Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The invention of Silly String was a complete accident that nearly didn't happen. In 1972, inventor Leonard A. Fish and chemist ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Silly String prohibition sign in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. (David McNew/AFP via Getty Images) To hear police ...

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 ...

Talk about an irresistible human interest story: a soldier stationed in Iraq tells his mother back in New Jersey that Silly String, the spray-can party favor of his childhood, can detect invisible ...

LOS ANGELES — To hear police and locals tell it, Halloween in Hollywood two decades ago was out of control, with revelers routinely spraying and damaging property with a product deemed such a menace ...

Young pranksters in Beverly Hills are banned from wielding shaving cream, silly string or hair removal gel on Halloween night, thanks to a new ordinance adopted by the upscale city known for its ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Halloween is finally here! It’s time to celebrate macabre mischief, ghouls and ...

MASON COUNTY, MI - A Silly String incident at a Walmart store has resulted in retail fraud charges against a couple who made a mess with the canned string. The Muskegon couple entered the store ...