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• The Latest: California mom cited for selling ceviche

  07-11-2016 23:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  STOCKTON, Calif. - The Latest on a California woman awaiting trial for selling homemade ceviche (all times local):2 p.m.A defence attorney in California says his client doesn't deserve criminal charges for taking orders through Facebook to sell homemade ceviche.San Joaquin County Deputy
  
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• Single California mom cited with selling home-made ceviche

  07-11-2016 22:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  STOCKTON, Calif. - A single mother of six in California says she could go to jail for selling homemade ceviche through a Facebook group she created as a hobby.Prosecutors say, however, that Stockton resident Mariza Ruelas did not have the proper business permits required of restaurants that...
  
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• Own a Piece from David Bowie’s Art Collection

  07-11-2016 22:00
  
  Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Air Power, a 1984 canvas estimated to bring in up to $4.6 million
  David Bowie’s art collection is expected to fetch millions in the November sale…Sheila Gibson Stoodley
  
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• 8 Eye-Popping Watches That Are Light on Your Wrist, Not on Your Wallet

  07-11-2016 21:00
  
  Richard Mille RM 50-27-01, $800,000
  Time will truly fly when you wear one of these eight ultralight mechanical watches…James D. Malcolmson
  
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• Trump dolls on sale in Moscow ahead of U.S. election

  07-11-2016 20:31
  
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Owners of a souvenir store in central Moscow say traditional Russian matryoshka dolls with portraits of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump are gaining popularity among...
  
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• Cold-water shrimp industry poised for shutdown to continue

  07-11-2016 20:10 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PORTLAND, Maine - Maine shrimpers are all but resigned to another year of being unable to pursue their quarry in the Gulf of Maine, with a regulatory board set to decide this week whether to allow a season this winter.Maine shrimp are fished in the Gulf of Maine and were a popular winter...
  
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• Jennifer Aniston says she's not 'a sad, childless human'

  07-11-2016 20:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Jennifer Aniston says she spoke out against tabloid culture because she "has worked too hard in this life and this career to be whittled down to a sad, childless human."The 47-year-old actress explained in an interview with Marie Claire her reasons for writing an op-ed in July, saying her
  
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• British-run cafe named France's best village bistro by Le Fooding

  07-11-2016 19:28
  
  The Epicerie de Dienne run by Manchester-born Chris Wright takes top prize for ‘unstuffy and cosmopolitan approach’A small cafe run almost singlehandedly by a British chef has been named France’s best village bistro.Manchester-born Chris Wright set up the Epicerie de Dienne as a shop-cum-cafe in a remote village in the mountainous Cantal region of central France in June. Continue reading...
  
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• Women swear as much as men – so here’s to equal-opportunity cursing

  07-11-2016 19:06
  
  British women now use expletives more than ever, according to a new survey. But who gives a f...?Congratulations to women for shattering another glass ceiling this week: British women now swear more often than British men, and they say the F-word almost five times as much as they did in the 1990s, according to a study. Like that pillar of Britishness Adele – who described her Glastonbury triumph earlier this year as “fucking amazing” despite the BBC’s request that she kee
  
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• Print newspapers are dead? Not after historic elections

  07-11-2016 18:57 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Print newspapers may be disappearing like the home telephone, but not after Election Day.Remembering the frenzy for old-fashioned papers the morning after Barack Obama's historic win in 2008, newspapers are printing extra copies and setting up temporary retail stands this year,
  
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• Addiction experts call for national opioid strategy as overdose deaths rise

  07-11-2016 18:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - Addiction experts say Canada needs a comprehensive national strategy to curb rampant overprescribing of opioids and reduce escalating rates of overdose deaths from the powerful drugs.Dr. Benedikt Fischer of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto says Canadians are the
  
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• Young brains & anesthesia: Big study suggests minimal risks

  07-11-2016 18:43 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CHICAGO - Anesthesia during early childhood surgery poses little risk for intelligence and academics later on, the largest study of its kind suggests.The results were found in research on nearly 200,000 Swedish teens. School grades were only marginally lower in kids who'd had one or more common...
  
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• This Never Happens—A New-Build Hotel in Nantucket

  07-11-2016 18:00
  
  The 20-room Greydon House opened in downtown Nantucket and is the largest building to go up in 100 years
  A New England town prided on tradition finally allows a new-build hotel…Jennifer Ashton Ryan
  
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• Ugliest Toilet Seats Ever

  07-11-2016 17:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There is something off with covering up your toilet seats. I like mine white and clean and that’s it. You honestly have to be a very special person to actually use a laced toilet seat cover, which a lot of time will include the tank. I must admit I had a blast doing the research to bring you one of the ugliest toilet seats ever. This and this website I used to find you some really stomach wrenching models.
  Now I’m waiting for laced urinal covers, butcher’s knife cover and laced
  
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• Internet freezes for 'mannequin challenge' craze

  07-11-2016 17:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Forget dumping ice buckets, dancing or planking, the latest viral phenomenon sweeping the internet consists of people standing still as part of the "mannequin challenge."Videos of the challenge feature posing as mannequins in dramatic postures. They began to appear late last month online and by...
  
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• I’m deeply in love – but terrified of it ending | Mariella Frostrup

  07-11-2016 17:24
  
  A young woman enjoying a blissfully happy relationship is haunted by the idea it won’t last forever. Mariella Frostrup says it’s a blueprint for future relationshipsThe dilemma I left my ex for someone I fell instantly in love with on a night out six months ago. We’re together now and I feel like a different person. I feel I’ve rediscovered a version of myself I like. Our relationship is in full, beautiful, vivid bloom and our intimacy is rare and genuine. The problem is
  
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• Paris’s Thai Boxing Hall Hits All The Right Notes

  07-11-2016 17:21
  
  La Belle Equipe is in an original Thaï boxing hall located in a charming Art Nouveau building in Paris. The unconventional sporting venue was envisioned by two friends (both former Thai boxing champions) who wanted to keep their passion alive.Remy & Julien commissioned Spray Architecture to develop a place different from the traditional gyms, where boxing enthusiasts share their knowledge in a friendly atmosphere. The existing space was split to become two levels, each having a hei
  
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• Head West for These Ultimate Spa Experiences

  07-11-2016 17:00
  
  New spas from Wyoming to Southern California serve up a healthy dose of luxury…
  
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• Meet Animals While Traveling

  07-11-2016 16:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sadly the amount of wild animals are decreasing fast due to us humans. So I really value the chances we had during our travels to encounter some interesting animals (many of them are not too wild). The most wild animals we probably saw was in Sri Lanka. There we saw snakes, giant fruit bats, monkeys, elephants and a tiny scorpion in our bedroom. That wasn’t too much fun! Not all of the mentioned above are in this video but there are plenty of other animal encounters to make up for it.
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• Greek, Turkish Cypriots open restored monastery as leaders meet in Switzerland

  07-11-2016 16:37
  
  APOSTOLOS ANDREAS, Cyprus (Reuters) - Cypriot Greek and Turkish communities on Monday opened the newly restored Apostolos Andreas monastery - a jointly funded project - as the island's two leaders...
  
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• Israeli court punishes American for son's divorce refusal

  07-11-2016 16:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  JERUSALEM - In a first ruling of its kind, Israeli rabbinical authorities have seized the passport of an American businessman and barred him from leaving the country for more than a year — claiming he is responsible for his son's refusal to grant his wife a divorce.With the draconian
  
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• Beth Ditto on liking the word fat, meeting Kate Moss and shopping at thrift stores

  07-11-2016 16:13
  
  The singer’s second plus-size fashion collection is out now. She shares her style secretsAs Beth Ditto discusses her second plus-size fashion collection, it’s fair to say it is not a typical designer-to-press encounter. When it comes to a dress covered in a print of drops of red, she cackles with glee when I ask if it’s blood: “It’s meant to be nail varnish but it looks like blood – period blood!” The conversation is littered with less-than-orthodox fash
  
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• Could an algorithm replace the pill?

  07-11-2016 15:55
  
  Cern scientist Elina Berglund developed an app to monitor her own fertility, with impressive results. Now thousands of women are using Natural Cycles to prevent – and plan – pregnancy
  IUDs, implants, condoms and the ever-present pill: for years, contraceptive methods have remained run-of-the-mill while the search for a new alternative that could revolutionise the industry has come up short. Recent headlines have focused on the negative aspects of traditional hormonal birth control: t
  
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• Not feeding a crowd this Thanksgiving? Roast a turkey breast

  07-11-2016 15:32 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Let's say that this year's Thanksgiving feast is going to be a more intimate affair than the usual cast of thousands, yet you still want turkey. It can be done.Instead of cooking up a whole bird, why not go with a turkey breast? "Because," you reasonably reply, "white meat turkey tends to turn...
  
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• Technical glitches delay auction of 123-year-old jeans

  07-11-2016 15:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PORTLAND, Maine - There are vintage jeans. And then there are the 123-year-old jeans up for sale in Maine.The bona fide Levi Strauss & Co. blue jeans from the American Old West are still awaiting a new owner after technical glitches prevented the denim pants from being auctioned Saturday in
  
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• Going to a US election party? Invest in a toxic bile-proof outfit

  07-11-2016 13:56
  
  A hazmat suit is stylish, colourful and flattering – but robust enough to protect you from the deluge to come …I’m having some friends over on Tuesday night to stay up and watch the US election. What should the dress code be?Hayley, by email Continue reading...
  
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• Crossword roundup: Clinton and Trump both disappoint

  07-11-2016 13:31
  
  Neither Trump nor Clinton has shown any convincing commitment to crosswords. Step forward the third party …For Americans who wish to cast their vote on the basis of the candidates’ enthusiasm for crosswords, it’s a no-brainer. One of the horrendous nominees has never shown any interest in cerebral hobbies (outside of challenging the London mayor to an “IQ test”); the other may have crosswording in the family – but Bill’s New York Times puzzle 0f 2007 wa
  
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• Anna Jones’s easy home-made bread recipes | The modern cook

  07-11-2016 13:00
  
  Whichever way you cut it, no flavour compares to freshly baked bread straight from the oven. These upper-crust loaves use two types of flour to make a lurid beetroot and caraway soda bread and crusty seeded ryeI wouldn’t call myself a baker, but I have found myself baking bread in some unusual situations; cowboy bread in big cast-iron pots around campfires, and flatbreads on a fire pit on a Navajo reservation in Arizona. I spent a few days working in a supermarket bakery, baking loaves fro
  
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• Indonesian president's call for calm makes fashion statement

  07-11-2016 12:58
  
  JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo called for calm after a violent protest by hardline Muslims last week, yet it was his khaki bomber jacket that excited social media and triggered...
  
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• I’ve only had one orgasm

  07-11-2016 09:30
  
  Now I have met a nice guy and would like to find my orgasm with him, but don’t know how to approach itI am 42 and have had one orgasm. It was with someone I shouldn’t have been with, and we were at risk of being discovered. That scenario has never happened again and neither has the orgasm – through penetration anyway. However, I have just begun to see a nice guy and really would like to find my orgasm with him, but don’t know how to approach it. Illicit encounters are fre
  
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• What should I take paracetamol for?

  07-11-2016 08:50
  
  The drug has no measurable effect on acute back pain, according to a new study – so what should you be using it to treat?Suffering from back pain, headache, fever or cold? The pill of choice is usually paracetamol. The drug was introduced into the market in 1956, and GPs issue a staggering 22.9m prescriptions for paracetamol every year. So it’s disconcerting to read that it’s largely ineffective, according to a blog on Evidently Cochrane. Continue reading...
  
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• How do I find a job where I won't be discriminated against?

  07-11-2016 08:00
  
  I have a disability and am trapped in a cycle of losing jobs and winning payouts. But I’m tired of fighting Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights. I became disabled nearly five years ago, losing the use of my hands gradually over 12 months, with my general mobility becoming
  
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• Everything you ever wanted to know about migraines (but were in too much pain to ask)

  07-11-2016 08:00
  
  Are women more prone to them? Do they get less severe with age? And what drug treatments are on the horizon?One in seven people around the world suffer from migraine. In the UK, migraine has a crippling economic effect, with approximately 25m days lost every year, costing the country £2.3bn. But while the condition has been studied since the time of the ancient Greeks – who attempted to treat it with trepanning, by drilling a hole into the skull to release evil spirits – it rem
  
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• This time, airing my grievances fell flat

  07-11-2016 07:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  They say you should never complain too much, because there’s always someone worse off than you are.That may be true, but I personally couldn’t care less, because I am what is known as a chronic complainer.If whining were an Olympic sport, I’d be a shoo-in for the gold medal,
  
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• Let them lose

  07-11-2016 07:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  At the Illinois Music Association’s annual piano competition, three pianists in each level win trophies ranking them from first to third place.Inevitably, there are more than a few teary children who don’t medal. Those kids can get lollipops. If the sugar doesn’t help, parents
  
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• A spooktacular affair

  07-11-2016 07:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  GHOSTLY GALA: Dead movie stars — in ghostly pallor — amused the up-for-anything crowd of 200 who arrived at the Society for Manitobans With Disabilities Halloween-themed gala Oct. 29 at the Club Regent Event Centre. Marilyn Monroe, portrayed by Kayla Donvito, got the most attention as...
  
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• A twice-divorced Saudi mother of 6 reinterprets Islamic law

  07-11-2016 07:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - When Souad al-Shammary posted a series of tweets about the thick beards worn by Saudi clerics, she never imagined she would land in jail.She put up images of several men with beards: An Orthodox Jew, a hipster, a communist, an Ottoman Caliph, a Sikh, and a Muslim. She...
  
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• 10 of the best faux fur jackets

  07-11-2016 07:02
  
  Try these perfect winter jackets on for size, with their punky, grungy takes on a fashion classicContinue reading...
  
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• An Industry Expert Picks the 10 Jewelry Designers You Need to Know

  07-11-2016 00:00
  
  Sarah Blair, style guru from Barneys New York, spotlights the work of some of her favorite jewelers …Carolyn Meers
  
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