence that the declaration usurped Congress's constitutional authority.In a statement explaining his decision to oppose the resolution, Sasse acknowledged that in its current form the National Emergencies Act of 1976 was "overly broad" and said that, while he would like to reform the law, Trump's emergency declaration does not violate it.&ldquo
  
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• Two Point Hospital adds a Half-Life headcrabs disease and gets a free weekend on Steam

  14-03-2019 22:41 via gamesradar.com
  Two Point Hospital gets some other in-game goodies and a 33% off sale too
  
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• What we know about Olivia Jade, Lori Loughlin's daughter caught up in admissions scandal

  14-03-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Lori Loughlin's USC student daughter, Olivia Jade Giannulli, has been swept up in the college admission scandal. Here's what you need to know.
  
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• The Division 2 servers are briefly going down for "a small patch"

  14-03-2019 22:13 via gamesradar.com
  The Division 2's only kind of out at this point but it already has its first scheduled maintenance
  
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• Search ends in Lagos building collapse as anger flares

  14-03-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Emergency services on Thursday said they had called off the search for survivors of a building collapse that killed nine in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, as anger mounted over dilapidated property and unscrupulous owners.The building, which housed a primary school and nursery, came down without warning in the teeming Lagos Island area at mid-morning on Wednesday.Firefighters and other emergency services worked through the night to find anyone still trapped.
  
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• Brexit: Britain's Parliament votes to delay EU departure

  14-03-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  British lawmakers decided Thursday to seek a Brexit delay, a move that follows months of political deadlock.
  
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• Hey, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Here's How to Furnish Your D.C. Apartment

  14-03-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The five things Clever thinks AOC should purchase first for her new place
  
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• Sprawling storm threatens several US states, thousands evacuated

  14-03-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  A massive late-winter storm hit several central US states Thursday, forcing thousands to evacuate, snarling air traffic and leaving drivers stranded.There were widespread road closures and more than 1,000 flights canceled at the worst affected airports.The intense storm affected much of the nation's midsection with "heavy snows, blizzard conditions and widespread wind gusts over hurricane force," according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• State attorneys general: Donald Trump's national emergency declaration is constitutional

  14-03-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  In declaring a state of emergency, President Trump is using pre-existing statutory authority to address a legitimate crisis.
  
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• Senate rebukes Trump on border emergency, president vows veto

  14-03-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump suffered an embarrassing defeat Thursday at the hands of US senators, including fellow Republicans, who voted to terminate his declaration of an emergency on the border with Mexico.Trump's response was swift and unequivocal: "VETO!" he tweeted after a dozen Republicans joined Democrats in voting down the emergency, declared as a way to secure alternative funding for the border wall denied to him by Congress.Opponents had argued that Trump's emergency amounted to executive
  
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• Blind Squirrel lands $5M in funding to self-publish its first game, Drifters

  14-03-2019 21:24
  Blind Squirrel Games announced today that it has raised $5 million in funding for its first game, Drifters....
  
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• Admissions scam adds insult to injury for minority applicants

  14-03-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  In what a federal prosecutor called “the largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice,” dozens of people were charged in a bribery scheme to cheat on SAT and ACT entrance exams and buy admission to elite schools for the children of wealthy parents.Through payments disguised as donations, parents involved in the cheating scandal paid between $250,000 and $400,000 per student to its “mastermind,” William Singer, who then laundered the money t
  
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• Giant snow drifts form on closed Interstate 80

  14-03-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Blizzard conditions forced Interstate 80 in Pine Bluff, Wyoming to close on March 14.Strong winds caused enormous snow drifts to form.
  
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• Boeing, airlines face tough path after 737 MAX grounding

  14-03-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Days after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX 8 that killed 157 people and led to the plane being grounded worldwide, Boeing and commercial airlines are trying to get a handle on the fallout.Boeing will have to restore confidence in its product, and pay the costs of any modifications, while airlines try to find workarounds to replace the popular aircraft in their lineup of flights.The US on Wednesday grounded the 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 models while it continues the search for the cause of t
  
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• Brexiteers locked in high-stakes alliance with EU Remainers

  14-03-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  In opposing Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal even after MPs voted to delay Britain's departure, hardline Brexiteers are now locked in a high-stakes alliance with those out to stop the process entirely.Remainers and Brexiteer Leavers alike declared victory on Tuesday when the House of Commons overwhelmingly rejected May's EU withdrawal agreement for a second time.May will bring her divorce deal before parliament for a third time next week -- possibly the last chance Brexiteers will ha
  
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• Senate blocks resolution calling for public release of Robert Mueller's report after House voted 420-0

  14-03-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  The Senate blocked a measure that demanded special counsel Robert Mueller's final report be made public hours after the House unanimously passed the measure
  
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• Get a job: Big Blue Bubble is hiring a Senior 3D Artist

  14-03-2019 21:04
  The team is looking for a  Senior 3D Artist who enjoys solving problems, learning new technologies, and working with others in a collaborative environment. ...
  
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• Delay or no-deal? Brexit scenarios in the balance

  14-03-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  London (AFP) - British MPs voted Thursday to ask the EU for a Brexit delay and to hold a third vote on the divorce agreement but a no-deal hard Brexit still remains the default outcome.
  
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• One of Fortnite's most elaborate special modes is back and you'd better get heisting

  14-03-2019 20:51 via gamesradar.com
  The Getaway LTM returns complete with all the challenges
  
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• Venezuela's pro-regime 'colectivos' vow to back Maduro whatever it costs

  14-03-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The scene occurred during a weeklong blackout that was the worst in Venezuela's history.Maduro had called on his supporters to show "active resistance" to the "electric sabotage" he claimed was waged by the United States.
  
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• Britain Votes To Delay Brexit After Chaotic Week In Parliament. Here’s What That Means

  14-03-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  As earthquakes go in recent British politics, this one was the largest. Across three successive evenings, lawmakers handed down three scathing defeats to Prime Minister…
  
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• Steam devs can now use the networking APIs created for CS:GO and Dota 2

  14-03-2019 20:32
  Valve has opened up the use of a handful of APIs to partnered Steam developers, granting them tools geared toward better multiplayer play. ...
  
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• GDC 2019 is committed to being a sustainable, environmentally-friendly event

  14-03-2019 20:18
  Ahead of the big show next week, GDC organizers share what they've been doing to try and make it a more sustainable, environmentally-friendly event!...
  
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• In the Woke War against Beto, Root for Beto

  14-03-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Earlier this morning, Robert “Beto” O’Rourke announced that he’s running for president, and there are two things I believe with equal intensity. First, I don’t want Beto to be president. He’s a culturally left economic progressive who may be the serious candidate closest to an actual open-borders position on immigration. Second, I don’t want to see the Democratic party become so radical — and so obsessed with matters of race and privilege — t
  
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• Apple’s iCloud is the latest service to suffer an outage this week

  14-03-2019 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Following the Verizon outage on Tuesday morning, the Gmail and YouTube issue on Tuesday night, and the "server configuration change" that took down Facebook and Instagram for hours on Wednesday, Apple has decided to join in on the fun with an outage of its own. According to the System Status dashboard on Apple's site, virtually every iCloud service is currently experiencing issues, including Contacts, Drive and Mail.By my count, there are twenty problematic services at the time of writing, with
  
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• Alt.Ctrl.GDC Showcase: Tied Escape: Curse of Cortez

  14-03-2019 20:06
  Tied Escape: Curse of Cortez ties two players to chairs, action movie style, then has them escape a devious trap by working together to hit buttons around a room. ...
  
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• Israel suspects Iran of hacking election frontrunner Gantz's phone: TV

  14-03-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel's Shin Bet security service suspects Iran of hacking the mobile phone of Benny Gantz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's toughest rival in the April 9 election, an Israeli television station reported on Thursday.Gantz, a former chief of Israel's armed forces, was informed of the hack five weeks ago, Channel 12 said, adding that the Shin Bet believed Iranian state intelligence had accessed the ex-general's personal information and correspondences.Gantz's centrist Blue and White party, whi
  
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• Beat Saber DLC Released Today

  14-03-2019 19:49
  For those obsessed with the Jedi-like rhythm gameplay of Beat Saber, developer Beat Games has thankfully released a new track pack of songs for players to swipe to in virtau reality.
  Beat Games announced the full track list for the Music Pack Vol. 1, a 10-song collection for $12.99 (or $1.99 per track individually). The collection is in collaboration with Monstercat to bring the following songs to Beat Saber: Till It’s Over - TristamWe Won’t Be Alone (feat. Laura Brehm) - FeintBoundl
  
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• Senate votes to block Trump's 'emergency' at border; veto looms

  14-03-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The Senate voted Thursday to block President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency intended to allow funding of a border wall. Trump said he would veto the measure, which passed the House by a large margin last month.
  
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• IS militants, families surrender after offensive in Syria

  14-03-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian fighters said Thursday a "large number" of Islamic State militants and their families are surrendering a day after intense fighting in the last speck of land the extremists still hold in eastern Syria.
  
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• College admissions scandal: Stanford students file civil lawsuit amid 'bribing scheme' controversy

  14-03-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Two Stanford students have filed a civil lawsuit alleging they were denied a fair opportunity to be admitted to Yale and the University of Southern California – amid the ongoing college admissions scandal in which 50 people are accused of participating in what authorities have described as a large-scale bribery scheme.Lawsuits began emerging on Wednesday, a day after federal prosecutors said a California company made about $25m from parents seeking spots for their children in top schools i
  
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• Trump mocks Beto O'Rourke's hand gestures: 'Is he crazy?'

  14-03-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  "I've actually never seen anything quite like it," the president said. "Study it. I'm sure you'll agree."
  
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• Shenmue III Preview: Still a One-Of-a-Kind Experience

  14-03-2019 19:27
  
  “Can you open drawers and closets like in the old games?” I asked Yu Suzuki, the man behind the Shenmue series.
  “Of course” he said. “It’s Shenmue, after all.”
  That was the moment I realized that Shenmue III was going to be all I could have hoped for.
  “Every time I hold the controller to play the game, it feels like a dream come true,” Shenmue III co-producer Cedric Biscay told me. Biscay was originally a fan of the Shenmue series himself, bu
  
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• Four dead, hundreds detained after Venezuela blackout: rights groups

  14-03-2019 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The OPEC nation suffered its worst blackout in history last week following technical problems that the government of President Nicolas Maduro called an act of U.S.-backed sabotage but critics dismissed as the result of incompetence.Rights groups Provea and the Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict said via Twitter that three people were killed in the central state of Lara and one person was killed in the western state of Zulia.Alfredo Romero of rights group Foro Penal said at a news conferen
  
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• Don't Miss: How Neopets has influenced a generation of game developers

  14-03-2019 19:24
  Devs around the industry (including Nina Freeman, Kevin Snow, and Claire Hummel) reflect on how the venerable virtual pet website helped jumpstart their careers in game development. ...
  
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