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teenager stories: 186 news summaries

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London Teen: How I Was Recruited for Jihad

Group meeting in mosque invited boy to outside gatherings

May 17, 09 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Islamists approached him in the mosque, and before he knew it a 15-year-old Londoner was watching jihadist videos and being encouraged to train in Pakistan, the boy tells the Times of London in the “first inside account” of the recruitment process. “A lot of people think that... More »

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terrorism • London • jihad • extremists • recruitment • mosque • Britain • martyrdom • teenager

 Toxic Teen Website 
 Infuriates Parents, Cops 

On anonymous message board, free speech becomes personal attacks

May 17, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The creator of the online message board Peoplesdirt.com says he's just providing an "avenue for people to express their feelings," but parents and teachers disagree. The website allows teenagers to anonymously post slurs and false rumors about fellow students. Although it's legal, it's also hateful and humiliating,... More »

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Internet • high school • free speech • message boards • death threats • anonymous • teenager • peoplesdirt.com

UK Dad Tries to Hire Prostitute for 14-Year-Old

Man snagged in police sting draws 10-month suspended sentence

May 15, 09 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A UK man who confessed to trying to pick up a prostitute for his teenage son has been sentenced to 10 months in prison but won't serve time, the Daily Mail reports. The 42-year-old visited Nottingham's red-light district last year on a quest to help his son, 14,  lose... More »

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prostitution • crime • jail • arrest • Britain • Nottingham • prostitute • undercover • virginity • hooker • teenager • child • sex sting

 Dad Killed 
 Daughter 
 Carrying 
 His Baby: Cops 

Body is tossed into boiler

May 14, 09 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 14-year-old girl strangled by her father was carrying his baby, prosecutors revealed yesterday. Miguel Matias, 36, has confessed to killing his daughter because he caught the teen typing  "sexy things" on her computer, reports the New York Daily News. Authorities have now discovered that DNA taken from girl's... More »

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parenting • crime • murder • fetus • teen sex • incest • teenager • sex assault

 Sexting Pics 
 Live Forever, 
 Teens Warned 

Stalkers, potential employers may have access to photos years later

May 4, 09 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The critical problem with sexting is that salacious snaps teens send of themselves from their cell phones can exist forever in cyberspace. That's the message Australian authorities are stressing in a new educational anti-sexting campaign. Nude pictures sent in fun could end up being posted on the Internet by sexual... More »

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Internet • sexual harassment • pornography • harassment • child pornography • texting • teen sex • cyberspace • teenager • sexting

 Sex Query? 
 Experts Help 
 Teens Via 
 Texting 

Health professionals text teens answers to anonymous sex questions

May 2, 09 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Teenagers no longer need to reveal their angst over pregnancy or noisy sex in crowded classrooms, the New York Times reports. Public health officials, fretting over the state of sex ed in US schools, are now answering questions via text message. Some use multiple choice menus and automated responses, but... More »

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pregnancy • North Carolina • sex education • abstinence education • STD • text message • texting • teenager • mobile phones

Recession-Wary Teens
Cut Back on Spending

Teens spend less on food, apparel while video games and DVDs still popular

Apr 27, 09 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The downturn is causing teens, who usually spend through recessions while parents absorb the pinch, to cut back, Advertising Age reports. Teenagers are spending about 14% less this spring than last, a “dramatic impact” from a demographic that spends an average of $125 billion each year. Unemployment is also... More »

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recession • gaming • unemployment • consumer spending • spending • teenager • video games • financial crisis • DVDs

For Teens Hip to the Recession, Cheap Is In

Abercrombie takes a back seat to discounts, value brands

Apr 23, 09 9:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - For the oft-studied, rarely understood teen demographic, cheap is the new black. Teen spending is off 14% this spring, the New York Times reports, reflecting the larger economic crisis. But the recession has also caused a realignment among the stores teens find hip, as discounters and heavy promoters become popular... More »

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Abercrombie & Fitch • American Eagle • Buckle • Aeropostale • teenager • financial crisis • Hot Topic • Hollister • Jay-ZTV

Pa. Parents
Fire Back at Sexting Charges

Team with ACLU, sue DA over teens' felony child-porn cases

Apr 21, 09 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Pennsylvania district attorney is trying to snuff out “sexting” by threatening felony child-pornography charges for teens who have taken, appeared in, or sent naughty pictures, the Wall Street Journal reports. But while many capitulated, the parents of three others have teamed with the ACLU to sue George Skumanick... More »

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lawsuit • child pornography • texting • teenager • criminal charges • sexting • George Skumanick

 Slain Pirates Were 
 'Untrained Teenagers': US 

They were young men 'with heavy arms:' Gates

Apr 13, 09 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Capt. Richard Phillips’ captors were young men new to high-seas crime, AFP reports. The Somali pirates, aged 17-19, were “untrained teenagers with heavy weapons,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today, adding that Somalia needs “something on land that begins to change the equation for these kids.”... More »

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Somalia • crime • Robert Gates • pirates • US Navy • teenager

Sexting 'Craze' May Really Be Skewed Polling 

'Internet cowboys and cowgirls' twist results
of online surveys

Apr 8, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - One in five teenagers have shared naughty pictures of themselves over the phone or online—at least according to reports of the “sexting epidemic” that’s been causing hysteria lately. But the figure might be bogus, the Wall Street Journal reports, because it’s based on a voluntary... More »

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text message • child pornography • polling • teenager • mobile phones • sexting

Teens Hide Eating Disorders With Vegetarianism: Study

Veggie diets can mask unhealthy behaviors

Apr 7, 09 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many teens dabble with vegetarianism, and the choice is usually accepted by parents as a mild form of rebellion. But a new study suggests some use vegetarianism to hide an eating disorder, Time reports. Researchers found that 20% to 25% of current and former vegetarians had engaged in binge eating... More »

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bulimia • meat • eating disorder • vegetarianism • teenager • eating disorders

Miley Not Crazy About Twilight's Robert Pattinson

Star talks boys with Teen Vogue

Apr 6, 09 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Teen girls everywhere are still swooning over Twilight star Robert Pattinson—but not Miley Cyrus, she tells Teen Vogue. The Disney star prefers “adorable” Jude Law or Javier Bardem, who’s “so sexy." As for Pattinson? “I’m not a huge Rob Pattinson fan. Girls aren’... More »

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Vogue • Hannah Montana • Miley Cyrus • teenager • Twilight • Robert Pattinson

Moody Teen? 
Must Have
an Immature
Frontal Lobe

Decision-making area matures last: study

Apr 6, 09 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists studying teenage brains believe the growth process is responsible for some of the more unpleasant traits of adolescence, the Daily Telegraph reports. Brain scans revealed that the front of the frontal lobe—responsible for impulses and decision-making—was among the very last parts of the brain to mature, which... More »

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brain • human behavior • adolescents • teenager • National Institute of Mental Health

School Sued
for Ignoring 'Bullicides'

Teachers stood by as students pushed teen over edge: parents

Apr 2, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The parents of an Ohio teen who killed himself after a bully suggested he do so have sued his former school. Teachers let other boys tease Eric Mohat, call him homophobic slurs, and shove him around without recourse, charge William and Janis Mohat, who want the school to recognize the... More »

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suicide • high school • Ohio • bullying • teenager

4 Indicted in
Year-Long
Teen Torture

Shackled teen
attacked with knife,
bat, belt and acid

Apr 2, 09 3:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three adults pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges they tortured a captive teen for a year with belts, a baseball bat, knife and acid, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. A neighbor has yet to enter a plea. The 16-year-old boy was shackled to a fireplace in the California home of... More »

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torture • kidnapping • abduction • teenager • imprisonment

Girl Faces Kid Porn Charges for Posting
Self Nudes

14-year-old may have to register as sex offender

Mar 27, 09 3:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 14-year-old New Jersey girl has been charged with possessing and distributing child porn for posting nude photos of herself on her MySpace web pages, reports WPIX-TV. If convicted, the girl may have to register as a sex offender. The case highlights increasing problems with children posting or texting racy... More »

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MySpace • New Jersey • pornography • sex offenders • child pornography • texting • teenager • cyber sex • Howard Stern Grid

 Obama Inspires School's 
 'Pull Up Your Pants' Day 

Florida school hands out belts to tighten waistbands

Mar 26, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Among Barack Obama’s many inspirational quips, it’s “Brothers should pull up their pants” that stuck with the Florida high school teacher behind today’s Pull Up Your Pants Day. Fed up with droopy drawers, she enlisted community members to hand out belts to kids who could use... More »

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Florida • high school • African Americans • teenager • President Obama • Howard Stern Grid

Teen Date Stabbed Newsman
50 Times: Cops

Attack occurred during sex arranged through teen's MySpace web page

Mar 26, 09 4:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A disturbed teenager stabbed an ABC radio newsman 50 times during $60 sex arranged through the boy's satanic MySpace web page, reports the New York Daily News. George Weber was found dead in his bed earlier this week after the knife-obsessed hustler attacked him, the 16-year-old confessed to police. The... More »

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crime • murder • sex • journalist • stabbing • teen sex • teenager • pedophilia • Howard Stern Grid

FDA OKs Drug
for Kids Despite Justice Probe

Firm wooed docs to illegally prescribe antidepressant: feds

Mar 21, 09 9:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FDA has approved an antidepressant called Lexapro for kids, just weeks after the Justice Department accused its maker of marketing it illegally—for kids. Prosecutors say Forest Laboratories for years sweet-talked pediatricians into prescribing Lexapro and the similar Celexa by offering spa visits, event tickets, and fishing trips, even... More »

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FDA • antidepressant • drug companies • children • pediatricians • teenager • kickbacks

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