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Study Spoiling 4th Of July Fun Says Fireworks Release Harmful Particulates Into The Air
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Police: Man Who Took 300-Mile Cab Ride Jailed Because He Couldn’t Pay $749 Fare
( ian.poley ) Can you take a cab on a cross-state ride? Sure. But you better be able to pay for it when you reach your destination, or yo...
Victims Of Debt Collection Scam To Start Receiving $4M In Refunds From FTC
(Earth2Kim) More than a year after the Federal Trade Commission settled charges with a massive debt collection operation that extorted pa...
Apple Is On The Hook For $450M After Losing Federal Appeal In E-Book Price-Fixing Case
( afagen ) Though Apple’s alleged co-conspirators have long since settled and gone about the process of making good for the price-fixing ...
Delaware Becomes The Only State Without Commercial Air Travel After Frontier Airlines Flies Away
( Dendroica cerulea ) While flying is often the easiest and quickest way for travelers to get from one place to another, the nearly one m...
Hyundai, Nissan Dealerships In Las Vegas Settle Deceptive Advertising Complaints
( Eric Norris ) Back in March, federal regulators teamed up with their Canadian counterparts to crack down on auto dealers’ deceptive, fr...
Not Content To Remain In The Burger Realm, Wendy’s Expands The Baconator Brand To Fries
The thing about bacon is, once you’ve put it on one thing, everyone expects you to dump it all over everything else. Which is just fine with...
Consumer Reports: Nearly 1.5M Vehicles Have Higher-Than-Average Oil Consumption
( The Joy Of The Mundane ) When I first started driving, I remember being told to change my car’s oil every 3,000 miles. More than a doze...
Lawsuit Accuses Jewelry Company Lia Sophia Of Refusing To Honor Lifetime Guarantee On Purchases
Six months after direct-sales jewelry company Lia Sophia said it was shutting down , one of its former sales representatives has been joined...
Today Will Be Extra Long, But Businesses Promise It Won’t Crash Their Computers This Time
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McDonald’s Offering Flavored Hot Coffees For The First Time, But In Just One Market
( Steve ) Craving a little flavor with your morning cup of hot java? If your breakfast joint of choice is McDonald’s, then you likely kno...
Today’s The Day: JetBlue’s Checked Bag Fees Are Now In Effect
( Boss Meg ) Say goodbye to that free checked bag when flying on JetBlue: The company announced last November that it was going to start ...
Chick-fil-A, Chipotle Lead In Customer Satisfaction Survey, McDonald’s Brings Up The Rear… Again
By now we’re well aware that McDonald’s has struggled to attract and keep new customers in recent years, leading to an all-out overhaul of...
Hyundai Replaces General Motors As Official Automotive Sponsor Of The NFL
( kenfagerdotcom ) Sure, sometimes breaking up might be hard to do, but it always helps when you’ve got another suitor lined up to take y...
Victoria’s Secret Plans To End On-Call Scheduling
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Now Available At Petco: One Long Tailed Grass Lizard Skeleton For Only $9.99
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App Developer Settles Charges It Hijacked Consumers’ Phones To Mine Virtual Currency
The FTC and New Jersey AG’s office allege that the makers of the Prized app used the program to infect customers’ phones with malware for t...
Where In The World Can You Find The Cheapest Beer?
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Fiat Chrysler Recalls 7,000 SUVs, Tells Customers To Immediately Stop Driving Them
( bluwmongoose ) About 65 Jeep and Dodge SUV owners can expect to receive a phone call from Fiat Chrysler telling them to stop driving th...
Google Adding Railroad Crossings To Maps In Attempt To Curb Accidents
( frankieleon ) Due to an uptick recently in accidents at railroad crossings, the Federal Railroad Administration is stepping up efforts ...
PayPal Tweaking User Agreement To Remove Mandatory Robocalls
( André-Pierre du Plessis ) PayPal’s new user agreement — the one that gives the company even more latitude to make obnoxious prerecorded...
Senator Pushes FAA To Require That Airlines Drop Seat Change Fees For Parents
( frankieleon ) Nowadays, airlines charge a fee for just about everything – even when it comes to travelers trying to ensure they’re seat...
Comcast’s New Remote Control Now Advertises Comcast-Distributed Kids Movie
Hey kids, isn’t vertical integration awesome? Thanks to Comcast’s acquisition of NBC/Universal, the cable giant can now use its latest high-...