http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:02:34 -0700 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:29:55 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Depression-patient-loses-health-benefits-because-of-Facebook-photos?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner Maestro ready: "If you're happy and you don't want anyone to know it, don't post on Facebook!" A warning about watching what you post online !  The Consumerist reports that a woman suffering from depression had her health&nbs... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:29:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Depression-patient-loses-health-benefits-because-of-Facebook-photos?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Black-Friday-sales-tip?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner Quick tip if you're looking for the ultimate low price this Black Friday: Try Google Shopping. It's a great feature, you just type in the product you want into the special shopping search engine and Google scans retail and online stores for the&... Google shopping Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:18:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Black-Friday-sales-tip?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Black-Friday-crowd-warning?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner Are you getting ready for Black Friday sales? Inevitably each year it seems there's some sort of holiday shopping catastrophe where someone gets mowed down by a crowd full of bargain hunters-- or stomped on by crazed parents trying to grab ... Black Friday shopping crowd control Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:02:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Black-Friday-crowd-warning?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Vicks-Sinex-Nasal-Spray-recall?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner Gross!  Procter & Gamble is recalling about 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray in the United States, Britain and Germany after finding it contained bacteria. The voluntary recall was issued after the company found B. c... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:14:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Vicks-Sinex-Nasal-Spray-recall?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Electrolux-vacuum-recall-complaints-a-dirty-battle?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner This is a column about dirty floors and a dirty little secret about the federal agency that's in charge of regulating and overseeing recalls of dangerous products: The Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC.  It all started in M... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:36:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Electrolux-vacuum-recall-complaints-a-dirty-battle?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Blue-Hippo-rip-off?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner The Feds want BlueHippo to have its day in court and pay back almost 15 million dollars the Federal Trade Commission says it just took from people who paid the company to finance a computer.  BlueHippo apparently targeted people who co... Bluehippo consumer problems Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:57:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Blue-Hippo-rip-off?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Are-banks-open-on-Veterans-Day-Is-the-Post-Office-open-on-Veterans-Day?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner What's open on Veterans Day? What's closed on Veterans Day?To honor all the military members who served our country, on Veterans Day on Wednesday, November 11th:Banks are closed.Post offices are closed and there is no mail delivery.Schools are also c... Veterans Day what's open and closed banks postal Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:31:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Are-banks-open-on-Veterans-Day-Is-the-Post-Office-open-on-Veterans-Day?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d9-Maclaren-stroller-recall?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner Parents are thrilled when their kids are born healthy, normal and with all ten fingers. If you want to keep it that way be sure to check out what kind of stroller you have! This recall is pretty darn gross. Maclaren is recalling about one millio... Maclaren stroller recall Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:15:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d9-Maclaren-stroller-recall?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d8-Cash-for-appliances?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner Want a new fridge?  Air conditioner or furnace? You may want to wait until later this fall when the federal government rolls out "Cash for Appliances".  It's modeled after the "Cash for Clunkers" car trade-in progra... Cash for Appliances Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:10:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d8-Cash-for-appliances?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d6-Swing-set-recall?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner Can you say rot? How about decay? Then mix in a little gravity--these forces are causing some problems for Adventure Playsets.   More than a quarter of a million of the company's play sets are being recalled because the ... Swing set recall Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:22:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d6-Swing-set-recall?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Eat-all-you-want-and-still-lose-weight-Relacore-and-Akavar-warning?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner The Federal Trade Commission is pissed. The Feds say the marketers of Relacore and Akavar 20/50 diet pills are continuing to pedal unfounded weight loss claims despite a federal edict ordering them to stop.You may know of the pill... Relacor and Akavar misleading advertisting Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:16:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Eat-all-you-want-and-still-lose-weight-Relacore-and-Akavar-warning?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Car-seat-recall?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner  Do you have a car seat made by Laredo sitting in the back of your car? Check to see if you have the Viva or Viva Supreme model because more than 5500 are being recalled because they made not protect your child in a crash. The complete reca... Car seat recall Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:59:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Car-seat-recall?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Target-Halloween-flashlight-recall?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner Don't be haunted by the Halloween flashlight you picked up for your little goblins. The Feds are recalling more than 610,000 scary flashlights because they could overheat and melt. Here's the details from the Consumer Product Safety Commission:&... Target Halloween flashlight recall Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:42:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Target-Halloween-flashlight-recall?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Halloween-pet-safety-tips?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner Chocolates, costumes and treats, oh my! Halloween can actually be dangerous for your pet.Looking at the night from your pet's point of view, Fido or Fluffy does not understand why strange people are coming to t... Halloween pet dangers Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:57:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Halloween-pet-safety-tips?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m10d27-2009-Daylight-Saving-time-reminder?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner This weekend is time to change your clocks! Sunday, November 1st at 2am is the day time "falls back," making Halloween celebrations one hour longer. (Should you stay out that late, of course.)  So set your clocks back a... Daylight saving time 2009 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:20:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m10d27-2009-Daylight-Saving-time-reminder?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Gap-Insurance?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner Your car is totaled in a crash! But thank goodness you have insurance to cover the damage and pay off your auto loan, right? You could be wrong ! An increasing number of drivers are getting hit with terrible acciden... Gap Insurance Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:46:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Gap-Insurance?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m10d20-A-medium-for-fraud-MoneyGram-to-pay-millions?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner Consumer advocates and scam busters never thought the day would come!  Just about every single stinkin' Nigerian based type of scheme--whether it involved someone winning a foreign lottery (they never entered of course), falling for a work at ho... MoneyGram pays for allowing fraud transfers Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:10:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m10d20-A-medium-for-fraud-MoneyGram-to-pay-millions?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m10d20-FTC-Iconix-collected-childrens-information?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner Do your kids have clothes and shoes with the brand names: Mudd, Candie's, Bongo and OP? If so they may be sporting the labels, and the company behind the brands may have their private information.The Federal Trade Commission announced a maj... Illegal collection of children's information Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:11:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m10d20-FTC-Iconix-collected-childrens-information?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Baby-food-recall?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner There's a huge national baby food recall because the product may be tainted with botulism.  Plum Organics is recalling some of its apple and carrot portable pouch baby food because of concerns over possible botulism contamination. The ... Baby food recall Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:49:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Baby-food-recall?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Do-I-have-to-participate-in-the-US-Census?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner The guy shows up at your house with his clipboard, pulls out his federally issued ID proving he's an official census taker and asks you to participate. Do you have to?Before you close the door on the guy's face or tell him you have a screaming child ... Do I have to participate in US Census? Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:26:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Do-I-have-to-participate-in-the-US-Census?cid=exrss-News-You-Can-Use-Examiner