Safety advocates are fighting efforts to allow tractor-trailers to carry heavier loads on highways, saying the trucks are already too dangerous. But at least one group says adding an axle would improve safety margins so such loads can be carried.
Before being sworn in or casting their first votes, some newly elected members of Congress were introduced Wednesday to another hallmark of life on Capitol Hill -- the big-ticket reception for big-money donors.
Consumer advocates Wednesday hailed the settlement of a class-action lawsuit over Sears stoves in which the retailer agreed to install safety brackets for free to prevent the appliances from tipping over or provide other reimbursements.
Consumer advocates Wednesday hailed the settlement of a class action lawsuit in which Sears agreed to pay to install anti-tip safety brackets or provide other reimbursements to customers who may have Sears stoves dating back to 2000.
It's hard to imagine gentlemen denying a civil request from a polite older lady, but that's what kept happening to Esther Burns. The mother of five grown children, she lives with her husband near B...
TALK ABOUT MIRACLES. A few weeks after the passage of Proposition 103, the California ballot initiative that threatens to roll back automobile, property, and other insurance rates in the Golden Sta...
Safety advocates are fighting efforts to allow tractor-trailers to carry heavier loads on highways, saying the trucks are already too dangerous. But at least one group says adding an axle would improve safety margins so such loads can be carried.
Before being sworn in or casting their first votes, some newly elected members of Congress were introduced Wednesday to another hallmark of life on Capitol Hill -- the big-ticket reception for big-money donors.
Consumer advocates Wednesday hailed the settlement of a class-action lawsuit over Sears stoves in which the retailer agreed to install safety brackets for free to prevent the appliances from tipping over or provide other reimbursements.
Consumer advocates Wednesday hailed the settlement of a class action lawsuit in which Sears agreed to pay to install anti-tip safety brackets or provide other reimbursements to customers who may have Sears stoves dating back to 2000.
It's hard to imagine gentlemen denying a civil request from a polite older lady, but that's what kept happening to Esther Burns. The mother of five grown children, she lives with her husband near B...
TALK ABOUT MIRACLES. A few weeks after the passage of Proposition 103, the California ballot initiative that threatens to roll back automobile, property, and other insurance rates in the Golden Sta...
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