How to Finish a Basement: Framing and Insulating
By Travis Larson From The Family Handyman Originally in How to Finish a Basement: Framing and Insulating Your basement can be more than a utility and storage area. With some forethought and good techniques, you can make it as warm, comfortable ... [... more]
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Extremes: The Most Expensive Home in America
From Reader's Digest Got a spare $165 million? This could be the house for you. Actually, calling it a house doesn't do it justice. It's a 72,000-square-foot, six-building, six-and-a-half-acre Beverly Hills estate once owned by newspaper baron ... [... more]
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And Your Previous Jobs?
By William Beaman From Reader's Digest Who knew that shoplifting could be a perfect Kodak moment? A thief and his sidekick seemed pretty savvy when they entered a Long Island Wal-Mart and swept the shelves of $2,000 worth of digital cameras. A ... [... more]
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Just what the doctor ordered -- a healthy dose of extra cash! Select Editions brings you the chance to win $30,000 with just one click! Entry is FREE, and you can make yourself a potential winner every day. Just answer a simple question and enter ... [... more]
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Dreaded Sound
Ten stories beneath a street in Fall River, Massachusetts, tunnel workers heard a loud whoosh of air and a clatter of rocks and debris. A second later, a Niagara-like roar of black water poured into the sewer-overflow tunnel they were excavating. ... [... more]
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Granite Tile Kitchen Countertops
Granite tiles are as easy to install as ceramic tile, except for the edges. We show you a slick jig that makes it simple to cut strips for the edges and the backsplash. In this story, we'll show you how to install an alternative-a ... [... more]
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Checking and Savings
By Beth Kobliner From Reader's Digest Check out our online money guide for mortgage advice, calculators and more. The financial gurus will be debating for years how we got into the mess we're in-and how we'll get out of it. But while the talking ... [... more]
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Uncommon Courtesy
A woman heads into a popular New York City coffee shop on a chilly winter morning. Just ahead of her, a man drops a file full of documents. The woman pauses, and stoops to help gather the papers. Six blocks away, a different man enters another ... [... more]
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Recent satellite photos have shown the alarming rate at which Greenland's glaciers are melting. Six members of the elite French High Risk Mountain Military Squad got a closer look. Lowering themselves into one of the mills carved by a river of ... [... more]
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Real-Life Drama: From Romantic Sail to Night of Terror
By Lynn Rosellini From Reader's Digest Aboard her boyfriend's sailboat, Patricia Morgan curled up with a book and started to relax. She and Carlo Fraizzoli had had a hectic week in Baltimore. But now, heading for a scenic cove 25 miles south on ... [... more]
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The Manager Who Couldn't Write
What launched Amy Tan's career was not a big break, but a kick in the butt. Before the million-copy sales of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan was a writer. A business writer. She and a partner ran a ... [... more]
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Lay Your Own Extraordinary Hardwood Floor
It's hard to beat the natural beauty, warmth and durability of a hardwood floor. A well-laid floor will last for a century or more and can be rejuvenated by resanding and finishing to look brand new. A real wood floor isn't cheap, but neither is ... [... more]
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