The Archives - July 2009
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Student’s private Facebook messages distributed by teacher
Cheerleaders at Pearl High School in Mississippi were required to disclose their login information and passwords to their social networking accounts. No reason was given but the girls thought it was to allow the coaches ...
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Australia loses teen to cyberbullying
Chanelle Rae was a 14-year-old cheerleader at her high school in Australia. According to her mother, she was a bright and happy teenager who had a few minor problems with kids at school, but nothing that ...
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Beware of tanning beds!
The risk of skin cancer jumps by 75% if you start using tanning beds before you're 35 years old. This is the finding of a new analysis of twenty studies published in the medical journal ...
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Is delinquent behavior contagious?
According to a new report based on a study of at-risk boys and young adult males in Canada, the answer is yes. [caption id="attachment_2645" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo by Dan Foy"]...
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“Hey, that’s not cool” says 12th-grader Cassady
By now you have probably heard about 13-year-old Megan Meier. She is the Missouri teen who was bullied on MySpace by 16-year-old Josh. But Josh didn't really exist - he was created by an adult ...
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Nature v. patriotism
It was during the 7th inning stretch at Yankee Stadium on a hot August day in 2008. As was the custom since Sept. 11, 2001, "God Bless America" was played. A little known rule prohibited movement ...
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No more vino for Italian teens!
A drinking ban prohibiting the consumption and sale of alcohol to anyone under the age of 16 is being enforced for the first time in Milan, Italy. [caption id="attachment_2702" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Photo by Thompski (Flickr)"]...
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12-year-old activist goes international on Facebook
You may have heard about two American reporters who allegedly entered North Korea illegally in March, 2009. Laura Ling, 32, and Euna Lee, 36, were doing a story for Current TV, a media outlet based in ...
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OMG! Manhole claims texter!
Alexa Longueira of Staten Island, New York, discovered the danger in texting and walking at the same time. Earlier this month, the 15-year-old fell into an uncovered manhole. She fell five to six feet into ...
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17-year-old sails around the world – alone!
In 2008, Zac Sunderland set sail to circumnavigate the globe. He was 16 when he left his home in California on the Intrepid, his 36-foot sailboat. [caption id="attachment_2637" align="alignleft" width="170" caption="Zac's MySpace"]...
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Pennsylvania swim club – was it a safety issue or racial?
A private swim club in the Philadelphia area, with an open membership policy, agreed to allow children from a local day-care center to swim at their pool. The Creative Steps summer camp paid the club ...
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Snoop Dogg helps with 4th-grade math
Megan Marie Allen has a unique approach to teaching her 4th-grade class. As she says, "anything to get them interested in the subjects." Like wearing military fatigues when the kids are doing writing drills. [caption id="attachment_2571" ...
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Teen MySpace killer gets 20 years
In 2008, Hughstan Schlicker practically lived on MySpace when he wasn't at school. The 15-year-old from Mesa, Arizona was depressed and had been comforted by some of his online friends....
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Campaign T-shirt banned at public high school
When Paul "Pete" Palmer was a sophomore at Waxahachie High School in Dallas, he wore a "John Edwards 2008" T-shirt to school. The school's dress code prohibits all "non-school messages" on clothing. However, the school ...
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Random drug testing in Wyoming middle and high schools challenged
Middle and high school athletes, cheerleaders, band members and others at Goshen County public schools in Wyoming must sign a form agreeing to random, suspicionless drug testing. The district's new policy was passed in April, ...
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