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Liquor Industry Ad Uses Lindsay Lohan's Mugshot (Fox News) - Lindsay Lohan, who has been in and out of rehab, was prominently featured Friday in a political ad paid for by a liquor industry group

Government cracks down on credit card industry practices (AP via Yahoo! News) - The Federal Reserve and other regulators are moving Friday to crack down on "unfair and deceptive" practices in the credit card industry that have added billions in debt to people already struggling to cope with the economic downturn.

Fed Moves to Crack Down on Credit Industry (Fox News) - The government is proposing the most far-reaching crackdown of "unfair" credit industry practices in decades.

Lindsay Lohan's mugshot used in liquor industry ad (ABC News) - Lindsay Lohan's mugshot featured in liquor industry ad attacking ignition interlock laws

Fed targets credit card industry (The State) - WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve and other regulators initiated steps Friday to end “unfair and deceptive” credit card industry practices targeting consumers who are already struggling to cope in a bad economy. The proposed rules would be the biggest clampdown on the industry in decades, aiming at protecting people from credit card companies that arbitrarily raise interest rates or don’t give ...

Federal Reserve approves recommendations for credit card industry (The Kansas City Star) - WASHINGTON | The Federal Reserve and other regulators initiated steps Friday to end “unfair and deceptive” credit card industry practices hurting consumers already struggling to cope in a bad economy.

£7m for county's fishing industry (BBC News) - The government announces an investment of £7m in Cornwall's fishing industry.

Ore. court rejects medical costs claim on tobacco industry (AP via Yahoo! News) - The same Oregon court that slapped Big Tobacco with a huge punitive damages award has handed the industry a victory by rejecting a class-action lawsuit for medical monitoring costs in a case where harm had yet to occur.

Credit card industry faces clampdown (Knoxville News Sentinel) - WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve and other regulators initiated steps Friday to end "unfair and deceptive" credit card industry practices assailing consumers who are already struggling to cope in a bad economy.

Global tourism industry seeks a greener footprint (The Arizona Republic) - The industry struggles to shrink its environmental footprint.