All Stories from January 5, 2013 (Change date)
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Guaranteed sale within an hourJan 05, 2013 4:30 am - Q. In April, I put my house on the market with an asking price of $199,900. In June, I reduced the price to $179,000. As of today, I have had no offers. Currently, the h...
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Small association can adopt state rules regulating larger onesJan 05, 2013 4:18 am - Q. We are a small common interest community association, organized as a nonprofit corporation, with a very minimal and outdated declaration of covenants. Our annual asse...
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Some communities allow a cottage out backJan 05, 2013 4:00 am - Something small is afoot. Backyard cottages — from 800-square-foot bungalows to Lilliputian studio cabins — are springing up behind houses in many cities, some of which ...
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‘Public servants’ are rewarded richlyJan 05, 2013 4:00 am - There are only two problems we have in this great country: 1) envy and class warfare, and 2) the excessive benefits, perks and pensions our “public servants” have awarde...
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Common sense a key tool in inspecting older homesJan 05, 2013 4:00 am - Q. The home I’m trying to sell was built around 1913 and has the usual amenities associated with an older home. The buyers’ home inspector discovered problems I already ...
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Worst mistakes people make in designing a kitchenJan 05, 2013 4:00 am - Celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian and developer James Ramos were trying to find a place upstairs for an espresso machine. As far as Zakarian was concerned, you roll out o...
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We have the right to protect ourselvesJan 05, 2013 4:00 am - Professing to be the toughest in the United States, our gun law have failed. Take a look at the lack of effectiveness with the current ban. Murders in Chicago in 2012 ar...
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The bears who don’t beat anyoneJan 05, 2013 4:00 am - This is a story about a family of bears who were having marital problems. After many months they decided to get a divorce. In court the judge was about to grant the divo...
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Leahy’s legacy is of helping veteransJan 05, 2013 4:00 am - While tributes to Mary Lee Leahy upon her recent passing appropriately lauded her 1990 U.S. Supreme Court victory over patronage in the Rutan case, her victory in the Il...
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Beware of lies that lead to paranoiaJan 05, 2013 4:00 am - In response to Howard Huber’s recent letter to the editor: Well, the game’s up. You caught us. We liberals have been secretly undermining every facet of the political sy...