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Graco Children’s Products announced Thursday that it’s recalling 1.2 million Harmony highchairs because of stability issues. The company, a unit of Newell Rubbermaid Inc.  that makes car seats, strollers, swings and other products for kids, said that its Harmony highchairs can be “unstable” and “tip over unexpectedly.” Graco said that 24 injuries had been reported […]

March playoffs are here, and men across the country will spend this weekend lounging on the couch watching wall-to-wall basketball. For many of them, it’s doctor’s orders. Apparently, many men decide this is the perfect time for a vasectomy. In fact, across the country, the number of scheduled vasectomies tends to jump by about half […]

With more pets dying from overdoses of pest-prevention products, the federal agency that oversees the pesticides is mandating tighter regulations on labeling and dosage recommendations. The Environmental Protection Agency started looking into allegations of inadequate or confusing labels on flea and tick products last year. In 2008, the agency saw a 53 percent increase in […]

Countries are canceling more than $1 billion in debt that Afghanistan owes them, the Paris Club of creditor nations announced Wednesday. The debt relief comes partly in response to Afghanistan’s participating in a program for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, the Paris Club said in a statement. Some $441 million is being canceled as part of […]

The October deaths of three people who participated in a sweat lodge ceremony in Arizona have been ruled accidental, according to autopsy results released Wednesday. Lizbeth Neuman, James Shore and Kirby Brown were among as many as 65 participants at a self-help guru’s spiritual retreat near Sedona. As part of the “Spiritual Warrior” program led […]

Among the outspoken African-American political and social figures that have criticized President Obama for not doing more for black Americans in these tough economic times, Al Sharpton has emerged as the voice of support for Obama’s presidential initiatives designed to help all Americans. According to an article written for The Wall Street Journal, “President Barack […]

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission released a national “broadband plan” Tuesday that aims to give 90 percent of Americans access to affordable, high-speed Internet by 2020. “This is not something that is nice for us to do; it is everyone’s right,” FCC Commissioner Michael Copps said at a commission meeting Tuesday. The plan calls for […]

U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich waited until Democrats had won last November’s health care reform vote before casting his ballot against it on the House of Representatives floor. This time around — pressured by everyone from President Obama to Moveon.org — the Cleveland Democrat had no luxury to dawdle before taking a stance. He announced at a Capitol […]

Forty-four Detroit schools and one administrative building will close in June under a $1 billion plan unveiled Wednesday by the city school district’s emergency financial manager. The district has been beset with falling enrollment as well as aging buildings, emergency financial manager Robert Bobb said Wednesday. The plan will allow the district to cut operating […]

Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington tested positive for cocaine during the 2009 season. Washington, 57, has been subject to increased drug testing since his failed test, which was administered by Major League Baseball last July, and he has passed all of his subsequent tests. In deciding to support Washington and retain him as manager, the […]

CLEVELAND – Thousands of teens across Ohio took part in a special town hall meeting about the dangers of “sexting”–sending or receiving sexually explicit photos over their cells phone.

  Money for Nothing The Liberal Media By Eric Alterman On February 23 the New York Times reported that ABC News had decided to reduce its staff by a whopping 300 to 400 people, or approximately a quarter of its workforce. Three days later, the paper ran a full-page ad featuring a Photoshopped crowd of […]