glasses

How do you deal with a thief that's 230 feet tall and robs you at 80 miles per hour? Hordes of Americans will descend on amusement parks this weekend, so this is a good time to remind everyone of Murphy's Law of Roller Coasters: If your stuff can get loose, it generally will.

Coca-Cola is recalling more than 80,000 glasses after tests found the toxic metal cadmium was used in the decoration on the outside of the glass. The cans, sold in sets of four, were decorated to look like a can of soda -- Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero or Sprite. More than 22,000 sets were...

For the uninitiated, buying glasses can be an eye-opening (and wallet-opening) experience. Choose designer frames, ultra-thin lenses, progressive lenses and lens coatings and it's easy to drop over $400 for the pair. Bad service and poor quality would make the experience even more painful. Such...

The massive recall is an unusual reminder of the downsides to America's love affair with McDonald's. And the last thing it wants now is more scrutiny of how it and other restaurants market fast food to kids.

McDonald's has issued a recall for 12 million "Shrek Forever After 3D" drinking glasses after learning they are tainted with cadmium, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. Cadmium is a heavy metal that has recently gained attention as numerous Chinese manufacturers who have been...

Last week, as I reported here, the blogs were atwitter about American Idol contestant Danny Gokey. The Wisconsin music minister, who just made the final three of the show, was being accused of secretly plugging eyeglasses chain LensCrafters by using the same heart-from-fingers gesture that it uses...

A friend of mine works in eyeglasses manufacturing, and I was appalled when he told me the typical markup in this industry. So I went looking for alternatives, and found I could trim the cost by 75%. Those designer frames your optician changes $140 for might cost him/her $25. It's not unusual for...

Optometrists are (if you want my opinion) one of the Nation's Greatest Rackets. Right up there with dentists. Why should consumers be forced to get a new prescription every two years? Sure, it might be good for your eyes, but chances are you'd be better off using an old prescription than using an...