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Watching Good Morning America about a week ago, MrConsumer saw a commercial with Dr. Drew peddling a box of eight bottles of different prescription drug pills that you could keep in the house just in case you get sick and pharmacies are closed. This just didn't seem right. That story is in Mouse Print* this week.

See last week: Here We Shrink Again - Part 2

Part 1: Look How Retail Prices Vary Daily

price changes If you put a number of items in your online shopping cart and check it daily, you might be surprised how much the total changes. That is exactly what CBS in California did at Target, Amazon, and Old Navy. The greatest variations were found at Old Navy, where the market basket of items ranged from $143 to $255. Prices changed almost daily. See how the other stores' prices varied.

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Popular Snacks Contain High Levels of Additives and Contaminants

A new investigation by Consumer Reports and Yuka (an app that helps you analyze product ingredients by scanning its barcode) evaluated 40 snack foods and determined that some of them contained additives and contaminants at levels that exceed recommended safe levels. Here are additional tips on how to limit your exposure to such things.

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Scammer Given Gold Chocolate Coins Instead of $700K in Genuine Gold

[Ignore their ad at start.] Police caught a scammer who was trying to rip off a widow for $700,000 in gold coins. Undercover cops gave him a bag of Hanukkah gelt (gold-foil-wrapped chocolate coins) instead of the real thing! Here is the print version of this story.

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Bargain of the Week

Free Chicken Jerky Stick

Chomps is giving away free chicken sticks (your choice of three different varieties) while supplies last. You can sign up here.

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FDA Approves New Sunscreen Ingredient

The Food and Drug Administration just approved a new active ingredient in sunscreens called bemotrizinol to filter out ultraviolet rays. Consumer Reports explains whether this new ingredient is safe and effective. (Rating of current products not free for nonsubscribers.)