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Top new laws for teens & parents 2013

Every year, hundreds of new laws go into effect across the country. We highlight some of the new laws for 

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New sexting law tested in Pennsylvania

Two students at Greenburg Salem Middle School, Pennsylvania have received tickets for a sexting incident last October. The unnamed students 

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16-year-old girl threatens to blow up school

A few days before the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in December, 2012, a student at Red 

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These 20 faces should end the debate – it’s time to legislate!

Senator Diane Feinstein of California will introduce a bill into Congress in January, 2013. Reportedly it will ban the sale, possession, 

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Teen’s hoax brings criminal charges and lock-up

On the same day as the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut in December, 2012, a 17-year-old girl in 

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What will it take for Congress to act on gun control?

You may be on your Christmas or winter vacation from school and won’t have a chance to discuss this in class 

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12-year-old on trial for murdering his father when he was 10

There have been approximately 8,000 murders over the past three decades of parents by their children. Only 16 of those 

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What is a warrant?

There are two types of warrants that deal with the juvenile justice and criminal systems in the United States. The 

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Bully sent to prison for three years

Dax Catalano was a 16-year-old high school junior in Maine when his life changed in 2011. He started dating a new 

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Teen assault victim goes public on Twitter

In the summer of 2011, Kentucky teenager Savannah Dietrich was drinking with friends when things turned ugly. She passed out 

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