Lifestyle Columns
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Ask lawyer to help with property line issue before saleAug 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. What happens when you go to sell your house and find out your neighbor's fence is on your property? I've known for some time, but I have let it go to keep the pea...
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New lending rules will punish those seeking riskier productsAug 28, 2010 11:00 pm - The federal government, through its Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, reversed its long-standing policy of favoring disadvantaged borrowers. Under the ...
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Floors stay in great shape when you clean up after petsAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Man's best friend is great when he's bringing you your slippers or fetching the newspaper. But when your dog has an "accident" on the floor or chews up your favorite cou...
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'Piranha' problems: Studio tipped ending, MPAA botched ratingAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Piranha's fishy ending If you saw the new comic horror thriller "Piranha 3-D" as I did last weekend, you were probably as bummed as I when the shockeroo ending ca...
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'Takers' take all right, but give nothing in returnAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - "Takers" ranks as one of the most pretentious, ill-conceived and badly botched heist movies ever made. "We're takers!" shouts Gordon Jennings (Idris Elba), leader of a b...
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Keeping cool while the heat's on full blastAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - "The heat is on, on the street, inside your head -" Glenn Frey Having represented boards for 33 years, I can tell you without hesitation that whenever we have a record h...
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More homeowners offer partial financing to expedite a saleAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - A growing number of home sellers are offering to provide some financing of their own to buyers, as sales remain slow and banks toughen mortgage requirements. Q. Several ...
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Replacement of a main sewer line is a costly fix for homebuyerAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. We purchased our home two months ago after hiring a professional home inspector. After moving in, we had plumbing problems with the drains. The plumber we called ...
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Con-man minister seeks redemption in 'Last Exorcism'Aug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Frankly, I am getting really weary of horror movies mounted as first-person pseudo-documentaries shot with nausea-inducing hand-held cameras. Still, if there absolutely ...
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Pinot's long, varied family tree continues to evolveAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - People ask me all the time to recommend a Pinot. My inner wine geek wants to say, "Would that be Pinot Burot or Pinot Tordu? Or maybe Pinot Teinturier, Cioutat or Tete d...