If you've ever gone grocery shopping and thought, "I wish a dancer in an inflatable cow costume would shake it to some hot beats in the freezer aisle," you're either a little odd, or you're familiar ...

You know those tube-shaped inflatable guys that dance around all wacky, with a convulsing body and waving arms? They’ve become omnipresent in the urban landscape, from used car lots to pawn shops. And ...

Every effort to keep sea lions from overtaking the docks at the Port of Astoria has failed. Inflatable dancers? Why not. They went up Thursday and actually worked. For now. "The thing about the sea ...