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PHILADELPHIA -- A teenager riding SEPTA home from school said Wednesday she was attacked by a group of teenage girls over french fries, and wanted to thank the good Samaritan she said stopped the beating. The 16-year-old girl, who was not identified, told NBC 10 News she knew others had been attacked on SEPTA, but said she had no idea she would be the next victim. "It was just astonishing to me that many girls would come after just the three of us," she said. "I didn't think that was possible that me and my friends would be jumped on...

Kansas cops raid a high school after plans are uncovered off a web page of 5 students to do a Columbine style killing spree at their high school....developing and breaking...

At 71 years of age I have to admit that I really don't know what goes on inside the mind of someone in their teens. To many of you I'm just an old fart with a big mouth...and that's fine. If that's how you wish to regard me, that's your prerogative. I would prefer to think of myself as a concerned grandfather who has helped to raise three kids of his own; who now has seven grandchildren - including one teenager; a reasonably youthful "oldster" who is extremely passionate about life and who wishes to ensure that others feel the...

LANCASTER - Kara Beth Borden was the second girlfriend that David Ludwig took on a long-distance trip without her parents' consent this year. Confirming a report in a Lancaster newspaper, the Rev. Michael D. Shelley, pastor of the Lititz Christian Church, said Tuesday that Ludwig took a girl to his family's hunting cabin in Juniata County in the spring. The couple returned voluntarily, Shelley said, adding that he knows the Ludwig family well because they attend his church. "I know the incident and I know the parents took care of it," Shelley said during a telephone interview Tuesday. "No one...

[snip] . . . However, the entirety of one blog was not yet deleted, and in that weblog, created using a variation on Kara Beth's "KareBear" screen name, she had pasted, on October 17, 2005, at 2:20 p.m., an instant message transcript of a chat she had with a friend. Using yet a third variation on her "KareBear" nick, Kara Beth seemed to show a different side to her personality. if it has to do with david and me, we are taking care of it — we know what we are going to do. so you are just gonna go...