<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://cbs3.com/consumer/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>CBS3.com - Philadelphia's Source For Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports</title><link>http://cbs3.com/consumer</link><description><![CDATA[CBS3.com - Philadelphia's Source For Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:19:28 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Moderate Dems Swayed Ahead Of Health Bill Vote]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/consumer/health.care.vote.2.1325557.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/consumer/health.care.vote.2.1325557.html</link><description><![CDATA[With the first critical vote for the Senate health care bill slated for
Saturday night, both advocates and opponents of Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid's bill are putting pressure on the few key Democratic
senators who may or may not hold up the measure.&nbsp; A handful of conservative Democrats have expressed reservations about
supporting the bill, for various reasons, and two have not yet
disclosed whether they will vote in favor of moving the debate forward
on Saturday: Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.).<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:01:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 On Your Side: Store Return Policies]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/consumer/3.On.Your.2.1325548.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/consumer/3.On.Your.2.1325548.html</link><description><![CDATA[The National Retail Federation says almost $43 billion dollars in holiday purchases will be returned this year, almost one in every 10 items that people buy. As 3 On Your Side's Jim Donovan reports, in this bad economy, many stores are tightening their return policies. So you better read the fine print.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:36:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FAA Blames 819 Flight Delays On Equipment Outages]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/consumer/faa.flight.delay.2.1325419.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.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 03:21:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Minute: Watching Out For Phishing Scams]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/consumer/phishing.scams.spyware.2.1325202.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.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>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:16:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bacteria Prompts Vicks Nasal Spray Recall]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/consumer/vicks.sinex.nasal.2.1324617.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.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[Toy Test 2009: Toys Under $20]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/consumer/toy.test.holiday.2.1323978.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/consumer/toy.test.holiday.2.1323978.html</link><description><![CDATA[Have your kids mailed off their list to Santa yet? If so, chances are
it includes some pricey items. Lets face it, toys aren't cheap.
But as Jim Donovan wraps up the annual 3 On Your Side Toy Test, he
found some bargains that any elf would love. They are some of the best
of the best and they cost under $20 bucks!
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:52:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tire Prices On The Rise After Tariff On China]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/consumer/tires.china.prices.2.1323469.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.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://cbs3.com/consumer/deaf.phone.scam.2.1323293.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.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[Toy Test: Top Games]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/consumer/toy.test.games.2.1321884.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/consumer/toy.test.games.2.1321884.html</link><description><![CDATA[Have you started your holiday shopping yet? When it comes to buying
toys, for years it was all about high tech, but these days there seems
to be a return to the basics. Our resident toy expert Jim Donovan tells
us all about it as he continues our weeklong 3 On Your Side Toy Test.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:51:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Movie Popcorn, Soda Pack Surprising Calorie Wallop]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/consumer/movie.popcorn.calories.2.1321782.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.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 />
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