Florida Sentinel Bulletin

TAMPA — University of South Florida nursing dean Dianne Morrison-Beedy arrived in 2010 with plans for the college to break into the top 25 in National Institutes of Health funding by 2015. The nursing college hit its goal last year. The USF nursing researchers made it to No. 25, among more than 600 nursing colleges, […]

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Senate’s revised redistricting map is headed to the U. S. Department of Justice for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act. State officials submitted the plan on Friday although the Florida Supreme Court has yet to consider it. Submitting it before the court review will give the Justice Department sufficient […]

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The Mega Millions winners — at least three of them — stayed out of sight. The losers, who could number 100 million, had plenty to say Saturday about losing out on the world’s largest-ever lottery jackpot and their dashed dreams of colossal wealth. Journalists descended on convenience stores in Illinois and Maryland and Kansas lottery […]

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MIAMI — Two people were fatally shot and 12 others were injured when gunmen opened fire on mourners outside a Miami funeral home. A wake for 21-year-old Marvin Andre was just finishing and people had begun walking outside. A crowd of mostly young adults had gathered in front of the funeral home when a car […]

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michael Jordan said Sunday that he’s 100 percent committed to the Charlotte Bobcats and has no intention of selling the struggling NBA franchise. The Bobcats have lost 12 of their last 14 games and own the league’s worst record at 7-43, but Jordan says he isn’t ready to bail out on the […]

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CHICAGO  — A nephew of Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade was one of 13 men shot — two fatally — during a violent six-hour stretch in Chicago, another indication that violence is on the rise in the nation’s third-largest city. Wade learned of the situation with his nephew after Miami defeated Dallas on Thursday night. […]

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Michael Vick is being featured in a 30-second public service video urging the public to report dogfighting activity to authorities and report acts of animal cruelty. The video, created by the Humane Society of the United States, features a toll-free tip line that viewers can call. The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback has also filmed a two-minute […]

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Tiger Woods returned to his winning ways at last weekend’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Woods may be back on his game, but three porn stars are reportedly set to release a new adult film, which will revisit the golfer’s painful cheating past. The trio are releasing a new X-rated movie based on their bedroom romps with […]

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PHILADELPHIA — Eagles Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters has ruptured his right Achilles and is expected to miss the season. Peters injured his leg while training in Texas on Tuesday. He will have surgery to repair the tendon next week.

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