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Batteries power nearly everything in a modern home. They keep the smoke detectors chirping, the remote controls clicking, and ...

Winter has a special talent. It waits until it’s 10°F (-12°C), dark, and you’re wearing socks… then it springs a leak, a ...

Earlier this week, I delivered a Scrooge-like rant against Paul McCartney’s rubbish “Wonderful Christmastime,” naming it the ...

The unexpected doorbell ring when you're not expecting company.The bathroom scale silently judging you from the corner.

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As the Triad experienced its coldest morning in nearly two years, Winston-Salem fire officials emphasized the importance of ...

It's a buyer's market around Temple University. But clients of Pat Fay, a real estate agent in Old City, have paid about 99% ...

You settle in under the duvet and get all warm and cozy, your eyes begin to feel heavy, and gradually you start to drift off ...

Loofahs can harbor a ton of bacteria because they sit in a moist environment and skin cells can get embedded in their nooks ...

Dozens of Gwinnett County residents are without a home after a fire on Sunday night. Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services say the smoke alarms were not working.

Six people were displaced after a three-alarm fire at a three-family house in Oakley on Monday night. The fire broke out ...