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'Skid Row's Largest Christmas Toy Party' Attended By 10,000 Kids

Posted 12.21.2009 | Impact

Read More: Toys, Walt Disney Co, Skid Row, Volunteering, Fred Jordan Mission, Donations, Toy Giveway, Dream Center, Los Angeles, Impact News

More than 10,000 children from downtown Los Angeles and nearby neighborhoods showed up at the Fred Jordan Mission on Sunday for its 32nd annual food a...

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Dreidel Mania

Melanie Chartoff | Posted 12.14.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Wii, Toys, Sony Playstation, Melanie Chartoff, Satire, Dreidel, Gelt, Braille, Guitar Hero, Hanukkah Gifts, Texas Hold 'Em, Comedy News

Santa is lugging Sony Playstations. Traditions are toppling and mutating to the point where we can scarcely remember their original intent. Oy! Even the dreidel has gone millennial.

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David Foster Wallace Excerpt From Unfinished Novel

The New Yorker | David Foster Wallace | Posted 12.07.2009 | Books

Read More: Toys, Snow Falling on Cedars, The Pale King, The New Yorker, Short Fiction, Books, Fiction, Suicide, David Foster Wallace Excerpt, David Foster Wallace, David Foster Wallace Unfinished Novel, David Foster Wallace the Pale King, Bestsellers, Authors, Christmas, Books News

Once when I was a little boy I received as a gift a toy cement mixer. It was made of wood except for its wheels--axles--which, as I remember, were thi...

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15 Toys NOT To Buy Your Kids This Christmas (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.27.2009 | Comedy

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There are so many options out there, please do not buy your children these boring, inappropriate, or crazypants toys. Please. ...

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Chemicals In Everyday Products Turning Boys Into Girls?

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Toys, Pesticides, Sunscreen, Parabens, Boys, Dioxin, Defra, Healthy Child Healthy World, Toxins, Girls, Toxic Chemicals, Stainless Steel, Organic Food, Plastic, Hormone-Disrupting-Chemicals, Cancer, Phthalates, Health, Living News

A new report from the Danish Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), highlights the critical risks facing toddlers from gender bending chemicals in everyday products.

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Mattel Lead Suit Settled; Toy Maker Will Pay "Tens Of Millions" For Tainted Toys Made In China

The Wall Street Journal | John Kell | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Toys, Lead Poisoning, Palin Gop @Y:US-News, Mattel, 14 Million Toys, Federal Toy-Safety Standards, El Segundo, China-Made Lead Toys, Fisher-Price, Product Recalls, Mattel Lawsuit, Lead Toys, Class-Action Lawsuit, China, Made in China, Recalls, Recall, Business News

Mattel Inc. and its Fisher-Price unit agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit related to a 2007 recall of millions of toys made in China that were fou...

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7 Hilariously Failed Attempts At Politically Correct Toys

Cracked.com | Posted 12.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Toys, Terrible Toys, Politically Correct Toys, Comedy News

Sometime in the 1970s, toy makers realized that not all the children of the world are rich, healthy, white Americans. Eager to get their hands on some...

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Saddened by What Seems To Be a New LEGO Mission Statement

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Toys, Green, Cameras, Green Living, Legos, Electronics, Lego, Green News

Why is this firm suddenly going gadget-crazy? From a tech-stand point, the new products don't seem to be anything special: Simple, cheap, a bit bulky, and not exactly option-packed.

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Cuomo Orders Halt Of Toy Gun Sales

AP | David B. Caruso | Posted 08.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Toys, New York Toy Guns, Toy Guns, Toy Gun Sales New York, Banning Toy Guns, Toy Gun Ban, New York Toy Gun Sales, Toy Gun Sales, New York News

NEW YORK (AP) -- Despite years of enforcement stings, many New York stores still aren't complying with state rules banning the sale of toy guns that c...

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The Best Selling Car In The U.S. Uses NO GAS

Read More: Auto Industry, Toys, Cars, Cozy Coupe, Green News

This car sold 457,000 units in 2008, beating the Camry which sold just 436,000 units....

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"American Girl" Rebecca Rubin Doll Accidentally Named After Eco-Terrorist

ABC News | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Toys, Rebecca Rubin, American Girl Rebecca Rubin, Eco-Terrorist, American Girl, Green News

Rubin, 36 years old, is also known as "Little Missy." She is listed as "armed and dangerous" by the FBI for her alleged involvement in groups that led...

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Shared Responsibility to Help the Most Vulnerable Kids

Mark Shriver | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Jamie Lee Curtis, Kyra Sedgwick, Toys, Poverty, Julianne Moore, Charity, US Poverty, Children, Jennifer Garner, Toys R Us, Save the Children, Giving, Living News

Last week, Save the Children Ambassador Jennifer Garner and I lobbied DC decision-makers to support an additional funding for private and public early-childhood-education programs.

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Not So Fast! Give Your Little Girl a Chance to Be a Little Girl

Len Simonian | Posted 05.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Toys, Girls, Dolls, Sex, Alcohol, Body Image, Drugs, Childhood, Sexy, Women and Body Image, Living News

Guiding and protecting your daughter does not mean sheltering her in a bubble. It means not buying her the revealing short shorts that "all the other girls are wearing."

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Super Cool Action Figures Of President Barack Obama! (SLIDESHOW)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.04.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Toys, Barack Obama Action Figure, Slideshow, Barack Obama, Comedy News

Via Alex Balk comes one of the most enjoyable things you'll see all week - super cool action figures of President Barack Obama! FROM JAPAN. Yes, it w...

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The Electronic Crybaby

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 04.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Toys, Gifts, Batteries, Electronics, Amazon Kindle, Kiki's Bistro, Chicago Lighthouse, Chicago News

It is 3 a.m. and something with a battery somewhere in the house is crying out for a change like a child with dirty diapers.

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Court Agrees: Phthalates are Banned From Toys Effective Next Week!

Sarah Janssen | Posted 03.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Toys, Simplesteps, Cpsc, Petition, Phthalates, Children, Personal Health, Nrdc, Raising Children, Parenting, Natural Resources Defense Council, Kids, Health, Children's Health, Parents, Living News

Phthalates (pronounced thal-ates) are chemicals used in many common consumer products, including as softeners of plastic children's toys -- like a rubber ducky.

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Mattel Profit Falls By Nearly Half On Weak Toy Season

AP | MAE ANDERSON | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Toys, Toy Sales, Mattel Profits, Mattel, Business News

NEW YORK — As toy maker Mattel Inc. reported that its profit fell almost by half for the key fourth quarter and more than one-third for the year...

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The Shape of Toys to Come

Timothy Bay | Posted 01.29.2009 | Style

Read More: Toys, Financial Crisis, Political Satire, Santa, Christmas Toys, Satire, Christmas, Holiday Season Commentary, Style News

Facing the challenge of current economic conditions, Santa retooled his product line this season to create new toys incorporating space-age science and the economic spirit of the times.

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Celebrities and Dog Lovers Come out to Support Animal Fair's Third Annual Toys for Dogs Event and Upcoming PSA

Wendy Diamond | Posted 01.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Toys, Holiday, Economy, Psa, Celebrity, Animals, Animal, Dogs, Adoption, Richard Belzer, Jill Zarin, Al Roker, Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, New York City, Piper Perabo, John O'hurley, Toys for Dogs, Barbara Walters, Sheri Sheppard, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Living News

Shelter animals need our help now more than ever! Families can visit the shelter; kids can donate a dog toy and look at all the adorable animals up for adoption!

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Four-Year-Old Breaks Into Store To Play With Toys (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 01.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Family Dollar, Toys, Texas, Video, Home News

Scroll down for video BEAUMONT, Texas - Police called to a variety store by a burglar alarm overnight found a toddler inside, playing with the toys. ...

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KB Toys Files For Bankruptcy Protection

AP | MAE ANDERSON | Posted 01.11.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — In another sign of the grim holiday season, KB Toys filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in four years on Thursday and...

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Keep the Gifts Under the Tree Toxics-Free

Nena Baker | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Walmart, Toys R Us, Toys, Lead, Children's Jewlery, Children Lead, healthytoys.org, Phthalates Children's Toys, Trouble in Toyland, Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals, Chemicals, Painted Toys, Phtalates, Toxins, Pirg, Green News

A group called HealthyToys.org tested 1500 toys this year and found 20 percent of them contained lead, with children's jewelry leading the most contaminated category.

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Don't get crushed at the mall - Create Jobs

Jack Hidary | Posted 01.01.2009 | Style

Read More: Toys, Walmart, Small Business, Microcredit, Santa Claus, Grameen, Holiday Gifts, Jobs, Kiva, Holiday, Kiva.org, Accion, Microfinance, Hannukah, Christmas, China Lead, Stampede, Style News

Think your are helping the economy by buying some holiday gifts? Instead of giving more stuff to your relatives and friends that they don't need, d...

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Bush Administration Made Complete Immunity for Negligent Corporations a Top Priority

Les Weisbrod | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

In the past three years federal agencies, have engaged in a campaign to hand corporations a 'get-out-of jail-free' pass when their products have harmed consumers.

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Sixty-Six Inches of Sarah Palin

Dave Hollander | Posted 10.25.2008 | Style

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Not getting enough of Sarah Barracuda these days? Then why not have her right next to you at home, on the job or wherever there's a wall to slap her up against.

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