Singer Chris Brown's Sentencing Delayed

The singer Chris Brown's sentencing has been delayed until August 27th because the judge wants his to perform hard labor for his community service in Virginia. The judge also wants to know what he will be doing for his community service at the end of the month. Brown pled guilty to felony assault last month.

Rapper T.I. Receives Prison Sentence

On Friday, the rapper T.I. was sentenced to one year and a day in prison on federal weapons charges. He has 30 to 60 days to start his sentence and has completed nearly 1,000 hours of community service while warning children about the negative effects of drugs, guns, and violence. He still needs to complete 470 more hours. He pleaded guilty in court last March after he was arrested in October of 2007 for trying to buy unregistered machine guns and silencers before his scheduled appearance at the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta.

Singer Akon Pleads Guilty

On Wednesday, the singer Akon pleaded guilty to harassment for tossing a teenage fan off of a stage at a concert in upstate New York in June of 2007. He will not serve any jail time but he will have to perform 65 hours of community service and pay a $250 fine due to his plea bargain. He was originally charged with misdemeanor endangerment of the welfare of a minor and second-degree harassment, which is a violation.

Memorial Service Held for Jennifer Hudson's Slain Family Members Today

A memorial service is set for this afternoon at Pleasant Gift Memorial Baptist Church for the mother, brother, and nephew of singer Jennifer Hudson. Hudson's friends and relatives are expected to attend the church in Chicago. Jennifer Hudson and her sister are not going to attend the service.

Rapper Da Brat Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

The rapper Da Brat was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison for hitting a hostess in the head with a bottle of rum during an altercation at an Atlanta nightclub last fall. She pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in DeKalb County. She was also sentenced to serve seven years on probation and 200 hours of community service and have substance abuse treatment, mental evaluation, and anger management classes.

The altercation started at a private Halloween party at Studio 72 last fall when Da Brat got into an argument with the hostess named Shayla Stevens, who was also an Atlanta Falcons cheerleader, after the two bumped into each other. Stevens walked away after the argument and soon after was hit in the face with the rum bottle. She had gotten a deep cut in her cheek, some swelling on her forehead, and a permanent scar on her face.

Officials Report What Singer Isaac Hayes Died From

Officials with the sheriff department say that the singer Isaac Hayes died from a stroke. Hayes died after being found unconscious on the floor beside a treadmill that was still switched on at his Memphis, TN home on Sunday. There wasn’t an autopsy performed but paperwork that was filed by Hayes’ family physician lists the cause of death as a stroke. The physician told investigators that he had been treating Hayes for high blood pressure. A memorial service will he held on Monday at Hope Presbyterian Church in Cordova from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Kid Rock Sentenced to Probation

On Monday, Kid Rock was sentence to serving a year of probation and was fined $1,000 for his part in a fight at an Atlanta Waffle House this past fall. He was also sentenced to six hours of anger management counseling and 80 hours of community service. He pleaded no contest to one count of simple battery and four counts of battery were dropped.

Five members of his entourage were also arrested because of the fight. Two of them pleaded no contest and also received probation and community service. Charges were dropped against the other three people since the court decided that they weren't involved in the altercation after viewing the videotape.

Naomi Campbell Arrested Again

The model Naomi Campbell has been arrested in London at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 for assaulting and spitting on a police officer. She already pleaded guilty in January of 2007 to misdemeanor assault for throwing her cell phone at her maid during an argument over a missing pair of jeans. She was then ordered to do community service and attend a two-day anger-management program.

Rapper T.I. Pleads Guilty to Charges

The rapper T.I. has pleaded guilty to federal weapons possessions charges and he will receive a sentence that will include prison time after he does community service. While he is waiting on sentencing, he will have to complete at least 1,000 out of 1,500 hours of community service, which would involve talking to youth groups about the dangers of guns, gangs, and drugs. He will have to serve about 12 months in prison after finishing the community service.

T.I. pleaded guilty to possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers, unlawful possession of machine guns, and possession of firearms by a convicted felon. His prison sentence could be increased or reduced, depending whether he fulfills the terms of the deal and good behavior.

Busta Rhymes Sentenced to Probation

The rapper Busta Rhymes was sentenced to 3 years on probation Tuesday for assaulting his former driver and a fan. He was also sentenced to serve 10 days of community service, pay a $1,250 fine and court costs, and enroll in drunken driving program. The judge warned him to stay out of trouble or he will go to jail.

Bobby Brown Serves Community Service

The singer Bobby Brown will not have any criminal charges pressed against him after police found a small amount of cocaine in his possession. A Brockton District Court clerk found no probable cause to issue a criminal complaint, but did recommend that he volunteer to mentor young people. Brown agreed to serve a year of community service.

On Dec 1, 2007, police were called to investigate a disturbance at a Brockton hotel. They found Bobby Brown sitting in a SUV of a parking lot and found cocaine in his possession.

G-Unit Rapper Tony Yayo Sentenced to Community Service

The G-Unit records rapper Tony Yayo was sentenced on Thursday to do 10 days of community service after pleading guilty to harassment of a 14 year old boy. He admitted in a Manhattan Criminal Court that on March 20, 2007, he got out of a sport utility vehicle and glared at the boy in a way that was meant to threaten physical violence. He was originally accused of slapping the boy but a friend of Yayo stated that he was the one who slapped the boy and Yayo pulled him away.

Yayo will have to do his community service at the Book Bank Foundation, which is an organization that encourages literacy. The friend that actually slapped the boy, Lowell Fletcher, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of endangering the welfare of a child and received a nine month jail sentence.

Time Warner Basing Internet Prices on Web Usage

This year, Time Warner Cable will experiment with a new pricing structure for their high-speed Internet service that will charge customers based on how much data they download each month.. A trial will start in Beaumont, Texas, where they will sell new Internet customers service based on how much data they download each month instead of having a fixed price with unlimited downloads. They want to make it more expensive for people that download a lot of content, especially videos.

TiVo’s New Feature of Web Video

TiVo Inc. will soon have a new feature that will allow subscribers to view video from the Internet that would play on a television through their service. People using the service would have to use TiVo’s software on a computer to get this feature. TiVo will also provide a guide on its TV-based menu to record the selected Web videos. This new feature is set to be available in March.

Google Added to Gas Pumps

Starting next month, gas pumps will include an Internet connection that will have Google’s mapping service in color on a small screen. People will be able to get driving directions and look through several categories to find local landmarks, hotels, restaurants, and hospitals.

After a person selects a destination, the pump will print out the directions. Someday, they may have it where a person could type in a specific address and get directions.

In the beginning, they plan to have the service at 3,500 gas pumps and then expand if there is a more of a demand. Google wants to do this because they want to make their services available whenever and wherever people would need it.

Snoop Dogg Has Community Service Raking Leaves

Rapper Snoop Dogg has agreed to do 160 community service hours of raking leaves, washing cars, cleaning toilets, and picking up litter for his charge of an illegal possession of a dangerous weapon that he had when he went through security at a John Wayne Airport in September of 2006. Authorities decided not to release the name of the park where he will be “working” at so there will be no disturbances of fans while he "works."