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Shalom fills niche with Jewish shows
The door opens to Mr. Bookstein's Store, and the children's world inside seems to answer the question: What if "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" were Jewish? Shifra, Dara and the fuzzy puppet...
Generators keep home humming
Summer's storms brought some electrical outages. But losing power in colder weather can be deadly, and the damage to plumbing can be expensive. That's why this is a good time...
Rocking out in the hospital room
Lizanne Knott usually sings about burning skies and hearts afire. But recently the recording studio co-owner had a cheat sheet for "Baby Beluga" and "Mary Had a Little Lamb" taped...
‘The Quiet’ (R)
Who's in it: Camilla Belle, Elisha Cuthbert, Martin Donovan, Edie Falco What it's about: Recently orphaned, deaf teen Dot (Belle) moves in with the dysfunctional Deer family--Paul and Olivia (Donovan,...
Consider your rooms when buying vacuum
Remember when vacuum-cleaner salesmen knocked on the front door, looking to demonstrate the latest model? Those were the days before Oreck promised to lighten our load and Dyson offered up...
Tomorrow may bring a longer `Today’
In morning TV, size matters. At least to NBC. "Today," the top-rated morning show for more than a decade and NBC's most profitable program, may expand to four hours from...
Gamers ready to line up for new Madden
The Madden Army cometh. Video gamers were expected to descend on stores across the nation beginning at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday to get their hands on Madden NFL 07, the 17th...
Tips on getting the lead paint out
Q. I have some paint to remove in a 75-year-old house. I assume some of it may be lead-based paint, covered by newer layers of oil-based and latex paints. I...
No cool solution to removing heated tiles
Q. We just bought a 9-year-old house with heated tile floors in the kitchen, great room and master bath. Is it possible to replace the tile without disturbing the heating...