On any given day, millions of toys, clothes, Beanie Babies, 8-track tapes, cars and lunch boxes are up for auction on eBay, along with an assortment of hunting knives, swords and bayonets. But what ...

Lisa Lipin lobbied to get yo-yo water balls banned in Illinois and now the Skokie mother of two is focused on expanding the ban. “I will do everything in my power to let people know this toy is ...

SUMMERFIELD - Lisa Lipin was in her Skokie, Ill., kitchen one afternoon last July while her 5-year-old son played in the living room. Andrew Lipin was using his yellow Yo-Yo Waterball - a ...

“Squeeze it!” the package screams. “Works like a yo-yo! Spin it! Throw it!” The squishy, liquid-filled yo-yo water ball has become a hit with kids across the country, a sort of yo-yo for the 21st ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Lisa Lipin has been on a crusade against the ``yo-yo waterball'' ever since the toy's stretchy cord became wrapped around her 5-year-old son's neck and nearly suffocated him.

Lisa Lipin wants water-filled yo-yo balls off the market and has been hounding the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban them since her 5-year-old son, Andrew, got the elastic string the balls are ...