F inding a great summer job is a quest that challenges teenagers and their parents. Many teens don't know how or where to start, and parents don't know how much they should help. Molly Delano has some advice. Author of "Summer Jobs and Opportunities for Teenagers: A Planning Guide," she has worked many summer jobs, from babysitting to picking strawberries to scooping ice cream. Though these jobs m

When Drew Kingseed was younger, he didn't get a chance to play in parks like most kids. So as a teenager, he decided to do something about it. Born with cerebral palsy, Drew watched from his wheelchair as other kids enjoyed playing outdoors in the parks that dot Kokomo -- parks that don't accommodate kids with physical challenges. Years later, Drew set out to make part of Kokomo's 83-acre Highland

A high school girl's science project has alerted many people to the potential hazards of heating food in microwave ovens. When Claire Nelson was 12 and growing up in Little Rock, Ark., she struggled to come up with a science fair project. As she and her mother discussed some articles she was reading for her science class, the topic turned to diethylhexyl adipate, or DEHA, a carcinogen found in pla