Wachovia Opens Bank Account Without Permission, Starts Charging Fees

Comcast Wants To Use Cameras And Facial Recognition To Serve Ads In Your Living Room

Crest Pro-Health Mouthwash: "I Woke Up With Brown Spots On My Teeth"

Reader Monique says that she used Crest Pro-Health Mouthwash and woke up with brown spots on her teeth and no sense of taste. How terrifying!

Crest Pro-Health Mouthwash turned my teeth brown! And on top of that, I can't taste anything! I can't believe this stuff is even on the market. My wisdom teeth are coming in painfully, and I am prepping to get them removed next week. So while at Rite Aid last night, I picked up a bottle of Crest Pro-Health mouthwash. I typically use Listerine, but as I said my wisdom teeth are killing me and this Crest CRAP advertises "No Alcohol". Cool.

Gorton's Recalls Fish After Consumer Finds Pills Inside

Gorton's said it ordered the recall as a precaution while a laboratory conducts tests to determine the nature of the pills. Those tests should be complete early next week.

Proposed "MicroHoo" Merger Has Privacy Implications

Microsoft has been trying to make Google seem like a threat to privacy, when in fact it's both of them," says Jeff Chester, the executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD). "We may now have two companies that will rival the National Security Agency in their ability to compile detailed profiles of users wherever they go online."

Do Safety Inspectors And Airlines Have A Dangerous Conflict Of Interest?

The inspectors are the on-the-ground cops who ensure that engines fire up properly, that the wing flaps function, and that all of the other complex machinery in an aircraft is in good working order. They have broad discretion to halt and delay flights—power that often rankles the thinly stretched, financially strapped carriers. When an inspector launches a formal investigation into an apparent safety violation at a passenger airline, something that happened more than 200 times last year, it often triggers costly repairs. And when the bill exceeds $50,000, the FAA must issue a press release alerting the world to the problem.

MedFICO In Development, It's FICO For Patients!

From the folks that brought you the credit score system in all it's glory, here's MedFICO! It's a new business project underway with the goal of assessing patient's ability to pay their medical bills. The system would gather patient's bill payment history from hospitals around the country and then assign patients a score similar to a credit score. Critics are worried if the same problems with people getting erroneous information in their credit report and then having an insanely difficult time cleaning it up would also affect MedFICO. They also worry whether hospitals would use MedFICO to determine the level of care offered, like whether the person gets a hospital stay or not. FICO scores are now being used by some employers to screen out potential employees, would they use MedFICO to see who might take a bigger chunk out of the health benefits?

The Doctor Will See Your Credit Now [The Red Tape Chronicles]
Medical industry plans to rate payment history [Chicago Tribune]
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Researches Claim To Reverse Netflix's Anonymization

Releasing the data and just removing the names does nothing for privacy," Shmatikov told SecurityFocus. "If you know their name and a few records, then you can identify that person in the other (private) database."

Judge Dismisses Class Action Lawsuit Against Overstock.com Due To Mandatory Binding Arbitration Clause

Will The Foreclosure Tsunami Lead To An Arson Boom?

Faced with foreclosure on her Russellville, Indiana home, Christina Snyder allegedly concocted the kind of plan that now has insurance executives on edge.

Get $10 For Ratting On Your Denny's Server?

Notice this remarkable "offer" at the bottom of the receipt from Denny's Restaurant:

Site Of Most Infamous Mob Murder In NY History Is Now A Starbucks

Man Attempts To Return Walmart Ammunition At 1300 Feet Per Second