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Tori Spelling close to making a deal to reprise role from teen soap opera

Jan 8, 09 9:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Tori Spelling is coming back to the world's most famous zip code, a show rep tells People. The star of the original Beverly Hills 90210 is close to finalizing a deal to reprise her role as Donna Martin in multiple episodes of spin-off 90210. An earlier plan for her to... More »

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television • teenager • Shannen Doherty • 90210 • Tori Spelling

Mississippi Has Most Teen Pregnancies

State passes Texas
and New Mexico in nationwide uptick

Jan 7, 09 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Mississippi has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the US, the AP reports. Some 68 Mississippi women out of 1,000 aged 15-19 got pregnant in 2006—the most recent year for which data are available, and in which the US rate rose for the first time in 15... More »

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pregnancy • Texas • New Mexico • abstinence education • Mississippi • teen pregnancy • celebrity pregnancy • teenager • pregnant women • wowOwow

Gap Year Gains Favor Among High School Graduates

Industry grows to help them put off college

Dec 30, 08 7:08 PM CST
(Newser) - As more high school graduates decide to take a so-called “gap-year” before college, a veritable industry has sprung up to offer these seekers advice on how to go about it, the Wall Street Journal reports. Given the increased popularity of a year off, which some educators advocate because... More »

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travel • college admissions • community service • gap year • college student • high school students • teenager

Out-of-Whack Body Clocks Keep Teens Sleepy: Study

Later school start times improve sleep, decrease car accidents

Dec 15, 08 2:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Sleepy high-school students slumped over their desks just can’t help it, CNN reports. Most school start times play havoc with teens’ circadian rhythms: Teens naturally go to bed later than adults, and need more sleep. A new study finds pushing the high-school start time from 7:30am to 8:... More »

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sleep • high school • car accident • circadian rhythms • teenager • students • start time • tired

Teen Pranksters Get a Dose
of Revenge

Minnesota man charged after spraying them with fox urine

Dec 12, 08 4:06 PM CST
(Newser) - A Minnesota man faces misdemeanor charges of assault and disorderly conduct after police accused him of spraying mischievous teens with fox urine, the West Central Tribune reports. The 50-year-old—fed up with youths toilet-papering his house—loaded up his Super Soaker squirt gun with the offending fluid, donned night-vision goggles,... More »

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Minnesota • misdemeanor • prank • disorderly conduct • teenager

One in 5 Teens Has Sent
or Posted Racy Photos

And 1 in 3 say they've received such photos

Dec 10, 08 11:24 AM CST
(Newser) - A New Hampshire teen suspended from school last week for sending a racy photo via cell phone wasn’t the first, the Boston Globe reports—and won’t be the last: One in five teens has uploaded a compromising image, and nearly one in three has received a half-naked or... More »

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Internet • cell phones • nudity • photograph • suspension • child pornography • teenager • sexting

Student Sues Over Facebook Suspension

Constitutional case
asks if school can limit online expression

Dec 9, 08 3:39 PM CST
(Newser) - With the help of the ACLU, a Florida high school grad is suing a former principal for violating her constitutional rights in suspending her for “cyber-bullying” a teacher, the Miami Herald reports. Katherine Evans created a Facebook page railing against her “worst teacher,” and asked classmates to... More »

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high school • Facebook • ACLU • cyberbullying • freedom of speech • teenager • teacher • harrassment

 Officials Vow 
 Crackdown 
 as Rioters 
 Trash Athens 

Third night of violence across Greece as nation braces for shot teen's funeral

Dec 9, 08 2:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Greek officials vowed to crack down on rioters battling police and tearing up Athens and other major cities in the worst street violence in three decades, the Guardian reports. The rioting was sparked Saturday after police shot to death a teenage boy, and intensified violence is expected today as the... More »

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police • Athens • riots • funeral • shooting • teenager • anarchists • Salonika

Movie Review

Amarcord Still Sentimental, Sexist ... and Great

Fellini gives us a coming-of-age during 1930s fascist Italy

Dec 8, 08 1:56 PM CST
(Newser) - “Kids, dogs, wisecracking old men and well-proportioned female derrières take up a significant portion of screen time in Amarcord,” writes Andrew O’Hehir in Salon of the newly re-released, semi-autobiographical coming-of-age tale from Federico Fellini—but it doesn’t lack gravitas. The color restoration is as “... More »

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Italy • Alessandra Mussolini • Frederico Fellini • movies • teenager • coming of age

Teen Critical
After Jumping From Moving SUV on Dare

200 Ill. teens played the stunts-for-cash game

Nov 25, 08 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - An Illinois grand jury is investigating a scavenger hunt that left a 17-year-old in critical condition after he jumped from a Dodge Durango moving at 25mph. As many as 200 teenagers were apparently competing for cash by performing stunts and videotaping them last Friday. Erik Nava's team was winning the... More »

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high school • Illinois • driving • game • stunts • teenager • Elgin

OPINION

Gals Need Great
Coming-of-Age Flick, Too


Nov 22, 08 7:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Women have no equivalent to Stand By Me to help them relive their lost tweener years, Hortense writes on Jezebel. The blogger admits to "a jealousy that creeps in whenever I watch Stand By Me. The relationships shared between the boys seem so real, so true.” The next-best... More »

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film • women • girls • teenager • boy • coming of age • Stand By Me • Now and Then

Movie review

 Teens Will Swoon for Twilight 

Vampire romance grabs target audience, fails on effects

Nov 21, 08 11:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The teen-vampire drama Twilight will “mesmerize its target audience, 16-year-old girls and their grandmothers,” writes Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times. “The movie is lush and beautiful, and the actors are well-chosen.” The story of a girl and her vegetarian-vampire lover focuses on the “fervent,... More »

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 Florida Teen 
 Kills Himself 
 on Web TV 
 as Viewers LOL 

Users egged on bodybuilder as he
swallowed pills

Nov 21, 08 3:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A Florida teenager broadcast his hours-long suicide on an internet video-streaming channel as viewers watched, reports Newteevee. After threatening to kill himself on Justin.tv, the teen was egged on by viewers as well as posters on a chat room he used. The young bodybuilder, 19, took a fatal overdose... More »

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Internet • suicide • suicide note • web video • teenager • streaming video • webcam

Teen Hits Choppy Waters
on Global Sailing Trip 

Daring Californian faces pirates on quest to
beat sailing record

Nov 8, 08 6:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Most 16-year-old boys pass their days pining for Miley Cyrus, but Zac Sunderland spends his fending off pirates and feeding on cold, canned meals. The California native is 5 months and nearly half-way into his quest to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world, the Los Angeles ... More »

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Africa • travel • California • Australia • sailing • teenager

 Bullies May Enjoy Inflicting Pain 

Brain scans show agressors feel reward watching others suffer

Nov 7, 08 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Bullies appear to enjoy seeing other people in pain, Reuters reports. Researchers in Chicago took brain scans of two sample groups of teens while showing them videos of one person hurting another. When showed violence, one group of teens, who were diagnosed with aggressive-conduct disorder and had recently attacked schoolmates,... More »

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high school • violence • bullying • fMRI • scientific research • teenager • aggression

  Mmmm... 
  Miley Flirts 
  as Beau Models 

15-year-old steals the show at LA Fashion Week

Oct 17, 08 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Miley Cyrus raised eyebrows again at LA Fashion Week on Wednesday night, as the precocious 15-year-old star flirted with her 20-year-old underwear-model boyfriend as he strutted the runway. Cyrus seductively licked her lips in response to Justin Gaston's air kisses and winks, and told a friend they were having an... More »

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celebrity • Fashion Week • Miley Cyrus • teenager • Justin Gaston

 Teens Clueless 
 About Risks 
 of DIY Porn 

Young people seek instant fame through sending sexual images of themselves

Oct 15, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Young people like the Ohio teen facing child porn charges for sending nude photos of herself to classmates are often clueless as to the consequences of their actions, experts tell ABC News. Heavily influenced by a culture in which porn is readily available and increasingly acceptable, some teens seek a... More »

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Internet • pornography • children • child pornography • teenager • sexting

Down Syndrome Teen Voted Homecoming Queen

'Her smile was as big as Texas,' aunt says

Oct 15, 08 5:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - There wasn't a dry eye in the house when a Texas football stadium erupted into wild cheers last weekend to honor their homecoming queen, a pretty 18-year-old high school senior with Down syndrome. "Her smile was as big as the state of Texas," queen Kristin Pass' aunt told... More »

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high school • Texas • football • teenager • Down Syndrome • high school football • homecoming • homecoming queen

 She's Preggers Again: Enquirer  

If you believe the Enquirer, anyway

Oct 8, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Those scamps at the National Enquirer are reporting that Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant once again. It seems the young starlet believed she "couldn’t get pregnant while she was breastfeeding,” according to an anonymous “close source.” Spears and her mom are “hysterical” and... More »

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pregnancy • National Enquirer • Jamie Lynn Spears • celebrity pregnancy • teenager

 Disney's New Princess 
 Could Grab Miley's Crown 

16-year-old Demi Lovato is on the fast track to teen superstardom

Sep 27, 08 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new star is rising through the Disney ranks and teen entertainment watchers think she could go all the way to the top, Entertainment Weekly reports. At 16, Demi Lovato already has a decade of showbiz experience under her belt and the Camp Rock star looks set to go take... More »

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Disney Channel • Disney • celebrity • Miley Cyrus • Jonas Brothers • teenager • Selena Gomez • Demi Lovato

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