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- Looking for a lasting marriage?
Pssst! The secret to a lasting marriage does not include cheating with a teenager, spending family time surreptitiously viewing Internet porn sites or partying with strippers.
- Vacations with rambunctious kids can mean unhappy daze for parents
We just returned from a week at the beach. We got away from it all: no e-mail, no Internet, no work deadlines. But my husband, Dan, and I can't say our vacation in Avalon, N.J., was completely relaxing, in the adult sit-on-the-beach-and-read-a-novel sense.
- Tips for traveling with children under 10
Margaret Richcreek and Sandy Fenton share their best tips for traveling with kids under 10.
- Family Activities
- For the fridge
There are tons of baby-name books out there for those choosing a name for a newborn. But if you would like to know the origin, history and more about your own name, this site – the Concise Dictionary of First Names – will give you lots of information.
- THE REEL SCOOP WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW
Animal magnetism from chimp astronauts, Batman
'Space Chimps'
Rating: G. What it's about: Trained chimps and a descendant of the first space ape, Ham, are sent off to search for intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.
- Obama, Clinton in picture-book bios
Amid the twists and turns of the presidential campaign, two new picture-book biographies from Simon & Schuster offer young kids the chance to learn on their own level exactly who Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton were and are.
- HEY, CHERIE! CHERIE BENNETT
Hippie parents wiggin' out over Western meds
My mother is crunchy – she's a hippie who never stopped being a hippie – and my father is pretty much the same way. They still listen to the Grateful Dead and the New Riders of the Purple Sage, we have a vegetable garden that provides us with food, and they even have an old Volkswagen microbus that we take on some family trips.
- By The Numbers
30:
The percentage of women in committed relationships who say they would choose a good glass of wine over sex with their husband for stress relief, according to the Meredith/NBC Universal “What do Women Want?” survey of 3,000 women ages 18 to 64.
- Rated G
Runs July 27 through Aug. 23 at Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center, 111 W. Harbor Drive, downtown; Museum of Photographic Arts, 1649 El Prado, in Balboa Park; and San Diego Central Library, 820 E St., downtown.
- Religion and ethics calendar
- Weekly Offerings: Short takes on beliefs and behavior
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army” is showing in area theaters, again featuring Ron Perlman as the comic book superhero – a demon fighting on the side of the angels.
- Lambeth Conference meets amid discord
Anglican bishops have been gathering about once a decade since 1867 for the Lambeth Conference. And as the Anglican Communion has grown, so has the conference.
- Muslim group aims to connect more
DEARBORN, Mich. – They filled the cafe night after night. To the casual observer, it might have appeared to be a roomful of 20-somethings with enviable amounts of idle time.
- Archdiocese ordains deacons to aid priests
INDIANAPOLIS – After resisting the idea for more than three decades, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis has ordained its first class of deacons, taking some pressure off overworked priests and giving a new role to men who keep one foot in the church and the other in the outside world.
- Survey Says
264:
That's the number of babies rescued from abuse and neglect by the Angels Foster Family Network since its founding in 1998.
- Save it! Tips for spending less and living better
- NANCY M. REICHARDT
Soap summaries
- MORNING SURF
Pam premieres in E! reality show
E!'s not-really-a-reality-show reality show starring Pamela Anderson will be making its way to your TV screen in August. A new season of the cable channel's series “Keeping up With the Kardashians” is also on its way.
- Resurgence of Spam is enough to drive women into the kitchen
Some things about my life I'm not particularly proud of. Like Spam. I'm as old as Spam. We were both created in 1937.
- DEAR ABBY
Birds and bees a mystery to woman
Our son “Sean” is 20 and has been going with a girl 2½ years older than he is. I'll call her “Taryn.” When we first met Taryn, we liked her very much. She was chubby, and Sean told us she was on a diet. We found out later Taryn was 5½ months pregnant.
- Senior Scene
- 'High School Musical' aims for a friendly teen competition
The Walt Disney Co. goes to the “High School Musical” well once more for its new ABC reality show, “High School Musical: Get in the Picture.”
- Political buttons going to the dogs
Sharon Young has designed and sold political buttons and T-shirts for about 15 years. But maybe she's been barking up the wrong tree. Her newest creation – campaign buttons for canines – is leading the pack.
- Don't let your dog destroy your lawn
How does your garden grow? If you have companion animals, probably not so well. Here are some tips to keep your hydrangeas unscathed – relatively, at least.
- Comic-Con tickets gone except for two contests
Scoring tickets to the sold-out Comic-Con International 2008 may be little more than a sci-fi fantasy for those who have not yet purchased theirs.
- Pet Calendar
- Horoscope
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