Why Recall Is No Simple Matter

Washington Post

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Sides With Banks Against Consumers on Credit Card Reform Proposal

Consumer Reports

"...customers are saying the only thing awesome about this gardening tool is the extra charge you may find on your credit card..."

WCPO.com

FTC Will Halt Prerecorded Sales Calls Unless the Seller Obtains Consumer's Permission

Federal Trade Commission

Qustionable Cellulite Treatments

Wall Street Journal
"There's nothing that has been shown in any objective way to create improvement for cellulite," says Robert A. Weiss, president-elect of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.

Hiring a Moving Broker Could Leave You Broke

ABC News

Scammers Replace Credit Card Readers in Irish Stores

Business Center

Data Breaches Have Surpassed Level for All of '07, Report Finds

Washington Post

Careful use of credit cards can help college kids

Don't lose your identity when you sell your car!

Milwaukee Journal

New crash prevention devices come with new cars

Bankrate.com

Saving money on college textbooks

Smart Money

Cribs and toys among products must adhere to new regulations

ABC News

You've got jail! AOL spammer sentenced to seven years

ars technica

Consumer sues Time Warner over cable box rental requirement

KansasCity.com

Report: Online complaints up; enforcement not so much

Center for American Progess

Keeping your ID safe attending college

First Case Of Fatal Horse Virus Hits State

WISC-TV

"A major concern is that this particular virus also infects humans," said state veterinarian Robert Ehlenfeldt. "It doesn't transmit from horses to people, but could be transmitted to people by the mosquito bite."

WITI-TV looks at questionable travel agency

Unhappy consumers tell tons of people

AD Week

Warehouse Clubs: 5 Things You Should Know

CBS News

FTC report on food marketing to children

FTC

Confessions of an Auto Finance Manager

Edmunds.com

Spy Cam In Wal-Mart Set To Beam Credit Card Numbers To Thieves

Local6.com

Coffee shops’ poor pours short customers

Milwaukee Journal Public Investigator

Verona police have fun with kids

New orange juice container/less juice

Fireworks kill 2 WI teens

Milwaukee Journal

11 charged in global theft, sale of 40 million card numbers

Washington Post

Questionable vacation company comes to Wisconsin after Kansas restraining order

Senate sends sweeping product-safety bill on to President Bush

Washington Post

With condo foreclosures, others feel the pain too

bankrate.com

Dish Network: 3 months free (but not the months you think)

MousePrint.org

Now it's organized crime stealing from your cell phone

Internetnews.com

We all need to fight cyber crime

Interesting essay on history of internet, development of cyber criminals, and suggested regulation.

1 in 6 executives lie about education credentials in resume, Brookfield firm says

Milwaukee Journal

Changing banks just got easier with switch kits

Bankrate.com

Mom's house, your responsibility (my sister, Nancy Loyd, is quoted in this article)

Washington Post

Cereal in packages shrinks while price and box appearance remain the same

Also see name brands Vs. store brands taste test with kids (video accompanies print story).

Flood damage to cars may cause unexpected air bag deployment

WISN TV video

How to avoid refueling your rental car at $8 a gallon

Wall Street Journal

Ever been in an Aldi's store? Here's a Milwaukee Journal visit

Milwaukee Journal

Credit unions slowly fill void as payday lenders leave D.C.

Washington Post

You could lose your life savings in the vending machine business

How would your car protect your family in a crash?

Want to see how well your car will protect you in a crash? Check out these Consumer Reports videos.

TV-27 Troubleshooter Kim Sveum helps family after vacation nightmare

Gas saving gizmos? Save your money!

Woman who found rat in her food winds up in jail

Is your flight still a flight?

Wall Street Journal

Florida closes 9 consumer protection offices

Florida Today

How valuable are roof shingle warranties?

The Roofery

Lawmakers assail digital TV effort

Washington Post

Katrina Cravy: Getting locked out of your car could cost you more than you expect

Did you know that criminals in jail can get into your home and steal from you?

55% of adults have broadband internet at home

Pew Internet

EBay Ordered to Pay $61 Million in Sale of Counterfeit Goods

New York Times

Hypermilers: Are They Sacrificing Safety for Mileage?

ABC News

Dogs' New Trick: Finding Cellphones (in jails)

Washington Post

Views from brother journalist Mark Twain

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Originally uploaded by rachaelhubbard

Going West before trains made the trip was tough on our pioneers. But not for Mark Twain: "It was now just dawn; and as we stretched our cramped legs full length on the mail sacks, and gazed out through the windows across the wide wastes of greensward clad in cool, powdery mist, to where there was an expectant look in the eastern horizon, our perfect enjoyment took the form of a tranquil and contented ecstasy. The stage whirled along at a spanking gait, the breeze flapping curtains and suspended coats in a most exhilarating way; the cradle swayed and swung luxuriously, the pattering of the horses' hoofs, the cracking of the driver's whip, and his "Hi-yi! g'lang!" were music; the spinning ground and the waltzing trees appeared to give us a mute hurrah as we went by, and then slack up and look after us with interest, or envy, or something; and as we lay and smoked the pipe of peace and compared all this luxury with the years of tiresome city life that had gone before it, we felt that there was only one complete and satisfying happiness in the world, and we had found it." Roughing It

Questionable free digital TV conversion box

New York Times

Don't get sunk with a flood car

Enjoy the views from Mark Twain, a brother journalist

The Great Pyramids
Originally uploaded by Siddhi

"At the distance of a few miles the Pyramids rising above the palms, looked very clean-cut, very grand and imposing, and very soft and filmy, as well. They swam in a rich haze that took from them all suggestions of unfeeling stone, and made them seem only the airy nothings of a dream--structures which might blossom into tiers of vague arches, or ornate colonnades, may be, and change and change again, into all graceful forms of architecture, while we looked, and then melt deliciously away and blend with the tremulous atmosphere... A laborious walk in the flaming sun brought us to the foot of the great Pyramid of Cheops. It was a fairy vision no longer. It was a corrugated, unsightly mountain of stone. Each of its monstrous sides was a wide stairway which rose upward, step above step, narrowing as it went, till it tapered to a point far aloft in the air. Insect men and women--pilgrims from the QuakerCity--were creeping about its dizzy perches.... " The Innocents Abroad

Small businesses, churches, nonprofits: beware of getting unordered office supplies and directory listings

WKOW-TV's Troubleshooter helps family cancel alarm system without $2000 penality

WKOW-TV

Faster depreciating cars may be better deals when shopping for used cars

MSNBC

How to block cellphone spam

SeattlePI.com

Switching to a hybrid could be costly

MSNBC

Consumer reports rates converter boxes

Consumer Reports

What parents can do when a child is cyberbullied

Man spends year bouncing from agency to agency to reclaim stolen credit, even as suspects are known

Ellen Gabler/Milwaukee Journal

One man, one long list, no more web ads

Washington Post

Internet provider halts plan to track, sell users' surfing data

Washington Post

WI Weights and Measures Inspectors find overcharges at two national chains

Scams and Frauds

On June 17th, I was interviewed about scams and frauds by Stacy Forster of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for the Wisconsin Eye.

Most returns work just fine

Register Hardware

They buy your lawsuit with dollars upfront

Washington Post

Kellogg lower-sugar cereals hit stores

BattleCreekEnquirer.com

NY AG sues drug chains for allegedly selling expired food and medicine

LoHud.com

Driving less because of high gas prices? You may get a break on car insurance

Wall Street Journal

Should You Swap Your SUV for a Hybrid?

Wall Street Journal

WI Ag Secretary on flood damage to farmers

Safety after the flood

Dental lab gets questionable bill

Milwaukee Journal

Don't fall for fake e-mail from the IRS

Sure we will give you a loan--Just give us our fee first

Products shrink, but prices stay the same

USA Today

Sales come-ons exposed

USA Today

Hanging up on early exit fees

BusinessWeek

AT&T settles suit over third-party cell phone fees

First nationwide settlement over the business of third-party content

How to actually get rebates when buying a cell phone

No call registry expands to cells

Milwaukee Journal

Wisconsin woman gets 8 months in prison for eBay fraud

Capital Times

Telemarketers violate No Call selling questionable car warranties

TV26 Green Bay: Problems with a basement waterproofer

WITI-TV: Doing your own divorce

Contractors can't spend homeowners' cash before paying suppliers, Supreme Court rules

Public Investigator/Milwaukee Journal

'I just want my house;' unpaid suppliers stop deliveries, file liens against property owners

Public Investigator/Milwaukee Journal

ABC 15: Some restaurant healthy food questionable

How to have a smooth move

If there are toddlers nearby, be especially careful backing out of drive ways.

Right after WISC-TV in Madison warned about toddlers being killed and injured by cars when drivers are backing out of drive ways, it happened again in Wisconsin. A 15-month-old girl was killed Thursday (May 29)in Rock County. Last Sunday, a 13-month-old girl was killed in a Whitewater church parking lot.