Of all the items in a man’s wardrobe shoes are probably the hardest workers of the lot. Hitting the ground in all manner of conditions mean that they’re always on the front line, at the mercy of whatever unsavoury things may lay in front of them. By rights it should follow that practicality reigns supreme
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Lana Del Rey enters the U.K. album chart at No. 1 with Norman Fucking Rockwell (Polydor/Universal). It’s Del Rey’s fourth No. 1 album in the market, with the Official Charts Company tracking it 12,000 combined units ahead of Sheeran’s No. 6 Collaborations Project (Asylum/Warner Music), which holds at No. 2. Two-thirds of her total are from physical
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in August, with retail hiring declining for a seventh straight month, but strong wage gains should support consumer spending and keep the economy expanding moderately amid rising threats from trade tensions. The Labor Department’s closely watched monthly employment report on Friday also showed a rebound
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(Reuters) – A bipartisan group of state attorneys general will announce on Monday an investigation into large tech companies, like Facebook and Google, for potential violations of antitrust law, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s announced on Friday. Paxton’s office did not name the companies but the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission are probing Facebook
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VAEM / BACKGRID What’s that sound? It’s the cast of Jersey Shore fist-pumping over the demise of Ronnie Ortiz-Magro and Jen Harley‘s relationship.  The reality TV star and his on-again, off-again girlfriend have gone their separate ways, E! News can exclusively report. A source says that despite giving their partnership yet another chance, they broke up last weekend. 
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CALGARY, Alberta/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has cast himself as a champion in the fight against climate change while pushing to expand an oil pipeline to help struggling producers, a contradiction that may hurt his re-election bid next month. FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks about a watchdog’s report
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FILE PHOTO – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attends a meeting with Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Pool BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday that China hopes Germany will accept more Chinese companies and loosen export rule
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The howling west flank of Hurricane Dorian soaked the Carolinas on Thursday, flooding coastal towns, downing trees and whipping up occasional tornadoes a couple of days after reducing parts of the Bahamas to rubble. In low-lying parts of the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina, floodwaters rose to a foot (30
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