Florida Sentinel Bulletin

ASHBURN, VA — Clinton Portis is announcing his retirement, nearly two years after he played his last NFL game. The Washington Redskins said Tuesday that Portis and owner Dan Snyder held a retirement news conference Thursday. Portis played two seasons with the Denver Broncos and then seven with the Redskins. He is most remembered for […]

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NEW YORK — Jets nose tackle Kenrick Ellis will not be suspended by the NFL after the league completed its review of his legal situation following his guilty plea to misdemeanor assault and battery. Ellis was sentenced to 45 days in a Virginia prison in May after a fight while in college at Hampton University […]

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LOS ANGELES  — LL Cool J plays a special agent on TV’s “NCIS: Los Angeles,” and now he’s caught an actual bad guy. Los Angeles police say the rapper grabbed and held a burglary suspect at his Los Angeles home Wednesday morning. Police got an emergency call shortly before 1 a.m. from someone who said […]

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Lauryn Hill can’t catch a break. Back in June, the former Fugees singer and rapper, who didn’t pay federal taxes on over $1.6M in earnings from 2005 to 2007, plead guilty to tax evasion charges. Now, reports say that Ms. Hill owes her home state of New Jersey more than $440,000 in unpaid taxes. A […]

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Tameka Foster attends a hearing to discuss child custody between Usher Raymond and Tameka Foster at Fulton County State Court on August 14, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. Usher and Tameka, who officially divorced in 2009, are fighting over custody of their two young sons. Usher has been ordered by a judge to reactivate his ex-wife […]

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Chris Tucker, O’Shea ‘Ice Cube’ Jackson and fans of the ‘Friday’ films franchise may all have different ideas of the word “confirmed.” While rumors have been swirling that Tucker would reprise his iconic role as ‘Smokey’ in the movie tentatively titled, ‘Next Friday,’ the born-again Christian comic quickly inserted some doubt into the equation in […]

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Tampa Police reported that at 6:20 a. m. Thursday, a woman was struck by an SUV at 22nd Street and Hillsborough Avenue. According to the report, Sharon Okoh-Esene, 46, was crossing Hillsborough Avenue to the south when she was hit by a Lexus SUV. Officers patrolling the area saw Okoh-Esene on the ground unconscious. Tampa […]

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Tampa Police have arrested a 67-year-old man who allegedly set a woman on fire Saturday. Police said Ulysses Chapman was arguing with Anita Ahmadi, 40, inside his car when he allegedly poured gas on her, and lit the fuel. Ahmadi suffered serious burns. Chapman was arrested and charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor An African American who has represented the Republican Party for the past 12 years has resigned. Joseph W. J. Robinson renounced the Republican Party because of several reasons, including their lack of response to African American issues, businesses, and inclusion in the upcoming Republican National Convention slated for […]

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