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• Stores try to cater to savvier customers on Black Friday

  25-11-2016 23:05 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Even people who said they'd already done their shopping online came out for Black Friday to spend time with family members or just for the fun of looking.But it's those very shoppers retailers are trying to keep as loyal customers, working to improve their own online sites and
  
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• 10 Gifts for the Homebody

  25-11-2016 23:00
  
  What do get that person on your list who prefers to stay in…Compiled by Danielle Cutler
  
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• Gifts for the Road Tripper

  25-11-2016 22:00
  
  Offerings include a chance for you and 23 guests to serve as Robb Report Car of the Year judges…Compiled by Larry Bean
  
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• Try a caramelized onion tart that can ease holiday strain

  25-11-2016 21:56 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  We know that it isn't always enough for a holiday recipe to be delicious. When you are knee-deep in holiday cooking and baking, it can feel like you never turn your oven off. So the most helpful recipes are the ones we can prepare ahead of time, and our cheese and onion tart recipe fits the...
  
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• For now, Melania Trump plans to be long-distance first lady

  25-11-2016 21:42 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa - It will be one of many unusual things about a Donald Trump administration: a long-distance first lady.Trump will move into the White House after the Jan. 20 inauguration. Breaking with tradition, Melania Trump and 10-year-old son Barron plan to remain in New York City at
  
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• Is This the Best Beach Getaway for the Holidays?

  25-11-2016 21:30
  
  Four Seasons Resort Bora BoraThe Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora’s new private charter trip promises Christmas bliss in paradise…Alyssa Wallin
  
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• Gifts for the Gamer

  25-11-2016 21:00
  
  These games are no joke…Compiled by Bekah Berge
  
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• Pennsylvania prisons to stop using food loaf as punishment

  25-11-2016 20:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania state inmates are no longer being punished with the baked brown slabs known as food loaves.The loaf was a combination of beans, rice, raw potatoes, carrots, cabbage and oatmeal.The Department of Corrections has stopped giving the food loaves to inmates in
  
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• First lady kicks off Obamas' final White House Christmas

  25-11-2016 20:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON - Michelle Obama kicked off her family's final Christmas season at the White House on Friday by receiving a 19-foot Balsam-Veitch fir from Wisconsin as the official White House Christmas tree.Joined by two young nephews instead of her teenage daughters, the first lady said she's
  
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• Denmark's top eatery fined for too warm shellfish

  25-11-2016 20:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  COPENHAGEN - A Danish restaurant with three Michelin stars has been fined 20,000 kroner ($2,840) for storing fresh shellfish at too high temperatures.When inspectors with Denmark's food administration visited the Germanium restaurant in Copenhagen on Sept. 29 on a regular random visit, they...
  
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• 6 Artful Gifts for the Ultimate Connoisseur

  25-11-2016 20:00
  
  Six one-of-a-kind holiday gifts for the art-loving connoisseur in your life…Compiled by Jackie Caradonio
  
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• 9 Gorgeous Gifts for the Home Design Buff

  25-11-2016 19:30
  
  From a Miami penthouse to a classic Riedel decanter, these gifts will delight the interiors fanatic…Compiled by Phoebe Neuman
  
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• Robb Report's 2016 Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide

  25-11-2016 19:05
  
  For everyone from the homebody to the adrenaline junkie, we present more than 120 holiday gifts for the person who wants for nothing...
  
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• Recalls this week: Laptop batteries and carpet cleaners

  25-11-2016 19:03 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Several brands of powdered carpet cleaner are being recalled this week because they could contain harmful bacteria. Other recalled consumer products include laptop batteries and chairs.Here's a more detailed look:OFF-ROAD VEHICLESDETAILS: This recall involves model year 2017
  
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• This Ferrari 512 M Changed the Game Despite an Unlucky Racing Season

  25-11-2016 19:00
  
  Ferrari 512 M
  Driver David Hobbs recalls why the racer set new standards despite a rough season in 1971…Lindsay Bjerregaard
  
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• Why should women have to pay the price for 'safety' on a daily basis?

  25-11-2016 18:23
  
  New research says 70% of British women have taken steps in their everyday lives to guard against harassment. From rape alarms to self-defence rings – the idea that the onus is on us is writ largeScrolling through my social media feed this morning, I came across a picture of a jagged, dagger-like implement mounted on a plastic ring. It was being recommended as the perfect product for female runners. It is, of course, bright pink. The idea – according to Fisher Defensive, the company b
  
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• South African cave pebble outshines treasures at British Museum

  25-11-2016 18:09
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - In a corner of the British Museum's new South African exhibition, near an ancient golden rhino and a collection of apartheid-era campaign badges, sits a glass case holding a...
  
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• Melania Trump is set to be a long-distance first lady

  25-11-2016 18:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa - It will be one of many unusual things about a Donald Trump administration: a long-distance first lady.Trump will move into the White House after the Jan. 20 inauguration. Breaking with tradition, Melania Trump and 10-year-old son Barron plan to remain in New York City until
  
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• First lady accepts White House Christmas tree from Wisconsin

  25-11-2016 18:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON - The White House is now officially open for the holidays.First lady Michelle Obama kicked off her family's final holiday season at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. by receiving a 19-foot Balsam-Veitch fir as the official White House Christmas Tree.It was grown at a farm in Oconto,...
  
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• The weekend cook: Thomasina Miers’ recipes for warming winter vegetable soups

  25-11-2016 18:00
  
  A proper thick vegetable soup is just the thing to see you through the exhausting run-up to ChristmasIt’s the start of the silly season, and there are so many parties, events and carol concerts to go to that, whenever I have a rare night in, I want to hunker down and tuck into a great big bowl of comforting, nutritious food. Winter is a time to embrace carbs and vegetables, not least because they’re an excellent way to get good gut health (the magic is in the fibre). In fact, such di
  
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• Gifts for the Adrenaline Junkie

  25-11-2016 18:00
  
  Spend a day driving the world’s best new cars or five days training with a legendary Iron Man…Compiled by Larry Bean
  
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• Give The Gift Of Hate

  25-11-2016 17:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  2016 pans out to be a very interesting year. Everything seems upside so why not for this year instead of giving the gift of love, why not give the gift of hate. Hate is a pretty strong word but no worries, hate and love are such a similar emotion. So love is just not cutting it right now it seems. So why not take a look at the these lovely presents below and ruin the season for couple of people.
  Give The Gift Of Hate Gift Ideas
  Hand Puppet Dish GlovesThey also can be used to provide puppet show
  
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• Let’s move to St Albans: its beer festival is a sight to behold

  25-11-2016 17:30
  
  This is where I began life in a starter home on a suburban cul-de-sac What’s going for it? St Albans is a Goldilocks kind of place: it’s just right. Old (one of Britain’s oldest settlements), but not over-preserved. Not too frantic and urban, not too dull and commutery. Dense, but green and verdant. The city centre is a historical delight, high on a hill and folded into Verulamium park, bursting with Roman remains and ancient trees. Not too big, not too small. Technically speak
  
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• Win a Vaillant boiler package worth more than £2,000, plus £2,500 of John Lewis vouchers

  25-11-2016 17:21
  
  Enter this prize draw to win a new Vaillant ecoTEC boiler and app-enabled vSmart controller, plus £2,500 of John Lewis vouchers, and you could be warming up your home in no timeHome is a place of warmth and comfort. It’s a refuge in winter, a space to snuggle down and wrap up. But winter is also a great time to open your home to friends and family, welcoming them in from the cold to enjoy great food, delicious drinks and good times. That’s when your hospitality must be firing o
  
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• Design tips for a sumptuous interior

  25-11-2016 17:18
  
  Get playful with shapes, materials and accessories to add interest and warmth to your home. Interior stylist and writer Joanna Thornhill shows you how
  Interior design tips: how to create a ‘warm’ room
  Creating a warm, welcoming home doesn’t mean a total interior redesign. Simply adding some of your own personality to the furnishings and fittings can help you avoid the soulless look that can come with a perfectly manicured scheme. Think about introducing contrasting textures &nd
  
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• French 'Spiderman' climbs Barcelona skyscraper harness-free

  25-11-2016 17:17
  
  BARCELONA (Reuters) - French "Spiderman" Alain Robert scaled one of the tallest skyscrapers in Barcelona without a harness on Friday.
  
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• Denmark's queen designs costumes for Copenhagen's Nutcracker ballet

  25-11-2016 16:09
  
  COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens amusement park will echo next month to the sounds of Tchaikovsky's Christmas ballet "The Nutcracker", performed with a set and costumes designed by...
  
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• I’ve just discovered that my adored dad, who is now dead, had an affair

  25-11-2016 16:00
  
  My skin crawls to think that my father’s blood runs in my veins and I’m afraid to talk about my discovery with my mother. Annalisa Barbieri advises a readerI loved my dad. I was a serious daddy’s girl until he died when I was 13. Even though I only spent a little more than a decade with him, he was a perfect father. I know he loved me so much, and I was proud to be his daughter. The memory of him was always so dear to me. Sometimes, I wished that he were still alive so tha
  
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• How to talk to strangers | Oliver Burkeman

  25-11-2016 16:00
  
  People are happier when they talk to strangers, even when they predict they’ll hate itI know I risk having my British citizenship revoked for saying this, but I admired how Jonathan Dunne – the American behind those “Tube chat” badges, encouraging conversation on the London Underground – responded to the hostility his project provoked. He ordered twice as many badges, recruited volunteers, and plunged back into the fray. Don’t get me wrong: true to my national
  
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• 13 Small but Wonderful Stocking Stuffers

  25-11-2016 16:00
  
  From Belgian chocolates to fountain pens, these gifts are sure to make an impact…Compiled by Bekah Berge
  
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• Undermountain Offers Modern Countryside Living

  25-11-2016 15:00
  
  O’Neill Rose Architects designed Undermountain so that, from far away, the home appears to be floating slightly above the marsh, anchored into the hillside. In heavy rainfall, water runs over the rocks below the house, creating a temporary private stream.This 3,000 square foot home in Sheffield, Massachusetts was designed for a couple who wished to retire in the countryside. Aging in this home was a consideration in the design, and the final outcome is a home that is ta
  
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• Snackistan, London SE15: ‘How could I resist?’ – restaurant review | Marina O’Loughlin

  25-11-2016 15:00
  
  What’s this? ‘It’s a Wotsit,’ our server says, ‘Everyone likes Wotsits.’ We snigger like childrenWhat has happened to Peckham since I last wafted down these parts? Rye Lane, with its stalls draped with oxtails and dried fish, pungent aromas mingling with the shouts of the vendors, is much the same, but its arteries have been sprouting a very different kind of food business. Which one to check out first? The juice bar that imports its Med-influenced food from t
  
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• 5 Gifts for the Quirky Collector

  25-11-2016 15:00
  
  These gifts may not be on everyone’s list, but they are still undeniably cool…Compiled by John Lyon
  
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• Experience: I didn’t speak for 17 years

  25-11-2016 14:59
  
  I liked not speaking. It gave me peace. People ask if I spoke to myself, but why would I? I’d just have complained when I had no one to blame but myself I stopped speaking on my 27th birthday in 1973, because I found myself arguing all the time. After witnessing an oil spill in San Francisco Bay in 1971, I gave up using motorised vehicles and started walking everywhere as a statement about pollution. I lived in a small village on the west coast of America, where I kept getting into debates
  
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• Shoppers hunt for deals, hit the shops for entertainment

  25-11-2016 14:54 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Shoppers were on the hunt for deals and were shopping for entertainment Friday as stores opened for what is still one of the busiest days of the year, even as the start of the holiday season edges ever earlier.Julie Singewald's Black Friday started at 4 a.m. at a Twin Cities outlet...
  
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• How to be a good listener: the experts' guide

  25-11-2016 14:00
  
  Step one: stop talking. From that friend in need to your nightmare colleague, here’s how to hear and make a differenceA close friend was going through a terrible time this summer. As she cried to me on the phone in her lunch break or over coffee at the weekend, I tried to be the best friend I could. I told her to focus on the friends and partner who love her, suggested therapy and exercise to alleviate her stress, and gave her advice as to what she might say and do to change her situation.
  
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• 5 Gifts for the Fitness Fan

  25-11-2016 14:00
  
  Pulse-quickening gifts and experiences for the fittest friends and family…Compiled by Carolyn Meers
  
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• John McEnroe: ‘Mum only came to my tennis matches if she thought I was going to lose’

  25-11-2016 13:59
  
  The tennis player talks about how his parents made him raise his game, sibling rivalry and being a fatherI was actually a very shy kid growing up. And I was also polite. Wouldn’t have guessed that, would you? I’m the eldest of three boys. Mark is three-and-a-half-years younger and Patrick is seven years younger. Mark and I fought – my mum said I would jump on him unmercifully, as older brothers are wont to do. But when I was 15 and he suddenly grew taller than me I decided it w
  
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• The Latest: Shoppers out looking for deals on Black Friday

  25-11-2016 13:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - The Latest on Black Friday Holiday shopping (all times Eastern):7:30 a.m.Brian Motzko is making his usual trip to the Mall of America in Minnesota early Friday while visiting relatives for Thanksgiving.The Cedar Falls, Iowa resident says he's doing all his Christmas shopping on...
  
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• Sante! Belgium wants its beer on global culture list

  25-11-2016 13:11
  
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - From brown ales to golden pilsners to the strong trappist brews produced in monasteries, Belgian beer is enjoyed around the world.
  
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• Tim Hayward is nostalgic for his nan’s corned beef, chips and peas | Taste of home

  25-11-2016 13:00
  
  Fridge-cold sliced corned beef, mushy peas made from scratch and golden handcut chips piled high, served with Worcestershire sauce, are Tim Hayward’s taste of homeI moved around a lot as a kid and, oddly, the meal that most signifies home for me was eaten not at my house, but at my nan’s, in Fishponds, Bristol. It brings back feelings of warmth, love and belonging, but it’s extra-significant. I can clearly remember thinking about it when I wasn’t there, calling it to mind
  
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• I’m in love with one of my best friends – should I tell her?

  25-11-2016 13:00
  
  She has a long-term boyfriend and I wonder whether she feels somewhat trapped – but when we’re together we’re completely at ease with each otherI’ve fallen in love with one of my best friends, and I don’t know whether to tell her. Granted, it’s not an original dilemma, and given that the upshot of doing nothing is the continuation of our friendship, it feels selfish and presumptuous to ponder hypotheticals. And yet I can’t help but wonder “what if?
  
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• Delia’s way of preparing fish | The Delia project

  25-11-2016 12:59
  
  A typically fuss-free method for prepping fish, with no bones, skin – or fingers – left behind“Fish Without Fear” is the title of Delia’s introduction to the art of cooking what a lot of people love eating but are afraid of preparing. It reminded me of a visit to see my grandfather in Zambia. He had vowed to teach me how to catch fish, and I was having a good time, until he told me that if I got a big bite I should be very careful, unless I wanted to find myself ree
  
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• The board hoard: your monthly guide to the best new board games

  25-11-2016 12:50
  
  This month’s regular roundup of the best new tabletop titles features Captain Sonar, A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King and HMS Dolores
  Welcome to our regular roundup of the best new board games, where we sift through a stack of newly released tabletop titles to help you find the ones you’ll love. This month, we’re taking a deep dive into submarine warfare, betraying our friends in a battle for loot and vying for power in the Game of Thrones. Continue reading...
  
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• 12 Gifts for the Toastmaster

  25-11-2016 12:00
  
  A 1966 whisky, 100-point wines, a Cognac fit for a tsar—these spirited gifts are sure to impress…Compiled by Janice O’Leary
  
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• The week in menswear: the leather jacket

  25-11-2016 11:00
  
  The menswear staple has been edged out by the Puffa and the bomber. But what would you rather wear on the dance floor? Continue reading...
  
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