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Q. There is an Exxon station near the Tamiami Airport where the marquee price is often 10 to 20 cents less than the pump price.
Q. With all the hype about the need to recycle, I am perplexed that so many condo complexes could not care less. I live in one that doesn't recycle and, where I lived before, in Kendall, it was the same story.
Q. I overpaid my real estate property taxes last Nov. 21 by $141.72, and I still haven't received a refund. Can Action Line help me get it?
Q. I have AT&T Internet Security Suite on my computer. I have two other computers that are connected via a wireless router. Every time I restart a computer, I lose Internet Security on that computer.
About teenagers wrecking yards (Action Line, May 6): I'd suggest planting bougainvillea or Mysore raspberry.
On Wednesday, watch La Comunidad Denuncia: Línea de Acción on Spanish-language America TeVe, Channel 41, based in Hialeah Gardens.
The inappropriate use or overuse of antibiotics means that disease-causing bacteria have built up resistance to treatment. Until new ways to deal with infections are developed, one must be careful with what we have.
Q. Dear Action Line ladies: I recently returned from a month out of the country and, while opening the ''ton'' of mail awaiting me, I inadvertently opened the enclosed letter about a certificate of deposit renewal for the previous owner of my apartment.
Q. I'm writing for my boss, who has exhausted all means with Genco. She paid $18,000 for a generator. The permits were pulled, and then everything stopped.
As one of the first manufacturers of impact resistant windows and doors in Miami, we are familiar with the glass used in Christine Leon's French doors (Action Line, May 9).
Q. My mother died many years ago, and although I still miss her greatly, I don't miss the pressure of having to do something ''special'' on Mother's Day. Can Action Line explain how did this whole commercial enterprise got started, anyway?
Q. I bought a Magnavox LCD TV from Circuit City for $1,044.99 in Doral on Nov. 26, 2005. At the time, I also purchased a $399 protection/replacement plan, valid until Nov. 25, 2010.
There are 68,000 Wi-Fi ''hot spots'' in the United States, at airports, coffee shops, hotels, bookstores, schools, and other locations where hundreds or thousands of people pass through every day.
Changing your behavior, rather than medication, may be the first step to a better night's sleep, reports Harvard's HealthBeat newsletter.
''Moral of the story: Be persistent,'' Action Line advised in the May 8 column. But the sad fact is that the reader was persistent -- and got nowhere until Action Line's intervention.
Q. Some eight to 12 years ago in Action Line, an ornithologist identified a specific birdcall for a reader. I don't remember what the bird was, but we have the same bird. We've tried to spot it but have never succeeded.
Q. Two years ago, I heard from an employee of Miami-Dade Water and Sewer that, in the near future, the county would begin treating waste water and pumping it back to our homes.
Q. I'm calling about a problem with a company that's supposed to fix your credit. I paid it $400 a year ago, but it still hasn't done anything.
A while back (Feb. 17), Action Line printed a letter from a reader who was regularly discovering small holes in the front of her shirts; it appeared that no one had an explanation.
In January, Action Line helped Margaret Gannon get a letter of denial of payment from Medicare, which she needed in order to file a claim with her travel insurance, after getting ill on a cruise.
For Motorcycle Safety Month, the Florida Transportation Department is reminding drivers that motorcyclists have the same rights as any driver on the road.
Q. I had some Andersen impact-resistant French doors installed in January. Whenever sunlight hits them, from about 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the glass gets a milky appearance, so my view to my patio is cloudy most of the day.
With summer almost here, note that if you plan to fly with electronic equipment, the rules regarding packing spare batteries in your checked luggage have changed.
Recently, with my car in the sun, I left the windows down about four inches. An hour later, I heard the alarm go off, looked out and saw a teen with a ''grabber'' running away.
On July 1, 2006, there were 37.3 million people 65 and older in the U.S. They accounted for 12 percent of the population, according to the Census Bureau.
Q. I got a letter from a law firm saying that there's $600 in unclaimed property in my name and that it can retrieve it for a fee. Is this legit?
Q. My husband is alive but isn't in good health. Each time we go to the emergency room, I wish I had a list of whom I must notify, should it become necessary. Would Action Line have such a list?
Q. I sent Household Bank a $100 payment by money order, but it says it never got it. I have copies of the front and back that show that Household not only received it but cashed it!
To drivers stuck in a mysterious traffic jam in Miami-Dade, remember this: Every Friday, the county's Public Works Department posts alerts about major roadway construction and road closures for the upcoming week.
The Humane Society of Greater Miami/Adopt a Pet is offering free spaying and neutering for the pets of low-income residents in the city of Miami Tuesday through May 28.
Onward Manufacturing is recalling 4,800 gas grills because they contain burners that can melt or crack as a result of a grease fire.
