>> "teen kids news" is next, and here's what we've got. >> you might be surprised to learn that you can actually become addicted to playing video games. [ notes play ] >> come to where tomorrow's guitar heroes learn from the masters. >> [ vocalizing ] >> i'll have that report. >> parts of this car are made from things we eat and wear. >> your grammar says a lot about you. i'll tell you about a common mistake we don't need to make. >> it's the debate on everyone's mind -- werewolves or vampires? we find out if bark is better than bite. >> so join us now for this week's "teen kids news."

>> welcome to "teen kids news." i'm mwanzaa. >> and i'm siena. we'll start with our top story. >> when is a game not a game? when it starts to take over your life. tyler reports on how to recognize video game addiction and what to do about it. >> today, bobby is on his way to college, but when he was in junior high school, his only goal seemed to be getting the highest score. >> sometimes i would lose myself in the game. >> we would we see him there all day. he would, you know, stop for meals, come down, shovel food in, and run back upstairs again. >> bobby's mom feared that he was becoming addicted to playing. >> and it was like becoming engrossed in this other world. >> kevin roberts knows that video game addiction is possible. it happened to him. >> over 10 years, i played

14,000 hours of real-time strategy computer games. that's like having a job, another job, every year. i didn't achieve any of my goals. i had friendships that fell by the wayside. it was a real problem. >> kevin wrote "cyber junkie" to help families recognize the signs of video game and internet addiction. >> the three big signs that you have a problem are -- emotional outbursts -- you get upset when somebody tries to stop you from gaming. >> if they spend, like, more than two hours a day on video games, that's a little excessive. >> you've stopped doing other things in favor of video games. >> it draws away from their other activities or schoolwork, and it just prevents them from being the best that they can be. >> you're gaming into the late hours of the night, and you're not sleeping enough as a result. >> i do think it can definitely be harmful if you play it nonstop. >> for bobby, video games offered an escape from having to

deal with the more demanding parts of his life, like schoolwork. kevin says it's important for teens to know that any type of addiction usually means they're trying to avoid something else. >> some people who game excessively, they've got some other issues going on, because when you're playing a video game, it's not that you're playing a game -- you enter a different world. >> bobby was lucky. he was able to take control of his game controllers. over time, he was able to step back. setting limits helped. >> he knew that at 9:00 or whatever, that the computer would be shutting down, so he should finish up a game or not start a new one. >> he also started seeing his friends more and getting into other activities. his advice to kids who love gaming a little too much? >> try regulating it, not playing as much, doing other things. >> the key is moderation, self-control, and maintaining

balance, doing the other things in your life -- physical activity, hanging out with friends, spending time with your family -- that are very important to a healthy and balanced life. >> if you think you might have a problem, see if you can stop playing for a week. if you can't, you might need some professional help, so definitely speak to your parents. video games are supposed to be fun, but life's supposed to be even more fun. >> we have a lot more to tell you about. >> so stay with us. >> after being under siege for days, the city of boston is getting back to normal. the suspects in the boston marathon blast, brothers tamerlan and dzhokhar tsarnaev, were confronted by police in watertown, massachusetts. tamerlan was killed, his younger brother managing to elude police by hiding on a boat covered by a

tarp. thermo-imaging technology from a police helicopter helping authorities find the 19-year-old suspect. dzhokhar remains in a boston hospital, being questioned by investigators. three people dying in the attack, as well as a police officer during the manhunt. over 180 were injured. >> are you serious? >> yeah. [ explosion ] >> 14 people dying in a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in west, texas, leveling a nursing home, apartment building, school, and several homes. investigators still not sure what sparked the blast but saying there weren't any chemical leaks or airborne hazards in the areas less damaged. some residents finally being allowed back to their homes. >> i was glad my house wasn't destroyed. i feel sorry for the people who lost everything. my hearts go out to the people who lost everything. >> in china, an earthquake striking the southwest, killing at least 188 people and injuring more than 11,000 others. 25 people still missing, and more than 2,000 aftershocks

rattling the area since the quake, triggering landslides that are cutting off roads and disrupting phone and power connections. rescuers and relief teams now struggling to rush supplies to victims. tens of thousands of people are now living in tents, unable to return home. for "teen kids news," i'm david lee miller, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> you may have seen the movie "school of rock." well, emily got a chance to visit a summer camp that gives teens a taste of what it's really like to be part of a rock band. here's her report. >> this is a home for kids that live and breathe music. >> welcome to school of rock in montclair, new jersey. >> check, check, check. >> as mark explains, this is more than just a summer camp. >> well, the school of rock is a year-round performance-based music program for kids age 7 through 18. >> campers are divided into bands based on instrument, age,

and ability. >> first day off the bat, we teach them, you're gonna be with this band for a week. know each others' names, make friends, and communicate it, not just musically, but just with each other as friends. and then at the end of the week when they perform, it's clear that they've become friends and they're a band -- they're a real band. >> each band has a professional musician assigned as their coach and instructor. >> owen, you're gonna be going with phil in the red room today. >> what do you like better -- playing in a band or just playing on your own? >> playing with a band 'cause it's really just a lot more fun. >> so, let's go check out these bands. >> i play guitar, bass, and vocals. >> how long have you been playing drums? >> i've been playing for a few years, and i love it. >> i've been singing since the day i could speak. >> i play drums, guitar, bass, and i sing, so a little bit of everything. >> a little bit of everything. what do you like the best?

>> probably drums 'cause it's, like, fun to hit things. [ laughs ] >> it's awesome. they have a blast. so, they get to just rock all day long and hang out and -- it's awesome. >> what's your favorite band? >> ac/dc. >> animal collective. >> nirvana. >> either the beatles or u2. >> green day. >> radiohe >> just think -- this could be somebody's "stairway to heaven." [ indistinct singing ] one of the things that was so interesting here at the school of rock is how shy teens can suddenly transform into flamboyant performers. [ rock music plays ] [ indistinct singing ] >> obviously, teaching music is the real purpose, but that's just a vehicle to help people with self-confidence and get onstage and be empowered. >> and when they're plugged into their amplifiers... [ rock music plays ] ...empowered is what it's all about. >> it's cool to have the experience, just to know that

you can be your own person while you're onstage and just do whatever you want and have fun with it. >> where do you see yourself musically after school of rock? >> well, i think i see myself trying to make a couple new bands. >> well, i'm actually going to berklee college of music next year. >> next year, actually, in school, i'm starting up jazz band. >> maybe starting up a rock band with a few of my friends. >> i'm probably still gonna practice singing and all my other instruments and try to become the best musician that i can be. [ indistinct singing ] >> by now, i was feeling my own inner rocker. so first, i tried lead guitar... so like here? >> yeah, right there. [ notes play ] >> ...then, the bass... is it like there? >> yeah. >> okay. two. >> ...and the drums. the truth is, i'm a violin player. but, like they say, when in rome, do as the romans do.

[ indistinct singing ] >> it's as if they're the ones that originally created the record. the sense of accomplishment is overwhelming. >> like the old song says, "rock 'n' roll never forgets," and i don't think these kids will, either. >> all: long live rock and roll! >> whoo! >> for "tkn," i'm emily. >> thank you, cleveland, and good night! >> you don't need to be a scientist to know that we need to find new ways to reduce our dependency on oil. first of all, the world will run out of oil one day. and secondly, when you burn oil or a product made from oil, it causes pollution. so finding alternatives to oil is a high priority for companies

that care about the environment. carina visited ford to see how they're using chemistry to build greener cars. >> so, here we are in the biomaterials research lab at ford research and innovation center. this is where we've been looking at making our materials for vehicles more environmentally friendly, both by looking at putting in bio-based materials, things that we can grow, as well as recycled content. we started doing this about 10 years ago, and one of the first areas we looked at was including soybean oil into the seating foams that we put into our cars. >> america is the world's leading producer of soybeans. by using oil from soybeans to make materials like the foam ellen showed me, ford now uses far less petroleum. and soybeans cause less pollution. >> so, one of the other areas we're working on is over here. and do you know what this is? >> it's wheat, right? >> exactly. so we're looking at wheat, as well as other natural fibers, to put into our hard-molded plastics in place of things like

fiberglass and minerals to make our plastics stronger. so, in addition to putting natural materials to improve the environmental friendliness, it also makes our plastics lighter in weight. >> why is lightweight so important? >> well, the lighter the weight of our vehicles, the better the fuel economy. >> and that means cars can go further on less gas. >> this is a fiber called "kenaf." that can either be combined with plastic and molded into a part like this or something that's more like this. and this one, i think, is one of the more interesting ones we've been looking at recently. do you know what that is? >> money? >> yep, this is shredded money. so, every year, the u.s. government retires money that's too old to remain in circulation, and they shred it. and most of that goes to landfill. but instead, we're looking at whether or not we can combine it with plastics to make something more environmentally friendly, to keep something out of the landfill, as well. so here's the regular old material, and here's theame partade with thehreddedne

it has rllodropeie and it has a really interesting ok, i th and here we just have a couple of things that we're looking at, in terms of recycling. this is a fiber that goes into things like carpeting and fabrics for vehicles, but it's made from 100% recycled water bottles. >> [ chuckling ] wow! >> so we're starting to look at loop, that we can just keeplosed reusing and reusing again to keep things from going into the landfill. and this one is kind of interesting -- is recycled denim. >> oh, whoa. >> so, jean manufacturers, when they have scraps and things like that, they're too small to make into clothing anymore, and so it goes into a material called "shoddy," like this, that deadens the sound and the vibratio inside our vehicles. >> wow. so, do you have any other environmentally friendly ideas on the drawing board? >> of course. we always do, but we can't necessarily tell you everything. >> [ laughs ] >> a lot of the things we're working on in the lab have actually made it to our vehicles. so, let me show them to you in our all-new 2013 ford escape. >> okay. >> why don't you get in? >> sounds good.

>> so, what do you think? >> it feels like a normal car. >> yeah, so let's go through some of the materials that we talked about in the lab. the seat cushions -- how do they feel? >> soft. good. >> that, as well as the seat back, the headrest, and the headliner up here all contain soybean oil in the foam. >> wow. >> yeah, there's approximately 32,251 beans per vehicle. >> oh, that's crazy. >> yep. we also have, in the arm-rest bolster here, the kenaf fiber material. that's the natural fiber that i showed you in the lab before. and the use of these reduces our petroleum usage by over 300,000 pounds every year. >> that's amazing. >> we also have recycled content. so, right here in the sound-deadening materials under the dash is recycled denim. >> so, like my jeans? >> exactly. so there's approximately two pairs of jeans' worth of material inside there. >> wow. >> and then, finally, the carpeting down here, that's made out of recycled water bottles.

>> that is so cool. i didn't even tell the difference. ford says it's committed to reduce, reuse, and recycle. clearly, that's driving some pretty amazing green innovations. for "tkn," i'm carina. >> you probably know that dogs have a better sense of smell than you do, especially breeds like labradors and bloodhounds. but a grizzly bear's sense of smell is even better than a bloodhound's. a grizzly can smell food 18 miles away. you'd better hope he's not smelling you. >> a medieval king once declared, "i am the emperor, and

i am above grammar." but for the rest of us, grammar rules. that's why making a grammar goof can make others think less of you. whether you're giving a presentation in class or interviewing for an internship or a summer job, some grammar goofs are easy to avoid. christina tells us about one. >> good grammar is important because it helps people to realize that you have an education. >> i think grammar can be important, definitely. >> it shows, like, that you have intelligence. >> good grammar is important because, if you want your ideas to be taken seriously, if you, yourself, want to be taken seriously, it's important to make a good first impression. and the best way to make a good first impression, whether in speech or in writing, is to present your ideas clearly with good grammatical syntax. >> and he should know. as an s.a.t. tutor, tom makes a career advising kids on how to get ahead. he has a list of common grammar mistakes that often trip us up. here comes one that you hear a lot in conversations.

listen closely. did you catch the mistake? the problem is at the end of the sentence. >> in this case, the problem is a preposition, and when you have a prepositional phrase -- prepositions being "by," "with," "for," "to," "over," "under," "around," and "through" -- after a preposition, you want to have "me," not "i." you have to say "between you and me," "by you and me." "the cook baked the cake for you and me," not "for you and i." and so many people, old and young, make this mistake repeatedly, whether on television, on the street, or in their writings. >> here's a trick. remove the reference to the other person and then see how it sounds. "i sent the butler to buy bread for i." >> no, that's not good. >> how about, "i sent the butler to buy bread for me"? >> that's better. >> case closed. for you and me, i'm christina reporting for "tkn." >> in "speak of the week," it's

your turn to tell us what you think. >> vampires and werewolves are among the most popular mythical creatures. so, which one is your favorite? >> werewolves, because they're? cooler and they can, like, transform and stuff. >> i feel like vampire, 'cause, like, i feel like you live longer. [ chuckles ] >> werewolves, because they're stronger than vampires. >> werewolves, i think. vampires are a little bit too obvious. you know, everybody goes crazy for the whole bloodsucking thing. >> werewolves, because taylor lautner is a werewolf and he's way hotter than robert pattinson. >> neither. pirates all the way. you have to understand. pirates is what happened. >> it seems that werewolves are more popular, but who knows -- maybe pirates will be the next big craze. with "speak of the week," i'm

grant. >> "north by northwest" is a classic movie thriller by alfred hitchcock. it's famous for the climactic chase scene that takes place on top of mount rushmore. actually, the actors never got to shoot on the famous presidential heads, but nicole did. grab your hiking boots. she's about to take us on a climb very few people get to make. >> every year, millions of visitors come from around the world to mount rushmore in south dakota to gaze in wonder, take pictures... [ camera shutter clicking ] ...and walk the trail. >> make sure you bring water to drink. we do have some high temperatures here. good comfortable shoes 'cause you'll do a lot of walking. our presidential trail is 1/2 mile long, 400 stairs, so you're gonna get some exercise. >> ranger ed had a treat in store for us. we had special permission to leave the presidential trail

and climb the mountain. >> at first, there was only gonna be three presidents up there. as you look at the mountain, the order was jefferson, washington, and lincoln. believe it or not, jefferson was on the other side of washington for 18 months. after 18 months of work, they just got done doing his nose, they're working on his mouth, and they ran into some bad rock. they couldn't carve it. there was only one thing to do. borglum had his men go up there, drill behind jefferson, pack it full of dynamite, and they blew jefferson right off the mountain. now, the order changed. they moved jefferson where he is today, that moved lincoln down further where he is, and now they had room to add theodore roosevelt. >> how much further? >> oh, not too far. got to go up the stairs, and we're gonna be there. >> how'd the workers get up here? >> well, believe it or not, it was a climb of over 760 stairs every morning from down by the studio, walk right up this way. and then in 1936, the upgraded train-car system would carry five people.

so you got a free ride up in the morning, walked down at night. are you ready? >> all right, let's go. >> okay. >> on the way up, we passed the remains of an old pipeline. it once carried the compressed air that powered the jackhammers used to carve the faces. i'll show you something really cool that most people never get to see. this was gonna be the hall of records. gutzon borglum was mount rushmore's ingenious sculptor. he wanted a place where america's most important documents would be safely stored for future generations. although the hall of records was never completed, part of borglum's dream did come true. >> so, in 1998, park services were developinmount rushmore. they took a titanium vault with a teakwood box inside, put 16 porcelain panels down in the vault describing the history of the united states, why those four presidents were chosen, one about borglum. so, right behind us is the repository, and below that is the titanium vault and the

teakwood box. >> then it was back to climbing. but at least here, there was a stairway -- a very long stairway. still, it beat climbing over rocks and tree stumps. maybe i spoke too soon. >> almost there. >> i can do it. finally, i could see we were getting to the top. yeah! so, was the long climb worth it? you bet. far below, you can see the building where the sculptor had his studio. some of the motorized winches used to lower the workers over the side are still here. the view from up here is absolutely amazing. being this close, you really get a better appreciation for just how massive these faces are. the presidents seem to be keeping watchful guard over our

land of democracy. this is definitely an experience i'll never forget. from on top of president washington's head at mount rushmore, i'm nicole for "teen kids news." >> that's all for this week. thanks for joining us. >> we'll see you next time, with more "teen kids news." >> write to us at

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>> kevin young was born in lincoln, nebraska. he went to harvard, stanford,

brown. his books of poetry include black mariah, for the confederate dead, dear darkness, and jelly roll. >> there's a way a woman will not relinquish her pocketbook, even pulled onstage or called up to the pulpit. there's a way only your auntie can make it taste right. rice and gravy is a meal if my late great aunt tutta cooks it. aunts cook like there's no tomorrow, and they're right. too hot is how my aunt tutty peppers everything, her name given by my father for seeing her smiling in her crib. there's a barrel full of rainwater beside the house that my infant father will fall into, trying to see himself the

bottom. and there's his sister margie yanking him out by his hair, grown long as superstition. never mind the flyswatter they chase you round the house and into the yard with, ready to whup the daylights out of you. that's only a threat. aunties will fix you potato salad and save you some. godmothers, godsends, aunts smoke like it's going out of style, and it is. make even gold teeth look right, shining, saying, "i'll be john," with a sigh. make way out of no way. keep the key to the scale that weighed the cotton, the cain we raised more than our share of. if not them, then who will win

heaven, holding tight to their pocketbooks at the pearly gates, just in case? ( cheers and applause )

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