Consumer Protection

Alvarez vs. Seijas vs. Traffic

Summer Means Strange Days on Bikes

Weekly News Wrap - Marlins Look for a Stadium, Pet Amnesty, Oral Sex Invite and more

Toy Stores: Now with Less Lead Paint and Fewer Bratz

If you're toy-giant Mattel, you win some and you lose some. After winning a legal battle that might see those icky little Bratz dolls (Barbie's number one competitor) permanently removed from toy-store shelves, the company and its subsidiary Fischer-Price are being fined for selling Chinese-mad ... More >>

Cut and Run

Hundreds of mostly poor investors taken for millions? Say it ain't so.

Bad Move

A hurricane victim says she was hijacked by hired haulers

Kanye West

A hurricane victim says she was hijacked by hired haulers

The Bitch

Definitive Gaze

BEST BIKE SHOP

Cycle World

Best Martini

Nemo

The Last Service Station, Part 2

As Big Oil forces out the last independent gas station dealers, the era of truly giant oil begins

News of the Weird

As Big Oil forces out the last independent gas station dealers, the era of truly giant oil begins

Friday Food Funnies

No theme this week -- just a random sampling.I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance. ~Steven WrightWhen I go to a restaurant, I always ask for a chicken and an egg to see which comes first. ~UnknownWhen a waiter asks me if I want ... More >>

Chinese drywall has screwed thousands of South Florida homeowners

No theme this week -- just a random sampling.I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance. ~Steven WrightWhen I go to a restaurant, I always ask for a chicken and an egg to see which comes first. ~UnknownWhen a waiter asks me if I want ... More >>

Foodborne Illnesses 101: Eat and Run (To the Bathroom)

Nina Mathews on flickr Eat me at your own risk.​Last year it was peanut butter. Last month it was eggs. Who knows what food-borne illness outbreak will hit us this month. Seems like outbreaks are coming at us faster than New Jersey-based reality TV shows these days. But besides satisfying ... More >>

Top 10 Worst Food Recalls of 2010

image via portorikan on flickr.Food poisoning.​Blech! We used to think food recalls were a rare phenomenon. Turns out American factory culture may not have changed enough since Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle," to stop bacterium-infected food products from hitting store shelves.The last year has ... More >>

New Christmas Threat: Exploding Pyrex Bakeware

​Let's say your Christmas dinner ham has been cooking in a Pyrex glass baking dish at 350 F. Then, when you open the oven door, Boom! Shards of sharp glass explode toward you like some homemade bomb. According to a shocking investigative report in the January issue of Consumer Reports, it's a ... More >>

Those Macaroons Could Poison You

wikimedia commonsNo whey, baby!​Publix has recalled scores of macaroons.Milk chocolate-covered macaroons, plain ones, and those covered in sprinkles are being removed from bakeries in stores across the South today. Not just Florida, but Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia. The voluntary recall was issued ... More >>

Shake Shack Beef Supplier Creekstone Farms Recalls Ground Beef, Miami Not Affected

Shake Shack in Miami Beach is fine to eat.​Creekstone Farms Premium Beef recalled 14,158 pounds of beef, due to possible E.coli contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.The recalled meat was shipped to processing plants in 10 states, ... More >>

Four Loko Has the Alcohol Content of Four Beers, According to the FTC

Four Loko: For when you want a quick and cheap buzz.​The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today that Four Loko maker Phusion Products, LLC has agreed to relabel its frat-boy-friendly beverages to reflect the actual alcohol content in every can --  which roughly translates to "a s ... More >>