Place an open container of dry baking soda in your fridge. Place a bowl of coffee beans or coffee grounds in your fridge. Let ...

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Dear Heloise: M.W. in California said she straps her cross-body purse into a shopping cart so that no one could steal it without taking the cart. I was shopping not long ago. There were a few grocery ...

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This is an adaptation of an article that originally appeared in the April 2011 issue of REAL SIMPLE, written by Allegra Muzzillo, Julia Edelstein, and Ashley Niedringhaus. We're sharing it as part of ...