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New rules make it easy to borrow, but they also obscure your student-loan obligations.
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Making The Grade: Best Buys In Educational Software & Exceptional Apps For Kids
You can’t count on the availability of CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and downloadable programs beyond 2013.
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High-Tech Hearing Aids: Hearing Is Believing
As technologies change in hearing-aids, consumers still must navigate a maze of confusion when it’s purchase time.
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'Premium' Pet Food: Begging for the Truth
There is little evidence that cats and dogs benefit from costly and unusual ingredients in their food.
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The Hidden Costs of Higher Education & Consumers Digest's Top 100 College Values
It’s easier today to get a student loan from a university’s financial-aid office, but it’s tough to decipher the hidden fees that you will pay.
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Fetching Pet Products: Shades of 'Green'
Best Buys in Beds, Carriers, Crates & Kennels, Leashes, Seat Belts & Underground Fences
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FTC to field consumer questions during identity-theft workshop for senior citizens
May 6, 2013—Senior citizens who have questions about identity theft can submit questions to Federal Trade Commission on May 7, 2013, as part of an agency workshop that will be broadcast on the Internet.
Telemarketers targeted seniors in medical-alert scam, FTC says
March 11, 2013—Federal Trade Commission exposed another company for allegedly ripping off senior citizens.
CFPB looks into college-endorsed checking accounts
Feb. 1, 2013—If you’re a college student who has a school-endorsed checking or debit account, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to hear from you.
Russian ban might lengthen wait for international adoptions
Jan. 31, 2013—Russia’s decision to ban adoptions by U.S. families likely will increase the already troublesome waiting period for international adoptions, experts tell Consumers Digest.
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Related Department Briefs
Dog treats might cause problems
If the treats that you give to Fido are made in or have any ingredients that are made in China, you might want to switch brands.
Keeping an eye on your child’s ears
Parents of young children might want to get their children’s hearing tested at least once between birth and age 5.
Bumbo seats mired in lawsuits
A manufacturer-provided seat belt should make the Bumbo Baby Seat safer for babies, but Ross Cunningham, who is a product-liability attorney, says he doubts that the 4.6 million consumers who have the seat will claim the free seat belt.
Paperless checks for Social Security
In October 2012, about 5.5 million people received their monthly Social Security payment in the form of paper checks.
Glimmer of hope on student-loan defaults
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says student-loan defaults could rival the mortgage crisis.
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Family Recalls
Zulily recalls children’s hooded sweatshirts because of strangulation hazard
May 16, 2013—Zulily recalled children’s zip-up hooded sweatshirts by Deezo, because the product’s drawstring poses a strangulation hazard to children.
The Land of Nod recalls dolls because of choking hazard
April 25, 2013—The Land of Nod recalled its plush Dollies, because the hands on the dolls can detach, which would pose a choking hazard to children.
Children’s Apparel Network cites entrapment hazard in recall of girls’ clothing
April 25, 2013—Children’s Apparel Network recalled Young Hearts brand three-piece clothing set for girls, because the belt that’s included could become caught in small spaces, which poses an entrapment hazard to children.
Reed & Barton cite choking, ingestion hazards in recall of infant flatware
April 24, 2013—Reed & Barton recalled its Gingham Bunny forks and spoons for babies, because the pink epoxy material that’s on the products can come off, which poses choking and ingestion hazards.
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