Lifestyle Columns
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Private mortgage insurers offer a model of smart reservingApr 11, 2009 11:00 pm - This is the second column in a two-part series that began last Sunday in Homes Plus. Last week, I discussed why capital requirements - requiring firms to have capital eq...
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What to do when guest policy has been violatedApr 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I have a rental house and during a recent drive-by to check on my property I noticed that there were two cars in the driveway that I had never seen in the past. I...
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Subcontractor caught in middle of foreclosureApr 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I was hired by a general contractor to do the heating and air conditioning work on a very large residential rehab. The total cost of my work was around $45,000. A...
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Here's a place to get some new exoticaApr 10, 2009 11:00 pm - JCPenney calls it accent furniture, but for small rooms some of the pieces in the Artesia global collection are "real" furniture. An upholstered corner chair for $500, f...
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When turning attic into living space, attention to quality is keyApr 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Other than the basement, the attic is the part of the home most often adapted to new uses. So I suppose the attic will soon be given a new name. Once remodeled, a baseme...
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Job loss doesn't automatically relieve renter of one-year leaseApr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Rising unemployment has made it impossible for many tenants to fulfill their lease obligations, but local rental laws dictate how the landlord must proceed when the rent...
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New on DVD: Disney animation collectionApr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - "Disney's Animation Collection Volume One" There are three titles in the new collection from the Walt Disney Studios. Each DVD is part of the series which represents cl...
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Microwave could save electricity, depending on food quantityApr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I plan to use my microwave oven more instead of the range/oven to save electricity. I gave my old microwave to my mother and I need a new one. What should I look ...
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O'Neill's 'A Moon for the Misbegotten' gets better with ageApr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Romeo and Juliet have nothing on Jim Tyrone and Josie Hogan, the would-be lovers in Eugene O'Neill's eloquent "A Moon for the Misbegotten." The Connecticut farm girl wit...
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CBS readies Masters coverage; HBO looks at 2nd Ali-Frazier boutApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Masters & vanquished CBS does its usual highfalutin coverage of the Masters golf tournament starting at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday on WBBM Channel 2, but in ex...