Scissors were an early development in hand tools, probably originating about 1500 B.C., using blades connected by a C-shaped spring at the handle end. In ancient Egypt, people used scissors to cut silhouettes, and turned this into high art. Various...

Scissors are types of tools used for cutting thin material which requires little force. They are used for cutting, for example: paper, cardboard, metal foil, thin plastic, food, cloth, rope, and wire. Scissors can also be used to cut hair. Unlike a...

It's that time of year again, when paper envelops rocks, scissors splice paper and rocks make mince meat of scissors. Yes, it's the World Rock, Paper, Scissors Championships.The annual contest will be held Saturday in Toronto, where a highly eccentric group of competitors will descend...

A family that claimed they were defamed in the best-selling book "Running with Scissors" has settled a lawsuit against the writer and his publisher.Author Augusten Burroughs and publisher St. Martin's Press agreed to call the work a "book" instead of "memoirs," in the author's note...

“It was an experience of a lifetime. I’m never seen a more beautiful bride,” said Valentino publicist Annelise Peterson of Vogue contributing editor Lauren Davis’ Cartagena, Colombia, wedding on Tuesday, Jan. 8, to Colombian billionaire heir Andres Santo Domingo. “It definitely looked like nine years...

A novice teacher in Milan is under criminal investigation for allegedly using scissors to cut the tongue of a second-grader for talking in class, Italian news agencies said Thursday. The 7-year-old boy, who has not been publicly identified, needed six stitches in his tongue from...