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Recalled toys should be sent back with a return form found online
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"We want people to know it is important to take these toys away from their children immediately"
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Store owner Richard Derr said he pulled 50 to 60 toys from his shelves and informed employees at both his Lake Zurich and Barrington stores about which Thomas toys are lead free
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However, Davis said the 1.5 million Thomas toys being recalled represents a large recall for the toy industry
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Consumers will get replacement toys, plus a bonus toy Source: RC2 Corp.
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The most popular items being recalled included the $70 Deluxe Fire Station and the $20 red James Engine, Derr said
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Davis said RC2 notified the commission that a paint manufacturer in China changed its paint formula in January 2005
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Derr said some customers were happy to hear Oak Brook-based RC2 Corp., the maker of the Thomas toy line, will reimburse them with replacement toys and a bonus toy
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The acceleration has occurred because of the surge in energy costs and increases in food costs that have been caused in part by higher demand for ethanol, which is produced with corn
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"It won't be very long before we see these products again, maybe 45 days"
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The largest toy recall in history came in 2004 when the commission ordered the recall of 150 million metal jewelry items for children on sale at vending machines
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Callers and walk-ins at the Learning Express Toys store in Lake Zurich on Thursday asked about the massive 1.5 million toy recall of Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway items
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This is one of the Thomas & Friends train pieces being recalled
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The cost of new cars fell by 0.2 percent, while the cost of airline fares was down 0.6 percent and clothing costs dropped by 0.3 percent.
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"I wasn't concerned because we always get the metal ones," said Tom Prentiss, a father of two children in Barrington
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That red and yellow paint has been used on select wooden Thomas toys ever since
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"Thomas people love Thomas and if they can get a free item they will," Derr said
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Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects, she said
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DiggGoogle del.icio.usYahoo RedditFacebook The Consumer Price Index posted an increase of 0.7 percent, the biggest one-month gain since the fall of 2005 when energy prices surged after Hurricane Katrina shut down Gulf Coast oil production
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While investors have abandoned hopes that the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates this year, they are becoming more confident that moderate inflationary pressures will keep the Fed from raising the short-term rates that it controls
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Financial markets have been roiled in recent weeks by global inflation concerns
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However, stocks have since rebounded on the good readings on core inflation
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Thomas & recalls The following Thomas & Friends toys are being recalled
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Derr added that toy sellers consistently make suppliers sign agreements that their jewelry or toys do not have lead in them
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"It's probably a good time to get this behind us," said Derr, adding his stores are having a strong sales year
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However, RC2 said just 4 percent of its domestic wooden railway sales come from the recalled toys so most concerned parents need not worry
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This is another of the Thomas & Friends train pieces being recalled
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The change resulted in a big drop in demand for electricity to heat homes
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The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury security hit a five-year high earlier this week, causing a dive in stock prices
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Consumer Products Safety Commission spokeswoman Patty Davis said call volume on the recall has been "heavy," since the announcement Wednesday
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RC2 sells hundreds of train set pieces and the 23 models being recalled are not making a significant dent in Learning Express shelf space, Derr said
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Look at toy bottoms for "WJ" or "AZ" codes, they are not being recalled
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The recall Web site is recalls.rc2.com Look for boxes with "Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway" logo
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Wall Street chose to focus on the lower-than-expected core reading, believing the Federal Reserve will be happy such underlying inflation pressures are beginning to ease and will leave interest rates alone at their meetings for the rest of the year
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RC2 stressed there have been no reports of injuries caused by the led paint
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That was still 95 cents higher than at the start of the year, and many economists say they are not looking for gas prices to fall much further as the country moves into the peak summer driving season
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For May, energy prices rose by 5.4 percent, driven by a 10.5 percent jump in gasoline pump prices
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(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (Mark Lennihan - AP) Frontline duties: Cameron Simpson, left, whose firm protects a third of nonmilitary supply convoys; Victoria Wayne, who calls security contractors 'unsung heroes'; and Jack Holly, without weapon, Army Corps of Engineers logistics chief
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In other news, the government reported that industrial output was flat in May after a strong 0.4 percent gain in April
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Excluding energy and food, the increase for so-called core inflation was just 0.1 percent
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Tomatoes are displayed at the Essex Street Retail Market on Friday, June 15, 2007 in New York
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He expects replacement products by August
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The government said in a separate report that weekly earnings for non-supervisory workers, after adjusting for inflation, fell by 0.2 percent last month
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The Labor Department reported that its closely watched Consumer Price Index registered a 0.7 percent increase in May.Food costs were up 0.3 percent for the month as vegetable prices fell while beef, poultry and fresh fruit prices were up
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 "I'm a mom too so I feel for these (worried) parents," Davis said
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DiggGoogle del.icio.usYahoo RedditFacebook It is the core figure that officials at the Federal Reserve follow closely
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In a third report, the deficit in the current account, the broadest measure of foreign trade, increased by 2.5 percent to $192.6 billion in the January-to-March period, compared with $187.9 billion in the fourth quarter
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The increase, which was slightly below what analysts had expected, reflected higher foreign oil imports.
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A report on Thursday had found core wholesale prices rose by only 0.2 percent
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