Florida Sentinel Bulletin

Meagan Good, best known for her role in the 90’s film Eve’s Bayou recently announced through her publicist that she’s engaged. Good’s fiancé, DeVon Franklin is a Sony executive. He produced The Pursuit of Happyness and the Jaden Smith version of The Karate Kid. They began dating just after production wrapped on “Jumping the Broom” […]

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A federal judge has discharged a $12.7-million bankruptcy case that was filed by former NBA star baller Antoine Walker. At the time of the filing in 2010, Walker had a net worth of $4.3 million despite making more than $110 million throughout his professional NBA career. Reportedly, Walker blew his monies on bad investments, gambling, family […]

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McDonald’s Corp.’s Chief Executive Jim Skinner is retiring, handing the challenge of sustaining one of the restaurant industry’s strongest runs to the company’s president, Don Thompson. The 67-year-old Skinner, CEO since 2004, will step down June 30, after 41 years at the fast-food giant, McDonald’s said in a statement. When Skinner retired, the 48-year-old Thompson, […]

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WASHINGTON — In an election-year pitch to middle-class voters, President Barack Obama is denouncing a House Republican budget plan as a “Trojan horse,” warning that it represents “an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country” that would hurt the pocketbooks of working families. Pres. Obama, in a speech to newspaper executives, is sharply […]

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday issued a rare, direct challenge to the Supreme Court to uphold his historic health care overhaul, weighing in with a vigorous political appeal for judicial restraint. He warned that overturning the law would hurt millions of Americans and amount to overreach by the “unelected” court. Pres. Obama predicted […]

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Although dogged by allegations of racism, the U.S. Capitol Police force has taken a big step by adding two Black female captains to its ranks. The U.S. Capitol Police have the primary function of protecting lawmakers who work on the Hill and to watch over the dozens of congressional buildings housed around the main Capitol […]

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BALTIMORE — The record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot climbed to $656 million on Monday, though no one holding one of the three winning tickets has come forward yet to claim a share of the prize, officials said. Three tickets — one each in Kansas, Illinois and Maryland — will split the jackpot, which officials said Monday […]

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Darryl Williams said his life’s story doesn’t differ much from many young black males these days. While attending Plant High School, Williams was an outstanding baseball player in 2005 and 2006. When he graduated in 2007, he hoped a professional team would show some interest in him, but nothing ever materialized. “I think mistakes I […]

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Five-time All-Star Reggie Miller and longtime coach Don Nelson are among a dozen players, coaches and teams that will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The class of 2012 was announced Monday in New Orleans, the site of the Final Four. Also elected were two-time Olympic gold medalist Katrina McClain, three-time […]

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