THE PLUG MAGAZINE

Where Are The Best Deals On College Textbooks? Generally, Amazon

http://ift.tt/1zwMSDm ( Ben Balter ) Our power-shopping colleagues down the hall at Consumer Reports wondered: which of the used-textbook se...

Used Car Dealer Accused Of Rolling Back Odometers, Selling Cars And Lies

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http://ift.tt/1oZMISL ( Sarah ) A couple in California who ran a used car dealership embody consumers’ worst fears about buying used cars. T...

Initial Questions Offer Hope That FCC Isn’t Going Easy On Comcast/TWC Merger

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http://ift.tt/1vE8D5u Knight725 While the FCC’s public comment period for the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger remain open through Monday,...

5 Best Lines From Review Of Entire Taco Bell Dollar Menu

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http://ift.tt/1qxMKN2 He ate all this stuff so you wouldn’t have to. [ via AdWeek ] This week, Taco Bell took a break from its 172-year tra...

Staples Will Keep Closing Stores, Nobody Is Surprised

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http://ift.tt/1ln7GIA ( Morton Fox ) Earlier this year, Staples announced plans to close 225 underperforming store due to poor performance. ...

52 Ill-Informed Mayors Agree: The Comcast/TWC Merger Is Greatest Thing Ever

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http://ift.tt/1ttaJ43 Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter may not be in a position to objectively evaluate Comcast. The gleaming USB drive th...

Two Big Reasons CNN Money Is Only Half Right About Gigabit Broadband Expansion

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http://ift.tt/1v6gK9V CNN Money’s colorful but misleading map shows both real and imaginary private gigabit expansion but misses public gi...

It Just Got More Expensive For Older Youths To Fly Solo With American Airlines

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http://ift.tt/1sbnuhP ( David Transier ) Older tweens flying solo on American Airlines and hoping for a bit more independence can kiss thos...

Appeals Court Won’t Hear Aereo’s “We’re A Cable Company” Argument

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http://ift.tt/1AEB1Uq Following its crushing defeat before the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this summer , streaming video startup Aereo tried...

Here’s Another Near-Invisible Card Skimmer Found On A European ATM

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http://ift.tt/1qxos5Z On the right of this photo is a 1-euro coin, which is more or less the size of a U.S. dollar coin. On the left is a su...

Following Deaths Of 2 Children, 2.2 Million Bean Bags Recalled

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http://ift.tt/1q1KX6p The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the voluntary recall of 2.2 million Ace Bayou Corporation bea...

Creator Of “Your Baby Can Read” Program Settles False Advertising Charges

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http://ift.tt/1BKrfBz Almost exactly two years after the Federal Trade Commission accused the people behind the popular “Your Baby Can Read...

DEA To Change Classification of Some Frequently-Abused Painkillers Like Vicodin

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http://ift.tt/VLdpxE ( Sarah Braun ) As a country, we sure do like our prescription painkillers. In fact, we like them a bit too much: Amer...

AirBNB Squatter Brothers Quietly Leave Their Ill-Gotten Condo

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http://ift.tt/1ubRyPD ( Jonathan Coffey ) The AirBNB squatter nightmare is over…as far as we know. The owner of the property filed an unlawf...

Are Mozzarella Sticks The Next McDonald’s Dollar Menu Item?

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http://ift.tt/1tspEM3 Photo courtesy of ( @melarenass ) When you think of McDonald’s you probably think of burgers and fries. But could th...

Washington State Just Says No To Mobile Weed-Smoking Wagons

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http://ift.tt/1tspHax A handful of companies, including the Weed Bus Club, have popped up in Washington to provide visitors with a place to...

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds

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

Delta Hands Over 7-Year-Old Passenger To Wrong Person

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http://ift.tt/1plGThG ( frankieleon ) Delta has got some explaining to do. Not only did the airline hand over a 7-year-old unaccompanied tr...

Marketers Think It’s Time To Prepare Your Batches Of Halloween Cards

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http://ift.tt/1lk3Odv How early is “too early” for a store Halloween display? It used to be that seeing Halloween candy and merchandise on t...

4 Reasons Consumers Union Has Asked The FCC To Block The Comcast/TWC Merger

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http://ift.tt/1oIOwdl (Consumerist) The full regulatory approval process for the Comcast/TWC merger has months left to go, but we’re gettin...

Nestle Implements Tougher Animal Welfare Standards For Thousands Of Suppliers

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http://ift.tt/1oVTaKB ( Adam Fagen ) Several months after workers at one of its dairy suppliers were charged with animal cruelty after bein...