RC2 Corp (Thomas & Friends) to pay $1.25 million fine for lead in toys RC2 Corp (Thomas & Friends) to pay $1.25 million fine for lead in toys

RC2 Corp, headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, and one of its subsidiaries, Learning Curve Brands, Inc., was hit with a $1.25 million fine for knowingly importing and selling Thomas & Friends toys... 

GM manufactures the final V-8 Big Block engine GM manufactures the final V-8 Big Block engine

Only accounting for 3% of GM’s Tonawanda plant’s production, General Motors finally retired their L18 V-8 big block engine on Friday, December 18, 2009. Dating back over 50 years, the big... 

Why Climate-Gate doesn’t matter to me Why Climate-Gate doesn’t matter to me

Climate-Gate is big in the news, bigger in the blogosphere, and seems to be cluttering up my Facebook newsfeed with debate points from both sides. As with anything to do with corporate-shill “science,”...