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11 NOV 09
Stroller Recall: Maclaren Burns Fingers on Response SAVE
PEOPLE
"As a remedy, Maclaren is offering free hinge covers to better protect children. No matter where you live, you can order them on the Maclaren USA website. Yet as of Monday afternoon, it was difficult to access the site because it was overloaded."TAGS
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09 NOV 09
Confusion Over Where Money Lent on Kiva Goes - NYTimes.com SAVE
PEOPLE
"The direct person-to-person connection Kiva offered was in fact an illusion. Kiva’s lenders were actually backstopping microfinance institutions, and since Kiva and other online giving and lending models pride themselves on their transparency, Mr. Roodman and others suggested it might better explain what its lenders’ money — about $100 million over four years — was really doing.TAGS
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The Green Phone Booth: The scoop on recycling glue sticks! SAVE
"Elmer's has partnered with Walmart to take back their empty glue sticks and bottles. All you have to do is box them up, print a label, and drop the box off at Walmart."TAGS
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28 OCT 09
NIEHS awards Recovery Act funds to address bisphenol A research gaps SAVE
"NIEHS will invest approximately $30 million over two years on BPA-related research. This includes existing grants, the newly awarded Recovery Act grants and supplements, in-house research and NTP projects. The NTP effort is part of a larger five-year commitment to collaborate with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's National Center for Toxicological Research to examine long-term health outcomes resulting from developmental exposures."TAGS
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26 OCT 09
Sesame Street Fight! SW Calls BS On AA T's PR SAVE
"You know how a couple of weeks ago, everyone was scratching their heads and going, 'Really?? Sesame Workshop approached American Apparel for a Sesame Street throwback T-shirt licensing deal?? Can you guess which one just doesn't belong here?' I guess Sesame's been hearing about it, because they are sending out emails claiming they're not involved.TAGS
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Baby Bargains Book Blog: Baby Trend files for bankruptcy SAVE
" Baby Trend, the California baby gear company best known for its Snap N Go stroller frame, filed for bankruptcy reorganization earlier this month. As we predicted back in July, Baby Trend's bankruptcy was triggered by losing a lawsuit to former employee Rob Gardner. ... Since the court found Baby Trend committed fraud in the case, it isn't clear the company can escape paying the judgment in bankruptcy."TAGS
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Smart Choices Labeling Gets the Axe SAVE
PEOPLE
"After the FDA decided to bash some skulls over this blatantly misleading marketing efffort, the food industry players in charge of the initiative, including Kellogg Co., Kraft Foods and General Mills, have decided to call it all off for now. Smart Choices officials said that they will "postpone" the program and avoid encouraging any more use of the labels until the FDA makes a judgment."TAGS
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21 OCT 09
Prizey Halloween Giveaway Roundup SAVE
Here's a list of all the current giveaways we could find on PRIZEY that are Halloween-related. Don't miss any late additions at the end of the post!TAGS
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Newsweek Attacks Black Toddler Calls her Hair “A Hot Mess”- Leave Zahara ALONE! | What About Our Daughters SAVE
PEOPLE
This post is dedicated to every little Black girl that has been going along living her life freely when she encounters a fully grown Black woman spouting vitriolic hateful criticism because the little Black girl isn’t wearing the same shackles that are hanging around the neck of said fully grown Black woman. Apparently Newsweek ran out of things to report in the middle of a massive economic meltdown, a war in Afghanistan, and the rapid devaluation of the dollar, and decided to do a hit job on Zahara Jolie Pitt called Zahara Jolie-Pitt and the Politics of Uncombed Hair.TAGS
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19 OCT 09
Exclusive: I Helped Richard Heene Plan a Balloon Hoax - Boy in the balloon - Gawker SAVE
PEOPLE
"For the first time, 25-year-old researcher Robert Thomas reveals to Gawker how earlier this year he and Richard Heene drew up a master plan to generate a massive media controversy using a weather balloon. To get famous, of course."TAGS