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Flammable Robes Keep Killing People — Recall Reissued

Flammable Robes Keep Killing People — Recall Reissued

Everyone in the market for a robe wants to be kept warm, but having that robe catch on fire and kill you is quite a bit over the line. Such a foible was discovered in Blair women’s chenille robes, so Blair and the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall in April.

Find the Owner's Manual For Your Ancient Apple Product

Find the Owner's Manual For Your Ancient Apple Product

Bulletin Boards came into being back in 1978 as a way for local computer club members to exchange messages with each other and to share programs by phone. Today there are over 300 computerized bulletin boards in the United States, and you don’t have to belong to a computer club to use one.”

Wow, really? Hey look, someone just typed letters so that it looks like a naked person!—MEGHANN MARCO

QVC Drinking Glasses Explode for No Reason

QVC Drinking Glasses Explode for No Reason

QVC is recalling 2,200 sets of glasses because the “inner walls of the double-walled glasses can break during use, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.”

IKEA: Like Design, Life is Cheap

IKEA: Like Design, Life is Cheap

It used to be that owning IKEA just meant enduring some Fight Club barbs. A new product recall threatens to take away your ability to even turn the catalogue pages (which you read just for the articles).