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To get kids moving this summer, here are some tips from the National Association for Sport & Physical Education, www.naspeinfo.org.

Some fun activities for your family:

JULY 2

Nothing says summer like a kid with a Popsicle, the evidence of the frozen treat stained onto his chest in drips and drizzly lines long after its last remnants have been sucked off the wooden stick.

NEW YORK - After watching its bigger rival McDonald's Corp. try to woo mom, Burger King Corp. is launching a new marketing and promotional campaign Monday meant to grab her attention.

Celebrate the Fourth of July at one of these Valley events.

Getting your child to eat an apple or celery, instead of cookies or chips, can be a battle. But parents are making strides to correct poor eating habits, according to a recent survey by market research firm NPD Group.

With temperatures over 100, the taste for wine shifts to the lighter and leaner styles. Summer favors lower-alcohol or freshly made wines. Happily, lower-cost wines tend to lack richness, ripeness, alcohol and winemaker manipulation. All those taste profiles are combustible in the heat, so it's great news for us.

At a Wednesday morning screening of the movie Sex and the City in Surprise, a Diaper Genie and changing station occupied the theater's center aisle in front of two new moms and their parked strollers.

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