Tracy Davidson

Botox may ease wrinkles, but a $600 million government fine today of its manufacturer Allergan is making clear it’s not a legal remedy for headaches, pains and juvenile cerebral palsy.
The Justice Department today came down hard on Allergan for making such claims, announcing a settlement that has Allergan pleading guilty to one misdemeanor criminal count [...]

Sharp Electronics is recalling thousands of 32-inch LCD TVs over a concern the neck support of the stand can break and cause the TV to topple, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
Sharp said the recall only involves its LC-32SB28UT model TV. The company has set up a website to help consumers identify whether their [...]

A company that sells meat to BJ’s Wholesale Club stores is recalling about 8,500 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli and has been linked to three consumers getting sick, says the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. is recalling 42-pound cases of “Ground Beef Fine 90/10″ with a use-by-or-freeze-by [...]

Toyota is recalling 1.1 million Corollas and Corolla Matrixes sold in North America because improperly manufactured electronic control modules could, in limited instances, cause the engines to stall while the cars are moving.
Here are six things owners should know about the latest Toyota recall:
1. What cars are affected?
The Toyota recall involves Corollas and Corolla Matrixes [...]

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Cybercriminals are stepping up the hijacking of Apple iTunes accounts, often leaving consumers distraught.
Hijackers buy iTunes logons from e-mail phishers expert at tricking you into typing your credentials at spoofed websites. ITunes logons also get stolen and sold off by hackers who spread computer infections containing keystroke loggers that capture logons as you type [...]

WASHINGTON — U.S. safety officials are investigating whether gas tanks on Jeep Grand Cherokees can cause fires in rear end crashes or rollovers.
The preliminary investigation, begun Monday by the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration, is the first step in determining whether a recall of the popular Chrysler SUV is necessary. The investigation covers three million [...]

Toys R Us is launching a national Product Safety Vigilance Program to help parents protect their children from unsafe products in conjunction with the company’s third “Great Trade-In,” which encourages parents to exchange recalled and potentially dangerous baby items for new ones.
Over the past decade, more than 57 million cribs, car seats, bassinets, strollers, travel [...]

Health giant Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has issued its ninth recall of a consumer health product in a year, this time covering millions of 1 Day Acuvue contact lenses sold in Japan and two dozen other countries in Asia and Europe.
The affected contact lenses were mostly sold in Japan and none were sold in the [...]

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BLACK BAY, La. — David Morales set out in the pre-dawn blackness, when the marshes are quiet and the shrimp are busiest.
It was the first day of white shrimp season in Louisiana and Morales’ first day back shrimping in the four months since the Gulf oil spill crisis began. He motored the Princess Taylor, [...]

WASHINGTON – Investigators from the Food and Drug Administration are working to find the cause of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened as many as 1,300 people and forced the recall of more than a half-billion eggs.
Two Iowa farms linked to the disease outbreak , Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms , share suppliers of [...]