Salvage Vehicles National Database — A Good Idea

Buying a used car is almost as much fun as going to the dentist. Everyone has dealt with used car salesmen at some point in their life and we are not out to attack the used car industry; however, a warning about avoiding the pitfalls when it comes to purchasing a used car. The used…

You know the Vytorin commercials – comparing eating fettucini alfredo with your Uncle Alfredo – both are sources of high cholesterol, the ads said. Food and family are both to blame. Now the lawsuits against the drug are piling up higher and Merck & Co and partner, Schering-Plough Corp have to answer questions to the…

We blog all too frequently about children who are hurt or killed in off-highway vehicles or ATVs. Now the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is looking into the design of a handful of brands associated with more than 30 fatalities. The Yamaha Motor Company’s Rhino is one of those brands. The Wall Street Journal named…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is releasing new data that shows that keeping the drinking age laws at 21 prevented an estimated 4,441 drunk driving deaths over the last five years. NHTSA was responding to a national movement among colleges to turn back the drinking age to 18. After all, the argument goes, we…

Passengers traveling on one cruise line have a refund coming thanks to Florida’s Attorney General. Bill McCollum filed a lawsuit this week against Imperial Majesty Cruise Line. The company is alleged to have added a fuel surcharge of $20 to $30 secretly onto customers’ bills. Most people thought these were government fees. Many customers complained…

Florida is known for its sunshine, oranges and hanging chads. And it’s that time of year again. So far election officials in Jacksonville have rejected more than 500 ballots, mostly because they lacked signatures. In some cases, the signatures don’t match the voter’s signature on file. 500 rejected represents almost one-third of those pulled aside…