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At least 17 people have been killed by a car bomb in the central Iraqi town of Khalis, officials say. The explosion, about 49 miles (80km) north-east of the capital, Baghdad, was “very strong” a provincial official told a private TV station. Hospital sources said the death toll was expected to rise, Reuters reports. The…
Twelve people were injured by the blast in the city of Ansbach, three of them seriously, Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said at a news conference Monday. The bomber, a 27-year-old Syrian national who was known to police, was killed, Hermann said. The attack took place at the final concert of the Ansbach Open festival,…
At least two people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured in a shooting outside of a Florida nightclub early Monday, officials said. Some of the victims were aged as young as 12, according to authorities in Fort Myers. Club Blu Google Police said that officers responded to the parking lot…
< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"????> Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File Verizon will acquire Yahoo’s core internet business for about $4.83 billion in cash, the telecommunications company announced on Monday. Yahoo will be merged with Verizon’s AOL and will sit under EVP and president of product innovation and new businesses Marni Walden. The deal doubles…
And now, here are the true faces behind Team Valor, Team Mystic, and Team Instinct. What do you think? Still stand behind your choice? I for one am very happy with the design of Candela, though Spark might have tempted me a bit more had I known what he looked like. The designs were revealed…
After a bit of a hiatus because of PAX Prime, Mikey is back with a brand new edition … of his show … about Robin Hood. Once I announced that this was the review I was going to be doing, I noticed that a lot of people were expecting me to eviscerate it, which is…
Keywords for Search Engine Optimization of the week: Damn it Feels Good to be a Hermione Granger Gangster Special thanks to Kris Straub for the baller Franchise Killer art. Opening titles: Set it Free by Allrounda Beats: http://www.allroundabeats.com/beat-se… Be sure to let us know what you think in the comments! And don’t forget to vote…
UPDATE ON ROBIN HOOD: WARNER HAS RELEASED THEIR CLAIM! 720p in lieu of 1080p was an attempt to appease the ContentID gods. Keywords for Search Engine Optimization of the week: Please Don’t Take This Episode as an Affront Opening titles: Set it Free by Allrounda Beats: http://www.allroundabeats.com/beat-se… Be sure to let us know what you…
Like lightning, I’m back with another new episode, less than a week from the premiere of our new show on this playlist, Hot Takes. This episode takes aim at A.I. Artificial Intelligence and tries to lay out a case for why this film is a misunderstood masterpiece. (Spoilers … I guess.) Be sure to vote…
Verizon and Yahoo are set to announce that they are striking an acquisition deal, according to sources close to the situation. The news is expected by Monday, although it could come earlier or later. But Yahoo told other bidders this afternoon — those interested in buying Yahoo have included private equity firm TPG and a…