Way to go! 20 girls named finalists for Intel Science Talent Search

We are dancin' around the office today--and if we had beakers and microscopes, they'd be joining the party, too. Why are we celebrating? 'Cause Intel just announced the 40 finalists for their annual Intel Science Talent Search, one of the...

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Teen keeps family Christmas tree biz from gettin' chopped

This holiday season, Kaitlyn Metscher, 16, of Clark County, Washington, was set to take over her family’s Christmas tree business. She had planned to use the profits she made from selling the trees--which her family has been doing for years—to...

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Degrassi's Cassie Steele hits L.A.

Not just anyone can make it in the entertainment industry, especially in Canada where there are less acting opportunities, but Cassie Steele, a Toronto-born actress and singer, proves that she was born to entertain. The 22-year-old actress, famous for her award-winning role as Manny...

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7 reasons we heart artist Inocente Izucar--and you will, too

Inocente Izucar, 18, grew up homeless. She’s undocumented. She’s a flamboyant, bold-as-brass, entirely honest artist. And she’s telling her story Friday night on MTV in the short documentary Inocente, which was written and directed by Oscar nominees Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine. ...

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Teen scientists send their experiment to space

What do two bright 16-year-old girls think of when they imagine outer space? That sending bacteria out there may improve its ability to fight germs, of course. Dorothy Chen and Sara Ma from Troy, Mich., won the YouTube Space Lab competition that encouraged...

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Real American role models

Everybody has at least one role model, even if ya don’t realize it. It could be your mom, your aunt, Amelia Earhart, Michelle Obama or the super cool babysitter you had when you were little. Well, here are four more awesome all-American babes...

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