Florida Sentinel Bulletin

BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Last Thursday, a Tampa resident who dedicated more than 30 years of his life as a city employee died suddenly. He was 68-years-old. A Tampa native, Wayne Brookins began school in the Hillsborough County Public School District. However, after his mother’s death, at age 14, he moved to […]

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A man released from prison on close supervision in an attempted murder case earlier this year was shot by a Tampa Police officer after he crashes car and flees. According to police, shortly after 3 a.m., Monday, an officer attempted to stop a vehicle for an expired license plate and seatbelt violation. The officer initially […]

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Last October 4, a female student at Chamberlain High School reported that she had been sexually assaulted in the bathroom. Following an investigation, police arrested another student and charged him with the offense and charged him as an adult. Joshua Bynum, 17, was originally charged with sexual battery and kidnapping. However, in court on Monday, […]

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Big name rappers can’t seem to get along, even at events created to celebrate their accomplishments. Details are still sketchy but Rick Ross, right, and Young Jeezy, left, allegedly exchanged words and scuffled backstage at the BET Hip Hop Awards, which was taped tonight September 29th at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center. Apparently the […]

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Kanye West finds himself in legal hot water again after a record company accused the megastar rapper/producer of illegally sampling copyrighted material, although there were legal exchanges made between the parties. Record label TufAmerica, already going after the Beastie Boys for copyright infringement earlier this year, filed a claim in Manhattan courts that allege West […]

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Lupe Fiasco made an impromptu appearance at a townhall community gathering in Philadelphia, where a debate on hip-hop, the youth vote, and the 2012 election was well under way. For the first time, Fiasco responded in person to a debate that began on Twitter last week, when comedian D.L. Hughley and journalist Roland Martin criticized […]

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LOS ANGELES  — Two people charged with trying to extort millions of dollars from pop star Stevie Wonder pleaded no contest on Monday and were released after being sentenced to time-served in jail. Alpha Lorenzo Walker and Tamara Diaz were sentenced to serve 292 days in jail and three years of probation for attempting to […]

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Lil Wayne’s meteoric rise to fame is astounding when one considers his humble beginnings as a teenaged phenom on his native New Orleans recording label Cash Money. Along with five platinum albums and four gold albums over the course of a stellar 13-year career, Lil Wayne can now add a most significant boast to his […]

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For the first time in his presidency, Barack Obama can call himself a job creator. There are now more U.S. jobs than when he took office. Not by much, but they’ve moved out of negative territory, according to a Labor Department revision. It probably won’t help Pres. Obama much in his race for re-election. The […]

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