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Teens Steal Cars, Lead Police on Chase Through Sonoma and Marin
Two Petaluma teens allegedly stole two vehicles and led police from Sonoma and Marin counties on a chase late Friday night that culminated in the California Highway Patrol setting up a spike strip to stop them. #13; The 16-year-old boys allegedly stole a Dodge Charger from a Petaluma address earlier Friday, California Highway Officer Officer [...]
Teens are texting more, study finds, but is it addictive?
— Tips for parents of over-texters Educational psychologist Jane M. Healy, who has written books about raising children in this high-tech age, suggests a few tips for parents with teens who text too much. Make sure parents put down their electronic devices, too. Their teens can model their own behavior. Parents can engage with their [...]
Job market still brutal for teens
Attention teenagers: If you had trouble landing a summer job last year, chances are your job search this year wont be much better. Only one in 10 hiring managers say theyll hire more staff this summer, while 16% say theyll hire fewer, according to Snagajob, an hourly employment network for job seekers and employers. A [...]
Teens accused of BB shooting spree
CAPE CORAL, FL – Two teens are accused of shooting people with a BB gun while driving around Cape Coral. Duke Bambergers son was a random victim who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. They were driving down Del Prado when a white Jeep with black rims pulled up next [...]
Research on teens and Internet pornography is mixed
CHICAGO — Internet porn became a fleeting campaign issue last week when GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum, calling the Obama administration soft on enforcing obscenity laws, claimed that children were being harmed by online smut. Obviously Congress … understood that hard-core pornography is very damaging, particularly to young people, and that exposure on the Internet [...]
Area teens to challenge bullying and school violence
What is bullying?: Bullying or harassing behavior is any pattern of gestures or written, electronic or verbal communications, or any physical act or any threatening communication, that:(1) Places a student or school employee in actual and reasonable fear of harm to his or her person or damage to his or her property; or (2) Creates [...]
Opinion: The reality all teens face
CHICAGO — Two weeks ago when the Trayvon Martin slaying was just picking up steam on the Internet, my doorbell rang and I opened the door to two policewomen. There had been a series of petty crimes and acts of vandalism in my neighborhood and, as the officers questioned neighbors, they heard that they should [...]
Teens Accused Of Conspiring To Kill Foster Mom
Christina Beckner and Quandaleesha Johnson, both 15, and 13-year-old Marliesia Ortiz are accused in the incident. Police said a fourth teenager, who is not charged, told the 24-year-old house mother, Bailey Vandyne, about the plot to kill her. The girls were reported to be out of control, turning over furniture and throwing things around the [...]
3 teens shot in Marquette Park
Three teens were wounded this afternoon in the Marquette Park neighborhood but police were still trying to determine if the shootings were related, officials said. Police responded to the area of 70th Street and Rockwell Avenue at about 12:30 pm after getting a report of a person shot, according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer [...]