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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Outrageous! Field of Screams
Aren't youth sports wonderful? Where else do parents get to teach kids good old-fashioned values like teamwork, fair play, sportsmanship-and punching someone out over a meaningless game? If you don't believe me, just look at the recent headlines. ... [... more]
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Outrageous! Get 'Em Off the Road!
By Michael Crowley From Reader's Digest When 19-year-old Sonja DeVries was killed waiting at a red light in Denver last summer, the young woman might have been thinking about her plans to become a child therapist. We'll never know. All her dreams ... [... more]
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Outrageous! Government Carelessness
By Michael Crowley From Reader's Digest During wartime, one of America's most solemn duties is to take care of its veterans. So why do careless government workers keep putting our vets at risk? That happened last January at a Department of ... [... more]
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Outrageous! Faking It
Denise Henderson had a sad story to tell. Testifying before a federal judge in Minnesota, the 39-year-old claimed that a car accident had ruined her life, leaving her with severe back and neck pain and constant headaches. Just lifting a gallon of ... [... 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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White House? You Mean That Place on Maple and Elm?
By Andy Simmons with additional reporting by Ed Goralski From Reader's Digest Do you remember what happened November 4, 2008? Took out the trash. Walked the dog. Voted for the 44th president of the United States. That last one was pretty big news ... [... more]
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Quick Study: A Look at the Lottery
From Reader's Digest America's fascination with the game of chance is as old as the nation itself. Lotteries were a common way to raise money for public works in Colonial America, but they fell out of favor in the 19th century, perceived as ... [... more]
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Outrageous: Runaway Taxes
For years now, politicians have been promising to do something about the flight of American jobs overseas. So why does Washington continue to reward companies that invest abroad? That's right, reward. Because our tax code actually encourages ... [... more]
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Online Rumor Websites: How to Fight Internet Abuse
When Vanderbilt University freshman Chelsea Gorman was raped near campus in the spring of 2007, her life was shattered. She told only her close friends about the ordeal and left school for the rest of the semester after she began suffering panic ... [... 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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