Florida Sentinel Bulletin

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — It was tough for Kevin Faulk to leave football. The team’s career leader in all-purpose yards made it official on Tuesday after two injury-plagued seasons. He formally announced his retirement after 13 memorable years in a ceremony at the team’s Hall of Fame attended by owner Robert Kraft, coach Bill Belichick and […]

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LAKE FOREST, Ill. — General manager Phil Emery says the Chicago Bears have not discussed a contract extension with coach Lovie Smith. Emery said Wednesday there are simply “not enough hours in a day” during the season and that he prefers to negotiate during the offseason. Smith’s contract doesn’t expire until after the 2013 season. […]

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Usain Bolt will aim for a three-peat of Olympic sprint titles in the 100 and 200 meters at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, rather than trying out a new event. After Bolt became the first man to successfully defend both sprint titles at the London Olympics, he was coy about his prospects of competing in […]

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NEW YORK — The star of the Long Island University Brooklyn basketball team and three teammates arrested in a campus brawl had their suspensions lifted Monday and were instead put on school probation and will be suspended for two games each. Julian Boyd, a forward who was named the Northeast Conference player of the year […]

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The mother who shot her four children and herself dead at her Port St. John, Fla., home on May 15 had two times the legal limit of alcohol in her system. For reasons unknown to family and friends, Tonya Thomas, 33, used a Taurus .38-caliber revolver to fire shots into her children Joel Johnson, 12, […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Tuesday, October 9th, is the last day an individual can register to vote during the 2012 General Election on November 6th. In order to afford this opportunity to unregistered citizens, Dr. Earl Lennard, Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections has extended the hours of the Hillsborough County Elections Office. […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Mrs. Michelle Aiken admits that she has always had a passion for food. However, after graduating from the University of South Florida, she entered the business arena. After experiencing many changes in the field, she decided the time had come to nurture that passion. She said the changes […]

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There is an old saying that goes: “All Republicans aren’t racists; but all racists are Republicans.” This might be an exaggeration of facts, but Republican legislator from Arkansas, Jon Hubbard, certainly adds fuel to the flame. In a book overflowing with bigoted statements, “Letters to the Editor: Confessions of a Frustrated Conservative,” Hubbard makes some […]

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Army reservist Noel Polanco shot dead by NYPD officers early Thursday after they pulled him over on the highway near LaGuardia Airport, the New York Daily News reports. Polanco was not armed and no gun was found in his car. Just a four-volt Ryobi power drill he used at the local Honda dealership where he […]

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