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- FTC Seeks Public Comment on a Planned Consumer Fraud Survey
- FTC Warns Consumers to Exercise Caution When Selling a Timeshare Through a Reseller
- Public Relations Firm to Settle FTC Charges that It Advertised Clients' Gaming Apps Through Misleading Online Endorsements
- Floods in Pakistan: FTC Warns Consumers to Give Wisely
- FTC Sends Second Round of Redress Checks to Stewart Finance Victims
- FTC to Announce Action Against Internet Marketers of Acai Berry Weight-Loss Pills and "Colon Cleansers"
- FTC, State Attorneys General, Insurance Commissioners Crack Down on Bogus "Medical Discount Plans" Peddled to the Uninsured, Uninsurable, and Unemployed
- FTC Halts Cross Border Domain Name Registration Scam
- FTC, States to Host Press Conference Announcing Law Enforcement Sweep Targeting Fraudulently Marketed Medical Discount Plans
- FTC Warns Consumers to Beware of Pitfalls When Choosing Pre-paid Phone Cards
- National Do Not Call Registry Tops 200 Million Phone Numbers
- Deceptive Marketers Banned from Selling Mortgage Relief Services; One Defendant Ordered to Pay $11.5 Million
- Marketers of "Rapid Debt Reduction" Program To Pay $1.5 Million for Falsely Claiming They Could Lower Consumers' Interest Rates
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- Ari Schwartz to Join NIST August 16, 2010
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Marijuana Dispensaries In Montana Firebombed
Some residents of Billings, Montana are pretty upset at the burgeoning medical marijuana industry there–CNN says the town of 100,000 has had about 90 applications for storefronts since the state legalized it in 2004, and that the businesses operate with little regulation. On consecutive mornings this past weekend, someone spraypainted “Not in our town” on the sides of two establishments, then threw rocks through the front doors followed by Molotov cocktails. And then they probably chilled out for a while. The city council says it’s considering placing a hold on new licenses while it works out some regulations. The police…
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