"T his whole experience has given me the confidence that what I'm doing is actually good," said Ben Clark. Ben, 15, is a Project XL winner. He received best of show and first place in original music for his song "30 a Day," about gun violence in the United States. "I wrote the whole thing in about a half an hour," said the student from Floyds Knobs. Project XL, a statewide high-school competition

Britain is often seen as one of America's strongest allies and was a key supporter of the war in Iraq. However, British youths are much more reluctant to support U.S. military action. In May, Y-Press talked to four Children's Express members in London about the war: Horia El Hadad, 17, Isadora Fontaine, 18, Adam Jogee, 11, and Annabel McLeod, 16. Views on war Annabel: I was supportive of the war b

"Roots creep underground everywhere and make a firm foundation. Shoots seem very weak, but to reach the light, they can break open brick walls. Imagine that the brick walls are all the problems we have inflicted on our planet. Hundreds of thousands of roots & shoots, hundreds of thousands of young people around the world, can break through these walls. We can change the world." -- Jane Goodall In

About 27,000 girls are in the Hoosier Capital Council of Girl Scouts of America, which includes Indianapolis. But only 10 percent of them are over age 11. At that age, "they're entering middle school, and they have more opportunities," said Laura Foshee, the council's chief operating officer, adding that some girls' attitude toward scouts becomes "already done that." But Girl Scouts offers a lot t