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Monday April 17th, 2017 night edition

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A number of violent crimes left 20 people shot, four dead, over Easter weekend.

Four people were killed and 16 others hurt in a series of shootings that plagued Philadelphia over the warm Easter holiday weekend.

"Summertime is coming, warm weather today, we get shootings that peak and valley during the warm weather," Philadelphia police Capt.

Jamill Taylor said early Sunday at the scene of a homicide at 62nd Street and Woodland Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia.

A series of shootings plagued Philadelphia overnight as a woman died in Kensington and a man was shot in a Delaware Avenue nightclub.

Sunday night around 5, a shooting on S 6th Street near Porter Street in South Philadelphia left a 29-year-old man in stable condition, police said.

On Saturday morning around 9, a shooting on Girard Avenue near 62nd Street in West Philadelphia left a 19-year-old in stable condition, police said. »

ISPs Gave 8X More Cash to Politician That Axed FCC Privacy Rule

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ISPs Gave 8X More Cash to Politician That Axed FCC Privacy Rule.

Especially given the majority of Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike thought the rules should have remained in place.

ISPs and their DC hirelings have tried to argue in lockstep that the FCC rule repeal was no big deal because the FTC will somehow step in to protect consumers. »

Study Paints Somber Picture of U.S. Mental Health Status and Access to Care

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Previous survey estimates had put the number of Americans suffering from SPD at 3 percent or less.

The findings — believed to be the first analysis of its kind in more than a decade — were published in the journal Psychiatric Services online April 17.

She says her group's next research report will detail how underdiagnosis of SPD impacts physician practices and encourages overuse of other health care services. »

Gorillaz announce North American tour, their first in 7 years

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After giving fans a chance to hang with them at home via a mixed-reality app, Gorillaz have released a list of Humanz-backing tour dates.

The North American tour—their first since 2010—covers most of the summer, leading all the way up to to their Demon Dayz Festival in England in mid-October, and beyond.

The full list is below; any dates that have the ticket/album bundle available are marked with a plus sign. »

US Air Force connects 1,760 PlayStation 3's to build supercomputer

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The Condor Cluster consists of 1,760 Sony PlayStation 3's, and is the US Department of Defense's fastest interactive computer.

The Condor Cluster project began four years ago, when PlayStation consoles cost about $400 each.

Another advantage of the PS3-based supercomputer is its energy efficiency: it consumes just 10% of the power of comparable supercomputers. »