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1M window covers recalled for risks to children
Shades, blinds give small children easy access to cords that can strangle
  Plant your favorite flowers ahead of spring
Nov. 13: Gardening expert P. Allen Smith shares tips on planting your favorite flowering bulbs for bright blossoms all spring long.
14 fast fixes to help your home sell
Barbara Corcoran’s easy home improvements cost from 50 cents to $500
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  Gardening tips and ideas
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Tweet! Tweet! How to attract songbirds at home
Backyard bird watching is a fairly simple exercise. Provide enough food, water and cover, and birds will come flocking. Playing favorites, though, calls for using the right kinds of incentives.

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  Beware of hidden home dangers
Nov. 16: With the help of a home safety expert, consumer reporter Janice Lieberman looks at some of the hazards in your home that you may not even know about.

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  Inside Madoff's homes
Bernard Madoff’s Manhattan penthouse, Long Island getaway and Florida estate are for sale in the hopes of raising tens of millions of dollars to help reimburse victims of his Ponzi scheme.

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  Nature's Best Backyards
Sometimes the best photograph is right in your own backyard. See this year's winners of the Nature's Best Backyards photo competition.

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  Garage doors gone wild
A Germany-based company has come up with a way to make the lowly garage door a medium for sometimes zany self-expression.

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Magnificent ‘man caves’
Rooms with pool tables, bars and even movie theaters? Check out these decked-out dens where men seek refuge.
  Get clean and organized
Clear your closet — and your conscience
From old winter coats to outdated eyeglasses, there must be things around your house that you no longer need. But one man's "trash" is another man's treasure ... so do the right thing by donating your used stuff. Lucky magazine offers tips.

  Decorating and shopping
Have a décor dilemma? Tell us about it
Share your décor difficulties with interior designer Elaine Griffin and she may answer your concerns in an upcoming appearance on TODAY.

  Kitchen essentials
Avocado as butter in batter? 8 odd kitchen tips
Put down your peeler, and while you're at it, wash your bananas! Shape magazine identifies common kitchen mistakes, and explains why they may be robbing your food of nutrients.

  Home health and safety
Detox your home’s most toxic spots
From your lush lawn to your child's toy box, HEALTH magazine uncovers some of the most dangerous areas in your home and easy ways to detox them.

NBC News
  Chimp victim: ‘I just want to go on with my life’
Nov. 16: Charla Nash, who was brutally attacked by her friend’s chimpanzee, opens up to TODAY’s Meredith Vieira about her recovery and the relationship she had with the chimp and his owner.

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