“Consumers Urged to Stop Use of Flammable Wearing Apparel,” says the warning on the Consumer Product Safety Commission Web site. You would think so, wouldn’t you? But Blair, the catalog where your grandmother probably gets all of her clothes, has expanded their recall of chenille sleepwear after nine deaths and another reported chenille fire.
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Over 5 Million Window Treatments Recalled Today, While Nation's Peeping Toms Celebrate*
Three children have died after being strangled in the cords of window blinds, so today six companies announced a massive recall of several brands of window treatments.
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More Dead Infants Prompt Re-Recall Of Simplicity Bassinet
The CPSC has issued a second recall of convertible “close-sleeper/bedside sleeper” bassinets made by Simplicity after learning of two additional infant deaths since the bassinets were recalled last August. Here is a Consumer Reports video explaining the dangers of the recalled bassinets.
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Airbag Defect Prompts Honda To Recall 440,000 Cars
If you own a Honda and don’t like getting shot in the face with jagged metal fragments, you may want to keep an eye out for a recall notice. The automaker announced yesterday that it would recall 440,000 Civics, Accords, and Acura TL sedans sold between 2001 and 2003.
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Billy Mays Dead At 50
You have to wonder if before going to sleep last night, pitchman Billy Mays thought of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Ed McMahon, and said to himself one last time, “but wait, there’s more!”
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Woman Dies In Walmart Parking Lot, Discovered Two Days Later
Imagine dying in your vehicle in the parking lot of a 24-hour Walmart. How would anyone know? The couple who discovered Patricia Glasscock’s body yesterday thought she was sleeping, which is probably what anyone who passed by thought.
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Acting CFO Of Freddie Mac Found Dead This Morning
David Kellermann, a former Freddie Mac senior vice president who had been serving as the acting chief financial officer of the mortgage buying company since its takeover by the federal government last September, was found “hanging in the basement of his Reston home, dead from an apparent suicide” early this morning. Police were called to his home by someone inside the house at about 5 am today and found Kellermann’s body.
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Bank Of America Blames You And Your Dead Mother For Financial Crisis
CSR: Oh, that’s really not the way to look at it. I know that if it were my mother, I’d pay it. That’s why we’re in the banking crisis we’re in: banks having to write off defaulted loans.
![Family Of Daughter Who Died After Cigna Denied Her A Liver Transplant Files Lawsuit](../../../../consumermediallc.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/nataleesmall.jpg?w=158&h=135&crop=1)
Family Of Daughter Who Died After Cigna Denied Her A Liver Transplant Files Lawsuit
Remember last December when Cigna delayed approval of a liver transplant for a leukemia patient and she died? The girl’s family has filed a lawsuit against the insurance giant.
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Travelocity Doesn't Know What A Funeral Is, You Pay Extra $279
On Nov 22 my 36 year old brother Mike died suddenly. So I quickly hoped on-line to get a flight from San Francisco to Pittsburgh, leaving Nov 24th.
In Case Of Death, Use Bereavement Fares
Death can strike without warning, making it hard to get a good deal on an airline ticket for the funeral. When this happens, ask your airline about a special “bereavement fare.”
HOWTO: Handle Closing Dead People’s Accounts
Anyone wishing to avoid the pain voiced by Sharon G in, “Sprint Harasses Grieving Mother For Two Years,” should read the guide inside. [More]
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2006 Jeep Cherokee Is The Best Car Ever… To Run Over Little Kids
It’s debatable, the best automobile in the world. So many contenders. Do you go for gas efficiency? Sleek looks? The powerful throbbing of its engine? Whether or not it can transform into a giant robot?