Home and Garden
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Borrower decisions on HECM reverse mortgagesMay 28, 2016 3:00 am - There are three major decisions a senior must make when applying for a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage, more commonly known as a reverse mortgage. The first decision app...
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New mortgage lending rules bring mixed resultsMay 27, 2016 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - Eight months into the most comprehensive and challenging set of rule changes affecting homebuyers and sellers in more than four decades, how's it all going?...
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Financial risks can remain long after divorcing homeowners split upMay 27, 2016 3:00 am - Q. I am getting a divorce. I am planning to move out and sign a quitclaim deed that gives my half-interest in the home to her, as she wants to stay in the house and begi...
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Two kinds of electrical safetyMay 27, 2016 3:00 am - Q. I've seen ground fault outlets (GFCI's) in bathrooms and garages for many years, but now I'm hearing about arc fault breakers (AFCI's) for bedroom outlets, and I'm wo...
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Graduation party requires backyard upgradeMay 26, 2016 11:00 pm - We're having our daughter's high school graduation party in June. We want a space to cook with a gas-line grill so we don't have to worry about running out of propane; a...
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Weber Grill was born in the suburbsMay 26, 2016 11:00 pm - The world-famous Weber Kettle Grill and its inventor, George Stephen, can be given much of the credit for the popularity of outdoor cooking today. Stephen, a Mount Prosp...
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Landscaping and soft lighting will beautify patioMay 26, 2016 11:00 pm - Our outdoor space is not inviting to say the least. We recently removed an old shed. The concrete is cracked and our fence is going to fall over. We lack lightning and a...
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More choices abound for outdoor cooks than ever beforeMay 26, 2016 11:00 pm - My "Greatest Generation" father would have snorted at the idea that outdoor cooking would one day become a hobby - an avocation even - for scores of men and women of all...
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Bring the pizazz to your patioMay 26, 2016 11:00 pm - When just our immediate family is here, we are 20 or more. Everything and everyone is crowded and confined to our concrete patio slab. There is no lighting, no atmospher...
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Butterflies & Blooms opens at Chicago Botanic GardenMay 26, 2016 1:00 am - Butterflies & Blooms, an exhibit immersing visitors in an enclosed outdoor garden filled with plants and hundreds of live butterflies and moths, opens Saturday, May 28, ...