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• Mormon church to allow parents in youth bishop meetings

  27-03-2018 23:09 via winnipegfreepress.com
  SALT LAKE CITY - The Mormon church is changing its guidelines for how local leaders handle sexual abuse reports and one-on-one meetings with youth a week after a former prominent ......
  
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• Lawsuit challenges FDA delay of e-cigarette review

  27-03-2018 21:09 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - Several anti-smoking groups are suing the Food and Drug Administration over a decision by Trump administration officials to delay the review of e-cigarettes.The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal ......
  
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• Health Canada warns about dangerous USB chargers as 1.5 million units recalled

  27-03-2018 20:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Health Canada is warning it has discovered numerous unsafe USB chargers during a national assessment of products on the market and a recall has been issued affecting more than 1.5 ...
  
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• Right-to-disconnect talk picks up as popularity of workplace messaging apps rises

  27-03-2018 19:57 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - There's growing chatter in North America about adopting right-to-disconnect laws to free workers from being tethered to their phones around the clock, but some labour experts say that ...
  
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• Ask Brianna: Help your parents based on need, not your guilt

  27-03-2018 19:01 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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• Unheard for 300 years, Italian mass rediscovered

  27-03-2018 18:57
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Lost for about 300 years, a mass by Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi is proving popular with audiences across Europe after being rediscovered by researchers.
  
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• Fashion rules to dress by this spring

  27-03-2018 18:28
  From frill-seeking and weekend suits to trench hype and designer hoodies, here’s how to update your wardrobe this season Continue reading...
  
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• Six Instagram accounts followed by fashion insiders

  27-03-2018 18:26
  From Kate Moss watch to dogs in streetwear, follow these six accounts for fashion beyond the front row Continue reading...
  
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• Off the lamb: how to eat with a low carbon footprint

  27-03-2018 17:22
  A WWF report has named the British meals with the highest carbon footprints, with lamb cawl topping the list. So which foods are more sustainable?Hell hath no fury like a sheep farmer told that his favourite stew is killing the planet. There is a backlash in Wales after a World Wide Fund for Nature report placed lamb cawl top of a list of British dishes ranked by carbon footprint.A single bowl of the traditional meat and veg affair produces 5.9 kilos of CO2 emissions, equivalent to 71 plastic bo
  
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• War gives sense of urgency to collaboration between two Syrian artists

  27-03-2018 17:16
  BEIRUT (Reuters) - One is the grandson of an Armenian troubadour who fled to Syria in 1915. The other is a descendant of a Syrian army chief who died fighting the French in 1920. One hails from...
  
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• Micronesia: Scenic island-hopping and a lesson in letting go

  27-03-2018 16:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  POHNPEI STATE, Micronesia - I'm panicked and soaked as smiling locals fish me out of the bay on the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia. "Trip of a lifetime," I sarcastically ......
  
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• COOKING ON DEADLINE: Leftover Brisket Barley Soup

  27-03-2018 16:09 via winnipegfreepress.com
  If you are hosting Passover, you may well be making a brisket. And if you are making brisket, you may well have leftovers.(And if you don't end up with leftovers, ...
  
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• Yucky ducky? Study reveals bath-time friends' dirty secret

  27-03-2018 15:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  BERN, Switzerland - Scientists have the dirt on rubber ducky: Those cute yellow bath-time friends are, as some parents have long suspected, a haven for nasty bugs.Swiss and American researchers ...
  
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• H&M cuts prices after cold snap leads to profits slump

  27-03-2018 15:09
  Swedish clothing retailer is left with backlog of clothing after weak sales in first quarterH&M said price cuts and cold weather were to blame for a slump in profits at the start of the year, and warned more discounting would be needed to lift flagging sales at the fashion group.Pretax profit at the Swedish clothing retailer plunged 61% to 1.26bn Swedish krona (£108m) in the first quarter ending 28 February, after weaker sales in previous months left it with a backlog of clothing to se
  
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• Architectural Digest Show: calm, cool and collected decor

  27-03-2018 13:19 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - This month's Architectural Digest Design Show offered winter-weary attendees a breath of fresh air with many design ideas that were calm, cool and collected.Some highlights:___CALMBrooklyn textile design ......
  
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• Grow many plants - or just one - for curry flavour

  27-03-2018 13:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  As a gardener, I consider anything I would reach for in a food store to be fair game to try to grow at home. That accounts for the kumquat, avocado ...
  
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• 'Genuine leather?' 'Real wood?' How to read furniture labels

  27-03-2018 13:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Americans spend billions of dollars a year on furniture, but they're often not getting what they paid for. A big part of the problem is misleading labels, experts say.Terms like ...
  
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• Plogging: an eco-friendly fitness mashup of jogging and picking up trash

  27-03-2018 13:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  As the spring thaw lays bare the discarded waste of winter, many Canadian fitness enthusiasts are trying to spread the word about plogging, an eco-friendly exercise mashup that combines the ...
  
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• Nigel Slater’s sausage and beans toad in the hole

  27-03-2018 13:00
  A simple but hearty supper of herby sausages and butter beans in batterSet the oven at 240C/gas mark 9. Fry 4 Cumberland or herby breakfast sausages in 3 tbsp of oil or lard until evenly golden brown. Make life easier for yourself by using a pan, about 22cm in diameter, that will later go in the oven. Continue reading...
  
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• English Edwardian Timber Cottage Gets a Modern Makeover

  27-03-2018 13:00
  Sheri Haby Architects recently completed renovations at Gable House, a charming Edwardian timber cottage in Sandringham, Norfolk, England. A previously built addition to Gable House incorporated the main bedroom, kitchen and dining area, however, this extension was poorly organized.“Our client didn’t need a bigger house, just one that worked better,” the architects said. “Our design direction was to provide a spacious, light-filled, open plan are
  
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• Edwardian Timber Cottage Gets a Modern Makeover

  27-03-2018 13:00
  Sheri Haby Architects recently completed renovations at Gable House, a charming Edwardian timber cottage. A previously built addition to Gable House incorporated the main bedroom, kitchen and dining area, however, this extension was poorly organized.“Our client didn’t need a bigger house, just one that worked better,” the architects said. “Our design direction was to provide a spacious, light-filled, open plan area at the back of the home that be
  
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• A torta della nonna grandma’s tart recipe from Florence | Rachel Roddy

  27-03-2018 13:00
  Torta della nonna isn’t necessarily an Easter treat, but its delicious eggy custard feels fitting at this time of yearThat making custard is said to require precision and skill and that said custard might impazzire (go crazy, ie split) are the two reasons I avoided making it for years. I stuck to my tin of Bird’s powder, which I liked even more once I learned from Simon Hopkinson that Mr Bird drove a custard-coloured Rolls Royce around town. But then I discovered a number of tricks t
  
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• Once overlooked, 2,500-year old coffin may offer clues into ancient Egypt

  27-03-2018 09:33
  SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian academics could help unlock mysteries around ancient Egypt after discovering that a 2,500-year old coffin might contain the remains of a prestigious mummy.
  
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• I left Sainsbury’s Energy last year but it keeps inflating my final bill

  27-03-2018 09:01
  Two readings but one less digit has taken what I owe from £32 to £1,841In September 2017 I left Sainsbury’s Energy after 18 months as a customer. During that period, my gas meter was read twice and I was told I was paying the right amount. I was given a closing balance of £32.Fast forward to this February and I was staggered to receive a new final bill from Sainsbury’s for £1,841. I complained and was sent an amended bill for £1,079. The firm claimed tha
  
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• Patek Philippe watch once owned by Egypt's King Farouk sets Middle East record

  27-03-2018 08:07
  DUBAI (Reuters) - A Patek Philippe watch once owned by Egypt's King Farouk has sold for $912,500 at a Christie's auction in Dubai, an official from the auction house said, setting a record for a...
  
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• Man and cat reunited after 14 years apart

  27-03-2018 07:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  MIAMI — T2, the orange tabby, is tougher than the Terminator.Way back in 2002, the cat was a stray and wandered into the life of now-retired Fort Pierce, Fla., K9 ......
  
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• Rex takes two bullets for owner

  27-03-2018 07:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  DES MOINES, Iowa — You could say that Rex the Dog, the hero German shepherd who on Feb. 21 took at least two bullets protecting his 16-year-old master, has a ...
  
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• San Francisco's Japantown: vibrant, on-trend and fighting for its future

  27-03-2018 07:30
  Japanese people started moving to J-Town after the city’s 1906 earthquake and the area still reflects its roots with festivals, food stops and arty stores but its small businesses face a battle against a real-estate boomAn elderly Japanese-American man is pruning the tiny pines in concrete planters on a pedestrianised section of the outdoor Buchanan Street Mall, ignoring the teens hunting invisible Pokémon around him and the drone buzzing overhead. San Francisco’s storied Japa
  
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• Ruby Tandoh’s hazelnut and clementine meringue recipe | The sweet spot

  27-03-2018 07:00
  A meringue can be as easy to bake as a cake. Try yourself with this orangey showstopperI used to avoid making meringue. It gave me flashbacks to whisking eggs and sugar by hand in my student digs, when achieving stiff peaks took the whole of an episode of Ally McBeal. If you’ve got an electric whisk, though, as I do now, it’s a different experience, and meringue is just as easy to whip up as a cake. Just make sure your bowl is clean and your eggs are fresh.I’m a big fan of the
  
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• Collectors and dealers descend on Hong Kong for annual Art Basel

  27-03-2018 06:49
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Art dealers, collectors and gallery owners gather in Hong Kong for the annual Art Basel exhibition this week at a time when fairs are increasingly driving growth in the sector...
  
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• Hong Kong's skyline farms harvest more happiness than food

  27-03-2018 06:28 via winnipegfreepress.com
  HONG KONG - High above downtown Hong Kong's bustling, traffic-clogged streets, a group of office workers was toiling away not on a corporate acquisition or a public share offering but ......
  
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• In-N-Out Burger seeks restraining order against prankster

  27-03-2018 04:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LOS ANGELES - In-N-Out Burger is seeking a restraining order against an online prankster who posed as the company's CEO at two Los Angeles restaurants, argued with employees and in ...
  
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• Parrots, nesting in peace, attract New York cemetery visitors

  27-03-2018 01:09
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Parakeets from Argentina have turned a corner of a New York cemetery into an unlikely home, framed by a grand Gothic arch, that is attracting a growing number of nature and...
  
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• Sudoku 4018 medium

  27-03-2018 01:01
  Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. Continue reading...
  
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• Stella Creasy to call for crackdown on high-cost credit cards

  27-03-2018 01:01
  Labour MP who championed payday loan fee caps in new push to help tackle problem debtThe Labour MP who championed a crackdown on payday lenders is taking aim at high-cost credit cards, calling for a cap on fees and interest charges to protect vulnerable customers.Stella Creasy, credited with forcing the Treasury to impose a cap on interest rates and fees charged by payday loan companies such as Wonga and the Money Shop, will push in parliament on Tuesday for the introduction of similar rules for
  
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• London property slump most widespread since financial crisis

  27-03-2018 01:01
  House prices falling in almost half of all postcodes in the capital, figures revealHouse prices are falling in almost half of all London postcodes, according to new figures showing the most widespread collapse in property values across the capital since the 2008 financial crisis. The latest signs of distress will stoke concerns that sliding prices are far from confined to the most expensive homes in central London, with the figures showing a ripple effect spreading into the suburbs. Continue rea
  
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• Quick crossword No 14,940

  27-03-2018 01:00
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• Cryptic crossword No 27,467

  27-03-2018 01:00
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