Lifestyle Columns
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The Teddys, not the Emmys, award what's tops on TVJul 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Today is the day the best shows and actors on television finally get their due recognition. Not with the Emmy Award nominations, silly, but with the Teddy Awards. The Te...
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A hydrangea made for experimentingJul 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Would you like to start growing hydrangeas? One way to get your feet wet is to plant the Mini Penny in a container. The catch is it would have to go inside during the wi...
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Chicago movie happenings this weekendJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Meet the real 'Parents' Chicago filmmaker Greg Glienna will present a rare showing of his original 1992 comedy "Meet the Parents" before it became a 2000 studio film sta...
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Replacing an older air conditioner can pay of in energy savingsJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. With these crazy gasoline prices, we stay home more now and, therefore, air-condition more. My old central air conditioner costs a lot to operate. What type of r...
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Splitting, cracking roof may lead to even bigger problems in the futureJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - No homeowner likes to pay for roof repairs, but it's better to get the work done quickly rather than face even more problems down the road. Q. The home we have lived in ...
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Flawed 'Mamma Mia' still funJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - As a movie musical, "Mamma Mia!" is a mess. But a most amusing mess. It features Hollywood icon Meryl Streep bouncing around the Greek islands like a giddy teenager, eff...
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New DVD releasesJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - "The Bank Job" This well-written crime thriller takes us through various stages of a heist. Terry Leather (Jason Statham) is recruited by Martine Love (Saffron Burrows) ...
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July 17 openings and closingsJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - What's new Azusa Productions' "Onto Infinity," David Alex's May-December romance about a young mathematician who falls in love with his former English teacher, opens tod...
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Cable series exploit strike to take Emmy nominationsJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Cable TV had a breakout summer in 2007, and with the help of the midseason writers' strike it converted that into a record number of prime-time Emmy Award nominations wh...
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'Monk'-y shines: Tony Shalhoub's series returns to formJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Cable USA has enjoyed success bringing a more lighthearted tone to conventional cop shows, most recently with the playful spy series "Burn Notice," but that approach has...