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• It's a little bit pricey: Elton John's 'Your Song' lyrics for auction

  02-11-2018 23:49
  The handwritten original lyrics to Elton John's breakout hit "Your Song" are going up for auction in New York and are expected to fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars.
  
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• Building Your Energy-Efficient Dream Home

  02-11-2018 22:00
  Take some notes from the 2018 HGTV Smart Home designs and equip your home with the best ways to make your home energy efficient. Source: HGTV Customize your modern home with energy saving appliances that can offer style and comfort. While older homes have their charm, building a new house is a unique opportunity to customize. You can choose building materials, layouts and add-ons that can make your home more energy efficient.When shopping for the fixtures and appliances to install in your n
  
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• FDA OKs powerful opioid pill as alternative to IV painkiller

  02-11-2018 19:12 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TRENTON, N.J. - U.S. regulators have approved a fast-acting, super-potent opioid tablet as an alternative to IV painkillers used in hospitals.The decision by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday ......
  
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• Interior Designer Inspiration for Styling Your Coffee Table

  02-11-2018 18:00
  Styling your coffee table sets the vibe for your entire living room. Image: Pottery BarnWe 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. We love the look of a styled coffee table to give your living room a pulled-together feel. When you think of your coffee table as more than just a surface for setting drinks and a book or two, you can create a stylish addition to your decor. When styling your coffee table,
  
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• My husband is too serious and I can’t discuss my emotions with him

  02-11-2018 15:24
  I know he loves and respects me, but I hate his cold, logical natureMy husband loves me and takes care of me, but he is a very cold and serious person, whereas I am fun-loving. I don’t like his nature, and hate it when he scolds me for silly mistakes. My emotions have no value for him, and I cannot discuss my mental health with him. When we married 18 months ago, I worried I would be unhappy, but he said he would change, so I took a chance because he is a good person, respects me and my fa
  
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• Feds say heroin, fentanyl remain biggest drug threat to US

  02-11-2018 13:42 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - Opioid overdose deaths hit the highest level ever recorded in the United States last year, with an estimated 200 people dying per day, according to a report by ......
  
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• Rotten shark made you queasy? A vomit bag for every guest at the Disgusting Food Museum

  02-11-2018 13:22
  The dead mouse in the Chinese wine sure looks nasty, and the maggots in the cheese tend to put people off. But nothing is more horrible to an unaccustomed palate than the Icelandic fermented shark....
  
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• Prue Leith on Constance Spry | The Cook’s Cook

  02-11-2018 13:00
  The Great British Bake Off judge explains how the Cordon Bleu school founder inspired herThe first cookbook I bought was The Constance Spry Cookery Book, published in 1956. In 1959, aged 19, I was doing the advanced course at Le Cordon Bleu and the famous pink tome was standard, if expensive, issue for us students.When I left the school and started cooking lunches for the three partners of a law firm in Whitehall, I more or less cooked my way through its 1,100 pages. I hit the chicken chapter in
  
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• Anna Jones’ recipes for Bonfire Night | The Modern Cook

  02-11-2018 13:00
  Celebrate Guy Fawkes with ginger biscuit s’mores dunked in dark chocolate and a pear and cardamom hot toddyAs kids, we’d trek down the road to the local fireworks display on Bonfire Night, the long walk made shorter knowing we’d be allowed a treat at the other end – a wispy cloud of candyfloss to share between us alongside cups of hot chocolate. My sweet tooth has mellowed since then and candyfloss no longer lights me up. Instead, we light sparklers and bake potatoes outs
  
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• At the Turn: Canadian golf exec sings praises of premium equipment

  02-11-2018 12:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Golf may have already given way to hockey season in Canada, but Bill Holowaty still has irons, wedges and putters on his mind. Expensive ones. So should you, he surmises.Holowaty ......
  
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• 20 Pinterest Thanksgiving Table Setting Ideas You’ll Want To Try

  02-11-2018 12:00
  If you’re looking for some fresh inspiration to get your table ready for Thanksgiving this year, we’ve got you covered. We’ve spent hours looking at the best Pinterest Thanksgiving table setting pins. We’ve pored over all the details: how the table is set, what linens were used and how they styled the table with cool ideas like colorful pumpkins, herbs, candles and more.Here are 20 of the best Pinterest Thanksgiving table setting ideas you’ll want to try t
  
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• Zela, London – restaurant review | Grace Dent

  02-11-2018 11:00
  Cristiano Ronaldo, Rafael Nadal and Enrique Iglesias invent an entirely new cuisine. But why?You’d think that with everything the five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo has on his plate right now, opening a restaurant would not be the priority. However, in recent months, the glitzy, spectacular Zela has taken root in the ground floor of the ME hotel in Aldwych, London. You may remember that I visited Pep Guardiola’s three-storey, Catalonian molecular gastronomy experien
  
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• My life in sex: the 21-year-old saving herself for marriage

  02-11-2018 11:00
  ‘I don’t want to engage in a culture that treats sex so casually’Saving sex for marriage sounds so ridiculously old-fashioned that sometimes even I can hardly believe I’m doing it. My parents aren’t Christian and I don’t have a purity ring. I’m also not waiting because I believe that sex would make me dirty, impure or less-loved by God.This is a decision I made at 18, because I believe that sex outside marriage is a sin. I believe that marriage is what G
  
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• Why didn’t Currys know how to install our £2,500 Sony TV?

  02-11-2018 08:00
  My husband and I wasted 30 hours on the phone and waiting in for teamsMy husband and I have had a nightmare with a Sony TV from Currys. The £2,500 cost included installation and a demonstration, and the salesman advised the remote would also control our Xbox and Sky box. The delivery team turned up three hours late, spent three hours trying to install the set, then said they couldn’t figure it out and left.Continue reading...
  
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• The best coats for all ages – in pictures

  02-11-2018 08:00
  A neutral shade will never go out of fashion, while a check or bright colour will be the focus of all your winter looksContinue reading...
  
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• The Beverley Arms, East Yorkshire: hotel review

  02-11-2018 07:30
  This revamped hotel’s heritage, comfort and biscuits appeal strongly to our writer, but his companion proves harder to please …Driving into the leafy East Yorkshire town of Beverley, we clatter over a cattle grid, then past the racecourse into a smart Georgian market town. I am accompanied by Sophie, my partner, a woman who spent many years inspecting hotels, with clipboard in hand. She has never lost the skills. “Remember,” I hear myself say. “Try and enjoy yourse
  
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• Cryptic crossword No 27,656

  02-11-2018 01:00
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