Stars push youth vote in Detroit
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including Sean âP. Diddyâ Combs, Leonardo DiCaprio and Mary J. Blige â-ill come to Detroit to urge more young voters to hit the polls on Election Day, Nov. 2.
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The youth vote, perhaps the most elusive quarry in U.S. politics, is being Rocked, Smacked Down, Rapped and otherwise goosed by everyone from blinged-out rappers to Harvard professors to the League of Women Voters.
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The sight of Detroit fans scuffling with NBA stars and showering them with beer, ice and popcorn gives the city another black eye as it struggles to improve its image and overcome a well-worn reputation for violence and urban unrest.
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P. Diddy Takes Get-Out-The-Vote Drive to Swing States; Rallies Planned for Six Cities. NEW YORK Oct 24, 2004 - Hip-hop mogul Sean &quot;P.
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Just days ahead of one of the tightest US presidential races ever, a Hollywood battalion led by &quot;Titanic&quot; icon Leonardo DiCaprio is working overtime to woo apathetic voters to the polls.
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Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons rolled into town this summer with a mission: Get people to the voting booths and banking to the people.
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They love using their iPods, laptops and cell phones for political information, yet many young adults say they aren't quite sure how to get a ballot in the first place.
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They came with their wraparound shades, hair-styling tools and other items essential for a shot at fame. Thousands of people, many appearing to be teenagers or in their twenties, flooded into the Washington Convention Center this week to audition for Fox's popular "American Idol."
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Surveys show that interest in the election among the young is near the highest level it has reached at any time since 18- to 20-year-olds were given the vote in 1972.
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It's "Hillblazers" versus "Barackstars" on US college campuses, where presidential hopefuls are counting on zealous student volunteers to turn out the youth vote in November 2008.
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Under-30 voters came through in big numbers this year, with more than 20 million casting a ballot for president, researchers found. The turnout bested their 2000 showing by more than nine percentage points and heartened activists who worked to get young voters to the polls.
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DEFIANCE, Ohio - Elections officials knew something was wrong when they got voter registration cards for Mary Poppins, Dick Tracy, Michael Jordan and George Foreman.
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Over the last six months a range of adult performers - from burlesque dancers to online pornographers - have conducted voter-registration drives.
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More than 25 celebrities including actors Jim Carrey, Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams on Thursday urged the United Nations to help win freedom for Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Stars including Bono, Travis and Jamelia are supporting the year-long Make Poverty History campaign.
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Voters fill out their ballots at the 20th Precinct in West Bloomfield, Mich., on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004. Barbara Lang, third from the left, was the first person to vote.
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An effort to free three young men convicted in the lurid 1993 slayings of three 8-year-old boys is gathering speed, with rock stars and other celebrities taking up their cause and about 150 supporters rallying Wednesday on the steps of the Arkansas Capitol.