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Judy Collins: The singer-songwriter on going paleo on tour, trashing hotel...

Singing with men is sexy Two women together is fine, but guys offer something different: the voices are complementary, there is a sexy flirtatiousness and an intrigue. Sometimes I think, what's really...

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Viagra in Liquor

[Daily News] I read that some liquor companies that sell wines and other spirits have been putting prescription drugs like Viagra into their drinks. They guarantee good results beneath the bedsheets if...

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400-year-old church re-emerges from beneath Mexican reservoir

The relics of a 16th-century church built by Spanish colonisers has emerged from a reservoir in the south of Mexico. It is the second time the church, usually submerged on the reservoir bed, has been...

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Bucks New University Researcher examines the importance of landscapes of...

(Source: Buckinghamshire New University) Dr Helena Chance, Reader in the History and Theory of Design, has spent a week in San Francisco and Silicon Valley conducting on-site research at the Airbnb...

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Ember Introduces World's Most Advanced Coffee Mug The only mug that keeps...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Oct. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Ember Technologies, the new company that exists to make the simple act of eating and drinking more gratifying through temperature control,...

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Bomb factory and concrete church among historic buildings at risk

Heritage at Risk review also adds a pub, a lighthouse and a tomb to list of UK sites facing threats to their existence...

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More C of E church buildings placed on "at risk" register (The Anglican...

(Source: The Anglican Communion) [ACNS] The number of historic places of worship in England that are officially designated as being 'at risk' - including many Anglican churches - has increased at a...

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Who Won the Cadbury-Hershey War?

By Nicky’s count, there are a dozen or so firms that import British food products of all kinds into the U.S. The chocolate wars began a year ago, when Hershey sued two of the biggest companies, Posh...

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Mondelez International Invests $50 Million in New Nigeria Plant (Mondelez...

(Source: Mondelez International Inc) October 20, 2015 LAGOS, Nigeria, Oct. 20, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mondelez International announced today that it has invested more than $50 million in a...

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Food and drink initiative to attract more visitors to NI

Beefy bikers are not generally the type to be found sampling the delights of an afternoon tea in a 17th-century castle. But they are flocking to take part in a very particular gathering at Ballygally...

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Europe's story: Layers of migration

London's Brick Lane Mosque started as a church for Protestants hounded from Catholic France — for whom the word "refugee" was first coined. Later, displaced Jews turned it into a synagogue. Today,...

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Decision to reopen liquor shop triggers stiff opposition from fishermen

The decision to reopen a TASMAC liquor shop near Tharuvaikulam, a village situated about 10 km from here and has witnessed more than 35 murders in the past four decades, has triggered stiff resistance...

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Beverly Hills candy store opening on Upper West Side

Tesla’s car exhibit at the Shops at Columbus Circle is giving way to a candy cornucopia. A newly constructed mini-store of 220 square feet will house the first East Coast gourmet candy store for the...

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Double celebration for historic Thornton mill (Wyre Borough Council)

(Source: Wyre Borough Council) Marsh Mill in Thornton is celebrating its 221st birthday and being given a clean bill of health by Historic England. The mill has been removed from the Heritage at Risk...

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China: 3,000 feet high glass walkway cracks

Beijing: A big throng of thrill-seeking tourists had a fright of their life when a new glass bridge built on the cliff of a 3,450-feet high mountain in China cracked setting off...

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Blooming marvellous (North Somerset District Council)

(Source: North Somerset District Council) ​ Two North Somerset communities have scooped gold in this year's South West in Bloom awards. Portishead continued its winning streak and won gold in their...

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British PM Cameron against imposing sugar tax to fight child obesity

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron is against imposing a tax on sugar as a means to tackle childhood obesity, his spokesman said on Thursday, rejecting the arguments of a...

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Pick and mix the world's best chocolate attractions

People have eaten chocolate at Easter since the first confectionery eggs were created in France and Germany in the early 19th century, although it wasn't until 1875 that John Cadbury produced the first...

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Online film reveals 100 'facts' about Birmingham

It is a well-known - and often disputed - piece of trivia commonly dug out when someone mentions Birmingham: it has more canals than Venice. Continue reading the main story Birmingham trivia The...

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Cadbury owner Mondelez International to cut over 200 jobs at Birmingham...

First they changed the Creme Egg recipe now the US food company which gobbled up Cadbury for £11.5 billion four years ago has set out plans to cut 200 British jobs at the Bournville factory that...

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