By Vincent Daly
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Rainy days can put a real damper on outdoor fun for kids of all ages. It's true that puddle jumping can provide entertainment outdoors for kids during a light rain fall. Yet thunder storms as well as torrential rain storms with high winds are simply too hazardous. As a parent of young children the challenge lies in how to keep your active kids entertained indoors when the weather becomes too extreme outside. They're bound to get cranky due to boredom unless you engage them with compelling activities.

NEW YORK (AP) - Bank of America Corp. is scrapping its plan to charge a $5 monthly fee for making debit card purchases after an uproar and threatened exodus by customers.

The about-face comes as customers petitioned the bank, and mobilized to close their accounts and take their business elsewhere. The outcry had already prompted other major banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co., to cancel tests of similar debit card fees last week.

SunTrust Banks and Regions Financial Corp.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is warning parents of trick-or-treaters to be on the lookout for gummy bears and similar types of Halloween candy that are not in their factory wrapping.

Capt. Hal Taylor of ABC Board's Enforcement Division said videos on YouTube show the candy soaking up vodka quickly, and there have been problems with kids getting it in some states.

He said the gummy bears mask the taste of the vodka, and kids don't realize they are ingesting alcohol until it's too late.

Taylor also cautioned parents to be suspicious of gummy bears if the factory wrapping appears to have been tampered with.

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