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• Wrigley halts caffeinated gum
• WASHINGTON (AP) - May 8, 2013 - Wrigley says it is taking a new caffeinated gum off the market temporarily as the Food and Drug Administration investigates the safety of added caffeine.
• Consumer Reports: Best gas grills for you
• May 7, 2013 - As the weather warms up and we look forward to Memorial Day weekend, we also celebrate the unofficial start of grilling season! We have a couple of tips so you can pick out the best grill for your money.
• Baby Be Hip offers cool stuff for kids
• HORSHAM, Pa. - May 7, 2013 - If you are looking for the perfect Mother's Day gift, one local mom might just have the something special you are looking for.
• Nestle frozen pizza recalled after plastic found
• May 3, 2013 - A Wisconsin company recalls Nestle frozen pizza after small fragments of plastic were found.
• Action News helps solve your problem properties
• - If you drive through Philadelphia, chances are you'll see at least one vacant, rundown property. The city is home to about 40,000 of them. They drive down property values and they often pose major safety concerns.
• US employers add 165K jobs; rate falls to 7.5 pct.
• WASHINGTON (AP) - May 3, 2013 - U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months.
• Turning your home into a smart home
• April 29, 2013 - New technology is making it easier than ever to transform your existing home into a smart home.
• Home prices up 9.3 pct., most in nearly 7 years
• WASHINGTON (AP) - April 30, 2013 - U.S. home prices rose 9.3 percent in February compared with a year ago, the most in nearly seven years.
• United, US Airways boost ticket change fee to $200
• Changing an airline ticket is getting more expensive at US Airways and United Airlines.
• Target recalls cookware for breakage hazard
• April 24, 2013 - Target is recalling some popular cookware because handles are prone to break and could cause a hazard.
• Dish Network offering to buy Sprint in $25.5B deal
• NEW YORK (AP) - April 15, 2013 - Dish Network is offering to buy Sprint Nextel Corp. in a cash-and-stock deal it values at $25.5 billion, saying its bid is superior to that of Japanese phone company SoftBank.
• Wegmans Food Markets recalls some fruit juices
• ROCHESTER, N.Y. - April 12, 2013 - Wegmans Food Markets says it's recalling two fruit juice products because they may contain unacceptable levels of a byproduct of mold.

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