The following recalls have been announced: _ About 1,300 hooded jackets for children, manufactured in Pakistan and imported by Jason Evans Associates LLC of Hewlett, N.Y., because the hood's drawstring poses a strangulation hazard. No injuries have been reported. The jackets were sold at Burlington Coat Factory stores from September 2006 through ...

About 25,000 Simplicity Travel Tender play yards are being recalled. One or more rails can collapse unexpectedly, posing a fall or entrapment hazard to young children. Federal safety regulators say they are aware of at least five reports of one or more rails collapsing. No injuries have been reported. The recalled play yards are portable and were sold with ...

Police said a 34-year-old man was charged with second-degree burglary after allegedly stealing eight piggy banks from a home, netting more than $2,700 in change. Police said the man then went to a bank, where he spent more than half an hour standing ...