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Roasted Asparagus With Garlic-Lemon Sauce

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WebMD  Recipe from Eating Well  Roasted asparagus is delicious drizzled with a sauce inspired by Caesar salad dressing. Low-fat mayonnaise makes the sauce creamy without a lot of extra calories or fat. Dress up the dish with chopped hard-boiled eggs or leave them out if you’re in a hurry. Servings: 4 Yield: 4 servings Total Time: 25 Prep [...]

Computer Inside – The iPhone Galaxy Race

Computer Inside – The iPhone Galaxy Race

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Have you ever noticed that everything seems to be a matter of action and reaction? Well so is the case for Canada’s very own BlackBerry maker Research In Motion who have now has fallen out of the top five ranking of smartphone makers based on market share, according to research group IDC. RIM has been [...]

Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 in front of Apple's iPad. (Credit: James Martin/CNET)

Samsung 11.8-inch tablet revealed in court documents

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C?NET – Court filings in the Samsung v. Apple patent battle show that the Korean manufacturer appears to be working on an extra-large tablet with a Retina Display and LTE connectivity. Dozens of Apple and Samsung products are being leaked to the public in the blockbuster patent trial that got started in San Jose, Calif., [...]

A judge will decide if search warrants related to the investigation into the death of New Brunswick businessman Richard Oland, pictured in 2009, will be opened to the public.

Judge to decide if search warrants in Richard Oland probe should remain sealed

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thestar  - SAINT JOHN, N.B.—A New Brunswick judge is hearing arguments on whether search warrants in the investigation of the killing of Saint John businessman Richard Oland should remain sealed. Provincial court Judge R. Leslie Jackson will decide if the documents should be kept from public view for another six months. Reporters were ordered to leave the courtroom [...]

Ye Shiwen's exceptional performances caused a US coach to suspect doping offences. Photo: PA

China’s doping record means Ye Shiwen will always be viewed with suspicion

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itvNEWS – Angus Walker  Ye Shiwen updated her Weibo (Chinese Twitter) page after she won the Gold medal in the 400 metre individual medley at the weekend. She thanked her team and her fans for their support. None of her comments denying she took drugs to produce such a staggering performance are on her own [...]

Volunteers consumed nearly 10% less when the biscuits they were eating appeared 50% bigger (AFP/File, Yoshikazu Tsuno)

Japan ‘diet glasses’ fool wearers into eating less

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T OKYO — Goggles that trick the wearer into thinking the plain snack in their hand is a chocolate cookie, or make biscuits appear larger have been unveiled in Japan, offering hope to weak-willed dieters everywhere. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed devices that use computer wizardry and augmented reality to fool the [...]

1000 loaves for bread for the North End Food Bank

Who the Hell is Mike Murray!

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After a taxing day of hobbling around on my crutches (needed as the result of a broken ankle) last Friday late afternoon we were not by any means in the mood for making decisions about what to have for supper. As  we approached the point of no return, the Harbour Bridge, I blurted; “It’s Friday [...]

Fat Fighting Foods

Fat Fighting Foods

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Raw Vegetables Raw vegetables make an outstanding snack. They satisfy the desire to crunch, they’re full of water to help you feel full, and they’re low in calories. Half a cup of diced celery has just eight calories. Bonci suggests coating celery with a little peanut butter or dunking carrots in salsa. When you’re in [...]

The cheetah can run more than twice as fast as the fastest human for short distances.

Mother Nature’s Olympians crowned

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MSN – By Alan Boyle  The Olympics is a time to celebrate the world’s fastest and strongest humans, but you can rely on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature to put the best of human performance in perspective. They’ve just come out with their list of Olympians for the natural world — champions that range from [...]

Apple Rumor is that the follow-up to Apple's popular iPhone 4S (pictured) will start shipping in late September.

Report: Apple to announce next iPhone and smaller iPad on Sept. 12

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NBCNEWS – Circle Sept. 12 on your calendar, Apple fanboys and fangirls. Because rumor is that the next generation iPhone will be announced on that day — along with an “iPad Mini.” This little morsel of gossip comes to us via iMore’s Rene Ritchie, who says he heard about it “from sources who have proven [...]