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• Trump's choice for education secretary is choice advocate

  23-11-2016 23:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Within minutes of being named Donald Trump's choice for education secretary, Betsy DeVos pledged to oversee a "transformational change" in U.S. education, something the wealthy Republican donor has pursued in her home state of Michigan and beyond as an advocate for school choice."I am honoured...
  
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• 8 Hotels Offering the Ultimate Art Basel Miami Experience

  23-11-2016 23:00
  
  From VIP art tours to splashy new suites, these eight hotels are delivering luxury to this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach…Sandra Ramani
  
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• Obama makes final Thanksgiving turkey pardon

  23-11-2016 22:07 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama got the holiday mood started at the White House on Wednesday with the traditional pardoning of the national Thanksgiving turkey, this time with his nephews standing in for daughters Malia and Sasha.The light-hearted ceremony in the Rose Garden also featured
  
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• Damen’s First SeaXplorer Expedition Yacht Is Under Construction

  23-11-2016 22:00
  
  SeaXplorer expedition yacht conceptSlated to be delivered in 2019, the 213-foot yacht is the perfect home base for diving trips or lengthy expeditions…Rebekah Bell
  
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• Recipes for walnut and bean pate, pomegranate-marinated kebabs

  23-11-2016 21:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Naomi Duguid brings alive the ancient food culture of Persia in her new book "Taste of Persia: A Cook's Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan."She has compiled nearly 125 recipes from home cooks and tested them back home in Toronto with ingredients available locally....
  
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• Naomi Duguid explores rich culinary culture of Iran in new book 'Taste of Persia'

  23-11-2016 21:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - Food ambassador Naomi Duguid explores the culinary region of Persia in her new cookbook, escorting readers through villages, markets and into people's homes."Taste of Persia" (Artisan Books) chronicles the rich heritage and culinary cross-influences found throughout the region that
  
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• An Alzheimer's drug fails, but many others still in testing

  23-11-2016 20:28 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Another major Alzheimer's drug study has failed, leaving patients and families wondering if there ever will be a treatment to slow or reverse the most common form of dementia, which afflicts more than 5 million in the United States alone.Eli Lilly & Co. said Wednesday that solanezumab
  
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• Sweat it out! Skin patch aims to test sweat for health

  23-11-2016 20:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON - Breaking a sweat? Researchers are creating a skin patch that can test those droplets while people exercise and beam results to their smartphones, possibly a new way to track health and fitness.The experimental gadget goes well beyond activity monitors like the Fitbit. A little
  
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• 12 New Jets, Helicopters, and Flight Services Debut in Florida at NBAA

  23-11-2016 20:00
  
  The show was host some of the most advanced private jets and helicopters launched in years…Michael Verdon
  
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• CDC: US abortion rate falls to lowest level in decades

  23-11-2016 19:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - The number and rate of abortions tallied by federal authorities have fallen to their lowest level in decades, according to new data released Wednesday.The latest annual report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, incorporating data from 47 states, said the abortion rate
  
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• Itchy and scratchy – why the battle against head lice just got serious

  23-11-2016 19:10
  
  Nits and lice don’t just infest children and getting rid of them can be hard work – especially with their growing resistance to pesticides. Now a whole new industry is growing up to offer hi-tech solutions to this itchy problemThis article will make you itch. I’m sorry. There’s no way round it. I’m pretty itchy myself, but that’s head lice for you. They warm themselves on Planet Scalp, sifting wisps with their antennae and, as the experts creepily put it, &ldq
  
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• 'They're a lot like us': Program pairs inmates, wild horses

  23-11-2016 19:05 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ELK GROVE, Calif. - Jail inmates and wild horses are helping each other learn to adapt through a California program aimed at preparing both for society.Inmates at Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center in rural Elk Grove spend 40 hours a week training mustangs that federal land managers gather from
  
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• The 1980 BMW M1 Is in a Class of Its Own

  23-11-2016 19:00
  
  BMW M1Find out why the BMW M1 race car is unique and bulletproof on both road and track…Lindsay Bjerregaard
  
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• 5 states struggle with surging numbers of foster children

  23-11-2016 18:59 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - The number of U.S. children in foster care is climbing after a sustained decline, but just five states account for nearly two-thirds of the recent increase. Reasons range from creation of a new child-abuse hotline to widespread outrage over the deaths of children who'd been repeatedly
  
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• Segways and selfies … it’s the hipster nativity

  23-11-2016 18:23
  
  A San Diego company has given a modern update to the traditional Christmas scene. Is it better than frogs or finger puppet nativities?Few iconic cultural events have such clear hipster readings as the birth, or startup if you prefer, of Jesus. There is the stable – an ancient form of glamping. And the candlelight – very hygge. The three wise men have the kind of names hipsters give their children – Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar. There are the beards. And shepherds (very now &n
  
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• Vienna Zoo twin panda cubs named Fu Feng and Fu Ban at ceremony

  23-11-2016 18:18
  
  VIENNA (Reuters) - Twin panda cubs born at Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo last summer were officially named Fu Feng and Fu Ban at a ceremony on Wednesday - although they were still too small to be there...
  
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• Median wait time for patients to get treatment up to 20 weeks, report finds

  23-11-2016 18:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - A new report by the Fraser Institute says Canadians had a median wait time of 20 weeks this year for medical treatment — the longest yet recorded by the independent public-policy think tank.The Fraser Institute says that 20-week wait time is double what Canadians experienced in 1993,...
  
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• Gucci’s New DIY Service Lets You be the Designer

  23-11-2016 18:00
  
  Gucci brings the second phase of their DIY (Do It Yourself) service stateside
  Add a patch, bold lining, or monogram to your favorite Gucci piece with the house’s new DIY program…Phoebe Neuman
  
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• Presidential turkey pardons expected for Tater and Tot

  23-11-2016 17:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is set to get the holiday mood started at the White House with the traditional pardoning of the national Thanksgiving turkey.The light-hearted ceremony in the Rose Garden on Wednesday afternoon will feature Iowa-raised turkeys Tater and Tot.The White House...
  
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• Industrial-Style Penthouse in Berlin Elevated by Works of Art

  23-11-2016 17:00
  
  Santiago Brotons Design completed an elegant loft with industrial-style influences in Berlin, Germany. The 320-square-foot penthouse is close to Ku-Damm, Berlin’s famous shopping area and features three terraces with views over the city.As you step inside, you will be greeted by large open spaces filled with natural light. The designers used wooden beams painted in white to visually distinguish the functional zones; the ones  just below the ceiling reduce the scale of the apartm
  
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• The six rules of Christmas boozing

  23-11-2016 16:20
  
  Drink your whisky like Winston Churchill and your beer like Jesus Christ. And if you want free drinks, try dressing up as Santa ClausIt’s (nearly) Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid. Except, of course, there is. Forced festive fun is staggering towards us in its paper hat and comedy jumper, complete with flashing lights, reindeer noses and knowing irony. And then there’s the alcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol.We do a lot of drinking during December. According to Public
  
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• How far can you reduce sugar in a pavlova? Surprisingly low

  23-11-2016 15:53 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Pavlovas are dreamy. For the uninitiated, a pavlova (named after the famed ballerina's fluffy tutu) is essentially a meringue shell baked at low heat until the outside is barely golden crisp, but the inside remains soft and billowy, like a creamy marshmallow. The shell then is typically filled...
  
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• Grumpy Cat counts down to the new year with top pet peeves

  23-11-2016 15:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Grumpy Cat's got a message just in time for the holidays and she doesn't care how you feel about it.In vintage David Letterman style, the grumpster has posted her Top 10 pet peeves on her new blog at Pawculture.com, but absent is the multimillion-dollar thing that might just annoy
  
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• In Polish mountains, charcoal burners try to keep fire alight

  23-11-2016 14:26
  
  BALIGROD, Poland (Reuters) - In a Polish mountain forest, Zygmunt Furdygiel spends four hours loading logs of beech wood into a large furnace, then lights up the pile and leaves the wood to burn.
  
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• Why is Shakespeare’s Henry VIII so rarely staged?

  23-11-2016 12:30
  
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsWe seem to be fascinated with the Tudors, and can’t get enough Shakespeare – so how come his play Henry VIII is never performed?John Brown, Urmston, Manchester Continue reading...
  
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• Why do bathroom cleansers only kill 99.9% of germs not all of them?

  23-11-2016 12:30
  
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsAll bathroom cleansers say they can kill 99.9% of known germs. What is this one-in-1,000 germ that has a charmed existence?Dennis Hawkins, Leominster, Herefordshire Continue reading...
  
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• What would a smartphone health check say about you? – cartoon

  23-11-2016 12:29
  
  Our health secrets could be revealed by chemical traces left on our phones Continue reading...
  
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• Kitchen gadgets review: Food Sniffer – ‘It smells fishy to me’

  23-11-2016 09:45
  
  This gadget can detect whether food is fresh, spoiling or ready for your neighbour’s bin. The new era of scents or the age of non-sense?The Food Sniffer (£105, myfoodsniffer.com): organic chemical sensors housed in a plastic baton. Detects molecular decomposition in meat and fish. Continue reading...
  
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• Can I watch BBC iPlayer with a black and white TV licence?

  23-11-2016 08:00
  
  No, says TV Licensing. You require a colour TV licence if watching iPlayer on a tablet, computer or phoneAs someone who still watches TV on a black and white set, can I use BBC iPlayer with a black and white licence? SR, by emailAs you won’t be surprised to learn, TV Licensing says no. It explains that since the digital switchover (completed in 2012), a black and white licence has only been valid if you connect a black and white TV to a digital box that can’t record. This is because
  
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• Helping veterans with their best pals

  23-11-2016 07:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  It’s Monday afternoon and my buddy, former Winnipeg Blue Bombers long-snapper Chris Cvetkovic, and I are happily stuffing our faces in a booth at Falafel Place on Corydon Avenue.But we’re not just here to eat; we’re here to talk about Chris’s four-year-old charity. The...
  
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• Festival of dying: is your 'death literacy' lacking?

  23-11-2016 03:54
  
  Lying in a satin-lined coffin or wearing a bondage hood may help you face up to your inevitable demiseNothing could evoke more gut-wrenching melancholy than Syrian musician Adnan Baraké playing the oud in a dimly lit boat shed at a festival of death. At least, that’s what I’m thinking right up until the moment a foghorn bellows ominously from some distant ocean liner, swamping us entirely in a sombre aura of doom.It’s the opening ceremony at the inaugural Sydney Festival
  
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• This Is One of the Most Expensive Homes on the Market in Miami

  23-11-2016 02:00
  
  Casa Bahia, a waterfront home in Miami’s secluded Coconut Grove neighborhood
  The glass-and-teak home features seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, an infinity pool, floating staircases and balconies, and more…Rebekah Bell
  
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• Sudoku 3600 medium

  23-11-2016 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 14,522

  23-11-2016 01:00
  
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• Cryptic crossword No 27,049

  23-11-2016 01:00
  
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• Get ready to build! Hands-on toys that teach are hot

  23-11-2016 00:41 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Toys that teach aren't a new thing, but a growing number are calling for kids to build with blocks, circuits or everyday items before reaching for a tablet screen.Play is how kids learn about the world around them, whether it's a toddler throwing a ball or teens playing video games.
  
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• A Sneak Peek at Two of Panerai’s New Vintage-Inspired Radiomir Watches

  23-11-2016 00:00
  
  Panerai Radiomir 3 Days AcciaioThe brand’s military heritage is referenced with untreated leather straps and a worn-looking dial…Justin Mastine-Frost
  
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