Nursery product injuries rise.
Nursery products such as cribs, high chairs, and walkers were involved in 66,400 injuries to children under age 5 years who were treated in emergency departments in 2006, an 8% increase over 2005, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said. Infant carriers, car seats, cribs, crib mattresses, strollers, and...

St. Vincent's king of the oldies seeks new spin on vintage vinyl.
Byline: HOW TO REUSE IT By Diana Elliott The Register-Guard In a world where stinky sneakers are turned into playground padding, and stained mattresses are stripped of their stuffing and reassembled, it seems there's a reuse for everything. But there are still some frequently discarded...

Making beds: Mattress expertise stays in family.
Byline: Don Robinson For The Register-Guard The Brazil family has been in the furniture and mattress business for four generations. Nobody seems to know exactly when LeRoy Brazil's grandmother, Beryl Morrison, started the first mattress factory. It was in Phoenix, Ariz., "in the 1920s, maybe,"...

Colorado Springs Marriott Opens Its Doors.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-18 January 2007-Colorado Springs Marriott Opens Its Doors(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Marriott International announced that the Wyndham Colorado Springs has been officially re-branded as the Colorado Springs Marriott. Marriott said the 309-room hotel, with 23,000 square feet of meeting space, is...

It's time to recycle the tough stuff; Hazardous and bulky waste days are set up.
Byline: Betty Lilyestrom COLUMN: LEICESTER NOTEBOOK The Recycling Center on Mannville Street, which handles Leicester's recyclables on two Saturdays each month (three when the month has five of them) is likely to set a record this month. That's because two of the biggest...

Sweet dreams begin with ... a good night's sleep.
Byline: CANDY M. VENERACION I may speak from experience when I say that journalists perhaps lead one of the unhealthiest lifestyles. You can start by looking into their sleeping habits. It was not surprising, therefore, that many media friends trooped to the Tempur showroom at...

Inner strength: the miracle is on the inside ...
Our bed utilizes natural principles of physics. Nothing mechanical or electrical. No motors, switches, valves, air pumps, or water heaters. It can't break, leak, short-circuit, or stop working. It needs no rotating, turning, flipping. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Yet, it has to be felt to be believed!...

State parks offer variety of lodgings.
Byline: The Register-Guard Yurts aren't the only special accommodations available to people spending the night at Oregon State Parks campgrounds. Campers can also cover both sides of the pioneer experience by staying in a covered wagon and in a tepee similar to those used by...

Hilton chains make beds focus of new programs.
LAS VEGAS -- Two select-service brands at Hilton Hotels Corp. are jumping feet-first into the bedding battle going on in the lodging industry. Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites executives announced during the Hilton select-service conferences and trade shows for owners and general managers that there will...

Hard times for makers of soft foam.
Byline: From Register-Guard and news service reports In the months since Hurricane Katrina struck, consumers have been paying more at the fuel pump. Now, they're starting to see another nasty side effect of the blow to Gulf Coast refineries and chemical plants: rising prices for...