Make sure you give your child a safe toy The Springfield News-Leader
For many parents, the Holy Grail of this holiday season will be the Nintendo Wii, the market's newest video game console.
Food and toy run gears up for ride into town The Union
Santa Claus may need a new pair of leather chaps and a big, rumbling hog to fit in at Saturday's 15th annual Nevada County Food and Toy Run.
November 2006 glimpses USA Today
Here is a closer look at many of the U.S. military personnel killed in November because of the conflict in Iraq.
It's motorcycles, not sleighs, for these Santas Miami Herald
Motorists who made the mistake of driving on Broward interstates Sunday morning were stopped in their tracks by thousands of leather-clad bikers with toys strapped to their motorcycles for an annual charity event that benefits children with cancer.
5 questions: Mark Brant The Naperville Sun
Christmas is the time Mark Brant gets in touch with his inner elf. For the past nine years, the 41-year-old Naperville man has been playing Santa Claus for children at several Chicago hospitals, leaving them with a smile, a picture and a sweater-clad teddy bear.
Coming Out In Jail Gay City News
At the age of 17, T.J. Parsell, sentenced to up to 15 years for robbing a Fotomat with a toy gun, was gang-raped by four older inmates on his first day in prison. When they were finished one of the men lost Parsell to the prison's drug dealer-a guy called Slide Step-in a coin toss.
PUMGO - New Ride On Toy For Kids to Surf on Land PR Web via Yahoo! News
(PRWeb) December 5, 2006 -- For those looking for unique kid gifts in this holiday season, please check out Pumgo, the latest invention of ride on toys.
PUMGO - New Ride On Toy For Kids to Surf on Land PR Web
PUMGO came from the words "pump and go." And it is the latest sports toy for kids7 years up. CBS news, Time Magazine For Kids, and Sports Illustrated For Kids featured PUMGO recently. It is the most unique gift you can find for your kids for Christmas. PUMGOs are sold in Modell's and Dunham's sporting goods stores, all the major sporting good retail companies' online stores, and FAO Schwarz toy
Our favorite books of 2006 Rocky Mountain News
Reflecting the mood of the nation, the trainload of books in 2006 weren't always upbeat reads. In one of the most acclaimed fiction titles of the year, for example, Cormac McCarthy imagined a devastated post-apocalyptic world.
Good Causes The Bolingbrook Sun
Saturday, Dec. 9