“Uh, I really have no explanation other than the Internet is an evil place.” My husband looked at the gnarled mess of metal coils hanging from my fingertips, pointed and said, “You just killed the ...

Jan. 4 (UPI) --A Chinese performer created a new Guinness World Records category with his Slinky skills when he used the spring-like toy to surround 41 glass bottles in 1 minute. Wu Wuqiang, a ...

Betty James, who named the toy her husband invented -- the Slinky -- and rebuilt the toy company he abandoned, making the springy plaything a pervasive part of American culture, has died. She was 90.

It was exactly 70 years ago, on the evening of Nov. 27, 1945, that Richard James demonstrated a new product at Gimbels department store in Philadelphia. It was the Slinky, and it was a hit: He sold ...