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Media Hit | Tax

Corporate wrongdoing should not be tax deductible

Although we seem to generally be on the road to economic recovery — my blood still boils when I think about the role big banks played in the mortgage crisis that drove our economy to the brink of collapse. It boils a little more when I remember the record profits they enjoyed afterwards, and the multibillion dollar bonuses they doled out after benefiting from a taxpayer bailout.

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Media Hit | Consumer Protection

Group tests 200 top toys, says dozen could be dangerous

A Dora the Explorer guitar, dragster cars with small wheels and finger-fidget desktop magnets are among the toys consumer advocates are warning about as the holiday buying season begins.

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Media Hit | Consumer Protection

Trouble in Toyland

We are about a month away from Christmas and before you hit those stores to find toys for the little ones there are a few tips you should take with you.

"The holiday season is an especially good time to remember some safety tips," said Anne Garinger of Safe Kids of Greater Des Moines.

The Iowa chapter of The Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) spends months scouring the store shelves for toys that can pose a risk to children. This year their list, unfortunately continues to grow. One of the common violations: lead in toys.

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Media Hit | Food

Unsafe food puts Americans at risk, new report says

Contaminated food sickened at least 17 Iowans in less than two years and cost the state more than $1.4 million, according to a new report.

Those illnesses and costs were linked directly to food recalls, according to the report from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, or PIRG.

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Media Hit | Safe Energy

Hands off Muscatine County

Virtually everyone in the standing-room-only crowd of about 75 people who turned out to talk about Iowa’s energy future wanted the same thing — to stop MidAmerican Energy Company from building a nuclear plant near Wilton.

A nearly unanimous show of hands about halfway through Tuesday evening’s meeting in Muscatine made the crowd’s opposition clear.