Mention swine flu to a young child, and odds are pretty good you'll get a blank stare. But an increasing number of kids can tell you that the Sesame Street character "Elmo" sneezes properly into the ...

Once you’ve stopped thousands of 2-year-olds from picking their noses, the sky’s the limit, career-wise. Elmo, the furry red creature from “Sesame Street” and toy shelves everywhere is the star of ...