Maybe kids were happier and saner when they just played in traffic. We're raising a generation of little ma chines -- kids fluent in the best New York has to offer, from food to fashion to aristocratic sports and exotic languages. Everything, that is, except the thing we once...

Children's Book Finds Hope In Haiti's Rubble

Nine months after the quake in Haiti, Haitian-born author Edwidge Danticat is sharing the earthquake story with an audience that was largely shielded from it -- children. Eight Days is a book about a boy who gets buried in the rubble and is not rescued until eight days later.

Family reports fire weeks after moving into house

A family that recently moved into a house reported a fire Wednesday after noticing the wall bubbling up around an electrical outlet, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue officials said.

Soldiers and their families to be honored at dinner

Military families will have seats of honor at the fourth annual Thanks to Yanks dinner Saturday at the Medway Veterans of Foreign Wars post.

Families of three Gisborne teens prepare to lay them to rest

The families of three teenagers killed in a two-vehicle smash near Maramarua in the Waikato on Tuesday night are preparing to bury them this weekend. read more

Study: Kids are fatter in poor towns

Kids in poorer towns are at higher risk of being fat than those in wealthier 'burbs, according to a a new...

Children want stepfather jailed 100 years

TWO Melbourne children, a boy 10, and his sister, 9, want their stepfather jailed for ''100 years'' for his violent disciplinary and punishment regime that fractured their bodies and young lives.

Family Questions Emergency Response

The family of four-month-old Anayah Holmes is asking why it took so long to get medical help for her. The infant stopped breathing Tuesday evening. Her brother ran out to flag down a police officer who radioed for help and began CPR.

Family, friends hold vigil for lost Hilton Head shrimper

Family members, friends and local fishermen gathered Wednesday night to honor a lost shrimper who fe

Children and teddies return to school after quake

Southbridge children were among the first back to school today since the Canterbury earthquake, and first up they had an earthquake drill.

Families forced from their homes

Almost 100 families in quake-stricken Kaiapoi and Pines Beach/Kairaki have been forced from their homes because the dwellings have been classified as unsafe after Saturday's 7.1 earthquake and its aftershocks. read more

Clothes To Kids Needs Boy's Pants, Young Men's Jeans, and Volunteers

Clothes To Kids (CTK) has a critical need for boy's shorts/pants and young men's jeans at the St. Petersburg and Clearwater stores. CTK provides school wardrobes for 300-350 low-income, school-age children in Pinellas County every week!

Family Seeking Justice For 2004 Murder

A family is still seeking justice for a pair of 2004 killings. Daniel Karlsons was charged in the case but found not guilty, and he's back in court in again, in connection with a 2008 death.

Families remember suicide victims

Three families remember loved ones during Suicide Prevention Week.

Families and their Au Pairs will gather in Randolph

RANDOLPH TWP. — Morris County families and Au Pairs from 20 countries will gather for “International Au Pair and Family Day” in Hedden Park on Saturday, Sept. 11.

15. Families hand over memo

PUTRAJAYA: The families of six alleged victims of police brutality and lawyers representing them handed over a memorandum to the Home Ministry calling for action to be taken against those involved.

Children's Museum Under Construction in Downtown Reno

A new children's museum which is scheduled to open in downtown Reno next year officially kicked off construction Wednesday.

Family sues elevator manufacturer

TYLER-- One family is suing an elevator manufacturer and owner after their relative is killed in one. Eric John Ferguson died in a railcar elevator in Tyler. The family alleges that the railcar elevator lacked an emergency cut-off device that could have saved Ferguson's life.

Kids First Coupon Book Sale Is Underway

The annual Kids First Coupon Book sale begins Wednesday. For two weeks, students in the Hamilton County elementary schools will be selling the nearly 200-page booklets that cost $10 and feature thousands of dollars in savings from area stores, restaurants, attractions and service providers.

Family Dollar Rolls Out Price Optimization

Family Dollar has rolled out a price optimization system from Revionics, Roseville, Calif., to all of its 6,700 stores.

Kids are Kamatovic's first concern

For Mike Kamatovic, the kids have always been what’s most important. Whether it be in the classroom, where he spent more than 30 years as a teacher or as a coach or committee member with minor sports organizations in Fort Erie, Kamatovic’s focus has been on the younger generation.

Children's Book Publisher to Use More FSC Certified and Recycled Paper

Sept. 8, 2010 - Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, said that continued progress has been made toward the company-wide goal of strengthening its sustainable paper procurement practices and increasing the percentage of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified and post-consumer waste (PCW) recycled paper purchased.

Family of slain Yale grad student may sue school

A lawyer for the family of a slain Yale University graduate student says they are considering suing the school over its hiring of the suspect and the way Yale officials looked into her disappearance.

Family marks time until infant's birth, Chile miner's return

The family of Victor Zamora has become used to marking time, anxiously counting the days until the trapped miner can be freed from a collapsed Chilean mine.

Children locked in car in 90-degree heat in Beverly

In Beverly, four children were unharmed but their mother was reported to the Department of Children and Families when she left them in a car ina Beverly parking lot for a half-hour in 90-degree heat last week.

Kids' Study Habit Myths Debunked

Dr. Jennifer Hartstein Discusses What Study Habits to Leave Behind, Gives Advice for Helping Kids Learn More Effectively

Family, friends remember Hyde Park slaying victim

Dozens of family members and friends gathered today at an East Boston church to mourn for Richel Nova, the 58-year-old pizza delivery driver slain last week in a horrific robbery in Hyde Park. Thomas Menino - Hyde Park London - List of mayors of Boston - Police commissioner - Richel Nova

Kids Hit the Track Running for Other Children

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A group of kids are getting ready to run a marathon for their health and the health of other children.

Families Wait Years for Financial Assistance

More families in Albemarle County need help paying for housing but funding dollars are not keeping up with the demand.

Family Dollar Carries Momentum

Family Dollar Stores Inc., the operator of self-service retail discount store chains, carries its growth momentum in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Children’s Movement visit focuses on improving education

PANAMA CITY — The Children’s Movement of Florida rolled into town Tuesday morning for a “Milk Party.” The intent of the nonpartisan group’s “party” was to lay out its vision for putting children at the top of the state’s priority list...

Children dying as ‘governments turn blind eye’

The Children’s Club meeting in Kilangala village, Tanzania. Photo: Piers Benatar/Save the Children/PA Wire An extra four million of the world’s poorest children died over 10 years because governments are “turning a blind eye” to those most in need, according to a report published by a leading charity yesterday.

Kids’ bake sale raises money for homeless animals

Kids Can Make a Difference raised $150 for the Goshen Humane Society at their bake sale on Aug. 14 at Knollcrest apartments in Chseter. This fledging organization was founded by enterprising young animal lovers who want to help the homeless cats and dogs who live at the Humane Society’s shelter. The kids and their parents baked cupcakes, muffins, cookies, and cakes. Pictured, bottom, are the ...

Children arrested for rape

CHILDREN as young as 13 were arrested for rape and sexual assault in Oxfordshire last year, the Oxford Mail can reveal.

Children of gay parents ‘experience homophobia’

CHILDREN of gay and bisexual parents experience homophobia in schools and in the health services, according to a new report.

Families cutting back on yearly medical visits

To make ends meet, many families are making tough choices, including the decision to forego yearly physicals or even medicine, all just to pay the bills.

Families Offer $65K Reward for Missing Men Aboard Katmai Floatplane

The families of the four men who disappeared in a floatplane more than two weeks ago offer reward for plane's finder.

Kids getting safer route to school

Kids at Nipomo Elementary will have safer ways to get to school in the upcoming months. San Luis Obispo County recently received a Federal Safe Route to School grant to improve access to Nipomo Elementary School. The $600,000 project is slated to start today. It will build a bicycle and pedestrian path on Beechnut Avenue, bridges over Haystack Creek and sidewalks along Price Street and ...

Families Offer Reward In Missing Plane Search

Families of three missing Katmai National Park employees have offered a $65,000 reward to find their plane in southwest Alaska.

Kids head back to school

(NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Kids have strapped on their backpacks for the first day of school. Local sheriff's departments are sending out an alert to drivers and kids walking to school.