Special techniques are needed
Sometimes a shrub needs a sharp edge.
Horticulturists agree that for most shrubs, selective pruning that retains their natural form is healt...
First it was skateboard ramps. Then it was cutting boards.
Now Duluth, Minn.-based TrueRide Inc. is using scrap material from those endeavors to make a line of outdoor f...
QUESTION: My grandpa lives in a nursing home. We signed him up for a Medicare drug plan earlier this year. We just learned that the nursing home uses a pharmacy that...
Chains set trend for industry
DALLAS — With its long hours, steamy kitchens and ache-inducing physical demands, restaurant management has been mostly a young man's game.
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QUESTION: The plastic brackets that hold my pool pole and brush are drying out from the sun. Now that swim season is here, what should I consider replacing?
ANSWER: ...
QUESTION: I have a 1996 Isuzu Hombre pickup truck and the anti-lock (ABS) warning light stays on. Please advise what could cause this.
ANSWER: Your Hombre's orange A...
Better oil, engineering extend life
WASHINGTON — Back in the 1970s when Pat Goss was working in automotive repair, 100,000 miles was considered the benchmark of a car's l...
AAA offers the following tips for proper vehicle maintenance:
• Change the oil properly.
• Rotate your tires regularly. Proper rotation can add as much as 10,000 miles t...
'Hole-ly' war is all but won
WASHINGTON — Victory is at hand in the auto industry's 30-year war against rust.
No more Ford trucks with tailgates that look like decayed te...
Tips will help extend longevity
Experts in such things say we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. Which makes mattress care a matter of no small significance.
Th...
