Those with ADHD do 1 month's less work a year

Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder do about one month's less work each year than people who don't have this condition, a new 10-country study from the World Health Organization  demonstrates.

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Resorts play geo-cache game

Forget horseback riding or fly fishing. If you're a hip and happening outdoor resort these days, you offer geo-caching.

Partner's death ends happy life on ranch

After a quarter-century on the ranch he shared with his partner, Beaumont lost it all on a legal technicality in a state that doesn't recognize domestic partnerships.

Officials Reverse Position, Lesbian Cop To Get Dying Wish

Ocean County freeholders will grant Laurel Hester her dying wish, to have her death benefit given to her same-sex partner.

Suspect Indicted in Death of VCU Student

A grand jury yesterday indicted Benjamin Fawley, the 38-year-old amateur photographer who reportedly had a sexual relationship with college student Taylor Behl, 17, of Vienna, VA.

Web sites judged in a blink

In just a brief one-twentieth of a second -- less than half the time it takes to blink -- people make aesthetic judgments that influence the rest of their experience with an Internet site.

Girl in coma responds to stimuli, but does it matter?

11-year-old Haleigh Poutre was severely beaten by her stepfather in September 2005, and has been in a coma since then. She is currently in the custody of the Department of Social Services for Massachusetts, but her stepfather wanted her returned to his custody.

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D.C. Officer Caught Surfing On Car Hood

A D.C. police officer is caught riding down a street with his legs dangling over the side of a cruiser. An eyewitness photographed the officer as he rode on the hood of a police cruiser on I Street in Northeast at 5 p.m. Sunday.

Doctor: New lips not made for smoking

The world's first face transplant recipient is using her new lips to take up smoking again, which doctors fear could interfere with her healing and raise the risk of tissue rejection.

Dead couple's parrot may inherit assets

The Boulder Canyon home of a child-sex offender found dead with his wife Saturday of apparent suicides may become a bird sanctuary, with a parrot named Greeny the chief beneficiary of the couple's estate.

Besieged Addicts Find Parallels in Barry's Plight

Tom Canady and James Gaither have, in essence, walked the same walk that a failed drug test indicates Marion Barry is facing once again. No one understands better the pull of cocaine, crack or heroin than a fellow addict.

Overhaul Urged For D.C. Libraries

More than $450 million is needed to properly fix the District's public library system, a task force said yesterday, because the buildings suffer from years of neglect and should be almost entirely rebuilt.

Feral pack who thrived on violence

Four people have been convicted of killing an innocent man during a night of violence in London, some of which was filmed on a mobile phone. Was it "violence for violence's sake" ?

Teens' Bold Blogs Alarm Area Schools

In recent weeks, several Washington area schools have taken action against the use of blog sites, in particular Facebook.com but also the sites MySpace.com and Xanga.com, which allow teenagers - and sometimes younger children - to post details of their lives for all to see.

Robotic hand translates speech into sign language

A microchip in the robot recognizes the 50-character hiragana syllabary and about 10 simple phrases such as "ohayo" (good morning) and sends the information to a central computer, which sends commands to 18 micromotors in the joints of the robotic hand.

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