THE PLUG MAGAZINE

Only One Bidder For Radio Shack’s Remains Wants To Keep Any Stores Open

http://ift.tt/18U9B47 ( Phillip Pessar ) In the bankruptcy auction for the smoldering remains of RadioShack, only one bidder is interested i...

Taco Bell May Relocate Original Bell Building To Save It From Demolition

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http://ift.tt/1CmqkpE The original Taco Bell opened in 1962 in Downey, CA. It now stands empty and local preservationists hope to save it. ...

Police: Man Said He Showed Meijer Workers Nude Selfies Because It Cheered Him Up

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http://ift.tt/1MRdGVs ( Nicholas Eckhart ) We’ve all had the blues, but when you need cheering up it shouldn’t involve showing unsuspecting...

Watch Workers Replace A Retention Pond With A Trader Joe’s

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http://ift.tt/1AQSmIc The dilemma at a shopping center in Schaumburg, Illinois was a true modern one: Trader Joe’s wanted to build a store t...

The Numbers Show Startups Can’t Get Enough Of Calling Themselves The “Uber” For This, The “Airbnb” Of That

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http://ift.tt/1C6gdro ( Effie.Y. ) If you’ve been hearing startup companies throw around phrases like, “We’re the Uber of [insert industry ...

Report: Apples, Not Caramel Deemed Responsible For December Listeriosis Outbreak

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https://consumermediallc.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/apples.png?w=680&h=340 ( Mike Mozart ) A December outbreak of listeriosis linked ...

Contractor Steals Homeowners’ Valuables, Demands Cash For Their Return

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http://ift.tt/1I6nKHA ( J.G. Park ) It’s certainly not unheard of to have your things stolen by workers with access to your home, but most ...

Report: New Streaming TV Services Trying To Sidestep Net Neutrality Rule

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http://ift.tt/1BX9XRt ( Katherine ) A segment of consumers has for many years been begging for an unbundled, à la carte option for programm...

Lawsuit Claims Several Brands Of Wine Contain “Very High” Levels Of Arsenic

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http://ift.tt/1HbJYdx ( Christopher.V ) Before you tip back a glass of your favorite wine to salute the glorious arrival of the weekend, yo...

BMW Settles FTC Charges That It Required Consumers To Use Specific Parts, Service Centers Or Lose Warranties

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http://ift.tt/1CEDe6U ( Jason Pope ) Under federal law, car manufactures are prohibited from threatening to revoke vehicle warranties base...

5 Food Prep Tips For Reducing Pesticide Risks

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J When you buy a sack of potatoes with dirt still clinging to the spuds, you know they’ll need a wash before going into...

Parent Company Of Johnnie Walker, Guinness, Smirnoff Will Include Nutritional Info On Beverage Labels

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http://ift.tt/1CCaNEZ ( *Pasha* ) We know that the thought at the forefront of your mind while downing a shot of whiskey is “How many calor...

Suspected Walmart Shoplifter Kicks Through Ceiling, Tunnels Out Via Air Ducts

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http://ift.tt/1APRgfE Escape from the Walmart ceiling. We never imagined that the world’s greatest criminal masterminds would bother to shop...

Burger King Announces Limited Edition Whopper-Scented Cologne

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http://ift.tt/1H9m52Q Did we miss some kind of memo that made it cool to smell like your food without the pleasure of actually eating anyth...

Graco Agrees To Pay $3M Fine For Delayed Reporting Of Car Seat-Buckle Complaints

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http://ift.tt/1FMAIux ( Graco ) After Graco recalled about six million car seats last year in two sets of recalls because the harness’ buck...

FAA Clears Amazon To Start Testing Delivery Drone Flights

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http://ift.tt/1LzGDIc Amazon is getting one step closer to the company’s dream of delivering packages by air , as the Federal Aviation Admi...

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds

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

#NewsAlert What is goin on Repost By @balleralert:...

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#NewsAlert What is goin on Repost By @balleralert: “Washington (CNN)The hanging death of an African-American man who had been missing since ...

CDC Links Listeriosis Illnesses To Fruit Recalled In July 2014

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http://ift.tt/1BDq2YM ( Renee Rendler-Kaplan ) Last summer, a California-based fruit packing company recalled all fruit that had passed thro...

Truck Carrying 30,000 Pounds Of Lobsters Overturns, All Survive To Become Dinner

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http://ift.tt/1EwhvJf When a tractor-trailer tips over and spills its edible cargo on the highway, it’s simultaneously sad and hilarious as...

Cheapo Euro Airline Ryanair Denies Plans To Launch Transatlantic Flights To The U.S.

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http://ift.tt/1LxALiI ( Juan Rodriguez – PMI/LEPA ) Maybe April Fool’s Day comes early in Ireland? Just four days after European budget air...

Amsterdam Uber Driver: Mysterious Masked Men Threatened Me

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http://ift.tt/1CeQOct (redsox223) From the point of view of Uber, a service that summons cars and drivers over the Internet, maybe the fines...