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• San Francisco to decide whether to ban flavoured tobacco

  28-05-2018 21:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  SAN FRANCISCO - A major tobacco company is pumping millions of dollars into a campaign to persuade San Francisco voters to reject a ban on selling flavoured tobacco products, including ......
  
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• A spud is born: UMaine unveils gourmet 'Pinto Gold' potato

  28-05-2018 21:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  ORONO, Maine - The University of Maine says it's releasing a new type of gourmet potato.The new spud is called the "Pinto Gold" and the university's potato breeding program leader ...
  
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• Starbucks training a first step, experts say, in facing bias

  28-05-2018 20:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Starbucks, trying to put to rest an outcry over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores, is closing more than 8,000 stores for an afternoon of ...
  
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• Looking for new way to donate during Ramadan? London mosque now accepts bitcoin

  28-05-2018 19:04
  LONDON (Reuters) - Looking for a new way to give money to charity as part of Ramadan? A mosque in Britain's capital is willing to receive your donation - in bitcoin.
  
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• Melon Hat Wall Lamp

  28-05-2018 18:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  It looks cool and I’m pretty sure you could make one of these on your own, a fun little weekend arts and crafts project. Because if you buy this wall lamp, it will set you back $399! WOAH! On their website they even suggest to buy a couple of them and put them next to each other. Again, it looks cool (see below) but who has this kind of money. Definitely not us!
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• Hockey, curling make Las Vegas more than a gambling mecca for Canadians

  28-05-2018 18:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LAS VEGAS - A warm getaway destination that offers live winter sports, Las Vegas now fits that bill for Western Canadians.Sin City's desert climate combined with a new NHL team ......
  
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• Fitness Of The Future – Light Sabering

  28-05-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Is this how we’re going to work out and build muscles soon? Add some weights to these controllers and you’ll be packing soon. And it looks a lot more fun than lifting weights in a fitness studio. You might look a bit silly who can’t see what you’re doing but hey, that’s the future.Upvote our articles on Steemit, it gives us rewards!
  
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• Chocolatine wars: How a battle over pastries has left a nasty taste in Paris

  28-05-2018 16:13
  Politicians from France’s south-west know the difference between a chocolatine and a pain au chocolat. But their attempt to win special status for their delicacy has turned to crumbsName: Chocolatine.Age: About 180. Originated with an Austrian baker, August Zang, who opened a boulangerie in Paris in the 1830s selling Viennese croissants with chocolate called schokoladencroissants. Schokoladen transliterated into French as chocolatine. Continue reading...
  
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• Oral injuries lead to recall of Spam, other Hormel product

  28-05-2018 14:53 via winnipegfreepress.com
  AUSTIN, Minn. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is recalling more than 228,000 pounds of Spam and another product made by Minnesota-based Hormel after four consumers complained about metal objects ......
  
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• German mail service to deliver British milk floats

  28-05-2018 14:05
  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Many Britons will have their daily milk delivered by German vans after Deutsche Post won a contract to deliver 200 electric trucks to doorstep delivery service Milk & More.
  
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• Meraki: will the new hygge make you happier (and save time getting dressed)?

  28-05-2018 13:37
  Move over lagom, còsagach and ikigai. Another self-help concept, this time borrowed from Greece, is here – and being used to sell us clothesIf we have learned anything from lagom, còsagach and ikigai – self-help concepts borrowed from the rituals and perspective of other countries – it’s that heavy is the head that wears hygge’s crown.Many words have tried to capitalise on the success of the Danish art of enjoying life’s pleasures and feeling con
  
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• Corgis in California race to be top dog – in pictures

  28-05-2018 13:13
  Hundreds of the diminutive but highly spirited dogs compete in a national tournament at Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia city Continue reading...
  
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• Anna Jones’s vegetable tart recipes

  28-05-2018 13:00
  For a simple way to elevate seasonal veg, put them in a wholemeal tart or a herby filo oneNothing tempts like a tart. The buttery crumb of the pastry that gives way under your fork, the soft quiver of the filling within, the crumbs you can dab into your mouth with a finger. I make tarts far less than I should considering how much I like them.These two may not be quick, but they are relatively easy: one uses buff leaves of shop-bought filo; the other an easy olive-oil pastry that doesn’t ne
  
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• Canadian employers content to avoid costs and headaches of providing childcare

  28-05-2018 12:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  CALGARY - One of the keys to Jenna Pickering's return to work at the Suncor Energy Inc. head office in downtown Calgary was making sure her son Luke had a ......
  
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• Crossword roundup: when renounings happen

  28-05-2018 11:34
  Doughnut – and other words – may go from noun to verb, then back to noun (but with some extra business tacked on the end): our pick of the best cryptic cluesBrexit. What’s going to happen? Annoying things, suggests Crosophile’s Independent clue … Continue reading...
  
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• Make a splash: 10 of the best swimsuits – in pictures

  28-05-2018 09:01
  One-pieces are back! Although for many of us, they never went away. Whether you like them simple, ruched or brightly coloured, here are our top 10 Continue reading...
  
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• To get rich would be glorious escape from pointless life, says young Chinese student

  28-05-2018 08:38
  BEIJING (Reuters) - An elementary school student in China dreams of getting rich to escape the repetitive loop of life, he told a public speaking contest, astonishing listeners with his candor and...
  
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• A local’s guide to Dundee: top 10 tips

  28-05-2018 08:00
  The city’s beautiful waterfront is being reinvigorated thanks to a £1bn makeover, with the stunning new V&A museum, the first outside London, as its centrepieceDundee and the River Tay come as a pair. From William McGonagall’s poetry paying tribute to “the silvery Tay”, recounting the rail bridge disaster of 1879, to the current waterfront transformation, the river is the lifeblood of the town. The best way to see the city from the Tay estuary is to board a vess
  
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• Tips on teaching your teen how to drive

  28-05-2018 07:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  It’s been almost 35 years since I started driving, and I’ve gotten pretty good at it. But with a 16-year-old in the house, I realized we both have a lot ...
  
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• All hail humanity's greatest creation

  28-05-2018 07:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Get ready to dance in the streets, because today — not counting Christmas and the kickoff of the football season — is the single greatest day in the history of ......
  
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• Bloody but forgotten WWII battle still haunts soldiers

  28-05-2018 05:18 via winnipegfreepress.com
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - William Roy Dover's memory of the World War II battle is as sharp as it was 75 years ago, even though it's been long forgotten by most ......
  
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