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Teen Use of Tobacco Continues Decline, as Does Smoking by Movie Characters

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control analyzed 2000-2009 data from the National Youth Tobacco Survey on tobacco use and found a significant decline over the decade.

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13-Year-Old Raises $32,000 for School Art Supplies

When her school cut art supplies from the budget last year, Tae Tae worried that kids who could not afford their own supplies would be left out. She started writing letters to big companies asking for help. She wrote 50 in all, and heard back from 45. Donations flooding in totaling $32,000 and she started her own non-profit.

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Just Walk: Boy Crosses America for Homeless

A 12-year-old philanthropist named Zach Bonner has walked from his home in Florida to the Washington, DC Capitol building, all in the name of homeless kids. Now he is walking across the country, 1900 miles so far, raising money and bringing hope to the homeless along the way.

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3 Year-old Saves Dad by Walking Two Blocks to Fire Station

A toddler's father collapsed Friday in their Manteca, California, home and the three-year-old did exactly what she was taught -- walking two blocks to reach Fire Station to ask for help because her daddy was frozen.

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Teens 'Repair the World' and Win Big Awards

Five honorees took home checks for $36,000 after winning the Teen Tikkun Olam Awards (Hebrew for 'repair the world') for being outstanding teen role models in California, presented by the Helen Diller Family Foundation.

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Students Design Electric Car to Travel 400 Miles Per Gallon

Who said you have to be an engineer or a even a designer to come up with a car that gets 100mpg? How about a group of US high school students in Missouri who designed and built a car that could get up to 450 mpg, with an electric motor that can be plugged into any regular home AC outlet.

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15-Year-Olds Plant Garden in One of the Worst Neighborhoods in Detroit

Despite her own struggles, one teen has stepped up to help revitalize Detroit. She led a group of volunteers to plant and rebuild in an abandoned lot. Eventually they will donate the food grown here.

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Hometown Hero: Teen Fills Void When Youth Music Programs are Cut

When 14-year-old Larry Wang heard about the local school district cutting the fourth-grade band program, he knew he had to try to save the music. Fourth grade is the level at which Larry, as a public school student, got his first chance to learn an instrument. "Fourth grade really inspired me, and if you took […]