Lifestyle Columns
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'Twin Peaks' comes to DVDOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - It never appeared on screen, but Mädchen Amick has always envisioned a happy ending for Shelly Johnson, the character she played on the late, great television series "T...
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Daughter needs to write own checksOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. For the past 15 years now, my wife and I have carried my daughter and son-in-law financially. We have carried the loans for every house and car they have owned, g...
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Statins not required for 89-year-old womanOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I am the caretaker of my elderly mother, age 89. She is a patient of a heart specialist because she has six blockages (both carotid arteries, two with the heart a...
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Toddlers who still drink from a bottle harming their teethOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Drinking a bottle of juice between meals isn't good for baby's teeth. I was up in the bleachers watching the last few minutes of the junior high volleyball game when my ...
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New shingles vaccine good news for aging populationOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Ever hear of a vaccine to protect you from the effects of another vaccine? Some folks think the chicken pox vaccine your grandkids receive might raise your risk for shin...
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Siding stain most likely fungus, not moldOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. Our daughter has a brand new home with vinyl-siding exterior. There are little dark dots all over the siding, which she thinks is mold. She had the same problem o...
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Don't lose your shirt the next time you flyOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - First of two parts When Karyl Barnes flew to Manchester, England, by way of London Heathrow Airport, she didn't just kiss her husband goodbye. She also kissed her l...
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Pop-ups prompt drop in Internet travel planningOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - An annual survey called the 2007 National Travel Monitor, conducted by two large travel marketing firms, reported that the use of the Internet for travel planning is dow...
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Request for extra hotel night causes upgraded priceOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I'm having a problem with a hotel honoring a room price. I tried to book three nights at the Hilton Imperial Dubrovnik in Croatia, but for some reason the site wo...
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Overcome your flight fright with these tipsOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The woman sitting next to me was so scared she was clutching the armrest until her knuckles turned white. It was at that point I figured I'd better engage her in convers...