Lifestyle Columns
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Advocating sellers have pre-listing inspectionSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. We're planning to put our home on the market but are not in agreement about hiring a home inspector. I believe we should know every possible issue prior to listin...
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Former tenants have no rights to security depositSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I am a landlord and have a situation regarding the return of our tenants' security deposit. We have had the same tenants for more than six years and they recently...
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If you skip a flight segment, your reservation will be canceledSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - As a quick reminder for travelers who have multi-leg airline tickets (such as point A to B and finally to C), you really do need to show up for all your flight segments....
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A beginner's guide to often-confusing Ohama Hi/Lo pokerSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Omaha Hi/Lo is more of an "action" game than Hold'em because the pot gets split between the best high and low hands. It also produces a much wider array of poker hands d...
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'Woodcock' tries, but ends up wasting comic premiseSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - "Mr. Woodcock" boasts a perfect cast and lots of laughs, plus it serves as an example of what happens when filmmakers have an inspired comic idea, but don't know what to...
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Taymor's latest is bold, but it left me coldSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - • In the audacious "Across the Universe," filmmaker and "Lion King" stage creator Julie Taymor jams a bunch of Beatles tunes onto the soundtrack -- sung by its cast mem...
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"The Brave One" a cop-outSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Shortly after Erica Bain kills her first perp in Neil Jordan's shamelessly pro-vigilante B-movie drama "The Brave One," she goes into the bathroom and upchucks. This sce...
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'Silk' spins history for dummiesSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - When Francois Girard's "Silk" premieres on home video, it should come wrapped in a bright yellow cover marked with big, block letters: "Pretentious Historical Dramas for...
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Chaos swamps intriguing premise in Fox's new 'K-Ville'Sep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Few things could be harder right now than being a cop in the Big Easy -- except maybe for making a cop show in the Big Easy. The Fox series "K-Ville" debuts at 8 p.m. Mo...
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Bennett gets his due -- and maybe moreSep 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Simply stick around long enough, and you'll be acknowledged an "American Master." Not to sound harsh, but that seems to be the message behind the PBS Tony Bennett profil...