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NEWS ABOUT: community service

community service stories: 10 news summaries

Beck Moves Obama From 'Hitler' to 'Mao'

Hollywood in cahoots with the prez to force us to volunteer

Oct 20, 09 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apparently, Hollywood’s dumb-named “iParticipate” campaign is the worst thing since the Great Leap Forward. Sixty network shows will work volunteerism and community service into the plot this week, and in Glenn Beck’s mind, this, coupled with Obama's own push for volunteerism, is the stuff conspiracies are made... More »

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Barack Obama • Hollywood • volunteerism • Fox News • community service • volunteer • Glenn Beck • entertainment industry • Mao Zedong

 Brown Begins 
 Community Service 

Singer cleans up in Va. as punishment for Rihanna beating

Sep 16, 09 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Singer Chris Brown today began the community labor that’s part of his sentence for beating girlfriend Rihanna, MTV reports, with the singer posting a photo from the work to his Twitter feed. His 6 months of labor will include picking up trash in his native Virginia; Brown, 20, also... More »

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entertainment • garbage • domestic violence • Virginia • probation • community service • Rihanna • Twitter • Chris Brown • R&B • Jay-ZTV • Twitpic

 Obama Honors NASCAR 
 as 'Uniquely American' 

President praises stock racing's service ethic

Aug 19, 09 5:45 PM CDT
(AP) - First bowling, now NASCAR. President Obama continued his sports education today by honoring last year's champ, Jimmie Johnson, and the rest of NASCAR's top drivers at the White House. "NASCAR is a uniquely American sport," said the president, praising its rise from the humble roots of moonshiners racing... More »

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sports • White House • NASCAR • racing • community service • stock car racing • President Obama

Rapper TI Sentenced to
10 Months on Gun Charges

Will pay $100K fine, do community service

Mar 27, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rapper TI has been sentenced to 366 days in prison for attempting to buy machine guns from an undercover officer, but his embracing of community service means he'll likely serve less than 10 months. TI, aka Clifford Harris Jr., has been speaking to area youths about the dangers of drugs... More »

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Atlanta • crime • sentencing • community service • TI • weapons charges • Howard Stern Grid

Gap Year Gains Favor Among High School Graduates

Industry grows to help them put off college

Dec 30, 08 7:08 PM CST
(Newser) - As more high school graduates decide to take a so-called “gap-year” before college, a veritable industry has sprung up to offer these seekers advice on how to go about it, the Wall Street Journal reports. Given the increased popularity of a year off, which some educators advocate because... More »

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travel • college admissions • community service • gap year • college student • high school students • teenager

 Akon Pleads Guilty, 
 Fined for Tossing Fan 

Singer avoids trial for throwing teen off stage in 2007

Dec 17, 08 1:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Singer Akon pleaded guilty today to charges stemming from a 2007 fan-tossing incident, TMZ reports. At a concert last year, the crooner grabbed a teenager and threw him from the stage; his guilty plea for harassment nets him a $350 fine and 65 hours of community service. Akon apologized, and... More »

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music • guilty plea • community service • concert • hip-hop • Akon • fine • harrassment

Kennedy Crafts Proposal for
Paid National Service 'Army'

Bill would recruit 175,000 workers

Sep 12, 08 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy has crafted a sweeping national service bill, to be introduced today, that would recruit 175,000 citizens of all ages to work in health, education, environmental protection and anti-poverty programs—with their pay partially subsidized by the government. The plan would provide $5 billion over five years... More »

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Senate • John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • citizenship • legislation • community service

Boy George to Sing for NYC Street Sweepers

Singer plans gig to thank community service co-workers

Jun 12, 08 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boy George is planning a private gig as a thank-you to the people who helped him keep New York's streets clean during his week of court-ordered community service, the New York Daily News reports. The singer, who says city workers treated him very kindly during his 2006 punishment for wasting... More »

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New York City • community service • sanitation • concert • singer • Boy George

T.I. Will Get Jail Sentence in Weapons Rap

Community service first for rapper, who faces year behind bars

Mar 27, 08 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rapper T.I.—aka Clifford Harris—pleaded guilty today in Atlanta to weapons charges, the AP reports. Harris will have to spend about a year in jail but must complete 1,500 hours of community service first; he also faces three years' house arrest and a $100,000 fine.... More »

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prison • Atlanta • community service • plea bargain • hip-hop • rap music • automatic weapons • TI • personal arsenals • guns

Paris Is Liberated

It's been a great three weeks, though

Jun 26, 07 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Our long national nightmare is over; Paris is out of the slammer. The heiress left the Los Angeles County jail in Lynwood just 15 minutes after midnight today—technically completing a three-week stay—and was swarmed by a crowd of waiting photographers enroute to her parents' black SUV. More »

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Paris Hilton • Los Angeles • probation • heiress • jail • Lynwood • community service

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