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Sweet As app launches restaurant discovery platform

Sweet As app launches restaurant discovery platform

Tired of Google and Instagram serving the same predictable restaurant recommendations? Or waiting on friends to finally text back with a suggestion?

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Two more arrested in Carrie Mullane suspected murder investigation

Two more arrested in Carrie Mullane suspected murder investigation

TWO more individuals have been arrested by police investigating the disappearance and suspected murder of Limerick woman Carrie Mullane (Noonan). It comes after a man appeared in court on Saturday charged with the murder of the 39-year-old.

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Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Florida’s Six-Person Jury System

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Florida’s Six-Person Jury System

The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for January 13 to decide a constitutional challenge to Florida’s use of six-person juries in felony criminal trials. The federal government and 26 other states have filed briefs supporting Florida, arguing that the Sixth Amendment does not mandate 12-member panels, while civil rights groups contend the practice undermines fair representation.

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Phoenix Restaurants Offer Thanksgiving Dinner to Go for Pickup

Phoenix Restaurants Offer Thanksgiving Dinner to Go for Pickup

Phoenix-area restaurants and hotels are offering complete Thanksgiving dinner packages for pickup, allowing residents to skip the kitchen work while enjoying traditional holiday meals. From whole roasted turkeys to plant-based alternatives, local establishments have released their menus, pricing, and order deadlines for the upcoming holiday.

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MLA seeks inquiry into reported sectarian gestures on Ormeau Road

MLA seeks inquiry into reported sectarian gestures on Ormeau Road

A SINN FÉIN MLA has condemned reports that loyalist band members made sectarian gestures at the scene of a Troubles massacre where five Catholic civilians were murdered. Deirdre Hargey has now called on police and transport authorities to investigate the claims following Saturday's Belfast Walker Club parade on the Ormeau Road.

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Mayo school appeals for information after convent and chapel vandalism

Mayo school appeals for information after convent and chapel vandalism

THE PRINCIPAL of a secondary school in Co. Mayo has appealed for information after the school's convent and chapel was grievously vandalised.

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Louise O’Reilly attacks Simon Harris over unemployment remarks

Louise O’Reilly attacks Simon Harris over unemployment remarks

Sinn Féin TD Louise O’Reilly has dubbed Fine Gael leader Simon Harris a “Thatcherite” after the Tánaiste claimed that long-term unemployment is “not a way of life. ” The Sinn Féin social protection spokesperson stated that the Tánaiste has chosen to “stigmatise individuals on the margins of society and cast them as work-shy, rather than answer for his Government’s failures and the serious problems within his own party.

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Virginia overwhelms Arkansas 91-72 behind balanced scoring

Virginia overwhelms Arkansas 91-72 behind balanced scoring

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thijs De Ridder scored 16 points, one of five players in double figures for No. 9 Virginia as the Cavaliers routed No.

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Canadian soldier Aidan Goulding remembered at Vancouver funeral

Canadian soldier Aidan Goulding remembered at Vancouver funeral

VANCOUVER — A 23-year-old Canadian soldier was remembered Sunday as a globe-trotting, sporty and car-loving man with an infectious sense of humour and a fearless love for life. A photo of Pte.

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Second major storm brings destructive winds and outages to British Columbia

Second major storm brings destructive winds and outages to British Columbia

ZEBALLOS — The wind that blew outside Gerry Sullivan’s bedroom in the Village of Zeballos on northwest Vancouver Island was enough to wake him up early Sunday morning. “It was just howling, and we had thunder, we had lightning,” he stated.

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