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• Dollars targeting opioids hit hurdles as impatience builds

  25-10-2017 22:46 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Nearly a year after Congress approved an extraordinary $1 billion to tackle the opioid crisis, the money that poured into all 50 states is gradually reaching places where it can ......
  
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• Brain changes may persist in teenage athletes months after concussion: study

  25-10-2017 22:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  A new Canadian study suggests teenage athletes who sustain concussions may still be experiencing brain changes even after they have been cleared to return to play.Researchers at Western University's Schulich ...
  
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• Michelin 3-star restaurants rise to seven in San Francisco area

  25-10-2017 22:02
  (Reuters) - The number of the restaurants in the San Francisco area with Michelin's highest accolade of three stars grew to seven in the 2018 dining guide for the region that will be launched on...
  
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• Taking the home-buying plunge young: 20-somethings weigh in

  25-10-2017 21:26 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Buying a home can be daunting, especially if you're young.Twenty-somethings (many of them new to saving and some carrying student-loan debt) can be intimidated by the sheer amount of money ...
  
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• Blake Lively tackles blindness in new complex film role

  25-10-2017 20:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - To play a blind woman for her latest film role, Blake Lively took no short cuts into the darkness.The 30-year-old actress learned to use a walking cane, ...
  
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• General Mills removing gluten-free label from Cheerios, claims no health risk

  25-10-2017 20:19 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - General Mills Canada says it's removing the gluten-free label from future Cheerios cereal boxes as it awaits consistent government testing protocols for products containing oats.The company says Cheerios ......
  
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• Scientists working toward reversible kind of gene editing

  25-10-2017 20:07 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - Scientists are altering a powerful gene-editing technology in hopes of one day fighting diseases without making permanent changes to people's DNA.The trick: Edit RNA instead, the messenger that ...
  
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• Panel recommends new, better shingles shot over old version

  25-10-2017 19:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - A federal panel is recommending that older people vaccinated for shingles get a new, better shot approved last week.The advisory panel on Wednesday said the vaccine made ...
  
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• Grid Apartment in Rome Features an Element of Surprise

  25-10-2017 19:00
  Welcome to a minimalist home that features a surprising centerpiece. The “Grid Apartment” in Rome, Italy, was designed by architecture studio Brain Factory with functionality in mind.An open-plan living space was the main requirement of the owners, who wanted their 80 square-meter (860 square-foot) home to feel spacious and bright. At the same time there was a desire to separate the kitchen from the living room, while still being connected to it.
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• How to replace pizza, movie night with family fitness dates

  25-10-2017 18:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Family fitness dates are replacing the old school pizza and movie nights as more parents are realizing that the benefits of moving aren't just about burning ...
  
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• Harassment investigators brace for possible Weinstein-inspired boost in complaints

  25-10-2017 18:41 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Media reports detailing sexual harassment claims against high-profile film and TV titans including Harvey Weinstein and Bill O'Reilly have been relentless.So too are the far less-sensational claims being ...
  
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• FDA rejects muscular dystrophy drug, says it doesn't work

  25-10-2017 18:36 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TRENTON, N.J. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected an experimental drug for a common type of muscular dystrophy.The FDA's decision Wednesday was expected because the agency had ......
  
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• Croissants in crisis: could French bakers crumble amid butter shortage?

  25-10-2017 18:32
  Pastry makers in France fear they can’t go on for much longer, as consumers face empty butter fridges in supermarketsSupermarket stocks are running low, people online are jokingly offering to sell a half-eaten pack for €250, and a film shot in the dairy-loving region of Brittany features deprived addicts roaming the streets like zombies.For months, bakers, biscuit-makers, farmers and food producers have sounded the alarm over a dearth of butter in France. But this week, with French ne
  
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• Wider Image: Mexico's indigenous Muslims in Maya heartland

  25-10-2017 18:19
  SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico (Reuters) - A trip to Mexico's indigenous Maya heartland showed me how a vibrant Muslim community had sprung up in this predominantly Roman Catholic country.
  
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• How to replace pizza, move night with family fitness dates

  25-10-2017 18:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Family fitness dates are replacing the old school pizza and movie nights as more parents are realizing that the benefits of moving aren't just about burning ...
  
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• Meal replacement company Soylent has imports blocked in Canada

  25-10-2017 17:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Soylent, the meal replacement drink that's been called both "the future of food" in breathless headlines and "the end of food" by the New Yorker, can no longer be sold ...
  
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• Not at home? Amazon wants to come in and drop off packages

  25-10-2017 17:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Would you let a stranger in your house to drop off a package? Amazon hopes so.The online retailer said Wednesday that it will launch a service next ...
  
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• Saudi industrial city plans jazz festival as reforms take hold

  25-10-2017 16:58
  RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi Arabian industrial zone plans to host a jazz festival around the end of this year as it moves into tourism and entertainment, a result of economic reforms designed to end...
  
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• Put pumpkin puree to work as part of a frozen winter treat

  25-10-2017 16:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  All four of my daughters love frozen acai bowls because they feel like you're eating ice cream for breakfast, except healthier. If you haven't hopped on the acai bowl craze, ...
  
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• Kitchen gadgets review: Vertuo coffee machine – a haughty home barrista

  25-10-2017 13:12
  While the aluminium pods seem like harbingers of the death of the Earth, the coffee is so good you’ll never need go out for java againNespresso Vertuo (£199, nespresso.com). Centrifugal extractor with reservoir annexe and pressurised dispenser. Hot water forced through tubbed grounds creates coffee. Continue reading...
  
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• Back to Basics: The Importance of Rhythm in Interior Design (Plus, How to Make It Work for You)

  25-10-2017 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. Rhythm is a fundamental component of interior design. Image: M A D E R A SurfacesShop a similar look: Pendants | Coffee Maker | FaucetOdds are, you’re probably used to hearing about rhythm in connection to music. It’s the thread that ties all the stanzas, bridges and choruses in a song together. However, rhythm in interior design works in much the
  
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• Why do I always ask ‘why’? | Notes and queries

  25-10-2017 12:30
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsWhy do I always ask “why”?Tim Sedgwick-Jell (on behalf of Samuel, aged four), Salisbury, Wilts Continue reading...
  
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• Does Paris metro have most complicated underground map | Notes and queries

  25-10-2017 12:30
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsHaving recently got lost, again, on the Paris Métro, I’m wondering, does the Métro have the most complicated underground map of all? Are there others even harder to decipher? Which is the simplest?Julia Brown, Leeds Continue reading...
  
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• Unknown territory: why do we remember the first time?

  25-10-2017 09:00
  First runs in a new location are memorable, even magical – an introduction to a new city, for example – and science has set out to explain the phenomenonYou remember your first time, right? Everyone does. That grand départ into the unknown, the bewildering, clean-sheeted novelty of it all. That initial feeling of hesitation. The lingering trepidation. Then, bang, that’s all behind you. You’re away. You’ve found your feet, you’ve hit your stride. Pulse q
  
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• 20 best Middle Eastern recipes: part 3

  25-10-2017 09:00
  Middle Eastern classics including Honey & Co’s chicken pastilla, Yosma’s lamb-filled manti and Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi’s delicious hummus kawarma20 best Middle Eastern recipes: part 120 best Middle Eastern recipes: part 220 best Middle Eastern recipes: part 4Serve this with a big plate of orange slices and rocket drizzled in lemon juice and olive oil, and with great pride. Continue reading...
  
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• Nuggets of 'wisdom' fail to impress this scribe

  25-10-2017 07:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  There is a lot of important stuff we can learn from legendary genius Albert Einstein, despite the fact he is currently dead.But we probably shouldn’t look to the man who ......
  
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• Note with Einstein's theory on life auctioned for $1.3 million

  25-10-2017 01:36
  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Strapped for cash in a Tokyo hotel, Albert Einstein wrote his take on life on a note and handed it to the bellboy instead of a tip. The physicist's formula for happy living...
  
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