<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>Chicago news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs2chicago.com</title><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer</link><description><![CDATA[Chicago news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs2chicago.com]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:14:57 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Weak Economy Boosts Numbers At Community Colleges]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/economy.college.costs.2.800332.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/economy.college.costs.2.800332.html</link><description><![CDATA[Two-year community colleges are seeing record enrollment as families
squeezed by tough economic times steer high school graduates away from
more expensive four-year universities.									]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:21:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Reports New Deaths With Diabetes Drug Byetta]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/byetta.diabetes.deaths.2.800324.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/byetta.diabetes.deaths.2.800324.html</link><description><![CDATA[Federal regulators are working on a stronger label for a widely used diabetes drug marketed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly &amp; Co. as deaths continue to be reported despite earlier government warnings.									]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:15:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[3G iPhone Bugs Are Really Bugging Users]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/Apple.iPhone.bugs.2.800441.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/Apple.iPhone.bugs.2.800441.html</link><description><![CDATA[Apple's 3G iPhone is the cell phone millions couldn't wait to have. Now, many are wishing they didn't. Just a month after its Hollywood style release, there are problems and plenty of complaints about the device described as Apple's crown jewel. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:42:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now On The Hallmark Aisle: Gay Marriage Cards]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/gay.marriage.hallmark.2.800065.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/gay.marriage.hallmark.2.800065.html</link><description><![CDATA[Most states don't recognize gay marriage - but now Hallmark does. The nation's largest greeting card company is rolling out same-sex wedding cards - featuring two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best wishes inside.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:07:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill. Sweeps Lending Companies For Law Compliance]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/lending.companies.compliance.2.799808.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/lending.companies.compliance.2.799808.html</link><description><![CDATA[Officials say a state task force has conducted a sweep of more than 200 mortgage companies to make sure they're complying with a new law designed to combat predatory lending. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:15:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fannie, Freddie Shares Plummet Amid Bailout Fears]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/Fannie.Mae.Freddie.2.799223.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/Fannie.Mae.Freddie.2.799223.html</link><description><![CDATA[Shares of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continued their plunge Wednesday as investors became increasingly convinced that the stocks will drop to zero if the government bails out the troubled companies.<br />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:19:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-Wrinkle Skin Treatments Can Work, Study Finds]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/wrinkle.cream.skincare.2.799292.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/wrinkle.cream.skincare.2.799292.html</link><description><![CDATA[You may be able to turn back the hands of time's impact on your skin, after all. Research from the University of Michigan indicates three types of wrinkle treatments are effective in smoothing out the signs of aging, in varying degrees.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:30:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gov't Board Examining Reported Problems With Pyrex]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/problem.with.pyrex.2.798963.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/problem.with.pyrex.2.798963.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Consumer Product Safety Commission is now looking into whether there is a problem with Pyrex as reported by the CBS 2 Investigators. And, as CBS 2 Investigator Pam Zekman reports, new complaints about Pyrex shattering or exploding during what cooks believe was normal use continue to be reported to the CPSC and CBS 2. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:45:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Back To School, It's Economics 101]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/school.shopping.sales.2.798921.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/school.shopping.sales.2.798921.html</link><description><![CDATA[Consumers going back-to-school shopping are getting a crash course in
economics. Higher gas and food prices are leaving little in their
pockets for this year's school supplies, CBS News correspondent Sandra
Hughes reports.									]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:50:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Hints At Defect After iPods Overheat]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/iPod.nano.defect.2.798608.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/iPod.nano.defect.2.798608.html</link><description><![CDATA[Japan is investigating a possible battery defect in the popular iPod
Nano music player after reports that two overheated in Tokyo, scorching a
nearby paper and a woven straw mat, a government official said Tuesday.									]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:31:55 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>