Bitten by a tick. Harry potter, watch out. Theres another magical teen with more than a few tricks up his sleeve. Ill have that story. That and more, next on teen kids news. Welcome to teen kids news. Im mwanzaa. And im siena. Well start with our top story. If you play a sport, you know that having a great coach is really important. But in some communities, coaches are hard to find. Libby reports on a game plan to change that. Sports are more than just fun. Kids who play sports are more likely to. Do better in school. Theyre less likely to. Abuse drugs. Or become pregnant. And theyre less likely to be. Overweight. And yet sports programs in Public Schools across the country are being. Reduced cut. Downsized. In fact, almost 4 billion have been cut from sports programs in recent years. Especially hard hit are kids in poor areas. Only 3 of them get to play organized sports. As a result, there are lots of kids out there who want to play sports but dont have what they need most coaches to
Ill tell you what to do if bitten by a tick. Harry potter, watch out. Theres another magical teen with more than a few tricks up his sleeve. Ill have that story. That and more, next on teen kids news. Welcome to teen kids news. Im mwanzaa. And im siena. Well start with our top story. If you play a sport, you know that having a great coach is really important. But in some communities, coaches are hard to find. Libby reports on a game plan to change that. Sports are more than just fun. Kids who play sports are more likely to. Do better in school. Theyre less likely to. Abuse drugs. Or become pregnant. And theyre less likely to be. Overweight. And yet sports programs in Public Schools across the country are being. Reduced cut. Downsized. In fact, almost 4 billion have been cut from sports programs in recent years. Especially hard hit are kids in poor areas. Only 3 of them get to play organized sports. As a result, there are lots of kids out there who want to play sports but dont have what
Welcome to teen kids news. Im mwanzaa. And im siena. Well start with our top story. If you play a sport, you know that having a great coach is really important. But in some communities, coaches are hard to find. Libby reports on a game plan to change that. Sports are more than just fun. Kids who play sports are more likely to. Do better in school. Theyre less likely to. Abuse drugs. Or become pregnant. And theyre less likely to be. Overweight. And yet sports programs in Public Schools across the country are being. Reduced cut. Downsized. In fact, almost 4 billion have been cut from sports programs in recent years. Especially hard hit are kids in poor areas. Only 3 of them get to play organized sports. As a result, there are lots of kids out there who want to play sports but dont have what they need most coaches to work with them. Thats where an Organization Called up2us comes in. Up2us was started because we know that kids all over america, particularly in our cities here, need sports.
Pat collins, news4. A bomb scare this morning at a bank in fredericksburg. Police say it looks like someone tried to blast open an atm. Keith russell has the latest from the news4 live desk. Keith . Wendy, police say their Surveillance Video shows someone walking up to the atm around 4 00 this morning. He put something down near the machine moments later and explosion. If he was trying to blow open the atm, it did not work. Its still standing. Believe it or not, it still works. Fredericksburg police, state police and fbi roped off the area this morning. The state Police Bomb Arson Unit even suited up to check for more explosives after a bomb sniffing dog picked something up near a dumpster. Nothing else was ever found. Now, there were no injuries. But that blast was powerful enough to wake up a woman who lived nearby and set off car alarms in the area. Keith russell, news4. Keith, thanks. Two fbi raids in arlington today, officers searched the seventh floor of an Office Building in the
Countrys Credit Rating in the new year. Each day toward the fiscal cliff is also another day closer to the country maxing out on its borrowing limit. President obama talked to Business Leaders today. The only thing that the debt ceiling is good for as a weapon is to destroy your Credit Rating. Reporter hes worried republicans may re newsto raise the countrys debt ceiling to get their way on spending cuts and risk defaulting on the countrys loans. That is a bad strategy for america. Its a bad strategy for your businesses. And it is not a game that i will play. Reporter republicans are pushing back. Hes the president , not the emperorer. Reporter fiscal cliff negotiations have been at a stand still since monday when republicans proposed raising revenue by closing tax loopholes, not by raising rates on the rich as the president has insisted. Were not insisting rates just out of spite, but rather because we need to raise a certain amount of revenue. We cant just keep borrowing money, raisi