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Hot Toys For Christmas 2012
September is the month when savvy moms and dads start scouring stores and searching the internet for toys to present to their little ones on Christmas morning. This year’s holiday shopping just got easier. To help ensure that the toys that parents...
Tags: Holidays, Religious Festivals
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Judge sides With Lady Gaga On Toy Dolls
LADY GAGA dolls were grounded — again — Wednesday after a Manhattan judge refused a toy company’s request to order the singer and her agents to give final approval to the prototypes. Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Oing said he would...
Tags: Lady Gaga, Companies and Corporations, Judges, Manhattan (New York City), Entertainment
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In all seriousness, please go fly a kite
There was the day, four years ago, when the great jazz singer Kurt Elling and I, two people not light on self-confidence, decided that we would teach our 4-year-old daughters to fly kites. So, we bought a couple of plastic, diamond-shaped kites at a toy...
Tags: Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Richard M. Daley
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My Fuzzy Friend: Leopold 'is the reason that I got involved in rescue'
•Name: Melanie Christopher, 41 •Hometown: Easton •Type of pet: Dog •Name: Leopold •Age: 2 years old •Breed: Jackaranian •Male or female: Male •Why he's your friend: Leopold loves to give kisses and...Tags: Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Allentown
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During Art Nouveau period, lamps featured sensuous, curvy women
Electric lights were first marketed to the public about 1880. It is said that Louis Comfort Tiffany's famous lily lamp with glass shades for light bulbs was the first lamp with a shade that projected light down, not up, like a candle flame. Other lamps of...Tags: Belgium, China, Companies and Corporations, Czech Republic, New York City
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Library program promotes science, creativity
Northbrook Public Library's summer program has been revised to promote children's creativity and as part of the effort is asking for donations of constructive toys. "Game Outside the Box" is for children of all ages interested in science, technology,...
Tags: Politics, LEGO Group, Lobbying, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology
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Russian adoption ban leaves U.S. families in an agonizing limbo
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Andy and Bethany Nagel left photos of themselves at the orphanage for the little boy with Down syndrome who was going to be their son. We'll be back, they told 4-year-old Timofey, blowing kisses from the doorway and...
Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, U.S. Department of State, Manhattan (New York City), Human Rights
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A gay kiss for Archie Comics' Kevin Keller is also a poke at real life controversy
Associated PressIt's just a quick kiss, but it's a long step forward for Archie Comics' only openly gay character Kevin Keller. The Riverdale teen finds his life turned upside down after locking lips with his boyfriend, Devon, in Pop Tate's diner, drawing the ire of...Tags: Toys "R" Us, Inc., Book
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ABC adds 'power pack' Tuesday night to 2013-14 TV schedule
RedEyeWith a 2013-14 TV schedule that mixes "stability and out-and-out ambition," ABC will air limited-run series and drop one night of "Dancing with the Stars," ABC Entertainment Group president Paul Lee said during a Tuesday morning conference call. ABC is...Tags: Reformed, Martin Campbell, Epic (movie), Dance, Adam Sandler
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His big design ideas fit in a child's hand
The gig: Felix Holst is vice president of design for the Mattel Wheels Division and the chief designer behind the Hot Wheels and Matchbox toy car brands. He supervises more than 50 designers who work on toy cars and related products. "We get to engage...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment, Entertainment, BBC, Vehicles
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Goo Goo Dolls singer talks new album, ahead of Black-Eyed Susan Day concert
John Rzeznik, lead singer of the Goo Goo Dolls, should know a thing or two about wedding songs. He wrote the inescapable hit "Iris" in 1998, which plenty of newly married couples have played for their first dance, including, most famously, singer Avril...
Tags: Goo Goo Dolls (music group), Marriage, Pimlico Race Course, Entertainment, Jiffy Lube International, Inc.
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Turn me into a Star Wars Stormtrooper
Star Wars Weekends begins this Friday at Disney's Hollywood Studios, and for those addicted to the high-priced, yet awesome, toys available, this year's top offering is the ability to create a Stormtrooper with your own likeness. It's part of the D-...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Downtown Disney
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