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- Home & Family
- December 15, 2010
According to the U.S. Department of energy, simple leaks can decrease home energy efficiency by 5% to 30% each year. You should start sealing leaks with caulking now, making sure to pay special attention to areas where two different building materials meet, such as corners. Check out a few tips to help this process go
READ MOREOne customer didn't want to see a hardware store with a long history in its town close down– so he e-mailed asking people to come on a particular day and spend 20 dollars at the store. It's heartening to see how many people showed up, ready to put their money where their heart was– in
READ MOREThe annual list of the safest new cars was released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Last year's list contained 130 cars, while stricter safety standards cut this year's list down to 39 cars. The cars that earned the best ratings were those that helped to prevent accidents by alerting drivers, or actually
READ MORESinger Carrie Underwood is donating $1 million in proceeds from her recent "Blown Away" Tour to the Red Cross for relief efforts. "I have watched the devastation in my home state of Oklahoma over the past several days with great sadness," Underwood said. "With the help of my fans who attended my concerts over the
READ MORELegendary comedian and actress, Carol Burnett, loves the art of writing letters, so she was happy to guest star in the season finale of Signed, Sealed, Delivered on the Hallmark Channel. In the show, which airs Sunday at 8 ET/PT, Burnett plays the grandmother of a postal detective who’s dedicated to finding people who never received undeliverable letters.
READ MOREAccording to data from the National Alliance for Caregiving, an estimated 65 million people in the U.S. are unpaid family caregivers. Many baby boomers are caregivers for elderly parents, and they have to adjust life plans accordingly. They face their own set of unique challenges, physically and emotionally. CNN, 12/11/2012
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