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Do mean girls turn into mean women?
(CNN) – A principal is under fire as parents demand to know why something wasn't done sooner to save Phoebe Prince, a 15-year-old girl who prosecutors say was bullied to death by fellow students at her Massachusetts high school.
Our Alina Cho tracks down the principal and asks the tough questions this morning.
The movie "Mean Girls" explored the cliques and conflicts that come with high school. As we've seen in too many real-life cases, most recently in western Massachusetts, teen bullying can have tragic results. And it often involves girls hurting other girls.
Erika Holiday and Joan Rosenberg wrote the book "Mean Girls, Meaner Women." They'll join us this morning from Los Angeles to discuss teen bullying and the Phoebe Prince case.
Sound off: We want to hear from you about the bullying story. This morning we're asking do mean girls turn into mean women? What do you think? Add your comments to the LIVE blog below and we'll read some of them on the show.
LIVE Blog: Chat with us during the show
Editor's Note: Welcome to American Morning's LIVE Blog where you can discuss the "most news in the morning" with us each and every day. Join the live chat during the program by adding your comments below. It's your chance to share your thoughts on the day's headlines. Keep in mind, you have a better chance of having your comment get past our moderators if you follow our rules: 1) Keep it brief 2) No writing in ALL CAPS 3) Use your real name (first name only is fine) 4) No links 5) Watch your language (that includes $#&*).
[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/CRIME/03/29/massachusetts.bullying.suicide/story.phoebe.prince.wwlp.jpg caption="Phoebe Prince, who had recently moved from Ireland, committed suicide on January 14 in Northhampton, Massachusetts."]
Teens indicted in alleged bullying death
(CNN) – Nine Massachusetts teenagers have been charged with involvement in a months-long campaign of bullying that led to the suicide in January of a 15-year-old girl, a prosecutor said Monday.
Phoebe Prince's body was found hanging in the stairway leading to her family's second-floor apartment in South Hadley, Northwestern District Attorney Elizabeth D. Scheibel told reporters in the western Massachusetts town of Northampton.
"It appears that Phoebe's death on January 14 followed a torturous day for her when she was subjected to verbal harassment and physical abuse," she said.
Earlier in the day, Prince had been harassed as she studied in the library at South Hadley High School, apparently in the presence of a faculty member and several students, none of whom reported it until after the death, Scheibel said. FULL STORY
California Republican returning RNC money after racy club visit
(CNN) – A California-based political consultant who charged the Republican National Committee nearly $2,000 for a night out at Voyeur – a risque West Hollywood nightclub now at center of the latest controversy surrounding RNC chairman Michael Steele – will return the money to the party, a committee spokesman told CNN Monday.
Erik Brown, president of the Orange County-based Dynamic Marketing, Inc., was re-imbursed in February for $1,946.25 worth of charges at the nightclub, according to the RNC's latest filing with the Federal Election Commission. FULL STORY
Sound off: Join the conversation on today's top stories. Add your comments to the LIVE blog below and we'll read some of them on the show.
OSHA predicted whale would kill, then backed off
(CNN) – Back in 2007, a government safety group in California predicted a whale would eventually kill a trainer at Sea World, but then the agency backed off its warning.
Sadly, that happened last week in Orlando. A 40-year-old veteran Sea World trainer was killed by a giant orca. Hundreds of mourners turned out yesterday in Chicago to say goodbye to Dawn Brancheau.
So, why did the investigators abruptly reverse their warning? Our Randi Kaye has the report.
SeaWorld keeping killer whale
Orlando, Florida (CNN) - SeaWorld has scheduled a news conference Friday to discuss an accident that left a trainer dead after she was attacked by a whale, a spokesman said.
Dawn Brancheau, 40, died Wednesday from multiple injuries and drowning after a 12,000-pound whale grabbed her ponytail and pulled her underwater in front of shocked onlookers at Shamu Stadium, the Orange County Sheriff's office said Thursday.
She was "pulled underwater for an extended period of time," Chuck Tompkins, SeaWorld's curator of zoological operations, told CNN's "American Morning."
SeaWorld said the 1 p.m. ET news conference will give more details. Watch the news conference live on CNN.com and on your iPhone.
Read more: Details coming in whale trainer's death
What caused accident at SeaWorld?
(CNN) – SeaWorld is shutting down all killer whale shows today after a sudden and frightening attack at their park in Orlando.
SeaWorld's star attraction, a killer whale named Tilikum, killed veteran trainer Dawn Brancheau yesterday. Witnesses say the orca actually grabbed Brancheau and pulled her into the water. So what went wrong?
We were joined on Thursday's American Morning by Chuck Tompkins, curator of zoological operations at Sea World in Orlando.
Read more: Did killer whale pull trainer into tank?
Scenes of devastation: "The world is coming to an end"
Thirteen hours after a catastrophic magnitude-seven earthquake shook Haiti's capital city of Port-au-Prince, scenes it is still not clear how many people are dead. But one thing is certain from eyewitness accounts this is an unimaginable disaster. CNN's John Roberts reports.
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