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The change from Standard Time (ST) to Daylight Saving Time (DST) began this year on Sunday March 13, at 2 a.m., the second Sunday in March. DST returns to

When floods from one of the nation's worst natural disasters subsided, agencies got to work producing a guide to help clean up water-logged homes and prepare them for

Big, blustery Hurricane Irene is barreling up the East Coast and she's got her eye on your home. And when she sits around your house, she sits around your

If you live in a condo, townhome or other community governed by homeowners association (HOA), take a lesson from Judy Rosen who lives in a 70-unit HOA in

It's buying time. The holiday season includes more people carting more stuff around in their car and getting more deliveries left at their door than any other time of

Bottom line mentality has institutionalized the real estate industry's irrational fear of the number 13. Based on records of buildings with Otis brand elevators, as many as 85 percent

Tomorrow's fireplace today is fire as art. Take the Xtreme. It's not enough to call Fireplace Xtrordinair's Xtreme a "fireplace." It just doesn't quite do it justice. The creation is

If you leave your vacation home or second home unoccupied for extended periods, you could have some uninvited guests if you don't take proper precautions. In the Tahoe-Truckee resort

If this fall's killer storms are any indication of the long, frigid winter ahead, preparation is the name of the game. An impatient Mother Nature didn't wait around for

Kids cavorting carelessly across your property. Playful pranks that become acts of vandalism. Party guests over doing it. Halloween can be scary. Before you put out the Halloween treats and