Death Threat Elmo, the Newest Toy Sensation - News in Brief

Maybe Elmo is jealous of Paris Hilton's success as a failure. Maybe all the singing finally made him snap. Whatever the reason, one Elmo Knows Your Name ™ doll, belonging to 2 year-old James Bowman of Lithia, Florida, has given up laughing, and is now making death threats.

This evil-Elmo recently went through a battery change, and, for some as-yet unknown reason, when he was turned back on, he would only say, "Kill James."

Fisher-Price has no explanation for the toy's deviant behavior, but has said it will replace the doll, along with better than 200,000 others like it, free of charge. How lovely.

The big surprise: it was made in China.