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Meet the Mormon Gamer Who Took Dungeons & Dragons Online

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In late November, a college senior at Brigham Young University named Nick Walton published a short app this week, the player can choose a type of story (fantasy, mystery, zombie, apocalypse, custom), a rank (noble, squire, knight, peasant, ranger, rogue), and any name (i.e. Paul, Dan Nainan, Pete Buttigiegs campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith). The program will generate a premise and from there, the user can input any action (pet the cat, eat a sandwich, drink a melted knife, open a can of beans, eat one whole, and enjoy the salty…

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Donald Trump Attacked Nancy Pelosi In A Wild Twitter Rant Right After Christmas

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NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images Donald Trump’s Dec. 26 Tweets About Nancy Pelosi Really Go In By Madhuri Sathish Dec 26, 2019 It may be the day after Christmas, but that didn’t stop President Donald Trump from unleashing a Twitter rant in the early hours of Thursday, Dec. 26. Trump took to Twitter to complain about being impeached, and to insist once again that he had done nothing wrong. Many of Trump’s Dec. 26 tweets attacked Nancy Pelosi, whose latest tenure as House Speaker has largely been dedicated to impeachment proceedings. It’s…

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Donald Trump Attacked Nancy Pelosi In A Wild Twitter Rant Right After Christmas

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NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images Donald Trump’s Dec. 26 Tweets About Nancy Pelosi Really Go In By Madhuri Sathish Dec 26, 2019 It may be the day after Christmas, but that didn’t stop President Donald Trump from unleashing a Twitter rant in the early hours of Thursday, Dec. 26. Trump took to Twitter to complain about being impeached, and to insist once again that he had done nothing wrong. Many of Trump’s Dec. 26 tweets attacked Nancy Pelosi, whose latest tenure as House Speaker has largely been dedicated to impeachment proceedings. It’s…

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My Husband Said Hes Leaving Me for Another WomanThen I Heard the Truth Whispered in My Ear

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ShareTweetPin It was the worst news. It was the darkest moment. I asked my husband to pull the car over. “I’m sick to my stomach,” I said as he held my hand, guiding me to the nearest bathroom. All came out — my dreams for a happy marriage and a promising future all spilled out. The culprit was the blindness that robbed my sight at 30. It turned my world upside down with grief, with anguish and hopelessness. And my husband, who wasn’t prepared to handle such tragedy in our…

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My Husband Said Hes Leaving Me for Another WomanThen I Heard the Truth Whispered in My Ear

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ShareTweetPin It was the worst news. It was the darkest moment. I asked my husband to pull the car over. “I’m sick to my stomach,” I said as he held my hand, guiding me to the nearest bathroom. All came out — my dreams for a happy marriage and a promising future all spilled out. The culprit was the blindness that robbed my sight at 30. It turned my world upside down with grief, with anguish and hopelessness. And my husband, who wasn’t prepared to handle such tragedy in our…

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My Husband Said Hes Leaving Me for Another WomanThen I Heard the Truth Whispered in My Ear

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ShareTweetPin It was the worst news. It was the darkest moment. I asked my husband to pull the car over. “I’m sick to my stomach,” I said as he held my hand, guiding me to the nearest bathroom. All came out — my dreams for a happy marriage and a promising future all spilled out. The culprit was the blindness that robbed my sight at 30. It turned my world upside down with grief, with anguish and hopelessness. And my husband, who wasn’t prepared to handle such tragedy in our…

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My Husband Said Hes Leaving Me for Another WomanThen I Heard the Truth Whispered in My Ear

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ShareTweetPin It was the worst news. It was the darkest moment. I asked my husband to pull the car over. “I’m sick to my stomach,” I said as he held my hand, guiding me to the nearest bathroom. All came out — my dreams for a happy marriage and a promising future all spilled out. The culprit was the blindness that robbed my sight at 30. It turned my world upside down with grief, with anguish and hopelessness. And my husband, who wasn’t prepared to handle such tragedy in our…

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My Husband Said Hes Leaving Me for Another WomanThen I Heard the Truth Whispered in My Ear

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ShareTweetPin It was the worst news. It was the darkest moment. I asked my husband to pull the car over. “I’m sick to my stomach,” I said as he held my hand, guiding me to the nearest bathroom. All came out — my dreams for a happy marriage and a promising future all spilled out. The culprit was the blindness that robbed my sight at 30. It turned my world upside down with grief, with anguish and hopelessness. And my husband, who wasn’t prepared to handle such tragedy in our…

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Ukrainian Fugitive Who Claimed to Have Dirt on Biden Firm Is Arrested

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A former Ukrainian member of parliament who has claimed to have dirt on efforts by Trumps American allies to find information about Burisma GroupDemocrats impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump. Democrats next impeachment hearing is scheduled for Dec. 9. German authorities arrested Onyshchenko based on a request from Ukraines National Anti-Corruption Bureau and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutors Office (SAPO). According to a report from the UNIAN news agency, Ukrainian officials are according to RFE/RL. His allegations were widely seen in Ukraine as part of a Kremlin-orchestrated disinformation campaign meant to undermine…

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RCS messaging has rolled out to Android users in the US

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Here’s a nice little surprise for Android users this weekend. It seems that Google’s plans to roll out Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging is slightly ahead of schedule. The company announced in November that it would be making the feature available for all Android users in the country by year-end. A tweet from Android Messages product manager Sanaz Ahari confirms that the SMS-successor has been made available to users in the States as of this week. The new protocol brings with it some key advances over messaging stalwart SMS.

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