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• Getting teens more sleep

  Teens staying up late is not unusual — they do it because they're playing video games, talking on the phone, studying or even because of sleep disorders. But according to the Palo Alto Medical Foundation in California — online at www.pamf.org — a teen needs at least nine and a half hours of sleep each night, »Read Story...
  

    

• Video game review: Bourne addicts take aim

  The Bourne Conspiracy may be the most annoying game you'll ever enjoy enough to play through twice. »Read Story...
  

    

• A taste of Saharan fear and temptation

  I can feel the oppressive Saharan sun overhead, my heart is beating with irrational fear and I can hear the Moroccan merchants haggling. This is the flavorful and dark feeling that American writer Paul Bowles evokes in his 1949 novel, The Sheltering Sky. »Read Story...
  

    

• Exercise, smarting eating keys to losing weight

  Question: I'm a 13-year-old girl. I am 5'8", and my weight constantly fluctuates between 193 lbs and 201 lbs. I am a vegetarian, eat as normally as I can, and get most of my exercise by walking around town with my friends for anywhere from a half hour to three hours at least 2 or 3 times a week. Yet I don't seem to lose weight, and I haven't been below 190 in months. I can't get a boyfriend, and people tend to push me around more because I'm fat, and this affects my self-esteem. Why won't I lose weight? »Read Story...
  

    

• Around town: July 3-8

  Youth Media Project: »Read Story...