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Korean automaker Hyundai announced the recall of almost 200,000 Santa Fe SUVs and more than 20,000 Sonata sedans for unrelated airbag issues. The Hyundai recall applies to Santa Fe SUVs, model years 2007 through 2009, and Sonatas, model years 2012 and 2013, reports CNN Money. Consumers are urged to return their vehicles to Hyundai dealers to have these defects addressed. For the Santa Fe model, the airbag issue relates to the occupant sensor in the front seat....

Authorities have brought federal charges against the JetBlue captain who flipped out during a flight heading to Las Vegas. The JetBlue pilot, Clayton Osbon, 49, was formally charged with interfering with a flight crew, CBS News reports. JetBlue Airways has also suspended Osbon, who is a 12-year employee with the airline. If convicted, Osbon could face stiff penalties for his actions. The federal criminal complaint reveals that Osbon was charged with violating 49 U....

There is much back and forth today about who knew what, when about the “phantom recall” of Motrin caplets organized by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil sometime in June of 2009. Emails have surfaced that seem to indicate the FDA did have notice that rather than doing a full recall, J&J had hired a third party company to have contractors walk into stores across the country and simply buy up all the affected Motrin they could find....

Jose Pimentel, 27, was arrested on Sunday in a NY bomb plot that sought to target local police and soldiers returning from abroad. The al-Qaeda sympathizer has been described as a “lone wolf,” with no clear link between him and known terrorists. Police had been watching Pimentel for two years, but sped up their investigation when they realized he was close to carrying out his plan. Just before his arrest, he had been recorded drilling holes in pipes that he planned to use as bomb casings....

One minute Judge Judy was on the bench, lording over her fake judicial empire. The next she was in an ambulance being rushed to the hospital in serious condition. Well fear not Judge Judy fans, she is expected to be released from the hospital today and is joking about her medical scare on Twitter, the LA Times reports. Judge Judy was rushed to the emergency room yesterday, after feeling nauseous while taping her show....

It’s a family drama fit for the Upper East Side: Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester has sued her mom, ex-convict Constance Meester. Meester, famous for playing prickly Queen Bee Blair Waldorf on the hit CW series, is alleging that her mother used payments she sent to her for her brother’s medical care on herself, reports the New York Daily News. Meester sends about $7,500 a month. Her mother apparently used these funds on plastic surgery, Botox and hair extensions....

Guess what may be lurking in your favorite tube of lipstick? Lead. Apparently, there is lead in lipstick. And the FDA knows about it. The FDA recently conducted an analysis on about 400 of the nation’s most popular lipsticks. Their results showed that many of them contained levels of lead. And it’s not exactly news. The FDA has known about lead in lipstick for years. Lab tests in the 1990s and another report in 2007 showed that some lipstick brands had lead....

Michigan’s convicts serving life sentences for crimes committed as juveniles won’t be getting resentenced or a chance for parole after a Michigan Supreme Court ruling on Monday. The state’s highest court determined in a 4-3 decision that more than 350 juvenile “lifers” who are serving sentences related to killings committed at age 17 and younger should not be retroactively resentenced, reports MLive.com. This case was in response to a 2012 U....

A Mr. Coffee recall is brewing, and includes more than 600,000 units sold in the United States and Canada. The recall of Mr. Coffee Single Cup Brewing System units was announced after consumers reported at least 61 injuries. In each case, the brewer’s water chamber exploded because of steam, spewing hot water and coffee grounds onto people’s faces, arms, and torsos, reports the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Consumers are urged to stop using the product immediately....

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), an opportunity to focus on domestic violence prevention efforts and resources on both the national and state levels, and a time to raise awareness of the dangers and harms caused by domestic violence. The following links from the federal government and from FindLaw for the Public provide more information on Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the problem of domestic violence: Presidential Proclamation on NDVAW (WhiteHouse....

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Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was critically injured Saturday when the limousine bus he was riding in was involved in a deadly big-rig accident on the New Jersey Turnpike. Investigators on Monday said the driver of the Walmart truck hadn’t slept in more than 24 hours. What criminal charges is the trucker facing, and could Walmart potentially be held liable for the crash? The driver of the truck, 35-year-old Kevin Roper, turned himself in following the crash and was charged with vehicular homicide, otherwise known as “death by auto....

“Top Chef” is apparently going out to sea. In a new celebrity cruise venture called “Top Chef at Sea,” contestants from prior seasons are set to compete on various cruise ships. Bravo describes how cruise guests can compete in “Top Chef”-style challenges and attend cooking demonstrations with the “Cheftestants.” But according to a lawsuit, this was all someone else’s idea. Three producers are claiming that they cooked up the notion for a reality-show-meets-cruise event, and that both NBC and Bravo burned them....

A New Mexico mother and son have been arrested for placing an 8-week-old puppy in an open plastic bag – a picture of which was posted on Facebook. Mary Snell, 44, of Albuquerque, and her son James, 21, were arrested Saturday, after the pic showed up on James’ Facebook page and someone shared it with authorities. Investigators say the puppy could have suffocated, Albuquerque’s KOAT-TV reports. The pair are now facing felony animal cruelty charges....

After her daughter was allegedly kidnapped, a mom chased after the suspect and rammed her car into his. Could the mom face any charges for her heroic actions? The alleged abduction, chase, and crash happened Wednesday night in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The 5-year-old girl was apparently playing outside her apartment when a man shoved her into his car. Witnesses told the girl’s mom, who rammed the suspect’s car after a 7-mile pursuit, KRQE-TV reports....

The rapper Common found himself the target of a common foreclosure action by Bank of America. The bank says that Common is $345,389 arrears on his Chicago condo. Common, also known as Lonnie Lynn, and his manager Derek Dudley apparently own the 1,248 two-bedroom, two-bath condo together as an investment property and have been renting it out, reports Chicagoist. Bank of America says that the rapper and his manager have not made a payment since March....

Don McLean, the singer and writer of the classic hit song ‘American Pie,’ was arrested for domestic violence on Monday. According to his wife, Patrisha McLean – who apparently shares his poetic inclinations – ’this is not much ado about nothing.’ In response to reporter requests for further comment on the arrest of her husband, she cited Shakespeare and wrote only that she could not say anything more at the moment, according to the New York Daily News....

Paris Hilton and her father have been the subject of threats by one man who (1) thinks Paris Hilton is Jewish and (2) says he wants to kill her. TMZ reports that the anti-Semitic man allegedly posted death threats against the young heiress on social media, including telling her father Rick, “one month and she’s dead, she’s never coming home.” Police are reportedly tracking the man targeting the Hiltons on Instagram and Facebook, but as of Tuesday, no arrests have been made....

A pipe bomb hidden in an elderly California man’s Sunday newspaper exploded as he reached to pick it up near his doorstep. The Northern California man, who suffered “certainly serious, but not life-threatening injuries,” was airlifted to a hospital, Vacaville city spokesman Mark Mazzaferro told the CNN. Investigators were questioning neighbors and relatives to determine why the man may have been targeted by a bomb, he said. It was not immediately known if the victim was targeted....

Celine Dion’s break-in reveals yet again that celebrities are just like us. They have intruders break into their homes and eat their food, just like us! A Canadian man has made international headlines for his Celine Dion break in. Police say he raided Celine Dion’s fridge, enjoyed a pastry, and even took the time to pour himself a bath. When confronted by police as he descended the mansion’s large staircase, he asked authorities, “Hey, guys what are you doing here?...