Lifestyle Columns
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Agent can't force potential buyers to walk through your doorJun 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. We have had our house on the market for four months listed with a name-brand broker, but we have had fewer than 20 viewings, a dozen of which were at one open hou...
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Readers give advice learned from experienceJun 19, 2010 11:00 pm - While I'm away, readers give the advice. On waiting to get something you've always wanted from life: When I was single, childless and careerless, a friend said, "What ar...
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Home inspectors are not paid to rely upon seller's disclosureJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. Before I bought my home, I attended the home inspection. In the master bathroom, I pointed out a defect on the outside of the stall shower. The wall appeared to b...
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Granik's 'Winter's Bone' quietly captivatingJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Debra Granik's superbly directed, acely acted atmospheric drama "Winter's Bone" works like a gritty backwoods police procedural -- without the police. It's a superior wo...
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Praise for original 'Toy Story 3' rife with off-the-peg clichésJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - The anxiously awaited sequel "Toy Story 3" is a movie that probably doesn't need an avalanche of publicity to become a commercial hit. Yet, Walt Disney's marketing depar...
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New on DVD: 'Leave it to Beaver', 'Macyver', Metropolitan Opera's galaJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - "Leave it to Beaver: Season Three" "Leave it to Beaver" was a sitcom set in the 1950s featuring the Cleavers, an all-American family in the suburbs. There were ma...
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Financial records of a home assn. must remain an open bookJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - A recent Illinois Appellate Court decision has come down hard on an association that was not fully cooperative in disclosing its books and records. This of course, must ...
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What the 'Hex'? 'Jonah' cursed with being plain awfulJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - I know it's only June, but it's never too soon to start taking bets on the worst movie of 2010. Which brings us directly to the leading contender so far, Jimmy Hayward's...
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'Kings of the Evening' offers sanitized view of DepressionJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Andrew P. Jones' period drama "Kings of the Evening" believes in the basic goodness of people - black and white - along with second chances and respect for human dignity...
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'Rent-buyback' scams proliferate as owners try to save their homesJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - A growing number of financially strapped homeowners are falling for so-called "rent-buyback" scams in a last-ditch effort to stave off foreclosure. Q. We are in bad ...