The company has said that the economic downturn hurt gum sales and that too many price increases made gum too expensive for many teens.

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An acting role may be more likely for the son of a superstar than a job at a fast-food restaurant, a typical first job for many American teens.

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Microsoft is trying to make up with the lack of apps with their integration to Xbox, which gives you access to games and can link between your gaming device for teens and many 20 somethings this is huge as they already have xbox live accounts and the integration is easy and very cool.

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The sheriff's investigators, in interview transcripts obtained by CNN, don't ask the teens many questions about the motive for running over Johnny Butts.

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One way to think about it is that Facebook is trying to create protective structures for pre-teens who want access, since many are using the site anyway by routing around the rules.

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To credit the show with the sharp decline in pregnancy for 2009 was ridiculous for many reasons, not the least of which was that teens who gave birth that year would already have been pregnant by the air date.

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For many parents, Facebook and MySpace are helpful conversation starters, particularly with older teens or young adults.

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Year-over-year comp sales declines in the low to mid-teens can be withstood for a while, but the company can't have too many more 26% drops without a liquidity crisis.

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