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Discuss the laws that effect you with other teens. Moderated by Judge Tom Jacobs
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High school paper featuring burning American flag cancelled
Senior Connor Kennedy wrote the following editorial about free speech in the Shasta High School newspaper, The Volcano. His words accompanied by a photo of a burning American flag have caused a stir across the country. For more ...
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Eyebrows–a fashion statement or gang sign?
Centennial High School in Oregon is concerned about your eyebrows and whether you're a gang member. It seems that shaving vertical lines in your eyebrows symbolize gang membership or activity. It's also a trend made ...
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8 Florida teens face prison for video assault
Mercades [16], Brittini [17], April [14], Cara [16], Britney [17], Kayla [15], Zachary [17] and Stephen [18] may be teens but all will be tried as adults and face years in prison for their alleged ...
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Should tanning salons be off limits to teens?
In 2007, North Dakota passed a law prohibiting anyone under 14 from using a tanning salon. Older teens must have written permission from a parent or guardian. 27 other states have similar restrictions on kids ...
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Valentine’s Day 2008 will be remembered at a California high school
15-year-old Richard Edmond is the editor of Le Sabre, his high school's newspaper. For the Valentine's Day issue he tried to raise awareness of violence against women with a lead story about the play "Vagina Monologues." ...
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State legislatures tackle cyber-bullying.
As use of the Internet grows, so does cyber-abuse through every imaginable method of communication. Web-pages, email hit-lists, online journals and even threatening icons have landed some kids in trouble at home, school and with ...
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Should 16 and 17-year-olds be allowed to vote?
Passage of the 26th Amendment in 1971 granted 11 million Americans between the ages of 18 and 21 the right to vote. There has been some discussion in recent years of lowering the age to ...
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School discipline for Facebook party pictures
In early January, 2008 dozens of students at Eden Prairie High School in Minnesota were questioned by school officials about pictures of them seen on Facebook. Some were seen partying with alcohol present in violation ...
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Parents in Prison for Teen’s Party
In early November, 2007, Ryan's mother and stepfather were paroled after serving five months of a two-year prison sentence. In 2002 they threw a party at their home in Virginia for Ryan's 16th birthday. His ...
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An exception to Zero Tolerance?
You may have read about 17-year-old Kim Peters, a senior at Willow Canyon High School in Phoenix, Arizona. Kim started competitive skeet-shooting in her freshman year. She has won several trophies in this male-dominated sport ...
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Finland, Philadelphia and YouTube—a deadly connection?
14-year-old Dillon Cossey in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania met 18-year-old Pekka-Eric Auvinen from Finland on YouTube. They traded e-mail and exchanged posts on a site they were both interested in--about the Columbine school massacre in Colorado ...
