Columns
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Death of 'everybody's grandmother' a tough but essential storyDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - What if you had to write the obituary on your own grandmother? With all due respect to Rose Tani's family, that's almost the situation we had in this newsroom when the n...
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DIY-ers can install keyless deadboltsDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. I want to use fewer outdoor lights to save electricity, but I have trouble finding the keyhole quickly at night. What types of keyless or other secure locks are there...
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Four classical music greats left us in 2007Dec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Our annual retrospective of the major figures in classical music who left us during the year is especially significant for 2007 with the list including the deaths of fou...
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Our animal friends need helpDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Chera's whiskers are singed but growing back. Trevor no longer is cowering in the corner covered with soot. Abused and neglected, Lizzy, too, is recovering from the anim...
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Television offers a sackful of last-second stocking stuffersDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - It's Dec. 21, which means there are but four more shopping days until Christmas, and that's counting today if you're reading this in the morning over coffee and not in t...
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She's way overdue when it comes to asserting herselfDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. My boyfriend hates my best friend and I'm stuck in the middle. She has always been known for being a little bossy and opinionated, and he for being sensitive and ...
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'P.S. I love You' wallows in sentimentDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - No matter how much critics might trash this abysmally sentimental ode to romantic goo, it won't matter to the hordes of adoring, faithful female Gerard Butler fans who w...
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'War' of the wordsDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Mike Nichols' snappy, stiletto-sharp political comedy "Charlie Wilson's War" tells how three American loose cannons joined forces to do what the U.S. military couldn't d...
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Observant walker finds ring and returns to rightful ownerDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Living in one of Batavia's oldest homes offers a surprise now and then, especially outside. We have found medicine bottles, perfume bottles, old pottery and horse shoes ...
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Some family treasures just can't be discardedDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - End-of-the-year rituals drive me nuts. "Call a trash hauler," my wife commanded, "and get a dumpster dropped on our driveway." I countered by telling her I would clean t...