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Champagne chickenWe created this recipe when we came home one night from touring and found we didn’t have any wine to make coq au vin. We did, however, have a bottle of bubbly and a tub of olives in the fridge. It was one of those fortuitous accidents that led to discovery and what, for […]
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Bitcoin fell below $60,000 for first time since Nov. 1 on Tuesday, while the cryptocurrency ether also dropped sharply. Bitcoin — which last week hit a new record high of $69,000 — fell to as low as $58,600, its weakest in 19 days, and was last down around 7% on the day . It is […]
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Microsoft put its Xbox backward compatibility program on hold two years ago, but it’s returning today for a final update to the catalog. To celebrate 20 years of Xbox, Microsoft is now adding 76 new games (full list below) to the backward compatibility library today. It’s a surprisingly long list of additions, including the entire […]
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A Wetherspoons barmaid has landed her dream job fitting into jars at the circus. Jade Morgan, 22, has found her “life-long dream” of working with former Britain’s Got Talent finalists, Circus of Horrors, by squeezing her entire body into a jar. The Wetherspoon’s barmaid applied for the role after coming across a vacancy looking for […]
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The Chiefs are adding another quarterback to their 53-man roster. Adam Caplan of SiriusXM NFL Radio reports that they are signing Shane Buechele off of their practice squad. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the move comes after the Cardinals tried to sign Buechele to their active roster. Cardinals quarterbacks Kyler Murray and Colt McCoy […]
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One of Spain’s best-known, beloved, and frequently abused, dishes has been given protected cultural status on the grounds that a proper paella celebrates the “art of unity and sharing”. On Tuesday, the government of Valencia – the region where paella originated – declared the dish an item of cultural significance, extolling its history and virtues […]
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Petrol, diesel price drop: Petrol and diesel prices across India remained unchanged for the ninth consecutive day, on Friday, November 12. The price of auto fuel was reduced by the Centre on the eve of Diwali. This was followed by Value Added Tax (VAT) cut by more than 20 states in the following few days. […]
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When Samsung dropped the bombshell that it was ditching Tizen for Wear OS 3, it promised not to leave older Galaxy Watch models in the dust. Now Samsung has announced that the Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Watch 3, Galaxy Watch Active, and Galaxy Watch Active 2 will get new watchfaces and health features as part of […]
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A deep-sea exotic fish has been found washed up on the British coast in the latest of a series of bizarre findings The goldfish-like boar fish was spotted floating along a beach in Devon by a family walking their dogs. Youngsters Ellie, 7, and Lauren, 5, pointed out the strange fish to their sea-obsessed father […]
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With the Cowboys leading 36-3 late in the third quarter on Sunday, Dak Prescott lowered his shoulder and collided with three Falcons defenders on his way into the end zone to score a rushing touchdown. Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones was not cheering. Jones said that at that point in the game, he’d much […]
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