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Offset an open floor plan with a 'broken-plan' The trendy open floor plan has been taking the world of interior design by storm recently. However, many folks are finding the lack of privacy in an open plan jarring and they still want their own personal pockets of space.

Tribeca pad where Eminem may have lived hits the market at $3.24 million It's a space befitting a mogul indeed.

Super Bowl snack idea: Loaded guacamole with crumbled bacon and cheese Most guacamole recipes don’t have bacon crumbled on top, but Gaby Dalkin makes a pretty strong case for why they should.

Super Bowl sweets: 7 desserts to serve at your game-day bash Who needs wings and beer, anyway?

Whole Foods employees are 'crying' over stressful new workplace rules, report says Employees at Whole Foods Market say the company’s new policies have thrown their workday into chaos, with one supervisor saying it’s not uncommon to see stressed-out employees crying on the job.

U.K. pub receives one-star review that's actually really good "Happy to be a one star pub if this person’s idea of a five star pub is anything to go by!"

Japanese banana variety boasts edible skin, but taste-testers aren't going bananas over it About the only thing banana peels were good for up to this point were comedy pratfalls and composting.

Democrats say release of a controversial memo is aimed at disrupting a probe into alleged Kremlin links. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2BTP0eI

The British Business Bank will guarantee £100m lending to its contractors, the government says. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2DXKQrW

"We will come for you," warns the security minister as he commends McMafia's portrayal of organised crime. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2GKQE60

The 90s girl group says the time feels right to "explore some incredible new opportunities". from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2nDyH0q

The singer, who has fibromyalgia, says she is "devastated" but needed to put herself first. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2DYlWV2

The Conservative MP got caught up in a heated exchange with protesters at a university in Bristol. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2s5vrA6

The US believes smaller, less devastating nuclear weapons will act as a better deterrent to Moscow. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2Ezyp2B

The number of full-time GPs fell by almost 1,200 last year, with some worried over their own health. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2E83Hjp

Latest technology reveals a network of more than 60,000 structures under Guatemala's jungle. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2nsYZDm

Randall Margraves requested to be locked into a room with Nassar, who abused three of his daughters. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2EBeoZi

Edwards joined the Motown group in 1968 and performed major hits including Papa Was a Rollin' Stone. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2s0rb57

A police helicopter joins the search for a group who reportedly left the officer unconscious. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2EBkjOo

The story of two male penguins who fostered a baby penguin has inspired a new show. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2GHiRdI

Civil partnership changes and plans to stop Russian corruption on British soil are on the front pages. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2GJ7QbY

Afghan aspirations - revealing insights from the pages of the lost lifestyle magazine that was sold in Afghanistan across five decades. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2GI1rO3

The former White House press secretary tells the BBC the president usually stood by him when he made mistakes. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2FHGdPh

In 1963 the French President, Charles de Gaulle, vetoed Britain’s entry to the European Economic Community. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2DZmuhH

A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2FFlrzP

Does paradise exist? Reporter Ben Zand travels to Costa Rica to meet alternative communities. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2s5KQAC

The Polish parliament has passed a new Holocaust law. Historians say it threatens to whitewash the country's past. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2nCHS1a

Compilations by pop artists are another casualty of the shift away from physical albums to streaming. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2DZsTp2

What is the FSB and how have Russia's spies amassed so much power? from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2s2kFL5

From sports grounds mascots to railway station mousers - the roles fulfilled by felines. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2nC2p6T

By STEVEN ERLANGER from NYT World http://ift.tt/2FGlXgQ

Why this year’s flu vaccine may only be 20% effective Canadian scientists report the flu vaccine is less than 20 percent effective against the flu's most dominant strain, H3N2. But why is the flu vaccine less effective than usual?

Vaccination in development for ulcer causing parasite Doctors at the University of Texas at El Paso are developing a vaccine for a disease that causes nasty ulcers in the skin and is difficult to treat.

7 things not to do if you get the flu Tips to get you back on your feet sooner rather than later as the U.S. suffers through its worst flu season in years.

The transfer merry-go-round is over and deadlocks have been broken with golden handshakes. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2BQS76S

5-year-old girl develops blotchy skin disease all over her body triggered by meningitis Aria Ellison’s doctors believe her vitiligo was brought on by stress after her battle with bacterial meningitis, which she beat as a 16-month-old.

The most popular stations were cut off over plans to broadcast opposition leader Raila Odinga's "inauguration". from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2nBYiHZ

Flu hospitalizations are 'the highest we've seen,' CDC says Health officials at the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention reported hospitalizations are now the highest they've seen, even higher than the 2014-2015 season.

Couples cite inheritance and tax benefits as reasons why their relationships deserve recognition. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2DURS0x

Five-year-old boy dies after developing rash, brain infection from flu "His brain swelled past the point of no return, and he went brain dead," the 5-year-old boy's father says.

British and Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton believes no nation will remain unbeaten in the 2018 Six Nations Championship. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2BOvhwW

Tragic faces of the deadly US flu outbreak As the nation continues to fight the flu, some families are sharing their stories in hopes of preventing others from facing similar tragedies.

England winger Raheem Sterling claims his Manchester City team-mates are being "butchered" by bad tackles. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2nyPsuf

Probiotic milk tied to lowered risk of some pregnancy complications Pregnant women who drink milk containing probiotic "friendly" bacteria are less likely to have premature births or pre-eclampsia, a serious complication of pregnancy, suggests a Scandinavian study.

Six men to keep an eye on in the 2018 Six Nations, picked by former England and Lions winger Ugo Monye and BBC commentator Chris Jones. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2ECkGrT

Wear Red Day raises awareness of women’s heart disease Dr. Nicole Saphier provides insight about the condition

Vaccine could prevent disease that causes facial 'craters' With a single bite, a a sand fly, which is one-third the size of a mosquito, can create ulcers on the skin and face so large one doctor described them as “craters”.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea violated United Nations sanctions to earn nearly $200 million in 2017 from banned commodity exports, according to a confidential report by independent U.N. monitors, which also accused Pyongyang of supplying weapons to Syria and Myanmar. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2GINPlQ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Concerned about Russia's growing tactical nuclear weapons, the United States will expand its nuclear capabilities, a policy document released on Friday said, a move some critics say could increase the risk of miscalculation between the two countries. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2s3J2Ib

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump expressed hope on Friday that "something good" could come from North Korea's participation in the Winter Olympics in South Korea, even after Pyongyang warned it would not "sit idle" if Washington and Seoul resumed military exercises after the Games. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2GHEjj1

MEXICO CITY/CARACAS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's first tour of Latin America got off to a rocky start on Friday with U.S. ally Mexico distancing itself from his suggestion that Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro could be toppled by his own military. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2Ezjmpy

MALE (Reuters) - As domestic and international pressure mounts, the Maldives has delayed complying with a Supreme Court order for the immediate release and new trials of nine opposition leaders, freeing them to contest presidential elections this year. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2ECY4as

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The families of victims of human rights abuses under former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori testified on Friday at an international human rights tribunal, asking the court to annul the controversial pardon of the former leader late last year. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2GH92N7

RIYDAH - The global renown of billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal made his involuntary detention in early November at Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton hotel one of the biggest single shocks of Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption crackdown. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2GDW1nr

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is concerned about the potential use of sarin gas in Syria, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday, a day after Washington warned it was prepared to consider military action if necessary to deter chemical weapons attacks by the Syrian government. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2GIjgwn