STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Everyone loves a Slinky - but few have started a campaign to make it the official state toy of Pennsylvania. Retired math teacher Bob Swaim was nearing the end of his ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania has a state dog, a state insect, a state fossil, and even a state beverage. Why, Bob Swaim wonders, can’t it also have a state toy? Swaim, a retired math teacher from ...

Penn State graduate Betty James died a decade ago, but her legacy with the Slinky toy lives on. Centre Daily Times, file If you’ve been a kid sometime in the past 75 years, chances are you’ve played ...

And makes a slinkity sound? Unless you have somehow lived an existence free of a certain metal coil toy, you probably can figure out that this refers to the Slinky. The classic toy -- the one that's ...

There are few sights more satisfying than watching a Slinky descend a flight of stairs, and lining the toy up just right to walk down every step elicits the same feeling as sinking a three-pointer, a ...

If Slinky creator Richard James could turn a spring into a toy, why not turn the toy into a movie? Montreal-based H2V Entertainment has partnered with James Industries, the Hollidaysburg, Pa.-based ...

The pride exuded by residents of Delaware County ? the Philly suburb affectionately known as Delco ? is so kinetic you can almost feel the energy shift when you cross the county border. Wawa! Tina Fey ...

What do bell-bottoms, road flares, and French perfume have in common? They all originated from men at sea. From WHYY’s Arts and Culture desk, Peter Crimmins reports on a museum collection of common ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. For many toys, a tumble down the stairs is game over: for the Slinky it is the very purpose of its existence. The ...