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Video poker machines are everywhere in Las Vegas. From the airport to grocery stores and the thousands that line the casinos, gamblers have ample opportunity to try their luck.

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Video poker machines are everywhere in Las Vegas. From the airport to grocery stores and the thousands that line the casinos, gamblers have ample opportunity to try their luck.

But now, a rehab center in Las Vegas is using two video poker machines for a completely different and distinct purpose; to help patients who want a new and creative way to supplement their rehab routine.

HealthSouth Rehab hospital uses the machines to treat patients with certain ailments stemming from strokes, Parkinson's Diseases, amputations and anything that affects motor ability.
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"What we know about gambling is that it stimulates the prefrontal cortex and that's an area of the brain that can be damaged in a traumatic brain injury," Sarah Tempest, a speech pathologist at the facility, told Fox News.

Tempest said this type of stimulation to the prefrontal cortex can help patients with attention, working memory, problem-solving and impulse control.

Patients play on the machines for about 15 minutes at a time and do not use any real money. For those patients without cognitive impairments, the therapy can also help with movement and endurance.
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Sandy McGinnis, an occupational therapist at HealthSouth told Fox News they got creative when brainstorming how the facility could implement the machines.

"One of our coworkers here, her husband works on slot machines for a living, and she had talked to the director of therapy and asked if they wanted to incorporate them and we said yes," McGinnis told Fox News.

Tempest acknowledges many of the hospital's patients see slot machines and poker as being part of the local way of life.

"It's very familiar and very often automatic, it's a source of entertainment and socialization for these patients that they enjoy," she said.
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Some reservations persist as to the effectiveness of using video poker machines to treat patients. Dr. Keith Ablow, a psychiatrist and Fox News contributor, said it's important for doctors to monitor patients so that the poker doesn't turn into an addiction.

"It's very important for the clinicians to tell the patients if they're going to pursue this path, keep in mind you might have impulse control problems," he said.

Andrew Craft is a Fox News multimedia reporter based in Las Vegas, Nevada . Follow him on twitter: @AndrewCraft

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Video poker machines are everywhere in Las Vegas. From the airport to grocery stores and the thousands that line the casinos, gamblers have ample opportunity to try their luck. But now, a rehab center in Las Vegas is using two video poker machines for a completely different and distinct purpose; to help patients who want a new and creative way to supplement their rehab routine.

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Manhunt for WannaCry creators

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As organisations around the world clean up after being caught out by the WannaCry ransomware, attention has now turned to the people behind the devastating attack.

The malware uses a vulnerability identified by the US National Security Agency, but it has been "weaponised" and unleashed by someone entirely different.

So far, nobody seems to know who did it nor where they are.

Mikko Hypponen, head of research at security company F-Secure, said its analysis of the malware had not revealed any smoking gun.

"We're tracking over 100 different ransom Trojan gangs, but we have no info on where WannaCry is coming from," he told the BBC.

The clues that might reveal who is behind it are few and far between.

No Russians

The first version of the malware turned up on 10 February and was used in a short ransomware campaign that began on 25 March.

Spam email and booby-trapped websites were used to distribute WannaCry 1.0, but almost no-one was caught out by it.

Version 2.0, which wrought havoc over the weekend, was the same as the original apart from the addition of the module that turned it into a worm capable of spreading by itself.

Analysis of the code inside WannaCry had revealed little, said Lawrence Abrams, editor of the Bleeping Computer security news website, which tracks these malicious threats.

"Sometimes with ransomware we can get a clue based on strings in the executables or if they upload it to Virus Total to check for detections before distribution," he said.

Those clues could point to it being the work of an established group, he said, but there was little sign of any tell-tale text in the version currently circulating.

"This launch has been pretty clean," said Mr Abrams.

Other researchers have noticed some other aspects of the malware that suggest it might be the work of a new group.

Many have pointed out that it is happy to infect machines running Cyrillic script.

By contrast, much of the malware emerging from Russia actively tries to avoid infecting people in its home nation.

Plus, the time stamp on the code suggests it was put together on a machine that is nine hours ahead of GMT - suggesting its creators are in Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines or the parts of China and Russia that are a long way east.

There are other hints in the curious ways that WannaCry operates that suggest it is the work of people new to the trade.

To begin with, the worm has been almost too successful, having hit more than 200,000 victims - many times more than are usually caught out by ransomware aimed at large organisations.

Administering that huge number of victims will be very difficult.

Whoever was behind it unwittingly crippled the malware by not registering the domain written in its core code.

Registering and taking over this domain made it possible for security researcher Marcus Hutchins to limit its spread.

There are other methods used to administer infected machines, notably via the Tor dark web network, and these addresses are being scrutinised for activity.

There are other artefacts in the code of the malware that might prove useful to investigators but, said cyber-security expert Prof Alan Woodward, from the University of Surrey, they might be there for a different purpose.

"It's often the case that many criminals put deliberate false flags in there to confuse and obfuscate," he said.

Money talks

Also, most large-scale ransomware campaigns typically generate a unique bitcoin address for each infection.

This makes it straightforward for the thieves behind the malware to make sure they restore the files only of people who have paid.

WannaCry uses three hard-coded bitcoin addresses to gather ransom payments, and that is likely to make it challenging to work out who has paid, assuming the gang behind it does intend to restore locked files.

The bitcoin payments might offer the best bet for tracking the perpetrators, said Dr James Smith, chief executive of Elliptic, which analyses transactions on the blockchain - the key part of bitcoin that logs who spent what.

Bitcoin was not as anonymous as many thieves would like it to be, he said, because every transaction was publicly recorded in the blockchain.

This can help investigators build up a picture of where the money is flowing to and from.

"Ultimately criminals are motivated by money," he said, "so eventually that money is going to be collected and moved.

"The timing of that movement is going to be the big question, and we expect that will be down to how much gets paid in ransoms over the next few days."

Currently, the total paid to those bitcoin addresses is more than $50,000 (£39,000).

"Everyone is watching those addresses very carefully," said Dr Smith.

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As organisations around the world clean up after being caught out by the WannaCry ransomware, attention has now turned to the people behind the devastating attack. The malware uses a vulnerability identified by the US National Security Agency, but it has been "weaponised" and unleashed by someone entirely different.

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North Korea threat: US ‘monitoring’ claim missile could carry nuclear warhead

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U.S. officials are closely "monitoring" the aftermath of the latest North Korean missile test after the rogue regime claimed that its newest rocket was capable of carrying a nuclear warhead - and that its arsenal could reach American shores.

One day after Kim Jong Un's dictatorship reported a successful test flight of its KN-17 missile, state-run news agency KCNA reported the "U.S. mainland and Pacific operations" were in range of North Korean weapons. The agency also claimed its missile was meant to verify the specifications of a new ballistic rocket "capable of carrying a large-size heavy nuclear warhead."

"We are monitoring," a National Security Council spokeswoman told Fox News.

The U.S. has long been skeptical that Pyongyang has the technology to mount a nuclear warhead.

A senior administration official said the White House was warily assessing the latest news out of North Korea, given the country's propensity to push misleading and exaggerated propaganda; however, the official said if the latest claim is true, it "would be a cause for great concern."

Underscoring the gravity of the situation, one U.S. official told Fox News that Pyongyang took a "step forward" with its Sunday launch.

The missile flew four minutes longer than any previous ballistic missile test in the history of the communist regime, U.S. officials told Fox News, though North Korea had conducted space launches in the past that have flown longer than KN-17 - including a mission in February 2016 that sent a satellite into orbit on Super Bowl Sunday.

After three failures last month, Sunday's liftoff was the first successful test of the liquid-fueled KN-17, which some experts see as North Korea's best chance to develop a reliable intercontinental ballistic missile.

Aerospace expert John Schilling told Reuters the test "represents a level of performance never before seen from a North Korean missile."

"It appears to have not only demonstrated an intermediate-range ballistic missile that might enable them to reliably strike the U.S. base at Guam," Schilling said, "but more important, may represent a substantial advance to developing an intercontinental ballistic missile."
Fox News' John Roberts, Lucas Tomlinson and Serafin Gomez contributed to this report.

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North Korea threat: US 'monitoring' claim missile could carry nuclear warhead

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U.S. officials are closely "monitoring" the aftermath of the latest North Korean missile test after the rogue regime claimed that its newest rocket was capable of carrying a nuclear warhead - and that its arsenal could reach American shores.

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Former members of the Oakland Raiders cheerleading squad the Raiderettes received payment Wednesday of a combined $1.25 million granted to them in the 2014 settlement of their lawsuit against the team

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North Korea threat: US ‘monitoring’ claim missile could carry nuclear warhead

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U.S. officials are closely "monitoring" the aftermath of the latest North Korean missile test after the rogue regime claimed that its newest rocket was capable of carrying a nuclear warhead - and that its arsenal could reach American shores.

One day after Kim Jong Un's dictatorship reported a successful test flight of its KN-17 missile, state-run news agency KCNA reported the "U.S. mainland and Pacific operations" were in range of North Korean weapons. The agency also claimed its missile was meant to verify the specifications of a new ballistic rocket "capable of carrying a large-size heavy nuclear warhead."

"We are monitoring," a National Security Council spokeswoman told Fox News.

The U.S. has long been skeptical that Pyongyang has the technology to mount a nuclear warhead.

A senior administration official said the White House was warily assessing the latest news out of North Korea, given the country's propensity to push misleading and exaggerated propaganda; however, the official said if the latest claim is true, it "would be a cause for great concern."

Underscoring the gravity of the situation, one U.S. official told Fox News that Pyongyang took a "step forward" with its Sunday launch.

The missile flew four minutes longer than any previous ballistic missile test in the history of the communist regime, U.S. officials told Fox News, though North Korea had conducted space launches in the past that have flown longer than KN-17 - including a mission in February 2016 that sent a satellite into orbit on Super Bowl Sunday.

After three failures last month, Sunday's liftoff was the first successful test of the liquid-fueled KN-17, which some experts see as North Korea's best chance to develop a reliable intercontinental ballistic missile.

Aerospace expert John Schilling told Reuters the test "represents a level of performance never before seen from a North Korean missile."

"It appears to have not only demonstrated an intermediate-range ballistic missile that might enable them to reliably strike the U.S. base at Guam," Schilling said, "but more important, may represent a substantial advance to developing an intercontinental ballistic missile."
Fox News' John Roberts, Lucas Tomlinson and Serafin Gomez contributed to this report.

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North Korea threat: US 'monitoring' claim missile could carry nuclear warhead

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U.S. officials are closely "monitoring" the aftermath of the latest North Korean missile test after the rogue regime claimed that its newest rocket was capable of carrying a nuclear warhead - and that its arsenal could reach American shores.

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Critics Attack Mother’s Day as ‘Offensive’ Because It’s A ‘Gendered Holiday’

This was inevitable: Social-justice warriors are now saying that Mother’s Day is gender-exclusionary.

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Golden State win against Spurs with a score of 113-111. Kawhi Leonard is injured.

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Joe Mixon among 40 players to attend NFLPA rookie premiere

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Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon is one of 40 players who will attend the NFLPA's Rookie Premiere event later this week in Los Angeles.

The players' union released the list of participants, which also includes Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, on Monday.

The event takes place Thursday through Saturday and will help the rookies "learn the business of football," according to the NFLPA's announcement.

The Bengals have received criticism for using the 48th overall draft pick on Mixon, who punched a woman in the face and fractured her jaw during his freshman year at Oklahoma in 2014. Mixon, who recently settled his civil suit with the woman, Amelia Molitor, was considered a first-round talent but slid to Day 2 of the draft.

Mixon spoke to the media earlier this month at the Bengals' rookie minicamp, saying he is "just trying to get in here and be with my teammates and move forward with the situation."

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Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon is one of 40 players who will attend the NFLPA's Rookie Premiere event later this week in Los Angeles. The players' union released the list of participants, which also includes Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, on Monday.

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Older teens of the Mormon church will no longer take part of Cub Scouts or Boy Scouts in United States and Canada.

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The announcement, made Thursday, is significant. The church and the Boy Scouts of America have had a relationship for more than a century. It was the first partner to sponsor Scouting in the United States, and to this day remains the nation's largest sponsor.

Approximately 330,000 Mormon youths are served by the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts program.

Starting its own activities program

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said it will begin a new activities program for boys ages 14 to 18. It said the BSA's Varsity and Venturing programs, both of which aim to prepare teens for adulthood, were difficult to implement on the local level. Venturing is open to boys and girls. The Varsity program "challenges boys who want a rugged outdoor experience."

The church said the move was meant to shift focus to "spiritual, social, physical and intellectual goals outlined by the Church."

But it comes at a time the church has expressed reservations about the Boy Scouts' decision to allow gay and transgender troop leaders.

Two years ago, when the Boy Scouts of America voted to remove its national restriction on openly gay leaders and employees, the LDS Church said it was "deeply troubled" by the decision. It called the admission of openly gay leaders "inconsistent with the doctrines of the Church."

Still, the church remained affiliated after the Boy Scouts gave it written and verbal assurances that the church could choose its own troop leaders according to its own religious and moral values.

The Scouts' response

Responding to Thursday's announcement, the Boy Scouts of America said it "deeply appreciates" its relationship with the church.

"We recognize that not all programs are a perfect fit for all partners," it said.

The announcement does not impact Mormon churches worldwide, just ones in the US and Canada.

And the Utah-based church will continue to partner with the larger Cub Scout and Boy Scout programs for boys and young men ages 8 through 13.

The change goes into effect January 1.

CNN's Devon Sayers, Phil Gast and Carma Hassan contributed this report.

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The announcement, made Thursday, is significant. The church and the Boy Scouts of America have had a relationship for more than a century. It was the first partner to sponsor Scouting in the United States, and to this day remains the nation's largest sponsor.

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Mr. Kohl- N. Korea fired a ballistic missile that landed in the sea near Russia. This comes after months of missile tests and threats from North Korea that it’s building nuclear weapons that could reach the US. The US will tighten the screws on all of their sanctions against N.Korea.

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Mr. Kohl- N. Korea fired a ballistic missile that landed in the sea near Russia. This comes after months of missile tests and threats from North Korea that it’s building nuclear weapons that could reach the US. The US will tighten the screws on all of their sanctions against N.Korea.

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North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un supervised the test [File: KCNA via Reuters]

North Korea said on Monday it had successfully launched a new type of ballistic missile in its latest test which it said was aimed at building capacity to launch nuclear missiles.

The North fired a ballistic missile that landed in the sea near Russia on Sunday in a launch that came just days after South Korea's new President Moon Jae-in, who has called for closer engagement with Pyongyang, was inaugurated in Seoul.

Sunday's launch was of a "new ground-to-ground medium long-range strategic ballistic rocket" named the Hwasong-12, the official Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

Leader Kim Jong-un personally oversaw the test, it said, and "hugged officials in the field of rocket research, saying that they worked hard to achieve a great thing".

Kim accused the United States of "browbeating" countries that "have no nukes" and warned Washington not to misjudge the reality that its mainland is in the North's "sighting range for strike", KCNA reported.
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The missile was launched at the highest angle so as not to affect the security of neighbouring countries and flew 787km reaching an altitude of 2,111.5km, KCNA said.

Experts said the altitude reached by the missile tested meant it was launched at a high trajectory, which would limit the lateral distance it travelled.

But if it was fired at a standard trajectory, it would have a range of at least 4,000km, according to experts.

It "represents a level of performance never before seen from a North Korean missile", aerospace engineering specialist John Schilling wrote on the respected 38 North website.

"The test-fire aimed at verifying the tactical and technological specifications of the newly developed ballistic rocket capable of carrying a large-size heavy nuclear warhead," KCNA said.

It appeared to demonstrate an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) that could "reliably strike the US base at Guam" in the Pacific, he said, and "more importantly, may represent a substantial advance to developing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)".

In a statement after the launch, US President Donald Trump's White House called North Korea a "flagrant menace" and urged "far stronger sanctions" against the isolated nation.

The North says it needs atomic weapons to defend itself against the threat of invasion and has carried out two atomic tests and dozens of missile launches since the beginning of last year.

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have heightened in recent weeks due to Pyongyang's nuclear programme and missile tests and threats from Trump that the US could take unilateral action against it in retaliation.

"The timing is particularly significant because South Korea has a new president - testing him is partly what this is about," Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas, reporting from Seoul, said. "This is also a sign that they don't feel intimidated by Donald Trump," he added.

"It does seem that this may be a new type of rocket that is being tested - that makes this the most significant launch in at least a year."

Source: Al Jazeera and news agencies

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North Korea said on Monday it had successfully launched a new type of ballistic missile in its latest test which it said was aimed at building capacity to launch nuclear missiles.