Jennifer Kerr

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Nissan settles with gov’t over deceptive pickup ad

Jennifer Kerr · January 23, 2014 10:00 pm

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Edith Ramirez speaks at the FTC in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, where she announced Apple will refund $32.5 million to consumers to settle a federal case involving purchases that kids made without their parents' permission while playing on mobile apps. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Apple will refund at least $32.5M in app case

Jennifer Kerr · January 15, 2014 11:41 pm

Attorney in NSA case no stranger to headlines

Jennifer Kerr · December 17, 2013 9:23 pm

Group wants Fisher Price iPad bouncy seat recall

Jennifer Kerr · December 10, 2013 7:50 pm

Report: States more lax than feds on judge rules

Jennifer Kerr · December 4, 2013 5:02 am

Over the counter products for controlling head lice are photographed in Washington, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Some parents are scratching their heads over less restrictive head lice policies that allow children with live bugs in their hair to return to the classroom for the rest of the day. Some school nurses are no longer sending home "lice notes" to parents of other children in the classroom. The policy shift is designed to help keep children from missing class, shield children with lice from embarrassment and protect their privacy. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Q&A: More lenient lice policies bug some parents

Jennifer Kerr · November 8, 2013 10:55 pm

Over the counter products for controlling head lice are photographed in Washington, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Some parents are scratching their heads over less restrictive head lice policies that allow children with live bugs in their hair to return to the classroom for the rest of the day. Some school nurses are no longer sending home "lice notes" to parents of other children in the classroom. The policy shift is designed to help keep children from missing class, shield children with lice from embarrassment and protect their privacy. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

More lenient school lice policies bug some parents

Jennifer Kerr · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

HHS head to testify on troubled website rollout

Jennifer Kerr · October 29, 2013 5:29 pm

FTC: $1M settlement in debt collection scheme

Jennifer Kerr · September 25, 2013 2:32 pm

FTC settles complaint over hacked security cameras

Jennifer Kerr · September 4, 2013 9:07 pm

Mari Torres, 39, poses for a picture in her office in Springfield, Va., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. Each year, consumers return about $264 billion worth of merchandise, almost nine percent of total sales, according to industry estimates, but many people are not aware that some of their returns are being monitored at stores that outsource information on shoppers who return merchandise to a third-party company. âI had absolutely no idea they were doing that,â said Torres. "I honestly think itâs an invasion of privacy,â she says. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Retailers keeping tabs on consumers’ return habits

Jennifer Kerr · August 12, 2013 7:26 am

This photo taken in May 2012 shows Larry Stephens. Stephens, who helped The Associated Press usher in a new era of technology from old-style teletype machines to modern-day satellite dishes and high speed delivery, died Friday after a battle with cancer. Stephens, 71, was the longtime chief of communications for AP in Washington. (AP Photo)

Former AP communications chief Larry Stephens dies

Jennifer Kerr · August 9, 2013 8:21 pm