Florida Sentinel Bulletin

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama raised a combined $53 million for his campaign, the Democratic Party and other campaign funds in March, his campaign said Monday as it prepared to face Mitt Romney and a rejuvenated GOP in the general election. Pres. Obama has collected nearly $350 million since the start of the campaign last […]

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WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic “Buffett Rule” bill Monday forcing the nation’s top earners to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes, using the day before Americans’ taxes are due to defy President Barack Obama on one of his signature election-year issues. By a near party-line 51-45 tally, senators voted […]

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SANFORD, FL — The neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing an unarmed black teenager in Florida asked a judge in the case to step down Monday after she revealed a potential conflict of interest. George Zimmerman’s attorney, Mark O’Mara, filed the request and said Circuit Judge Jessica Recksiedler revealed the potential conflict last week. Zimmerman […]

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The Pulitzer Prize committee at Columbia University announced its winners Monday afternoon. Among those selected were three Black writers: film critic Wesley Morris of the Boston Globe, Tracy K. Smith for her book Life on Mars and the late Manning Marable for his final work, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention. Morris won the best […]

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Charles Cannon, 26, Michael McLaughlin, 41, and Brian Kerstetter, 32, were all convicted of a hate crime by a federal grand jury for assault of a 29-year-old Black man. The jury decided that their attack of the victim at a bus stop in downtown Houston violated the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes […]

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Comedian Kevin Hart had a less than humorous day in court on Wednesday when his ex-wife, Torrei allegedly attempted to assault his attorney, Debra Opri, during the couple’s divorce proceeding hearing at a Los Angeles court. Although the couple is officially divorced, they were in court finalizing some particulars about their case when, at the conclusion […]

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Concertgoers at Indio, California’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival witnessed a reunion of West Coast hip-hop greats. Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s set included some of the rappers’ most popular hits. Eminem, 50 Cent and Warren G joined them on stage, as well as their late label-mate Tupac Shakur. Shakur, who has been […]

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LOS ANGELES — Bobby Brown has pleaded not guilty to drunken driving and other charges stemming from his arrest last month in Los Angeles. An attorney entered pleas Monday on Brown’s behalf to misdemeanor counts of DUI, driving with an illegal blood-alcohol content and driving on a suspended license. He could face up to six […]

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The reigning queen of hip-hop has deactivated her Twitter account, reportedly in response to fan site NickiDaily having uploaded snippets from her sophomore album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, without her permission. The Young Money emcee vanished from the Twitter world last night after blocking the site, but not before she tweeted her frustrations to millions […]

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