| GOP Obamacare replacement narrowly passes out of committee, after 3 Republicans defect Posted: 16 Mar 2017 02:05 PM PDT  WASHINGTON — The GOP health care bill narrowly passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee on Thursday, after three Republicans joined all the committee's Democrats in voting against it. The committee's Republicans also unanimously passed several motions urging big changes to the bill that some members said needed to be made for it to pass in the House. The bill passed 19 to 17.
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| Let them NOT eat cake: Venezuelan bakers face the president in ‘bread war’ Posted: 17 Mar 2017 12:32 PM PDT  An organization that represents Venezuela's baking industry is pushing back against President Nicolas Maduro's crackdown on bakeries and bakers, whom he has blamed for the country's bread shortage. Earlier this week Maduro charged that bakers are waging a "bread war" by illegally using government-imported flour to make expensive sweet breads and croissants.
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| Aspiring Teenage Model Dies During Texas Railway Photo Shoot Posted: 17 Mar 2017 09:58 AM PDT  Fredzania "Zanie" Thompson died last week.
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| Has Iran's success in Syria made it an arena for longer-term conflict? Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:02 AM PDT ![Has Iran's success in Syria made it an arena for longer-term conflict?]( "Has Iran's success in Syria made it an arena for longer-term conflict?") Having successfully propped up the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against an array of armed rebel groups for more than six years, Iran appears to be preparing the ground for a long-term presence in the war-ravaged country, causing rising alarm in neighboring Israel, its bitter foe, and garnering the attention of Washington. Iran has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to buttress Syria's economy, oversees a multi-national Shiite militia force to bolster Mr. Assad's flagging army, and trains Syrian militia networks based on Iran's Basij paramilitary volunteer force.
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| Federal judge in Hawaii blocks President Trump's travel ban Posted: 16 Mar 2017 10:06 AM PDT  "The View" co-hosts react to two federal judges' decision to put President Trump's travel ban on hold.
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| Trump tried to share a proverb for St. Patrick's Day and it didn't go very well Posted: 16 Mar 2017 03:26 PM PDT  After an Ireland-centric day including meetings with its prime minister, Enda Kenny, Donald Trump attempted to bestow some wisdom by sharing his favorite proverb of "many years." Only, as Twitter users quickly pointed out, it wasn't a proverb. And it wasn't Irish. SEE ALSO: The timeline of the Trump campaign's many statements on who wrote Melania's speech "As we stand together with our Irish friends, I'm reminded of that proverb—and this is a good one, this is one I like. I've heard it for many many years and I love it," Trump said at the Friends of Ireland luncheon in Washington, D.C. on the eve of St. Patrick's Day. "Always remember to forget the friends that proved untrue but never forget to remember those that have stuck by you," he said. "A lot of us know that, we know it well," he added. "It's a great phrase." Users on Twitter, including some who said they were from Ireland and had never heard the adage, were quick to search the quote online and found it attributed to a Nigerian man, Albashir Adam Alhassan. The poem "Remember to Forget" is posted under his name on poemhunter.com. It's also, however, listed as an "Old Irish Blessing" by user "GingerSnips" at scrapbook.com. Joanne Tuttle too has claimed it as part of her online book Crystal Inspirations. Roy B. Zuck added it to his 1977 book, The Speaker's Quote Book: Over 5,000 Illustrations and Quotations for All Occasions, also available online. Trump didn't explicitly say the words he was about to share with his "Irish friends" were Irish, to be fair, though it's pretty clear the rhyme is less of a proverb and more one of those unattributable quotes you find on a 1970s wall hanging in a thrift store in Omaha. The author of Trump's Irish proverb is possibly this business manager from Nigeria? https://t.co/bxSgs8yCj4 — Paul M❤️l❤️ney (@oceanclub) March 16, 2017 With all due respect to the president's reputation for scrupulously checking his sources, I don't think this is an Irish proverb. https://t.co/1EvGGMsE9r — The Irish For (@theirishfor) March 16, 2017 Have literally never heard this in my entire life. https://t.co/3gSBhbvdl2 — Christine Bohan (@ChristineBohan) March 16, 2017 As an Irish person I can safely say I have never, ever heard this proverb #trump #paddywhackery https://t.co/bvEzDjSNse — Andrew McDermott (@AndrewMcD999) March 16, 2017 OK I've found trump's 'irish' proverb. pic.twitter.com/ZsWPUvqDDL — cólz (@colz) March 16, 2017 Someone on Trump's team just Googled 'irish proverb' and hoped for the best. pic.twitter.com/xmNHFdq7ER — ⭐ amy o'connor ⭐ (@amyohconnor) March 16, 2017 This is utter bollocks Trump'Irish proverb' my arse https://t.co/kK4BEUbxHD — Planet Belfast (@Planet_Belfast) March 16, 2017 Trump's Irish Proverb may have been written by Albashir Adam Alhassan but to be fair it IS in the second Google hit for "Best Irish Proverb" pic.twitter.com/53sXOi1EHr — Cabel Sasser (@cabel) March 16, 2017 "Irish Proverb" me hole. https://t.co/dWLregquCs — mark little (@marklittlenews) March 16, 2017 Awkward. Rethinking those proposed budget cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts yet? WATCH: Ed Sheeran is set to make a tour stop in Westeros
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| Top EU official to Balkan leaders: Embrace European future Posted: 16 Mar 2017 10:22 AM PDT  SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The European Union's enlargement commissioner urged Balkan leaders Thursday to stop stoking regional tensions and fully embrace their European future.
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| 5 Surprising Ways Being a Redhead Affects Your Health Posted: 17 Mar 2017 07:04 AM PDT  Your hair isn't the only thing that makes you unique. Here's how your DNA may influence your pain sensitivity, how fast you age, and more.
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| Break in the Case? Cops Searching Property Where Bodies of Indiana Hikers Were Found Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:07 PM PDT  The property owner, Ron Logan, has been arrested on an unrelated probation violation.
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| Man killed after trying to grab soldier’s gun at Paris airport Posted: 18 Mar 2017 09:31 AM PDT ![Man killed after trying to grab soldier's gun at Paris airport]( "Man killed after trying to grab soldier's gun at Paris airport") Soldiers at Paris' busy Orly Airport shot and killed a man who wrestled one of their colleagues to the ground and tried to steal her rifle Saturday, officials said. Police did not immediately provide a motive or identify the attacker, though the Paris prosecutor's office said he was 39 and had a record of robbery and drug offenses. Earlier Saturday, he fired birdshot at officers during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb, wounding one in the face.
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| Secret Service says laptop stolen from agent's car in New York Posted: 17 Mar 2017 11:30 AM PDT ![Secret Service says laptop stolen from agent's car in New York]( "Secret Service says laptop stolen from agent's car in New York") The U.S. Secret Service said on Friday a laptop was stolen from an agent's car in New York City but that such agency-issued computers contain multiple layers of security and are not permitted to contain classified information. ABC News, citing law enforcement sources, said the laptop contained floor plans for Trump Tower, details on the criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server and other national security information. The New York Daily News, citing police sources, said authorities had been searching for the laptop since it was stolen on Thursday morning from the agent's vehicle in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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| Trump knocks China as Tillerson heads to Beijing Posted: 17 Mar 2017 07:34 AM PDT  President Trump on Friday knocked China for not doing enough to curb North Korea's nuclear and missile programs — even as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson headed to Beijing as part of a high-stakes diplomatic swing through Asia. "North Korea is behaving very badly," Trump said on Twitter. "They have been 'playing' the United States for years.
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| Appealing to public, Philippine lawmaker files Duterte's first impeachment complaint Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:53 PM PDT ![Appealing to public, Philippine lawmaker files Duterte's first impeachment complaint]( "Appealing to public, Philippine lawmaker files Duterte's first impeachment complaint") On Thursday, Gary Alejano, a member of the House of Representatives in the Philippines, filed an impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte, the first attempt at an impeachment made against the controversial leader. Duterte remains very popular in the Philippines, despite sharp criticism from the international community for his bloody war on drugs, which has killed more than 8,000 people in the country. "We are of the firm belief that President Duterte is unfit to hold the highest office of the land and that impeachment is the legal and constitutional remedy to this situation," said Alejano.
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| The ‘Ides of Trump’ postcard campaign wants to pink-slip the president Posted: 16 Mar 2017 10:27 AM PDT  For months a project called the Ides of Trump has been organizing people to meet in small groups to compose postcards to the president. The postcards probably won't arrive for a day or two, so we don't know yet how successful the campaign was, but as of Thursday, Donald Trump was still president.
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| Chelsea Clinton joins expanded Expedia board Posted: 17 Mar 2017 03:03 PM PDT  Travel service Expedia added to its board the daughter of former US president Bill Clinton and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, according to a public filing posted Friday. Expedia expanded its board from 13 to 14 members and elected Chelsea Clinton to fill the new position, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Expedia is based in the northwestern US state of Washington and is one of the largest online services in the world for booking flights, hotels and car rentals.
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| After Woman's Daring Escape From Captor, How to Get Out If You're Trapped in a Car's Trunk Posted: 16 Mar 2017 01:48 PM PDT  The woman had been abducted at gunpoint and forced into the trunk of her own car.
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| Police search property where Indiana teens' bodies found Posted: 17 Mar 2017 05:02 PM PDT ![Police search property where Indiana teens' bodies found]( "Police search property where Indiana teens' bodies found") DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — Authorities investigating the killings of two northern Indiana teenagers on Friday searched the home and property of a man who owns the remote tract of land where the girls' bodies were found last month.
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| Map Shows How Climate Change Will Affect Health Across US Posted: 17 Mar 2017 08:40 AM PDT  "Doctors in every part of our country see that climate change is making Americans sicker," Dr. Mona Sarfaty, the director of the new group, called the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, said in a statement. But few Americans are aware of the impact climate change has on health, according to the report. Only about a third of Americans can name a specific way climate change affects people's health, according to the report.
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| Samsung has done the impossible with the Galaxy S8 Posted: 17 Mar 2017 06:41 AM PDT 
In the smartphone market, Samsung found success not by differentiating and carving its own path, but by taking a page out of Apple's playbook. Or should we say, 132 pages. Apple turned the cell phone industry on its head in 2007 when it released the original iPhone. There was certainly no better company to model its devices and strategy after, and Samsung's sales skyrocketed once it began retooling its devices to look and function more like Apple's smartphones and tablets. Samsung still takes pages out of the Apple playbook from time to time — case in point — but it has truly elevated its game in recent years, with several recent generations of flagship phones that contend with the iPhone on every level. There is one are where Samsung flagships have never managed to compete with iPhones, but it looks like that will change with the upcoming new Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. In just a week and a half, Samsung will unveil its next-generation flagship smartphones at a press conference in New York City. The wait has felt like an eternity considering how long Galaxy S8 details have been leaking. We know almost everything there is to know about the S8 and S8+, including exactly what they look like and when they'll be released. And now, we know how remarkably powerful these hot new handsets are going to be. Each year when Samsung launches new Galaxy S phones, they're instantly become the most powerful widely available Android phones in the world. Note the inclusion of the word "Android," however. Samsung's phones are never the most powerful phones, period, because they simply can't measure up to iPhones in terms of power. Apple's in-house chips and its silky smooth iOS software reign supreme each and every year until the next new iPhones are released. This year, however, it looks like things will be different. 
Two separate Geekbench 4 benchmark test results for the unreleased Galaxy S8 smartphone appeared on the Primate Labs website on Thursday night. Long story short, they're very impressive. The S8 managed single-core scores of 1913 and 1978 in the two tests, and the multi-core scores came in at 6119 and 6375. Both sets of test results come from the international version of the Galaxy S8, which is powered by Samsung's own Exynos 8895 processor, though earlier test results showed similar performance from the US version of the Galaxy S8+, which is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset. 
In terms of single-core performance, the Galaxy S8 doesn't even come close to touching Apple's latest iPhones — the iPhone 7 Plus racks up a score of nearly 3500. But in multi-core Geekbench 4 tests, the S8 handily beats the latest iPhones, which always score under 5800. This is a big victory for Samsung on paper, but it remains to be seen how it will translate as far as real-world performance. As we're sure you'll recall, earlier Samsung phones have come close to matching Apple's iPhones on paper, but iPhones absolutely obliterate Galaxy phones in performance tests that gauge real-world power and speed.
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| White House finds someone who doesn’t think its budget is a joke. Oh, wait, actually... Posted: 17 Mar 2017 10:34 AM PDT  Beset on all sides by criticism of its budget proposal, the White House reached out for support Friday from an unlikely source, an opinion piece in the Washington Post. The administration itself couldn't have written a more glowing endorsement than the Thursday column by Alexandra Petri, entitled "Trump's budget makes perfect sense and will fix America, and I will tell you why," which begins by denouncing critics of the budget priorities as "wimps" and proceeds to the suggestion that teachers be replaced by F-35s wearing "Make America Great Again" hats. Hence the link in the White House's "1600 Daily" newsletter, which gives the administration's take on the day's news and is sent to anyone who signs up on the wh.gov website.
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| Otters frolic in the snow at Chicago aquarium Posted: 17 Mar 2017 08:18 AM PDT  Otters enjoy a snow day at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, having a ball jumping, sliding and rolling around in the snow.
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| Nationalism still in vogue in Europe, despite Dutch setback Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:23 AM PDT  European leaders heaved a sigh of relief after Dutch voters backed pro-EU liberals over the far-right. France and Germany, which are also facing key elections this year, heralded the defeat of the anti-immigration anti-EU Freedom Party of Geert Wilders in the Netherlands as a defeat for extremism. Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault of France, where far-right leader Marine Le Pen is forecast to win the first round of the presidential election in April, congratulated Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte with "stopping the rise of the far-right".
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| T-Mobile Not At Fault For 911 'Ghost Call' Problems That May Have Led To Multiple Deaths Posted: 17 Mar 2017 06:06 AM PDT  An issue with "ghost calls" from T-Mobile's network flooding emergency services may have resulted in the death of an infant and adult in Dallas.
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| Woman Celebrating 21st Birthday Killed After NYPD Traffic Agent Drunkenly Crashes Car: Cops Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:28 AM PDT  Amanda Miner, who turned 21 Wednesday, was in the back seat of a grey 2013 Infiniti sedan when it slammed into the median of the Williamsburg Bridge.
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| At sentencing, woman says kidnap once called hoax was 'hell' Posted: 16 Mar 2017 09:33 PM PDT  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California woman who was drugged along with her boyfriend and then dragged from their home described the "hell that we have survived" in emotional testimony Thursday before her abductor was sentenced to 40 years in prison in a crime so elaborate and bizarre that police initially dismissed it as a hoax.
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| Abandoned funeral home dies of decay Posted: 18 Mar 2017 09:00 AM PDT ![Abandoned funeral home dies of decay]( "Abandoned funeral home dies of decay") This is a real house of the dead, as forgotten artifacts lie strewn across a 150-year-old abandoned funeral home. The building in Jacksonville, Fla., was once the site of the city's oldest continuously operating funeral parlor. It was established by successful businessman Calvin Oak in 1856, and changed hands several times before it was moved in 2013. The building was left to rot. (Caters News)
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| Israel intercepts missile fired at its air force in Syria Posted: 17 Mar 2017 09:05 AM PDT ![Israel intercepts missile fired at its air force in Syria]( "Israel intercepts missile fired at its air force in Syria") By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said it shot down one of numerous anti-aircraft missiles launched on Friday at its air force which was operating in Syria, in a rare such incident that spilled over into neighboring countries. The Syrian army said it had shot down an Israeli jet during the operation. Israel denied this, saying that all its aircraft had returned unscathed.
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| 2017 Audi RS3 Sedan Posted: 17 Mar 2017 07:52 AM PDT  No ordinary small Audi.
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| Is Canada in the midst of an influx of migration from Mexico? Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:17 PM PDT ![Is Canada in the midst of an influx of migration from Mexico?]( "Is Canada in the midst of an influx of migration from Mexico?") After Canada relaxed travel restrictions in December, the number of visitors from Mexico has tripled. Some are asking whether that might have just as much to do with the United States as with Canada. Several Canadian immigration lawyers, consultants, and activists told Reuters in recent days that their offices have seen a surge of requests for advice from Mexicans hoping to obtain a work permit there.
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| New York court to determine if chimp is legally a person Posted: 16 Mar 2017 01:00 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Should a chimpanzee be treated as a person with legal rights?
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| White House repeats claim British spy agency monitored Trump Posted: 16 Mar 2017 03:30 PM PDT  Washington (AFP) - The White House on Thursday cited unproven media reports that President Barack Obama asked Britain's signals intelligence agency, GCHQ, to monitor Donald Trump in order to "make sure there were no American fingerprints."
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| Alexa Now Part Of Amazon iOS App Posted: 16 Mar 2017 04:10 PM PDT  Amazon just updated its official app for iOS to include its smart voice assistant Alexa.
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| Tillerson Says Military Action Against North Korea ‘On the Table,’ Then Curtails South Korea Visit, for ‘Fatigue’ Posted: 17 Mar 2017 08:53 AM PDT  Tillerson brought but one reporter along for the trip, but still managed to make headlines.
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| 2018 Mercedes-Benz E-class Coupe Posted: 16 Mar 2017 01:03 PM PDT  A lover, not a fighter.
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| 10 injured by volcanic explosion on Italy's Mount Etna Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:51 PM PDT  MILAN (AP) — Sicily's Mount Etna volcano unleashed an explosion Thursday, hurling molten rocks and steam that rained down on tourists, journalists and a scientist who scrambled to escape the barrage. Ten people were reported injured.
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| Trade war drives fresh wedge between Ukraine and rebels Posted: 17 Mar 2017 08:42 AM PDT  It was always an uncomfortable paradox for Ukraine's warring sides: while Kiev and Russian-backed rebels battled each other for nearly three years, trade kept flowing across the frontline. Now even those tenuous links have finally ruptured after Ukraine's leader Petro Poroshenko ordered a halt to all goods deliveries to the eastern separatist regions, ramping up tensions in the festering conflict. The move was a last resort for Kiev, as coal from their former industrial heartland remains a key energy source and authorities are reluctant to sever the few threads binding the insurgent fiefdoms to Ukraine.
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| Trumps says conservative House lawmakers line up behind healthcare bill Posted: 17 Mar 2017 07:51 AM PDT ![Trumps says conservative House lawmakers line up behind healthcare bill]( "Trumps says conservative House lawmakers line up behind healthcare bill") U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday met with a dozen conservative Republicans from the House of Representatives and said all of them were now planning to support the bill to replace Obamacare after previously opposing or questioning it. "All of these no's or potential no's are all yeses," Trump told reporters at a meeting with members of the House of Representatives' conservative Republican Study Committee.
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| 5 free iPhone games you should download from the App Store this weekend Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:42 PM PDT 
Don't care about basketball? Looking for something else to occupy your time while everyone tunes into March Madness this weekend? If so, you might want to check out this list of five free iPhone and iPad games. While the settings of each game are varied, they're all action-packed experiences. If you can only download one, I highly recommend Golf Zero, which is a fun take on golf that utilizes bullet time.
Almost a Hero 
Almost A Hero is an RPG clicker game where 9 of the most useless idiots embark on a quest to be slightly less useless idiots. They say never give a loser an even chance. We say different. Nine deeply unique and deeply flawed individuals have been chosen for greatness. Heroic, noble, enlightened... Just 3 of the many words they can't spell. They will set off on an epic journey that will turn them from zeroes to almost heroes. Or dead people. More likely the latter. Join these 9 zeroes on a quest to become heroes in an ancient land. Train them to learn battle skills, magical powers and which end of a sword is the business end. In AaH you'll find quests, secrets to unlock and there's lots of clicking to do. Yup, it's a clicker game. Have nearly got what it takes to become almost a hero?
[Download Almost a Hero free on the App Store]
Bit City 
Build your own Bit City! Start from a tiny town and grow to a thriving metropolis in this city building idle game from the creators of Tiny Tower. Collect profits and invest in upgrades that keep your city growing. Fill your city with new types of cars, planes and ships. Unlock cool new buildings, including famous landmarks to customize the look of your city. What are you waiting for? Start building YOUR own Bit City now!
[Download Bit City free on the App Store]
Cliff Hopper 
This is Cliff Hopper, your new adventure hero.
Cliff escapes fireballs and rotating saws chased by a huge boulder. Cliff runs and jumps.
Cliff doesn't die. Be like Cliff. ◆ Tap to turn, tap to jump, double-tap to double-jump
◆ Try not to fall off the edge!
◆ Time Cliff's double jumps carefully to avoid all the traps
◆ Journey through colorful levels
◆ Collect over 40 characters : ninja, magician, skeleton, chicken and more
◆ Die burnt to ashes by fireballs, cut to pieces by rotating saws or fall into an endless pit
[Download Cliff Hopper free on the App Store]
Dead Ahead: Zombie Warfare 
Meet new cool zombie postapocalypse sequel for Dead Ahead! The hungry pixel-art walking dead are here for your blood and flesh! Keep calm and stay sharp! Drive your bus through the infested areas, collect supplies, look for survivors and kill zombies! ZOMBIE RUSH Defend your bus, don't let the hungry horde eat the living! Break through the barricades on your way! Gather your troops of survivors and send them into battle, use everything you can to stop the flesh-eating corpses - smash and burn the dead with barrels, molotov cocktails and grenades. USE YOUR BRAINS NOT TO LOSE THEM Combine different types of units and use both defensive and offensive tactics to win. Remember - your enemies will do the same. IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS AND GEAR TO STAY ALIVE Collect items, earn experience and complete quests to upgrade your units and vehicles.
[Download Dead Ahead: Zombie Warfare free on the App Store]
Golf Zero 
Golf Zero is a crazy mix of golf and platforming. Jump, bounce and slide your way around the levels trying everything you can to get the ball in the hole. There is nothing quite like a nice round of Golf. The freshly cut grass, the birds singing, the razor sharp saw blades, the mid-air bullet time shot as you dodge a bone crushing boulder. Work your way through the 40 normal levels or compete against the rest of the world in the speed run levels.
[Download Golf Zero free on the App Store]
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| Man charged as run-over medic is mourned as job's matriarch Posted: 17 Mar 2017 04:54 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of crushing a fire department medic to death under the wheels of a stolen ambulance told reporters Friday he'd done nothing wrong, while his lawyer said he was mentally ill and didn't act intentionally.
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