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Kardashian, West set wedding date

ROME

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will get married and host a reception at Florence’s imposing 16th-century Belvedere Fort next Saturday, a spokeswoman at the Florence mayor’s office said Friday.

The couple rented the fort, next to Florence’s famed Boboli Gardens, for $410,000. A Protestant minister will preside, spokeswoman Elisa Di Lupo told The Associated Press in a phone interview.

The 36-year-old rapper proposed to the reality star on her 33rd birthday in October 2013, renting out San Francisco’s AT&T Park for the occasion.

This is the first marriage for West. It’s the third for Kardashian.

‘Halo’ TV series, game sequel due

LOS ANGELES

Master Chief is returning to the battlefield next year.

Microsoft announced plans Friday to release the video-game sequel “Halo 5: Guardians” for the Xbox One and a “Halo” television series to be produced by Steven Spielberg in fall 2015. The next entry in the sci-fi shooter series starring super-soldier Master Chief will run at 60 frames per second on a new engine created by “Halo” developer 343 Studios.

Bonnie Ross, general manager at 343 Studios, noted that additional plans this year for the “Halo” franchise would be announced June 9 at Microsoft’s presentation at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the largest annual gathering of the gaming industry.

Vindicator wire services