A New York state judge ruled Dell Inc. deceived customers in a massive "bait and switch" scheme to increase sales of its computer and electronic products .
State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo sued Dell in 2007 on behalf of hundreds of customers who claimed that the electronics company lured them into buying products with promises of attractive deals and promotions. In reality, the lawsuit alleged, most customers were denied or misled into believing that they had been approved for low interest or financing rates.
The lawsuit also accused Dell of depriving customers of technical support that they were entitled to, in some instances, by pressuring them into performing repairs on their own or subjecting them to long wait times on the phone. In my opinion, and I've been there, the wait was due to the call being forwarded around the world.
"Dell has engaged in repeated misleading, deceptive and unlawful business conduct, including false and deceptive advertising of financing promotions and the terms of warranties, fraudulent, misleading and deceptive practices in credit financing and failure to provide warranty service and rebates," The judge said in his decision.
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Can criminal behavior be due to lead poisoning?
Exposure to lead in early childhood or in the womb can cause permanent brain damage that may even cause criminal behavior, researchers reported on Tuesday.
Two studies showed that people with high levels of lead in childhood grew up with blocks of missing brain cells -- and they also were far more likely to be arrested for crimes, especially violent crimes.
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Selling their baby on Craigslist?
A couple has been arrested in what Canadian police said was an apparent offer to sell a seven-day-old baby girl on Craigslist for C$10,000 ($10,100).
A woman who saw the offer on the popular website alerted police who tracked down the 23-year-old mother and 26-year-old father using a cell phone number that was listed in the advertisement. DUH. Police said the advertisement described the baby as "very cute" and "unexpected" and that its parents, who could not afford to care for it, wanted to give it a good home.
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How much does our galaxy weigh?
The Milky Way galaxy weighs about 1 trillion times as much as our sun, according to a new estimate.
Previous estimates had ranged from 750 billion solar masses to up to 2 trillion. Astronomers have used a more refined method to conclude that our galaxy's mass is slightly less than 1 trillion solar masses.
FYI: the galaxy's mass is a mix of stars, gas, dust and mysterious dark matter.
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Wanna buy a jail?
The Somerset County Jail in downtown Skowhegan is for sale. It has a price tag of $200,000.
The 14,000-square-foot lockup, which was built in 1897, is scheduled to shut down later this year when a new 200-bed county jail opens in Madison.
A hill of blooming flowers in Temecula, California on May 8 signals the approach of Spring.
(Photo and caption submitted by Catherine Anderson)
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