Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Toddlers Infected With Gonorrhea

Three small children who attended a Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., day-care center owned by a man arrested on pornography charges have been found to have gonorrhea. Police announced that throat cultures turned up the disease, which is usually transmitted through sexual contact. The youngsters, ages 2, 3 and 4, attended the Rainbow Learning Center and were among 20 identified from thousands of nude photographs found at the home of the center’s owner, John W. Shaver, police said. “We’ve been counseling the parents,” said Joanne Richter of the Broward County Sexual Assault Treatment Center. “Their state of mind ranges from disbelief to denial to anger and guilt that they sent their kids there.”