Lifestyle Columns
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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...
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Don't let your windows drive up your energy costsAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - If your windows are not properly weatherstripped or insulated, you might as well leave them wide open, as far as energy usage. Here are some tips for saving energy in an...
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Take steps to prevent a low-value appraisalAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Several home sales and refinancing deals are being scuttled by banks because appraisers have become more conservative in estimating values. Savvy borrowers can take seve...
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It's quite easy to fall for 'I Love You, Man'Aug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - "I Love You, Man" - I can't say that I loved this new bro-mantic comedy, but I definitely liked it, as it delivered plenty of laughs and a feel-good ending with just...
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'Time Traveler's Wife' not weepy just sadAug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - It occurred to me about halfway through "The Time Traveler's Wife" that the whole ludicrously silly premise of this chronological jigsaw puzzle would have worked much be...