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Redoing Bathroom As Refuge Adds Value To Home
ASSOCIATED PRESSTell me if you've had this problem before: You're enjoying your shower; someone in the house flushes a toilet; and all of a sudden it turns from heaven into Hades. That scenario has been an annoying facet of America's daily bathroom life for decades &#...Tags: Coral Gables, Kohler Company, Personal Service, Northbrook, Homes
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Long Walk Restored As Trinity's Showpiece
It's been just over three years since a worker at Trinity College leaned on a roof dormer to steady himself while making routine repairs, and a stone wall moved. Something was seriously wrong with Long Walk, Trinity College's oldest and most celebrated...Tags: University of Hartford, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, History, Trinity College, Connecticut, Architecture
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Mets Ready To Confront The Past
NEW YORK — The "place," the scene of the disaster, no longer exists. As always in baseball, one game is eclipsed by another, then another. One season is erased by the next. But in the minds of those who went through it, the point at which the Mets'...Tags: Mike Pelfrey, Billy Wagner, Mike Schmidt, Pedro Martinez, David Wright
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72sc /questions answered
•Dirk Lohan is known for designs with large expanses of glass. The Dragon Tower in Chinatown, the Adler Planetarium's Sky Pavilion and the Elmhurst Public Library are among his creations. •John Ronan is known for ultramodern, upscale...Tags: Frank Lloyd Wright, Park Ridge, Adler Planetarium, Water Tower Place, Glen Ellyn
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Did Tornado Tear Through?
Of The Morning CallAn apparent tornado blew through a neighborhood near Louis E. Dieruff High School about 2:45 p.m. Saturday, blowing tree limbs through school windows and badly damaging the building's roof. No injuries were reported, but roofs on several nearby homes...Tags: Natural Disasters, Weather Reports, Disasters, Tornadoes, Baseball
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Forgotten Cuban town still waits for hurricane relief
In the days since Hurricane Gustav pummeled western Cuba, angry residents here said not a single official had checked on this fishing town that was virtually erased by Hurricane Charlie four years ago. "No one has stopped by to see if we're eating," said...Tags: Natural Disasters, Meteorological Disasters, Hurricanes, Local Authority, Hurricane Gustav
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2008 winners
Nickerson Mansion: 40 E. Erie St. Extensive exterior and interior restoration, masonry repair and laser cleaning. Chicago Cultural Center: 78 E. Washington Blvd. Dome/skylight rehabilitation and stained-glass restoration. Men's and Ladies Comfort...Tags: Bronzeville, Edgebrook, Michigan, State Budgets, Renovation
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Construction site theft builds
New York Times News ServiceSue Wentz and her husband, Eugene, saved for five years, living in a modest home in a low-income neighborhood of Houston, before they broke ground in January on a 4,300-square-foot house in Magnolia, Texas. They arrived at the site one morning in July...Tags: Insurance, Foreclosures, Texas, Theft, House Building
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Governor orders review of Md. inspection protocols
Prompted by the discovery of previously undetected corrosion on the Bay Bridge, Gov. Martin O'Malley has ordered the state's transportation chief to assemble a panel of experts to evaluate Maryland's toll bridge and tunnel inspection program. The...Tags: Advice, Technology, Robert L Flanagan, Transportation, Government
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Quiet, please!
Special to the SentinelNoise, noise, noise! Garbage trucks clanking down the street, the neighborhood dogs barking, the overzealous fireworks celebration taking place on the next block or teenagers driving by blasting the radio -- sound familiar? Noise reduction might not be...Tags: Electrical Appliance, Energy Saving, LEGO Group, Metal and Mineral
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Hey, what's this? Business owners righting wrongs
Sentinel ColumnistGee, I'm going to need an extra foot stool this week for everyone who's stepping up to resolve homeowner problems. It makes up for the weeks when I need a shovel for merchants who keep digging the hole deeper. Dear Greg: On July 18, I was solicited by...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Vehicles, Diseases, Beijing Games, Reviews
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A major redesign of an East Setauket kitchen
sylvia.king-cohen@newsday.comPhil and Natalie Nizza say they pride themselves on making quick decisions. So when it came to redoing their East Setauket house, the medical doctors - an infectious disease specialist and an internist, respectively - had precise directions for...Tags: Electrical Appliance, Diseases, Deer Park (Cook, Illinois), General Electric Company, Illnesses
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