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Retailers recall more than 150,000 baby recliners
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four national retailers agreed to recall more than 150,000 Nap Nanny baby recliners after at least five infant deaths and dozens of reports of children nearly falling out of the recliners, the Consumer Product Safety Commission...
Tags: Toys, Consumer Confidence, Product Recalls, Services and Shopping, Washington, DC
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CONSUMER REPORTS: Top Diets
More than two-thirds of American adults are overweight, even obese. At the top of many New Year’s resolutions is the dreaded “D” word – diet. Consumer Reports’ just-released survey of 9,000 subscribers rates more than a...
Tags: Overweight, Diets and Dieting, Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight Loss
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New inflation gauge would cut benefits, hike taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tweaking the way the government measures inflation sounds like an obscure method to help reduce budget deficits, but over time it would lead to significantly lower Social Security benefits while increasing taxes, mainly on low- and...
Tags: Poverty, Market and Exchange, U.S. Congress, Economy, Business and Finance, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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CONSUMER REPORTS: Repair prone kitchen ranges
WSBT-TVAround the holidays, you spend a lot more time in your kitchen cooking for your family. WSBT’s Rick Schutt has more on how the appliances you may be using are not created equal. Every cook needs a reliable stove. A Consumer Reports survey of its... -
CONSUMER REPORTS: Making glassware sparkle
Frustrated by filmy buildup on your glasses? Consumer Reports put clear dishware through its tough test with very hard water, and it came out coated with a white film. In hard water, glassware is more likely to develop a film. And since polluting... -
RV industry's recovery gains speed in 2012
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The RV industry's recovery from the Great Recession has picked up speed. Recreational Vehicle makers are churning out higher numbers of travel trailers bound for dealers' lots and, ultimately, campgrounds. Overall...
Tags: Kevin Phillips, Housing Industry
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Elkhart Plastics molds future
South Bend TribuneYou could say Elkhart Plastics doesn't fit the mold of most locally owned companies. Then again, in today's world, maybe the rotomolding company does. It's changed owners three times since 2006. And it eventually ended up back in the hands of local...Tags: Science and Technology, Netherlands, Middlebury, Material Science
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NTSB urges safety technologies be made standard
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government should require automakers to make the latest collision prevention technologies standard equipment on all new cars and trucks, a move that could reduce fatal highway accidents by more than half, federal accident...
Tags: Automotive Equipment, Transportation Accidents, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Electronics, Highway Transportation
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CONSUMER REPORTS: Awesome Toasters
Celebrities, high tech, and toasters? These three things don’t usually go together. But Consumer Reports’ testers find they do now. Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay put his name on a toaster for Kmart. And the Food Network put its name on a...
Tags: Food Network (tv network), Bacon
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