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Emergency calls from cell phones

Increasingly, consumers are dropping landlines and relying on cell phones for all calls. Is this a mistake?

Tags: Call for Action, Shirley Rooker

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Privacy concerns drive 1 in 4 Facebook users to lie

One in four Facebook users admitted they don't tell the whole truth on their profiles. But their lies are not over relationships and status updates. Users say they're lying to protect their privacy.

Tags: Facebook, privacy, Consumer privacy, Google, app, Mark Zuckerberg

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Spring cleaning: Refrigerator edition

It won't be long before barbecue season is in full-swing, and now is the time for the refrigerator to get a spring cleaning.

Tags: Brennan Haselton, barbecue, condiments,

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Will you really get a rebate?

Consumers complain about rebate requests that are denied or returned as undeliverable. And now there are other reasons to be concerned.

Tags: Call for Action, Shirley Rooker, rebates

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Best time to trade in your car is now

If you're thinking of trading in your old car for a new one, there may be no better time to do it than right now.

Tags: cars, trade-ins,

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Warm weather brings out the crooks

There are many legitimate door-to-door salespeople, but there are some bad apples you need to know about.

Tags: Call for Action, Shirley Rooker,

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Wegmans wins again with consumers

For the third year in a row, Consumer Reports has ranked Wegmans as the best food store in the nation.

Tags: Wegmans, consumers

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Requirements on medical implants lax to non-existent

Medical devices implanted in the human body, from pins and artificial joints to heart defibrillators and surgical mesh, don't require any medical testing, a Consumer Reports investigation has uncovered.

Tags: FDA, surgical implants

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Are store-bought bagels as good as fresh?

WTOP puts the bagels from the grocery store to the test -- the anchor test.

Tags: Neal Augenstein, bagels, colleen kelleher,

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Pricing change means prime time to buy an HDTV

The next few weeks may be a good time to buy that HDTV.

Tags: hdtv, Sony, samsung, michelle basch

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