Florida Sentinel Bulletin

BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor A Tampa mother of 2 needs to raise at least $50,000 for a much-needed kidney transplant and to cover anti-rejection medications. Ms. Darlene Yvette Moore, 41, a Tampa native, has been on dialysis for nearly 3 years. This is her second time of dialysis. The first time she was on […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor A Tampa woman sentenced to 9 years in federal prison was granted early release last Thursday. The motion filed stated that she is battling terminal cancer. According to court documents, Ms. Shawntrece Sims, 33, was diagnosed with cancer in August. An MRI determined that the cancer had metastasized […]

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Police in South Dakota investigating tax fraud cases learned the case is linked to the bay area. Nine defendants appeared in federal court Thursday. According to court documents indicted by a South Dakota grand jury were: Alphonso Rico Valdez, Charlie Frank Adams, Raunta Stanislaus Ellison, Jeremy Jamar Blount, Melissa Dinataly, Terry Daron Liggins, Christopher Duane […]

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OAKLAND, California  — Comedian Katt Williams has been arrested after a man told police that the entertainer hit him over the head with a bottle. Authorities say the 41-year-old Williams was briefly taken into custody on suspicion of assault Wednesday night after the apparent victim said he was attacked aboard a tour bus that was parked […]

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It looks like singer Solange Knowles isn’t excluded from the often times annoying TSA process at airports. Beyoncé’s younger sister jokingly vented her frustration on her Twitter page Wednesday after TSA security guards at a Miami airport searched her Afro. “I kid you not. This just happened to me,” Knowles tweeted to her more than […]

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MEXICO CITY  — Seven concerts. Seven cities. Seven days. Rihanna has begun her “777? tour in Mexico City with an exclusive party for about 2,000 fans. Dressed in black shorts, a small black top and a black boxing robe, Rihanna was welcomed on the stage of the El Plaza Condesa concert hall with an ovation […]

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Beyoncé Knowles is a superstar known for wearing gorgeous frocks, strong accessories, and dramatic makeup. Her recent appearance at the Met’s 2012 Costume Institute Gala in a show-stopping Givenchy gown with a huge feather train is a strong indication of her typical style character. Thus, when images surfaced recently of Knowles going au naturale in her […]

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WASHINGTON — Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she will run to keep her job as the Democratic leader in the House, after a pair of elections that kept the party in the minority there even as Democrats gained seats in the Senate and a second term for President Barack Obama. “My colleagues made […]

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After losing his seat to Democrat challenger Patrick Murphy, Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) turned down an offer to run for office in Georgia from the state’s Republican Party chairwoman, Sue Everhart, saying that he’ not an “NFL free agent.” In an interview, West addressed Everhart’s offer, he said, “Look, let me tell you something. I […]

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