>> welme to "teen kids ns." i'm mwanzaa. nd i'm livia. here's our toptory for this week. >> we'll start with a report that combines amazing science, urage,riendship, and music. it's the storyf a teen w's triumpng over a ry difficult disord >> dystonia is a neurological movement disorder which causes uncontrollabain and spasms. >> most of us have never heard of dystonia, but jake can describe it with painful, personal details. he's in high school now, and he's been living with e sease since fifth grade. >> slowly, it's got worse and couldn't send him to school because it was too pnfulo school. >> i was in a wheeir. i d nouality of life. i was just sitti on the couch doing anything to try to cover up the pain. described as a micaluly be miracle -- recent researed to a breakrough treatment called "dbs." >> dbs is deep brain stimation. it's when they put a batteryn ur chest, a wire in yourpper neck, anthen two electrodes into your brain. it stimulates ur bin to counteract the spasms. i have a battery in chest. and there it is. while scice has provided thtreatment, jake has had a t of emotional support a well. fami, friends, andhe entire community have joined him onhe road to recovery, literally. jake's ride has raised almost a million dollars to search for a cure. >> jake's ride is a fundraiser we do everyear, and we try to raise money for research in dystonia, and all the proceeds go to the bachmann-strauss dystia and parkinson's >> jake's strugglend trium have touched his friends deeply. anya was his teammate in a 5th-gradscnce competition. that's when jake's dystonia started toet reallbad. >>e had to sit o, and, like, we w go out and do certain things. he'd have to, like, sit aside and -- 'cause he was just in, like... >> too mucpain. >> it was like right as it was starting to get bad. >> but no one --o one really knew whait was. >>any of jaks classmates were supportive. came to the hostal to cheer him on. to raise mon. jake's ride and anya composea musical ibute. she lls it "mission possible." >> ♪ his life is a mission possible ♪ ♪ he made it in his world, he passed all his tests ♪ >> jake's mother had asked anya write the song. even s it was a big surprise. >> i was pretty, like, speechless. like, at first ias likwow, this is a pretty gsong," and then i was like, "wow, it's for ." [ both chuckle ] >> anya's song was made into a music video and put on itunes to help raise money for dyston research. >> i mean, i wanted to do something to helmore than just going to the ride and biking. and we were just so close, and we still are so cle, and it just, like -- i don't know. it just happened tt i wre the song and... ye. ♪ he's got u, he's got me ♪ and all his friends ♪ and even though he struggles inside ♪ ♪ he made it out alive >> not everyone can write song help fit a disease, but you can find out more out dystonia and how to suppt kids like jake by clicking the link at teenkidsnews.com. >> don't go away.ews.com. we've got lots more still to come on "teen kids news." >> we'll be right ba. >> if u've ever dreameof starting your own business, pay close atteion. we have some tips from a teen talkinabout.nows wt she's veronique has the story. >> "teen kids news" first profiled maddie bradshaw shortly after she started selling her snap cap designs. >> how did you make these? >> now her companys eaing more than $1.5 million year, but for her, owning a business is about more than just getting rich. >> i get to incorporate my love for art, and can also ma a little bit of money at the same time. >> snap caps are necklaces and bracelets made with bottle caps that you can swap on and off with theelp of a magnet. toy, they're sold at more than 2,000 stores across the country, but they began as a simple decoratia at maddie's school. >> then theyll staed off cker magnets. >> this one's so cool! >> as a cklace. >> i love this o. >> because all my friends lid them so much, i decided to sl th, and it turns out a lot of other kidsed them, too. >> now maddie'offeri her fans a new proct -- r wisdom. "maddie bradshaw'sou can start a business, too!" >> i just sically wrote the book because i wanted to inspire business.s to start their own >> everyusiness artsith a great idea, and most ideas com from our own interestsnd abilities. mirror andsk yourself a few questions... how about baking? do you like that? then you might wt to start a "cookie of the month" club. love animals? get id for walki your computer geek? teach older people the basics. >> i've en a lot of e-mails from girls, all the time, that tell me that they want to start their owbusine, and some of them have evene uph ideas like bkmarks, and i got e-mail the other day from a girl that said she started designing her own clothes. >> not sure what you want to do? maddie says it's okay to start small. >> you canlways start off with something simple. like, i used to have garage les, and i would sell coke at you're at a garage sale, people get thirsty. >> so, it's no surprise that maddie used coke-bottle ps to start her business. once you've started building your empire, maddie's best advice is are the workload. >>or example, my m is the c.e.o., and my sister is the vice president, and en we have employees o help make our stuff so that if your company becomes large-sce that you'll be able to split the reonsibilies. >> and once you've got the business up and runnin you may want to start thinking aut "successioplanning" -- that mes training people to take over for you. >> this bracelet would be cute with your dress. >> perfect. >> one day, maddie hopes to ha the business over to her little sister, margot. maddie says she doesn't plan to make snap capsorever. her goal in e xt five years is to go to college. >>very state h one, but most of us don't know w they look e way they do. here's kristen. >> louisiana holds a unique record. nce the first europeans arrived, 1flags have flown over the territory. that's me than any other u.s. ate. in 1519, spanish explorers planted their flag. theyere followed by the french in 168 later on, napoleon'sricolor wadisplayed. then, in 1763, great britain gained a foothold in the region. in 1810, local colonists united against the british under a flag known as "the boie blue." hieved statehood. louisiana it looked like the srs and stripes were he to stay. but with the civil war, louisiana withdrew from the union. it decred itse a republic -- with its own flag, of course, but two mont later, it joid e confederacy. louisianans would live under two different confederate ags before t war ended. nay in 1912, louisiana adopted the flag we see today. >> theouisiana flag, i love, becausit's a story of what the settlersaw, according to louisiana legend, and ifood was scarce, what te mother pelicans would do was peck at their breas until they bl, and they wld feed that to their young. so, on the state flag, you see a moer feedi three baby brown pelicans. >> eventually, louisna adopted the brown pecan as its official sta bird. an official state doughnut has lled aeignet. it's fried dgh with powdered sugar on top. fortunately, t official state drink is milk. withlag facts, i'm kristen. >>dopting a dog pretty easy. always on the okoufor good ners. but as hnah reports, there's a lot moo becoming a friend to man's best friend. >> so, youant to apt a dog, but u don't exactly know how to properly care for one. here's w to learhow. shelter is a wonderful thing to there's a lot of benefits that with it. being a volunteer re at the animal shelter ivery -- like, it's a good expeence. >> you know, cleaning the kennels prey basic, you ow -- feeding them, taking the dogs for walks. and same deal with the cats, but maintenae.ightly less >> thi of volunteering at a local shelter as on-the-job-training for when you become a pet owner. kids learn -- first and foremost, the basic needs of animals 'cause they will see what animals neeon a regular basis, and they'll also sethat the needs of amals are ver similar to the needs that ey themselves have. >> odds are, there's a shelter near you that offers prrams.lteer or internip you just need tow where to look. go io google and type inust eith "humane education opportunitie or "volunteering opportunities fokids," "volunteering with animals for kids," and you'll get a whole inour area.erent opportunities >> so, if you want to make volunteeng at shelter your next "pet" project, don't be shy. most shelters are happy to have responble teens helping ou >> a mysterious manuscript has finally given up one of its mysteries -- i age. using carbon dating, scientists at the university of arizona found it's from earl15th century, but there's still a biggsecret to solve. the manuscript is itten in a language no one understands. even professional code breakers and couter programs can't crack it. >>here's nothing worse than nding t your favorite ba isn town after all theickets are ld out. keep on top of things with a website called soniclivi.com. it allows you to see when and where the hottest concerts are taking place. on top of that, the site can scan the music you have on itunes, see wh bands you like, and tell you when those groups e rforming nrby. what-shirt to wear to the is show. for morenformati, you ca visit sonicliving.com. >> he's considered the greatest writer in the english language, but he was writing more than 400 years ago. and with all those "methinks" and "forsooths reading shakespeare can beough but a unique program is helping to change that. carina h the story >> together: i love you t. >> together: you madme believe so. >> tether: i love you not. >> together: you made me believe so. >> shakespeare wrote that "all the world's a age." >> action! >>oth: i love you not. >> both: you made me believe so. no wonder these students are nding that performing one of his plays can be a lot more fun than just reading it. >> good, good. good. good. >>e're learning how to show, like, true emotion and how to act it out. >> i'm gonna say "3, 2, 1," and i'm gonna say, "action!" shakespeare program adds a modern twist -- video. >> and then, wheu're done, ju remember to keeacting until i say cut. to use old texts -- old english and historical texts -- and to make it modern, that's the fun pa of it, and i thin that's what the studen are having fun with, too, making it modern. >> 3, 2, 1. >> rumor has it that polonius was eavesdropping behind a curtain in gertrude's room. >> these girls are acting out a scene where they gossip about prince hamlet. he's the title character of one of shakespeare's most famous plays. >> one minute, he's azy. one minute, he's in love, and one minute, he's cool or gry. >> hamlet is on an emotional roller coaster because he discovered that his uncle secretly killed hamlet's fatr, the king of denmark. the uncle then marries the dead king'queen, who is hamlet's mother. his uncle becomes the new king. got all that? >> i can't imagine anybodyust teaching it sitting downnd read it.g the kids just flat it means so muchore when the kids get to stand up and play with the words and read the lines. >> get thee to a nunnery, believe none of us. >> oh, wt a noble mind is here... >>nter lincoln center theater. it sends teaching artis into schools to help breathe new life into a poet who's been dead for centuries. think that the arts are absolutely critil for a student's education. solvg and solving problems creatively, imagining alternatives to situations. itelpshem see things from other ople's perspective. i think that it alsollowthem to reflect on their other subjects, whether isor history, in a different way. >> action. way.t certainly is a dferent william shakespeare would ver have dreamed that "hamlet" thelay would become "hamlet" the movie. >> so, maybe, how are you feeling after he leaves? well, how does tt make you feel? >> here, they t to s their work, d they get to she their work with their families and their hool cmunity. poisoned.ink, the drink, im >> all: no! >> the king, the king is to ame. >> all: what? >> [ grunts ] oh, t, dend me friends, i am but hurt. >> all: the ng is dead. >> good night, sweet prince. >> as part of the lincoln center thter program, the students rformance of the play, because as shakespeare wrote, you ca never get "too much of a good thing. >> this report ibrought to you by the united states tennis association. tennis... it's a game foall es, but if you've ever tried to play with a little brother or sister, you know it can be a bit tough. that's because most young kids find that the racquets are too heavy and that the court's too g. but the u.s. tennis assoation is working to change that. they're serving up new rules for kids 10 and under. atn ent nearoston, tennisuperstar vus williams was helping to get the worout. sport in recreational level,s well as professional level. so getting kids inlved ely is vy important. the u.s.t.a.'s new rules allow folighter racquets and smaller courts even the balls are different. they don'tly as fast or bounce as high, so they're a lot easier to hit. >> it's pretty cool that they actually madsomething for that size, and it's pretty n playing on i >> to help make tennis more fun holding ecial youth events across the country. for more information, and to find an event near youvisit marchintotennicom. for "tn kids news," i'm scott. >> in latin, "ante" means "before," "bellu means "war." put them together, and y get a me in erican history -- the years before the civil war. as lauren rerts, not everything from those days is "gone with the wind." >> the great antebellum homes of historic savannah, grgia, evoke memories of genteel southern life. yet, these stately structures came very ose to being destroyed not once, butwice. the first timeas during the civil war. after burning atlanta, general shman began his famous march to the sea. the story go that when he reached savannah, sherman was so taken by the city's beauty, he spared it. the second timthese homes came close to destruction was during e 1900 devepers began tearing them down for parking lots annew budis. but sevewomen nded together histor savannah foundation. noonly d it save the hom, it held createne of the largest national-landmark districts in the nation. savannah was georgia's first city. it was founded in 33 by james oglethorpe for king george ii of england. oglethorpe was a visionary. he desned america's first planned city around 24 large, open squar with their giant oaks and hanging spanishoss, but he was also a realist. the general made thetreets between the squares wide enough toommodate an army. this way, soldiers could be movequickly from one parof town to anothe during themerican revolution, free bckoldiers from haiti fought here alongside the ericans and french against the british. thisonument nors revolutionary war hero general pulaski, who died during the battle of savannah. cotton made savannah wealthy. in fact, eli whitney develed his cotton gin just outside of town. until thcivil war, savannah was a major rt for the slave trade. today, rivertreet croed with tourists and shoppers. you can ride the trolley... or book a seat on old-fashioned river boat. the pirates' house has been a meeting place for seafarers nce the mid-1700s. the foder of the girl scou, juliette gordon low, was born he. because of a yellofever epidemicn the early 1800s, ma homes were built with unusuaouter stairs. people believed thaty raising thfirst floor, they'be breathing cleane saf air. as we noknow, yellow fever isn't carried by bad airbut by mosquitoes. ev the cetery is pictureue in an eerie y. there are tombstones dating ba to colonial times. this was also a popular place to hold duels. many of the sersre buried he. in the late 1800s, fire destroyed the cathedral of st. john the btist. on the exterior walls and twin spires survived, but the church was quickly restored to breathtaking splenr. savannah's home to the nation's oldest black baptist congregation, as well as one of thdest jewish congregations. the organist at this church wrota song for thankiving. it w an instant hit, and we still sing it today, but at christmaste. the song i"jingle bells"... though it'hard timagine sleighs dashing throh the sn fo"teen kids news," i'm lauren. >> we'll see you next ti on "teen kids news." >> thanks for watching. have a great week. >> hers a out-out to pr newswe foincluding "teen kids news" on their big screen in mes square, new york city. >> on behalf of everyone here at "teen kids news," we want to give a special thanks to all of our military orseas.