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Clean Vents for a Faster, Safer Dryer Time

(MCT)—If your clothes dryer takes an hour or longer to dry a load of jeans and towels, the problem might lie in the venting rather than the appliance.


240-Year-Old Home Brings Satisfaction, a Few Pitfalls

(MCT)—Julie Tung, a history major turned software executive, wanted a historic house to restore. Ed Schwartz, her boyfriend (now husband), wanted a house he could make energy-efficient. And it had to be near Glen Rock, New Jersey, where his son lives.


10 Beers that Make Great Holiday Gifts

(MCT)—Giving beer as a present offers the recipient two options: Drink it or cellar it. Either way, you can’t lose. If they choose to open it right away, you—the giver—can reap the rewards of sharing in your smartly chosen beer. If they put it in a cool, dark place for a few years, they’ll think fondly of you, their generous and knowledgeable friend, whenever they survey their beer shelf.


Do Your Part: Don’t Get Trashy This Season

(MCT)—That classic line from the Grinch about Christmas always tugs at my heart this time of year. It’s when he realizes the true meaning of the season, “How could it be so? It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages, boxes, or bags!” But here’s the thing—the holidays DO come with


WWOOFing; Travel, Meet People, and Learn about Organic Agriculture

(MCT)—Kelly Bayer took a vacation from her job in a sleep laboratory by toiling in a vegetable patch in Santa Barbara, Calif. The sun beat down on her back as she worked a garden hose over a collection of tomatoes, peppers, carrots and onions that would eventually be consumed on the organic farm.


How to Weather a Delay

Whenever a horrific tarmac delay makes the news—like the snowy seven-plus hours recently passed by JetBlue customers at Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Connecticut—most of us, I suspect, have a similar thought: What if I were on that flight? Would I lose my mind and temper? Or could I keep my cool?


Facebook Reaches Privacy Deal with FTC

(MCT)—Facebook Inc. is on the verge of going public, so it’s getting serious about privacy. The company, under intense scrutiny for its privacy policies as it prepares for what promises to be a blockbuster initial public offering next year, has agreed to get its users’ permission before making changes to privacy settings.


Do Your Part: Smarter Shipping Solutions

(MCT)—Is your holiday shopping list getting shorter now with all those Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales? As you begin checking your list twice, you’ll soon start sending out presents that need to get to love ones far away. Do Your Part and seek out less wasteful shipping solutions that are easy on you and the planet.


How-To: Avoid Common Breakfast Blunders

(MCT)—Many people start their day with diet blunders. Here’s how to correct them, with help from Dr. Wayne Andersen, an obesity specialist in Maryland and medical director for Take Shape for Life, a weight loss program:


Hot Property: Another ‘Friend’ Is Ready to Sever a Tie

(MCT)—It has been a busy real estate year for former “Friends” cast mates. Actors Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry have both sold places. Now actor-director David Schwimmer has put his home in Hancock Park on the market at $10.7 million.


DIY: Fine Wine Rack

With its easy construction and convenient storage, this wine rack will be the toast of your household. Repurposed galvanized pipe hangers work in pairs to hold bottles of your favorite vintages with flair.


Retiring at 80 vs. ‘Retiring’ at 25

(MCT)—Did you read the story saying most workers expect to labor long after they become eligible for “senior discounts?”


Microloans Give Overlooked Small Businesses Room to Grow

(MCT)—When Caitlin McShane looks down San Francisco’s Mission Street, she doesn’t see taco joints and bodegas bulging with ripe fruit. She sees sharks.


Where You Live Can Determine Health

(MCT)—Sabrina Oliver looked forward to good schools and safer streets when she moved her family from her crime-ridden and trash-strewn West Baltimore neighborhood to the suburbs, but was surprised to discover another benefit as well—a dramatic improvement in their health.


Furnace free: How to Turn a Drafty, Decades-Old House into an Engineering Marvel

(MCT)—Sometime in the next few weeks, Paul Brazelton will move his family into a 1935 Tudor in south Minneapolis that has no furnace. He’s just finished a massive renovation of the family home and even though winter’s bearing down, he removed the boiler and plans to use that basement space


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