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Post-Holidays Home Security Tip

Watching Your New TV . . .  & What You Put in the Garbage Most people probably think of it already, but just in case . . . if one of the new gifts in your household happens to be a very large flat panel TV, don’t simply put the packaging out by the curb,...
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Post-Christmas Home Security Tip

Watching Your New TV . . .  & What You Put in the Garbage Most people probably think of it already, but just in case . . . if one of the new gifts in your household happens to be a very large flat panel TV, don’t simply put the packaging out by the curb,...
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Better Than a “Wall of Windows?” No Wall, No Windows

“Is it Live Real or is it Memorex Virtual?” I stumbled across this shot online the other day — definitely not Minnesota, and definitely not January — and it just gave me one of those “ahhh” feelings. As best I can tell, there is a retractable (sliding glass?) door on the left side of the...
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Hiding the Flat Panel TV

Now You See it . . . Now You Don’t! Once upon a time, homeowners hung a portrait above their fireplace mantle — or simply left it bare. With the advent of flat-panel TV’s, that spot has increasingly been devoted to entertainment. But what if you’ve got company, and actually want to talk instead of watch...
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Playing "Black Friday," 2010

How to Buy a Cheap Flat Panel TV Before Christmas Don’t worry, this isn’t a(nother) dire post about the stock market. It’s about how to buy cheap electronics between now and Christmas. Strategy #1 is to wait for Black Friday — traditionally the day after Thanksgiving, when Christmas shopping kicks off — and get up...
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Addition to Manhattan Skyline? Nope

Architectural Wonder The sleek lines, the soaring height, the dramatic coloring — all fused onto a rectangular shape so thin it was hard to believe that it could actually stand up (in fact, the shape evoked nothing so much as a flat panel TV). The latest addition to the Manhattan skyline? Try, General Mills’ new...
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