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• Bugatti and Palmer Johnson Launch Bugatti Niniette 66 Yacht

  07-03-2017 23:30
  
  Storied brands Bugatti Automobiles and Palmer Johnson Yachts launch a sport yacht to match the Bugatti Chiron…Danielle Cutler
  
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• B.C. professor seeking definition of Canadian cuisine finds it's Creole

  07-03-2017 22:59 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - Say Creole and most people think of New Orleans, with its complex mixture of indigenous, Spanish, French and Caribbean cultures. But a B.C. professor says Canadian cuisine can also be called Creole.It's what happens when different groups form a new culture and a new cuisine results....
  
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• Driverless Air Taxis Could Soon Be Coming to Dubai

  07-03-2017 21:00
  
  The EHang 184, the world’s first passenger drone, is being prepared for a July launch in the emirate…Mary Grady
  
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• Bacon, soda & too few nuts tied to big portion of US deaths

  07-03-2017 19:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CHICAGO - Gorging on bacon, skimping on nuts? These are among food habits that new research links with deaths from heart disease, strokes and diabetes.Overeating or not eating enough of the 10 foods and nutrients contributes to nearly half of U.S. deaths from these causes, the study
  
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• NYC landmarks Art Deco interiors of Waldorf Astoria

  07-03-2017 18:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  New York City has landmarked historic interiors throughout the Waldorf Astoria to preserve them as the hotel's Chinese owners start a yearslong renovation.The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted Tuesday to keep the Art Deco details in dozens of spaces in the grand Park Avenue...
  
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• Chanel collection takes off at Paris Fashion week

  07-03-2017 18:48
  
  PARIS (Reuters) - With a giant white rocket in the middle of Grand Palais Hall in Paris, Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld took his A-list audience on an intergalactic journey with a space-inspired collection...
  
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• Spring Staples for the Modern Gentleman

  07-03-2017 18:00
  
  From a waterproof coat to the latest sleek sunglasses, this is everything you need for spring…
  
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• Rachel Roddy’s recipe for braised artichoke and butter beans | A kitchen in Rome

  07-03-2017 17:51
  
  As artichokes pop up all over southern Italy, they are taking pride of place in chunky stews and steamy braises of potatoes and butter beans Six weeks ago there were six inches of snow, I was told, covering hills and roads near Vallelunga in central Sicily. By last week, when I visited, it was springishly green. The hills were covered in young wheat, roadsides softened by feathery bushes of something that looks like wild fennel, but isn’t, and masses of ubiquitous wood sorrel, with its aci
  
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• Station wagons power up for European market

  07-03-2017 17:36 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  GENEVA - Fast, high-performance station wagons are a thing at this year's Geneva auto show. Just please don't call them station wagons.Volkswagen's Porsche, Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz and BMW AG all introduced vehicles with long, roomy rear ends — but with powerful engines that set them far...
  
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• Adults are having less sex than 20 years ago, finds study

  07-03-2017 17:33
  
  Finding may be down to factors including changing gender roles, social media use and living at home longer, but is not necessarily bleak, say researchersAdults are having sex less often than they were 20 years ago, according a US study based on a survey of almost 27,000 individuals.Researchers have found that adults, on average, were having sex seven fewer times annually in the early 2010s compared to the early 1990s, and nine fewer times compared to the late 1990s.Continue reading...
  
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• Oh Snap? After bursting out of the gate, shares give way

  07-03-2017 17:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEWARK, N.J. - Anyone wanting to invest in the company that owns Snapchat now has an opportunity to do something that early investors were unable to do: buy shares for less than they cost on the first day of trading three days ago.After tumbling 12 per cent Monday, shares of Snap Inc. fell
  
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• Fewer heavy Americans are trying to lose weight, study finds

  07-03-2017 17:15 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CHICAGO - Fewer overweight Americans have been trying to lose weight in recent years, and researchers wonder if fat acceptance could be among the reasons.The trend found in a new study occurred at the same time obesity rates climbed."Socially accepted normal body weight is shifting toward
  
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• Breaking2: high-tech shoe for Nike's bid to break the two-hour marathon

  07-03-2017 16:03
  
  Elite athletes attempting to shave nearly three minutes off the world record will be equipped with carbon-fibre trainers and drag-reducing clothesNike has revealed that Breaking2, its ambitious project to break the two-hour mark for the marathon, will use a special shoe with a carbon-fibre plate. It will take place later this year at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza complex, a racetrack outside Monza in northern Italy, where the surface is asphalt and speed is certainly king.The world record curren
  
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• Restaurant runaways: what happens when diners eat and flee?

  07-03-2017 16:02
  
  A 120-strong group of food-lovers in Spain have perfected the art of dining and dashing without paying the bill. Other walkouts, however, haven’t been so slickIf the punishment fits their crime, a gang of 120 food-loving criminals in Spain could spend the rest of their lives washing up, after running up a restaurant bill of £1,700 then running away. It is reported that the outrageous group claimed to be celebrating a baptism, and put down a £770 deposit at the El Carmen restaur
  
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• Fairy gardens captivate imaginations of both kids and adults

  07-03-2017 16:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A set of little wings. Ceramic fountains. Tiny versions of ornate cottages and brick walkways fit for the English countryside. These are just some of the whimsical decorations that adorn fairy gardens.When such miniature decorations are paired with similarly diminutive plants, these gardens —
  
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• Non-Flower Gardens: 50 shades of green, plus other colours

  07-03-2017 15:58 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  While beds tumbling with flowers are lovely, there's an emerging trend in landscape design: the flowerless garden.Non-traditional gardens are no less green. In fact, the hue is often more obvious than in a floral-filled space. Varieties of leafy shrubs, trees, vines and grasses create a verdant
  
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• Garage trend? Think versatility, not parking

  07-03-2017 15:58 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The American garage is world famous. But not necessarily for cars.Silicon Valley started in the Palo Alto, California, garage of the Packard family, where Hewlett-Packard was founded, according to the National Register of Historic Places. Steve Jobs launched Apple in his parents' garage. And
  
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• DIY work on older houses takes extra know-how, flexibility

  07-03-2017 15:56 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Dwain Livengood can save money on his home renovation project by doing the work himself. But he also knows that do-it-yourself projects in historic homes like his 100-year-old farmhouse require extra planning and research, and that mistakes can be costly."Self-awareness is pretty huge," says
  
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• With rooftop decks, sky's the limit for outdoor entertaining

  07-03-2017 15:41 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Backyards and balconies are great places to enjoy an al fresco meal or a sun bath, but to really elevate your outdoor lifestyle, consider going up. To the roof.Rooftop decks were fairly common in early 20th century Craftsman and modernist homes, particularly on the West Coast. More recently,
  
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• What to do when bulbs don't bloom

  07-03-2017 15:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Daffodils and tulips are almost certain to bloom when another spring rolls around, but even they can have an occasional bad season.Perennial bulbs need a long dormancy period after they finish flowering — a chance to regenerate. Without that, they're likely to be colorless the following year,
  
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• COOKING ON DEADLINE: Pan-Seared Pork Chops

  07-03-2017 15:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Question: Why does sophisticated food always have to be complicated? Answer: Trick question; it doesn't.Case in point, these pork chops. You quickly sear the chops up, and finish by making a rich, creamy, leek pan sauce in the same skillet you used to brown the chops in. The seared chops then
  
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• Goodbye to teenage kicks: in a ridiculous world, fashion gets serious

  07-03-2017 14:07
  
  This week in Paris, designers reclaimed fashion for adult women with barely a Hadid sister – or a crop top – in sightDuring the month of fashion shows, which finish today in Paris, there has been a lot of style news – but not much of it has been about where designers stand on hemlines or the catwalk’s prevailing wind towards knee-high boots. Instead, we have talked about pink pussy hats and slogan T-shirts, Ralph Lauren and Melania Trump, retail’s tussles with Ivank
  
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• Is it important to sit like a lady? In a word, yes

  07-03-2017 14:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  For comedy writers, the current White House staff is a gift that keeps on giving.This weekend, Kellyanne Conway’s #Couchgate was mined for a sight gag on Saturday Night Live, with random cutaways of cast member Kate McKinnon as Conway sitting like a toddler and texting away — on the
  
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• SUVs, high-end sports cars provide the roar at Geneva show

  07-03-2017 13:22 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  GENEVA - Automakers are putting a slew of new SUVs and high-performance sports cars on display at the Geneva International Motor Show as they try to keep up momentum in an industry facing uncertainties like Brexit and possible changes in U.S. trade policy.Jaguar Land Rover on Tuesday showed off...
  
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• RCMP officer dies after crash between RCMP vehicle and tractor in Quebec

  07-03-2017 12:53 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LACOLLE, Que. - An RCMP officer in Quebec has died from injuries suffered in a crash involving a farm tractor Monday evening in southern Quebec.The officer was in an RCMP vehicle close to the U.S. border near the town of Lacolle when it collided with the tractor just before 6:30 p.m.The
  
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• Rihanna goes back to school for Paris Fashion Week

  07-03-2017 11:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PARIS - Rihanna stunned Paris crowds as she appeared for the finale of her Fenty X Puma collection in a standout citrus lime coat. The theme this season for the singer-turned-fashion designer was Fenty University — and ushered styles of school-girl-gone-bad.Here are the...
  
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• Nation's best cheesemakers out to prove it in Wisconsin

  07-03-2017 08:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MILWAUKEE - The national cheese spotlight this week turns to Wisconsin — where else? — as judges get ready to sniff, taste and touch thousands of samples in the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest.The national contest alternates each year with the world cheese-off. Judging is Tuesday and Wednesday...
  
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• Lost for words when unwanted satnav doubled our Hertz car hire bill

  07-03-2017 08:00
  
  The item was marked on the form we signed as ‘Neverlost’ but I made the mistake of trusting the agentLast October we pre-booked a hire car using the Hertz website so as to book direct. We paid €100 (£86) in advance. During the car pickup at Munich airport the guy simply asked if we wanted an extra driver or additional insurance. I answered “No” to all his questions. Continue reading...
  
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• Is it importantto sit like a lady? In a word, yes

  07-03-2017 07:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  For comedy writers, the current White House staff is a gift that keeps on giving.This weekend, Kellyanne Conway’s #Couchgate was mined for a sight gag on Saturday Night Live, with random cutaways of cast member Kate McKinnon as Conway sitting like a toddler and texting away — on the
  
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• Help your fur baby prepare for real baby

  07-03-2017 07:36 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The terms “dog mom” and “dog dad” have gained popularity recently, thanks to social media and a bombardment of products aimed at doting owners. But what happens when pooch parents find out they’re becoming people parents?For many couples and their canine
  
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• Women should refrain from wearing feathers of rare birds - fashion archive, 1925

  07-03-2017 07:00
  
  7 March 1925: Because of the cruelty involved in obtaining them, ‘women who adorned themselves with this plumage...were really like savages’, said the Duchess of SomersetThe Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, which held its annual meeting at the Middlesex Guildhall today, with the Duchess of Portland in the chair, is making a fresh appeal to women to refrain from wearing the feathers of egrets, herons, birds of paradise, and other rare birds, the importation of whose plumage
  
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• Crash between RCMP vehicle and tractor leaves Mountie with serious injuries

  07-03-2017 06:42 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LACOLLE, Que. - An RCMP officer in Quebec was seriously injured on Monday evening in a crash involving a farm tractor.The unidentified officer was in an RCMP vehicle when it collided with the tractor just before 6:30 p.m. near Lacolle in southern Quebec and not far from the American border.A
  
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• The Revival 140 Motorcycle Is One Marvelous Monster

  07-03-2017 04:15
  
  Derived from a 2012 Confederate X132 Hellcat, Revival’s customized creation starts at $115,000…Viju Mathew
  
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• 97-year-old twins leave world as they entered it: together

  07-03-2017 03:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BARRINGTON, R.I. - Ninety-seven-year-old twins Jean Young Haley and Martha Young Williams left the world as they entered it: together.The two women died over the weekend in freezing temperatures after both fell and became stranded outside Haley's home following an evening out. Police say they...
  
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• 10 Over-the-Top Adventures for the Ultimate Spring Break

  07-03-2017 02:00
  
  From heli-skiing to cave diving, these 10 spring break adventures promise major bragging rights… Nora Walsh
  
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• Fitbit tracks your steps; now it wants to chart your Zs, too

  07-03-2017 01:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Fitbit, whose devices encourage people to walk 10,000 steps each day, now wants to put them to sleep as well.The company said data collected by the millions of Fitbit trackers in use show that people are averaging less than seven hours of sleep a night, the amount recommended by the...
  
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• Jimmy Buffett launches Margaritaville retirement village

  07-03-2017 01:26 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - You can't get any more laid back than retirement. So perhaps it's fitting that the king of laid-back music, Jimmy Buffett, is lending his vibe to a retirement community.Latitude Margaritaville — named after Buffett's best-known song, "Margaritaville — will open its first
  
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• Sudoku 3689 medium

  07-03-2017 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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• The New Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles Lets You Push a 911 to Its Limits

  07-03-2017 01:00
  
  Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles
  The facility includes high-speed straightaways, skid pads, and off-road courses…Laura Burstein
  
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• Quick crossword No 14,611

  07-03-2017 01:00
  
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