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• U.S. Powerball lottery jumps to 15th largest at $320 million

  17-11-2016 22:58
  
  (Reuters) - The U.S. Powerball jackpot swelled to $320 million on Thursday, the 15th largest prize in the history of the multistate drawing that will pick another winning number on Saturday night,...
  
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• Porsche Experience Center Opens in L.A.

  17-11-2016 22:00
  
  Porsche Experience Center Los AngelesThe new location in L.A.’s South Bay is a racing wonderland on the West Coast…Laura Burstein
  
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• Vagina Dispatches: what you didn't learn in sex ed - video

  17-11-2016 21:00
  
  It’s not just about sex. Sex education should be giving us the information we need to feel in control of our bodies and make informed decisions about them – but it’s failing. In episode four of Vagina Dispatches, we speak to our moms, friends and sex educators to find out why. Then we give the basics on some topics that are missing from the curriculum, from discharge to menopause.Episode one: the vulvaEpisode two: periodsEpisode three: the orgasm gapIf you want to get in touch
  
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• Appeals court rejects lawsuit against California egg law

  17-11-2016 20:24 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit by six states challenging a California law that prohibits the sale off eggs from chickens that are not raised in accordance with strict space requirements.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that the states failed to...
  
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• Nicole Kidman speaks out to help women victims of violence

  17-11-2016 20:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Nicole Kidman says that after seeing women and children who were victims of violence in Kosovo 10 years ago, she decided that one of the most important things in her life was to work to help them.The Academy Award-winning actress told a fundraising dinner Wednesday night marking the
  
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• 10 Wireless Bluetooth Over-Ear Headphones

  17-11-2016 20:00
  
  Eliminate the inconvenience of wires without sacrificing sound…Alexander Lamascus
  
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• Tokyo The Crazy, Unexpected & Weird

  17-11-2016 19:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Our stay Tokyo is a while back but since we’re taking a break from traveling I finally have some time to go through all the video footage I took in those 3 month. And seeing some of this footage underlines what I always thought of this city: Tokyo The Crazy, Unexpected & Weird And that’s the truth.Tokyo The Crazy, Unexpected & Weird
  In this video I compiled some special moments which makes the city so special. Yes, it’s the biggest city in the world but at the same time
  
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• Pheasant-elect: Bird with Trump's quiff draws crowds in China

  17-11-2016 18:42
  
  HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - A pheasant has become a star attraction at a Chinese safari park after visitors said its golden head feathers resembled U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's famous blond...
  
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• Got a java head? Some holiday gift ideas for coffee lovers

  17-11-2016 18:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Coffee lovers can also be lovers of other things, clearly, but the true java head surely wouldn't scoff at a related holiday gift.Some ideas:___NOT YOUR AVERAGE TO-GO CUP: A coffee lover AND a tech nerd's dream come true is rolled into the Ember coffee mug. Smart technology...
  
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• Japanese lap up new vintage of Beaujolais wine

  17-11-2016 18:26
  
  TOKYO (Reuters) - Wine lovers in Japan toasted the release of this year's vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau on Thursday by swimming in a hot spring bath mixed with the renowned French tipple.
  
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• 5 Period-Authentic Modern-Day Superyachts

  17-11-2016 18:00
  
  Climb aboard one of these yachts and step back history… Diane M. Byrne
  
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• Montage Palmetto Bluff Opens New Wellness Oasis

  17-11-2016 17:00
  
  Montage Palmetto Bluff, located in South Carolina’s Lowcountry along the May River
  Get an exclusive pluff mud mask at South Carolina’s newest spa…Janice O'Leary
  
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• Newly engaged Ricky Martin off to Vegas for concert residency

  17-11-2016 16:38
  
  (Reuters) - Latin superstar Ricky Martin is settling down with plans for marriage and a Las Vegas residency.
  
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• Skydiving magic, bungee dunk for Guinness World Records day

  17-11-2016 16:28
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - From the highest dunk of a biscuit into a cup of tea by a bungee jumper to the most magic tricks performed during a skydive, theadventurous and imaginative are marking Guinness...
  
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• After a hard place, a Rock – bring on the 2020 US elections!

  17-11-2016 16:17
  
  Muscular luvvie the Rock has mooted the possibility that he will be the next showbiz occupant of the White House, raising the uplifting prospect that a) the world won’t have ended by then, and b) his workout hashtags can get a wider audienceNothing feels more mentally restorative than contemplating a KANYE 2020 presidential run – or at least, it didn’t till the prospect of ROCK 2020 opened up.Admittedly, it is likely that the wrestling-legend-turned-world’s-best-paid-movi
  
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• NBA star LeBron James giving $2.5 million to Muhammad Ali exhibit

  17-11-2016 15:34
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - LeBron James is donating $2.5 million to support a Muhammad Ali exhibit at the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History in Washington, D.C., the basketball...
  
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• 'Post-truth' chosen as Oxford Dictionaries word of year

  17-11-2016 15:25 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LONDON - Oxford dictionary editors have chosen their word of the year: "post-truth," a term sometimes used to describe the current political climate.Oxford Dictionaries said Wednesday that use of the term rose 2,000 per cent between 2015 and 2016, often in discussions of Britain's decision to...
  
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• Narrow Crooked House in Barcelona

  17-11-2016 15:00
  
  The house was built in Sant Cugat del Vallès, a historic neighborhood of Barcelona, Spain. Designed and constructed by Josep Ferrando in 2014, the limitations on the project were clear before construction broke ground.First, the ground for the project was deeply uneven, with the plot located between two streets of completely different heights. The lot is hemmed in by other buildings on either side, making the usable ground no wider than 5 meters in some places. The historic natu
  
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• Leonardo DiCaprio lunches in Edinburgh to support the homeless

  17-11-2016 14:30
  
  EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Oscar winner and Hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio visited a cafe in Edinburgh, Scotland on Thursday to raise awareness of the plight of homelessness.
  
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• A hostel in Sarajevo offers guests a taste of life in war

  17-11-2016 13:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SARAJEVO, Bosnia - A hostel in Bosnia is offering visitors a unique experience: the opportunity to live like civilians in a war zone.But at the Sarajevo War Hostel, guests have the luxury of knowing they won't be killed, starved or lose family or friends. And unlike the Sarajevans who actually...
  
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• Swedes create hotline to raise mansplaining awareness

  17-11-2016 12:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  COPENHAGEN - A large Swedish trade union has been running a weeklong hotline where people can talk about condescending or patronizing co-workers in an effort to raise awareness about workplace sexism and start a discussion about relations between employees.Jennie Zetterstrom, a spokeswoman for
  
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• Which Windows laptop could replace a MacBook Pro?

  17-11-2016 11:21
  
  Patrick says Macs are now out of his price range so he’s looking for a Windows laptop to replace his old machineNow that Apple Macs have gone up rather steeply in price, they are finally out of my price range. I would like to replace my MacBook Pro with a PC that matches it as closely as possible: well-built, robust, reliable, fast, and with a good, sharp screen. I use my Mac for all the usual surfing, watching videos, listening to music and so on. I also use Adobe Photoshop pretty heavily
  
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• Top grades for naming reindeer: Calgary Santa school trains St. Nicks

  17-11-2016 10:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CALGARY - A student's cellphone goes off in the middle of class."Sorry," he says. "That's my head elf."Some institutions of higher learning may not take kindly to that kind of disruption, but at Santa School the quip gets full marks, especially when a big part of the morning lesson is staying
  
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• Beyond the shopping mall and holiday party: New ways to meet Santa

  17-11-2016 10:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Calgary's Santa School teaches aspiring Kris Kringles to look the part and stay in character. New graduates are being deployed for shopping malls and corporate holiday parties.Here's a look at some of the new tricks available to celebrate the festive season:Santa by appointment: For a cool...
  
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• How to cook the perfect Christmas pudding

  17-11-2016 09:45
  
  With ‘Stir-up Sunday’ nearly upon us, it’s time to get mixing your Christmas pud. But which fruit to cram it with? And which booze works best?Though it’s not fashionable to admit it in this age of chocolate tortilla-covered chips and salted caramel bombes, I bloody love Christmas pudding. However many pigs in blankets have been put away beforehand, no matter the number of chocolates scoffed in place of breakfast, I solemnly swear I’ll never ever give in to the inevi
  
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• We may have to let our house next year – will that affect our remortgage?

  17-11-2016 08:00
  
  My girlfriend and I want to move to the continent and wonder if we need to get a buy-to-let deal when remortgaging
  Q My girlfriend and I got our first mortgage of £205,000 on a house in February 2015. The mortgage has a 30-year term and an interest rate of 2.3%, making our monthly repayments £790. We have made great efforts to make overpayments so that we are in a better position when we remortgage early next year. We are looking at a remortgage of £186,000 which – assumi
  
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• Centuries-old Ten Commandments tablet goes under hammer for $850,000

  17-11-2016 07:44
  
  DALLAS (Reuters) - A 1,500-year-old stone tablet with the earliest known chiseled inscription of the Ten Commandments was sold at a U.S. auction on Wednesday for $850,000.
  
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• Stylewatch: Spike Lee's fashion film

  17-11-2016 07:02
  
  The director has shot a short for Moncler: crisp and full of purpose, it’s style as a storyWith his peerless hat-wearing and those thick black glasses, Spike Lee is a style icon that only the movies can make: a film character even without the clang of the clapper board. That’s not even mentioning the rich vein of style references that run through his back catalogue, from Do the Right Thing to Malcolm X and Girl 6. Making a film for a fashion brand was never going to be a great trial
  
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• Life with migraines: ‘It feels like a creature is pushing itself through my skull’ | Anna Altman

  17-11-2016 07:00
  
  When I was 26, I started suffering from dizziness, brain fog, fatigue and chronic pain. I’d had migraines since childhood, but these felt differentFor six years, my mother worked at a teacher’s college in the same building where I went to elementary school. We lived a few blocks away, and until I was old enough to walk alone, we went together.Each morning we stopped at a Lebanese deli, fragrant with freshly ground spices, where she ordered her coffee. I carried the cup. For as long a
  
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• Sip This, Smoke That

  17-11-2016 02:00
  
  Pair the perfect cigar with premier whiskies, Cognac, and even gin…Richard Carleton Hacker
  
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• Sudoku 3595 hard

  17-11-2016 01:01
  
  Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9.For a helping hand call our solutions line on 0906 200 83 83. Calls cost £1.03 per minute from a BT landline. Calls from other networks may vary and mobiles will be considerably higher. Service supplied by ATS. Call 0330 333 6946 for customer service (charged at standard rate). Continue reading...
  
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• Quick crossword No 14,517

  17-11-2016 01:00
  
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  17-11-2016 01:00
  
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• Directors, stars reveal what they'd buy for a film buff

  17-11-2016 00:24 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LOS ANGELES - Buying that perfect gift for a film buff can be a vexing task, so we went right to the heart of Hollywood to get tips on the creative ways in which some directors and stars might enchant a fellow movie lover this holiday season.DAMIEN CHAZELLE: The "Whiplash" and "La La Land"...
  
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• Underground ocean found on Pluto, likely slushy with ice

  17-11-2016 00:13
  
  HOUSTON (Reuters) - Scientists have found evidence that tiny, distant Pluto harbors a hidden ocean beneath the frozen surface of its heart-shaped central plain containing as much water as all of...
  
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• Find the Finale to Your Thanksgiving Feast

  17-11-2016 00:00
  
  What’s Thanksgiving without pie? These creative versions and timeless classics are sure to wow… Victoria Abbott Riccardi
  
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• 10 Best American Pies

  17-11-2016 00:00
  
  What’s Thanksgiving without pie? These creative versions and timeless classics are sure to wow… Victoria Abbott Riccardi
  
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