• With these temperature swings, only strong flowers survive

  By Burt Constable Updated May 14, 2013 12:09 PM Shutting off the heat and switching on the air-conditioning? Plants at Morton Arboretum in Lisle tried to fight off a freeze early Monday morning but will bask in 80-degree temperatures today. "All those hanging baskets people get for Mother's Day, if...

• Old floor tiles need to be removed by professionals Posted May 12, 2013 4:22 AM

  Q. I need help with this floor. There is a great hardwood floor under it. However, I don't know if it's safe to go and pull this up — whether it has asbestos in it or not. It is the one-foot-square pieces glued down, and if you do pull it up,...

• Electronic toilet features may bowl you over Posted May 12, 2013 1:02 AM

  Q. I'm remodeling my bathroom and plan on installing a new toilet. My question: Do they make a toilet with bidet features?

• Father can’t take back a $15,000 gift Posted May 11, 2013 5:30 AM

  Q. Twelve years ago, my dad, then 80, purchased a condo in Florida for himself and his live-in girlfriend. He paid $30,000 for it. The deed states that in the event of the death of one of them the other inherits the condo.

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