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• Getting kids to a good weight by 13 may help avoid diabetes

  04-04-2018 23:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  There may be a critical window for overweight kids to get to a healthy level. Those who shed their extra pounds by age 13 had the same risk of developing ......
  
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• Data of 620,000 Canadians improperly shared with consulting firm: Facebook

  04-04-2018 21:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  OTTAWA - Facebook says the data of more than 620,000 Canadians was likely shared improperly with a political consulting company that is at the centre of an international uproar over ......
  
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• Rules to reduce racial bias in student discipline in review

  04-04-2018 20:28 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is reviewing an Obama-era policy that tried to counter racial bias in school discipline and lessen penalties for student infractions. That's putting a spotlight ...
  
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• Meghan Markle to join a small group of US senior royals

  04-04-2018 19:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Meghan Markle is about to join more than one select group. In addition to her May 19 wedding to Prince Harry, she'll become one of just a ...
  
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• From Naomi Campbell to Ozwald Boateng: Arise fashion week – in pictures

  04-04-2018 19:30
  After a six-year break, Arise fashion week returned to Nigeria last week, with Naomi Campbell walking two shows in Lagos, Skepta performing – and Ozwald Boateng producing a starry collection Continue reading...
  
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• What does the Belfast rape trial tell women? Make a complaint and you'll be vilified

  04-04-2018 18:54
  It doesn’t matter what women wear or how they behave – if things go badly, they will be blamedWhat can I wear on a night out to ensure I have a good time and no one will give me a hard time later?Charlotte, by email Continue reading...
  
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• Philippines approves six-month closure of Boracay tourist island from April

  04-04-2018 18:52
  MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday approved the closure of the country's most famous tourist island, Boracay, for six months from April 26, his spokesman said,...
  
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• DeVos to discuss Obama discipline rule with educators

  04-04-2018 18:30 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is reviewing an Obama-era policy that seeks to counter racial bias in school discipline and calls for softer penalties for students.African-American students are suspended ......
  
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• Arctic jazz: bowhead whales have amazingly diverse songbook

  04-04-2018 17:49
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bowhead whales, the black filter-feeding giants of the Arctic that can live for 200 years devouring tons of tiny marine creatures, boast another remarkable quality. Their...
  
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• Chicken rendang snub stirs heated Southeast Asian recipe debate

  04-04-2018 17:31
  KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A British cooking show has sparked a lively debate across Southeast Asian over whether the widely popular chicken rendang dish should ever be crispy and where it originates...
  
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• Video game addiction a disease? WHO prepares to codify 'gaming disorder'

  04-04-2018 14:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Lisa Pont has heard plenty of skepticism about video game addiction and whether it's truly a medical condition that should be classified as a disease, as the World ...
  
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• Try this eggplant and chicken marinara, a one-dish-wonder

  04-04-2018 14:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Many eggplant recipes start with slicing or dicing and sauteing in oil. But this approach can add a lot of unnecessary fat to your dish, as porous eggplant flesh absorbs ......
  
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• At The Turn: Parkinson Project explores elusiveness of lasting golf improvement

  04-04-2018 14:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  KING CITY, Ont. - It's the most inspiring week on the recreational golf calendar, with the snow slowly receding, the Masters heralding the approach of another season and the impulse ...
  
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• Would you drink Danny DeVito’s limoncello? The big names trying to sell us booze

  04-04-2018 14:05
  From George Clooney and David Beckham to Jay-Z and Fergie, stars are adding a dash of glamour to tequila, whisky and champagne. In Drake’s words, it’s ‘one sip, and wooh!’Celebrities used to be more famous for drinking booze than for producing it, but these days famous people are no more likely to take a wine than they are to take an entire winery. Case in point: actor Ryan Reynolds, who recently announced his purchase of Portland-based Aviation gin from its previous owne
  
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• Theo Randall’s recipe for spaghetti with courgettes, onions and basil

  04-04-2018 13:19
  This simple dish looks great with added courgette flowers and works with short pasta tooI was told about this recipe by a friend who comes from Naples. He described this dish with such passion that I had to cook it that same evening. You don’t have to use courgette flowers but it does look great with them. Spaghetti works really well but you could use a short pasta like penne rigate or fusilli instead. (Serves 4 as a starter) Continue reading...
  
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• Crate & Kids: Crate & Barrel’s New Line For Little Ones is Awesome

  04-04-2018 13:00
  Say hello to Crate & Kids! Crate & Barrel’s new line of kids’ furniture and accessories is fun, playful, and perfect for little ones.  Shop the adorable new collection now at www.crateandbarrel.com/kids, or find items in more than 40 Crate & Barrel stores beginning April 2018.Crate & Kids includes furniture, accessories, toys, bedding—everything you need for a kid’s room or baby’s nursery. A full range of Crate & Barrel’s signatur
  
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• Edmunds: Advanced driver aids aren't just for luxury cars

  04-04-2018 12:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Automakers have come a long way from safety features such as seat belts and air bags that are meant to prevent injuries in a crash. Today, manufacturers are adding advanced ......
  
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• Hollywood's diversity push snubs actors with disabilities

  04-04-2018 10:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LOS ANGELES - Eileen Grubba was working alongside other actors on a TV commercial when she realized the director's eye was caught by her uneven gait. He started positioning her ......
  
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• My husband has been overpaying Virgin Active for five years

  04-04-2018 08:00
  He has been entitled to a cheap over-55’s rate since he turned 60, but no one told himMy husband and I are longstanding members of Virgin Active gym. My husband turned 60 in January and I have just found out there is an over-55 membership at well under the standard rate. It is not listed prominently on the website and seems to be hidden. This means he has been overpaying for five years. I am angry and baffled. SB, London W14 Your case reflects the complexity of membership deals from this m
  
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• Good times! How fashion got happy (and what it says about the world)

  04-04-2018 08:00
  With slogan T-shirts and rainbow colours, joy has overtaken feminism and random French words as the aesthetic of the seasonOutselling all competition on River Island’s website over a record-breakingly wet Easter bank holiday weekend was a £16.99 T-shirt that reads: “It’s All Good.” Meanwhile, over at J Crew, if you missed out on last season’s “UP BEAT” slogan tee, seen on several New York fashion-week showgoers, you can now buy one that reads &ldqu
  
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• Hug me, hug me, hug me... I'm a newsperson

  04-04-2018 07:32 via winnipegfreepress.com
  If you see me standing around in the cookie aisle in the grocery store today, you might want to wander over, wrap your arms around me, and squeeze as if ...
  
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• A local's guide to Australia's Gold Coast: 10 top tips

  04-04-2018 07:30
  As the Commonwealth Games get under way in this sunny Queensland city, an insider offers tips on what to see and do – and where to eat and drink – away from the sporting actionHugging Queensland’s southeast coast for a whopping 70km, the City of the Gold Coast extends far beyond the borders of Surfers Paradise, its hedonistic heart. Once renowned for its tackiness, the “Goldie” has, ahead of the Commonwealth Games, attained a level of sophistication few expected of
  
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• Six of the best spring side dishes

  04-04-2018 07:00
  Spectacular accompaniments from around the world, from Punjabi-style beetroot to miso-fried auberginePrep 10 min
  Cook 3 hr
  Serves 4 Continue reading...
  
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• Plowing a path: State to buy farms to help new farmers

  04-04-2018 06:15 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island is launching a program to buy farms and sell them to new farmers for dirt cheap.A farm bought for $500,000, for example, could then be ......
  
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• A hundred miles from Oxford Street – fashion archive, 1972

  04-04-2018 06:00
  4 April 1972: There are more out-of-London branches of famous London names. Miss Selfridge, for example, now has 18 branchesThe fashion shopping scene has been virtually transformed over the past ten years or so. If the calendar were put back to 1960 I believe we should be astonished at how dull the shops would seem. The contrast would be greatest in the suburbs and provincial towns, because of the boutiques that have blossomed in the high streets and the multiplying branches of fashion chains.
  
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• Chicken salt: the rise and fall (and rise again?) of Australia's favourite condiment | Adam Liaw

  04-04-2018 05:45
  Is chicken salt making a comeback? Adam Liaw investigates the South Australian delicacy – and mourns the demise of the classic Aussie chicken shopWhen I was in high school there was a rumour going around about my friend Jodie and, more specifically, her dad. It invited both awe and incredulity in equal measure.As far as rumours go, it wasn’t particularly salacious. The word on the street was simply that Jodie’s dad had invented Australia’s most beloved of seasonings: chic
  
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• Beyond the dazzle: behind the scenes at Cartier

  04-04-2018 04:07
  More than 300 stunning jewels from the French house are on show at the NGA. But it’s the journey they took from fanciful notion to sparkling creation that’s just as interestingIt’s easy to be dazzled at the National Gallery of Australia’s blockbuster Cartier exhibition, but there’s one section that shouldn’t be missed.
  It’s past Dame Nellie Melba’s glittering collection, past the maharaja’s opulent Patiala necklace, beyond Lady Mountbatten&rs
  
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