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    Book Fair kids: Schooled in comics

      School’s in session Friday for parents, teachers, librarians, anybody interested in knowing more about comic books. That’s sure to make a kid Hulk green with envy, isn’t it?   BY SUE CORBETT Sue will be making her own appearance at the Miami Book Fair International, reading from her latest book,  The Last Newspaper Boy in America . Sue will appear at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Friday,...read more...
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    New camp: Island adventure

      The rain was a gift. It came suddenly from the south, and we didn't have time to get off the island before the water started blowing in sideways, making it impossible to stay dry under our tent without sides.    This didn't faze Guillermo Garcia Rodiles, one of the teachers at Miami's Eco Island Adventure Camp. He calmly adjusted the tent's bamboo pipes, down which the rain was flowing into a...read more...
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    New Miley tour fights scalping

      The last time Miley "Hannah Montana" Cyrus went on tour, kids were screaming for the Disney Channel star — and parents were screaming for the heads of ticket brokers, scalpers and secondary sellers who had gobbled up, then jacked up, seats for her sold-out 2007 shows. Such was the Mad Mommy fallout — a $60 ticket offered up for $4,000 online by tech-savvy money-grubbers! — the concert industry...read more...
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    The hypnobirth experience

      I was in the bathroom just after midnight, wishing I'd skipped that extra piece of my husband's birthday cake. At nine months and a day, my pregnant body didn't have room for extra anything.    A bit too slowly it dawned on me. This wasn't about cake. My heart began to beat as if it too, like the tiny person inside me, were ready to break free. Then I shivered. What had I gotten myself into?...read more...
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    'Eragon' author comes to Miami Beach

      By SUE CORBETT , corbett@miamiherald.com All Christopher Paolini, 24, did last weekend was sell half a million books. The wunderkind author of the Eragon series broke all records for his publisher with the release of the third volume, Brisingr (Knopf, $27.50, ages 10-up) which sold 550,000 copies the day it went on sale. This IF YOU GO Christoper Paolini will read from Brisingr at 7 p.m. Friday at the Lincoln...read more...
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    Where to catch the fireworks

      Live music, barbecues, picnics at the beach, even cruises are among the many ways South Florida will celebrate the Fourth of July on Friday. Check out some of the highlights from all over Miami-Dade and Broward at Miami.com. A local doctor and professor of pediatrics offers some fireworks safety tips in her blog. Where is your favorite spot to watch fireworks? And how do you deal with little ones who are afraid of...read more...
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    Exhibit a real exercise for kids

    Christian Michael Tellez, 7, thinks "king of the mountain," but the 40-foot rock-climbing wall at the Miami Children's Museum responds "yo-yo."   For every step up he takes, he slips back a notch or two.   Christian's one-step-up, two-steps down underscores the challenge of keeping kids fit, especially in the summer months when PE class isn't an option, an unstructured day means more...read more...
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