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A&P Brand Names And Customer Data Are Up For Auction

http://ift.tt/1JXcEbm If you’ve always wanted to own the brand name of a venerable but defunct supermarket company, now is your opportunity...

Reader Spots Loose Tarantula On Cleaning Cart At Petco, Freaks Out

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http://ift.tt/1i1zl2H David and his daughter too a trip to Petco this week to buy a fish for her aquarium. After choosing a nice one, they t...

Pinterest Doesn’t Own Exclusive On “Pinning” Things Online

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http://ift.tt/1OWUvMr Ages before there was an Internet, and certainly long before Pinterest ever came onto the scene, folks were pinning t...

Watch A Takata Airbag Explode In Slow Motion

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Last year, owners of vehicles equipped with shrapnel-shooting Takata airbags shared their point of view of the massiv...

USPS Denies It Has Missing Damaged Package, Still Turns Down Customer’s Insurance Claim After Finding It

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http://ift.tt/1GysGV3 It’s always a good idea to purchase insurance for your packages, especially if you’re mailing something valuable. But...

Conflicts In Patient Privacy Laws Often Leave Student Health Records Vulnerable

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http://ift.tt/1LLCmg2 When a college student seeks medical treatment at a campus healthcare facility, they probably expect they will be aff...

Head Of Egg Board Steps Down After Anti-Vegan Mayo Crusade Revealed

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http://ift.tt/1KhGes6 To advertise entire categories of food, like “potatoes” or “beef” or “eggs,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture collec...

Target Will Also Offer Free Shipping On All Online Orders Throughout The Holiday Season

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http://ift.tt/1DEUlDX Best Buy won’t be alone in offering free shipping on anything customers order online this holiday season , as Target ...

Lawsuit Over Safety Nets At Major League Baseball Parks Details Dozens Of Fan Injuries Since July

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http://ift.tt/1GZu5TF A little more than three months ago, a class-action lawsuit filed against Major League Baseball called for the insta...

Police: If You’re Waiting On Packages Filled With Marijuana, Feel Free To Come Pick It Up

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http://ift.tt/1MfcDSI We know how annoying it is when a package you’re expecting gets lost in the mail, and so do police in Hazlet, N.J. Th...

AirBNB Apologizes To Own Employees For Passive-Aggressive Ads

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http://ift.tt/1jZ0cxx If you’ve ever walked up to a government employee and shouted, “You’re welcome for paying your salary!” you wouldn’t s...

University Of Phoenix Parent Company Tries To Explain Sinking Stock Price

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http://ift.tt/1NY7UoK For the second time this year , University of Phoenix’s parent company Apollo Education Group attempted to tone down t...

New Homeowner Apparently Doesn’t Mind If Auctioned Property Comes With Free Booby Traps

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http://ift.tt/1Rsvwzx We can think of many reasons not to buy a home — cracks in the foundation, snake infestations , a satanic murder pit ...

YouTube Hides Most ESPN Content After Network Failed To Negotiate Paid Subscription Service Deal

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http://ift.tt/1MeJ83z If you’ve decided to pony up the $9.99 monthly fee for YouTube’s new paid subscription service, your money won’t be b...

Comcast Insists Its Twitter Account Isn’t A Robot; Just Assumes Everyone’s An Angry Customer

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http://ift.tt/1TpBPUy Like a number of corporate customer service Twitter account, the public replies from the @ComcastCares account are of...

J. Crew Ending On-Call Scheduling For Workers In Its U.S. Stores

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http://ift.tt/1jDXAWa The list of retailers who have decided to end the practice of on-call scheduling has just grown by one more, as J. Cr...

McDonald’s Testing Sweet Potato Fries In Texas

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http://ift.tt/1EEvX7w For about as long as we can remember, McDoanld’s has been known for their over salted French fries. While the staple...

U-Haul Accuses Chicago Towing Companies Of Hauling Away Perfectly Fine Vehicles To Rake In Cash

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http://ift.tt/1MXb6iS There’s a fight heating up between U-Haul and Chicago-area towing companies, with the former accusing the latter in a...

Mazda Recalls 1.2M Vehicles Because Grease In The Ignition Can Cause A Fire

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http://ift.tt/1uCX2gz If you have an older Mazda that still runs like a champ, listen up: the car company is recalling nearly 1.2 million v...

Applebee’s Forgot To Pay Prep Cook With Autism For A Whole Year

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http://ift.tt/1PG4W8B How can someone work part-time for a national chain restaurant for the better part of a year and not receive any pay?...

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds

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http://ift.tt/1Me5gLi Here are nine of the best photos that readers added to the Consumerist Flickr Pool in the last week, picked for usabi...