The Associated Press LONDON–The remains of a noted Royal Navy explorer who led the first known circumnavigation of Australia have been found by archeologists excavating a burial ground where a railway station is planned. The archeologists identified the remains of Capt. Matthew Flinders by the lead plate placed on top […]
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By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press A cookie in a skillet? We admit this Internet phenom made us skeptical—until we tried it. Unlike making a traditional batch of cookies, this treatment doesn’t require scooping, baking and cooling multiple sheets of treats; the whole thing bakes at once in a […]
By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press Highlighting the fresh flavours of Provencal cuisine, soupe au pistou is a classic French soup composed of seasonal vegetables, creamy white beans and fragrant herbs. Celebrating colorful, early-summer produce, this soup needed to be chock-full of vegetables and simple to prepare. Leeks, green […]
By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press Microwave popcorn is a great idea—in theory. But most packaged options have a long list of unnatural ingredients and don’t taste very good. This fun recipe turns a plain old brown paper bag—the kind you might use to hold your lunch—into a microwave-safe […]
By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press Fallen chocolate cake, or molten chocolate cake, is an undercooked-in-the-centre mound of intense, buttery chocolate cake. We wanted to turn this restaurant-menu standard into a practical recipe for home cooks. Beating the egg whites and yolks separately and then folding them together as […]
By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press With its boozy, coffee-soaked ladyfingers and sweet, creamy filling, it’s no wonder tiramisu is Italian for “pick me up.” Instead of making a custard filling, we simply whipped egg yolks, sugar, salt, rum and mascarpone together and lightened it with whipped cream. We […]
The Associated PressHoward Fendrich MELBOURNE, Australia–Novak Djokovic was so good, so relentless, so flawless, that Rafael Nadal never stood a chance. Djokovic reduced one of the greats of the game to merely another out-classed opponent–just a guy, really–and one so out of sorts that Nadal even whiffed on one of […]
By Andrew Soergel The Associated Press CHICAGO — Faced with an aging American workforce, companies are increasingly navigating delicate conversations with employees grappling with cognitive declines, experts say. Workers experiencing early stages of dementia may struggle with tasks they had completed without difficulty. Historically punctual employees may forget about scheduled […]
The Associated Press CAIRO — Archaeologists have found wine cellars dating back to the Greco-Roman period in Egypt’s Nile Delta. The Antiquities Ministry says Monday that the excavations took place in Tel Kom al Trogy, north of Cairo, an area known for producing fine wines in antiquity. There was no […]
By David Paddon The Canadian Press TORONTO — Daniel Sweeney has been a customer of Bell Canada for more than 20 years but that’s about to change. The reason for the split, according to the self-employed computer consultant, is the unsatisfactory way Bell has handled his questions about its new […]
By David Paddon The Canadian Press TORONTO — Daniel Sweeney has been a customer of Bell Canada for more than 20 years but that’s about to change. The reason for the split, according to the self-employed computer consultant, is the unsatisfactory way Bell has handled his questions about its new […]
By Matt O’Brien The Associated Press Robots aren’t replacing everyone, but a quarter of U.S. jobs will be severely disrupted as artificial intelligence accelerates the automation of existing work, according to a new Brookings Institution report. Thursday’s report from the Washington think-tank says roughly 36 million Americans hold jobs with […]
