Recalls

Recalls This Week: Trampolines, Unsafe Crib Tents And More

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.21.2012

-- Children's trampolines with a dangerous defect and a line of crib tents that have already proved deadly for one child are among this week's recall...

Odwalla Recalls Chocolate Drink

AP | Posted 04.05.2012

ATLANTA -- Odwalla Inc. says it is voluntarily recalling its Odwalla Chocolate Protein Monster beverage because four customers who have peanut allergi...

Automaker Recalls Cars That Could Catch Fire

AP | Posted 03.26.2012

FRANKFURT, Germany -- BMW AG is recalling 1.3 million 5- and 6-series cars from the 2003 to 2010 model years. The company says that in rare cases a b...

Toyota Recalls Nearly 700,000 Vehicles In U.S.

AP | Posted 03.08.2012

TORRANCE, Calif. -- Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. said Wednesday that it's recalling nearly 700,000 vehicles because of various problems. The recalls i...

GOP Construction of a Fictional "Obama" Has Taken a Turn to the Absurd

Mitchell Bard | Posted 04.10.2012

Mitchell Bard

Even as commentators start to note the GOP effort to create a fictional Barack Obama, it looks like Republicans have decided to double down on the stupid. That is, they have strayed from plausible lies -- lies that, to the uninformed, could feel true -- to absurd ones.

Sharon Silke Carty

Scientists Debate If Another Culprit Triggered Toyota's Sudden Acceleration Problem: Tin Whiskers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 01.23.2012

Even as Toyota has reckoned with a wrenching crisis of confidence, acknowledging reports that some of its best-selling vehicles have been prone to acc...

Michigan Senate GOP Legislators Move to Make Recalls Much More Difficult

Patricia Lesko | Posted 02.05.2012

Patricia Lesko

Michigan Senate Republicans want to tighten the rules so that a legislator's votes cannot be grounds for recall, as was the case with recalled legislator Paul Scott.

Kotex Recalls Tampons Possibly Infected With Bacteria

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.16.2011

Users of Kotex tampons, beware: Kimberly-Clark is recalling around 1,400 cartons of them, claiming the plastic tubing could contain a bacteria capable...

GOP Lawmakers Making It Harder To Hold Recall Elections

Patch | Posted 11.25.2011

Even with record unemployment and minimal job growth across the country, there is still one business that has demonstrated it is recession-proof: poli...

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Jeff Danziger | Posted 10.10.2011

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Get Live Wisconsin Recall Updates Here!

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 10.09.2011

Jason Rosenbaum

We'll be updating this liveblog all day with information from the ground in Wisconsin as the grassroots works to recall the Republicans and stop the war on working families that Scott Walker and his allies up for election today started.

Paige Lavender

Watch: Progressive Groups Run New Ads In Wisconsin Recall Elections

HuffingtonPost.com | Paige Lavender | Posted 10.04.2011

WASHINGTON -- Three progressive groups are set to launch a six-figure television ad buy in the days leading up to the eight remaining Wisconsin state ...

Recall Efforts Surge Across The Country

The Los Angeles Times | Nicholas Riccardi | Posted 08.22.2011

Once a political rarity, recall elections are surging in local and state governments....

J&J Recalls Epilepsy Pills

AP | By LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 06.14.2011

TRENTON, N.J. -- Johnson & Johnson issued yet another recall Thursday, this one for about 57,000 bottles of a widely used epilepsy pill, due to compla...

In The Public Interest : Senate Passes Historic Food Safety Bill

Elizabeth Hitchcock | Posted 05.25.2011

Elizabeth Hitchcock

Once it's enacted, this historic legislation will protect consumers from preventable food-borne illness. This victory for consumers comes not a moment too soon.

Tests Show Toxic Metals In Children's Products Exceed Federal Limits By 1000 Times

AP | JUSTIN PRITCHARD | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — Drinking glasses depicting comic book and movie characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman and the Tin Man from "The Wizard of Oz" ...

Toyota Asks Court To Dismiss Acceleration Lawsuits

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Toyota Motor Corp. has asked a federal court in California to throw out lawsuits over acceleration defects in its cars, saying many o...

Product Recalls -- Tips for Businesses, Media and Consumers

Jonathan Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Jonathan Bernstein

Through my work in support of product recalls, I have identified trends in both well-done and poorly done recalls that prompted me to offer these ten tips to businesses that may have to go through this process.

Toyota Recalls 1.53 Million Cars

AP | TOM KRISHER and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

DETROIT — Just when Toyota thought its safety problems were over, they flare up all over again. Less than a year after it was tarnished by repo...

Weekly Pulse: DIY Abortions on the Border, Pawlenty Screws MN on Sex Ed

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

The Media Consortium

Weekly Pulse: DIY Abortions on the Border, Pawlenty Screws MN on SexEd by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Women on along U.S.-Mexico bord...

Egg Recall -- Don't Roll That Way

Jonathan Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Jonathan Bernstein

This week's recall of at least 380 million eggs potentially contaminated by salmonella makes it clear that too many CEO's play ostrich about the possibility of a recall.

Honda Recalls Nearly 500K Cars In North America

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Honda Motor Co. is recalling the popular Accord and Civic passenger cars to address problems with an ignition switch that could all...

Laptop Batteries RECALL: 54,000 HP Lithium-Ion Batteries Recalled

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard Co. is recalling 54,000 lithium-ion batteries used in HP and Compaq computers after receiving reports of injurie...

Toyota: Engines Bad In 270,000 Vehicles, Including Seven Lexus Models

AP | BY SHINO YUASA | Posted 05.25.2011

TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday about 270,000 cars sold worldwide – including luxury Lexus sedans – have potentially faulty...

UhOh: SpaghettiOs Recall

Posted 05.25.2011

*Scroll down for a CBS news video on the 15 million-pound Spaghettios recall. (Update: 6/18/10, 12:50pm) (AP) WASHINGTON — Campbell Soup Co. is...