Barbie's Malibu Dream House is coming true. As she turns 50, interior decorator Jonathan Adler has decked out a real-life 3,500-square-foot pad overlooking the Pacific Ocean to look like the blond doll's outrageous home. ...more

March 9, 2009

Barbie's Malibu Dream House is coming true. ...more

March 6, 2009

The iconic reels of tourist attractions, often packaged with a clunky plastic View-Master and first sold to promote 3-D photography, are ending their 70-year run after years of diminishing sales. ...more

March 5, 2009

The recession figures to tone down the flashiness of this week's International Consumer Electronics Show, but the lineup of innovative products likely will measure up to those of past years. ...more

January 6, 2009

Dozens of federal lawmakers are demanding that Mattel Inc., the world's largest toy maker, stop selling toys that contain any amount of lead, claiming the company is not going far enough to address safety concerns. ...more

January 31, 2008

Here are just a few offerings we picked that the car enthusiast in your life will appreciate. ...more

December 15, 2007

Tests on more than 1,200 children's products, most of them still on store shelves, found that 35 percent contain lead - many with levels far above the federal recall standard used for lead paint. ...more

December 6, 2007

Federal regulators sought Tuesday to restore parents' confidence in toy safety, urging vigilance during the busy holiday shopping season with little mention of lead hazards that have prompted a record number of toy recalls. ...more

November 20, 2007

California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Monday sued 20 companies, including Mattel Inc. and Toys R Us, claiming they sold toys containing "unlawful quantities of lead." ...more

November 20, 2007

In a flurry of announcements Thursday, companies recalled products ranging from Fisher-Price toys to Florida beef to children's seats. Chinese-made toys with excessive amounts of lead topped the list as six toy makers said they would recall 665,000 toys. ...more

October 26, 2007