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• Embark on a Cruise to the Galápagos Islands with Richard Dawkins

  30-01-2017 23:45
  
  During the weeklong excursions, guests will hike, snorkel, and kayak…Rebekah Bell
  
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• 7 Extraordinary Veggie-Centric Meals to Try This Year

  30-01-2017 23:12
  
  Produce takes center stage at these must-try restaurants, and you are going to want to try them all…Anush Benliyan
  
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• Big bang theory: Edmonton researchers warn popping balloons as loud as gun blasts

  30-01-2017 21:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  EDMONTON - Bill Hodgetts doesn't want to be a party-pooper.But the University of Alberta researcher has found that noise from bursting balloons can be unsafe for children's hearing.The audiologist says popping a balloon next to someone's ear is as loud as firing a high-powered shotgun.The...
  
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• The Latest: Maine alcohol bureau to have marijuana oversight

  30-01-2017 21:12 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PORTLAND, Maine - The Latest on the first day of legalized marijuana in Maine (all times local):3:10 p.m.Maine Gov. Paul LePage says he's using an executive order to shift oversight of licensing and enforcement relating to legal marijuana.LePage sparred with state lawmakers about who should
  
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• The Ultimate Connoisseur’s Guide to Mexico City

  30-01-2017 21:00
  
  15 delicious reasons why Mexico City is the world’s newest culinary capital…Michalene Busico
  
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• Gail Vaz-Oxlade on handling newly single life in book 'CEO of Everything'

  30-01-2017 19:47 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - After years devoted to dispensing financial know-how, Gail Vaz-Oxlade is delving into more personal territory to help a sizable demographic: individuals feeling adrift after the abrupt end of their marriages.The longtime financial writer, bestselling author and former TV host teamed...
  
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• Red-carpet​ ​rebels: why trousers for women are a political act

  30-01-2017 19:44
  
  Evan Rachel Wood at the SAG awards and Alia Shawkat at a Harper’s Bazaar party have revived a trend trailblazed by Barbra Streisand and Jane Fonda in the 60s and 70sRed carpet fashion is not fashion as we know it. It does not adhere to seasonal trends, nor attempt to make arch statements. Shifts in silhouette occur at a glacial pace. Since the 1930s the dominant look has either been that of a Disney princess – skirt puffed out with tulle to emphasise a tiny waist – or something
  
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• Happy Galentine's Day, ladies! And thanks 'Parks and Rec'

  30-01-2017 19:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Move over Friendsgiving. Galentine's Day is on the way.Designating Feb. 13 for the ladies has endured since 2010, when Amy Poehler's "Parks and Recreation" character, Leslie Knope, declared the fictional holiday her favourite day of the year on the NBC show:"Ladies celebrating
  
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• The Latest: Marijuana implementation committee to start soon

  30-01-2017 19:10 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PORTLAND, Maine - The Latest on the first day of legalized marijuana in Maine (all times local):1:10 p.m.A committee of Maine lawmakers that will work to implement the rules around legal marijuana will get started this week.Maine Senate President Michael Thibodeau announced the members of
  
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• Games, crafts, other activities may safeguard aging brain

  30-01-2017 18:58 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CHICAGO - Even in your 70s and beyond, simple activities including web-surfing, playing bridge and socializing can stave off mental decline, new research says.Benefits were greatest in computer users and in those without a gene variation linked with Alzheimer's disease. But even among seniors
  
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• IWC’s Notable New Watch Takes Its Shape from the Brand’s Original Da Vinci Model

  30-01-2017 18:00
  
  IWC is releasing a newly redesigned Da Vinci in its original round shape
  Fans of perpetual-calendar chronographs will find the timepiece has plenty of upgrades to go round…James D. Malcolmson
  
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• What does Loose Women's 'feminist experiment' say about the way female presenters are judged?

  30-01-2017 17:38
  
  Presenter Nadia Sawalha wore the same top eight times in a row on the ITV show before viewer complaints wore her downIn retrospect, maybe the snakeskin print top wasn’t the one Nadia Sawalha might have chosen to wear eight times. It was not, she says with a laugh, “the sort of shirt I would normally wear at all”. The Loose Women presenter just happened to have been wearing it the day before she had the idea to try her experiment, to show how women’s clothing choices are n
  
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• The Latest: Foes will keep up fight as legal pot takes hold

  30-01-2017 17:24 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PORTLAND, Maine - The Latest on the first day of legalized marijuana in Maine (all times local):11:20 a.m.Opponents of legalized marijuana in Maine say they will continue fighting to make sure its implementation is done with public safety in mind.It became legal to grow and possess...
  
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• Liz Weston: How to help your parents protect their money

  30-01-2017 16:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Our financial decision-making abilities peak in our 50s and can decline pretty rapidly after age 70, researchers tell us. That's how otherwise smart older people fall for sweepstakes frauds, Nigerian investment schemes and the grandparent scam, where con artists pretend to be grandchildren in a
  
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• KitchenWise-Spicy Pork Chops

  30-01-2017 16:18 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  With Mardi Gras fast approaching, I thought it might be fun to salute New Orleans' cuisine by finding a new use for the city's unique and far-famed Creole spice mix. Creole is the term used to describe something — or someone — of mixed European and African descent, like New Orleans itself. Creole
  
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• Roe v. Wade play in DC as landmark abortion case in the news

  30-01-2017 14:59 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON - The presidential election helped rewrite the final line of Lisa Loomer's new play about Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide.An early draft had ended: "Roe still stands."But President Donald Trump's opposition to abortion and his...
  
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• Date like Posh and David Beckham – with the help of a Harvester car park

  30-01-2017 14:32
  
  The former footballer revealed that he courted Victoria in the car park of the roadside restaurant. With privacy and an unlimited salad bar, what more could you want?In the 75th anniversary edition of BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, David Beckham revealed that when he and Victoria began their courtship, they met in secret in his “amazing bright blue” BMW. “I drove down, I picked her up,” he confessed to Kirsty Young of those heady days. “We used to sit in a
  
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• Why are GPs having to beg for appointments to get their patients treated in hospitals?

  30-01-2017 13:49
  
  Scrutiny by NHS clinical commissioning groups is causing exasperating holdups for desperate patients. It really is getting a bit scary nowEver wondered why it sometimes takes ages for you to have an ailment treated? Mavis is wondering. She has been waiting for weeks to have an infected scar checked, after the removal of a cancer, but was referred back to the wrong hospital much too late, even though her GP had begged for an appointment asap. And Rosemary’s GP asked for investigations into
  
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• Anna Jones’s recipes and tips for cooking with grains and seeds | The modern cook

  30-01-2017 13:00
  
  Grains are affordable, nutrient-rich and have a long shelf-life, just waiting to plump up a carrot and harissa salad, or add depth and bulk to this all-green miso soupGrains are a big part of how I eat and, for a cook, come with near endless possibilities. They are great carriers of flavour, as happy simmered into a porridge with a little milk and a pinch of cinnamon as they are paired with robust chilli or preserved lemon. They are also affordable, rich in nutrients and sit happily in a jar awa
  
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• Aspiring French dentist wins Miss Universe; advocates teaching, toothcare

  30-01-2017 11:15
  
  MANILA (Reuters) - A dental student from Paris was crowned Miss Universe on Monday, becoming the second Frenchwoman to win the title in the pageant's history and the first champion from Europe in...
  
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• How to swim: 'It can be exhausting, but so rewarding'

  30-01-2017 11:00
  
  Master breaststroke, backstroke and front crawl with this guide. Plus get fit in the water with a challenging pool workout• ‘It’s a watery adrenaline rush’: 10 things cold-water swimmers should know
  There’s a lot to love about swimming – but churning up and down on your own can be monotonous. That’s why Peigh and I started the Swim Dem Crew, a group of swimmers who meet at the pool for training every week and social swims followed by breakfast together at
  
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• Cryptic crosswords for beginners: alcohol

  30-01-2017 10:58
  
  Dry Januaries come and go, but alcohol is involved in almost all cryptic crosswords: here’s how to decode references to pubs, wine, beer and even abstention In a recent instalment of this helpful series, our eyes boggled at the amount of slang that has been gifted to the English language by illegal recreational drugs. A flick through the nearest slang dictionary will reveal that the same goes for booze. For those who would like to upgrade from quick to cryptic crosswords, think of this pos
  
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• A commuter's dream: Entrepreneurs race to develop flying car

  30-01-2017 10:50 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON - Even before George Jetson entranced kids with his cartoon flying car, people dreamed of soaring above traffic congestion. Inventors and entrepreneurs have long tried and failed to make the dream a reality, but that may be changing.Nearly a dozen companies around the globe,...
  
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• Why is sex painful for some women – and what can they do?

  30-01-2017 09:00
  
  Up to one third of women may experience pain during sex, but most never seek the treatment they need
  Sex is painful for nearly one in 13 women, according to a study in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Researchers vary in their estimates of how common painful sex is – some studies say it affects up to one in three women – but all agree it’s a neglected problem. Most women never seek help. Some carry on having penetrative sex through gritted teeth.The medical na
  
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• Is it safe to take melatonin for jet lag?

  30-01-2017 08:30
  
  The number of Americans taking the supplement has doubled in five years – but it is controversial and not available over the counter in the UK. So does it work?Jet lag can be more than just an inconvenience for long-distance travellers. Arriving in a far-off destination where the time no longer matches your internal body clock can trigger insomnia, lethargy and reduced alertness. Which is hardly ideal if you are delivering an important presentation or trying to seal a big deal.There is lit
  
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• Glasgow's Chinese new year celebrations – in pictures

  30-01-2017 08:09
  
  The Chinese new year, which is based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year – which this year is 28 January – and ends with the Lantern festival on the 15th day Continue reading...
  
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• Can a part-time MBA degree help my husband move into a management role?

  30-01-2017 08:00
  
  Is it too much of a risk paying £17,000 for a course in the hope that it will open up better opportunities for an engineer in a declining oil and gas industry?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.My husband is an engineer in the struggling oil and gas industry. He is concer
  
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• Sleep? What's that?

  30-01-2017 07:37 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  If you have spotted me snoring contentedly in the produce aisle at Safeway, you will probably have sensed something is wrong.Well, let me just say thank you for being so sensitive to the needs of others. Also, please tiptoe quietly as you roll your shopping cart in the other direction.The
  
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• Smoke 'em if ya got 'em, as legalized marijuana takes hold

  30-01-2017 06:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PORTLAND, Maine - It's a green Monday in Maine.The first tangible results of state voters' decision to legalize marijuana are being felt as possession and home growth of marijuana becomes legal. Voters narrowly passed the ballot question in November, and the waiting period between the vote and...
  
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• Could Kylie Minogue's surname change really give her more Sasse? | Gary Nunn

  30-01-2017 04:03
  
  Just as Kylie’s impending nuptials signal the evolution of brand Minogue, celebrities from Elton John to Katy Perry have long believed a name can shape a destinyWhy does former Australian health minister Sussan Ley have three Ss in her first name when two would suffice? And are the constituents of the New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian any better at pronouncing her surname? With all the recent political comings and goings, these may feel like less urgent questions, but they’r
  
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• This Premium Tequila Has a Wine Pedigree

  30-01-2017 02:00
  
  Pair Alta Belleza with Fourme d’Ambert blue cheese, or Pecorino Romano and a drizzle of honey
  Casa Noble’s new extra añejo, Alta Belleza is the ideal sipping tequila…Rebekah Bell
  
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• Starbucks to hire 10,000 refugees over next 5 years

  30-01-2017 01:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON - Starbucks says it will hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years, a response to President Donald Trump's indefinite suspension of Syrian refugees and temporary travel bans that apply to six other Muslim-majority nations.Howard Schultz, the coffee retailer's chairman and CEO,...
  
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• Robert Mondavi Marks a Major Milestone with This Blockbuster Cabernet

  30-01-2017 00:00
  
  Robert Mondavi Winery 2013 50th Anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve To Kalon Vineyard ($155)
  A top winemaker, Napa’s most famous vineyard, and a stellar vintage come together in one bottle…Brett Anderson
  
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