WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The latest Elmo incarnation was unveiled on Thursday -- a new version of last year's hit T.M.X. Elmo that allows kids to induce a case of the hiccups or a laughing fit ...

NORFOLK, Va. — We are turning back the clock on Christmas once again. Every week leading up to the holiday, we'll be digging into the 13News Now Vault to show you a popular toy or gift from the past.

The laughing, vibrating toy became a sensation, and caused a serious uproar -- and fights -- just in time for the hottest shopping season of the year. The Tickle Me Elmo craze during the 1996 holiday ...

A Tennessee mother felt like she got a piece of her late son back when she was reunited with a beloved stuffed Elmo toy he lost a decade ago. Candy Scarbrough's son Tucker was just three years old ...

Ron Dubren is living the fantasy of anyone who ever dreamed of hitting it big. Dubren, a New Yorker to the core, is the toy inventor behind the hottest-selling item of the holiday shopping season. He ...

Check out the media player below for archival news coverage of the Tickle-Me-Elmo craze, the furor over Furbies and more. Every few years, lightning strikes and parents find themselves chasing after a ...

He is red, fuzzy and throws himself to the floor, slapping his knee and rolling around in fits of uncontrollable giggles. He is 'Tickle Me Elmo' and is central to a multi-million pound Christmas toy ...

It’s been more than a decade since a Tennessee mother saw her late son’s lost toy Elmo, but the stuffed animal made its way back home, a day before what would have been the boy’s 14th birthday. “It ...

The quirky owlish Furby toy isn't fooling anyone at the Pentagon or at NASA. *** new Air Force memo forbids anyone to bring *** Furby into areas like this at the Cape. It's here that engineers track ...