Update On Possible Comcast/Ticketmaster/Live Nation Abomination (With Poll)
After yesterday’s news that Comcast was considering getting in on the already-under-antitrust-scrutiny merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation, the original article has been updated to be slightly...
View ArticleTSA Withdraws Blogger Subpoenas, Offers New Computer
The new year is starting off pretty well for bloggers Chris Elliott and Steve Frischling, who had been targeted by the Transportation Security Administration after they posted the TSA’s bizarre...
View ArticleWhistleblower Nurse Acquitted
The West Texas nurse who went on trial this past Monday for reporting a doctor to the state board was found not guilty after just an hour of deliberation, reports the New York Times. The jurors who...
View ArticleDebt Collection Company Sued Over Racist Voicemails, Must Pay $1.5 Million
Advanced Call Center Technologies tried to collect $200 on a disputed debt from Allen Jones a few years ago. Part of the company’s advanced technology is its innovative voicemail strategy, where its...
View ArticleEx-Ford Employee Admits Stealing Secrets Worth $50 Million
Espionage! A former Ford engineer charged with stealing trade secrets worth $50 million has pleaded guilty, and was apparently caught with the evidence on his laptop when he was arrested in Chicago in...
View ArticleDisabled Janitor's $311,000 Victory Against Abusive Firm Trying To Collect...
They just wouldn’t stop calling, and now they have to pay. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that a debt collection firm will have to pay a former janitor suffering from a head...
View ArticleTheft Of Pittsburgh's Iron Trash Cans Allegedly An Inside Job
After a police investigation, the mystery of where fifty of the city of Pittsburgh’s metal trash cans ran off to has been solved. The culprit wasn’t who Consumerist readers suspected. The cans were...
View ArticleDillard's Fired Guy For Eating Two Hotdogs
A court has ruled that a Dillard’s department store that fired a dock worker after he ate two leftover hotdogs from a company picnic was unjustified in doing so and must pay him unemployment benefits,...
View ArticleTheft Victim Catches Guy Returning Her Stuff To Macy's
Rachel thought she would never see her stuff again. Someone had stolen the Christmas gifts she left on the backseat of her car parked in front of her house overnight, along with her iPod. It was $460...
View ArticleFlorida’s Alleged Serial Used Enema Returner Has Been Apprehended
(cavale)You can purchase disposable saline enemas with confidence: the man in Florida who would purchase, use, and return alarming quantities of them has been apprehended. Though in this context, an...
View ArticleMarch Recall Roundup: This Garlic Slicer Prefers Human Fingers
(CPSC) In this month’s Recall Roundup for consumer goods, crossbows fire at will, snorkeling masks buckle under pressure, and garlic slicers are out to slice your fingers instead. Sports and Outdoors...
View ArticleMan Behind IRS-Impersonation Scam Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison
One of the more insidious scams of this decade has been the IRS impostor phone scam, where someone posing as a police officer or federal agent calls you up and threatens to arrest you over your tax...
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