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As parents elsewhere in the country continue to inquire whether their grown offspring living in New York City are fully prepared for the impending snowmageddon, Mayor Bill de Blasio is putting a potentially huge crimp in hungry citizens’ plans for weathering the storm by banning all non-emergency.. »more |
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More Retailers Are Using Print Catalogs To Drive Online SalesLast week, JCPenney announced that part of its comeback strategy is to…bring back its print catalogs. That seems counterintuitive when more people are shopping online, but it isn’t. JCPenney and Restoration Hardware aren’t alone in bringing back catalogs printed on dead trees. Only they.. The Consumerist 16 hours ago
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Marketers Of Green Coffee Bean Weight-Loss Products Must Refund $9MBy now we should all be fairly familiar with the saga of Dr. Oz, the supposed “miracle” weight-loss benefits of green coffee bean extract, and the Federal Trade Commission’s mission to put a stop to the craze by shutting down marketers and online sellers that created fake news sites, fake.. The Consumerist 14 hours ago
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Mechanics Say American Airlines Pressured Them To Commit Maintenance FraudSix months after the Federal Aviation Administration levied a fine against Southwest Airlines for safety violations related to airplane repairs, the agency announced it was investigating similar issues with American Airlines Group after mechanics filed a series of whistleblower complaints and a.. The Consumerist 16 hours ago
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GM Compensation Fund Approves 50th Death Claim, Submission Deadline FridayJust five days before the submission deadline for consumers affected by General Motors’ massive ignition switch defect, administrators for the compensation fund say they have officially linked 50 deaths to the faulty devices.
The Detroit News reports that compensation advisor Kenneth.. The Consumerist 18 hours ago
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| Family Dollar Burglary Suspect Makes Things Easy By Falling Through Store’s Ceiling, Landing In Front of Cops There’s getting caught redhanded, and then there’s dumping yourself into police custody all by yourself. A man suspected of trying to burgle a Family Dollar made his capture pretty darn easy on cops yesterday morning, after falling through the ceiling right in front of a police officer responding.. The Consumerist 16 hours ago
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| Police Ask Waze To Remove Speed Trap Alerts To Protect Cops The navigation and traffic app Waze is sometimes very helpful to help motorists avoid snarled traffic, construction, and road hazards. One of its features has some police officers worried, though. They worry that the feature that allows Waze users to alert each other to speed traps could endanger the.. The Consumerist 14 hours ago
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