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Tips to keep your digestive system working wellAug 11, 2018 7:30 am - Digestion is something we usually take for granted until it gives us issues. Cramping, upset stomach, bloating, etc. can cause quite a bit of discomfort and annoyance. ...
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Let yourself be amused by those funny things in lifeAug 11, 2018 7:00 am - A special way to lift your spirits if you are experiencing long-term grief after the death of a parent, friend, child, spouse, grandparent, or other cherished relative i...
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Rules can be amended to allow shedsAug 11, 2018 7:00 am - Q. I recently moved into an association made up of both single-family homes and townhouses. I live in one of the single-family homes. The covenants prohibit storage shed...
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Daily interest: A festering sore in consumer loan marketsAug 11, 2018 6:00 am - Question: What do home mortgage loans (including second mortgage loans), retail installment loans, automobile loans, home improvement loans and mobile home loans have in...
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'Only if' offers shunned by some home sellersAug 11, 2018 6:00 am - Q. I know you wrote about this in past columns, but I didn't save them. I have fallen in love with a nearby house that's not on the market yet, and the owner says he doe...
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Grammar Moses: A tortuous explanation of a torturous encounterAug 11, 2018 1:00 am - I have a habit - an annoying one, I'm sure - of walking down a row of cubicles in the office en route to a meeting and, with a mere glance at a computer screen, finding ...
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Constable: Suburban birder honked off by plans to change conservation lawAug 11, 2018 1:00 am - While birders are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the iconic conservation law credited with saving birds such as the trumpeter swan and the bald eagle from extincti...
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Facts Matter: 'Plenty of water' to battle California wildfiresAug 11, 2018 1:00 am - Wildfires in Northern California are being "made so much worse" because of environmental laws responsible for available water being diverted into the Pacific Ocean, Pres...
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Widescreen: With more series choices than ever, why do I keep watching 'Seinfeld' reruns?Aug 10, 2018 6:00 am - This past weekend on NPR's “It's Been a Minute,” host Sam Sanders and his guest, comedian D.L. Hughley, gave voice to a creeping feeling I've had. Sanders asked Hughley,...
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Homeowner can't find source of foul odorAug 10, 2018 6:00 am - Q, For the past two weeks, a strong foul odor has permeated our guest bedroom. We were sure an animal had died under the house, but the subarea has been thoroughly inspe...