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• Great pumpkins! Grower wins trifecta of giant food titles

  09-10-2017 21:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Rhode Island grower is first in the world to achieve a trifecta in the hobby of growing gargantuan foods: world records for heaviest pumpkin, longest long ......
  
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• Melania Trump filling out her agenda as first lady

  09-10-2017 21:21 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - It was a moment eight months in the making: Melania Trump bounding down the White House lawn to the vegetable garden made famous by her predecessor.Clad in a ...
  
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• Satire on EU bureaucracy wins German book prize

  09-10-2017 20:49
  BERLIN (Reuters) - A satirical look at the European Union and its bureaucracy, which opens with a pig running amok in one of Brussels' main squares, has won the prestigious German Book Prize.
  
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• Melania Trump filling out her agenda

  09-10-2017 20:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - It was a moment eight months in the making: Melania Trump bounding down the White House lawn to the vegetable garden made famous by her predecessor.Clad in a ...
  
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• Does Tinder’s Menprovement initiative do enough to protect women?

  09-10-2017 19:33
  The dating app recently launched a new anti-harassment feature – but virtual eye rolls and martini throws may not be the best way to combat abuseMy friend Jessie doesn’t use Tinder any more. Aside from the swipe-induced RSI and the serial ghosters, her main motivation for giving up the dating app was the time she matched with a man who sent her a threatening message. “He said: ‘I’m gonna fuck you from behind, and I don’t care whether you want to or not,’
  
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• Seeing hope: FDA panel considers gene therapy for blindness

  09-10-2017 19:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  A girl saw her mother's face for the first time. A boy tore through the aisles of Target, marveling at toys he never knew existed. A teen walked onto a ......
  
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• Swedish Vacation Home Unveils Tent-Like Silhouette

  09-10-2017 19:00
  This unusual looking home recently completed by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter sits on a promontory on the small island of Krokholmen, in Stockholm’s outer archipelago. The owners wanted a maintenance-free vacation retreat with plenty of social spaces for family gatherings.“The tent-like room and silhouette of the house connects to the idea of the least complicated way to spend time in nature, but it is also inspired by the older Swedish pavilion and gazebo archi
  
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• Can’t be bothered to make stock? Here are the ways to keep cooking simple

  09-10-2017 16:00
  Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge admits to using stock cubes at home instead of making his own. He’s right – some things aren’t worth spending too much time onTop chef in stock shock! Tom Kerridge’s admission that he uses stock cubes at home raised a few well-manicured eyebrows at the Cheltenham literary festival last weekend – the accepted wisdom being that any cook worth their Maldon sea salt has a freezer full of neatly labelled, lovingly homemad
  
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• Double-barrelled surnames pose dilemma for new parents naming their kids

  09-10-2017 15:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Alexandra Sipos-Kocsis doesn't mean to be difficult.And yet throughout her life, her unique surname has confounded teachers, telemarketers, airlines and more than a few administrative forms that didn't ......
  
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• Crossword roundup: dosh, dosh, loadsamoney

  09-10-2017 14:41
  Slang terms for money, disrespect for Potus and a pair of very special grids feature in our collection of the best cryptic cluesPerhaps there exist some clues and themes somewhere in crosswording that are supportive of and enthusiastic for the 45th president of the United States. Let me know if you spot any. Meanwhile, the combined response from the Independent’s team is itself a combination of alarm and outright derision. Continue reading...
  
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• The harder I try to sleep, the more worry keeps me awake | Michele Hanson

  09-10-2017 14:13
  Not getting enough sleep increases the risk of obesity and diabetes, depression and cancer – plenty to weigh on your mind at 2am
  Isn’t it fascinating to read all the recent research on sleep, fruit flies and circadian rhythms? But it isn’t helping me to get a decent night’s kip. I try. I don’t drink caffeine after lunch, I eat early, I read a calming book in bed. But the harder I try to sleep, the less I can, because I’m worrying about what I now know will hap
  
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• Anna Jones’s autumnal recipes for roast squash | The modern cook

  09-10-2017 13:00
  Squashes – autumn’s favourite gourd – are abundant now, and, when roasted, are a generous and versatile ingredient to have to hand for countless meals, as shown by these recipesAs the start of each season rolls in, I am persuaded that it is my favourite. This week, with the arrival of autumn’s first squashes, was no exception. I got the jumpers down from the loft in celebration.For the past few weeks, squashes have been arriving in our veg box every Wednesday. Their shape
  
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• 4 Essential Steps to Create a Fabulous and Functional Home Office

  09-10-2017 13:00
  We hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. Your home office should be both functional and inviting. Image: Natalia KuptsovaShop a similar look: Chairs | Planter | End TableToo often, creating a functional home office ends up at the bottom of our to-do lists. Most of us would rather put work out of our minds entirely than spend time and money designing a space where it’s the primary focus. Howeve
  
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• How do we register a property paid for with unequal deposits?

  09-10-2017 12:15
  My wife has contributed more to the deposit than me, but going forward we’ll split everything 50/50Q My wife and I have just bought our first property together. We both agree tenants in common is the way to go, but cannot work out the wording/equation for the legal document that allows for the “live” proportional representation that we believe will be fair (happy to be corrected). My wife put £63,500 in cash towards the purchase, while I contributed £26,500. We have
  
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• Melania Trump saying 2 words more often: first lady

  09-10-2017 09:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - Melania Trump appears to becoming more at ease with her role as first lady.She is beginning to speak out more about how she envisions using her position to ......
  
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• I can never achieve orgasm, no matter what my boyfriend does

  09-10-2017 09:00
  I have never been able to come, although clitoral stimulation almost gets me there. I feel broken, while my partner thinks he’s not good enoughI’m a 24-year-old female and I can never achieve orgasm. I feel as if I get close sometimes. Clitoral stimulation seems to help, but I still can’t quite get there. My boyfriend feels as if he’s not good enough because he can’t make me orgasm. I feel broken. What do I do?Many – perhaps most – women orgasm only thro
  
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• Airbnb given a flea in the ear about reviews policy

  09-10-2017 08:00
  We had to leave our holiday property on the day we checked in because it was infested with fleas, but can’t leave a reviewMy husband and I booked a cottage through Airbnb in July. A few weeks later the host messaged to say she had double-booked the property, but she offered us another property on the same site at no extra cost. On our arrival the sink was full of food; the floor covered in food, mud and general debris; and there was animal hair on everything. But we had been travelling for
  
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• A very private grief: the parents breaking the stillbirth taboo

  09-10-2017 07:00
  Stillbirths are 10 times more common than cot deaths, yet they are rarely spoken about. But a new project seeks to end the silenceChris and his wife Danielle were delighted when she fell pregnant, and he recalls “getting to know” the baby in the womb. “I talked to him and played him music. I got stuff for him.” All seemed well and the couple had several scans until, at 25 weeks, Danielle became aware that the baby was not moving. When the couple went for a scan, they lear
  
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