National: The diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has increased more than 50% among American children in the last ten years, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Nearly one in five high school boys have been diagnosed with ADHD. The common wisdom has been that doctors are getting better at recognizing the condition. But the numbers suggest to some researchers that the condition is being over-diagnosed and too many children are on medication.  There is a possibility that healthy children just don’t like sitting still in school.

>Congress is inching toward a deal on immigration reform, according to members of the bi-partisan “Gang of Eight” senators. Labor and business leaders agreed on a guest worker program, but still to be figured out is what to do about millions of immigrants already in the country illegally. Republicans don’t want amnesty.

>The exclusive Deerfield Academy in western Massachusetts revealed an internal investigation into sex abuse by two long-time teachers. Former math teacher Peter Hindle, 78, who taught for 44 years, was found to have had sexual contact with at least one student. An English teacher, now dead, was reported to have contact with at least two students. The school acknowledged that it could have taken firmer action back in the 1980s.

Final Four:  Louisville guard Kevin Ware suffered an ugly compound fracture, breaking his leg in two places in the first half against Duke. He was trying to block a shot and landed awkwardly. The video is cringe worthy. The crowd was silent and fellow players were crying as it took nine minutes to get Ware off the floor. He’ll need surgery and might miss a year. In a moment that may go down in sports lore, Ware lay on his back urging team mates to win the game, which they did, 85-63. Michigan also beat Florida to get into the Final Four for the first time in 20 years. Next Saturday, Louisville v. Wichita State, then Michigan v Syracuse.

At The Box: Number one was a sequel to a sequel of movie based on a boys’ toy. “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” earned $41 million. Number two at $26.5 million was “The Croods”, and third at $22.3 million, “Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor.”

Passing: Pattycake, the perpetually popular gorilla at the Bronx Zoo, died after 40 years of pleasing crowds. She was at the time a rare gorilla born in captivity at the Central Park Zoo and had the city holding its breath when she broke her arm when she was just a few months old. Pattycake has been at the Bronx Zoo since 1983 and gave birth to ten babies herself.

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