Nov 19 - By Associated Press
Three teenagers accused of setting a 15-year-old south Florida boy on fire have pleaded not guilty to attempted second-degree murder.
Nov 18 - By Mike Melia, Associated Press Writer
Murder charges were filed Wednesday in the slaying of a gay teenager whose decapitated, partially burned body was found last week, while U.S. authorities said they were still considering whether to make it a hate crime case.
Nov 9 - By Associated Press
Three Florida teenagers accused of setting another teen on fire will be charged as adults.

Nov 1 - By Lisa Leff, Associated Press Writer
Grim news hit this university town in late October just two days before a PTA forum on teenage stress: Another Palo Alto teen had died after stepping in front of a commuter train, the fourth such suicide in less than six months.

Oct 27 - By Associated Press
A Utah man was sentenced Tuesday to up to five years in prison for beating a pregnant girl to try to cause a miscarriage, after police say she paid him to.
Oct 23 - By Associated Press
An adult hall monitor at a high school on New York's Long Island is facing petit larceny charges after she was apparently caught on video breaking into school lockers.
Oct 21 - By Associated Press
A 15-year-old boy accused of stockpiling gasoline, propane and a machete for a planned school attack on the anniversary of the Columbine school massacre burst into tears and admitted to police he was upset about being bullied, according to the detective who interviewed him.

Oct 14 - By Courtney Hazlett, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
When Jamie Lynn Spears revealed she was expecting a baby back in 2007, the question of whether a pregnant teen should have a starring role on a television show that targets a young audience was broached (Spears played the lead on Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101.")
Oct 13 - By Associated Press
A Utah teenager who pleaded no contest to hiring a man to beat her in an effort to induce a miscarriage has been released from jail after a judge ruled that she was seeking an abortion and was not criminally liable.

Oct 13 - By Matt Sedensky, Associated Press Writer
A teen who police say was set ablaze by five other boys screamed in agony as a breathless 911 caller pleaded for help because "a little boy just caught on fire," according to a recording released Friday.
Oct 2 - By Associated Press
A judge sentenced an unlicensed teenage driver to 15 years to life in the death of a classmate after he drank several shots of rum and crashed his mother's car.
Sep 29 - By Associated Press
State police have charged a southwestern Pennsylvania teen with branding a friend using heated metal objects because the boys thought it was "cool." Trooper James Pierce, of the Uniontown Barracks, says Tuesday he filed one count of illegal tattooing and body piercing against a 15-year-old New Salem boy with Fayette County juvenile probation officials.
Sep 25 - By Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer
Parents beware: Giving in to teens' demands for their own cars can have dangerous consequences, new research suggests.
Sep 23 - By Associated Press
Two men are accused of trying to pick up a 14-year-old girl from her Kentucky school and take her to North Dakota to marry the 14-year-old son of one of the men.
Sep 23 - By Associated Press
Colton Harris-Moore's rap sheet already spans a good chunk of the teenager's life, including convictions for theft, burglary, malicious mischief and other crimes.

Sep 22 - By Garance Burke, Associated Press Writer
The Obama administration's economic stimulus program to find jobs for thousands of teenagers this summer couldn't overcome one of the bleakest job markets in more than 60 years that had desperate adults competing for the same kind of work.
Sep 8 - By Associated Press
A Singapore newspaper says eight teen fans of the video game Slayers planned to commit suicide together last month, but most backed out after watching two of them jump to their deaths.
Sep 3 - By John Curran, Associated Press Writer
An 18-year-old pleaded guilty to reduced charges Thursday in Vermont's first "sexting" case, in which he allegedly directed two teenage girls to videotape or photograph themselves performing sex acts and send him the results.
Aug 27 - By Associated Press
A 19-year-old Las Vegas-area woman has been arrested on allegations that she hid her pregnancy and then killed her newborn son because she was afraid her mother would be mad at her for giving birth out of wedlock.
Aug 12 - By Associated Press
A 16-year-old Corsican boy has confessed to shooting and killing his sleeping parents and 10-year-old twin brothers with a hunting rifle, officials said Thursday.
Aug 9 - By Associated Press
Hundreds have turned out for a memorial service for a 17-year-old girl who was kidnapped and found dead in her own car last month in downtown Los Angeles.
Aug 8 - By Associated Press
Authorities in Georgia say a 14-year-old boy awoke from a bad dream and shot his stepsister in the head 10 times while she napped on the couch.
Aug 7 - By Associated Press
A 14-year-old girl driving a car packed with children crashed into a tree, killing one child, and police said Friday the girl's mother was in the passenger seat at the time.
Aug 6 - By Associated Press
Teen retailers reported weak same-store sales in July, partly hurt by later school-start dates and later tax-free shopping periods in several states.
Jul 27 - By Associated Press
A parolee has been charged with capital murder in the killing of 17-year-old girl whose body was found in a downtown Los Angeles parking lot.