The Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled two brands of snorkeling masks due to laceration hazards.

By Kevin Giles, Star Tribune

This winter could be the state's deadliest on the ice in more than five years, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said Friday.

So far this winter, five people have died and a sixth is missing and presumed drowned. In the 2006-2007 winter season, eight people died in ice-related incidents.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Washington, D.C.-  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Aqua-Leisure Industries, Inc., of Avon, Mass., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $650,000. The penalty agreement has been accepted provisionally by a 4-0 vote of the Commission.