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The writers behind Telltale Games' acclaimed The Walking Dead have delivered another tour de force videogame story in Firewatch.

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In the summer of 2013, billionaire Elon Musk posted a 58-page “alpha paper” introducing a futuristic “fifth mode of transportation” beyond planes, train, cars, or boats, which he called Hyperloop. The system would whisk passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 35 minutes using magnetically levitating pods that traveled at high subsonic velocity in a steel tube. It was the engineering equivalent of rough draft, but the CEO... Читать дальше...

Congress has already dismissed the proposal, sight unseen.

Kelly Clarkson might not have been able to afford the $5 million needed to air a commercial during the 2016 Super Bowl, so she shared a cute clip on her Instagram instead! The 33-year-old singer has been teasing a new project for days now and it definitely will be baby-themed as all the clips either [...]

If he’s honest, he’ll look around as he approaches the end of his term and see that the tide of war is not, in fact, receding.

– Students of Afe Babalola University went on rampage leading to destruction of property – The cause of the violent protest is unclear as management of the institution has not officially reacted to the incident – Anti-riot policemen have been stationed in the school in order to forestall further breakdown of order Trouble broke out […]

Sir Ian McGeechan: New-look England spot on in tactical work as they opened Six Nations campaign in impressive fashion

Monica Vinader, launched in 2007, took £23m in sales last year and has caught the eye of investors

Ted Cruz has apparently shrugged off the criticism he took In Iowa over his shame-baiting mailers along with his Ben Carson "dirty tricks" during the caucus itself and immediately implemented a new Rovian dirty tactic to the voters of New Hampshire.

At the height of Ebola panic in 2014, some state governments used a draconian measure to keep the virus from spreading within their borders: mandatory quarantines for people returning from West Africa, where Ebola was circulating.

A heartbreaking video was uploaded showing a raccoon trying to wake up his friend who hit by a car on the road.

Arouca stunned the Portuguese giants on Sunday by opening the scoring almost instantly at the Estadio do Dragao, with Walter Gonzalez setting them on their way to a 2-1 win

The French club tried to sign the Barcelona midfielder for €100 million last summer and have not been put off by the outright rejection from both club and player

Alexander Furry reasons why inventory of new trends in fashion is a free-for-all.

In the days before Wi-Fi or Snapchat, social networking was done in person, at the mall, with an Orange Julius or a Hot Dog On A Stick in hand.

Ready for some magical news? Syfy has renewed The Magicians for a second season of 13 episodes, which is expected to premiere in 2017. (Yep, you might want to keep practicing that finger...

The situation occurred, when no other standbye player could get a visa at such a short notice.

Many species have been driven to extinction in the wild and many more are on the brink

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HENSINKI, Finland, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- A proposal to acquire new munitions for Finland's rocket launcher system from the United States has been approved by Minister of Defense Jussi Niinisto.

British triathletes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee are among 153 cyclists stopped in their tracks by hurricane force winds, causing the abandonment of the Volta a La Marina race in Benidorm, Spain.

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Beleggers hebben momenteel wereldwijd weinig vertrouwen in de aandelen van banken en verzekeraars. Aan beide kanten van de Atlantische Oceaan kregen financiële bedrijven maandag harde klappen op de beurzen.

A Chicago lawyer recently completed seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.

The food may have been all-American, but Emma's American football celebration takes on a British twist - as the TV is ignored in favour of drinking and good conversation