Florida Sentinel Bulletin

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  — Haitians have suffered widespread hunger following an unusually active storm season this year and are likely to experience more, according to a study released Friday. The report, backed by a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-based think tank, found that rural households in the heavily hit areas of Haiti’s west, north and Grand-Anse departments […]

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Corey Curtis, a father of nine children, was ordered by a judge on Monday to stop ”compulsively procreating” unless he can pay the $90,000 of child support he owes. “It’s too bad the court doesn’t have the authority to sterilize,” said Racine County Circuit Court Judge Tim Boyle. Boyle, as part of Curtis’ three-year probation, […]

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BY LEON B. CREWS Sentinel Staff Writer   In the first of a series of meetings, the West Tampa Chamber of Commerce presented their plan for the redevelopment of West Tampa to a packed room at the West Tampa Library Thursday night. Attending the meeting were representatives from the Tampa City Council, Tampa Housing Authority, […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor The driver of a church bus died on Friday at a local hospital. Last Monday, December 3rd, the Florida Highway Patrol investigated an accident involving a church bus. The bus crashed into a wall and caught fire while on Interstate 4. The bus, which belonged to First Baptist […]

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Last Friday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office raided a dozen convenience stores. The raid was conducted on stores that have failed to comply with state law banning the sale of synthetic marijuana. Police seized 1,000 pounds of synthetic marijuana with a street value of more than $500,000. It was packaged as K2-Spice for retail sale […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor   What appears to be a random shooting in Progress Village has left a family shaken.  One person was hit by gunfire. Ms. Vanetta Scott said she and her family were at home Wednesday when gunshots erupted in the neighborhood. “It was between 11:30 p.m., and midnight. The […]

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Rapper turned actor Ice-T, 54, got the surprise of his life when he saw images of his wife, CoCo, 33, in the arms of another man while in Las Vegas performing in a topless peep show. The “Ice Loves CoCo” star took his outrage to the Tweets and let it be known that he is […]

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LOS ANGELES  — Singer Toni Braxton has been hospitalized in Los Angeles. The R&B performer says in a Tweet on Friday that she’s been hospitalized because of “minor health issues” related to Lupus. A spokeswoman confirmed the hospitalization but had no other details. “But no worries!,” Braxton wrote to fans. “I will be out any […]

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Rapper-actress, Eve is expecting her first child with her boyfriend, Maximillion Cooper. The rapper and her race car driving boyfriend are expecting their first child together. A source close to the “Tambourine” lyricist claims that Eve is a “little more than three months” pregnant. This baby will be Eve’s first, but Max’s fifth. In an […]

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