Archive for the ‘Teen Summit’ Category

“THE GIRL BLUE PROJECT” CONTINUES TO THRIVE IN L.A., Wired from MassAppealNews.com
LOS ANGELES – Knowing the issues teens face today, girls in particular, actress and playwright Marlow Wyatt has taken it upon herself to be proactive; rather than reactive. Wyatt, a Kansas City native, is the founder and director of “The Girl Blue Project” based [...]

TEEN FUGITIVE ‘BAREFOOT BANDIT’ FINALLY CAUGHT IN BAHAMAS, the Associated Press
NASSAU, Bahamas – Bahamas police captured a teenage U.S. fugitive today, bringing to an end the “Barefoot Bandit’s” two-year flight from U.S. justice, a senior police official said. Colton Harris-Moore was arrested before dawn on northern Eleuthera island, the police official said, speaking on condition [...]

16-YEAR-OLD SAILOR ALIVE AND WELL AS SHE CONTINUES HER TOUR, Wired from MSN.com
LOS ANGELES – A 16-year-old California girl who was feared lost at sea while sailing solo around the world has been found alive and well, adrift in the southern Indian Ocean as rescue boats head toward her damaged yacht, officials said. After 20 [...]

TEEN SUSPECT OFFERED $50,000 TO SURRENDER TO POLICE, the Associated Press
SEATTLE – An anonymous donor on Thursday offered $50,000 to a notorious 19-year-old burglar suspected of raiding vacation homes and businesses and stealing planes and boats around the Northwest — if he turns himself in within five days. Colton Harris-Moore has been on the run [...]

LEE DEWYZE UPSET CRYSTAL BOWERSOX TO BECOME ‘AMERICAN IDOL,’ by Gil Kaufman MTV
LOS ANGELES – They auditioned together in Chicago last summer, and they’ve become good buds in the nine months since. They’re both 24 years old and were vying to be the first Midwesterner to win the “American Idol” title. One, Ohioan Crystal Bowersox, [...]

AMERICAN IDOL ELIMINATES CASEY JAMES FROM THE TOP 3, by Gil Kaufman (MTV)
LOS ANGELES – Nearly a year after their journey began, Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox took one giant step closer to the promised land Wednesday night (May 19). The two singers, whose paths to next week’s season-nine “American Idol” finale at times felt [...]

24-YEAR-OLD RIMA FAKIH IS CROWNED MISS USA 2010 IN VEGAS, the Associated Press
LAS VEGAS – A 24-year-old Arab American from Michigan beat out 50 other women to take the 2010 Miss USA title Sunday night, despite stumbling in her evening gown. Rima Fakih of Dearborn, Mich., won the pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort & [...]

16-YEAR-OLD JESSICA WATSON SAILS THE WORLD IN 7 MONTHS, Wired from CNN
AUSTRALIA – Sixteen-year-old Jessica Watson has spent the past seven months in a self-imposed solitary confinement of sorts. For 210 days, the avid sailor skippered her 34-foot yacht, the Pink Lady, around the world, a feat few others, let alone teenagers, have accomplished. But [...]

MICHAEL LYNCHE GETS THE ‘BOOT’ ON AMERICAN IDOL, Wired from MSN.com
LOS ANGELES: There were no third chances for Michael Lynche on “American Idol” Wednesday night, as he became the latest contestant to be eliminated from the competition. It wasn’t the first time this season that the 26-year-old Florida native found himself at the short end [...]

MILEY CYRUS AND JUSTIN BIEBER GO ON DINNER DATE, Wired from US Magazine
HOLLYWOOD, CA – Hollywood’s newest young power couple? Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus went out to dinner together at Ari-Ya Sushi in West Hollywood Monday night. Not sighted: Cyrus’ beau and “Last Song” co-star Liam Hemsworth. (See photos on X17Online.com.) Bieber, 16, joked [...]