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Toys R Us Recalls Imaginarium Activity Walker
Toys R Us is recalling this Activity Walker by Imaginarium due to choking hazards. Click here for more information from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Tags: Toys "R" Us, Inc.
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It's Play Time! Top Picks From 2013 Toy Fair
Recently, I received many emails about the 110th American International Toy Fair which was held in New York City from February 10th through the 13th. I love to play with my sons...and I definitely dork-out in the toy aisles from time to time, studying...
Tags: New York City
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Carter's And Sassy Baby Toys Recalled
Sassy and Carter's branded Hug N' Tug baby toys are being recalled due to a choking hazard. These toys were sold at Target, Toys R Us and on Amazon.com between July and October of 2012. Click here for more pictures and information from the CPSC.
Tags: Toys "R" Us, Inc.
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Hot Toys For The Holiday Season
According to many news reports, Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales were way up this year. So, have you started toy shopping? I'm buying up the usual suspects: Legos, Pokemon cards and books. But, I always like to find some new, surprising toys...
Tags: Cyber Monday
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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: Richard M. Daley, Arts and Culture, Festive Events
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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: Allentown, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania)
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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: Companies and Corporations, Belgium, China, New York City, Psittacosis
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Universal Plans Worldwide Promo Push Around 'Despicable Me' Stars
VarietyFor an early poster teasing "Despicable Me 2," Universal Pictures went with a more minimalist approach: two Minions stand above the date July 2013. It didn't need to say more because since the first film hit big in 2010, the yellow Twinkie-shaped...Tags: Jurassic Park (movie), Nestle SA, General Mills Incorporated, Walmart, Steve Carell
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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: Adoption, Manhattan (New York City), Human Rights, Justice and Rights, Saint Petersberg (Russia)
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American Way Fair fills downtown Pottsville
Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa.The weather may have been dreary all day Sunday, but that did not keep the 38th annual American Way Fair from continuing tradition in downtown Pottsville. "The weather wasn't that inviting," Wilhelminia J. "Billie" Payne, chairwoman of the fair...Tags: Entertainment Events, Music, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Entertainment
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Moms Gear: Use the Boon Whale Pod to keep toys picked up in the tub
McClatchy and Tribune NewspapersThe Whale Pod, a wall-mounted product for storing children's toys in the tub, immediately gained my affection. That's because after my daughters piled all of their tub toys inside there was still room to add in that lonely Barbie doll at the top. The...
Mar 13, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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May 20, 2013
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May 20, 2013
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