fireworks

Never underestimate the power behind sparklers, bottle rockets and small firecrackers -- they sent 1,900 people to the hospital last year, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The CPSC recently issued a safety alert and video and also released a 2010 death and injury report on...

If you're considering declaring yourself independent of municipal fireworks displays this weekend and sending up a few red, glaring rockets of your own, question number two on your mind should be "How can I get the most bang for my buck?" We've consulted with the fireworks pros for advice.

Making the rockets red glare and bombs burst in air isn't cheap. Fourth of July displays can cost up to several million dollars. Find out where the most awe-inspiring (and most expensive) fireworks can be seen this July 4.

From 1998 to 2009, annual fireworks industry revenues more than doubled. Last year's take was $945 million, up from $940 million in 2008. Even a devastated economy couldn't slow growth.

As the nation readies for a traditionally explosive Fourth of July holiday weekend, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a voluntary recall of potentially dangerous fireworks. Big Fireworks of Lansing, Mich., in cooperation with the CPSC, is recalling 4,700 Super Lightning...

Across the U.S., lots of Americans won't see the rockets red glare or the bombs burst in air this year. That's because their towns can no longer afford to celebrate the anniversary of our nation's independence with the typical fireworks display.

Asian stocks continued their upward trend today. In Hong Kong, markets rose for a fourth straight day, with the Hang Seng closing at 21,069 – up 2.1 percent. News that China is planning to sell 6 billion yuan ($879 million) of sovereign bonds in Hong Kong helped to push up banking stocks:...

We Ohioans eagerly look forward to the Fourth of July. We love fireworks displays -- actually, we have a fondness for anything that blows up. But this year, the skies of the Buckeye State will be considerably less festive than usual. Some Ohio towns have been forced to severely cut back their...

Welcome to the finger detachment holiday, when emergency rooms are full of people (mostly young people) with fireworks injuries. I always figured these were accidents of carelessness, but a recent Consumer Product Safety Commission Report changed my mind; it reported that half of the imported...

It's that time of year again, and I can't wait! The explosions, the smoke, the sparkly flames. I'm speaking, of course, about the annual season when your local TV news channel dutifully trots out the clips of fire safety marshals blowing the hands off mannequins to convince us to leave those M-80s...