The Consumer Product Safety Commission will delay enforcement of a new anti-lead law as it pertains to the sale of youth ATVs and dirt bikes.

Matthew Stafford’s mission is daunting: Lead the Detroit Lions back from the only 0-16 season in NFL history. Mark Sanchez has nearly as big a challenge: He’ll compete to replace Brett Favre.

Motorcycle shops should soon be able to sell youth ATVs and motorbikes again, at least temporarily.

Motorcycle shops should soon be able to sell youth ATVs and motorbikes again, at least temporarily.

Could a vintage, dog-eared copy of “The Cat in the Hat” or “Where the Wild Things Are” be hazardous to your children?

In a stunning improvement in children’s health, far fewer kids have high lead levels than 20 years ago, new government research reports _ a testament to aggressive efforts to get lead out of paint, water and soil.

A single father is suing the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority for $200 million, claiming lead-contaminated tap water poisoned his twin sons as infants, causing them ongoing health problems.

A new national limit on lead in children’s products _ which has toy makers scrambling for new testing methods and retailers for storage space for inventory they’re not sure they can sell _ also is forcing motorcycle dealers to pull dirt bikes off showroom

Lead singer Dennis Yost of the 1960s soft rock group The Classics IV has died in an Ohio hospital. He was 65.

Federal safety officials worry that the economic downturn will drive discount-seeking parents to buy used toys tainted by lead or with dangerous designs.