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• ATV and motocross sports: High velocity toys merit caution, experts say (Science Daily) March 10, 2010
  Over the years, all terrain vehicles (ATVs) and motocross motorcycles have gained popularity and marketed as toys to consumers. These high-velocity machines can weigh between 300 and 600 pounds, and run on average between 25 and 60 miles per hour, while some even reach maximum speeds of 75 miles per hour. In 2008, nearly 28 percent of all ATV-related injuries were to children younger than 16 ...
• ATV and motocross sports -- high velocity toys merit caution (PhysOrg) March 10, 2010
  Over the years, all terrain vehicles (ATVs) and motocross motorcycles have gained popularity and marketed as toys to consumers. These high-velocity machines can weigh between 300 and 600 pounds, and run on average between 25 and 60 miles per hour, while some even reach maximum speeds of 75 miles per hour.
• More Kovel: Scrimshaw, Tykie Toys, Sabin Plates And More On Antiques (Hartford Courant) March 11, 2010
  Q: We have a piece that we think is ivory or bone that has a drawing of two big ships, some canoes and other things on the front. On the back it says, "The Whaler Indian off Tahiti." It is about 7 3/4 inches long. Can you tell us anything at all about it?
• The toys Santa wouldn't bring me (Skidmore News) March 11, 2010
  For the past three months, we should have been living our lives like every moment could be our last. And now we no longer need to. Physicists in Europe this week announced plans to turn off the Large Hadron Collider for a year, saying the machine is too dangerous to continue operating.
• Cellufun announces a mobile game "Ty" up with the world's largest maker of Plush Toys, "Beanie Babies"! (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) March 10, 2010
  SAN FRANCISCO----Game Developer’s Conference : In a further boost to the mobile gaming industry, leading mobile entertainment company New York-based Cellufun, the world’s 8th largest mobile website has signed an agreement with Chicago-based Ty Inc, the world's largest maker of plush toys, outlining the development of a mobile game that will allow people to take care of their favorite Ty plush ...
• ATV and motocross sports -- high velocity toys merit caution (EurekAlert!) March 10, 2010
  ( American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons ) Over the years, all terrain vehicles (ATVs) and motocross motorcycles have gained popularity and marketed as toys to consumers.
• Library offers free toys to families, child care centers (WLOX-TV Biloxi) March 11, 2010
  GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) - Mississippi State University's extension service has twelve Child Care Resource and Referral Centers across the state. One of those is in Harrison County, tucked away at the Jefferson Davis campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.