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Mattel: Talking doll doesn't promote Islam
christina.hernandez@newsday.comA cooing baby doll or a toy with a religious message? The toy company Mattel has fielded calls from consumers who wonder whether their Little Mommy Cuddle 'n Coo doll, which giggles, gurgles and coos, is also mumbling, "Islam is the light." The doll,...Tags: Mattel Inc., Islam, Toys, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Baby Products, Games, and Toys
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Renney juggles forward lines prior to home opener
steve.zipay@newsday.comOne of the souvenirs that goaltender Steve Valiquette brought back from Prague was a "nesting" doll, the type that has shells that fit inside each other. This doll was painted with Rangers uniforms and the outside shell was a caricature of Jaromir Jagr....Tags: Chris Drury, Markus Naslund, Toys, Wade Redden, Brendan Shanahan
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Oliver Platt gets role in new 'Guys and Dolls' show
Broadway has found its Nathan Detroit for the upcoming revival of "Guys and Dolls" - Oliver Platt. Platt will portray the unapologetic gambler in the classic Frank Loesser musical that will open March 1 at the Nederlander Theatre, producer Howard...Tags: Nathan Lane, Stratford, Music Theater, Sarah Brown, Toys
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Denise Flaim: Parrot Expo 2008 in Freeport
denise.flaim@newsday.comLong Island has a thriving parrot community - and the owners are no slouches, either. Psittacine lovers convene Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Parrot Expo 2008 at the Freeport Recreation Center (130 E. Merrick Rd., Freeport; call 631-957-1100 for...Tags: Toys, Long Island, Baby Products, Games, and Toys
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Correction: Hot Toys glance
In an Oct. 6 story about hot toys for the holiday season, The Associated Press, relying on information on Timetoplaymag.com, erroneously reported facts about Techno Source's toy. It is called the Clickables Fairy Collections, not just Clickables. The...Tags: Toys, Baby Products, Games, and Toys
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Oliver Platt will star in the 2009 Broadway revival of 'Guys and Dolls'
NEW YORK (AP) _ Broadway has found its Nathan Detroit for the upcoming revival of "Guys and Dolls" — Oliver Platt. Platt will portray the unapologetic gambler in the classic Frank Loesser musical that will open March 1 at the Nederlander Theatre,...Tags: Nathan Lane, Stratford, Music Theater, Sarah Brown, Toys
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Mom molestation case handed to jury
lidesk@newsday.comThe defendant thumbed her rosary beads and stared plaintively at jurors yesterday with red-rimmed eyes, but a Nassau prosecutor urged jurors to see through what he called the veneer of a doting mom who attended PTA meetings and coached her daughter's...Tags: Lawyers, Sexual Assault, Prosecution, Toys, Christmas
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Holiday toys go for 'wow' factor -- from dinosaurs to robots
Of The Associated PressA lifelike baby Triceratops that children can ride on, a Wall-E robot that responds to your voice, a dancing game that eliminates wires and mats. Toymakers are upping the ''Wow!''-factor in new products in an attempt to capture children's and parents'...Tags: Binney and Smith, Heavy Engineering, LEGO Group, Toys, Family
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Halloween sugar fest causes fright for parents, but fear not: Trickery helps in moderation
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ It wasn't the gruesome costumes or gory masks turning up at Lisa Bruno's front door that spooked her on Halloween. It was the pudge lurking beneath the costumes. "The kids were just so huge," Bruno says. So five years ago, she was scared...Tags: Illnesses, Halloween, Toys, Des Plaines, Family
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Lifelike triceratops, Wall-E robot on magazine top-toy list for 2008 holiday season
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ A lifelike baby Triceratops that children can ride on, a Wall-E robot that responds to your voice, a dancing game that eliminates wires and mats. Toy makers are upping the "Wow!"-factor in new products in an attempt to capture children'...Tags: Binney and Smith, LEGO Group, Heavy Engineering, Toys, Dance
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Bakugan, Elmo Live among the toys making this holiday's hot toy lists
Industry experts are beginning to unveil the list of what they believe will be hot toys for the holiday season. Here are a few that made both Timetoplaymag.com's "Most Wanted" list and Toy Insider's "Hot 20." —ELMO LIVE: A lifelike version of...Tags: Mattel Inc., Toys, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Hasbro Incorporated
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Analysts say shoppers will still buy toys this holiday but restrain spending in weak economy
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Will financial-market turmoil be the Grinch this Christmas? With parents already facing high food and gas costs and slumps in the job and housing markets, the turmoil in the financial sector could further spur them to cut their spending,...Tags: Nintendo Company Ltd., Toys, Real Estate Sales, Video Games, Petroleum Industry
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