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The Federal Trade Commission is warning consumers again about scams related to the BP Gulf oil spill and clean-up effort. This time it's alerting people of fake job ads that could end up costing the consumer money or result in identity theft. FTC officials have said that scammers will use any...

New rules to be implemented by the federal government could result in less dinner-time indigestion for millions of Americans frequently disrupted by automated phone calls offering time shares, extended product warranties or any manner of other products.The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday...