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Luxury home tour on tap throughout several suburbs
Get acquainted with the craftsmanship of 22 Chicago-area custom home builders on a self-guided tour open to the public on weekends from Sept. 5- 21. The multimillion-dollar suburban houses in the 5th annual Chicago Luxury Home Tour feature expansive...Tags: Glenview, House Building, Bannockburn, Clarendon Hills, St. Charles
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Haiti to get relief from South Florida after hurricane
South Florida Sun-SentinelAs local Jamaican expatriates warily watched Gustav's advance on their birthplace on Thursday, South Florida's relief agencies mobilized efforts to send food, money and school supplies to storm victims in their hard-hit Haitian homeland. "The main...Tags: Lauderdale Lakes, Coconut Creek, Fort Lauderdale, Delray Beach, Metal and Mineral
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Come clean and green with household tips
Special to the Chicago TribuneSolutions for everyday household problems sometimes come in unusual packages—like a bag of walnuts. To conceal scratches in wood furniture you could use any number of proprietary products. But crack a few walnuts, rub the oily meat back and forth...Tags: House and Home, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Metal and Mineral
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Home gyms style up, slim down for tight fits
The Denver PostDebbie Fifer's family bought an elliptical machine so they would always be fit enough to hit the slopes — regardless of the weather or the season. But then this ski-loving clan struggled with where to put the bulky piece of equipment inside their...Tags: House and Home, Consumer Electronics Industry, Glenwood, Physical Fitness, Metal and Mineral
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State steps up commuter bus runs
Sun reporterMaryland transportation officials will beef up commuter bus service from Kent Island to Annapolis and Washington next week to help relieve congestion on the Bay Bridge as it undergoes an estimated 10 weeks of emergency repairs to its corroded barrier...Tags: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Emergency Planning, Transportation Accidents, Transportation Industry, Public Transportation
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Siberian 'gingerbread' houses restored
New York Times News ServiceTOMSK, Russia—The building at 32 Kartashov St. had had enough. It once served as home to a 19th Century merchant, a little log masterpiece with ornate doors and shutters carved like doilies and a structural swagger that said, "Look at me!" But...Tags: Family, Metal and Mineral
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Chicago isn't so bad after all
Dining@LargeOK, all I've seen of Chicago is the worst traffic ever. What I meant to say is Evanston, Ill. is pretty nice. In fact, this morning it's almost tropical, with warm, humid air and very breezy. My kind of weather.......Tags: Evanston, Burger King, Vehicles, Metal and Mineral
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Bridge narrows
Just days before a busy holiday weekend, Maryland Transportation Secretary John D. Porcari ordered the immediate closing yesterday of one lane of the eastbound Bay Bridge amid concerns about the safety of the concrete barriers that make up the span's...Tags: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Transportation Industry, Road Accidents, Metal and Mineral, Road Transportation
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Designer, groups hope to preserve Winnetka's Fell building
Chicago Tribune reporterWalter Sobel hopes his spacious Winnetka building survives the wrecking ball. In the 1960s, the award-winning architect designed the single-story store on Lincoln Avenue to house the Fell Co. clothing store using reinforced concrete that could...Tags: Judaism, Winnetka (Cook, Illinois), Evanston, Architecture, Metal and Mineral
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Rival races to score I-Drive attraction
Sentinel Staff WriterMagical Midway Thrill Park on International Drive is up for sale, and a nearby rival is hoping to scoop up the Orlando attraction within a matter of days.Fun Spot of Florida spokesman Mark Brisson said Tuesday the company has made an undisclosed offer for...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Bankruptcy, Orlando, Tourism and Leisure, International Drive
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Death and the city
Chicago Tribune reporterIf the white plaster walls of Rago Brothers Funeral Home could talk, they would tell the last chapters of congressmen and capos, grandmas and gangsters. They would tell the story of this neighborhood, as it changed over the last century. Here, in the...Tags: Al Capone, Irving Park, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Organized Crime, Metal and Mineral
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Memorial bricks honor veterans in Linthicum
As part of its 100-year celebration, the Linthicum Centennial Committee is selling bricks to be placed in front of the new Linthicum Veterans Memorial. The memorial will be erected at the corner of Camp Meade and Maple roads. It will honor members of all...Tags: Linthicum, Armed Forces, Missing in Action, Metal and Mineral, Defense
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