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FairWarning.org: New devices in cars “encourage multi-tasking behind the wheel,” and there are no federal regulations in place to protect consumer safety.

Dallas Morning News: A class action suit filed in federal court accuses the online dating service of advertising a number of members that is more than 10 times the number of paid subscribers who can actually respond to attempts to contact them.

FairWarning.org: Three children have died after being trapped in General Motors vehicle trunks in just the last two months, but it is “impossible, or at least very difficult” to buy the aftermarket kit that will fix the problem.

Huffington Post: The Department of Justice is reportedly preparing a lawsuit against the banking giant for allegedly steering African-Americans into higher-cost subprime mortgages.

Associated Press: Union Bank is one of dozens of financial institutions facing similar claims that they unfairly manipulated the order in which debit purchases were processed to increase overdraft fees.

New Orleans Times-Picayune: A judge has given preliminary approval to a $25 million settlement involving the company that owned Memorial Medical Center, where 45 bodies were recovered after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.

Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger: Bayer Healthcare allegedly did not provide adequate warnings about the health risks associated with the oral contraceptive, which has been lamed for causing blood clots, heart attacks and strokes.