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Los Angeles Times – A judge Friday sentenced four black teenagers to probation and 60 days of house arrest for their roles in the mob beatings of three white women on Halloween night, evoking tears of joy among the defendants and their relatives and gasps of indignation

For Teenagers, the Car is the Danger Zone
New York Times – Parents of teenagers worry about lots of things: drugs, sex, poor choices of friends. But the activity that causes the most harm to older teenagers is none of the above. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 16- to 20-year-olds

Md. Teens Likely Died of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Washington Post – The case drew wide attention along the Atlantic seaboard, as photographs showing the teenagers were broadcast on television and posted in public places, and e-mails were passed along by concerned citizens and groups. The girls, close friends for more

40% of kids see online porn – survey
TG Daily – A recent University of New Hampshire survey shows that nearly 40% of teenagers have seen online pornography. Two-thirds of those teenagers say they came across the material accidentally. The survey was done over three months and asked 1,422 kids from

Orthodox teenagers indicted in hate crime
JTA – Shlomi Bitton, Yossi Friedman, Benjamin Wasserman and two juveniles were charged with second-degree gang assault and third-degree menacing, according to a statement issued Thursday by Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes and reported in

Britain: 15 troops under 18 sent to Iraq
Boston Online – Teenagers can join the British military at 16 with parental consent. In 2003, Britain signed an optional protocol to the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child setting an age limit of 18 for compulsory recruitment and direct participation in

Sex register ‘to include e-mail’
BBC UK – With as many as two-thirds of British teenagers now using social networking sites such as MySpace, many parents, teachers and politicians fear this opens up new dangers for children. The Safer Internet campaign will see websites and child safety