Florida Sentinel Bulletin

STARKE, Fla. — A man convicted of murdering eight people in Miami-Dade County in the late 1970s was executed Monday night, despite his lawyers’ pleas that he was too mentally ill to be put to death. John Errol Ferguson, 65, died following a lethal injection. The execution came less than two hours after the U.S. […]

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Keyboardist George Duke, one of the pioneers of the jazz-fusion movement that merged jazz, rock and funk in the late 1960s and 1970s, died Monday in Los Angeles, where he was being treated for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, his record label announced. He was 67. The Northern California native was one of the leading forces in bringing jazz and rock […]

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Isaacs will be the first African-American in 86-year history of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science The NAACP congratulates Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who was named the President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday. The Academy, which produces the annual Oscar ceremony, has not had a female president since 1983, […]

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ATLANTA — Authorities say the son of Grammy-winning R&B singer Usher nearly drowned in an Atlanta pool. Atlanta police spokesman Carlos Campos said in a report Tuesday that the 5-year-old boy fell to the bottom of pool and became stuck in the drain. Campos says it happened Monday afternoon behind a home in downtown Atlanta. […]

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Oprah Winfrey has donned an O-shaped wig for the September issue of her O magazine, which will focus on all aspects of hair. On the hair-raising cover, the media maven wears an orange dress and 3½-pound wig created by stylist and reality star, Kim Kimble, who has worked on “The Voice” and done Beyonce’s hair. […]

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Tiger Woods is tired of talking about it, and you can hardly blame him. Five victories this year, the latest a seven-stroke win last Sunday at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, and practically all he hears is, “When are you going to win your next major title?” Granted, Tiger has been stuck on 14 — […]

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Remember when Michael Beasley was getting mad buckets at Kansas State? Yeah, that was a while ago. The 24-year-old Phoenix Suns forward was arrested early Tuesday morning for marijuana possession. Beasley just finished the first year of a three year, $18 million dollar contract with the Phoenix Suns.

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Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Greg Jennings hasn’t been shy about trashing the Green Bay Packers since making the jump from Lambeau Field to Mall of America Field this offseason, but his most recent accusation may be the most noteworthy of all. Jennings claimed in an interview with Paul Allen and Ben Leber of KFAN radio […]

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The allegations surrounding Johnny Manziel—that he brokered a deal to sign autographs for pay—have set off a chain reaction throughout college football, forcing schools across the national landscape to investigate similar instances on their own teams. South Carolina’s Jadeveon Clowney is, perhaps, the second-biggest star in college football, so it only made sense that the […]

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