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Teen Wins Fight for Less 'Girly' Easy-Bake Oven

Hasbro adjusts colors, marketing in wake of McKenna Pope's campaign

(Newser) - A 13-year-old girl who complained to Hasbro that its purple and pink Easy-Bake Ovens needed to be a little more unisex for her 4-year-old brother has won: Thanks to her online petition, Hasbro is releasing a blue, silver, and black version—and adding boys to advertisements for the classic toy,...

Teen Scores $60K for Google Hack

Firm awards prizes for exposing security flaws

(Newser) - A teenager has won $60,000 for a "critical" hack into Google's Chrome browser—a prize paid by the tech giant itself. For the second time in a year, the youth, who goes by "Pinkie Pie," has won Google's contest to expose security problems, Venture...

Teen on Bus Killed After Poking Head Out Roof Hatch

He struck a highway overpass on George Washington Bridge

(Newser) - A teenager headed to a Sweet 16 party was killed after he stuck his head out of the emergency hatch of a double-decker bus and hit the underside of a highway overpass, police said. Daniel Fernandez, of Sayreville, NJ, was among 65 teens aboard the bus last night as it...

NYC Teens Trash 9/11 Memorial
 NYC Teens Trash 9/11 Memorial 
Jun 25, 2012 9:30 AM CDT

NYC Teens Trash 9/11 Memorial

...and one tries to bring in bullets

(Newser) - During a class trip to the 9/11 memorial, New York City junior high students were on less-than-charming behavior, hurling trash and other items into its reflecting pools. "Kids were throwing baseballs in the pond thing," one student tells the New York Daily News . The education department is investigating...

Federal Agent Killed With Own Gun by Son, 14

Myron Chisem shot in head through window of Calif. home

(Newser) - The 14-year-old son of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been busted in the killing of his dad in their southern California home. Myron Chisem, 42, was shot in the head with a gun fired from the backyard through the window of his family room in Carson. Chisem's...

44% of Teens Could Get a Gun
 44% of Teens Could Get a Gun 
Apr 19, 2012 11:46 AM CDT

44% of Teens Could Get a Gun

Survey also shows 33% know someone who has been shot

(Newser) - Teenagers today are perilously familiar with guns. In a new survey from Teenage Research Unlimited, 44% said they could get a handgun if they wanted to, WBEZ reports. About a third of respondents also said that they personally knew someone who'd been shot, and 37% say they actively fear...

Kid Charged in Grisly Crash That Killed 9 Immigrants

15-year-old said he drove the van because his family had been threatened

(Newser) - A 15-year-old South Texas boy has been charged with nine counts of murder after a van he was driving crashed, killing nine of the suspected illegal immigrants packed inside. The boy appeared at a probable cause hearing today, where he was also charged with 17 counts of smuggling a person,...

Average 2012 Prom Tab: $1K+
 Average 2012 Prom Tab: $1K+ 
Apr 13, 2012 1:14 PM CDT

Average 2012 Prom Tab: $1K+

Average family now spends $1,078 on big dance

(Newser) - If you have a teenager nearing prom age, hopefully you've got good credit. Between dresses, flowers, limo rides, and hairdos, the average family with a teenager is expected to plunk down a whopping $1,078 on prom this year, up from $807 last year, according to a new Visa...

Suspected Teen Rape Victim Jailed

'She's a victim, not a criminal,' says her lawyer

(Newser) - A 17-year-old suspected rape victim is being held in a California juvenile detention facility to ensure that she'll show up to testify against her attacker. She failed to turn up at a preliminary hearing for her suspected assailant, forcing prosecutors to refile the case. “The last thing we...

Arkansas Teen Shoots, Kills 16-Year-Old Sister

Ozarks boy turns himself in to sheriff's office

(Newser) - A teenager in the Arkansas Ozarks turned himself in yesterday saying he had shot his 16-year-old sister, the Southwest Times Record reports. “He came in ... saying he needed to speak with someone because he had killed his sister,” Franklin Sheriff Anthony Boen said of the 15-year-old. Deputies found...

Texas Runaway Mistakenly Deported

Jakadrien Turner, now 15, still trapped in Colombia

(Newser) - A 14-year-old American runaway was mistakenly deported to Colombia by authorities in Texas months ago, and was only recently tracked down by a relative. The screw-up occurred when the girl gave a fake name that happened to match a 22-year-old illegal alien, and officials never bothered to confirm her identity,...

Teenage Paintballer Shot Dead by Farmer

Indiana shooter thought he was aiming at coyotes: Cops

(Newser) - A teen paintballer was shot dead by an Indiana farmer who thought he was picking off a coyote. Brandon Spangler, 17, was struck as he was unloading paintball gear from a car with his three brothers and dad, whom he was visiting from Michigan for the holidays, police said. A...

Girl Wielding Pepper Spray Lands 9 Kids in Hospital

Incident sends 9 to hospital

(Newser) - Welcome to Pepper Spray Nation. America's newly favorite weapon is making its way from the streets of California to the aisles of Walmart to the country's high schools. DNAInfo reports that nine Harlem students were rushed to a NYC hospital yesterday afternoon after a 14-year-old used pepper spray...

Teens Arrested After Parents Found Dead

LA girl, boyfriend pointed cops to second body

(Newser) - A 15-year-old Los Angeles girl and her 16-year-old boyfriend were arrested yesterday after police found the girl’s mother and stepfather buried in shallow graves. The woman’s body was found only partially buried Saturday after a passerby caught wind of it, KTLA reports; police found the stepfather only after...

English-Speaking Teen From Forest Stumps Berlin Cops

'Ray' says he recently buried his father and is all alone

(Newser) - He says he's been living in the forest for years, his parents are gone, and he doesn’t know where he came from. Identified only as “Ray,” a teenage boy arrived in Berlin’s City Hall two weeks ago and remains a mystery to police. On arrival,...

Teen Faces Terror Charges for Blowup Doll Prank
Teen Faces Terror Charges for Blowup Doll Prank
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Jun 18, 2011 1:55 PM CDT

Teen Faces Terror Charges for Blowup Doll Prank

He could get eight years in prison

(Newser) - An Indiana high school senior is facing up to eight years in prison for the egregious felony of… bringing a blowup doll to school. Tyell Morton planted the doll in the girl’s bathroom as a senior prank, but administrators didn’t think it was funny. All they saw on...

16-Year-Old Makes Promising Find on Cystic Fibrosis

Teen's research could lead to better drug therapy

(Newser) - Encouraging new research on the treatment of cystic fibrosis comes courtesy of an 11th-grader. Toronto 16-year-old Marshall Zhang figured out via computer simulations that two drugs have the potential to make a powerful combination in treating the disease, reports LiveScience . He then tried out his theory on living cells: "...

Cops: Would-Be Ivy Leaguer Pistol-Whips Mom for Car

Now mom doesn't want to jeopardize daughter's scholarships

(Newser) - Don't mess with a wound-up teen obsessed with a car. A Florida high school honors student accepted into Ivy League schools pistol-whipped her mom when the mother refused to sign a car loan for her, according to cops. Rachel Hachero, 17, called her mom from a Fort Myers car dealership...

Teen Jumps Off Golden Gate Bridge, Survives

Police probe incident as suicide attempt

(Newser) - Call it a miracle: A 17-year-old boy yesterday jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge ... and survived. The teen, who was visiting the bridge on a class field trip, swam to shore with a surfer’s help. He was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive, reports the San ...

Teen Brains Develop Ability to Avoid Risky Behavior

It might help them ward off peer pressure

(Newser) - Looks like teens have a built-in defense mechanism against peer pressure: New research shows that the part of the brain involved in decision-making develops significantly in the early teen years, the Telegraph reports. Researchers from the University of Oregon found that activity in the ventral striatum, a part of the...

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