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Off the Shelf and on to the Big Screen!

Regina Brooks | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books

Read More: Young Adult, Writing, HUnger Games, Fiction, Twilight, Teen, Harry Potter, Vampire's Assistant, Movies, Books News
Regina Brooks

Hollywood continues to bring out the movies based on popular YA books, because the guarantee of an audience is just too good to pass up.

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Teen With Amnesia Found In Times Square Is Identified

AOL News | Evan Buxbaum, CNN | Posted 10.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Lost Teen, Shelter, Robin Hobb, Maryland, Fool's Fate, Amber, Missing Teenager, New York, Amnesia, Covenant House, Times Square, Amnesia Teen, Washington State, Teen, Police, Rian, New York News

Authorities have identified a teenager believed to be suffering from amnesia who was found on the streets of New York two weeks ago. Police say a CNN...

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Let's Not Forget Our Youth In This Healthcare Debate

Tina Wells | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Teen, Youth, Obesity, Healthcare, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Living News
Tina Wells

There's a generation of teens and tweens who will enter their adult lives more physically ill-equipped than any generation before them, ever.

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Summertime When the Friendships Comes Easy

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Making Friends, Friend, Living News, Young Women, Young Adult, Homesickness, Julie Kraut, Delacorte Press, Friendship by the Book, Irene S. Levine, Breaking News, Book Review, Camp, Friendship, Summer, Teen, Female, Slept Away, Laney Parker, Summertime, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

My conversation with Julie Kraut on her new book dealing with the nearly universal camper affliction: homesickness.

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Is Hugging Bad for Teens?

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Hugging, Hugging Ban, Kids, Teen, Hug, Hugs, Parenting, School, Teenagers, Living News
Joel Schwartzberg

A compromise: Can't these non-romantic hugs just be called "civil embraces"?

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Teen Sexual Harassment at Work -- An Underreported Scandal

Maria Hinojosa | Posted 03.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Teenager, Child Abuse, Workplace Abuse, Girl, Sex, Job, Teen, Sexual, Teenage, Now, Sexual Abuse, Now on PBS, Harassment, Video, Media News
Maria Hinojosa

The response to my latest NOW on PBS report -- about sexual harassment of teenage girls in the workplace, airing this Friday -- has been like no other.

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Ford Lets Parents Control Teen Speeding

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Ford, Teen, Speed Limits, Parents, Business News

DETROIT — So you think junior is a little too lead-footed when he drives the family car? Starting next year, Ford Motor Co. will give you the po...

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Palindromes: It Started with Hillary Clinton and It's Got to End with Hillary Clinton

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Feminist, Sarah Palin, Teen, Obama, Joe Biden, Feminism, Hillary Clinton, Gop, Rnc, Dnc, Religion, Women and Politics, John McCain, State Trooper Fired, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

Hillary and Palin occupy the same social caste -- white, professional women of faith, with families and they, in this way, are 'allowed' to attack each other, without the danger of it being too unseemly.

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Let's Give Our Kids All The Information They Need To Make Safe, Healthy Choices

Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abstinence Only, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Education, Teen, Teen Sex, Sex Education, Teenagers, Politics News
Rep. Lois Capps

Over the past decade we have spent over 1.3 billion in Federal dollars on abstinence-only education, event though these programs are ineffective and often contain false information.

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Teen Pregnancies On The Rise For First Time In 15 Years

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Teen Pregnancy Rate, Teenage Pregnancy, Teen, Teen Pregnancies, Teenagers, Home News

In a troubling reversal, the nation's teen birth rate rose for the first time in 15 years, surprising government health officials and reviving the bi...

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