Florida Sentinel Bulletin

WASHINGTON  — President Barack Obama’s campaign said Wednesday it expects the president to become the first incumbent to be outspent by his opponent, outlining the potential for $1 billion in spending from Republican-leaning outside groups supporting Mitt Romney. Campaign officials said they expected Romney and a collection of Republican-leaning super PACs would spend roughly $1.2 […]

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WASHINGTON — The 1,000-page “farm bill” being debated in the Senate is somewhat of a misnomer. Four of every five dollars in it – roughly $80 billion a year – goes for grocery bills for one of every seven Americans through food stamps. Republicans say Congress could cut the cost $2 billion a year by […]

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Seven-year-old Aaris Conway was climbing a tree in his backyard in California, when he accidentally hanged himself with his karate belt. “He wanted to come outside to play basketball,” Aaris’s mother Evelyn Briggs said. “Then he climbs in the tree that [the neighborhood kids] all climb in and hung himself.” Briggs claims that Aaris had […]

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Terrance Allen, an 11-year-old Brooklyn boy, stabbed his mother’s live-in boyfriend, Timothy (Mohammad) Pender, to stop him from chocking his mother. Pender, an ex-con, also assaulted the boy’s cousin, 27-year-old Kenyatta Parker, during the Saturday night attack. At 11:20 p.m. Pender allegedly beat Allen’s mother, Tracy Anderson, for a half an hour. He started beating […]

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Fatou Bensouda became the International Criminal Court‘s (ICC) first African and female prosecutor on June 15. Bensouda, who was deputy prosecutor for eight years, will take over for Argentinian, Luis Moreno Ocampo, who held the top job for more than ten years. During her swearing-in, Bensouda says she will push forward with the court’s business […]

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This is going to be a wet weekend, so make sure you cuddle up with this week’s Spotlight feature, Donalee. When it comes to excitement, Donalee definitely has it going on. She is not afraid to be seen or heard, but she also knows when to take a step back and allow the light to […]

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On Friday, June 22nd, President Barack Obama will visit the Dale Mabry Campus of Hillsborough Community College, 4001 W. Tampa Bay Blvd. Doors will open at 1 p.m. Friday and the event is planned for late afternoon. The event is free and open to the public. However, tickets are required. Tickets can be obtained from […]

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Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies have four men in custody after a SWAT Team standoff in Mango. Deputies reported that at 1:15 a. m. Monday, a woman called 9-1-1 from the Carlton Arms Apartments on North Himes to report that she had been robbed of her purse and vehicle by a man with a gun. An […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor In coming weeks, all registered voters in Hillsborough County will receive new Voter’s Registration Cards. The new cards will provide any changes that may have occurred since the last election. Voters can use this opportunity to make any corrections prior to the primary elections. Ms. Evangeline (Van) Best, […]

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