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Parenting Expert Offers Tips For A Safe & Enjoyable Prom

Erika Katz, parenting expert, blogger and author of Bonding Over Beauty, shares her top tips on how to ensure the true safety of your kids on prom night.

2013/05/21

Susan Becker is accused of taking her kids on a BB gun shooting spree on Long Island. (credit: Image via CBS 2)

Long Island Mom Accused Of Taking Kids On BB Gun Drive-By Shooting Spree

Prosecutors said Susan Becker took her 13 and 15-year-old children on joyrides, arming them with slingshots and soft-air guns and encouraging them to rapid fire BB pellets at parked cars in Islandia, Hauppauge and Commack.

2013/04/23

Woman Accused Of Taking Kids Around To Fire BB Guns At Car Windows

A Suffolk County woman stood charged Saturday with encouraging her young teenage children to fire a BB gun at car the windows of parked cars.

2013/04/20

Oxycodone pills. Abuse of prescription painkillers is reaching epidemic proportions in New York according to the Attorney General. (Credit:CBS2)

Experts: Parents Need To Wake Up To Teen Pill Use Before Consequences Become Deadly

Teenagers getting behind the wheel of a car for the first time used to be one of the biggest causes of concern for parents, but now experts say there may be bigger threats to a teen’s safety.

2012/09/29

Prom Tuxedo (file / credit: clipart.com)

Teens At Children’s Health Center Celebrate Prom In Style

Teenagers across the country are getting ready to celebrate prom season and patients at the Komansky Center For Children’s Health aren’t missing a beat.

2012/05/12

Arthur Morgan, III (L); Tierra Morgan (R) (credit: Handout)

Father Charged With Murder In Death Of 2-Year-Old Tierra Morgan As Manhunt Continues

The cause of death was determined to be homicidal violence, including submersion in water.

2011/11/23

Generic Ambulance File Photo (credit: CBS 2)

SUV Crash Kills 4 Teens On Garden State Parkway

It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the accident, which occurred in the southbound lanes near exit 38A in Egg Harbor Township.

2011/08/20

Study: Drug Addiction Among Teens On The Rise

According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 90-percent of Americans suffering from addiction started using before the age of 18.

2011/06/29

Cops: Brooklyn Man Fires Rifle At Teens Outside Marine Park Home

Police said 30-year-old Thomas Dunikowski became embroiled in an argument with the teens that escalated into a physical altercation. They said Dunikowski returned to his home, got his rifle, and fired at the teens from his second floor window.

2011/06/20

Surveillance footage of deliveryman attack (credit: CBS 2)

Brutal Attack On Food Deliveryman Caught On Tape In Morningside Heights

The set-up was simple: police say three teenage boys phoned in a Chinese food order Friday afternoon. As soon as the deliveryman appeared, the lurking teens attacked.

2011/04/27

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Lawyer: NJ Cops Left 5 Teens Locked In Police Van

Fort Lee’s attorney said the commanding officer of the shift and two other officers have been suspended with pay.

2011/03/30

NJ Assembly Approves ‘Sexting’ Bill Allowing Teens To Avoid Charges

Teenagers who engaging in sexting would be able to avoid prosecution as sex offenders under a bill approved unanimously Monday by the New Jersey Assembly.

2011/03/14