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Legal fights over worker inventions not child’s play

By: Nicole Gelinas 04/27/11 6:44 PM
A few years ago, Bratz dolls dismayed parents whose little girls were captivated by the toys’ exaggerated hips and lips. The Bratz girls, though, packed legal smarts into their makeup-slathered plastic heads. Last week, Jade, Sasha and friends won a court victory that’s good for the free-market economy. Read More

The Cutest Toy Ever

By: Nate Beeler 03/11/11 2:19 AM
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A Christmas Wish Fulfilled

By: Nate Beeler 12/27/10 10:55 PM
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Supe wants happy meals to be healthy meals as well

By: Staff report 08/10/10 12:00 AM
Supervisor Eric Mar wants to take the happy out of McDonald’s Happy Meal. While rifling through his 10-year-old daughter’s toy drawer he was horrified to find how many McDonald’s Happy Meal and Burger King toys she had stowed away. It was a real wake-up call telling him how many fast-food calories his daughter had consumed over the years. Read More

Some holiday presents prove hazardous to children

By: Kamala Kelkar 11/25/09 2:00 AM
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With the holiday shopping season around the corner, parents should be wary of the hazardous toys lurking on some of the biggest retailers’ shelves. Read More

Growing awareness of 'corporate communism'

By: Timothy P. Carney 10/07/09 12:00 AM
NBC's Dylan Ratigan posts at The Business Insider about what he calls "corporate communism." Read More
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