<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://cbs4.com/consumer/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for Breaking News, Weather, and Sports</title><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer</link><description><![CDATA[CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for Breaking News, Weather, and Sports]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Television Stations Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:56:59 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Recruiting By Florida Private Colleges Pays Off]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/college.university.florida.2.1327285.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/college.university.florida.2.1327285.html</link><description><![CDATA[A struggling economy and high unemployment numbers are not keeping students from enrolling in some of Florida's most expensive colleges.  Earlier this year the state's private universities aggressively recruited students; even those who might have thought a $22,000-a-year price tag was out of reach.  Their efforts paid off.  Most saw the number of students enrolling was about the same while others reported modest increases. <br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:56:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AAA: Thanksgiving Travel Slightly Up From 2008]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/thanksgiving.travel.americans.2.1326741.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/thanksgiving.travel.americans.2.1326741.html</link><description><![CDATA[The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will
be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the
AAA auto club. The group, which surveyed 1,350 households, said
there will be about 33.2 million people traveling by car this year &#151; a
2.1 percent increase from last year.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:56:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bloggers Who Sell Online May Face New Guidelines ]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/bloggers.guidelines.web.2.1326645.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/bloggers.guidelines.web.2.1326645.html</link><description><![CDATA[It's a form of advertising that has exploded in recent years: companies using bloggers to promote their products or services, using classic the word-of-mouth technique.
"We can get the word out that's not just advertising on a billboard
somewhere that just says buy tickets," said Tracy Graf with Feld
Entertainment. When the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus came
to Denver, the company used "mommy bloggers" to get the word out about
their show.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:22:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FAA Blames 819 Flight Delays On Equipment Outages]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/faa.flight.delay.2.1325419.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/faa.flight.delay.2.1325419.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights. The agency told employees in a briefing memo Friday that air travelers
experienced a total of 2,21 delays the previous day due to the
equipment outage as well as thunderstorms and other poor weather in the
Northeast.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:21:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderate Dems Swayed Ahead Of Health Bill Vote]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/health.care.vote.2.1325557.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/health.care.vote.2.1325557.html</link><description><![CDATA[With the first critical vote for the Senate health care bill slated for
Saturday night, both advocates and opponents of Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid's bill are putting pressure on the few key Democratic
senators who may or may not hold up the measure.&nbsp; A handful of conservative Democrats have expressed reservations about
supporting the bill, for various reasons, and two have not yet
disclosed whether they will vote in favor of moving the debate forward
on Saturday: Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.).<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:04:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citizens Rate Hikes For 2010 Approved By State]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/citizens.property.insurance.2.1324896.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/citizens.property.insurance.2.1324896.html</link><description><![CDATA[Homeowners that use Citizens Property Insurance might want to put a little bit of extra money aside for 2010. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty approved the new rates for Citizens high-risk accounts on Thursday. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:35:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foreclosures Continue Rising For Fixed-Rate Homes]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/foreclosure.crisis.homes.2.1324974.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/foreclosure.crisis.homes.2.1324974.html</link><description><![CDATA[Main Street continues to suffer through the effects of what many have dubbed, "The Great Recession." According to a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association, 14 percent of homeowners with a mortgage were either behind on payments or in foreclosure at the end of September. Perhaps more troubling for an economic recovery is that a rising number of the foreclosures are among fixed-rate home loans made to people with good credit. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:32:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Minute: Watching Out For Phishing Scams]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/phishing.scams.spyware.2.1325202.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/phishing.scams.spyware.2.1325202.html</link><description><![CDATA[Phishing scams -- spelled with a P-H instead of an F but sounding just like "fishing" -- can get you into some hot water. It starts when you get an honest looking e-mail that tries to trick you into revealing your usernames, passwords and credit card details. According to CNET.com, more than 55,000 phishing attacks were launched in the first half of 2009. In this week's CNET Tech Minute, CNET.com's Brian Cooley tells us how to avoid getting hooked.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:16:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Florida Unemployment Rate Hits 34-Year High]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/unemployment.rate.florida.2.1324326.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/unemployment.rate.florida.2.1324326.html</link><description><![CDATA[Despite the glowing news coming from Wall Street, the recession still has a strong grip on Main Street and that's especially evident in the unemployment numbers. In the month of October, the unemployment rate in Florida reached 11.2 percent, according to The Agency for Workforce Innovation. The October rate in Florida was the highest since June of 1975 when it was also 11.2 percent. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:39:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bacteria Prompts Vicks Nasal Spray Recall]]></title><guid>http://cbs4.com/consumer/vicks.sinex.nasal.2.1324617.html</guid><link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/vicks.sinex.nasal.2.1324617.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Procter &amp; Gamble Co. has recalled some 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex
nasal spray after the company found bacteria in samples during routine
testing.
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