Seven-year-old Ava Childers will soon be responsible for making her own bed every day.And she can thank the Obamas for that.Ava's mother, Danita, got the idea after hearing that the soon-to-be first daughters, ...

In September, Christine Quinn, the City Council speaker, unveiled a bill to address an issue she believes is too often ignored by New Yorkers. The bill aims to protect the patients and staff of local health cli...

Troubled shop bosses are banning the sale of a plastic Star Wars lightsaber to anybody under the age of 18 because they think it could be mistaken for a gun.The extendable toy, aimed at children aged 6 and...

When 7-year-old Faith Corbin asked her mother for a Ruthie Smithens doll for Christmas, her mother gave her some bad news. Because of the bad economy, there would be no expensive dolls this year."I can't really...

Directors of after-school programs around the nation fear the deepening recession will force more children to spend afternoons home alone or on the street as cash-strapped governments slash funding and donation...

Just like their parents, kids are taking herbal supplements including fish oil and ginseng, a sign of just how mainstream alternative medicine has become.More than 1 in 9 children and teens try those remedies a...

When University of Central Florida junior Nicole Nissim got stumped in trigonometry, she checked out what was showing on YouTube.Nissim typically scours the video-sharing website for clips of bands and comedy s...

Barack Obama isn't even president yet, but a community in Maine is thinking about naming a middle school for him.By the beginning of the next school year, Marin City middle school students will have a new build...

For African-American Web surfers who just can't relate to their browsers, there's hope: the Blackbird Web browser. Billed as "the Web browser for the African-American community," it's a modification of Mozilla...

The bullying came in classes, at school dances and a dorm room by girls who called themselves "Oprichniki," the name of a Russian attack squad notorious for torturing suspected enemies of a 16th-century czar.Af...