Meryl Baer of Six Decades and Counting is the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #418. Baer, who lives on the Jersey Shore, tells us summer ends this week on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 1:21 a.m. She says darkness is rolling in earlier, and, although it’s still warm... Read more →

Zak Designs is recalling about 178,000 26-ounce water bottles. The inner plastic straw in the flip-top portion of the twist-off cap can break, posing a choking hazard, the company and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. Zak Designs has received nine reports of the straw breaking, including seven reports of... Read more →

Photo: Anonyme 3111 The Environmental Protection Agency is issuing a notice of violation of the Clean Air Act to Volkswagen, alleging that four-cylinder Volkswagen and Audi diesel cars from model years 2009-2015 include software that circumvents EPA emissions standards. California is separately issuing a regulatory letter to Volkswagen, and the... Read more →

Photo: IFCAR The federal government has filed criminal charges against General Motors Co., saying it concealed a potentially deadly safety defect from its U.S. regulator, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, from the spring of 2012 through February 2014, and mislead consumers about the safety of some its cars. The... Read more →

Twenty of the 25 top restaurant chains continue to sell meat raised with antibiotic. The routine use of antibiotics in raising cattle, chicken, and other animals contributes to the problem of antibiotic resistance – where bacteria evolve to become immune to these life-saving drugs, said Consumers Union, the policy and... Read more →

Have you been reading "update" notices that are being sent out by your credit card issuers this summer? If not, you may be in for a surprise this fall when some popular benefits disappear from credit cards. For example, collision damage waiver, and half a dozen other travel and purchase... Read more →

Laura Lee Carter of the Adventures of the New Old Farts is the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #417. Carter, who is enjoying her new solar home in the Colorado foothills, unfortunately fell backwards off a short ladder. She had go to the emergency room for a... Read more →

Philips Lighting North America Corp. is recalling about 370,000 halogen bulbs. The lens of the bulb can shatter in the lamp or the lens can fall and shatter, posing a laceration and burn hazard, the company and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. Philips has received 13 reports of the... Read more →

Nothing beats being a grandparent. It’s a source of great fun and joy. In 1970, Marian McQuade began a campaign to establish a day to honor grandparents. In 1978, Pres. Jimmy Carter signed a federal proclamation, declaring the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day. It’s been celebrated... Read more →

Sally Q. Yates, deputy attorney general and author of the memo The U.S. Department of Justice issued a memo Wednesday indicating it will increase its efforts to make sure individual corporate wrongdoers are held accountable. The new rules will include institutional policy shifts that change the way the department investigates,... Read more →