Psychiatrists turn attention to hyperactivity in adults

Carol Padgett felt as if she were caught in one of thosenightmares where you work as fast as you can but never catch up.

She would soap the dishes and strip the sheets off the bed, thenjump to the next task, leaving the bed unmade, the dishes stillsoapy. As soon as she began one chore, another called to her.

The avalanche of unfinished housework, along with sleeplessnights, weighed on the 51-year-old mother of seven, until one day shesaid to her husband, "I don't want to die, but I don't want to livelike this anymore."

If the Jasonville, Ind., woman had been a child and herrestlessness had been observed in school, a school nurse might havesuggested she …

Wellpoint 3Q Profit Rises

INDIANAPOLIS - Wellpoint Inc., the nation's largest health insurer, said Wednesday third-quarter profit rose about 7 percent as membership grew.

Net income rose to $868 million, or $1.45 per share, in the three months ended Sept. 30 from $810.8 million, or $1.29 per share, during the same period last year.

Wellpoint's 2006 net income included 4 cents per share in tax benefits and investment gains of 1 cent per share.

Revenue rose 5.4 percent to $15.23 billion from $14.45 billion last …

Senate confirms 2 for FCC

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Julius Genachowski as head of the Federal Communications Commission and Robert McDowell for a second FCC term.

McDowell is currently the only Republican on the five-seat commission, which has been operating with three commissioners. Both nominations were approved on a voice vote.

President Barack Obama also has nominated …

Dershowitz, Kunstler Join In NC-17 Fight

NEW YORK The payroll at Miramax Pictures is beginning to resemble aWho's Who of hotshot lawyers.

Twenty-four hours after hiring William Kunstler to fight theNC-17 rating given its upcoming release "The Advocate," Miramax saysit has inked Alan Dershowitz to take on the same battle for"Clerks."

While some competitors say the high-profile hirings are littlemore than headline grandstanding - exactly how Dershowitz will jugglea ratings appeal with his obligations to O.J. Simpson's defenseremains to be seen - Miramax executives David Dinerstein and JohnLogigian pledged earnestness at a press conference Tuesday and vowedto take their appeals to court, if …

Safety System Speeds Reponse to Unsafe Conditions

Version 2.1.1 of the Triconex Trident safety system contains two input modules that enhance worker safety and reduce downtime. An enhanced pulse-input module measures speed, rate of speed change, and rate of acceleration of rotating equipment in milliseconds, which permits faster prediction of over-speed …

Sudanese government releases opposition politician al-Turabi without charge

Hassan al-Turabi's secretary says the Sudanese opposition leader has been released after 15 hours of detention.

Awadh Ba Bakr says al-Turabi was questioned by security and then released without charges.

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'Children can read their way to a better future'

Spending your childhood reading Harry Potter could save you froma lifetime of poverty.

But a bleak future of being skint could be the result ifyoungsters spend their days surfing the net, playing computer gamesand watching the telly.

At least that's what Prime Minister, Gordon Brown seems to think.

The Scot, who spent much of his childhood holidays with relativesin Insch, helped launch the National Year of Reading.

Mr Brown claimed burying your head in a book was the best way toavoid a life of deprivation.

But one of the North-east's leading educationalists disagrees.

Former director of education for the Grampian Region, JamesGraham has …