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Issues with hugs and handshakes in the workplace

AS A man, is it weird to hug a female colleague or acquaintance? Can it be equally awkward - and overly formal - to shake her hand?

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Dating site founder makes changes to ward off sleazy men

THE founder of a dating website has decided to root out fake and sleazy profiles after revealing that many of the “women” who use the hook-ups section are men.

Paul Bignell and Rob Hastings

Sweet success for girls

GETTING an order from Hollywood was the first sign best friends China White and Claudia Smith were on to something special.

Hamish Broome

Pregnant women's diets may harm IQs of babies

IODINE deficiency is widespread amongst pregnant women and may be harming the cognitive development of their children, scientists have found.

Jeremy Laurance

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Easy eating

Carrots really can improve your eyesight – even better washed down with a spoonful of cod liver oil.

Murwillumbah nutritionist checks in on your resolutions

WE’RE almost at the half-way point between one set of New Year resolutions and the next.

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Olwen Anderson

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RESIDENTS are being encouraged to get back in the kitchen today as part of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day.

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TAKE me to the Greek islands. They are all beautiful in the summer with their brown hills, small bays, clear, clean water, and white-washed villas.

Greek Islands the perfect winter escape for Aussies

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Ghosts good for business at traditional English pubs

THE Brits love to let you know they've a ghost of two around. more

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David Ellis

SPARE a thought for US couple Sandy Valdiviseo and her husband Triet Vo who ended up 7,000 miles from their destination after an airport code mix-up.

Do you know Dakar from Dhaka? Airline's airport code mixup

SPARE a thought for US couple Sandy Valdiviseo and her husband Triet Vo who... more

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Rob Williams

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Smarter shopping

Going hi-tech at home for beauty

I LOVE a high-tech beauty product, or one that seems like something you may normally have to go to a salon to experience.

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THERE is a great drive towards alternative therapies and medicine as more of us look for ways to supplement conventional medicine.

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A handful of good medicine

ARE you finding it hard trying to come up with a great gift for your mum this year?

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Cool sites have lots for mums

AS A child, whenever I visited a toy shop and was confronted with row upon row of pink-lipped, glassy-eyed dolls, I couldn't have been less interested.

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How parents battle sexism in toy shops

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