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Do not open email attachments you do not expect or do not recognize. If you receive a notice about your account, or your order, or your bill, and you think it is an error or you may have a problem, go directly to the company's website or call them. If you get an email without a company name, ignore it.
Money Saving Tips for Halloween
Halloween is almost here. Halloween marks the beginning of the most expensive time of the year: "The Holiday Season". But this year try to plan ahead, and with the help of the Internet, hopefully save some money, or at least spend less than usual. Click here for more.
How To Make an Emergency Last-Minute Costume
So your child decides at the last minute that he wants to go trick-or-treating after all. Or that her storebought costume is itchy and too uncomfortable to wear. Or that he forgot to tell you there's a pageant tomorrow, and he's in it. You have no time and no special materials to put together a costume, but a costume is quickly called for. Here's how to assemble something homemade, makeshift and slapdash that you can call a costume and that your child will tolerate. Now get going! Quickly! Click here for more.
Baby Seats Recalled Due to Head Injuries
Some 1 million foam baby seats sold by Target Corp, Wal-Mart Stores Inc and other large retailers are being recalled because of reports of young children falling out of the seats, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Click here for more.
Attorney General Abbott Takes Legal Action Against Foreclosure Rescue Firm's Unlawful Texas Operations
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today obtained a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against an unlawful Texas-based foreclosure rescue operation targeting struggling homeowners in the state and across the country. Click here for more.
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For the Lawyers
Only FDA can regulate drug advertising. The 3rd Circuit has held that federal law bars a suit alleging false advertising claims under state law because the FDA has exclusive jurisdiction to regulate prescription drug advertising. Click here for more.