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A young mum claimed she knew the killer of a friend who had been strangled – before she was murdered in the same way, a source has said. Janine Downes, 22, was sexually assaulted, strangled and dumped by a road months after fellow sex worker Gail Whitehouse, 23, was found strangled. The close friends had […]
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The rumors of this deal had been picking up steam over the past 48 hours, and on Super Bowl Sunday the trigger was pulled on the trade. Derrick Rose will be reunited with Tom Thibodeau; New York agreed to a trade to acquire Rose for Dennis Smith Jr. and a second-round pick, a deal confirmed […]
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I awoke one morning late last year to find a bright red bauble at the foot of my bed. It wouldn’t have looked amiss adorning a Christmas tree. But it felt ready to explode. It was my big toe, and this was my first encounter with gout. In good company With a history spanning more […]
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The top U.S. securities regulator said on Thursday that it had charged asset management firm GPB Capital, as well as its owner and CEO and other executives and affiliated firms, for allegedly defrauding more than 17,000 individual investors in a “Ponzi-like scheme.” The Securities and Exchange Commission said the firm raised over $1.7 billion in […]
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There’s another Warhammer 40,000 game! This one’s turn-based strategy game Warhammer 40,000 Battlesector, due out May 2021 on PC. A console version for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One is due out in the summer. It’s published by Slitherine (Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War, Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach and Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon), and is […]
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A toddler has died after surgery to remove a large brain tumour tragically went wrong. Grieving mum Nicole Harrigan described how “cheerful” 17-month-old Sylas had stopped smiling and she and husband Nils initially believed he was teething. He then began struggling to settle at night and being sick as well as suffering other odd symptoms, […]
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INDIANAPOLIS — Minus star point guard Mike Conley, the Utah Jazz got to see Donovan Mitchell do a bit of everything. Mitchell came within one rebound of a triple-double with 27 points, 11 assists, and nine boards as the Jazz won for the 15th time in 16 games, beating the Indiana Pacers 103-95 Sunday. The […]
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A newly discovered genetic condition caused by faulty protein synthesis which causes delayed development and learning difficulties could be treated by a compound originally isolated from human sperm, say scientists. The University of Manchester researchers, with collaborators from the UK, France and US, identified rare changes in a gene called EIF5A in seven children with […]
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Videogame retailer GameStop Corp’s shares rose 5%, while cinema operator AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc fell 2.7% in early U.S. pre-market trading on Thursday. As the social media-driven trading frenzy calms, GameStop shares have slumped to about $92 each from a high of $483 last week. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet top officials, including […]
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It’s up there with some of the biggest gaming acquisitions in history, but until today you might never heard of Glu Mobile. Well, Glu sure has EA interested, as EA has acquired the American developer for a cool $2.1bn (£1.52bn). If the name hadn’t already given it away, Glu Mobile has a number of highly […]
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