Lifestyle Columns
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Month-to-month leases can be terminatedAug 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I have a tenant who signed a one-year lease that ended in June. He sent me a check for July for the same amount as the prior year's rent and I cashed the check. H...
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Teen feels the heat from parents fighting in other roomAug 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. My parents are fighting more and more, and now in front of my brother and me (we're in our teens). When they are alone and fighting we can hear them, and I see my...
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Dann chats with 'Scott Pilgrim' star Michael Cera, director Edgar WrightAug 12, 2010 11:00 pm - It's Cera vs. Wright! Michael Cera is the star of the new frenetic action movie/romance "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World." Edgar Wright directed it, along with two ea...
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Home inspector does not have asbestos testing capabilitiesAug 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. Before I bought my home, I asked my inspector about the strange insulating material in the attic. He told me that it was used by "old-timers" for insulation. He a...
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Tired of concrete? Here are fun fixes for garage floors.Aug 12, 2010 11:00 pm - A standard garage floor usually is just plain concrete, and this is fine for most folks. But if the dust and dirt bothers you, or you don't like the look of it, you migh...
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Borrower still haunted by long-ago bankruptcyAug 12, 2010 11:00 pm - A bankruptcy can hurt a buyer's chances of getting a mortgage, even if the filing no longer appears on the applicant's credit report. Q. The application that my wife and...
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'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' blasts along on sheer spectacleAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Throw away your Ritalin and prepare to be awed! "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" is no ordinary movie. It's a delightfully unhinged multimedia sensory assault, an in-your-e...
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Stallone turns 'Expendables' into brain-dead bloodbathAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - What's up with Sylvester Stallone's face? The star, co-writer and director of "The Expendables" looks as if he's had his head reconstructed with Silly Putty, and his eye...
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Roberts' sidekick steals the show in 'Eat Pray Love'Aug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Before we get to Julia Roberts, we must first acknowledge the most stellar performance to be found in Ryan Murphy's movie adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's best-seller a...
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HCG diet no panacea for losing weightAug 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. Are the claims of amazing weight loss on the HCG diet really true? A. The HCG diet, also known as the Simeons therapy, has two components: One is a 500-calorie...