Lifestyle Columns
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HUD looks to protect borrowers from overchargesAug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Editors note: This is the second column in a three-part series. Last week I reported favorably on one part of HUD's current reform proposals. A new and substantial...
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Tenant thinks splitting cost of new floor is unfairAug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I live by myself and have a large home. To help cover my mortgage I decided to rent out a couple of the extra bedrooms. My two roommates each have their own bedro...
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Common sense missing in rules on infant passportsAug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Last week, while waiting to have a passport picture taken at my local photography store, the woman ahead of me got me thinking - which is something our government needs ...
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Painted bricks can be stripped, restoredAug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I hope you can help me out. I have a split-level home built in 1961. The lower half of the house is brick, painted white. We have repainted over the years when it...
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With rental property, hold on or sell and take lossAug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. My grandmother fell ill and my husband and I had to get a house that had a floor plan that could accommodate her. Unfortunately, our other house wouldn't sell. We...
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Tips for 10 days in GermanyAug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Q: Two friends and I are going to Europe in October, and would like to see as much as we can without hurrying too much. We plan to be gone about 10 days to Germany a...
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Homeowner nearly burned by unscrupulous plumberAug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I've owned my home for 25 years and have never had a serious plumbing problem. But recently, the toilet has been running off and on for no reason. Several times a...
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Doomed ash trees can still contributeAug 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Many lovely ash trees will fall in the Chicago area, victims of a small insect called the emerald ash borer. The Morton Arboretum and other organizations are pushing for...
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Gire, Benson to explore the classic comediesAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Join me and James Bond novelist Raymond Benson as "Dann and Raymond's Movie Club" resumes to look at classic comedies from the silent era up through the 1950s, with clip...
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Homeowners, buyers shouldn't fret about closed credit-card accountAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Several banks are closing dormant credit-card accounts, but there are some easy ways for homeowners and buyers to protect themselves against a long-term drop in their ov...