ST. LOUIS – As a child, Christina Stephens filled her parents' basement with Lego castles and pirate ships. When she put her Lego-building skills to work last month making a prosthetic leg out of the ...

St. Louis Christina Stephens filled her parents' basement with Lego castles and pirate ships as a child. When she put her Lego-building skills to work last month making a prosthetic leg out of the ...

As a child, Christina Stephens filled her parents' basement with Lego castles and pirate ships. When she put her Lego-building skills to work last month making a prosthetic leg out of the children's ...

Using nothing but LEGO bricks and an indomitable spirit, a 31-year-old amputee from St. Louis has handcrafted a stand-in for her regular prosthetic leg. It works ... almost.When a co-worker suggested ...

An amputee is raising awareness about diabetes after posting a photo on Reddit. Matt Cronin, a 32-year-old dad from England, shared a photo showing off his improvised “Lego leg.” Cronin said his right ...

She really put her leg into LEGO! Christina Stephens lower leg and foot had to be amputated after a car she was rebuilding fell and crushed it. Despite the traumatic injury, Christina decided to get ...

A man waiting for a new prosthetic leg on the NHS has been keeping himself entertained - by building himself a replacement limb out of Lego. Marc Cronin, 32, from Oldbury in the West Midlands, took ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Schildi ...

The Danish toy company LEGO sailed through the recession. The company that makes those brightly colored snap-together plastic bricks, announced its profits last year jumped more than 60 percent.

WHEN Christina Stephens put her Lego-building skills to work last month to make a prosthetic leg, she became an internet sensation. Ms Stephens, 31, lost her left foot in an accident this winter and ...

In June, Marc Cronin had to have his lower leg amputated after diabetic complications, but he’s not letting it beat him. Instead, while he was waiting for his prosthetic to be made by the NHS, he ...