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Consumer Alerts FTC Launches Suit to Block Merger of CCC and Mitchell 09/03/2010 - 01:25 Merger Would Leave Only Two Competitors in the Markets for Estimating and Total Loss Valuation Systems Used by Insurance Adjusters and Auto Body Shops Joyceville staff to get payment for privacy breach - Ottawa Citizen 09/02/2010 - 22:53 Joyceville staff to get payment for privacy breach Ottawa Citizen ... is a rather novel tort, or an emerging tort. There are not many cases out there that have damages assessed based solely on the basis of privacy rights." and more » Letters: Indie film scene dims a bit - Houston Chronicle 09/02/2010 - 22:35 Letters: Indie film scene dims a bit Houston Chronicle Meanwhile, the local mass-market megaplex theaters offer movies based on comic books, video games, and toys (Yes, they are making a Transformers III). ... and more » Bikers for Tykes - The Times Herald 09/02/2010 - 22:06 Bikers for Tykes The Times Herald Junior,” made an appearance Thursday night at Andy's Diner on Ridge Pike, to help promote a Toys for Tots fundraiser. Spearheaded by Todd Nurick, ... and more » Facebook makes money at expense of privacy - UConn Daily Campus 09/02/2010 - 21:18 Facebook makes money at expense of privacy UConn Daily Campus Being a business enterprise, Facebook is concerned more with increasing its profits than with protecting the privacy rights of its users. large source of ... and more » Date extended for comments on consumer protection by TRAI - Telecom Yatra 09/02/2010 - 21:06 Date extended for comments on consumer protection by TRAI Telecom Yatra In May, TRAI had convened a meeting of the chief executives of different telecom service providers and consumer advocacy groups on consumer protection and ... Date extended for comments on consumer protection by TRAI - Telecom Yatra 09/02/2010 - 21:06 Date extended for comments on consumer protection by TRAI Telecom Yatra In May, TRAI had convened a meeting of the chief executives of different telecom service providers and consumer advocacy groups on consumer protection and ... Industry Risk - US SEC Adopts Temporary Rule Requiring Municipal Advisors to ... - Risk Center 09/02/2010 - 20:49 Industry Risk - US SEC Adopts Temporary Rule Requiring Municipal Advisors to ... Risk Center ... a deadline established by the newly-enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Municipal advisors provide advice to state and ... SIFMA quietly pleads for delay of changes to fiduciary standardInvestmentNews SEC Sets Rule for Muni FAsBond Buyer Advisory Industry To SEC: No Fiduciary Standard, PleaseFinancial Advisor Magazine all 23 news articles » Independent probe finds no problems with technology of PG&E's Smart Meters ... - San Jose Mercury News 09/02/2010 - 19:50 Environmental Leader Independent probe finds no problems with technology of PG&E's Smart Meters ... San Jose Mercury News Consumer advocacy groups like TURN, The Utility Reform Network, had called for a moratorium on any new SmartMeter installations while the investigation was ... CPUC report: Nothing wrong with 'smart meters'Central Valley Business Times all 111 news articles » Cast members of 'American Choppers' join motorcycle rally for Toys for Tots - The Times Herald 09/02/2010 - 19:30 Cast members of 'American Choppers' join motorcycle rally for Toys for Tots The Times Herald Junior, made an appearance at Andy's Diner on Ridge Pike, to help promote a Toys for Tots fundraiser Thursday night. Spearheaded by Todd Nurick, ... 1 of 173 ›› Consumer Protection Date extended for comments on consumer protection by TRAI - Telecom Yatra 09/02/2010 - 21:06 Industry Risk - US SEC Adopts Temporary Rule Requiring Municipal Advisors to ... - Risk Center 09/02/2010 - 20:49 Thumbs up for new consumer protection legislation - Creamer Media's Engineering News 09/02/2010 - 15:16 Schumer warns Fed of credit issuer dodge - UPI.com 09/02/2010 - 11:42 Elizabeth Warren Won't Be Returning To Harvard, Sparking Speculation About Her ... - Huffington Post (blog) 09/02/2010 - 10:28 Bernanke Empowered - Bloomberg 09/02/2010 - 09:56 Elizabeth Warren Drops Harvard Course at Last Minute - Firedoglake (blog) 09/02/2010 - 07:05 SEC Launches Muni FA Registration System - Bond Buyer 09/02/2010 - 06:40 Cruise line reward card dunks cardholder - Bankrate.com 09/02/2010 - 04:39 Business not ready for Consumer Protection Act - Times LIVE 09/02/2010 - 03:54 Lanham homebuilder to pay $500K for violating consumer protection laws - Business Gazette 09/02/2010 - 01:42 Bernanke Meets Buffett in Role Conceived to Protect Markets - Bloomberg 09/01/2010 - 21:21 Office Of Consumer Protection In Montana Warns Residents About Door To Door Sales - NBC Montana 09/01/2010 - 18:30 Fake grandson tricks Davenport woman out of $8000 - Quad City Times 09/01/2010 - 16:25 Financial regulatory reform - Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection - Lexology (registration) 09/01/2010 - 04:59 Farm Groups Pleased with Romanski as DATCP Secretary - Wisconsin Ag Connection 09/01/2010 - 04:11 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - Lexology (registration) 09/01/2010 - 02:00 CFTC issues final forex exchange market rule - ForexLive (blog) 08/31/2010 - 13:16 Testing the waters - Industry and Plain Language in the Consumer Protection Act - Bizcommunity.com 08/31/2010 - 12:21 Will Human Cloning Cause a Financial Crisis? - TIME (blog) 08/31/2010 - 11:02 1 of 14 ››	What We're All About What We're All About Submitted by ssorleahcim on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 11:34 in Consumer Dear Consumer! As 2010 unfolds, I would like to personally welcome you to The Consumer's News Service (CNS). As the world's only Consumer Based News Service, we are proud to be online and are ready to serve you and your consumer needs! If you are one of our regular users, thank you, and welcome back. I hope that between the last time you were here, and this, you will notice the significant changes we have made - changes that we believe make our site better. Even so, we do know that mistakes are being made, so if you run across one, please let us know (my personal email is at the bottom of each page) If this is your first visit here, you won't notice the 'changes' at first - but even so, we do want to introduce you into "our world" as they say. Read more...
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	General Olympic News --- US Olympic Team News US Olympics Team - Winter 2010 Supersonicpedia: George Wilson, Part II - Supersonicsoul (blog) 09/01/2010 - 17:12 Chelios Hangs Up Skates After 26 NHL Seasons - AHN \| All Headline News 08/31/2010 - 19:00 Equestrienne wins international competition - Gilroy Dispatch 08/30/2010 - 18:00 Seven to be inducted into Lady Volunteer Hall of Fame - GoVolsXtra 08/30/2010 - 15:30 Athlete's 'Nope To Dope' Became 'No To Sports' - NPR 08/30/2010 - 13:16 Riders trot to Richland trials - Battle Creek Enquirer 08/30/2010 - 01:34 A golden moment: 1960 Olympic victory launched Muhammad Ali into the spotlight - Louisville Courier-Journal 08/30/2010 - 00:07 Boxing: Houston Open set to draw big - Houston Chronicle 08/27/2010 - 22:47 Lea, Simes team to win Madison - Allentown Morning Call 08/27/2010 - 20:06 Acrobats, accolades, et al: Team USA in Turkey - ESPN (blog) 08/27/2010 - 14:29 Shoemaker Earns USOC Athlete Of The Week Honors - velonews.competitor.com 08/26/2010 - 16:12 USA Baseball names 2010 Pan American qualifying team coaching staff - MLB.com 08/26/2010 - 10:19 Payton says pressure will be on Heat stars - Philippine Star 08/26/2010 - 09:35 Athlete triumphs in Olympic taekwondo - Trading Markets (press release) 08/25/2010 - 03:13 WALDNER: AVP killed by delusions of grandeur - Daily Breeze 08/25/2010 - 00:12 Sports summary - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide 08/24/2010 - 22:25 Jacob Hernandez aiming for 2012 Olympics - Austin American-Statesman 08/23/2010 - 19:46 St. Paul fencer chases Olympic dream - Minneapolis Star Tribune 08/23/2010 - 18:57 Richland Park Horse Trials return to S.W. Michigan - Battle Creek Enquirer 08/23/2010 - 14:56 Lakewood couple has a honey of a mission: spreading positive buzz about bees - Dallas Morning News 08/23/2010 - 00:27 1 of 4 ››
	Law Roy: 'Haynesville Shale took law school from Alexandria' - Alexandria Town Talk 09/03/2010 - 00:52 Health Law Myths: Outside The Realm Of Reality - NPR 09/02/2010 - 21:02 Law Offices of David Yerushalmi, P.C. Files Amicus Brief in Ninth Circuit ... - PR Newswire (press release) 09/02/2010 - 20:53 Niche-Market Madoff Duped Law Enforcement Agencies in Ponzi With a Twist - Bloomberg 09/02/2010 - 18:29 Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against TeleNav ... - MarketWatch (press release) 09/02/2010 - 18:07 ClearOne's Attorney Fees for CEO Undecided - ABC News 09/02/2010 - 17:51 Wyoming Man Donates $1.5M to Defend Arizona Immigration Law in Court - FOXNews 09/02/2010 - 17:33 NBC's 'Law & Order: Los Angeles' could be a boon to local stage actors - Los Angeles Times (blog) 09/02/2010 - 17:03 California passes new anti-paparazzi law, but will it help? (Or at least save ... - Entertainment Weekly 09/02/2010 - 16:00 Con man could get life under Calif. 3-strikes law - The Associated Press 09/02/2010 - 14:36 Financials Fret New Tax Law - TheStreet.com 09/02/2010 - 12:39 NH GOP Sen candidates debate AZ immigration law - The Associated Press 09/02/2010 - 11:56 VeraSun asking corn farmers for repayment - The Associated Press 09/02/2010 - 11:43 What are Seattle's marijuana laws? - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) 09/02/2010 - 11:38 Con man could get life under Calif. 3-strikes law - San Jose Mercury News 09/02/2010 - 11:31 1 man, 2 murders lead to tough laws for sex crimes against children - CNN 09/02/2010 - 10:01 Shareholder Alert: Powers Taylor Announces Shareholder Investigation into the ... - MarketWatch (press release) 09/02/2010 - 09:41 Elizabeth Warren drops a class, spurs speculation - Boston Globe 09/02/2010 - 09:40 Domestic Workers Lead the Way to 21st Century Labor Rights - ColorLines magazine 09/02/2010 - 08:34 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' adds Teresa Giudice's sister-in-law, Melissa ... - New York Daily News 09/02/2010 - 08:17 1 of 32 ››
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	US Business Toshiba to Launch New Tablet Computer 09/03/2010 - 01:11 TPG Sells Ping An Stake for $1.16 Billion 09/03/2010 - 01:10 A New Digital Battlefield 09/03/2010 - 01:07 EU Finance Ministers Face Tough Agenda 09/03/2010 - 00:52 Roche Sets Cost-Costing Plan 09/03/2010 - 00:15 H-P Outguns Dell in Takeover Duel 09/03/2010 - 00:14 Baidu Unveils App Store 09/02/2010 - 22:47 BK's Strategy: Play Catch-Up 09/02/2010 - 20:48 Disney, Time Warner Reach Deal 09/02/2010 - 20:17 Bernanke Defends Record On Lehman 09/02/2010 - 20:13 Countrywide's Case of Full Disclosure 09/02/2010 - 20:08 Billboards That Can See You 09/02/2010 - 19:32 Retailers Top Lukewarm Forecast 09/02/2010 - 19:21 Venezuela to Pay France's Casino $600 Million for Cativen 09/02/2010 - 19:10 Petrobras Share Sale Nearer 09/02/2010 - 18:30 Manager Rejected China Potash Offer 09/02/2010 - 18:09 Avis Raises Dollar Thrifty Bid 09/02/2010 - 18:08 Abbott Abandons Sale of Unit 09/02/2010 - 18:02 FHFA Issues Rules on MBS Purchases 09/02/2010 - 18:00 AIG Loads Up for Unit's IPO 09/02/2010 - 17:55 1 of 44 ››	US News L.A. Times: Some Facts For The Drug Czar — Marijuana’s Social Costs Are Far Less Than Those Of Legal Intoxicants 08/30/2010 - 11:53 NORML Conference: Key Speakers, Agenda and Earlybird Discounts Concluding 08/27/2010 - 11:29 BBC Video: Cannabis and Human Evolution 08/26/2010 - 14:34 Your Tax Dollars At Work 08/25/2010 - 17:16 So-called Civil Forfeiture: Another Cannabis Prohibition Fiction 08/23/2010 - 07:34 District Of Cannabis: Got $200,000 To Open A Dispensary? 08/21/2010 - 13:40 Alternet: The Eight Most Absurd Excuses for Trying to Defeat Legal Pot 08/19/2010 - 11:22 From the Family of Jack Herer: The Hemperor would Support Prop 19 08/17/2010 - 21:41 Prop. 19 Continues To Lead In Latest Poll 08/17/2010 - 16:30 When Truth Is At Odds With The Law 08/16/2010 - 13:09 The Great Eight: Unlikely Notables Against Marijuana Prohibition 08/16/2010 - 05:02 Planet’s Largest Pro-Cannabis Rally Needs Our Help! 08/14/2010 - 11:53 White House Press Secretary thinks “professional left” who criticize Obama “ought to be drug tested” 08/10/2010 - 20:00 NORML, Slightly Stoopid and Cypress Hill: Bring Attention to California’s Initiative to Regulate and Tax Marijuana for November Ballot 08/09/2010 - 11:44 Risk of stoned drivers minimal with Prop. 19 08/09/2010 - 10:25 1 of 2 ››
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Entertainment News Daily 411 Links: Madonna and Gaga Could Unite for Tour, Diddy Accused of Ageism 09/01/2010 - 14:34 Who Had the Craziest Celeb Pet? 09/01/2010 - 14:07 The Lovely and Talented Lea Michele 09/01/2010 - 12:08 'Glee's' Lea Michele: My Cast Is My Family 09/01/2010 - 11:38 EXCLUSIVE: Rose McGowan Says Obama Needs to Be 'Tougher' on Republicans 09/01/2010 - 11:32 Miranda Lambert Gets Record Nine CMA Nominations 09/01/2010 - 10:22 Conan O'Brien's New Show Has Odd Name 09/01/2010 - 09:51 Tiger Woods: The $54 Million Mortgage 09/01/2010 - 08:37 Michael Douglas Opens Up About His Stage Four Cancer to David Letterman 09/01/2010 - 08:26 Lamest Celebrity Excuses Ever 09/01/2010 - 06:15 1 of 23 ››	Science News	RX Cannabis News Medical marijuana business burglarized - Billings Gazette 09/02/2010 - 22:52 Hearings delayed for pot defendants - Royal Oak Daily Tribune 09/02/2010 - 20:42 First Medical Marijuana TV Commercials Air In California - THE Weed Blog (blog) 09/02/2010 - 17:11 Council passes 45-day moratorium on medical marijuana facilities - Patch 09/02/2010 - 16:31 RI medical-marijuana grower arraigned - Providence Journal (blog) 09/02/2010 - 16:26 Downey wary of medical marijuana clinics - The Downey Patriot 09/02/2010 - 16:12 Eastern prohibits medical marijuana - Eastern Echo 09/02/2010 - 13:40 Hearings delayed for 10 medical marijuana defendants - The Detroit News 09/02/2010 - 12:57 Fairfax moves ahead with pot club moratorium - Contra Costa Times 09/02/2010 - 10:43 MEDICAL MARIJUANA: Good news for two dispensary applicants - Trading Markets (press release) 09/02/2010 - 10:34 1 of 40 ››
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