Teens find summer work in gov't stimulus package

You know the economy's bad when teens can't get summer jobs at fast-food restaurants or movie theaters.

So thousands are picking up shovels, brooms and trash in part-time jobs paid for with federal stimulus money, which includes $1.2 billion for youth employment.

"I was looking for jobs everywhere, and no one was calling back," said 17-year-old Ryan Stewart of Littleton, Colo., who applied at McDonald's, Wendy's and other restaurants but heard nothing back. Now he's spending the summer pulling weeds for $7.50 an hour at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge just outside Denver.

Stewart is one of 25 extra seasonal youth hired …