Lifestyle Stories from July 7, 2012 (Change date)
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Why is broccoli America’s most despised vegetable?Jul 08, 2012 6:55 am - There’s a 1928 New Yorker cartoon in which a chic-looking mother sits at a dinner table with her young daughter and urges to eat what’s on her plate: “It’s broccoli, dea...
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The 1991 novel that predicted Sarah PalinJul 08, 2012 9:22 pm - As prophetic an instrument as it can be, “Ride a Cockhorse,” by Raymond Kennedy is rarely predictive, in a straightforward, short-range, weather-forecast sense. The ora...
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Gay TV is not just for gays anymoreJul 09, 2012 6:20 am - When is a TV channel like a bar? When it’s gay. Logo, America’s first gay TV channel, is transitioning. When it launched in 2005, Logo aired news segments, sketch-comedy...
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Couple halfway through Disneyland adventureJul 09, 2012 3:51 pm - ANAHEIM, Calif. — It seems like a dream as flighty as Tinkerbell and as quirky as Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Yet a Southern California couple have passed the halfway mark in...
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World’s largest folk art market at home in Santa FeJul 08, 2012 6:55 am - SANTA FE, N.M. — The stories are as diverse as the artists themselves: Afghan women who have lifted themselves out of poverty through a cooperative that sells their trad...
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Moorish fretwork carves out space in couple's homeJul 13, 2012 6:52 pm - Carole Malakoff had never heard of Moorish fretworks when she and her husband, Bob, bought an 1871 Italianate-style house in Pittsburgh. But ever since they found an 11-...
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Prodpective buyers can make offfer on nearly everythingJul 07, 2012 6:00 am - Q. My sister is selling her home. The buyers signed a contract asking for a new dishwasher or compensation, her dining room set, and her Barbie dolls. She is willing to ...
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Valid mortgage price quotes do existJul 08, 2012 4:29 pm - Q. How many lenders must I shop to be certain I receive a competitive price?” A. If you have access to valid price quotes, three is usually enough. If you don’t have acc...
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Plum Grove Village townhouse is featured listingJul 07, 2012 5:30 am - Townhouses that truly feel like single family homes can be difficult to find. However, this lovely, updated ranch-style townhouse in Rolling Meadows’ Plum Grove Village ...
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Hummingbird Ventures’ cabinets improve on time-tested methodsJul 09, 2012 3:51 pm - It often seems that tongue-in-groove drawer and cabinet construction seems to have gone the way of the dinosaurs. But Mike Wilson, owner of Hummingbird Ventures in Glen ...