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• Germ in raw milk, poultry now tops food poisoning list

  20-04-2017 23:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - The U.S. government's latest report card on food poisoning suggests that a germ commonly linked to raw milk and poultry is surpassing salmonella at the top of the culprit list.Thursday's report counts cases in only 10 states for nine of the most common causes of foodborne illness,...
  
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• New 'delicioso' postage stamps dedicated to Latino cuisine

  20-04-2017 23:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - From the kitchen table to the mail, the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday recognized the influence of Latino foods and flavours on American cuisine with the release of a new series of stamps.The dedication ceremony for the Delicioso Forever Stamps was being held at the
  
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• Memphis: 1 city, 2 days, 4 attractions

  20-04-2017 23:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. - My ultimate destination was Mississippi to explore blues history. But to get there, I flew in and out of Memphis, Tennessee, an hour's drive from the Delta. With one day in Memphis on either end of my itinerary, I decided to visit four attractions there that would add to the
  
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• Heesen Yachts Launches Project Nova, Christened Home

  20-04-2017 23:00
  
  Highly anticipated hybrid superyacht Nova launched and christened as Home…Danielle Cutler
  
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• AP Explains: 4/20 grew from humble roots to pot high holiday

  20-04-2017 22:21 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SEATTLE - Thursday marks marijuana culture's high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on campus quads and when pot shops in legal weed states thank their customers with discounts.This year's edition provides an occasion for pot activists to reflect on
  
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• Halal food market surging in Canada

  20-04-2017 22:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - A growing Muslim community in Canada has led to swelling sales of halal food, which has some grocers, manufacturers and eateries seeking ways to profit from the boom."It's a huge business. It's an $80-billion business around the world. In Canada, it's about $1 billion and it's growing
  
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• Trend to Watch: Power Cuffs

  20-04-2017 22:00
  
  Five formidable cuffs that illustrate this head-turning trend…
  
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• These 4 Brands Allow You to Design Your Perfect Pair of Frames

  20-04-2017 21:00
  
  Brands big and small are making it easier than ever to find your perfect pair of glasses…Phoebe Neuman
  
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• Pope to make 'Fatima visionaries' saints during visit in May

  20-04-2017 20:44
  
  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - During his trip to Fatima, Portugal in May, Pope Francis will make two of the three shepherd children believed to have seen a vision of the Madonna 100 years ago there...
  
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• Jury sides with Petco in death of boy from rat-bite fever

  20-04-2017 20:30 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SAN DIEGO - A San Diego jury has sided with Petco in a lawsuit brought by the family of a 10-year-old boy who died after contracting an illness from bacteria from a rat purchased from the retailer.KNSD-TV and KFMB-TV report that the jury found Thursday that Petco was not negligent or liable in
  
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• Flying car costing more than $1 million goes on show in Monaco

  20-04-2017 20:04
  
  MONACO (Reuters) - A Slovakia-based company unveiled the commercial design for a flying car priced at more than $1 million on Thursday, saying it was ready for pre-orders with first deliveries...
  
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• This Ultra-Private Santa Barbara Estate Is a Coastal Dream

  20-04-2017 20:00
  
  Currently on the market for $35 million, the secluded estate features a five-bedroom villa hidden only from those not on the guest list…Livia Hooson
  
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• FDA further restricts pain medication use in kids

  20-04-2017 19:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  U.S. regulators are strengthening warnings about the dangers of two types of powerful opioid painkillers, codeine and tramadol, due to risks of slowed breathing and death.The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is requiring makers of the pain medicines to change the products' labels...
  
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• Goodbye Lenin? Russian lawmakers try to tweak law to get him buried

  20-04-2017 19:32
  
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - The embalmed corpse of Vladimir Lenin has lain in a mausoleum on Red Square since his death in 1924 but now, a century after the revolution he spearheaded, legislation designed to...
  
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• Google Home's assistant can now recognize different voices

  20-04-2017 19:22 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO - Google's voice-activated assistant can now recognize who's talking to it on Google's Home speaker.An update coming out Thursday will enable Home's built-in assistant to learn the different voices of up to six people, although they can't all be talking to the internet-connected
  
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• He should be so lucky: is Prince Andrew really dating Kylie?

  20-04-2017 19:07
  
  This week in The Royals: an Australian gossip magazine reckons Andy is ‘100% smitten’ with the princess of pop. Meanwhile, William has been catching up with Lady Gaga on the family FaceTime terminalAs a devotee of high-camp drama, I am thrilled the royal family are now dating the sort of people who might cameo as royal dates in The Royals. This is the equivalent of Cameron Diaz being reduced to taking scripts calling for “a Cameron Diaz type”. If you’re Cameron&rsqu
  
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• 10 Trips to Take Before It’s Too Late

  20-04-2017 19:00
  
  In honor of Earth Day, Robb Report travels to 10 amazing destinations that may soon change forever…Amanda Millin
  
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• Explorer Shackleton's great grandson drives car across Antarctic

  20-04-2017 18:54
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British tech entrepreneur Patrick Bergel has become the first man to drive a car across the Antarctic, completing the feat 100 years after his great grandfather, explorer Ernest...
  
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• Why Ruby Tandoh has been cooking up a storm

  20-04-2017 18:29
  
  The 2013 Bake Off finalist has fired off a series of tweets attacking celebrity cooks including Tom Kerridge, Jamie Oliver and the Hairy Bikers. So why all the culinary jibes about fad diets?At 8am on Easter Monday, Ruby Tandoh’s Guardian article urging a joyous, guilt-free attitude to food appeared online. The 2013 Bake Off finalist shared it on Twitter, then joyously fired off a series of tweets attacking a slew of celebrity cooks and diet-mongers. Tom Kerridge’s carb-cutting dopam
  
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• Charge me up: Rural electric drivers face 'range anxiety'

  20-04-2017 18:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. - Sunita Halasz has tips for "driving electric" along lonely roads in New York's Adirondack Mountains: know the locations of charging stations, bring activities for the kids during three-hour recharges, turn on the energy-hogging window defroster in just 10-second bursts.And
  
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• Drink: are alcohol-free alternatives finally coming of age?

  20-04-2017 18:00
  
  With more and more of us choosing to drink little or no booze these days, it’s boom time for the alcohol-free marketWhat to drink when you’re not drinking? Not so long ago, the choice was very limited: tonic without the gin, perhaps? Lime and soda sans vodka? An oversweet fruity number? Or (yawn) another sparkling water? Perhaps it is no wonder that those of us of a certain age tend to be heavier drinkers than the younger generation: alcohol consumption in the UK fell 26% between 200
  
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• Champagne Taittinger’s Leading Lady on the Risks of Making Fine Wine

  20-04-2017 18:00
  
  A classically trained artist, Vitalie Taittinger is furthering her family’s traditions in Champagne…Janice O'Leary
  
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• Starbucks barista has meltdown over Unicorn Frappuccino

  20-04-2017 17:45 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SEATTLE - A Starbucks barista has taken to social media hoping to make orders for the coffee chain's much buzzed about Unicorn Frappuccino disappear.Starbucks' entry into the unicorn food craze was released Wednesday and its popularity was too much for Colorado barista Braden Burson. He posted
  
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• London marathon: the runners for whom 26.2 miles is not that far

  20-04-2017 17:28
  
  If you’re an ultra marathon runner, the standard 26.2-mile marathon must be a breeze, right? Well, it dependsI have run the London marathon twice before, and I have also stood on the Embankment cheering runners along those last few miles before the finish. For most people taking part, this is a place – the last few miles of a marathon – they have rarely, if ever, visited. It’s etched across their faces in grimaces or manic grins. Each step is a small mountain, the crowds
  
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• Cockfighting in Cuba: clandestine venues, state arenas

  20-04-2017 17:15
  
  CIEGO DE AVILA (Reuters) - Cuban farmer Pascual Ferrel says his favorite fighting cock's prowess was "off the charts," so after it died of illness he hadthe black and red rooster preserved and...
  
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• Q&A: Could the Henrietta Lacks case happen today?

  20-04-2017 16:45 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - What happened in the 1951 case of Henrietta Lacks, and could it happen again today?The story of the woman who unwittingly spurred a scientific bonanza made for a bestselling book in 2010. On Saturday, it returns in an HBO film with Oprah Winfrey portraying Lacks' daughter Deborah.
  
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• How your selfie could affect your life insurance

  20-04-2017 16:28 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A selfie reveals more than whether it's a good hair day. Facial lines and contours, droops and dark spots could indicate how well you're aging, and, when paired with other data, could someday help determine whether you qualify for life insurance."Your face is something you wear all your life,
  
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• For injured paws and claws, insurance may come in handy for some pets

  20-04-2017 16:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - Monica Finlay's childhood yellow Labrador, Amy, had a few surprise accidents that cost her parents a lot of money."She blew out her ACL and that was really expensive," Finlay says."Then, right at the end of her life, she blew out her other ACL."That experience is partly why she
  
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• Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee: Boxing, dancing therapy for Parkinson's

  20-04-2017 16:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CALGARY - Shirley Jager has a wicked right hook and iridescent lime-green boxing gloves and shoes.She's 79 and has taken up boxing as part of her own personal title bout against the ravages of Parkinson's disease.Parkinson's is a progressive disorder of the nervous system that makes it hard
  
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• Novel recipes: Potted beef from The Wind in the Willows

  20-04-2017 15:36
  
  Warm weather means picnics, so Kate Young recreates a recipe enjoyed by Ratty and Mole in Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s taleScroll down to read the recipe‘There’s cold chicken inside it,’ replied the Rat briefly; ‘coldtonguecoldhamcoldbeefpickledgherkinssaladfrenchrollscresssandwichespottedmeatgingerbeerlemonadesodawater——’ ‘O stop, stop,’ cried the Mole in ecstasies: ‘This is too much!’The Wind in the Willows,
  
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• Aiming for 'toad' in the hole, competitors battle it out in pub game

  20-04-2017 15:19
  
  LEWES, England (Reuters) - Gathered in a town hall in the southern English town of Lewes, teams of competitors battle it out by throwing brass coins towards a lead tabletop for a somewhat unusual...
  
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• Mechanized Marvels Share Center Stage at the Handbuilt Motorcycle Show 2017

  20-04-2017 15:00
  
  The three-day celebration of beautiful bikes will also feature a Wall of Death stunt show…Viju Mathew
  
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• AP-NORC Poll: Black teens most active on social media apps

  20-04-2017 14:15 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Teenagers and their technology are inseparable, but a new poll shows black teens are the most likely to have access to smartphones — which could explain why they're the biggest and most frequent users of mobile-friendly social media apps Snapchat and Instagram.A survey released Thursday by The...
  
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• We operate a feeble what he eats, we eat mealtime policy | Stuart Heritage

  20-04-2017 13:22
  
  Unless it’s one of his five favourite meals, any dish Herbie is given meets an undignified end. Visions of a varied diet have been splattered over the cold, hard kitchen floor of reality – but not all is lost ...We are enlightened and informed parents. We are determined to imbue our son (Herbie, below) with a broad palate and an untamed enthusiasm for food, which is why we operate a strict “what we eat, he eats” policy at mealtimes. We know that the best way to prevent hi
  
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• We operate a feeble what he eats, we eat mealtime policy | Comment

  20-04-2017 13:22
  
  Unless it’s one of his five favourite meals, any dish Herbie is given meets an undignified end. Visions of a varied diet have been splattered over the cold, hard kitchen floor of reality – but not all is lost ...We are enlightened and informed parents. We are determined to imbue our son (Herbie, below) with a broad palate and an untamed enthusiasm for food, which is why we operate a strict “what we eat, he eats” policy at mealtimes. We know that the best way to prevent hi
  
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• I am sick of half-hearted desserts. Bring me a proper pudding

  20-04-2017 13:00
  
  British restaurant desserts are in a death spiral. Who’s to blame?For too long I have kept silent, in the hope that I was exaggerating the gravity of the situation. But recent experiences have convinced me something serious is going on and somebody must sound the alarm. That somebody is me. Brace yourselves: British restaurant desserts are in a death spiral right now due to a collapse in skill and chefs’ appetites.Oh sure, restaurants appear to offer desserts. But where once it would
  
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• How can I fix my PC when Windows 10 won’t boot?

  20-04-2017 11:12
  
  John ran a tune-up utility and now his Windows 10 laptop won’t start. What can he do?I recently ran a free trial of a PC tune-up utility, including a disk clean-up routine, on my Windows 10 laptop. When it restarted, it reported a missing component. Said machine then bricked: boot begins, then the screen blanks.Are there any steps that I can take to recover access to the machine? Failing that, can I recover my files from the hard drive, installed in a USB cradle? JohnMicrosoft has spent a
  
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• Opioid deaths on rise in Ontario, with 2 people a day dying of overdoses: study

  20-04-2017 09:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - More than two people each day are dying of opioid overdoses in Ontario, a grim tally that underscores the soaring use and abuse of the potent narcotics, researchers say.The rate of opioid-related deaths in the province has almost quadrupled over the last 25 years, skyrocketing to 734...
  
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• As newlyweds, what capital gains tax will we pay if we sell one of our flats?

  20-04-2017 08:00
  
  My husband and I are worried about how much time we have to sell before CGT and higher rate stamp duty kick in
  Q I recently got married and we each own a flat. I was told by a friend that if we wanted to avoid capital gains tax (CGT) we would have to sell one of the flats in the first three years of getting hitched. I am thinking of selling my flat to buy a house but since we would still have his flat, would we have to pay second home stamp duty or does that come under the same three-year allowa
  
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• Men's spring style: what to wear to the office – in pictures

  20-04-2017 07:00
  
  Who says officewear has to be drab? Relaxed shirts, good shoes and a bit of colour will look smart but modern Continue reading...
  
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