Lifestyle Stories from June 2, 2012 (Change date)
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Bountiful bikinis at Rio fashion weekJun 02, 2012 6:22 am - $PHOTOCREDIT_ON$Associated Press$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$ Rio de Janeiro — Just how many variations can you spin off the marvel of simplicity that is the bikini? Judging by the ...
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Are there 50 — or thousands — shades of gray?Jun 02, 2012 6:11 am - NEW YORK — Gray is, in fact, a gray area. There is such a wide sliding scale between black and white that it’s hard to pinpoint the color. You might guess there are 50 s...
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Images: Brazilian swimsuit fashionsJun 02, 2012 6:00 am - ...
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O'Keeffe's connection with the outdoors on displayJun 02, 2012 6:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Georgia O'Keeffe could handle the inhospitable conditions of the American Southwest, with its intense sun and rugged terrain. Her clothes tell part ...
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Elaborate Portland wedding proposal goes viralJun 02, 2012 5:52 am - PORTLAND, Ore. — Isaac Lamb acknowledges that his five-minute, block-long choreographed build-up to a marriage proposal has upped the stakes for everyone who follows. “G...
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Mortgage professor: Despite huge demand, LTO obstacles are plentyJun 02, 2012 5:34 am - Of the 700 or so articles on my website, the article accessed most frequently over the last year has been one I wrote in 2004 on lease-to-own home purchases. This is a c...
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Condo leasing restriction should be enacted only after careful considerationJun 02, 2012 5:30 am - So the board of your association has made the decision to seek an amendment to the declaration to restrict leasing of units. There are many components to a lease restric...
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Spas now compete with pools for backyard spaceJun 02, 2012 5:20 am - Spas are now a strong competitor to aboveground pools for a place in the suburban backyard, said George Schlangen, owner of Midwest Spas of Lake Zurich. Family swim spas...
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On the Market: Country cottage in BarringtonJun 02, 2012 5:02 am - This country cottage, surrounded by lush acreage only five minutes from downtown Barrington and its train station, looks like it was plucked from the Irish countryside a...
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Home fix: Putting shingles over wet plywood likely to lead to problemsJun 02, 2012 5:00 am - Q. Shortly after it was built, we noticed a slightly lifted-looking horizontal line (shingles not flat as the others) on the upper-left area of the roof when looking at ...