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The handy little Nutrition Facts label affixed to most packages you'll find in the grocery store was intended to help make it easier to make informed choices about what to eat. That only works if what's on the label is really in the package. About one out of every four labels tested is...

If you're having a problem with a company, ask WalletPop to help. Click here: Help me Walletpop!.A reader wrote in about an odd problem with a blow dryer purchased on Amazon.com. In her quest to find the serial number to register the warranty she realized there wasn't one to be found -- hence...

Just over a week after Walmart recalled 1.5 million of its Durabrand DVD players because their circuit boards can overheat and start fires, the world's largest retailer is recalling another 2.7 million of the low-cost machines -- 4.2 million in all, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission...

Failed product or not? We check out the Might Mendit The product: Mighty Mendit The price: Three tubes for $19.99 plus $8.95 for shipping and handling, bringing the total to $28.94. The claims: Repairs almost any fabric, fast way to fix rips, make hems, leaves no stains The Buy-o-meter rating: 3...

The product: Windshield Wonder The price: Buy one get one free for $10, but add in $6.99 each for shipping and handling and the price really is $23.98 The claims: "Clean Windshields Without Stretching or Straining," uses tap water instead of cleaners.... The Buy-o-meter rating: 2 on a scale of...

Perhaps the most offensive infomercial you'll ever see is an advertisement for a spray that claims to be able to prevent butt-stink and every other odor no single deodorant would dare to tackle. "Aspray goes where other deodorants can't. Aspray your butt," the announcer boasts. "Aspray under...

The product: The Clapper The price: $24.95 plus $6.95 shipping and handling for a total of $31.98. The claims: It turns up to two plug-in lights or equipment on and off with claps. The Buy-o-meter rating: 3 on a scale of 5 It's great fun to watch the old Clapper commercial. Perhaps nostalgia is...

If you own one of the 1.5 million Durabrand DVD players sold at Walmart since 2006, shut it off and head to your nearest Walmart -- they can ignite, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced.Walmart told the CPSC the company received a dozen complaints about the DVDs overheating. Five...

The idea of using sunscreen has been drilled in to our heads for so many years, it's hardly an option to skip using it when heading out to the beach or going to a pool for the day.But does keeping you and your children and your children safe from the sun have to mean being sorry that swimsuits and...

You can make up to $943 a day posting Web links! Wow, what a deal.That's among the crazy claims Web users are getting peppered with from a collection of outfits that claim they can get you a piece of Google's advertising booty. After all, if Google's collecting billions, why can't you collect...