Sliced Apple Products Recalled Over Listeria Concern
McDonald’s is one of the many fast food chains offering pre-packaged apple slices on its menu. PRNewsFoto / McDonald’s(NEW YORK) — A New Jersey company is recalling hundreds of thousands of packages of sliced apple products after Listeria monocytogen…
GE Recalls 1.3 Million Dishwashers over Fire Hazard
SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — General Electric is recalling 1.3 million dishwashers over an electrical problem that could cause a fire.Fifteen reports of electrical failures in the appliance’s heating element have been submitted to GE…
Listeria Bacteria Suspected from Onions in Packaged Foods
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Barbeque sauce, chicken salad and bean dip — all pre-made products with onions on the ingredient list — are now reported to be at risk of containing the bacteria known as listeria following a series of recalls earl…
Ford Recalls Nearly 500K Escape SUVs for Sticking Pedals
KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Ford Motor Company is recalling nearly half a million Escape model compact SUVs amid concerns over a potentially deadly problem with sticking accelerator pedals. The new recall, which includes 2001 to 20…
Peg Perego Recalls Strollers After Child Death
CPSC/Peg Perego(WASHINGTON) — Risk of strangulation and the report of a child’s death are prompting a major recall of two high-end stroller models. Peg Perego has recalled more than 200,000 strollers because children can become trapped and strangled b…
Ford Recalls 2013 Escapes, Tells Owners to Stop Driving Car
KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images(DEARBORN, Mich.) — If you bought a new Ford Escape in the past few months, you may be getting a notice from the automaker soon to stop driving your SUV.Ford issued a recall Thursday of about 11,500 Escapes citing a proble…
New Law Would Block Rental of Recalled Cars
Brand X Pictures/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A new bill that would keep rental car companies from renting out vehicles that have been recalled because of safety risks was introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Raechel and Jacqueline H…
Migraine Sufferers Scramble for Relief After Excedrin Recall
Brand X Pictures/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — It was about six months ago when Erin Terjesen opened up her medicine cabinet and realized, to her horror, that she was out of the medication she relied on to keep her headaches from turning into full-blown migr…
Buona Vita Recalls Over 300,000 Pounds of Meat
iStockphoto/ThinkStock(BRIDGETON, N.J.) — On Saturday Buona Vita, a frozen food company in Bridgeton, N.J., recalled 324,770 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Depar…
Toyota Recalls 154,000 Lexus SUVs to Fix Floor Mats
Giuseppe Cacace/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — There’s another Toyota recall for sticky pedals — this time for the automaker’s high-end 2010 Lexus models.The problem is similar to Toyota’s floor mat/gas pedal recall two years ago, when drivers complained…
Flushmate Recalls 2.3 Million ‘Bursting’ Toilets
Flushmate(NEW YORK) — Flushmate is recalling its Flushmate III Pressure-Assist Flushing System after it received 304 reports of toilets “bursting,” causing property damage and 14 “impact or laceration injuries.”Click here to fi…
Why Obama Didn’t Campaign in Wisconsin: ‘I Have a Lot of Responsibilities’
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In his first public reaction to the Wisconsin recall election that saved Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s job, President Obama said Monday that he “would have loved to have seen a different result,&…
Gov. Scott Walker Defeats Recall Challenge in Wisconsin
Scott Olson/Getty Images(MILWAUKEE) — Wisconsin voters rejected a year-long effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker and replace him with Democratic challenger Tom Barrett. ABC News projected Walker would win the race and hang onto his job one hour af…
Scott Walker Defeats Tom Barrett in Wisconsin Recall
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(MILWAUKEE) — Embattled Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker managed to hang onto his job Tuesday when the state’s voters backed the Republican lawmaker in a historic recall election against Democratic challenger Tom Barrett, …
Whatever Walker’s Fate, Obama Leads Romney in Wisconsin
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(MADISON, Wis.) — Whatever Scott Walker’s fate, Barack Obama may drag some bragging rights out of the Wisconsin governor’s recall election: Voters in preliminary exit poll results Tuesday say they favor Obama ov…
All Eyes on Wisconsin Recall Election as Voters Head to Polls
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(MILWAUKEE) — The November duel for the White House between President Obama and Mitt Romney is five months away, but the battleground state of Wisconsin may provide a preview Tuesday of what is to come when voters head to t…
Five Things to Watch in Tuesday’s Voting Contests
Ethan Miller/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Voters will head to the polls in six states on Tuesday, but one state — Wisconsin — reigns supreme in garnering national attention. The Badger State holds its highly anticipated recall election in which …
Wisconsin Recall Election Seen as Referendum
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(MADISON, Wis.) — In a battle viewed largely as a barometer for November’s showdown between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, Wisconsin voters on Tuesday will decide whether to oust Gov. Scott Walker fo…
President Clinton, Heading to Wisconsin, Wasn’t Always Pro-Recall
Sean Gallup/Life Ball 2012/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — President Bill Clinton may be headed to Wisconsin to campaign against Scott Walker ahead of Tuesday’s vote, but he hasn’t always supported recalls.During the 2003 recall of Democratic Cal…
Wisconsin Recall Election Spending Tops $60 Million
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(MADISON, Wis.) — The next big date on the electoral calendar isn’t in November, it’s next week.On June 5, Republican Gov. Scott Walker faces off against Democratic challenger Tom Barrett in a recall elect…