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teenager stories: 185 news summaries

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CATCH HIM IF YOU CAN

 Teen Robin Hood 
 Leads Cops on Merry Chase 

He's stolen planes, boats during 18-month spree

Nov 11, 09 10:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Whether they want to arrest him or turn his life into a movie, everyone wants a piece of teen fugitive Colton Harris-Moore. The 18-year-old, on the run since April 2008, is wanted for at least 50 burglaries—some of them Catch Me If You Can-style capers involving planes and speedboats,... More »

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crime • Facebook • fugitive • burglary • Pacific Northwest • teenager • Colton Harris-Moore

SUPREME COURT DOCKET

 Teens Sentenced to Life: 
 Cruel and Unusual? 

High court will address sentences for kid convicts who didn't kill

Nov 8, 09 11:05 AM CST
(AP) - Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13. Terrance Graham, implicated in armed robberies when he was 16 and 17, was given a life sentence by a judge who told the teenager he had thrown his life away.... More »

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prison • cruel and unusual punishment • US Supreme Court • teenager • life sentence

Boy, 4, Found Dead in Dryer; Teen Busted

Toddler was dead when he was placed in dryer

Nov 2, 09 2:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after the body of a missing California toddler, 4, was found in a clothes dryer in the teen's home. Police said Alex Christopher Mercado's body was placed in the dryer after he was killed. Alex's parents reported him missing over the weekend, and the... More »

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California • crime • toddler • clothes dryers • teenager • child murder

Cops: Teens Studied Stars, Then Robbed Their Homes

Four girls allegedly looted from Lohan, Hilton, Bloom, and others

Oct 27, 09 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four teenage girls have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a slew of celebrity homes, sometimes more than once, and making off with glamorous souvenirs. Police say the girls would study the stars, picking out clothes and jewelry they wanted to make off with, and figuring out when they’d... More »

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burglary • burglar • teenager • celebrities • teen girls

Police ID
Amnesiac Teen Found in NYC

'Jane Doe' is 18-year-old from Washington state

Oct 25, 09 10:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - A teenager who turned up outside a New York City shelter earlier this month saying she didn't know her name has been identified, police say. "Jane Doe" is 18-year-old Kacie Aleece Peterson from eastern Washington state, and her father is en route to New York to pick her up,... More »

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New York City • memory loss • Washington state • amnesia • teenager • Kacie Aleece Peterson • Covenant House

 White House: 
 Beating Vid 
 'Chilling' 

Obama prepares to pitch Chitown Olympics as city reels from murder

Oct 1, 09 4:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Barack Obama prepares to make a pitch to hold the Olympics in his hometown, the White House is decrying a "chilling" videotaped beating death of a teenager in the same city. It's one of the most shocking things "you can ever see," White House spokesman Robert... More »

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high school • Chicago • crime • White House • murder • gang violence • videotape • beatings • teenager • videotaped beating • Derrion Albert

OPINION

 Flavored Cig Ban Is Silly: 
 Kids Don't Smoke Them 

What's more, FDA's claims about teen smoking are preposterous: Chapman

Sep 29, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FDA is all over the map—and all wrong—with its ban on flavored cigarettes, writes Steve Chapman. The agency touts the move against the “gateway” tobacco products, saying it will break the cycle of addiction “for the more than 3,600 young people who start smoking... More »

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FDA • tobacco • addiction • ban • teenager • Food and Drug Administration • teen smoking • flavored cigarettes

Guard Tosses Bribe-less Boy Off Indian Train

Teen who lacked cash loses a leg in fall, officer charged

Sep 13, 09 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - A guard tossed a teenage boy off a train in India apparently because the boy lacked the cash to bribe him, CNN reports. The 13-year-old, who reportedly couldn’t pay the bribe necessary to sell his wares on the train, had to have his leg amputated after the fall. The... More »

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India • bribe • train • amputation • teenager

US OPEN

 Oudin's Upset Run 
 Ends in Quarters 

American teen sensation loses to No. 9 seed Wozniacki

Sep 9, 09 8:25 PM CDT
(AP) - Melanie Oudin's magical US Open is over. Showing signs of shakiness in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, the 17-year-old American got off to a slow start tonight against No. 9-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and never really recovered, losing 6-2, 6-2. More »

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Maria Sharapova • US Open Tennis • teenager • Elena Dementieva • upset • Melanie Oudin • Caroline Wozniacki

Singapore Teen Gamers Planned Mass Suicide

Leader who leaped to his death believed they could come back to save world

Sep 8, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eight Singapore teenagers who played the video game Slayers planned to commit mass suicide but backed out after watching the first two leap to their death from an apartment building window, reports the Straits Times. One of the boys who died vowed the group would come back from the dead... More »

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Internet • suicide • web • Singapore • teenager • internet game • suicide pact

 5 Fun Facts About 
 Melanie Oudin 

Boyfriend helped American teen design those flashy shoes

Sep 7, 09 9:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - With American Melanie Oudin’s surprise roll to the US Open quarterfinals capturing the sports world’s imagination, Chris Chase of Yahoo! Sports lists five facts you should know about the 17-year-old:
  • It’s gotta be the shoes: Oudin herself selected the pink-and-yellow look. Maker Adidas earlier said
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shoes • Svetlana Kuznetsova • Adidas • US Open Tennis • teenager • tennis shoes • Melanie Oudin

Web Monitoring Firm
Sells Kids' Chatter

Company also notifies parents when kids go astray online

Sep 5, 09 6:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - A company that polices children's Internet chatter is also selling it to companies that want marketing data on the quick, CNET reports. Sentry Parental Control Software, which monitors kids online—and triggers a phone call to parents when kids go astray—is amassing their chatter about products and selling it.... More »

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Internet • children • software • computer • teenager

 Teen Unemployment 
 Hits Record 25% 

Expert sees teenagers jobless for a 'long, long, long, long time'

Sep 5, 09 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The teen jobless picture is the bleakest since the government started tracking the statistic 60 years ago, the New York Times reports. The rate hit 25.5% last month, nearly triple the rate among other workers. Analysts say teens are getting squeezed out of the workplace by college graduates, unable... More »

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employment • recession • unemployment • youth • teenager

Reckless Teens Have More Mature Brains 

Study links risky behavior to a better crop of white matter

Sep 2, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conventional wisdom says that teens who experiment with drugs, sex, and other risky behaviors do so because their brains—specifically the frontal-lobe areas responsible for decision making—are immature. But a new study turns that notion upside down, suggesting that risky teens have more mature brains than teens who play... More »

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brain • frontal lobe • fMRI • neurons • teenager • risky behavior • risk-taking

(Newser) - A horrifying car crash video graphically highlighting the gory dangers of texting behind the wheel has been viewed some 4 million times online. But experts doubt that it will significantly change teen driver behavior, reports the New York Times. The video-gone-viral has been the buzz of schools since it... More »

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YouTube • video • car crash • accident • driving • viral video • texting • teenage drivers • teenager • reckless driving • viral marketing

(Newser) - Sarah Palin will not appear tonight at an Alaska fundraising event to promote a ballot measure requiring minors to consult their parents before having an abortion, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Organizers have promoted the appearance for weeks, and robocalls asked listeners to meet with her at “an... More »

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abortion • Alaska • governor • Sarah Palin • teenager • pro-life • public appearance

(Newser) - Dutch authorities have gone to court to demand custody of a 13-year-old girl to block her planned solo sail around the world, reports the BBC. The girl's parents have already been denied permission for her to miss two years of school for the adventure. Laura Dekker, who has sailed since... More »

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sailing • sailor • Dutch TV • girls • Dutch government • child custody • teenager • solo sail • circumnavigation

(Newser) - A gang of young British toughs armed with snakes used a python to bite a teen they pinned to a wall, reports the Guardian. The 14-year-old boy is recovering with two puncture wounds in his hand. He suffered breathing difficulties, but paramedics say that was due to panic and not... More »

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crime • snake • Bristol • gang violence • Britain • teenager • pythons • snake attack

appreciation

My Pen Pal, John Hughes

Teen approached iconic filmmaker, who responded with kindness, advice

Aug 7, 09 10:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - For one teenage fan in the 1980s, John Hughes was more than just a director; he was her pen pal. "He made me feel like what I said mattered," a grieving Alison Byrne Fields writes on her blog. They corresponded for 2 years, and "he loved... More »

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Hollywood • film • letters • screenwriters • teenager • John Hughes • Alison Byrne Fields

Teen Beaten to Death at Camp for Internet Addicts

Staff killed 16-year-old for running too slowly

Aug 5, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Chinese teen was beaten to death by staff at a boot camp in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Global Times reports. The parents of Deng Senshan, 16, paid $1,024 to send him to the Guangxi Qihang Survival Training Camp to cure his Internet addiction. Deng was put in... More »

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China • murder • boot camp • Internet addiction • beatings • teenager • Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

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