Lifestyle Columns
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Insulate attic floor before spray foamMay 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I live in a ranch-style home that was built in the late 1960s. Recently, I have been approached by two different contractors touting the energy savings benefits o...
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Couple has several ways to pursue return of their depositMay 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. My son and daughter-in-law made an offer on a property and gave the selling broker a $3,000 deposit. The property was facing foreclosure. Two previous offers had ...
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Broken garage door results in tenant seeking lost wagesMay 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Recently the garage door of the home I rent got stuck and I couldn't get my car out of the garage to get to work. I missed part of my job and I asked my landlord to ...
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Why 'too big to fail' runs rampant, costly to taxpayersMay 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Editor's note: This is the third column in a multipart series running Sundays in Homes Plus. TBTF firms are "too big to fail," meaning their failure to meet their obliga...
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Inexperience in the trade is not the same as incompetenceMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. You often refer to "inexperienced" or "newly-minted" home inspectors as less than desirable. You seem to equate inexperience with incompetence, and you insinuate ...
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Fox to celebrate 75 years of movie-making with DVD setsMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - "Twentieth Century Fox's 75th Anniversary Collection": For the next year, 20th Century Fox, will be releasing 300 of the studio's most notable films, backed up b...
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Goodman's 'Good Negro' spotlights the men behind civil rights fightMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - "Do what you have to do." That loaded phrase recurs several times throughout "The Good Negro," Tracey Scott Wilson's unflinching, fictionalized account of the civil righ...
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What happened to originality in movie titles?May 13, 2010 11:00 pm - No more entitlements Here are the top 10 most overused Hollywood movie titles that should be placed on a permanent moratorium immediately: 1. "The Last (Someth...
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Bank can't automatically 'call in' loan after a divorceMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - A federal law prohibits lenders from demanding immediate repayment of a mortgage solely because a couple divorces or one spouse dies. Q. You recently answered a ques...
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'Letters to Juliet' stamped by listless plotMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - If you like the generic pop-tune montage that opens "Letters to Juliet," you'll love the second one 30 minutes later. And the third 36 minutes later. And the fourth 44 m...