<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://wjz.com/consumer/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>WJZ - Baltimore, Maryland's Breaking News, Weather &amp; Sports Station</title><link>http://wjz.com/consumer</link><description><![CDATA[WJZ - Baltimore, Maryland's Breaking News, Weather & Sports Station]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Corporation. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:43:32 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Moderate Dems Swayed Ahead Of Health Bill Vote]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/consumer/health.care.vote.2.1325557.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/consumer/health.care.vote.2.1325557.html</link><description><![CDATA[Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana. But the section's purpose is indisputable: to deliver $100 million or more in federal funds to the state. And in the process clear the way for one of three moderate Democratic fence-sitters &#151; Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas are the others &#151; to help propel the legislation past its initial hurdle in a crucial Saturday vote.<br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:29:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FAA Blames 819 Flight Delays On Equipment Outages]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/consumer/faa.flight.delay.2.1325419.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/consumer/faa.flight.delay.2.1325419.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights. The agency told employees in a briefing memo Friday that air travelers
experienced a total of 2,21 delays the previous day due to the
equipment outage as well as thunderstorms and other poor weather in the
Northeast.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:27:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Minute: Watching Out For Phishing Scams]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/consumer/phishing.scams.spyware.2.1325202.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/consumer/phishing.scams.spyware.2.1325202.html</link><description><![CDATA[Phishing scams -- spelled with a P-H instead of an F but sounding just like "fishing" -- can get you into some hot water. It starts when you get an honest looking e-mail that tries to trick you into revealing your usernames, passwords and credit card details. According to CNET.com, more than 55,000 phishing attacks were launched in the first half of 2009. In this week's CNET Tech Minute, CNET.com's Brian Cooley tells us how to avoid getting hooked.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:13:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bacteria Prompts Vicks Nasal Spray Recall]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/consumer/vicks.sinex.nasal.2.1324617.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/consumer/vicks.sinex.nasal.2.1324617.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Procter &amp; Gamble Co. has recalled some 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex
nasal spray after the company found bacteria in samples during routine
testing.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:21:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tire Prices On The Rise After Tariff On China]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/consumer/tires.china.prices.2.1323469.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/consumer/tires.china.prices.2.1323469.html</link><description><![CDATA[The days of cheap tire prices may be gone for good. Tire prices are on the rise, in large part due to an effort by President Obama to save American jobs, CBS station KCNC-TV reports.<br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:02:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Charge Dozens In Deaf Phone Scam]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/consumer/deaf.phone.scam.2.1323293.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/consumer/deaf.phone.scam.2.1323293.html</link><description><![CDATA[Federal prosecutors have charged more than two dozen people with scheming to steal millions from a telephone program for the deaf. Authorities say a number of companies schemed to create phony calls to a video service that allows the deaf to converse over phone lines to hearing people.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:04:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Movie Popcorn, Soda Pack Surprising Calorie Wallop]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/consumer/movie.popcorn.calories.2.1321782.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/consumer/movie.popcorn.calories.2.1321782.html</link><description><![CDATA[Ordering a medium popcorn and soda combo from a major national movie theater chain is the equivalent of eating three McDonald's Quarter Pounders with 12 pats of butter, according to a new study by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:51:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AT&T Loses First Legal Battle Against Verizon Ads]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/consumer/ATT.Verizon.advertisements.2.1321178.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/consumer/ATT.Verizon.advertisements.2.1321178.html</link><description><![CDATA[AT&amp;T has lost the first battle in a legal war against Verizon Wireless to force the company to stop showing advertisements that compare its 3G wireless network coverage with Verizon's coverage. A federal judge in Atlanta Wednesday declined to grant AT&amp;T a temporary restraining order that would force Verizon to stop showing the ads.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:42:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Act Now On Refinancing - Or Kiss Low Rates Goodbye]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/consumer/refinance.interest.rates.2.1320836.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/consumer/refinance.interest.rates.2.1320836.html</link><description><![CDATA[Procrastination can be costly in financial affairs, especially with the biggest combined asset and debt most of us own and owe: our home and the mortgage we pay for it. There's a window of opportunity right now in the mortgage market that seems likely to close in months ahead &#150; one you may regret not capitalizing upon.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:08:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Low Home Building Bringing Economy Down]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/consumer/home.building.economy.2.1320083.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/consumer/home.building.economy.2.1320083.html</link><description><![CDATA[The budding economic recovery is getting little help from the home
building industry, which normally creates jobs and boosts growth as a
recession ends. Construction of homes unexpectedly plunged last
month to its lowest point since April, the Commerce Department said
Wednesday. The weak figures show that builders still lack confidence
that buyers can soak up the glut of unsold homes already on the market
&#151; a supply magnified by a record number of home foreclosures.<br />
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