Lee Survey Says Combined Readership on the Rise

Editor and Publisher

Can a Tankless Hot Water Heater Save You Money?

Consumer Reports

Gift cards: New twist on identity theft

Southbendtribune.com

Freddie-Fannie fiasco hits smaller banks, including Anchor

JS Online

FDIC protects your cash (except when...)

Bankrate.com

News about the news business

21stNews.com is about the future of journalism and the news business. Former WLUK-TV(Green Bay)and CNN reporter Grant Perry is editor and the founder of this site which provides "information and insight that will empower news professionals to create sustainable businesses and quality journalism."

Don't let your clothes dryer catch on fire

Washington Business Journal: "Most banks not compliant with identity theft rules"

Washington Business Journal

New card on campus: Prepayed debit

Wall Street Journal

25 simple ways to save energy

Consumer Reports

10 things banks will not tell you

SmartMoney.com

Cyber Sleuth: Tracking down spammers

Chron.com/Business

Contractor allegedly stole his customers' IDs

Sex, drugs and youth gangs in WI and a judge who looks for the best in everyone

Officer Joe Wagner of the Dane County Sheriff's Office says there are gangs in virtually all Dane County Communities and many other Wisconsin communities. (TRIAD Crime Prevention & Safety Expo in Madison, WI)



Despite his experience as a criminal prosecutor for domestic violence, violent felonies, sexual assaults and elderly abuse, Judge William Hanrahan of Dane County Juvenile Court still looks for the best in everyone. He looks back to one of his first days as a prosecutor in Milwaukee.

Advice for Countrywide Credit customers who received a securty breach notice

Survey: See How Your Credit Card Stacks Up

JD Powers

Comparison of ID theft monitoring services

Institute of Financial Consumer Education

How RFID Tags Could Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People

Scientific American

Background on Social Security Numbers and Privacy

Congressional Research Service

Ten worse insurance companies: alleged by the American Association for Justice

American Association for Justice

Journal Sentinel gets ‘Innovator of Year’ title

Milwaukee Journal

Self heating drinks such as coffee for sale in Wisconsin and how they work

Milwaukee Journal

Milwaukee Journal: State lags in checking restaurant cleanliness

Milwaukee Journal Public Investigator

KWCH-TV 12: Shredded checks used for packing material

Stores on Line settlement in WI

Seattle Court Sets Aside AT&T's Arbitration Clause

ConsumerPI.com

Samsung Sued Over Alleged False Cartridge "Empty" Warnings

MACWORLD

Consumer Reports Rates TV Converter Boxes

Consumer Reports has just updated its ratings of the set top boxes you will need for old analog TVs starting February 17, 2009. Based on comments posted by real owners of these boxes on other websites, the Channel Master CM-7000 and Zenith's new DTT901 (at Circuit City) are most preferred.

Top 10 opt outs

World Privacy Forum

280,954 mobile phones now on WI No Call List

The Wisconsin No Call list effective October 1, 2008 has 1,421,484 numbers.

There were 280,954 mobile telephone numbers added to the No Call list between June 5, 2008 and August 31, 2008.

On one day, August 11, 2008, there were 38,400 mobile numbers added to the list.

Public Investigator: Natural enhancement exposed

Milwaukee Journal

Misleading seniors

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