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• Trump Can Do No Right

  08-08-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  When the El Paso shooter’s manifesto was first reported, it was an excellent time to disengage not only from social media, but also from its nominally more responsible relatives, the news giants. It was instantly obvious that 1) President Trump would be blamed for the shooting; 2) he would be called upon to unite us; and 3) no matter what he actually did, he would be blamed again for giving a lousy response.The media demanded Trump denounce white-supremacist thinking in his speech on Monda
  
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• NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio pushing for 70 percent tax rate on wealthy individuals

  08-08-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Presidential race sparking new debate over taxes; panel reaction and analysis on 'Your World.'
  
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• Your $2,000 beater car can have a head-up display like a $75,000 luxury car for only $40

  08-08-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Head-up displays in cars like BMWs, Mercedes, and other premium brands are so cool. They're also so expensive -- not just the cars themselves, but the extra options you need to buy to get a HUD. The TIMPROVE T600 Universal Car HUD Head Up Display, meanwhile, is only $40 on Amazon and it installs in mere minutes in any car you already have. Also of note, this model isn't like those aftermarket reflector HUDs you can barely see. It's a full-on display that's crystal clear!Here's what you need to k
  
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• Activision Blizzard's Q2 net revenue falls year-over-year to $1.4 billion

  08-08-2019 23:25
  Net revenue and net bookings were both down year-over-year at Activision Blizzard, but the company says that the quarter still outperformed its expectations. ...
  
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• Biden lashes out at reporter who suggested he misquoted Trump on Charlottesville

  08-08-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  At the Iowa State Fair, the former vice president snapped at a Breitbart radio host who said he misquoted President Trump's infamous statement saying there were "very fine people on both sides" of the deadly clash between neo-Nazis and counterprotesters.
  
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• Bolster your Switch memory stores with this $15 microSDXC card deal

  08-08-2019 23:16 via gamesradar.com
  Grab a 128GB card and kiss your Switch download woes goodbye...for now
  
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• GameShell is a modern Game Boy you put together yourself

  08-08-2019 23:11 via gamesradar.com
  An adorable DIY portable for retro games and tinkering
  
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• ICE released 300 of the 680 detained in raids at Mississippi food processing plants

  08-08-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 680 people at food processing plants in small towns near Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday.
  
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• Iraqi national dies 2 months after being deported from US

  08-08-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  A 41-year-old Iraqi-born man who had lived in the U.S. since he was an infant but was deported in June for committing multiple crimes died in Baghdad, American Civil Liberties Union officials said Thursday.Ann Mullen, a spokeswoman for the ACLU of Michigan, said relatives of Jimmy Al-Daoud told the organization that he died this week.Al-Daoud, who lived in the Detroit area, was among hundreds of Iraqi nationals who were arrested to enforce deportation orders.
  
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• You can take this micro Nintendo Switch Dock anywhere and it's already raised $200k

  08-08-2019 23:03 via gamesradar.com
  Its Kickstarter is very, very funded
  
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• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate scholarships are now a thing, thanks to a US university

  08-08-2019 23:01 via gamesradar.com
  Stay in school kids, but also keep playing Smash Bros, 'cause you never know
  
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• GTA Online gets a sweet '70s muscle car and double Casino Work rewards this week

  08-08-2019 22:58 via gamesradar.com
  Plus, free T-shirt!
  
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• British astrophysicist died 'instantly from fall' on Greek island

  08-08-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The British scientist found dead at the bottom of a ravine on a Greek island died instantly from a fall, a Greek coroner said on Thursday. Natalie Christopher, 34, was discovered on Wednesday morning on the Greek island of Ikaria, which she was visiting on holiday. Miss Christopher, an astrophysicist and avid trail runner who lived in Cyprus, had set off for a run from their hotel, her boyfriend said. The area has trails along steep cliffs and ravines, and Miss Christopher was found at the botto
  
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• Illinois Cop Shot Unarmed Black 12-Year-old in Bed During Botched Raid: Lawsuit

  08-08-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  HandoutAn Illinois mother filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing police officers of “terrorizing” innocent children after her unarmed, 12-year-old son was shot in his bed with an assault rifle during a pre-dawn raid on their home. The lawsuit alleges that nearly two dozen Country Club Hills and Richton Park SWAT officers entered Crystal Worship’s home in May with exploding flash-grenades and automatic rifles to execute a search warrant intended for her boyfriend. During the
  
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• UN report: Climate change threatens our food supply. Here's how we can fix it

  08-08-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The report from United Nations scientists describes a cycle in which the problems of land degradation and climate change exacerbate each other.
  
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• Why Halo: The Master Chief Collection's Reach PC 'FireFlight' Was Delayed

  08-08-2019 22:46
  
  343 Industries has delayed the Halo: Reach PC "FireFlight" that was originally planned for July due to "severe blocking bugs," meaning that those hoping to try out the first game to be released in the upcoming Halo: The Master Chief Collection for PC will have to wait a bit longer.
  343 Industries published a blog on HaloWaypoint.com to update Halo fans as to why the planned flighting hasn't happened yet and what these "blocking bugs" are.
  Blocking Bugs are issues that "are deemed severe enough t
  
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• Man believes Trump 'ordered him' to attack child for ‘disrespecting’ national anthem by keeping hat on, lawyer says

  08-08-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  A man suspected of attacking a child who was wearing a hat during the US National Anthem believed he was encouraged by Donald Trump to carry out the assault, according to his lawyer. Curt Brockway, a 39-year-old US Army veteran who was charged on Monday in the assault, suffered a traumatic brain injury in a vehicle crash in 2000 that has affected his decision making, attorney Lance Jasper told the Missoulian. The lawyer said he will seek a mental health evaluation for Mr Brockway, who seemingly
  
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• Missing British scientist has been found dead in Greece: Police

  08-08-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The body of a missing British scientist has been found on the Greek island of Ikaria two days after she disappeared, Greek police said on Wednesday.
  
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• China tells US diplomats in Hong Kong to stop interfering

  08-08-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  China demanded Thursday that US diplomats based in Hong Kong "stop interfering" in the city's affairs, after reports that they met with pro-democracy activists, prompting a furious response from Washington.China's foreign ministry had expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with US authorities, citing local media reports that a US official from Hong Kong's US consulate general had met with a local "independence group".In a statement Thursday, the ministry urged the diplomatic office to "immediately m
  
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• Biden: ‘Everything’ Trump ‘Says and Has Done Encourages White Supremacy’

  08-08-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic front-runner Joe Biden said Thursday that he believes "everything" President Trump "says and has done encourages white supremacy.""I believe everything the president says and has done encourages white supremacy, and I'm not sure there's much of a distinction," Biden told reporters after his remarks at the Iowa State Fair. "Whether he is or is not a white supremacist, he encourages them -- everything he does -- he speaks to them, he's afraid to take them on.""If you notice, the one tim
  
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• Egypt says security forces killed 17 Islamic militants

  08-08-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Security forces killed at least 17 suspected militants in raids in Cairo and in another province, Egypt officials said Thursday, four days after a car filled with explosives wrecked outside the county's main cancer hospital, killing at least 20 people in the ensuing explosion.The Interior Ministry, which oversees the police, said in a statement that eight of the militants were killed when security forces stormed their hideout in the town of Atsa in Fayoum province, about 80 kilometers (50 miles)
  
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• The U.S. is Close to a Peace Deal With the Taliban, Officials Say

  08-08-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  American troops could leave Afghanistan by November 2020, but hurdles remain and some critics are skeptical
  
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• Joe Biden atop Democratic rivals in new Iowa poll, but Elizabeth Warren is catching up

  08-08-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  As Warren starts to make headway with voters in Iowa, support for fellow progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke erodes.
  
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• Ex-FBI Head Andrew McCabe Sues, Says Trump Ordered His Firing

  08-08-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Alex Wong/GettyAndrew McCabe, the former head of the FBI, is suing the bureau and the Justice Department for his abrupt firing last year. McCabe alleges in the suit filed Thursday that he was ousted “for his refusal to pledge allegiance to a single man”—President Donald Trump.“It was Trump’s unconstitutional plan and scheme to discredit and remove DOJ and FBI employees who were deemed to be his partisan opponents because they were not politically loyal to him,&rdquo
  
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• Man Stabs 2 Women in Pennsylvania, Killing 1 of Them

  08-08-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The first woman died as a result of her wounds and the second woman, who "may have been wearing a hijab" was reported as being in "stable condition"
  
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• Airline pilot flies dad's remains home from Vietnam 52 years after seeing him off at same Dallas airport

  08-08-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  When Air Force Maj. Roy Knight, Jr., left Dallas for Vietnam 52 years ago, his 5-year-old son, Bryan, came to Dallas Love field to see him off. On Thursday, Bryan, now a captain for Southwest Airlines,  brought back his father's remains aboard a flight to the same Dallas airport.
  
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• The Final Fantasy XIV team is reworking base game content to be 'more compact'

  08-08-2019 21:50
  One of the items on the to do list for the developers behind the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV is reworking some of the earlier bits of the game to be †œmore compact.†...
  
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• Someone made a first-person adventure game in Super Mario Maker 2

  08-08-2019 21:47 via gamesradar.com
  This is next-level creativity
  
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• Dayton shooting: Man shields girlfriend from attack as Ohio gunman opens fire in unseen footage

  08-08-2019 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  A man seen in videos using his own body as a human shield to protect his girlfriend from gunfire during a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio over the weekend has recalled the harrowing experience in an interview Thursday morning. Camryn Crowder grabbed his girlfriend and fell to the floor on Sunday as a gunman shot up a popular area for nightlife in the Ohio city just yards away. He can be seen in video clips holding onto the woman as others attempt to flee from the scene. “I saw people getting
  
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• Missile Explosion Prompts Radiation Warnings in Russia

  08-08-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Was the explosion, which reportedly killed three people, a test of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile gone awry?
  
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• Ohio officials team up for bipartisan gun reform push

  08-08-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Ohio's Republican governor and Dayton's Democratic mayor pledged Thursday they will work together in a bipartisan push for gun reforms as the city focuses on recovering from the nation's latest mass shooting.Mike DeWine and Nan Whaley announced their legislative plan while visiting the downtown entertainment district where a gunman killed nine people and injured dozens more early Sunday.Whaley says she's pleased with how the Dayton community is coming together in a nonpartisan way in wake of the
  
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• Two Holocaust Survivors from the Same Concentration Camp Meet for the First Time

  08-08-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Two Holocaust survivors who lived in the same concentration camp recently met for the first time in Denver.
  
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• Google is getting better at making sure you book the cheapest possible flight

  08-08-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  For the past few years, I have been almost exclusively using Google's online travel tools to book flights. It's often the most convenient way to sort through dozens of flight options at once, and the interface is decidedly more manageable than what most competitors have to offer. That said, it does lack some features that other sites provide, but this week, the platform came one step closer to being the ultimate online travel companion.Google has been updating its travel tools rather frequently
  
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• Nintendo Switch's new models could have a better screen thanks to new display tech

  08-08-2019 21:28 via gamesradar.com
  New report says Nintendo Switch screens are getting a revision, too
  
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• Nineteen bodies, some dismembered, found in southwestern Mexico

  08-08-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexican authorities said Thursday that they found 19 bodies, some dismembered, in the southwestern state of Michoacan, as the federal government seeks to combat rising violence with a new militarized police.The victims, which included three women, were found at three different locations in the drug-cartel hotbed of Uruapan, state prosecutor Adrian Lopez told reporters Thursday morning.Battles between rival criminal groups have made Michoacan one of Mexico's bloodiest states.
  
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• Video: Tips on interviewing for game design jobs

  08-08-2019 21:23
  In this 2017 GDC session, Ubisoft Toronto's Richard Carrillo reviews both sides of the game design interview process to help developers of all experience levels in their job search! ...
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says tweets by her ex-chief of staff were 'divisive'

  08-08-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez maintained her and her ex-chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, departed amicably.
  
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• Don't Miss: Exploring the design of cat-in-a-mech Metroidvania Gato Roboto

  08-08-2019 21:19
  In this in-depth Q& A, the dev team behind Doinksoft's remarkable cat-in-a-mech explore-'em-up Gato Roboto dig into its level design and reflect on what makes a great lo-fi Metroidvania. ...
  
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• 3 killed when small plane crashes in backyard of home

  08-08-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  A small plane has crashed in the backyard of an eastern Pennsylvania home, killing all three people aboard the aircraft.
  
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• Twitch launches beta for all-in-one streaming app Twitch Studio

  08-08-2019 21:09
  The streaming platform Twitch is looking to cut out the middleman, announcing today that it has its own program in the works to handle both setting up streams and going live on Twitch. ...
  
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• Dear Esther, the original walking simulator, is strolling onto iPhones

  08-08-2019 21:05 via gamesradar.com
  Explore the isle of Hebridean on the go
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein 'misappropriated vast sums of money,' billionaire Leslie Wexner alleges

  08-08-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein misappropriated millions from Leslie Wexner, the L Brands retail billionaire alleges
  
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• Spear fisherman attacked by shark is rescued by boat full of nurses

  08-08-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  A spear fisherman who was attacked by a shark off the coast of Florida was rescued by a passing charter yacht – which happened to be full of nurses. Mario Avila, 37, was bitten in the left arm by what he believes is a bull shark near Key Biscayne on Saturday morning. “I was diving and immediately, the shark came and attacked me. I never saw it, it came by surprise and attacked me,” he said. “It came to try and figure out what I was. It came directly and attacked
  
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• A carnivorous 3-foot-tall parrot that scientists nicknamed ‘Squawkzilla’ lived over 15 million years ago in New Zealand

  08-08-2019 20:44 via news.yahoo.com
  The world's largest parrot lived 19 million years ago in New Zealand. Paleontologists have named the 3-foot-tall, 15-pound bird "Squawkzilla."
  
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• UN rights chief condemns latest US Venezuela sanctions

  08-08-2019 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The UN rights chief on Thursday intensified criticism of US sanctions targeting Venezuela, condemning the latest measures as "extremely broad" with the potential to exacerbate suffering among an already vulnerable population.The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has raised concern about previous sanctions imposed by Washington against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.In the new measures, President Donald Trump's administration ordered a fr
  
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• Atlantic hurricane forecast revised higher -U.S. agency

  08-08-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. weather forecasters expect "above normal" activity in the current Atlantic hurricane season, revising an earlier forecast of "near normal" activity, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Thursday.The earlier forecast in May reflected the presence of El Nino, the climate phenomenon that warms the Pacific Ocean and tends to prevent storms from developing in the Atlantic.Since then, El Nino has abated, making for conditions that increase the likelihood of hurricane
  
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• Wife of US student held in Iran says husband 'not a spy'

  08-08-2019 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The wife of a Princeton University graduate student imprisoned in Iran said Thursday her husband is not a spy and appealed for international cooperation to secure his release."I plead for the gates of mercy to be open for him, and I hope he can come back to us as soon as possible," Hua Qu said in a speech marking the third anniversary of her husband's detention.Hua also said there have been no recent productive conversations between the United States and the Iranian government about Xiyue Wang,
  
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• India's Modi defends powderkeg Kashmir move

  08-08-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Modi's Hindu-nationalist government imposed direct rule on the Indian held portion of Kashmir on Monday, setting off a new crisis in one of the world's most volatile security flashpoints.Speaking for the first time since the move, and with the people of Kashmir enduring a military lockdown, Modi hailed it as a "historic decision" that would bring peace to the region."Friends, I have full belief that we will be able to free Jammu and Kashmir from terrorism and separatism under this system," Modi
  
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• Hundreds attend funeral of Israeli soldier stabbed to death

  08-08-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Hundreds of people attended Thursday's funeral of an 18-year-old Israeli soldier who was found dead hours earlier with stab wounds near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the killing as a terror attack and vowed the killers would be brought to justice.Israeli troops raided a nearby Palestinian village and the military said it was sending reinforcements to the West Bank.
  
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• FL4K The Beastmaster Joins The Hunt In New Borderlands 3 Trailer

  08-08-2019 20:00
  Click here to watch embedded media Publisher: 2K GamesDeveloper: Gearbox SoftwareRelease: September 13, 2019 Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC The final trailer for the last of the four new Vault Hunters has arrived, and FL4K the Beastmaster and their three loyal and fearsome pets are ready to kill. Meet the pack in the newest character trailer.  FL4K has three pets of different varieties, each with its own abilities. First is a Spiderant in the Hunter skill tree with a d
  
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