<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - teen</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/teen</link><description>Newsvine - teen</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:10:58 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:27:46 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Doc convicted of misdemeanors in Ohio teen's death</title>
<description><![CDATA[The doctor of a 14-year-old Ohio girl who had cerebral palsy and weighed just 28 pounds when she died has been found guilty of three counts of failing to report child abuse or neglect.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17725169-doc-convicted-of-misdemeanors-in-ohio-teens-death</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17725169-doc-convicted-of-misdemeanors-in-ohio-teens-death</guid><category>us</category><category>death</category><category>malnourished</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:59:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lawyer: Assaulted teen had drawings, name on body</title>
<description><![CDATA[Awakening in a friend's bedroom after drinking too much at a sleepover, 15-year-old Audrie Pott looked down and realized she had been sexually assaulted and her attackers had written and drawn on intimate parts of her body, her family's attorney said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martha Mendoza]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Martha Mendoza]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17710603-lawyer-assaulted-teen-had-drawings-name-on-body</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17710603-lawyer-assaulted-teen-had-drawings-name-on-body</guid><category>us</category><category>suicide</category><category>northern-california</category><category>teen</category><category>assaulted</category><category>us-news</category><category>audrie-pott</category><category>fifteen-year-old-audrie-pott</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:55:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fc6a2920-d36f-4a7d-87ce-31880be2f388.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fc6a2920-d36f-4a7d-87ce-31880be2f388.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by her family via attorney Robert Allard shows Audrey Pott. A Northern California sheriff's office has arrested three 16-year-old boys on accusations that they sexually battered the 15-year-old girl who hanged herself eight days after the attack last fall. Santa Clara County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Jose Cardoza says the teens were arrested Thursday, April 11, 2013, two at Saratoga High School and a third at Christopher High School in Gilroy. (AP Photo/Family photo provided by attorney Robert Allard) NO SALES MAGS OUT FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=735fb15c-4c3b-4718-a254-39a36aa0026d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=735fb15c-4c3b-4718-a254-39a36aa0026d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by her family via attorney Robert Allard shows Audrie Pott. A Northern California sheriff's office has arrested three 16-year-old boys on accusations that they sexually battered the 15-year-old girl who hanged herself eight days after the attack last fall. Santa Clara County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Jose Cardoza says the teens were arrested Thursday, April 11, 2013, two at Saratoga High School and a third at Christopher High School in Gilroy. (AP Photo/Family photo provided by attorney Robert Allard) NO SALES MAGS OUT FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=972c339b-b71a-418c-aa90-fd99e16cdfde.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=972c339b-b71a-418c-aa90-fd99e16cdfde.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Robert Allard, an attorney for the family of Audrie Pott, speaks during an interview at his office in San Jose, Calif., Friday, April 12, 2013. Allard said that Pott committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted by three of her friends and a photo surfaced online. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=37fbbd7c-20e5-44d1-afc5-ef47c319ab90.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=37fbbd7c-20e5-44d1-afc5-ef47c319ab90.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Saratoga resident Jamie Perez speaks to reporters about a 15-year-old California girl that committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted by three of her friends and a photo surfaced online in Saratoga, Calif., Friday, April 12, 2013. Robert Allard, an attorney for the family of Audrie Pott, said Friday the girl saw an intimate photo being passed around online and pieced together from emails and text messages that her friends had victimized her while she slept. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0bc11150-3f14-4c68-8d75-ce99238e6338.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0bc11150-3f14-4c68-8d75-ce99238e6338.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The outside of Saratoga High School is seen in Saratoga, Calif., Friday, April 12, 2013. An attorney says a 15-year-old California girl committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted by three of her friends and a photo surfaced online. Robert Allard, an attorney for the family of Audrie Pott, said Friday the girl saw an intimate photo being passed around online and pieced together from emails and text messages that her friends had victimized her while she slept. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8a297176-1f52-4386-9327-c9db2bcb076e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8a297176-1f52-4386-9327-c9db2bcb076e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sheila Pott, mother of Audrie Pott who committed suicide after a sexual assault, stands by a photograph of her daughter and message board during a news conference Monday, April 15, 2013 in San Jose, Calif. The family of a girl who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted and a photo of the act was shared in text messages said Monday the three 16-year-old boys responsible were sober when the assault happened.   (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f9f0a367-ce2a-4bc2-87e7-9a8e1e12416f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f9f0a367-ce2a-4bc2-87e7-9a8e1e12416f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Larry Pott, father of Audrie Pott, who committed suicide after a sexual assault, talks about his daughter during a news conference Monday, April 15, 2013, in San Jose, Calif. At right is family representative Robert Allard. The family of a girl who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted and a photo of the act was shared in text messages said Monday the three 16-year-old boys responsible were sober when the assault happened.   (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=be251e9a-9637-408d-85f3-840de32be2b0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=be251e9a-9637-408d-85f3-840de32be2b0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Larry Pott, father of Audrie Pott who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted, reads a statement as Sheila Pott, left, Audrie's mother, looks on during a news conference Monday, April 15, 2013 in San Jose, Calif. The family of a girl who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted and a photo of the act was shared in text messages said Monday the three 16-year-old boys responsible were sober when the assault happened. They said they were outraged by what they see as a refusal to take responsibility by the three boys arrested in the attack on the 15-year-old girl in Saratoga, a bedroom community on the fringe of Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=262928f1-973e-43a2-8c6c-699596d73100.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="319" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=262928f1-973e-43a2-8c6c-699596d73100.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="193" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Larry Pott, father of Audrie Pott who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted, answers questions as Sheila Pott, left, Audrie's mother, looks on during a news conference Monday, April 15, 2013 in San Jose, Calif. The family of a girl who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted and a photo of the act was shared in text messages said Monday the three 16-year-old boys responsible were sober when the assault happened. They said they were outraged by what they see as a refusal to take responsibility by the three boys arrested in the attack on the 15-year-old girl in Saratoga, a bedroom community on the fringe of Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ce9b7376-c02c-470b-ac22-0707e860b145.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ce9b7376-c02c-470b-ac22-0707e860b145.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sheila Pott, right, mother of Audrie Pott who committed suicide after a sexual assault, answers questions during a news conference Monday, April 15, 2013 in San Jose, Calif. At left is Lisa Pott, Audrie's stepmother and second from left is Larry Pott, Audrie's father. The family of a girl who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted and a photo of the act was shared in text messages said Monday the three 16-year-old boys responsible were sober when the assault happened. They said they were outraged by what they see as a refusal to take responsibility by the three boys arrested in the attack on the 15-year-old girl in Saratoga, a bedroom community on the fringe of Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9f1cf745-a4c3-4964-bbcf-f56f4279f34d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="364" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9f1cf745-a4c3-4964-bbcf-f56f4279f34d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="169" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sheila Pott, wipes her eyes standing in front of a photograph of her daughter Audrie Pott,  who committed suicide after a sexual assault as family representative Robert Allard, right, reads a statement during a news conference Monday, April 15, 2013 in San Jose, Calif. The family of a girl who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted and a photo of the act was shared in text messages said Monday the three 16-year-old boys responsible were sober when the assault happened. They said they were outraged by what they see as a refusal to take responsibility by the three boys arrested in the attack on the 15-year-old girl in Saratoga, a bedroom community on the fringe of Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=da1d0162-0790-40d3-86f9-03a544e7d15d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=da1d0162-0790-40d3-86f9-03a544e7d15d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A board filled with messages for Audrie Pott, who committed suicide after a sexual assault, is displayed during a news conference Monday, April 15, 2013 in San Jose, Calif.  (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Wis. stepmother takes deal in starved teen case</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Wisconsin woman accused of torturing and starving her teenage stepdaughter pleaded no contest to child abuse-related charges Monday just before her trial was set to begin.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Todd Richmond]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Todd Richmond]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17655629-wis-stepmother-takes-deal-in-starved-teen-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17655629-wis-stepmother-takes-deal-in-starved-teen-case</guid><category>us</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>associated-press</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><category>starved</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 15:22:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>After slaying, AmeriCorps pulls 2 teams out of La.</title>
<description><![CDATA[AmeriCorps has pulled two of its National Civilian Community Corps teams out of New Orleans after one of its volunteers was shot to death.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17604487-after-slaying-americorps-pulls-2-teams-out-of-la</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17604487-after-slaying-americorps-pulls-2-teams-out-of-la</guid><category>us</category><category>new-orleans</category><category>killed</category><category>volunteer</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><category>national-civilian-community-corps</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 22:19:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Funeral held in NYC for teen shot by police</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hundreds gathered at a New York City church Saturday for an emotional, but peaceful, funeral for a 16-year-old boy whose death in a police shooting sparked a week of protests and a small riot.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Walker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Julie Walker]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17429979-funeral-held-in-nyc-for-teen-shot-by-police</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17429979-funeral-held-in-nyc-for-teen-shot-by-police</guid><category>us</category><category>shooting</category><category>police</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><category>police-shooting</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:19:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Teen who was set on fire arrested on drug charges</title>
<description><![CDATA[Authorities say a South Florida teenager who was set on fire by classmates when he was 15 has been arrested on multiple drug charges.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17401676-teen-who-was-set-on-fire-arrested-on-drug-charges</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17401676-teen-who-was-set-on-fire-arrested-on-drug-charges</guid><category>us</category><category>drug</category><category>arrest</category><category>south-florida</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><category>on-fire</category><category>set-on-fire</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:44:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Officials: Okla. teen had history of running away</title>
<description><![CDATA[A teen who stole medication and a cache of weapons and ammunition from his parents' home in Oklahoma had a history of running away, but authorities still don't know why he and a friend may have been trying to break into a Texas home where they ultimately died after a botched break-in.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nomaan Merchant]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nomaan Merchant]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17392432-officials-okla-teen-had-history-of-running-away</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17392432-officials-okla-teen-had-history-of-running-away</guid><category>us</category><category>oklahoma</category><category>stolen</category><category>guns</category><category>teen</category><category>north-texas</category><category>us-news</category><category>oklahoma-teen</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 02:10:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b1d06717-08d1-4660-96ff-424a0dbbbacc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="330" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b1d06717-08d1-4660-96ff-424a0dbbbacc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="186" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo provided by the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Department shows Kenneth Chaffin.  Oklahoma authorities say they've issued an alert to national law enforcement to be on the lookout for a 17-year-old boy who left home with guns, up to 2,000 rounds of ammunition and prescription drugs. (AP Photo/Pottawatomie County Sheriif's Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a179cc08-a39c-4341-9c8d-7c297b97d24a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="330" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a179cc08-a39c-4341-9c8d-7c297b97d24a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="186" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo provided by the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Department shows Kenneth Chaffin. Two heavily armed teenage friends from Oklahoma drove hundreds of miles in a stolen pickup to a small town near Dallas where they were fatally shot during an apparent home invasion, a sheriff's official said Thursday, March 21, 2013.  Chaffin, 17, and Dillon King, 18, both of Bethel Acres in Pottawatomie County, Okla., died Wednesday afternoon after exchanging gunfire with the owner of the property in Maypearl, Texas, Pottawatomie County Undersheriff J.T. Palmer said. They may have died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds, Palmer said.  (AP Photo/Pottawatomie County Sheriif's Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Wis. man convicted of neglect in daughter's case</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Wisconsin man accused of starving and torturing his teenage daughter has been convicted of child neglect.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Todd Richmond]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Todd Richmond]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17313343-wis-man-convicted-of-neglect-in-daughters-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17313343-wis-man-convicted-of-neglect-in-daughters-case</guid><category>us</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><category>starved</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:23:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>2 NYPD officers who shot teen had faced lawsuits</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two police officers who killed a 16-year-old boy on a New York City street have been sued for alleged civil rights violations related to other encounters with the public, the Daily News reported Saturday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17306370-2-nypd-officers-who-shot-teen-had-faced-lawsuits</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17306370-2-nypd-officers-who-shot-teen-had-faced-lawsuits</guid><category>us</category><category>shooting</category><category>police</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><category>new-york-police-department</category><category>police-shooting</category><category>daily-news</category><category>carol-gray</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:18:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=34bb7ca0-4771-4be0-bcfd-a8d002a08d51.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=34bb7ca0-4771-4be0-bcfd-a8d002a08d51.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Demonstrator Fatimah Shakur speaks during a vigil held for Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abe3dc75-0276-43b3-99d0-94ae81301f94.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abe3dc75-0276-43b3-99d0-94ae81301f94.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police officers regroup after a volley of glass bottles are thrown at them from a group of demonstrators during a march following a vigil held for Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of New York's Brooklyn borough, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. According to the NYPD, the teen pointed a .38-caliber revolver at the plainclothes officers, who responded by shooting him to death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=633c1c21-883a-4c46-99bc-b731f0f9c80b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=633c1c21-883a-4c46-99bc-b731f0f9c80b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Evan Brown, 53,  lights candles during a vigil held for Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=801d2886-45e6-4e20-9767-6939aaab67c6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=801d2886-45e6-4e20-9767-6939aaab67c6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A mourner writes a message on a poster beside a memorial during a vigil held for Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c8b16b93-a43a-4a10-a0d6-ec679186d2d3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c8b16b93-a43a-4a10-a0d6-ec679186d2d3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police officers arrest a demonstrator during a march after a vigil held for Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b9836b34-b140-4e21-b762-dcecf6ef83e3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b9836b34-b140-4e21-b762-dcecf6ef83e3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A demonstrator signals to fellow marchers as they take to the street following a vigil held for Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of New York's Brooklyn borough, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. According to the NYPD, the teen pointed a .38-caliber revolver at the plainclothes officers, who responded by shooting him to death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3b3a4e73-2c93-4849-b307-170fdb6248c8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3b3a4e73-2c93-4849-b307-170fdb6248c8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Demonstrators march through the streets alongside police officers during a march following a vigil held for Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9e1d04a3-9f63-4e0a-a378-08c3da7357e0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9e1d04a3-9f63-4e0a-a378-08c3da7357e0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Demonstrators march through the streets alongside police officers following a vigil held for Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=40b3de5c-eb23-40e5-a634-23e0c84588af.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=40b3de5c-eb23-40e5-a634-23e0c84588af.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A demonstrator is thrown to the ground by her hair during a march following a vigil held for Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of New York's Brooklyn borough, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. According to the NYPD, the teen pointed a .38-caliber revolver at the plainclothes officers, who responded by shooting him to death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c59e8ccf-b466-409b-b368-2bb49ab6fd4d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c59e8ccf-b466-409b-b368-2bb49ab6fd4d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police officers arrest a demonstrator during after a vigil held for Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of New York's Brooklyn borough, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. According to the NYPD, the teen pointed a .38-caliber revolver at the plainclothes officers, who responded by shooting him to death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=817c9675-8593-49a7-b9f3-69ad5bfc6915.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=817c9675-8593-49a7-b9f3-69ad5bfc6915.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police officers arrest a demonstrator during a march after a vigil held for Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=35e8caae-db12-4e74-8aa1-52329653b94d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=35e8caae-db12-4e74-8aa1-52329653b94d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Memorial candles stand beside a picture of Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray during a vigil for the deceased teen in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=19f7e34c-e9cb-4d32-aea1-d7b0ff9351f5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=19f7e34c-e9cb-4d32-aea1-d7b0ff9351f5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Demonstrator Fatimah Shakur speaks during a vigil held for Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=48ef0149-611a-4a21-bb94-a80dac63dc01.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=48ef0149-611a-4a21-bb94-a80dac63dc01.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People visit a growing makeshift memorial for police shooting victim Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y.  The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a20ca618-5527-4174-b5e6-69cce9414e2f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a20ca618-5527-4174-b5e6-69cce9414e2f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A storefront poster with a picture of police shooting victim Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray, calls for an &quot;independent investigation&quot; on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y.  The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them, while Gray's family says he was unarmed. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0c2b95fc-149c-4fdc-b320-43db44c0d823.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="327" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0c2b95fc-149c-4fdc-b320-43db44c0d823.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="188" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A makeshift memorial continues to grow for police shooting victim Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y.   The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them, while the familys says Gray was unarmed. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=24a8a607-b4d8-4ca2-9792-b18ff2a072cf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=24a8a607-b4d8-4ca2-9792-b18ff2a072cf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A young person stands at a growing makeshift memorial for police shooting victim Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y.  The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them, while the family says  Gray was unarmed. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=398d7bf0-763c-4993-bbeb-fe1c49c65d95.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=398d7bf0-763c-4993-bbeb-fe1c49c65d95.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Memorial candles stand beside a picture of Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray during a vigil for the deceased teen in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8d26f3ad-7e3c-4351-aba2-932fd741af95.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="342" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8d26f3ad-7e3c-4351-aba2-932fd741af95.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Carol Gray, left, leans on City Councilman Charles Barron, during a press conference on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y.  Gray's son Kimani &quot;Kiki&quot; Gray, 16, was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who say the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them, while Gray's family says he was unarmed. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Parents: Grandma 'monster,' slain son 'vindicated'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Calling her mother a "monster," Jennifer Hoffman said the 75-year-old woman deserves to be in prison for fatally shooting her teen son and strongly refuted the image painted of the boy during the Detroit-area grandmother's trial.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed White]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ed White]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17299191-parents-grandma-monster-slain-son-vindicated</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17299191-parents-grandma-monster-slain-son-vindicated</guid><category>us</category><category>slain</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><category>grandmother</category><category>jennifer-hoffman</category><category>sandra-layne</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:20:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d1c1ec83-169d-41e9-bad0-4b3bcbaf9294.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="383" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d1c1ec83-169d-41e9-bad0-4b3bcbaf9294.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sandra Layne leaves the Oakland County Circuit Courtroom of Judge Denise Langford Morris on a recess in Pontiac, Mich., Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The 75-year-old woman charged in the slaying of her teenage grandson is expected to say she shot him in self-defense because she feared the drug-crazed 17-year-old would harm her. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02eb1ce6-159b-44b4-8c30-60961dc7d70b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02eb1ce6-159b-44b4-8c30-60961dc7d70b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sandra Layne begins to testify in the Oakland County Circuit Courtroom of Judge Denise Langford Morris in Pontiac, Mich., Wednesday, March 13, 2013.   Layne, 75,  is charged with first-degree murder in Oakland County court. There's no dispute she repeatedly shot 17-year-old Jonathan Hoffman last year in West Bloomfield Township, even while he called 911 for help. Layne's lawyer says she feared for her life because of Hoffman's erratic behavior and his use of synthetic marijuana. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=01e65951-bde0-4583-8891-ad7bf2775a36.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=01e65951-bde0-4583-8891-ad7bf2775a36.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sandra Layne begins to testify in the Oakland County Circuit Courtroom of Judge Denise Langford Morris in Pontiac, Mich., Wednesday, March 13, 2013.   Layne, 75,  is charged with first-degree murder in Oakland County court. There's no dispute she repeatedly shot 17-year-old Jonathan Hoffman last year in West Bloomfield Township, even while he called 911 for help. Layne's lawyer says she feared for her life because of Hoffman's erratic behavior and his use of synthetic marijuana. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bb1ecb06-2c4b-4b0d-812b-332f04d7e813.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="368" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bb1ecb06-2c4b-4b0d-812b-332f04d7e813.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="167" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sandra Layne leaves the stand for a recess after testifying in the Oakland County Circuit Courtroom of Judge Denise Langford Morris in Pontiac, Mich., Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Layne, 75, is charged in the slaying of her teenage grandson.  She said she shot him in self-defense because she feared the drug-crazed 17-year-old would harm her. Defense attorney Stephanie Sabbota is at right. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=92a98b8e-7784-4fd7-bd67-50b4b63dc3be.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=92a98b8e-7784-4fd7-bd67-50b4b63dc3be.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sandra Layne testifies in the Oakland County Circuit Courtroom of Judge Denise Langford Morris in Pontiac, Mich., Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The 75-year-old woman charged in the slaying of her teenage grandson said she shot him in self-defense because she feared the drug-crazed 17-year-old would harm her. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a327bac-4723-4d13-b873-0535e8ba0d55.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a327bac-4723-4d13-b873-0535e8ba0d55.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 13, 2013 file photo, Sandra Layne testifies in the Oakland County Circuit Court in Pontiac, Mich. The 75-year-old Detroit-area woman was convicted of second-degree murder on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, for shooting her 17-year-old grandson six times during an argument last spring.  (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3f437ce4-85dc-4570-a435-50aadb795bef.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3f437ce4-85dc-4570-a435-50aadb795bef.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Defendant Sandra Layne is shackled after being convicted of  second-degree murder as she turns around and looks at her husband, Fred Layne, not pictured, and other family members in the courtroom in Pontiac, Mich., Tuesday afternoon, March 19, 2013. Layne was found guilty of second-degree murder Tuesday in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Jonathan Hoffman last year in West Bloomfield Township. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Todd McInturf)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Young dreams that died in Ohio crash</title>
<description><![CDATA[A rapper everybody called "Butter." An aspiring chef and pro wrestling fan. A fun-loving youth who volunteered to help neighbors and his community. A budding football star looking forward to next fall's high school season.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Sewell]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dan Sewell]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17286397-young-dreams-that-died-in-ohio-crash</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17286397-young-dreams-that-died-in-ohio-crash</guid><category>us</category><category>ohio</category><category>crash</category><category>vignettes</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:08:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3ccc7368-a2ed-4cc0-afd0-2fbae676b1f1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="481" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3ccc7368-a2ed-4cc0-afd0-2fbae676b1f1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="144" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lisa Williamson holds up a self-portrait of her son Brandon Murray, Monday, March 11, 2013, in Warren, Ohio. Investigators spent Monday trying to piece together why eight teenagers were crammed into a speeding SUV without the owner's permission when it flipped over into a pond, killing six of them, including Murray. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e09a773f-2bfd-4612-b8ab-5cb0ee477e03.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="495" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e09a773f-2bfd-4612-b8ab-5cb0ee477e03.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="148" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by the Murray family, Monday, March 11, 2013, shows Brandon Murray. Investigators spent Monday trying to piece together why eight teenagers were crammed into a speeding SUV without the owner's permission when it flipped over into a pond, killing six of them, including Murray. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Murray Family)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Prosecutor: Grandmother shot teen as he called 911</title>
<description><![CDATA[As a 17-year-old who had been shot by his grandmother pleaded with a 911 dispatcher to send help, the 75-year-old woman shot him again, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday in suburban Detroit.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17197526-prosecutor-grandmother-shot-teen-as-he-called-911</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17197526-prosecutor-grandmother-shot-teen-as-he-called-911</guid><category>us</category><category>slain</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><category>grandmother</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 20:06:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c3a6251a-2927-44c0-8e95-67f88c9b5144.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="398" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c3a6251a-2927-44c0-8e95-67f88c9b5144.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sandra Layne smiles at her family while entering the court room of Oakland Circuit Judge Denise Lagnford Morris for her murder trial in Pontiac, Mich. on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Layne is charged with fatally shooting her 17-year-old grandson.  Layne has been jailed since May on first-degree murder and gun charges in the slaying of Jonathan Hoffman, who was shot multiple times May 18 in Oakland County's West Bloomfield Township, northwest of Detroit.  Hoffman was living with his grandmother while his mother and father were divorcing and living outside Michigan. An autopsy revealed that Jonathan was shot three times in the chest, once in the abdomen and once in his left arm. Tests show the teen had traces of synthetic marijuana in his body. ( AP Photo/Detroit News, Charles V. Tines)  DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT   &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a2e23cab-f5a0-4c7d-843e-7216bce23022.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a2e23cab-f5a0-4c7d-843e-7216bce23022.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An Oakland County Sheriff Deputy removes the handcuffs on Sandra Layne in the court room of Oakland Circuit Judge Denise Lagnford Morris as proceedings get under way in Layne's murder trial in Pontiac, Mich. on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Layne is charged with fatally shooting her 17-year-old grandson.  Layne has been jailed since May on first-degree murder and gun charges in the slaying of Jonathan Hoffman, who was shot multiple times May 18 in Oakland County's West Bloomfield Township, northwest of Detroit.  Hoffman was living with his grandmother while his mother and father were divorcing and living outside Michigan. An autopsy revealed that Jonathan was shot three times in the chest, once in the abdomen and once in his left arm. Tests show the teen had traces of synthetic marijuana in his body. ( AP Photo/Detroit News, Charles V. Tines)  DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT   &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mo. couple charged with handcuffing teen to pole</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Kansas City couple charged with child abuse Tuesday told authorities they handcuffed the husband's malnourished teenage son to a basement pole because he was bipolar and they had run out of options in handling him, court documents said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Hollingsworth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Heather Hollingsworth]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16870429-mo-couple-charged-with-handcuffing-teen-to-pole</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16870429-mo-couple-charged-with-handcuffing-teen-to-pole</guid><category>us</category><category>kansas-city</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><category>handcuffed</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 17:23:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7d7762e5-9aed-40d4-b6cb-b310b8e6a9c7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7d7762e5-9aed-40d4-b6cb-b310b8e6a9c7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Crystal Anderson talks to the media about her neighbors who had handcuffed their 17-year-old son to a post in the basement of their apartment Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Kansas City, Mo. On Monday, police rescued the boy, who had been kept in the basement since September, after receiving a tip from Anderson. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4dd4d5aa-e655-48be-bed8-b755af2df438.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="307" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4dd4d5aa-e655-48be-bed8-b755af2df438.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="200" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Crystal Anderson stands in her basement Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Kansas City, Mo. On Monday, police rescued a 17-year-old boy who had been handcuffed to a post in the neighbor's basement after receiving a tip from Anderson. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=99c33531-dbf2-41a1-9f4a-0c8b905c7aa8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="332" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=99c33531-dbf2-41a1-9f4a-0c8b905c7aa8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Crystal Anderson talks to the media about her neighbors who had handcuffed their 17-year-old son to a post in the basement of their apartment Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Kansas City, Mo. On Monday, police rescued the boy, who had been kept in the basement since September, after receiving a tip from Anderson. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=83091571-e560-4d4d-8b61-330ace8baada.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=83091571-e560-4d4d-8b61-330ace8baada.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;David Martin and his wife Pamela Martin are seen in undated photos provided by the Kansas City Missouri Police Department. David Martin, 42, and his wife, Pamela Martin, 41, are accused of handcuffing the husband's teenage son to a basement pole , and have been charged with child abuse. The couple were charged Tuesday, Feb. 12 2013 in Clay County Circuit Court with felonious restraint and child abuse. The 17-year-old was found Feb. 4 after a neighbor contacted a social services agency. Police found the boy in the basement curled in a fetal position and locked to a steel pole. (AP Photo/Kansas City Missouri Police Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Minn. shooting victim's son pushes for change</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sami Rahamim has committed statistics about gun deaths to memory, folding them into sentences that make his case. He talks like a lawyer, not a high school senior &#8212; no pauses or filler, no public trace of his pain.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Potter ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kyle Potter ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16847857-minn-shooting-victims-son-pushes-for-change</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16847857-minn-shooting-victims-son-pushes-for-change</guid><category>us</category><category>lobbyist</category><category>gun</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><category>new-york-city-mayor-michael-bloomberg</category><category>sami-rahamim</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 08:03:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8a27d988-0a95-429d-9a82-1b9480326e6c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8a27d988-0a95-429d-9a82-1b9480326e6c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama listens with local leaders and law enforcement officials while participating in a roundtable discussion at the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Minneapolis, Minn. From left are, Samuel Rahamin, Minneapolis Police  Officer Mike Kirchen, the president, Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4e54e30d-31d7-4e04-bbcb-45f83fd96a32.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="371" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4e54e30d-31d7-4e04-bbcb-45f83fd96a32.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sami Rahamim waits for an address by President Barack Obama who brought his gun violence proposals on the road to    Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 to Minneapolis.   Rahamim, a 17-year-old Minneapolis high school student who took part in a round-table with Obama, has embraced a public role speaking against gun violence in the months since his father and four others were slain last fall at the family sign business in Minneapolis.(AP Photo/Jim Mone)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4a046c8e-2ec0-467c-9e9e-02292e4e8f69.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="393" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4a046c8e-2ec0-467c-9e9e-02292e4e8f69.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sami Rahamim, lower left, waits for an address by President Barack Obama as he talks with U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (behind him) prior to the president addressing his gun violence proposals Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 in Minneapolis.   Rahamim, a 17-year-old Minneapolis high school student who took part in a round-table with Obama, has embraced a public role speaking against gun violence in the months since his father and four others were slain last fall at the family sign business in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=650cea7b-3364-4d11-8fd0-b977b48029cf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="379" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=650cea7b-3364-4d11-8fd0-b977b48029cf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 2, 2013 photo, Sami Rahamim poses next to a 2009 photo of himself with his father Reuven and a nephew at his home in St. Louis Park, Minn. Rahamim, a 17-year-old Minneapolis high school student, has embraced a public role speaking against gun violence in the months since his father and four others were slain last fall at the family sign business in Minneapolis. A sixth shooting victim died in October. Rahamim took part in a round table discussion with President Barack Obama who brought his campaign for tighter gun laws to Minneapolis on Monday. (AP Photo/Jim Mone,File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c3ad9591-b5f4-4576-a20b-9ab8ede8e1bf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c3ad9591-b5f4-4576-a20b-9ab8ede8e1bf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama, and others, listen to R. T. Rybak, left, during a roundtable discussion at the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Minneapolis, Minn. From second from left are, Samuel Rahamin, Minneapolis Police  Officer Mike Kirchen, the president, Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Wis. man competent to stand trial in teen's death</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Milwaukee man accused of killing his teenage neighbor has been found competent to proceed to trial.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16838784-wis-man-competent-to-stand-trial-in-teens-death</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16838784-wis-man-competent-to-stand-trial-in-teens-death</guid><category>us</category><category>teen</category><category>shot</category><category>us-news</category><category>milwaukee</category><category>fatally</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 16:09:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Suspect arrested in case of missing Utah teen</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 55-year-old Utah man has been arrested in the disappearance of a teenage girl last week that set off a massive search involving 1,000 volunteers in freezing temperatures.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brady McCombs]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brady McCombs]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16568402-suspect-arrested-in-case-of-missing-utah-teen</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16568402-suspect-arrested-in-case-of-missing-utah-teen</guid><category>us</category><category>missing</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><category>utah</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:56:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=861fab91-620b-4bc4-b1c3-c993a3920437.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="399" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=861fab91-620b-4bc4-b1c3-c993a3920437.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo released by the Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office shows Angel Garcia, 55, of Draper, after he was booked Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013  on suspicion of child kidnapping, harboring a runaway, obstructing justice and endangering a child.  Garcia insists he's innocent and has told police that Brooklyn Gittins ran away from her home in suburban Herriman and he picked her up after she called him. Gittins' disappearance last week prompted authorities and about 1,000 volunteers to conduct a two-day search. The teen crawled out of her bedroom window and left on her own accord on Jan. 8 but was thought to be without her shoes or a coat in chilly weather. (AP Photo/Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Link between pot smoking and IQ drop challenged</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new analysis is challenging a report that suggests regular marijuana smoking during the teen years can lead to a long-term drop in IQ. The analysis says the statistical analysis behind that conclusion is flawed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Malcolm Ritter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Malcolm Ritter]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16509289-link-between-pot-smoking-and-iq-drop-challenged</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16509289-link-between-pot-smoking-and-iq-drop-challenged</guid><category>us</category><category>marijuana</category><category>science</category><category>teen</category><category>sci</category><category>iq</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:01:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Suspect arrested in case of missing Utah teen</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police investigating the alleged kidnapping of a 13-year-old Utah girl have arrested a 55-year-old man.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16450214-suspect-arrested-in-case-of-missing-utah-teen</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16450214-suspect-arrested-in-case-of-missing-utah-teen</guid><category>us</category><category>missing</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><category>utah</category><category>salt-lake-city</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:43:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>6 teens arrested in La. brawl that shut down mall</title>
<description><![CDATA[Six teenagers have been arrested in a mass brawl that sparked a stampede and the evacuation of a shopping mall in Louisiana.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/06/16383123-6-teens-arrested-in-la-brawl-that-shut-down-mall</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/06/16383123-6-teens-arrested-in-la-brawl-that-shut-down-mall</guid><category>us</category><category>teen</category><category>stampede</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 Jan 2013 23:31:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Official: Calif. teen found dead took off jacket</title>
<description><![CDATA[Authorities say a California teen who was found dead in South Lake Tahoe after going missing appears to have taken off her ski jacket and become disoriented while walking.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/04/16354651-official-calif-teen-found-dead-took-off-jacket</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/04/16354651-official-calif-teen-found-dead-took-off-jacket</guid><category>us</category><category>missing</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><category>new-year</category><category>lake-tahoe</category><category>tahoe</category><category>south-lake-tahoe</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Jan 2013 22:16:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2e1af8ad-860b-41e3-a5e9-9519b8bfd076.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2e1af8ad-860b-41e3-a5e9-9519b8bfd076.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by Greg Byrne shows his sister, Alyssa Byrne, a 19-year-old California woman who disappeared on New Year's Eve at Lake Tahoe. Her body was found Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 behind a snow bank about a mile from the site of a music festival she attended that night, authorities said. (AP Photo/Courtesy Greg Byrne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ef42084-bbbe-4df6-afaa-5a418c545986.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="486" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ef42084-bbbe-4df6-afaa-5a418c545986.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by the Douglas County, Nev. Sheriff's Office shows Alyssa Byrne, a 19-year-old California woman who disappeared on New Year's Eve at Lake Tahoe. Her body was found Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 behind a snow bank about a mile from the site of a music festival she attended that night, authorities said. (AP Photo/Douglas County, Nev. Sheriff's Office)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Teens held in Vegas gun, explosives cases linked</title>
<description><![CDATA[A teenager arrested last week with an unloaded assault rifle at a Las Vegas high school has been linked by counterterrorism investigators to another local teen who federal authorities said stockpiled guns and explosives and spoke about staging a mass casualty attack.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Ritter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ken Ritter]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/27/16193082-teens-held-in-vegas-gun-explosives-cases-linked</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/27/16193082-teens-held-in-vegas-gun-explosives-cases-linked</guid><category>us</category><category>threat</category><category>charges</category><category>federal</category><category>las-vegas</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><category>federal-charges</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:35:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Teen gets 11 years prison in Fla. burning attack</title>
<description><![CDATA[A teenager convicted of orchestrating an attack on a middle school classmate who was soaked in alcohol and lit ablaze was sentenced to 11 years in prison Thursday even as he continued to insist on his innocence.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Curt Anderson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Curt Anderson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/20/16047689-teen-gets-11-years-prison-in-fla-burning-attack</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/20/16047689-teen-gets-11-years-prison-in-fla-burning-attack</guid><category>us</category><category>on</category><category>fire</category><category>south-florida</category><category>teen</category><category>us-news</category><category>set</category><category>set-on-fire</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:36:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Teens' views on dangers of pot fall to 20-year low</title>
<description><![CDATA[Teenagers' perception of the dangers of marijuana has fallen to the lowest level in more than 20 years, a new study says, prompting federal researchers to warn that already high use of the drug could increase as more states move to legalize it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hope Yen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hope Yen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16018508-teens-views-on-dangers-of-pot-fall-to-20-year-low</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16018508-teens-views-on-dangers-of-pot-fall-to-20-year-low</guid><category>us</category><category>drug</category><category>health</category><category>use</category><category>teen</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:09:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Belgian teen gets wish to be US soldier</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 16-year-old Belgian boy with cancer listened to his grandfather tell stories about United States troops liberating the country during World War II. On Tuesday, he got a chance to be one of those soldiers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15866606-belgian-teen-gets-wish-to-be-us-soldier</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15866606-belgian-teen-gets-wish-to-be-us-soldier</guid><category>us</category><category>united-states</category><category>teen</category><category>wish</category><category>us-news</category><category>belgian</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:41:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sheriff: Procedures not followed in Texas escape</title>
<description><![CDATA[Law enforcement officers failed to follow standard procedures for escorting prisoners when a capital murder suspect grabbed a deputy's service revolver and escaped from a North Texas hospital, the sheriff said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terry Wallace]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Terry Wallace]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15684499-sheriff-procedures-not-followed-in-texas-escape</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15684499-sheriff-procedures-not-followed-in-texas-escape</guid><category>us</category><category>slaying</category><category>escape</category><category>teen</category><category>north-texas</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 03:53:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa333d42-0d5c-469e-85c6-95ec34643984.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="446" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa333d42-0d5c-469e-85c6-95ec34643984.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="134" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated handout file photo provided by the Dallas Sheriff's Department, shows Franklin Davis. Davis, 30, of Carrollton, surrendered shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012 and was returned to Parkland Memorial Hospital, the same hospital from which he'd escaped about 8:30 p.m. while receiving treatment, Dallas County sheriff's spokeswoman Carmen Castro said. (AP Photo/Dallas Sheriff's Department, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=44f92c5b-0472-4755-9712-51b957e6234a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="446" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=44f92c5b-0472-4755-9712-51b957e6234a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="134" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated handout file photo provided by the Dallas Sheriff's Department, shows Franklin Davis. Davis, 30, of Carrollton, surrendered shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012 and was returned to Parkland Memorial Hospital, the same hospital from which he'd escaped about 8:30 p.m. while receiving treatment, Dallas County sheriff's spokeswoman Carmen Castro said. (AP Photo/Dallas Sheriff's Department, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>