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...Gist: Scientists at Seattle Children's Research Institute and the University of Washington randomly selected 500 MySpace profiles belonging to self-described 18-year-olds in the U.S. to determine what sort of information the average teen was sharing online. Their conclusion? The kids are not alright. Well, half of them anyways. Nearly 54% of the selected profiles revealed details about risky sexual lifestyles, drug addictions and violent encounters with peers...
...Pursuit of Teen Girl Purity
...blase teen has grown up in an alternative universe - one that might be envisioned by Al Gore. That's because Kuzumaki (population 8,000) has over the past decade transformed itself into a living laboratory for the development of sustainable and diversified energy sources. "When I was growing up, all we had [to generate power] was oil," says Kazunori Fukasawaguchi, a Kuzumaki native who now serves in local government. "I never imagined this kind of change." (Read TIME's Top 10 Green Ideas...
...conscious companies that make for classic recession plays: Dollar Tree (up 61%, to $41.61), 99 Cents Only Stores (up 39%, to $11.05), Family Dollar (up 27%, to $24.51) and Wal-Mart (up 15%, to $54.63). Others, though, are less predictable, including shoe chain Finish Line (up 134%, to $5.66), teen clothier Hot Topic (up 33%, to $7.73), and sandwich shop Panera Bread...
...hurt by The Offspring’s assault on the wannabes of white suburbia. But change the subject matter to Bar Mitzvahs and pastrami: now that speaks to me. 4. “Smells Like Nirvana”—Parody of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana Here, Al decides to actually mock the band instead of just replacing the lyrics with ones about an unrelated humorous topic. What’s most impressive is that he’s really ahead of his time in terms of hating on Nirvana. Great...