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• Less fat, more fruit may cut risk of dying of breast cancer

  15-05-2019 23:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  For the first time, a large experiment suggests that trimming dietary fat and eating more fruits and vegetables may lower a woman's risk of dying of breast cancer.The results are ......
  
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• Blurred lines: A pregnant man's tragedy tests gender notions

  15-05-2019 23:05 via winnipegfreepress.com
  When the man arrived at the hospital with severe abdominal pains, a nurse didn't consider it an emergency, noting that he was obese and had stopped taking blood pressure medicines. ...
  
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• Creepy-crawlies and octo-lollies: Calgary Stampede offers unusual midway foods

  15-05-2019 21:53 via winnipegfreepress.com
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  The Calgary Stampede runs from July 5 to July 14 this year and the midway will be offering the usual assortment of unusual snacks. Here are a dozen ......
  
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• Calgary Stampede offers octopus lollies, pickle pops and deep-fried chicken skin

  15-05-2019 21:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  CALGARY - This year's midway menu at the Calgary Stampede includes ice pops made from pickle juice, deep-fried chicken skin and octopus deep-fried or in a lollipop.The 10-day festival celebrating ...
  
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• Using a smartphone to sound out sign of kids' ear infections

  15-05-2019 20:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - Researchers have created a way for a smartphone to "hear" a warning sign of ear infections — fluid buildup behind the eardrum.If it pans out, parents might one ......
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop to open first Canadian pop-up MRKT in Toronto

  15-05-2019 19:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Gwyneth Paltrow's controversial lifestyle brand is opening its first Goop pop-up MRKT in Canada.Similar pop-ups in Los Angeles, New York and London have led to brick-and-mortar stores in ...
  
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• Birchbox: Treat Yourself Without Busting Your Budget

  15-05-2019 19:00
  We 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.Who doesn’t love a little retail therapy? After a stressful week at work or, heck, even a stressful meeting, treating yourself to something nice is a fun and easy way to banish those blues. The only problem? It can get pricey. And that’s doubly true if you love beauty products. That trip to Sephora adds up fast — and there’s no guarantee you
  
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• Trying it on: retailers fight back against repeat returners

  15-05-2019 18:50
  Stores are tightening their policies and even blacklisting shoppers who make a mockery of their returns policies. But will it change what we buy online?I have always been a serial returner: I order clothes, try them on and send them back. I am not alone. Now stores, which have attracted consumers with generous pledges of free delivery and returns, have begun to tighten their policies.According to research for Barclaycard, 20% of retailers surveyed have implemented stricter returns policies over
  
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• US births lowest in 3 decades despite improving economy

  15-05-2019 18:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  America's baby bust isn't over. The nation's birth rates last year reached record lows for women in their teens and 20s, a government report shows, leading to the fewest babies ...
  
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• Armpit bacteria cheese, 'talking plant' on show at London food exhibition

  15-05-2019 18:23
  Cheeses made with bacteria taken from celebrities' ears, toes and armpits, a ceramic toilet cooked up from cow manure, edible water bottles and a "talking plant" may not be your usual exhibits at an...
  
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• American Express buys restaurant reservation service Resy

  15-05-2019 18:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - American Express is buying the online reservation startup Resy, the companies announced Wednesday, the latest move by AmEx to establish and maintain a foothold for its card ......
  
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• Is having sex six times in six days the secret to work-life balance?

  15-05-2019 17:59
  Ali Baba’s founder Jack Ma has come up with a timetable for his married employees. It sounds exhaustingName: 669.Age: Brand new. Continue reading...
  
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• Gucci owner pledges to stop using underage models

  15-05-2019 16:34
  The luxury fashion group Kering, which also owns Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen, makes commitments on model welfare and the environment at the Copenhagen fashion summitGucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen are among the fashion houses that will no longer employ models under the age of 18 for adult catwalk shows or in advertising campaigns. The new age restriction, which will be enforced in early 2020, was announced by Francois-Henri Pinault, the chairman and CEO of the Kering group, on day o
  
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• Petra sells 425-carat diamond recovered at Cullinan mine for $15 million

  15-05-2019 15:58
  (This May 14 story corrects first paragraph to show sale of diamond was to Stargems Group and Choron (Belgium) BVBA, not only to Stargems.)
  
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• US seeks new tools to counter unrelenting wave of robocalls

  15-05-2019 15:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  U.S. regulators are proposing new tools to counter the unrelenting waves of robocalls received each year in America.The rising volume of calls in the last few years has created pressure ...
  
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• From smoky squid to juicy jackfruit: chefs’ tips for better barbecues

  15-05-2019 14:00
  Tired of dried-out chicken and blackened bangers? The pros can help you to raise your game, with everything from marinades and rubs to cooking with sievesFrom London’s Berenjak to Gateshead’s Träkol, Britain’s hottest restaurants are fascinated by live-fire cookery. “Precision is out, flames are in,” declared Restaurant magazine recently, as our best chefs swap water-baths for charcoal grills and wood-fired ovens. Ahead of National BBQ week (27 May to 2 June),
  
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• Kim-Joy’s recipe for choux hedgehogs

  15-05-2019 13:00
  These fun pastries are guaranteed to please even the most prickly of customersChoux pastry is a lot easier than you might think, and very satisfying when you add the flour and it all forms a smooth ball within seconds.Prep time: 20 mins
  Baking time: 30 mins
  Decorating time: 15 mins
  Makes: 24-30 Continue reading...
  
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• How to cook the perfect onion tart - recipe | Felicity Cloake

  15-05-2019 13:00
  ‘Onion tart’ hardly describes this sumptuous mess of creamy sweet onions studded with bacon and slumped into a shortcrust caseDescribed by chef Simon Hopkinson as “a classic amongst tarts”, this deliciously sweet recipe from Alsace-Lorraine is somewhere between a quiche and a flammkuchen, a tangle of buttery, slow-cooked onions barely held together by a rich egg custard. When I first came across it, in an Alsatian restaurant perched rather incongruously on the side of an
  
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• Exclusive! Chip Wade on Home Maintenance Tasks to Tackle Before Summer

  15-05-2019 13:00
  Wade gave us a few tips to execute before summer. Image courtesy of Chip WadeIf you’ve ever watched Chip Wade on HGTV or the DIY Network, you know he’s pretty handy, both inside the house and outdoors. Wade, who is also the Owner and Lead Designer of Wade Works Creative and a Liberty Mutual consultant, specializes in helping homeowners create the perfect indoor and outdoor spaces.
  As you can imagine, he’s busy, but Freshome asked him to stop and share a few tips on how to reco
  
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• Sometimes, there are no mulligans

  15-05-2019 12:57 via winnipegfreepress.com
  As casual conversations go, this one was a lot like wandering through a minefield.What I mean is you’re pretty sure you’re going to get through it alive, but there’s a ...
  
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• US birth rate continues to fall

  15-05-2019 12:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  America's baby bust isn't over. The nation's birth rates last year reached record lows for women in their teens and 20s, a government report shows, leading to the fewest babies ...
  
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• French fashion group Kering pledges to hire only over-18 models

  15-05-2019 11:11
  Kering, the French fashion group whose brands include Gucci and Saint Laurent, said it would only work with models aged over 18, as the fashion industry aims to tighten up its ethical guidelines.
  
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• Send a tip on places to see UK wildlife for the chance to win a £200 hotel voucher

  15-05-2019 11:08
  Have you marvelled at busy nesting puffins or thrilled to a watchful herd of deer in the woods? Share your best family wildlife trips in the UKWhether they have wings or fur, beaks or antlers, wild animals hold an endless fascination for young and old alike. And this country has its fair share of opportunities for observing birds and beasts in their natural habitat – from soaring falcons to lolloping seals.This week, we want to hear about the best places for wildlife experiences in the UK,
  
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• Push for fresh, local hospital food across Canada over 'pitiful' alternatives

  15-05-2019 10:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  VANCOUVER - Wild salmon with lemon dill sauce, blueberry soup and bone broth may be high-end restaurant meals but they're also on the menu at some Canadian hospitals aiming to ......
  
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• Clickbait fashion! You won’t believe what brands are doing now

  15-05-2019 09:00
  From see-through jeans to denim knickers, extreme trends might sound ridiculous but they are also selling fastEarlier this month, the US fashion brand Fashion Nova posted a picture on its Instagram account of a model wearing a pair of pink jeans with extreme rips. The image has had almost 20,000 likes and lots of comments – and not all of them the fire emoji. One follower wrote: “Do you have these in a ‘no thank you’”, while another compared the rips to “anoth
  
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• Sherpa climbs Mount Everest for record 23rd time

  15-05-2019 08:21
  A 49-year-old sherpa reached the top of Mount Everest for a 23rd time on Wednesday, creating a new record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain, Nepali hiking officials said.
  
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• My bank put £19 on ‘hold’ for a £4.50 hospital parking charge

  15-05-2019 08:00
  It was taken from my account after checking in at the Royal Surrey County hospitalA car parking payment machine at the Royal Surrey County hospital in Guildford looks like something from a cross between Blake’s 7 and The Krypton Factor. Among its half-dozen wordy commands on the tiny screen is that you check in with your bank card and check out before you leave. People were getting extremely stressed and upset by its complexity.Continue reading...
  
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• Hot tubs, saunas and seaweed soaks on Ireland’s west coast

  15-05-2019 07:30
  Sea swimming has become a big thing on Ireland’s wild Atlantic coast, as have fun and creative methods of warming up after a bracing dipIreland has some extraordinarily beautiful beaches: Derrynane in Kerry and Connemara’s Glassilaun easily hold their own against Caribbean counterparts. Unfortunately, the country’s weather can rarely do the same, often making a trip to the coast a damp proposition. However, rather than escaping the harshness of the climate with a visit to warme
  
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• 'It would destroy it': new international airport for Machu Picchu sparks outrage

  15-05-2019 07:00
  Peruvian archaeologists decry new airport that would carry tourists directly to already fragile Inca citadelAmong the Inca archeological sites that abound in Peru, none draw nearly as many tourists as the famed citadel of Machu Picchu. There were more than 1.5 million visitors in 2017, almost double the limit recommended by Unesco, putting a huge strain on the fragile ruins and local ecology.Now, in a move that has drawn a mixture of horror and outrage from archaeologists, historians and locals,
  
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• Goal! The football league that helped me lose five stone

  15-05-2019 07:00
  Sick of being overweight and worried about his health, Andy Welch knew it was time for drastic action. Then he stumbled across Man v FatI have always been overweight. I was 10lb (4.5kg) when I was born and it kind of went from there. I was 10 stone (64kg) by the age of 10, 13st (83kg) at 13 and 16st (102kg) by 16. My age and weight matching was a worry – and lasted until I was 21.There were diets along the way. When I was younger, my parents tried various approaches to get me to lose weigh
  
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• Fewer babies as US birth rate fails to rebound with economy

  15-05-2019 06:21 via winnipegfreepress.com
  America's baby bust isn't over. The nation's birth rates last year reached record lows for women in their teens and 20s, a government report shows, leading to the fewest babies ......
  
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