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Gorton’s Fish is recalling certain packages of crispy battered fish fillets after a Pennsylvania consumer and her daughter each found what appeared to be pills in their fillets.
Here’s the story.
Gorton’s official recall notice is here.
Honda has issued two recalls covering certain models of its Acura.
Some of the vehicles have a wiper design defect that can lead to electrical problems.
Others have a power steering hose that can deteriorate over time from the high heat that occurs under the hood when the car is running.
The two recalls affect about 400,000 cars.
Michigan’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) warned Michigan citizens who are behind on their mortgage payments and facing a foreclosure to be on the lookout for foreclosure rescue scams
Foreclosure rescue scams often begin with a scam artist making an unsolicited offer to pay a homeowner’s past due mortgage payments and “rescue” them from foreclosure. The scam artist will have the homeowner sign over the deed to the house and promise them that they can stay in their house as a renter with the opportunity to buy back their home when their finances improve.
Scam artists will then obtain a new mortgage on the house at a higher value than the old loan and keep the difference between the new loan and the old loan. The scam artist has now stolen the homeowner’s equity in the property. Scammers will often walk away from the situation, stop paying the new mortgage and pocket all of the equity. The home will again go into foreclosure and the former homeowner, who is now the renter, will be forced to leave the property and has now permanently lost their house.
“With the foreclosure rate escalating across the country, scam artists are trying to take advantage of vulnerable consumers,” said OFIS Commissioner Ken Ross. “Michigan homeowners who may be facing a foreclosure should avoid any unsolicited offer to save their home through the mail, a newspaper or a telephone call and they should never sign a legal document that has any misleading statements or one that they do not fully understand. These bottom feeders are taking advantage of hard times and should be avoided at all cost.”
If Michigan homeowners believe they may have uncovered a foreclosure rescue scam, please contact OFIS toll-free at (877) 999-6442 or online at www.michigan.gov/ofis
If a homeowner is facing a possible foreclosure and would like professional advice on their situation they can contact one of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) approved housing counselors. For a list of HUD approved housing counselors in Michigan visit: www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/hcs.cfm?webListAction=search&searchstate=MI
The City of Monroe has declared a water emergency because its raw water intake line in Lake Erie has frozen shut due to frigid temperatures and sustained winds. Officials advise against any non-essential use of water, such as flushing toilets or doing laundry until further notice.
The emergency affects any community on the Monroe system, such as Raisinville, Monroe, Exeter Townships, Maybee, and the Dundee, Ida and Petersburg areas.
The FBI has issued a nationwide warning about an increase in the type of telephone security scam that was being perpetrated in the Monroe area a few days ago.
The agency reemphasizes that you shouldn’t give out any information over the phone or respond to e-mailed warnings that your account will be closed down if you don’t call a phone number or enter personal financial information online.
Check out the warning here.
Check out the original post here.
Some large cans of Mexican-style chili beans distributed by Gordon Food Service stores, some green beans distributed to a Michigan restaurant and kidney beans sold through Wal-Mart stores outside of Michigan are being recalled by New Era Canning Co. of New Era, Mich. because they might be contaminated by botulism.
Specifics on the recall can be found here.
Nissan Altima and Senrtra models from the 2002 and 2005-06 model years are being recalled because of cooling system sensor that malfunctions and can cause the engine to stop at any time.
This is an expansion of a previous recall and affects about 654,000 vehicles.
More information may be found here.
Just in time for Thanksgiving travel, the price of oil Tuesday took a big jump to $98 a barrel in some markets. That undoubtedly will find its way to the pump soon.
Pump prices Tuesday in the Monroe area ranged from $3.09 to $3.17, with an average of $3.14.
Sony was ranked tops in a customer satisfaction survey for buyers of flat-panel LCD TVs ranging in size from 20 to 36 inches, according to a new survey from J.D. Power and Associates.
The survey is a companion to an earlier survey of customer satisfaction for large screen TVs.
People who invest in stocks online usually take more risks than those who don’t, according to a study by J.D. Power and Associates.
The Federal Trade Commission warned mortgage companies and media firms that some mortgage advertisements might be violating federal law because they don’t reveal the actual costs of financing or are outright misleading.
Learn the details here.
Now’s the time to get kids back to a back-to-school sleep routine.
A lack of adequate rest and sleep disorders will derail the efforts of many students returning to school over the coming weeks, according to experts at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Four out of 10 children don’t get enough sleep and more than 2 million children nationwide suffer from sleep disorders, federal health officials say.
Sleep is essential to school performance because it gives children’s bodies and brains time to grow, gives their tissues and central nervous system time to undergo necessary repairs and is essential for learning and memory consolidation, said Dr. Sangeeta Chakravorty, director of Children’s Sleep Program. “Families are adding more and more activities to their children’s calendars and children have more homework than ever before, so sleep is the one area students borrow time from in order to meet these expectations,” he said. “Unfortunately, getting less sleep means they inadvertently sabotage their own school performance. At a minimum, kids ages 6 to 12 need 10 hours of sleep a night and teenagers need about 9 hours to maximize their learning potential at school.”
Hackers posing as employers have been gathering personal information from jobseekers for who knows what purposes.
Here’s the story.
The Federal Trade Commission approved the final terms of a settlement with Kmart over the sale and marketing of Kmart gift cards. The government said the company, among other things, didn’t inform purchasers that they would be billed a dormancy fee if they didn’t use the card within two years.
Kmart eventually will publicize the eligibility criteria and refund process on its Web site.
Here’s the FTC’s press release.
People complain about gasoline prices often, but not everyone stops to think how a price increase translates into out-of-pocket costs.
On July 31, this blog warned of an expected price spike in gasoline. Those who acted on that tip who went out and bought 20 gallons at the then-price of $2.83 a gallon, would have saved about 15 cents a gallon off current prices. That means they would have paid about $3 less for a fill up than they could today.
But when you’re trying to stretch a budget, every little bit helps.
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