Safety

News Summary: Consumer group sees toy dangers

By The Associated Press TOYING WITH TROUBLE: In its annual "Trouble in Toyland" report, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group examined more than 200 toys at major retailers and dollar stores and found about a dozen that could be dangerous to children. NAUGHTY, NOT NICE: A Dora the Explorer

PIRG warns of toy dangers but finds fewer of them

By JENNIFER C. KERRAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Toys are safer than ever before, consumer advocates say, but parents should remain vigilant in keeping their little ones away from powerful magnets and small items that can easily cause choking. "The main trend that we saw this year was that

Ex-hedge fund trader charged in $276M insider ploy

By LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A former hedge fund portfolio manager was arrested Tuesday in what prosecutors called perhaps the most lucrative insider trading scheme of all time - an arrangement to obtain secret, advance results of tests on an experimental Alzheimer's

Army veteran drove float in Texas parade crash

By BETSY BLANEYAssociated Press MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - The driver of a parade float filled with wounded veterans and their spouses that was struck by a freight train in West Texas is an Army veteran himself who is "in shock" over the accident that killed four people, an attorney said Tuesday.