Florida Sentinel Bulletin

Aretha Franklin has canceled a Detroit-area performance set for July 27, citing ongoing treatment. The show at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston initially had been scheduled for June 22, but Franklin postponed it to later this month. Then, in a letter written by the Grammy-winning singer and distributed Friday by her publicist, Franklin says […]

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Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon, Alicia Keys and John Mayer have volunteered their time to attend the second Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park, and organizers hope you will, too. Tickets are again free for the Sept. 28 event, but must be earned through acts meant to help end extreme poverty around the […]

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New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz has apologized for a message he sent on Twitter in the wake of the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. He wasn’t alone in either his regret or his initial reaction. Other professional sports athletes took to social media after Saturday’s verdict. The results were a mixture of […]

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A Washington radio station reported over the weekend that the teams medical people are astonished at how Robert Griffin, III completely smashes every test they give him. The tweets sent by Chris Russell, the stations Redskins reporter, on Saturday afternoon painted a encouraging yet cautious picture of Griffin’s rehab from reconstructive surgery on his right […]

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MALIBU, Calif. — Former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen is being sued over a fight last month at an upscale Southern California restaurant that left a man injured. The $4 million lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court says 49-year-old plaintiff Camran Shafighi simply asked Pippen for a photograph for his girlfriend’s 12-year-old son. […]

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Welcome to this week’s Beauty Unlimited feature, Tatiana. This young lady says her idol is Da Brat, and inspired her to write rap and poetry. Tatiana said in the future, she wants to be a successful model, and her philosophy of life is: “Nothing in life is given to you. Work hard for whatever you […]

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A Worthless Black Life BY CLARENCE BARR, II Right now I don’t feel like being politically correct in what I’m about to say. Not that I’ve ever been politically correct to begin with. But today I’m feeling even less concerned about being considered offensive. And after what happened Saturday night, I don’t think anyone can […]

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In cities across the country, protests have taken shape in reaction to George Zimmerman’s acquittal of all murder charges in his second degree murder trial for the death of Trayvon Martin. “Trayvon was murdered,” marchers chanted in Washington, D.C. “No justice, no peace,” they intoned according to NBC 4 Washington. The Los Angeles Times is […]

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Jahvaris Fulton, brother of Trayvon Martin, responded to Zimmerman ‘not guilty’ verdict via Twitter Six women found George Zimmerman, 29, “not guilty” on all charges for the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and the slain teen’s parents have spoken out about the verdict: “God blessed Me & Sybrina with Tray and even in his […]

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