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• Senior student mocks school's dress code with yearbook quote

  20-06-2017 23:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WEST MILFORD, N.J. - A teenager has left a permanent mark on her long-running battle against her high school's dress code.Eighteen-year-old West Milford High School senior Victoria DiPaolo chose a ......
  
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• Man buns and cornrows: Barbie's boyfriend Ken gets a makeover

  20-06-2017 22:43
  
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Man buns, cornrows or bleached blond hair? Barbie's longtime boyfriend Ken is getting a makeover with new hair styles, a range of body types, a hip wardrobe and skin tones for...
  
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• Student mocks school's dress code with yearbook quote

  20-06-2017 21:59 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WEST MILFORD, N.J. - A New Jersey teenager has left a permanent mark on her long-running battle against her high school's dress code.Eighteen-year-old West Milford High School senior Victoria DiPaolo ......
  
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• Camels caught up in Qatar feud reunited with their owners

  20-06-2017 21:45
  
  ABU SAMRA, QATAR-SAUDI ARABIA BORDER (Reuters) - Thousands of camels crossed Saudi Arabia's desert border into Qatar on Tuesday and were reunited with their owners after being stranded for days at a...
  
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• Debate heats up over teaching climate change in US schools

  20-06-2017 20:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The struggle over what American students learn about global warming is heating up as conservative lawmakers, climate change doubters and others attempt to push rejected or debunked ...
  
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• By Jiminy: Belgian start-up puts crickets on the menu

  20-06-2017 19:31
  
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Brussels start-up is hoping to stir a culinary revolution in Belgium by pushing crunchy crickets as a protein alternative to meat.
  
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• Ken doll gets cornrows, beefy bod and new skin tones

  20-06-2017 19:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - He's been overshadowed by Barbie for decades, but now Ken is finally getting some attention.Mattel is introducing 15 new looks for the male doll, including different skin ......
  
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• Rare and unusual plant sale's a draw for Nova Scotia town

  20-06-2017 18:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, N.S. - They're lined up three deep after lunch, eagerly awaiting the 1 o'clock opening. A bright yellow rope barrier holds everyone back.An outdoor concert? Black Friday at ...
  
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• Why your friend has a better credit score than you

  20-06-2017 18:19 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Tia Chambers checked her credit score for the first time at age 23, after watching a friend check his, she says."I said, 'Oh boy, my credit score has to be ...
  
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• Ditch the wicker basket and wash your fruit and veg: how to picnic safely

  20-06-2017 18:07
  
  Traditional hampers are bad news for outdoor eating, according to advice from the Food Standards Agency – and it’s not the only peril picnickers may faceAh, the joy of picnics! The luscious grass, the fragrant breeze, the seductive crunch of carrot batons loaded with warm supermarket hummus. Inside was always overrated. But, wait, have you considered the myriad dangers lurking beneath your never-cleaned fleecy blanket with handy Velcro straps? Well, roll it up and read this first. It
  
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• Cocktail of the week: little dragon

  20-06-2017 18:00
  
  This is two drinks in one: a refreshingly herby aperitif, or top with tonic for a proper summer coolerTarragon has a glorious lemony aroma with anise and basil tones, and its name derives from the French “estragon”, meaning “little dragon” (hence the name of this drink). Serve as it is for a light pre-dinner refresher, or in a tall glass over ice and topped with tonic for a glorious summer evening drink. Serves one.50ml London dry gin (I’d use Beefeater, Bombay Sapp
  
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• Three recipes to up your barbecue game this summer | Guest cook

  20-06-2017 16:40
  
  Barbecue doesn’t have to mean sausages. Give these recipes a stab – a pile of charred lamb chops, smoked aubergine with ricotta, and chicken livers grilled with pomegranate molassesHands up: who doesn’t like a great British barbecue? When I think about us Brits’ enthusiasm for grilling, I get a pang of emotion. Can you think of another style of cooking that our nation so feverishly embraces? I don’t see many people vying to make soup or casserole with the same gusto
  
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• Right at Home: Tools to make the perfect slice of toast

  20-06-2017 16:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Toast is one of life's great comfort foods.Any amateur can make it: Put bread in toasting device, push button, wait, remove and slather with something.But it's also trendy: In recent ...
  
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• A rose may be a rose may be a rose - but varieties vary

  20-06-2017 15:59 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Seeing gardens awash in rose blossoms this time of year is undoubtedly what prompted my sister-in-law to call me for suggestions on what roses to plant. We'll see if she ......
  
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• COOKING ON DEADLINE: Halibut Fried Fish Sandwich

  20-06-2017 15:54 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  I love a deep-fried, puffy-battered fish sandwich, with a tempura-like coating, but I'm not doing that at home. That's for an indulgent summer seafood shack lunch, or if you're lucky ...
  
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• '13' star Tommy Dorfman embodies Fendi

  20-06-2017 15:50 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MILAN - Millennials were the real headliners in the week of previews for spring/summer 2018 menswear in Milan, as brands seek to connect with the next generation consumer.By 2025, these ...
  
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• Ditch the denim! What to wear to the office in the heatwave

  20-06-2017 15:37
  
  From wafty kaftans to white shirts or open-back shoes, here are seven ways to avoid a meltdown at your desk
  In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s hot. Yay! But you still have to go to the office. Boo! Here are seven things that will keep you cool at work – in both senses – while the temperatures continue to rise. Continue reading...
  
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• You Can Buy the Discovery Channel Founder’s Ranch for $149 Million

  20-06-2017 15:28
  
  John Hendricks, founder of the Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet, is selling his roughly 7,000 acres of land and estate in Colorado. The property, known as West Creek Ranch, is listed with LIV Sotheby’s. Here’s what you get for $149 million:An aerial view of the property showing the estate just left of center.West Creek Ranch is so big it’s spread out over two states with 6,412 acres in Mesa County, Colorado, and 507 acres in Grand County, Utah. The entire property
  
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• EU takes fat out of fire: Belgian fries are out of danger!

  20-06-2017 15:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BRUSSELS - The European Commission wants all Belgians, and the world at large, to know: your famous fries are safe!A regional Belgian minister had alarmed the nation with warnings that ...
  
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• Amazon strikes again; the dressing room in your house

  20-06-2017 15:15 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Amazon is increasingly claiming territory once held exclusively by department stores and it's doing so again, essentially placing a dressing room in your house.Amazon is testing a ...
  
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• Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market to finally move home, says governor

  20-06-2017 15:00
  
  After numerous delays, latest over pollution fears at new site, world’s largest fish market to move to make way for 2020 OlympicsTokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish market – the largest in the world - is to move from its central location to the site of a former gas plant after a series of delays over concerns about toxic contamination, the city’s governor has confirmed.The decision by Yuriko Koike comes nearly a year after she halted the move owing to worries about high levels of
  
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• My workout: ‘I was in a real slump. Then I found goalball’

  20-06-2017 14:53
  
  Tommy Britton, 36, describes how goalball rescued him from despondency over his visual impairmentThe diagnosis for retinitis pigmentosa came when I was a kid. The visually impaired classification came later, when I was 18. At that age you feel invincible, but when they say, “Listen fella, your eyes are really bad and you’re going to go blind”, it hits you hard.I found my visual impairment very isolating and became quite reclusive. I was in a physical slump. That was before I ha
  
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• In the kitchen, "we're all human": Refugee cooks up taste of Syria in Athens

  20-06-2017 14:51
  
  ATHENS (Reuters) - Barshank Haj Younes may not have much to celebrate, but the young Syrian is cooking up a feast.
  
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• Wicket maidens: the surprising history of women’s cricket

  20-06-2017 14:32
  
  As far back as the 1890s, women’s cricket matches would draw crowds of more than 15,000 people. But – despite famous victories and huge stars – England’s female players spent decades juggling the game and full-time jobsWhen Karen Smithies’ England team won the World Cup in 1993, she did not go in for false modesty. The success of the women’s team was in stark contrast to the fortunes of the men’s team at the time – England had just lost the Ashes o
  
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• Chips are down for Belgian frites as EU acts on 'unsafe compound'

  20-06-2017 13:43
  
  Belgium says European commission’s proposal to change cooking process for safety reasons will spoil chips’ tasteThe European commission has been accused of a crime against the people of Belgium for what local politicians say amounts to an attempt to ban the national dish, the frite – or frieten, as they say in the Flemish-speaking north of the country.
  Whether eaten with mayonnaise or taken au naturel, the Belgian chip is up there with chocolate, beer and the national football
  
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• Carla Fendi, philanthropist and fashion force, dies at 79

  20-06-2017 12:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MILAN - Carla Fendi, one of the five sisters who transformed the family leather goods business into a global luxury fashion house long known for its furs, has died following ......
  
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• Opioid addiction could be factor in growing number of donor organs: experts

  20-06-2017 10:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  OTTAWA - Amid the growing death toll of Canada's ongoing opioid epidemic, there's evidence of a correlating increase in the number of healthy human organs available for transplant.The agency that ...
  
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• Ohio woman's family files lawsuit against outdoor park

  20-06-2017 09:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The family of an Ohio woman who died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a North Carolina outdoor recreational park.The family ......
  
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• Forever green: Cemeteries make more room for natural burials

  20-06-2017 09:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  RHINEBECK, N.Y. - Last goodbyes are said in these woods with wildflowers placed on a shrouded body, or with the beloved wrapped in a favourite childhood blanket. Dirt shovelled back ...
  
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• Oklahoma's 'Pioneer Woman' builds media empire on the Plains

  20-06-2017 09:15 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PAWHUSKA, Okla. - Growing up in an Oklahoma town she considered too tiny, Ree Drummond sought the bright lights of a city and headed west for Los Angeles.She never dreamed ...
  
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• 1 in 2 Canadians will get cancer, 1 in 4 will die of disease: Cancer Society

  20-06-2017 09:03 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - Almost one in every two Canadians is expected to be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime and one in four Canadians will die from the disease, a new ...
  
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• I need the right KnowHow to fix my son’s laptop

  20-06-2017 08:00
  
  It has gone back to PC World for a third time and I don’t think it’s fit for purposeBack in January 2016 I bought a HP laptop for my son from Curry’s/PC World for £440. Since then I have been paying £5.50 a month for its KnowHow service agreement. When, after six months, it stopped working I took it in for repair. It came back wiped of all his schoolwork – the repair docket stated the problem was caused by a corrupted operating system. Three months later
  
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• Scout's owner collars market

  20-06-2017 07:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SHALER, Pa. — Sandra Smith has been making things her entire life. So when she couldn’t find a collar that suited Scout, her 25-kilogram pit bull mix, she used her ...
  
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• The best secret beaches, pubs and places to stay in the UK

  20-06-2017 07:30
  
  For those who like to keep things low-key, our writers recommend lovely, quiet coastal spots, cosy pubs and boltholes with superb views Continue reading...
  
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• India's advice for pregnant women to shun meat, lust derided

  20-06-2017 04:32 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW DELHI - India's government is advising pregnant women to avoid all meat, eggs and lusty thoughts.Doctors say the advice is preposterous, and even dangerous, considering India's already-poor record with ......
  
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• Harvard freshmen's ouster over posts draws broad response

  20-06-2017 03:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LAS VEGAS - Few college-bound kids lose their shot, and their slot, at their dream school once they get in, but it happened at one of the world's most elite ...
  
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• Cattle ranchers sue to return country-of-origin labeling

  20-06-2017 02:25 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. - Ranchers on Monday sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture, seeking to force meat to again be labeled if it's produced in other countries and imported to the ......
  
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• Sudoku 3779 medium

  20-06-2017 01:01
  
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• Quick crossword No 14,701

  20-06-2017 01:00
  
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