ConsumerMan: Chinese drywall a big threat

The problem is enormous. It’s estimated that as many as 100,000 homes across the country, built between 2004 and 2008, could have defective and potentially dangerous Chinese drywall.

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ConsumerMan: Hardest hit bankruptcy victims

We’ve all heard about the financial hardships caused by the bankruptcies of Chrysler and General Motors. Employees, dealers and stockholders have all been hurt. But there are other victims who are not as visible: the customers who were injured in defective vehicles made by these companies. This is their story.

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Sony Finds Defect in Digital Cameras

Sony said Friday it found a defect in some of its popular Cyber-shot compact digital cameras and offered to repair affected cameras free of charge.

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Police departments say they are aware that motorists with peeling stickers may have a valid excuse. "Police officers and parking enforcement agents have been instructed about the problem and directed to use discretion," said Paul J.

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Multiple users are reporting having trouble playing Halo 3: ODST on their consoles, with the game either skipping or sometimes not reading at all. The Bungie forums are busy with these reports, but it looks like the majority of players are able to play the game.

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From defibrillators to pacemakers, some experts say too many mistakes are making it to market. There are close to 24,000 companies across the globe manufacturing medical devices, many that help people live longer, healthier lives.

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Officers managed to save some 4,200 trout from certain death on the autobahn after an emergency call from a truck driver, Bavarian police reported on Wednesday.

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More than one out of each five of the 15,800 new water meters installed two years ago in Muskogee is defective, said City Manager Greg Buckley. About 3,000 of the meters are not correctly registering the amount of water used and will be replaced later this month.

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Apple sued over defective iMac displays.

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Passengers on an Air Berlin flight that made two false starts in Nuremberg on Sunday banded together and forced the pilot to ground the plane.

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A renowned medical researcher estimates that 22,000 patients could have been saved if the Food and Drug Administration removed the heart surgery drug Trasylol two years ago.

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Mark of Excellence?: Mercedes-Benz Promo Speaks Volumes

I received a promotional keychain from a local Mercedes-Benz dealer recently in a mass mailing of theirs, and I decided to give it a try. One relatively gentle tug, and viola - the metal clasp that held the wire ring in place popped right off.

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So the Humvees aren't armored and they're still not capable of withstanding the bomb blasts that have been blowing them up for four years, one month, two weeks, and three days. So...

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Deadly Furnaces

Is your furnace a ticking time bomb? Find out which furnaces may have recalled corrosive parts that can leak carbon monoxide. Keep your family safe, read this article, and forward it to everyone you know!

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Just when we think these explosive batteries can't get any worse, then you see a PowerBook that looks like it was hit with a high powered explosive charge -- which, in a manner of speaking, it was.

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There's been quite a lot of buzz on the internet lately of cracking rumors of the DS Lite. GameSpot did a little examination of the problem, and compiled their rumor control into one handy column.

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