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• The 10 World Market Outdoor Products You Need to Get Summer-Ready

  21-05-2019 21:30
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  Summer is right around the corner. That means it’s time to start sprucing up your outdoor spaces. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Whether you need summer lawn care tips, home maintenance checklists or suggestions for improving your outdoor entertaining, we want to help you h
  
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• Arthur’s gay wedding: why can’t a cartoon couple tie the knot in Alabama?

  21-05-2019 19:18
  According to state TV, it would be ‘a violation of trust’ to show the lovable aardvark watch his teacher marrying his boyfriendName: The Arthur gay wedding.Age: It happened on 13 May. Continue reading...
  
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• Not just for anoraks: model railways are a joyful escape from the pressures of masculinity

  21-05-2019 19:17
  Rod Stewart has donated £10,000 to a model railway club whose exhibition was destroyed by vandals. We enthusiasts know how much the hobby can help mental healthThe singer and model railway enthusiast Rod Stewart was “absolutely devastated” after vandals trashed years of work by the Market Deeping Model Railway Club in an apocalypse of stations, locomotives and scenery. Stewart, who has said that appearing in model railway magazines means more to him than the cover of Rolling St
  
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• 12-meter ship aims to be first to cross Atlantic without a crew

  21-05-2019 19:09
  Final preparations are underway for a 12-meter-long ship to set sail from Canada and attempt the world's first transatlantic crossing without a crew.
  
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• Check Out the New Cravings by Chrissy Teigen Line at Target

  21-05-2019 19:00
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  Chrissy Teigen is back at Target with her second collection for Cravings by Chrissy Teigen. Mrs. John Legend’s first line was so popular, her Santoku Knife became a cult favorite that would sell out as quickly as Target could produce it. What does the beauty have in store this time around to satisfy our cravings?The second collection of Cravings by Chrissy T
  
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• Why Quebec endlessly beckons those on a bicycle

  21-05-2019 18:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  MONTREAL - In Montreal each spring, an epic bicycle festival demonstrates how 25,000 people can let the good times roll without bumping into each other too much.In Quebec City and ......
  
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• Poland's sextuplets doing fine as mom visits her newborns

  21-05-2019 18:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WARSAW, Poland - A 29-year-old Polish mother who gave birth to sextuplets has been able to leave her hospital bed and visit her babies in another ward, where the infants ...
  
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• Is the right to vegan food a human right? Ontario firefighter argues that it is

  21-05-2019 18:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  An Ontario firefighter alleges his human rights were violated when he was not provided sufficient vegan food while battling a massive blaze in British Columbia.Adam Knauff has filed a complaint ...
  
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• Hair raising! The return of the perm

  21-05-2019 18:10
  The trend responsible for some of the 80s’ most ‘memorable’ barnets is back. But fear not – the modern look is less Deirdre Barlow, more a tumble of soft wavesIt is a truth universally acknowledged that everybody wants the opposite of the hair they have. Those with bountiful curls are wont to straighten them to a crisp, while the rest of us crimp and twist, chasing waves via diffusers, tongs, curl creams and, lately, perms.That’s right, the trend responsible for som
  
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• Ontario researchers invent way to store vaccines at higher temperatures

  21-05-2019 17:50 via winnipegfreepress.com
  HAMILTON - Ontario researchers say they've come up with a way to store vaccines at higher temperatures for weeks at a time.The researchers at McMaster University say the cheap technology ...
  
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• Send us a tip on a scenic cycling route in Europe for a chance to win a £200 hotel voucher

  21-05-2019 17:38
  From lung-busting alpine ascents to a family pootles along the river, we want to hear about your favourite picturesque cycling route on the continentWhether you cycled off-road or on, wore full Lycra or had the kids in tow, we want to hear about great scenic cycling routes in Europe (sorry, not the UK on this occasion).It could be a self-guided tour lugging everything on your bike, or a posh package where luggage is transferred for you. Length of route isn’t important – it’s th
  
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• Iraq's racy TV in Ramadan revives an industry - and draws censure

  21-05-2019 17:37
  On a studio set in Baghdad, a director watches the star of his TV series hold a knife against the neck of a fellow actor, in a dramatic revival of fortunes for Iraq's entertainment industry.
  
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• As D-Day landings fade from memory, a veteran grapples with violence of war

  21-05-2019 17:30
  Leon Gautier landed on Sword Beach in a hail of enemy fire on June 6, 1944, one of the first wave of French commandos to storm the Normandy beachfront defended by Hitler's troops. Seventy-five years...
  
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• Balloon 'Tank Man' in Taiwan marks 30 years since Tiananmen crackdown

  21-05-2019 17:16
  A Taiwanese artist has created giant inflatables of a tank and "tank man" - the lone protester who stood in front of a convoy of tanks on Beijing's Tiananmen Square - to mark 30 years since China's...
  
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• Cholesterol improves in US kids despite high obesity rates

  21-05-2019 17:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  CHICAGO - Cholesterol levels in children and teens improved in the latest analysis of U.S. health surveys, yet only half of them had readings considered ideal.Overall, 7% of kids had ...
  
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• Rihanna's Fenty label aims to rip up fashion industry rules

  21-05-2019 17:08
  Singer’s new clothing line, on sale this week, has ditched traditions such as catwalk showsA corseted Japanese denim minidress ($810), a cotton canvas blazer belted with a coordinating bumbag ($1,100), oversized sunglasses ($460) and a brass-and-crystal earcuff ($420) will go on sale at a pop-up boutique in the Marais district of Paris on Wednesday evening, when Rihanna launches her luxury fashion house, Fenty.Rihanna’s arrival in the luxury fashion space is a defining moment. Until
  
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• Millennial Money: If 'budget' bums you out, try renaming it

  21-05-2019 16:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Webster's New World dictionary defines budget as: "a plan or schedule adjusting expenses during a certain period to the estimated or fixed income for that period."If that doesn't sound fun, ......
  
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• Respect the soil in your garden: Don't add plastic to it

  21-05-2019 14:26 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Before it's too late, I must address one of my pet peeves: deliberately putting plastic in soil.Take, for instance, black plastic sheeting sold as mulch. This stuff appears at first ......
  
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• Jamie Oliver's UK restaurant chain collapses into insolvency

  21-05-2019 13:37 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LONDON - Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's British restaurant chain has become insolvent, putting 1,300 jobs at risk.The firm said Tuesday that it had gone into administration, a form of bankruptcy ...
  
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• Why Bella Hadid and Lil Miquela’s kiss is a terrifying glimpse of the future | Arwa Mahdawi

  21-05-2019 09:00
  An advert featuring the human and virtual models is late-capitalist hell, ‘queerbait’ and digisexuality all at onceBella Hadid, a human supermodel, has been accused of “queerbaiting” after making out with Lil Miquela, a computer-generated influencer, in order to sell designer underwear. I know, I know, there’s a lot going on in that sentence. Please take a deep breath: we will unpack this late-capitalist hell together.Miquela Sousa, also known as Lil Miquela, is a f
  
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• Eden Project plans $150m ecotourism site for Victorian coalmine

  21-05-2019 08:10
  Joint venture aims to turn Alcoa’s open-cut mine site into Anglesea project near Great Ocean RoadA UK charity that redeveloped a china clay quarry in Cornwall into a major ecotourism project has its eyes on Alcoa’s former coalmine in Anglesea, Victoria.The Eden Project and Alcoa announced a plan to turn a portion of the site into a $150m ecotourism attraction based around Anglesea’s coastal location. They say they will seek input from the community. Continue reading...
  
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• VW’s aftersales service fails over a faulty new car

  21-05-2019 08:00
  It broke down on the day of purchase and then overheated on the M25A month ago I bought a new Volkswagen Polo, which has broken down twice. The first time was on the day of purchase – the dealership kept it for a couple of days before declaring there was nothing wrong with it.Last week it overheated on the M25. It was collected by VW Assistance, but this time the car ended up at a dealership in west London. Delays in examining it meant I was denied a replacement hire car. Continue reading.
  
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• Readers tell how their relationships have survived – or even been strengthened by – infidelity and deception

  21-05-2019 08:00
  Readers tell how their relationships have survived – or even been strengthened by – infidelity and deceptionFor 40-year-old Anne, the 10 years she has spent with her partner have been defined by betrayal. “A year into what I considered to be a near-perfect relationship, I found out Patrick had had an affair and that the woman was pregnant,” she says. “That child is now like my own and, although we initially split for a few months, Patrick and I have stayed together.
  
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• Human, equine retirees mingle at farm

  21-05-2019 07:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  GLEN ARM, Md. — A couple years ago, Elaina Thomas, who manages a horse farm north of Baltimore, was on a trail ride passing a nearby retirement community when the ......
  
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• Help you past your holiday hangover, this column may...

  21-05-2019 07:32 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Good morning, Padawan, and welcome to the first day after the May long weekend.I can tell by the moony-faced manner in which you are reading today’s column that you are ...
  
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• Changing travel: the sustainable startups boosted by awards from Booking.com

  21-05-2019 07:30
  Ten eco-minded startups to receive assistance from a €2m fund, including a social enterprise training trekking guides in NepalDigital travel firm Booking.com has announced the sustainable travel startups that will receive financial assistance from its 2019 Booking Booster programme. As part of the programme – which has a fund of €2m – awards have been made to a variety of organisations, from a social enterprise training at-risk women to become trekking guides in Nepal, to a
  
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• Children are stuck inside more than ever – how can we give them back their freedom?

  21-05-2019 07:00
  British children spend half the time their parents did playing in the street. But some campaigners are fighting back against a culture that is keeping kids from exercising their right to playIt is easy to get nostalgic when someone mentions playing outside: hazy memories of summers spent kicking a ball in the street, calling for your friend across the road to join you, the illicit thrill of knock-and-run.But nostalgia may soon be all we have: it’s an incontrovertible fact that British chil
  
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