When “Fidgety Philip” grows up, the problems of attention deficit disorder can multiply into loss of nearly a month’s work per year. Long seen as a problem for children, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was first described in 1845 by Dr. Heinrich Hoffman, who wrote “The Story of Fidgety Philip.” More …

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – School and law enforcement officials have told a St. Joseph man that he can’t attend his son’s eighth-grade graduation because he is a convicted sex offender and isn’t allowed on school property. James Jones, 36, said he may go anyway although the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department …

Sometimes the foods we think are the healthiest can be deceiving. Jackie Warner, star of the Bravo reality series Work Out, suggested really looking at the foods you are eating. “I love fruits and you should be eating a lot of fruits, but for someone who is really trying to …

BANGKOK, Thailand – The death toll from the cyclone in Burma could wind up climbing to between 68,833 and 127,990, the Red Cross said Wednesday, as the United Nations warned that a second storm was forming in the region. The numbers were calculated using pooled figures from other aid groups, …

WEST POINT, New York – The head of the U.S. Military Academy thinks it’s time to replace the “men” and “sons” in West Point’s two most beloved songs with more gender-neutral lyrics. Lt. Gen. Franklin L. Hagenbeck, superintendent of the nation’s oldest military academy, told a congressional oversight committee Wednesday …

ELDORADO, Texas – An arrest warrant has been dropped for a man thought to be the husband of a teenage girl whose report of abuse triggered a raid on a polygamous sect’s Texas compound, authorities said. A Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman would not say why the warrant was …

CHICAGO – Prosecutors played the sex tape at the center of R. Kelly’s child pornography trial in open court Tuesday, just hours after opening statements in which they accused the R&B singer of choreographing and starring in a video featuring “vile, disturbing and disgusting sex acts” with an underage girl. …

REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Residents of southwest Iceland cleaned up Friday after a powerful earthquake left some homes uninhabitable and caused injuries to about 30 people. The injuries included a couple of broken legs and fractured hands, said Vidir Reynisson, manager of the Civil Protection Department. Reynisson said between 10 and …

CANNES, France – Mike Tyson considers it a miracle that he lived to tell his tale. And he’s telling it — in graphic detail — in a new documentary at the Cannes Film Festival. “I lived a wild and extreme life,” the former heavyweight champion told reporters Saturday. “I used …

BAGHDAD – Loyalists of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on the Iraqi government Saturday to hold a public referendum on a long-term security deal with the United States. Widespread opposition to the deal has raised doubts that negotiators can meet a July target to finalize a pact to keep …