The invention of Silly String was a complete accident that nearly didn't happen. In 1972, inventor Leonard A. Fish and chemist Robert P. Cox set out to create an aerosol spray that would act as an ...

It's messy. It's dangerous. It sticks to your hair. It's silly string, and it's now illegal to possess the pressurized party favor on the streets of Hollywood, at least during Halloween celebrations.

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 ...

The parents of a former high school student have filed a federal lawsuit against a Rhode Island school district and state education officials, claiming they attempted to cover up a fight between their ...

A Silly String prohibition sign in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. (David McNew/AFP via Getty Images) To hear police and locals tell it, Halloween in Hollywood two decades ago was out of ...

Worried that Silly String could damage the paint on cars, the town board in Huntington, N.Y., passed a law restricting sales of Silly String on parade days. Well, maybe nobody is using maps anymore, ...

STRATFORD, N.J. — In an age of multimillion-dollar high-tech weapons systems, sometimes it’s the simplest ideas that can save lives. Which is why a New Jersey mother is organizing a drive to send cans ...

To members of the River City Rascals Clown Club, there's nothing silly about silly string. Club members have come out in defense of fellow clown Eugene Lundak, aka "Spot," 58, of Houston, Minn., who ...

PEABODY — Students at the Thomas Carroll Elementary School got to cover their principal, Tracy Smith, in streams of silly string Friday to celebrate their reading accomplishments. For the month of ...

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 ...

A former clerk at an Ohio county's fiscal office has been fined $1,000 for trashing a co-worker's office with glitter and purple Silly String.A judge in Akron also ordered 25-year-old Samantha ...