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Hollywood Halloween revelers beware: those celebrating the haunted holiday with silly string are in danger of being fined. Thanks to a Los Angeles Municipal Code ordinance, anyone possessing, using or ...

As much of the West prepares for a hot, dry Fourth of July weekend, some of the area’s US Forest Service (USFS) managers have advised patriotic revelers to find alternatives to personal fireworks to ...

MADISON, Ind. (WAVE)-- It's a special request from troops overseas. This time, it's not care packages full of cards and goodies that remind soldiers of home -- it's something a lot messier. WAVE 3's ...

In a decade or so, the strange, sad, and slightly humorous saga of how 80,000 cans of silly string made their way to Iraq will be a poignant reminder of the U.S. military's sometimes Quixotic battle ...

Thanksgiving Day shouldn't be all serious. After all, Cowboys fans often have to grin and bear it. Remember Leon Lett's antics? At the home of Mike "Pop Pop" Bolin and his wife, Phyllis - aka Nana - ...

STRATFORD, N.J. — In an age of multimillion-dollar high-tech weapons systems, sometimes it’s the simplest ideas that can save lives. Which is why a New Jersey mother is organizing a drive to send cans ...