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The Attorney General of Alabama has ordered British Petroleum to stop distributing settlement agreements to his state’s fishermen. The contracts offer each fisherman up to $5000 up front if they agree not to sue BP over their lost livelihoods due to the oil spill. The attorney general said he is prohibited from giving legal advice to private citizens, but added …

JP Morgan Chase is telling its customers to select “credit” when making debit card purchases, because then they’ll have to sign for their purchase and that’s safer than entering a PIN in public Except banking industry experts say it’s actually not safer. Could this new advice arise from the fact that that JP Morgan Chase makes a dollar from the …

The Liberty Counsel has issued an alert that the so-called American College of Pediatricians has sent a warning to the nation’s educators to be on the lookout for students “experiencing same-sex attraction or gender confusion.” The letter reminds school superintendents that it is not uncommon for adolescents to experience transient confusion about their sexual orientation and that most students will …

Media Matters reports that a conservative blogger has accused a charity affiliated with Fox News’ Sean Hannity of deceptive fundraising practices. The blogger claims: For the last several years, Sean Hannity and the Freedom Alliance “charity” have conducted “Freedom Concerts” across America. They’ve told you that they are raising money to pay for the college tuition of the children of …

Classmates.com has settled a class action lawsuit for $9.5M for tricking people into signing up for memberships by falsely telling them that old schoolmates were trying to contact them. The problems for Classmate.com began back in late 2007, when San Diego resident Anthony Michaels received an email from the social networking company informing him that his old classmates were trying …

The NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission has uncovered a massive scam on the part of the city’s taxi drivers, many of whom are are charging out-of-borough rates to unsuspecting riders. The drivers’ scheme, the commission said, involved 1.8 million rides and cost passengers an average of $4 to $5 extra per trip. The drivers, officials said, flipped switches on their …

Here’s why all those hot concerts sell out instantaneously, even if you’re hovering over your keyboard at the moment they go on sale. Four guys in California hacked the CAPTCHA programs of numerous tickets sellers and used over 100,000 fake email addresses to harvest all the best seats. They’ve been busted and charged with fraudulently obtaining more than a million …

You know all those opt-out buttons for discount offers you sometimes get when you are finishing an online purchase? The third-party companies running those discount programs may be signing you up for recurring “discount club” membership fees without your knowledge, courtesy of the credit card information you supplied to the original retailer. NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is going after …

From their site: “Kathy Herrick of Macon anointed herself with the oil and God delivered her from 18 years of deep alcoholism!” Kathy may no longer get her drank on thanks to the Blood Of Jesus oil, but the site offers this disclaimer: “It is regular olive oil which represents the Holy Spirit and a special coloring to make it …

The Federal Trade Commission has issued the above parody video as part of their just-launched campaign to warn against a certain “free” credit report company with an incredibly annoying TV ad. The Federal Trade Commission is getting hip and cool. Today the federal agency launched a series of silly videos to clear up confusion about which Web site offers truly …