When you wake in the morning, you usually get out of bed and walk to the bathroom or the kitchen without trouble. But for Indianapolis resident Joyce Cofer, that is sometimes not the case. Cofer is affected by an unpredictable disease called multiple sclerosis, often called MS. So is former Mouseketeer Annette Funicello. MS attacks the central nervous system. Its symptoms, which can come and

Do you think children should be aware of U.S. politics? "Well, yes, because if some people didn't know anything about (politics) they wouldn't be able to carry on a decent conversation when they get older." Rebecca Whitesell, 16 Greensburg Christian Academy Columbus, Ohio "Yes, so they know what's going on in the world." Penny Moffitte, 13 Carroll Junior High Fort Wayne, Ind. "Yes, becau

Most kids' "pals" are their peers and friends _ the people in whom they confide. But for many teens, police officers don't come to mind when you ask them who their pals are. The Police Athletic League (PAL) is hoping to change kids' image of officers. "Police Athletic League is one of the positive sides of the police department in that we are out trying to do something pro-actively to help th

Could you see yourself performing in an original opera? How about writing the script or composing the music for one? It's hard to imagine children undertaking such a great task. But a group of fifth- and sixth-graders at Eleanor Skillen School 34 proved it can be done. Students ranging in age from 10 to 12 produced their own opera, Future: Triumph Or Doom? Beth Brooks, a music teacher, and Edd

WTHR (Channel 13) anchorman Tom Cochrun, who won an Emmy Award for exposing the Ku Klux Klan, says he sees a new kind of racism emerging in this country. "I think that what has occurred is that some people, regardless of whether they're black or white or yellow or red, are becoming increasingly captured by the idea of what makes them different as opposed to what makes us all the same."