Week of May 18, 2026
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10 Tips to Stretch a Gallon of Gas
Last summer, Trump Mobile announced itself as a new cellphone service that was going to come out with a gold-colored made in the USA phone. And they were taking $100 deposits for it. After delay after delay, they changed the fine print to allow for the scenario that the phone would never be produced. Here's the latest update.
That story is in Mouse Print* this week.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) recently released its list of safest cars for 2026. Their highest ratings are called Top Safety Pick+ followed by Top Safety Pick. Clicking a particular car model will bring up detailed ratings in various categories like crashworthiness and crash avoidance.
For years, we have all seen and heard the grating jingle of the Kars4Kids ads on TV asking viewers to donate their cars or real estate to its charity. Not disclosed in the ad (but old news for anyone who has followed prior stories) is the fact that most of the money goes to a related nonprofit in New York to send Jewish children to Israel among other things. Now a California judge has barred their ads there unless modified. The charity says they will appeal and issued this statement. Here is the text version of this story.
In May 1936, a new magazine called Consumers Union Reports debuted examining the grades of milk, underfilled cereal boxes, types of bar soap and toothbrushes, and more. Here is a look back.
Consumer Alert Judge Bans Kars4Kids Ads in California
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