FBI's Hoover Labeled Columnist 'A Jackal' WASHINGTON - In caustic comments on internal agency memos, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover referred to prominent columnist Jack Anderson with undisguised contempt, calling him "a jackal" as agents combed his articles for errors and hints about possible sources. ...more

October 12, 2008

It's summer, and some parents are looking for interesting things for their children to do. If you have daughters ages 11 to 14, the Ophelia Project of Tampa Bay has something special to offer them. ...more

June 21, 2008

Stop Sexual Harassment The emerging statistics are startling: 90 percent of adolescent girls between the ages 12 and 18 report experiencing sexual harassment. This disturbing information comes from a recent study by Campbell Leaper, professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, that was published in the May/June issue of Child Development Journal. ...more

June 16, 2008

Where a teenage girl sees herself on her school's social ladder may sway her future weight, a study of more than 4,000 girls finds. ...more

January 8, 2008

Teen and adolescent girls long have used fashion as a social weapon. In 1944, Eleanor Estes wrote 'The Hundred Dresses,' a book about a Polish girl who is made fun of for wearing the same shabby dress each day. The 2004 film 'Mean Girls' focused on fashion-conscious cliques among high school teens. But today, guidance counselors and psychologists say, fashion bullying is reaching a new intensity as more designers launch collections targeted at kids. ...more

October 26, 2007