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"When it scans a problematic plate, it makes a siren sound, flashes red and a voice indicates the level of the problem. The screen shows whether the registration is expired, the vehicle has been reported stolen or involved in a crime, or whether the owner has an expired license or is wanted on a warrant. It also provides additional information that's linked to the registration."

"Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards. Swift won eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for "Red." She told the crowd: "You are the longest and best relationship I ever had.""

"Up to one in five American youngsters - about 7 million to 12 million, by one estimate - experience a mental health disorder each year, according to a new report billed as the first comprehensive look at the mental health status of children in the country. And the rate is increasing, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which produced the study, released last week."

"The aquifer's northern reaches still hold enough water in many places to last hundreds of years. But as one heads south, it is increasingly tapped out, drained by ever more intensive farming and, lately, by drought."

"WASHINGTON - Three months after hackers working for a cyberunit of China's People's Liberation Army went silent amid evidence that they had stolen data from scores of American companies and government agencies, they appear to have resumed their attacks  using different techniques, according to computer industry security experts and American officials."

"At least one person was killed Sunday when a string of tornadoes ripped through four states, tearing roofs off homes, downing power lines and tossing trees like matchsticks."

"(CNN) -- A meteoroid struck the surface of the moon recently, causing an explosion that was visible on Earth without the aid of a telescope, NASA reported Friday. But don't be alarmed if you didn't see it; it only lasted about a second. "It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything we've ever seen before," said Bill Cooke, of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office." There's video from NASA that can be used for this story/

"73% of American  9- and 10-year-olds  and 80% of 13- and 14-year-olds were so sleepy that they were negatively affected during math instruction, and the percentages were similar in science and literacy classes. "

Students will care about this article because they might want to use the techniques to improve their skills.

A Portland, Ore., police officer in pursuit of a speeding car, put the chase on hold to help a duck in distress.

This article is interesting to teens because teens like trees. Also this disease might impact the whole world, so it is important to be aware of this.

GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) - An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.

Teens will care about this story because almost everyone knows somebody that is on the lacrosse team

Last week we ran a story about rising CO2 levels, this is a story similar to that but it hist closer to home.

THis article is interesting to teens becasue many, like chloe, care alot about pollution.

A quarter of gay people surveyed in a major EU poll say they have been subjected to attacks or violent threats in the past five years.

I think that this story is good/relevant because the American Idol finale was just last night, so this is pretty recent. And I know a lot of people either watch this show or used to watch this show, so it would appeal to our audience.

This story is interesting because it is relevant because the office finale was last night and I know that a lot of people at HC watched this show while it was on the air.

Many teens in our school are now driving or looking forward toward driving, and most certainly they all get into a car every day so this is relevant to them not getting tickets.