Florida Sentinel Bulletin

BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Ruben Perry has no recollections of what happened to him that Saturday night. All he knows is what he was told when he woke up in a local hospital. What Perry does know is that he is grateful to the seven Tampa Police officers and members of the […]

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Three members of one family have been arrested and charged with the death of the family matriarch. Police are seeking a fourth member of the family. All of them are charged with aggravated manslaughter of the elderly after the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner ruled the death of Mrs. Mary Hildreth Winston, 65, was a homicide […]

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Family members and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in locating a teenager that has been missing for more than 30 days. Jeanice Gabriel Boldewyn, 16, was last seen May 30, 2013 in Brandon near Lumsden Street around 7 a. m. as she was preparing to go to school. According to the […]

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JOHANNESBURG  — South Africa’s president on Monday said a critically ill Nelson Mandela was “asleep” when he visited the 94-year-old at the hospital, and he urged the country to pray for Mandela, describing him as the “father of democracy” who made extraordinary sacrifices on behalf of his people. President Jacob Zuma told dozens of foreign […]

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The U.S. Supreme Court did not outlaw affirmative action in a widely-anticipated opinion, instead issuing a narrow ruling that sends the University of Texas’ college admissions program back to a lower court for reconsideration. In a 7-1 opinion, in which Democratic-leaning justices Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer joined the Court’s five conservatives, the Court did […]

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Illinois GOP official Jim Allen resigned last Thursday (June 20) amid outrage over controversial remarks he made toward a Black Congressional candidate. In the statement, Allen called the woman a “street walker” who would only get a job to meet a minority “quota.” Erika Harold was on the receiving end of Allen’s disrespectful remarks. Jim […]

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Edward Snowden, the man behind security leaks regarding the National Security Agency’s anti-terrorism efforts has been charged with espionage. Snowden has been hiding out in China and after having landed in Russia, may be on his way to Ecuador. U.S. Federal prosecutors brought the charges against Snowden requesting that he be extradited from Hong Kong. […]

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“Real Housewives of Atlanta” resident diva NeNe Leakes reportedly said, “I do,” again to Gregg Leakes on Saturday, whom she had previously divorced in 2011 after 13 years of marriage. The couple, who reconciled last year, exchanged vows in a lavish ceremony at a hotel in Buckhead. The wedding reportedly had an old-Hollywood glam theme and […]

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Earth, Wind and Fire initially wanted to release its new album around the 2012 presidential election, but the band realized it wasn’t satisfied with the songs it created. “We have a lot more bells and whistles in place now and the record is better,” singer Philip Bailey said in a recent interview. “Now, Then & […]

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