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As teenagers demand independence and eventually move out, they’re not always quick to cut the cord when it comes paying their own cell phone bill. Among 620 parents with 18- to 35-year-old children, more than 40 percent of those surveyed said they still pay for their kids’ cellphone service, and 29 percent were still doing so even if their children no longer lived at home.

"There's no magic formula," author says, but many factors in popularity of fantasy novels. With more than 22 millioncopies in print worldwide of her two fantasy series, The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices, author Cassandra Clare might be considered an expert on fiction that appeals to teens.

More than half of all teens and young adults infected with HIV, the AIDS virus, are unaware that they're infected.

They're up to three times more likely to use substances nicotine, cocaine and marijuana in adolescence and as young adults, research suggests. ...

Pop songstress Miley Cyrus got her big break with the Disneyfied alter-ego Hannah Montana, star of the hit Disney Channel series bearing the same name. She's now been attached to star in "Wake," an adaptation of the the young adult horror novel by Lisa McCann. Cyrus will star as a young woman who is pulled ...

Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up the film rights to "Heist Society," author Ally Carter's young adult thriller novel hitting stores on Tuesday, February 9. The Hollywood Reporter says Shauna Cross will write the script with Denise Di Novi producing with Di Novi Pictures' Alison Greenspan.

Having put her stamp on "Twilight," Catherine Hardwicke is in talks with Columbia to develop and direct a film adaptation of the young-adult series "Maximum Ride."