Lifestyle Columns
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As deadline nears, more tax-credit questions arriveAug 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. My husband says we can get that first-time homebuyer tax credit, $8,000, for any house we buy this year, whether it's new or old. I said I'd double-check. Is that for...
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You want a watertight seal with a patio deck over a garageAug 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. We have a side patio (measuring 24-by-15 feet) over our garage. It was originally covered in concrete, which the previous owners painted. It had two stress cracks the...
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Poor housing market can justify tax breakAug 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. There have been numerous foreclosures in our area over the past two years. We have been following what the homes have been sold for after they were foreclosed by the ...
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'One Hundred Years of Johnny Mercer' celebrates lyricistAug 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago Come rain or come shine If you grew up listening to crooners, here's a chance to get your fill of popular tunes from the 1930s through the mid-'50s. The Tri...
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New appraisal rules backfire in down marketAug 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Enacting rules to curb abuses arising during a housing bubble, which don't take effect until the succeeding financial crisis, can easily do more harm than good. This is ...
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Lying best friend has reader wishing she could let goAug 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. "Mary" and I have been friends for 28 years. To say we are best friends is an understatement. There is nothing we haven't been through: marriages, divorces, births, d...
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'Glen Martin' to debut Monday on Nick at NightAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Nick at Nite debuts a new stop-motion animated series, "Glenn Martin, DDS," at 7 p.m. Monday. Kevin Nealon gives voice to the title character, a dentist who takes his fa...
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'Married Alive' set to open at Pheasant RunAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Newlyweds and longtime marrieds depict the ups and downs of marital life in the musical "Married Alive!" Rachel Rockwell (of Marriott's "The 25th Annual Putnam County Sp...
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Drip systems that water roots are most efficientAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I have a lot of landscaping and gardens. My water bills are high and I hate to waste time watering. I probably don't water right anyway. Are automatic watering kits e...
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Graphic 'Thirst' feels dramatically inertAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Thirst' South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook's ambitious horror movie about a priest-turned-vampire won the Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival and was insp...