DeWALT Recalls Cordless Drills due to Fire Hazard

This recall involves DEWALT individual cordless drills listed below:

Model Number Description Date Codes
DC920 Heavy-Duty XRP™ 1/2” (13mm) 18 Volt Cordless Drill/Driver 200723 through 200742
DC930 Heavy-Duty XRP™ 1/2" (13mm) 14.4 Volt Cordless Drill/Driver 200625 through 200746
DC935 Heavy-Duty XRP™ 1/2" (13mm) 14.4 Volt Cordless Hammerdrill/Drill/Driver 200627 through 200746
DC936 Heavy-Duty XRP™ 1/2" (13mm) 14.4 Volt Cordless Hammerdrill/Drill/Driver 200635 through 200746
DC940 Heavy-Duty XRP™ 1/2" (13mm) 12 Volt Cordless Drill/Driver 200635 through 200746

The model number is printed on a sticker on the side of the unit. The date code is embossed on the bottom of the unit. Units stamped with an “M” following the date code have been repaired and are not included in this recall. The packaging of repaired drills has a green dot sticker near the UPC label.

Salmonella fear prompts recall of Mexico-grown basil

"Some 5,500 pounds of basil grown in Mexico and sold in the United States was recalled because of fears it may be infected with salmonella, a spokesman for the importer said Thursday.
The basil was imported from a farm in Mexico's southern Baja California region on Dec. 5 and sold to food distributors in Southern California, Texas and Illinois the following day, said Alberto Martinez, a spokesman for Los Angeles-based importer Top Line Specialty Produce
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Another toy recall hits Fisher-Price

EL SEGUNDO – 11/08/07 – Already reeling from a tsunami of image-damaging product recalls, global toy-making giant Mattel Inc. has issued yet another one, this time for “safety concerns” over about 172,000 products manufactured in Mexico and sold in the US and the European Union (EU).