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Monthly Archives: April 2007

FDA suspects pet food tainted intentionally

Friday, April 20, 2007

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suspects that at least two of the contaminated ingredients used in more than 100 brands of recalled cat and dog food foods may have been intentionally laced with melamine to boost their apparent protein content. Melamine has been found in wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate imported from China.
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Beware of AT&T’s business practices

Thursday, April 12, 2007

If you’re an AT&T customer, check your phone bill carefully if you’re moving and transferring your phone number to the new address. Even if you’re moving a couple of blocks away from where you were.
In April of 2007 I moved a few blocks down the street from where I was. Before I moved I received [...]

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Protecting your personal data

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Just how safe is your personal information when you send in your tax forms to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)? A little over 5 years ago it was revealed that the IRS was missing more than 2300 computers. Eventually 1600 of the 2300 missing computers were located.
A recent internal audit of the IRS fount that [...]

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