You always figured that a rodent who drives his own car would be able to withstand the recession, right? As retailers ramp up for the all-important holiday shopping season, at least the toy stores ...

NEW YORK — When Lori Fowlkes first saw robotic Zhu Zhu Pets toy hamsters in September, she remembers her kids started jumping up and down and saying “Please! Please! Can we buy them?” Seeing a fully ...

“Absolutely horrified.” That’s how Bea Rose, director of the Dade and Broward Friends of Animals organization in South Florida, described her reaction to one of the most controversial toys of the 1985 ...