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• Thousands throng to bow to St Nicholas relics in Moscow

  23-05-2017 21:23
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of people lined up for hours in Moscow on Monday to venerate the relics of Saint Nicholas, believed by Orthodox Christians to have miraculous powers, after his remains...
  
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• Gulf Coast anglers plan protest against fishing limits

  23-05-2017 20:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ORANGE BEACH, Ala. - Recreational anglers along the Gulf Coast are planning a floating protest against strict federal limits on red snapper fishing that they say are hurting businesses throughout ......
  
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• Parents weigh in on concert fears after Manchester

  23-05-2017 20:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Iris Azulai's 17-year-old daughter, Carmel, recently attended a large concert in Tel Aviv of the Argentine singer Lali. Given Israel's history, the fear of terrorism is always lurking, particularly at ...
  
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• Educational disparity in the playground | Brief letters

  23-05-2017 19:47
  
  Private schools | Basque refugees | Sexism | Raw meat | Older Guardian readersI saw the “privileged few” on Monday. Picture the scene: a beautiful sunny day in a village, near Northampton, all the primary school children ran the Race for Life for Cancer Research. Having only a small playground, they were allowed to run on the extensive playing fields of the private school opposite, while their children played cricket and rounders. I am afraid that my afternoon was somewhat spoil
  
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• Google aims to connect online ads to physical stores

  23-05-2017 19:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO - Google already monitors your online shopping — but now it's also keeping an eye on what you're buying in physical stores to try to sell more digital ...
  
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• Who gets the most sleep? Shop assistants in Germany

  23-05-2017 18:51
  
  New research shows that workers there get an average of almost seven hours a night. But how do they compare with people in other countries and professions?More striking than the slim variation across professions in a sleep survey published this week is the headline result: Germans get quite a lot of it.The research, carried out in Germany for newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, with data from the Berlin-based Institute for Economic Research, found that no one got fewer than six hours and 1
  
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• Kids of anti-vaccination parents stigmatized more than their parents: study

  23-05-2017 17:50 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  VANCOUVER - Children who aren't vaccinated face harsher judgment than their parents who refused immunization, says a study examining attitudes involving a contentious public health issue for which Canada lacks ...
  
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• Google aims to connect online ads to real-world sales

  23-05-2017 17:12 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO - Google already monitors your online shopping — but now it's also keeping an eye on what you're buying in real-world stores as part of its latest effort ...
  
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• Ask Brianna: Should I pick my first job based on my debt?

  23-05-2017 16:53 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  "Ask Brianna" is a column from NerdWallet for 20-somethings or anyone else starting out. I'm here to help you manage your money, find a job and pay off student loans ......
  
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• COOKING ON DEADLINE: Light green crunchy salad

  23-05-2017 16:52 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  There's always a green salad with dinner in our house, usually the crunchier the better. If I told you how many hearts of romaine we go through in a week, ...
  
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• Rosemary: the mind-bending herb of choice for today’s students

  23-05-2017 16:47
  
  Sales of the plant’s oil – which reportedly improves memory – have shot up in the past year. So, which other natural remedies may aid learning?Students are known for dabbling with mind-altering herbs, and the latest tale of herbal experimentation shows there has been a rush on rosemary. Following a report that the woody herb may improve memory, students have been seeking it out to give them the edge in exams.Health store Holland & Barrett has reported a 187% increase in sal
  
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• Cohousing puts the emphasis on neighbourhood

  23-05-2017 15:50 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Cohousing is becoming a popular option for people looking to own their own home but be part of a community.What exactly is it? Cohousing is a community-focused living arrangement where ...
  
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• RIGHT AT HOME: a fresh take on shaggy-chic fringed decor

  23-05-2017 15:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Like coquettish long eyelashes or chic bangs, fringe has a beguiling style that draws it every so often back into the trend orbit.Now is one of those times in fashion ...
  
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• Advice to growers: Match the cure to the pest problem

  23-05-2017 15:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The caller on the other end of the phone was worried: Her apple trees had suffered severely last year from cedar-apple rust disease, and she wanted to know how to ...
  
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• Justin Johannesson – the risque best man at Pippa Middleton’s wedding

  23-05-2017 14:41
  
  His speech is rumoured to have gone down like a lead balloon – but was it approved by the bride?Name: Justin Johannesson.Age: 41. Continue reading...
  
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• Rachel Roddy’s recipe for braised green beans with tomatoes and onions | A kitchen in Rome

  23-05-2017 13:35
  
  Serving food at the right temperature encourages flavours to deepen, helping things taste as good as they can. Let this braise – as essential to summer as sandals – sit until properly rested, then eat it with salty cheeseMy parents have a clever kettle. It has a sliding switch at the base that allows you to choose the best temperature for your drink or task. According to experts, white teas are best made with water at 70C, black tea 85C, herbal infusions 100C (except chamomile which
  
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• Nigel Slater’s roast lamb, tomatoes and coconut recipe

  23-05-2017 13:00
  
  Juicy slices of meat with a delicious sticky crustSeason a 300g fillet of lamb with salt and black pepper. Warm 3 tbsp of olive oil in a shallow pan then brown the lamb evenly on all sides. Remove the stalks from 20 cherry tomatoes, then add them to the pan. Leave the tomatoes to cook with the lamb for 7 minutes, until they start to burst, then crush them roughly into the pan juices with a fork. Continue reading...
  
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• AP Exclusive: Outgoing WHO head practiced art of appeasement

  23-05-2017 11:48 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LONDON - As the World Health Organization struggled to co-ordinate vaccine production during the 2009 swine flu pandemic, its director-general met with Vladimir Putin, then Russia's prime minister, during an ......
  
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• After the Manchester attack: how do I talk to my children about distressing news stories?

  23-05-2017 11:08
  
  After horrific events like the attack on the Manchester Arena, it’s tempting to try to shield your family – but what if someone else tells them? In a piece first published in 2015, Annalisa Barbieri examines how best to help them copeI have only once actively hidden a news item from my daughter. She was three when Madeleine McCann went missing, far too young to know about such things. It became the big news item I shielded her from over the years: folding newspapers over, turning off
  
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• Man dies after being sickened in apparent botulism outbreak

  23-05-2017 09:19 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A botulism outbreak linked to contaminated nacho-cheese dip sold at a Northern California gas station has killed one man and left at least nine other people hospitalized, ......
  
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• KitchenAid well and truly mixes up its customer service

  23-05-2017 08:00
  
  It told me my stand mixer repair would be free … then I got a bill for £134I have a KitchenAid Artisan stand mixer, purchased in December 2011 and which came with a five-year warranty. In January 2016 it was repaired under warranty when the speed control lever no longer functioned properly, but a year later it developed the same fault. KitchenAid advised that it could be repaired for £70 plus parts. At the end of March, after weeks of unanswered emails, I got through to Kitche
  
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• We thank them for their service

  23-05-2017 07:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PITTSBURGH — The eyes of Lola and Yahtzee are more precious than those of most dogs; these Labrador retrievers are the eyes and lifelines of their blind partners.Lola, a two-year-old ...
  
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• Online 'sextortion' cases involving teen boys spiking: experts

  23-05-2017 06:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Child exploitation experts say they've detected a spike in reports of online "sextortion" cases involving teen boys.The Canadian Centre for Child Protection says 65 boys reported incidents to Cybertip.ca in ......
  
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• Sudoku 3755 medium

  23-05-2017 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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• Quick crossword No 14,677

  23-05-2017 01:00
  
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• Cryptic crossword No 27,204

  23-05-2017 01:00
  
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