Lifestyle Stories from December 8, 2012 (Change date)
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Rental forum: New parking policy favors garage sales over tenantsDec 09, 2012 5:17 am - Q. I am a renter and we have a unique situation in our apartment building. When I first moved in a few years ago, there was nothing about assigned parking in my lease, b...
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On the road: Trolley tour of Chicago's holiday lightsDec 11, 2012 6:36 am - Chicago Light up your life Enjoy Chicago's holiday lights and sights by trolley. Hop on a trolley and you'll be able to visit the Magnificent Mile, State Street and Macy...
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New fans in origami foldJan 04, 2013 1:16 pm - Sara Goheen, a junior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, often folds place mats or straw wrappers into interesting shapes while she's waiting at a restaurant ...
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'Good Wife' furniture line popular with viewers, ownersDec 11, 2012 6:36 am - HIGH POINT, N.C. — There are certain movies in which the rooms are as interesting as the characters. One that comes to mind is Nancy Meyers' 2009 film “It's Complicated....
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Nation's 12 'Prettiest Painted Places” includes colorful, hidden gemsDec 11, 2012 6:36 am - If you want to see the prettiest painted communities in America, you're going to need a lot of time, several tanks of gas, and a state-of-the-art GPS. The Paint Quality ...
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Carol Stream ‘Christmas Store’ helps families afford giftsDec 10, 2012 10:27 am - Christmas spirit surrounded shoppers at the Outreach Community Center’s 18th annual Christmas Store in Carol Stream from the moment they walked in the door Saturday unti...
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Mortgage professor: Making a lease-to-own sale worth your whileDec 08, 2012 9:30 am - A lease-to-own (LTO) transaction is one in which a potential homebuyer occupies the home as a tenant but has an option to purchase it within a specified period at a spec...
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Home fix: Add joists, beam to correct sagging floorsDec 08, 2012 7:00 am - Q. I have an older home with a crawlspace foundation. My problem is the floors sag in the living room to the point where it’s hard to keep a lamp steady on the end table...
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Condo Talk: Who gets the surplus of a unit taken over by board?Dec 08, 2012 5:55 am - Q. Our association took possession of an owner’s unit after an eviction for nonpayment of assessments. The unit’s delinquency has been paid off, and the association cont...
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'American Lady' fine portrait of socialiteDec 09, 2012 6:06 am - At its heart, this engaging, gentle biography is a tale of how a particular slice of the other half lived — in today's parlance, that's the 2 percent — in the mid-20th c...
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