Florida Sentinel Bulletin

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of leading senators has reached agreement on the principles for a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws, including a path to citizenship for the 11-million illegal immigrants already in this country. The deal also covers border security, non-citizen or “guest” workers, and employer verification of immigration status. Although thorny […]

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WASHINGTON  — The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed President Barack Obama’s choice of five-term Sen. John Kerry to be secretary of state, with Republicans and Democrats praising him as the ideal successor to Hillary Rodham Clinton. The vote Tuesday was 94-3. One senator — Kerry — voted present and accepted congratulations from colleagues on the Senate floor. […]

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HUNTSVILLE, Texas  — Dallas County prosecutors say they aren’t appealing a state judge’s decision to halt the scheduled Tuesday evening execution of a Texas woman. She would have been the first woman put to death in the U.S. since 2010. State District Judge Larry Mitchell issued a reprieve for 51-year-old Kimberly McCarthy less than five […]

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ATLANTA, GA – Now what in the world were Dewayne Patterson, 35, and Renaldo Jackson, 26, thinking when they were allegedly arrested by police for stealing $65,000 worth of frozen chicken wings? Both Patterson and Jackson worked at the Nordic Cold Storage plant in Doraville, Ga.  According to a police report, on January 12th around […]

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DAYTON, Ohio — Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner, frontman for the hit-making funk music band the Ohio Players, has died. He was 69. A spokeswoman for an Ohio funeral home confirms he died last Saturday. There is also a posting about his death on his current band’s Facebook page. The Ohio Players topped music charts in the […]

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NEW YORK — Cissy Houston has a few words, and a few more, for Bobby Brown. In “Remembering Whitney,” the mother of the late Whitney Houston writes that from the start she had doubted whether Brown was right for her daughter. And she thinks that Whitney might not have ended up so “deep” into drugs […]

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LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors say a man who was detained by Taye Diggs after the actor found him at his home has been charged with felony burglary. Hassan Omar Juma faces up to six years in prison if he is convicted and is scheduled to be arraigned in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday afternoon. Diggs […]

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Rick Ross made headline news when he was reportedly the target of a drive-by shooting attempt in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Ross, who was celebrating his 36th birthday, reportedly had bullets fire towards his Rolls Royce as he was leaving a dinner in his honor. The bullets missed the Rolls Royce, but the vehicle slammed into […]

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Since the team selected him in the fourth round of the 2010 draft, wide receiver Mike Williams has outplayed the contract he signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Though a deal is far from being finalized, the Bucs have begun negotiating with Williams’ agent, Hadley Engelhard, aimed at extending his contract. Williams was the 101st […]

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