Monthly Archives: March 2010

Evenflo Top-of-Stair Plus Wood Gates Recalled

March 31, 2010
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HARTFORD, March 31 – The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection is alerting consumers to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s voluntary recall of Evenflo Top-of-Stair™ Plus Wood Gates. This product was manufactured in Mexico by Evenflo Co. Inc., of Miamisburg, Ohio. The slats on the gate can easily break or detach, posing a fall...

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Flower & Insect Painted Painted Wooden Beads Recalled

March 31, 2010
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HARTFORD, March 31 – The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection is alerting consumers to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s voluntary recall of children’s Flower and Insect Painted Wooden Beads, manufactured in China and imported by S&S Worldwide Inc., of Colchester, Connecticut, due to excessive levels of lead paint contained on the wooden beads....

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My Experience With a ‘Honey Trap’

March 31, 2010
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For a traveler, communication is important. Consider: This time it’s the Chinese. British authorities and others are warning their businessmen to be careful of Chinese sexual lures and entanglements. My, my. That again. It’s an age-old game, this matter of the “honey traps.” I happen to know what I’m talking about on this as I...

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Duncan Haimerl, Courant Auto Columnist, Dies While Recuperating From Surgery

March 30, 2010
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Duncan Haimerl, Courant Auto Columnist, Dies While Recuperating From Surgery

Duncan Haimerl, a former Courant business news editor and its longtime automotive columnist, died Monday in Kent, where he was recuperating from surgery, The Courant reported. Haimerl, 72, of Warren, was a news editor and wrote weekly auto reviews and a wildly popular q and a column over the past 30 years. A native of...

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