CASSELTON, N.D. - Lauren Oberholtzer's fingers fly as she methodically weaves an intricate pattern out of colorful rubber bands. Within minutes the Casselton 10-year-old has created a fun, stretchy ...

Sharon Lighton, the owner of Anana Gifts, sells kits for children to make rubber band bracelets, which are a very popular trend right now. She has bought 14.7 million rubber bands to sell at her store ...

CUMMINGTON -- Berkshire Trail Elementary School fourth-grader Keira Tuck sums up the rainbow rubber band loom bracelet trend simply and effectively: "They're addicting." For three weeks in December, ...

At first glance Steve Gilston seems every inch the sensible businessman. Aged 70, he wears expensive suits and keeps his balding grey hair neatly clipped. But his elegant image is undermined by a ...