Incandescent light bulbs are known to occasionally shatter in their fixtures—and when they do, it’s both difficult and dangerous to extract the bulb’s threaded base from the socket. Bits of broken ...

* Never forcefully twist the glass tubing. * Some CFL bulbs have a glass or plastic cover over the spiral or folded glass tube. These types of bulbs look more like incandescent bulbs and may be more ...

NEW YORK — A broken light bulb is causing a recall of bread in 11 states due to the possibility of broken glass fragments in the bread. The bread is sold under the names Sara Lee, Kroger, Bimbo, ...

Dear Readers: Here are some hints about removing a broken light bulb from a socket. Wearing garden gloves, use a (rubber) jar opener, slowly reach in and twist and jiggle back and forth to gently ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --As incandescent bulbs are phased out across America in favor of energy-saving compact fluorescents (CFL), a Philadelphia environment expert is warning of a potential danger in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A broken light bulb is causing a recall of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A broken light bulb is causing a recall of ...

Most people in the Pacific Northwest can hardly wait for the gray winter rains to give way to spring sunshine. But for four teachers from the Portland suburbs, the lengthening days bring only misery, ...

My night-owl daughter woke me in a panic at around 2 a.m., a couple of weeks back. While swatting at a fly, she’d just broken the compact fluorescent light illuminating her closet — one of those ...

Alina Bradford has been writing how-tos, tech articles and more for almost two decades. She currently writes for CNET's Smart Home Section, MTVNews' tech section and for Live Science's reference ...

Become a light-bulb expert: 'How many people does it take to change a light bulb?' The answer? Just one — you, with the right safety tips. Here are five things to remember the next time you perform ...

After my column about my day at GE Lighting in East Cleveland, I heard from many of you who said, in effect, nice column -- but why didn't you answer my question about compact fluorescent and LED ...