What a girl wants ... is for kids to help their community

[Times X-team photo: Melissa Hago] Jennifer Sasso

A Berkeley Prep student's work with a domestic abuse shelter gets the attention of Attorney General Janet Reno and singer Christina Aguilera.

Christina sparkles onstage
TAMPA -- Sitting in Row 3 at the Christina Aguilera concert at the Ice Palace was a great opportunity, but my seat was very close to the speakers. It was a good vantage point to see the earplugs some people had, bright fluorescent orange!

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Volunteering pays (in other ways)
TAMPA -- "I volunteer because I want to, not because I have to," says Patrick Strickland, 15, a sophomore at Wharton High School.

A humdrum 'Mission'
Movie: Mission to Mir