Florida Sentinel Bulletin

BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is proposing to close its Tampa Field Office. Located in downtown Tampa, 15 people are employed in the office. Jereon Brown, spokesman for HUD, said the Tampa Office is one of 16 slated for closure. “The Tampa Field […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Last month, a jury convicted a 20-year-old salesman of sexual battery. Last week, the young man was sentenced to life in prison for the crime. However, his parents feel that there were extenuating circumstances that should have been taken into consideration. Rashad Hales was arrested December 30, 2011, […]

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At 11:48 p. m. Sunday, Tampa Police officers were conducting a traffic stop at Rome Avenue and Green Street in West Tampa. Officers at the scene reported that the driver refused to stop the car, and when the officers tried to box it in, the driver continued driving toward a squad car. An officer at […]

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They just don’t make singers like him anymore. With vocals that were both guttural and gritty, yet sensual and sweet — Bobby “Blue” Bland had pipes, and his distinct growl made him an icon in the blues genre. His storied career came to an end last weekend, when he passed away at the age of […]

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RABAT, Morocco  — Stevie Wonder has offered to sing live for international negotiators who are in Morocco trying to forge a deal to give the visually impaired greater access to reading material. In a video message Friday, the blind singer-songwriter, channeling one of his hits, urged delegates to, “So do it, we get it signed, […]

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The man better known as Diddy has secured a deal with cable giant Time Warner to broadcast his upcoming TV channel, the music-themed Revolt TV. After inking the deal the Bad Boy executive shared the great news via social media. In a brief statement, Combs said, “This is a landmark distribution deal that demonstrates Time […]

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NEW YORK  — Was Kanye West inspired by One Direction? Kim Kardashian and Kanye West named their daughter North West, according to their Los Angeles County birth certificate. North is certainly not the first celebrity baby with an unorthodox name — and plenty of those names have set trends.

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Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver and ESPN analyst Keyshawn Johnson will help coach receivers at Mission Viejo (Calif.) High this fall. Johnson will attend practices in California on Tuesday and Wednesday before heading to the east coast for his ESPN work, head coach Bob Johnson said. He will be at about half of the […]

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If you are a Tampa Bay Buccaneer fan, and enjoy sitting among the screaming fans at Raymond James Stadium, pack light, and bring nothing you don’t want everyone to see. NFL owners, always concerned about security, have tightened the rules on what fans can bring into stadiums this year, and there will no longer be […]

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