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• Correction: Cheaper EpiPen Rival story

  07-12-2018 23:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TRENTON, N.J. - In a story Dec. 6 about a new alternative to EpiPen, The Associated Press reported erroneously that emergency allergy injector Auvi-Q was among products that had shortages ...
  
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• Chailly's "Attila" seduces La Scala audience at season opening

  07-12-2018 23:18
  An opera based on the 5th century conquest of Italy drew wild applause on the opening night of La Scala's 2018-19 season on Friday - not least for President Sergio Mattarella.
  
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• Santa 'Jaws' is coming to Budapest aquarium

  07-12-2018 15:21
  As if delivering presents to all the world's 2 billion children while in charge of nine reindeer and a flying vehicle, squeezing down chimneys and entering strangers' houses weren't enough, Santa...
  
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• Fetch! Canines play role of 'ball dogs' at London tennis event

  07-12-2018 15:03
  Hattie, Tina and Melvin played a different kind of game of fetch on Thursday when the canines took to a London court for the opening of the Champions Tennis tournament - working alongside ball boys...
  
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• Adios, sombreros and Pie Ella. The age of the package holiday is over | Stuart Jeffries

  07-12-2018 14:47
  Thomas Cook is in trouble, in part due to our changing holiday habits. These days, the individual experience has replaced the communalWhen my primary school friend Mark turned up at my door that summer with the gift of a model Spanish bull, I was conflicted. I would have preferred a sombrero of course, but otherwise, I was in awe. He had just come back from a package holiday in Spain. The sea, he reported, was warm! He had been on a plane! Twice! He’d eaten something called Pie Ella!This w
  
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• Bollywood, Beyonce and bling as daughter of India's richest man set to marry

  07-12-2018 14:41
  U.S. singer Beyonce will perform at the wedding of the daughter of India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, along with Bollywood stars, and guests will be flown in on 100 chartered flights in lavish...
  
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• How to wear: the Strictly Come Dancing dress code

  07-12-2018 13:59
  Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman wear grownup party clothes: block colour jumpsuits or little black dresses, long dresses with splits or boxy minisI don’t really see the point in going out on a Saturday night between October and Christmas. What could you possibly do, where could you possibly go – crucially, what could you possibly wear – that would be more glamorous than Strictly? Camaraderie, dancefloor elation, gossip, the full Saturday night package, is delivered to you at ho
  
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• My boyfriend feels inadequate in bed compared with my previous lovers

  07-12-2018 13:00
  We were best friends for three years before getting together and I told him about the men I was seeing. Now he feels he is not satisfying me but I love him as he is My boyfriend and I had been best friends for about three years before getting into a relationship. During this time I had told him about other guys I was with and now, during sex, he feels inadequate. I don’t know how to make it better and talking about things just seems to make everything worse. I have such a low sex drive and
  
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• From Nigella to black tights: this week’s fashion trends

  07-12-2018 13:00
  What’s hot and what’s not in fashion this weekWashing-up gloves Nigella uses them to exfoliate. And you thought they were just for cleaning the loo. Continue reading...
  
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• Anna Jones and Meera Sodha’s vegetarian Christmas dinner - video

  07-12-2018 12:45
  The Guardian Feast cooks share inspiring recipes for two delicious dishes that will make stunning festive centrepieces on any table - a vegetarian squash and chestnut tart with walnut pastry. 'Amazing,' says Meera. She serves a vegan pear, chocolate and almond galette. 'It's a winner,' declares Anna. Read her recipe and see more Christmas recipes from Guardian Feast Continue reading...
  
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• Tween reviews: 90s phone v smartphone

  07-12-2018 11:00
  We introduce Alice, 12, to the most popular phone of the late-1990s to see how it stacks up against the new Verve IMO S2 smartphoneAs the new millennium dawned on January 1, 2000, I remember the novelty of using a mobile to exchange greetings with family. My Nokia 3210, unveiled the previous year, was state of the art. Competitively priced, lightweight (we thought) … there were even different coloured covers!Fast-forward 18 years and my daughter Alice – 12, new to phone ownership an
  
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• The best apps for family bliss

  07-12-2018 11:00
  A selection of games, tools and platforms to help family life run that bit smootherWith junk food available on every street, it’s never been more important for children to get to grips with home cooking and proper nutrition. Crazy Cooking Chef helps tweens develop creativity in the (virtual) kitchen with different dishes and ingredients, letting them run their own restaurant and make meals from scratch. The more they hone their skills, the better and more popular their restaurant becomes.
  
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• My life in sex: ‘An enormous penis isn’t without complications’

  07-12-2018 11:00
  The man with a big penisI have an extremely large penis. According to an online size chart, I’m in the top 1% in the world. It’s not something that you can really brag about or bring up at dinner parties, but it does have an interesting impact on your sex life.For many men, the idea of an enormous penis may seem like a golden ticket, but it isn’t without complications. When my wife first saw me naked she was rather intimidated by the idea of penetrative sex, and it took us seve
  
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• Folkestone Wine Company, Kent: 'It's imperfectly perfect' – restaurant review

  07-12-2018 11:00
  A rare find; an unpretentious labour of love, with something to suit everyone.Watch Grace and Yotam Ottolenghi’s Christmas lunch video here.On the train home from The Folkestone Wine Company, I decided that one Christmas I will pen a niche toilet book (potential audience: me) that denotes the emotions of restaurant critics for which we do not have words. Think The Meaning of Liff, but written by a woman in danger of gout.A Boswell Glop, for example, is a restaurant that makes you angrier a
  
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• Yotam Ottolenghi’s Christmas dinner with Grace Dent - video

  07-12-2018 10:45
  The star cook serves up a showstopper celebration meal - slow-roast Szechuan pepper lamb with aubergine, plus potato gratin with coconut, chilli and lime, and gingery cucumbers. Our restaurant critic surprises him with a simple, tasty, traditional north England recipe. See more videos here from Guardian Feast Continue reading...
  
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• 'I talk to my clothes': why Courtney Love is selling her best-known outfits

  07-12-2018 10:00
  The 90s grunge icon talks about how Gianni Versace got her out of slips, Karl Lagerfeld got her out of tutus and why naming her clothes helps her get dressedCourtney Love is one of those rare figures whose sense of style helped to define an era. Her love of ruffles, lace and vintage slip dresses injected the baggy grunge aesthetic of the 1990s with a burst of an antique heresy. Her alternative style even inspired Marc Jacobs’ spring 1993 collection for Perry Ellis (the brand decided he had
  
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• Marriage built to last

  07-12-2018 07:36 via winnipegfreepress.com
  George Bush and Barbara Pierce met at a dance when they were teenagers. He was 17, she was 16. If it had been present day, they might have gotten to ...
  
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• Homeless man finds cash... and hands it in

  07-12-2018 07:36 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Early one morning, Kevin Booth, who is homeless, was hungry. So he went to his local food bank in Sumner, Wash., looking for the bread that is left outside overnight ......
  
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• On the trail of Mary, Queen of Scots

  07-12-2018 07:30
  A major new film about the 16th-century queen will put the castles and battlefields of her tragic final days back in the spotlight. We follow in her blood-soaked footstepsPatty Vengeance is really into Mary, Queen of Scots: “She’s seen as this feminist icon. For me, though, it’s more that she’s relatable – as a strong woman and a survivor.”The 29-year-old writer and musician, who fronts the riot grrrl band Fistymuffs, is standing by the edge of the water in Le
  
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• Generic drugmaker to sell alternative to EpiPen injectors

  07-12-2018 01:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TRENTON, N.J. - Generic drugmaker Sandoz announced plans Thursday to start selling an alternative to the EpiPen in the U.S. early next year.The EpiPen injector is used to halt life-threatening ...
  
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• Cryptic crossword No 27,686

  07-12-2018 01:00
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• Instacrammed: the big fib at the heart of New Zealand picture-perfect peaks

  07-12-2018 00:52
  That beautiful getaway shot doesn’t often reveal the dozens queueing behind you for their own moment of peaceOne of New Zealand’s most scenic locations is buckling under the strain of selfie-seeking tourists, with lines of up to an hour to capture scenes of supposed isolation and peace. Roys Peak in Lake Wanaka is one of New Zealand’s most Instagrammed day walks, a three-hour hike that offers sweeping views towards Mount Aspiring and the Southern Alps. Continue reading...
  
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