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Smart Homes columnist Jim Dulley discusses some important things to consider when remodeling or adding a lavatory.

DEAR DR. BROTHERS: It's only my first "real" job, and already I want to retire! I just graduated from high school, and before I start college I decided to take a summer job in customer service at a clothing store in the mall. It seems like customers are never satisfied! Simple returns and exchanges turn into big melodramas, and it seems half the people who come in wind up actually yelling at me! Several times now, I have broken down in tears while talking to customers. I'm afraid I'm going to lose this job. What should I do? -- T.U.

Almost any outdoor space can be turned into an outdoor room that reflects your style, whether patio, deck or concrete pad.

LOS ANGELES -- Of all the gins going in all the tonics in all the world... and she puts diet into mine.

Here are tips, from Good Housekeeping, for faster, more effective cleaning up after a trip to the beach.

Dear Heloise: My children don't always use coasters on our hardwood coffee table. Is there any way to remove those pesky water rings?

Do-it-yourself projects are extending to home furnishings. Now you can make a mural, design your own cushions or create your own piece of functional art -- all without a crafty bone in your body.

Do-it-yourself projects are extending to home furnishings. Now you can make a mural, design your own cushions or create your own piece of functional art -- all without a crafty bone in your body.

Bruce Springsteen pays tribute to a boardwalk fortuneteller he made famous in a song on her death. ... ZZ Top has signed a new record deal with Rick Rubin's american Recordings imprint through Columbia... and more.