Lifestyle Stories from January 20, 2012 (Change date)
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Mortgage Professor: Selecting a lender before knowing price rarely ends wellJan 20, 2012 11:00 pm - Anyone completing a course in microeconomics would find great difficulty applying what he or she learned about competition to the home mortgage market. The market meets ...
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Get creative with cabinets to save money on the kitchen’s biggest investmentJan 20, 2012 11:00 pm - Virginia Toledo calls it the toughest time of her career. As co-owner of the New York City-based interior design firm ID810 Design Group, Toledo often finds herself work...
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Furniture, like food, can be ‘semi-homemade’Jan 20, 2012 11:00 pm - PHOENIX — If you can look at a dented, chipped, dusty piece of furniture that’s been in someone’s garage for years and see potential and beauty, then Debbie Nelson is im...
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On the Market: Northwoods cottageJan 20, 2012 11:00 pm - Chicago-area residents have long relished the opportunity to escape for weeks at a time — or just long weekends — to the fun and beauty of Door County, Wis. So this cha...
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Condo talk: The Contractor Prompt Payment ActJan 20, 2012 11:00 pm - Associations enter into countless contracts, often involving very significant amounts of money. Unfortunately, many boards do so without giving much thought to any provi...
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On homes and real estate: Keep calm and carry onJan 20, 2012 11:00 pm - Q. I applied for a mortgage three months ago and still don’t have a closing date. The bank made several mistakes (an employee checked the incorrect boxes), which cau...
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Claire Danes wins pudding pot honors from Harvard groupJan 20, 2012 3:00 pm - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Golden Globe winner Claire Danes will be picking up a pudding pot from Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The student group named Danes on Friday as...
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Blues singer Etta James dead at 73Jan 20, 2012 9:30 am - LOS ANGELES - Etta James' performance of the enduring classic "At Last" was the embodiment of refined soul: Angelic-sounding strings hearkened the arrival of her passion...
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Look for luck when decorating for Chinese New YearJan 20, 2012 5:00 am - An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but did you know a bowl of tangerines can usher in good fortune for the Lunar New Year? In Chinese, their name sounds like the word...
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Super Handyman: Update your home with new ceiling fixturesJan 20, 2012 12:30 am - Ceiling fixtures can really date a home, but they can be replaced, and it’s easier than you might think. Here are the basics. Once you know that, you can update the whol...
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