Florida Sentinel Bulletin

President Barack Obama on Friday abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for free birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes. He demanded that insurance companies step in to provide the coverage instead. Pres. Obama’s compromise means ultimately that women would […]

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For about a decade, residents of southwest Detroit near Woodmere Cemetery existed in an uneasy peace with the man called Mr. Pill. Aram Alkazoff — known as one of the most prolific prescription drug dealers in Detroit — was slowly destroying the neighborhood. Residents say that people associated with Dr. Pill started taking over abandoned […]

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Samuel L. Jackson made a surprising confession in the March issue of Ebony. “I voted for Pres. Barack Obama because he was Black. Cause that’s why other folks vote for other people — because they look like them.” He contended that Pres. Obama’s message wasn’t important, since he believes most politicians will say anything to […]

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Naketa Leiba, 17, the college-bound teen who vanished almost two weeks ago, has been found by detectives at a friend’s apartment in Miramar, Florida. Leiba, who usually takes the bus home from her South Broward High School or makes the 25 minute walk by herself, called her mother, Sharon Leiba, for a ride on Wednesday, […]

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Returning by popular demand once again on this chilly, risk day is the lovely and vivacious Samantha, this time as our beauty Unlimited feature. In case you missed her last week, here’s a quick recap. Samantha enjoys modeling and posing for the camera, and she lights up every room she enters. She also has a […]

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Roland Martin should’ve known better than to “joke” that you ought to “smack the ish” out of any guy at your Super Bowl party that’s “hyped about David Beckham’s H&M underwear ad.” If not because the comment itself was distasteful, than because a political commentator ought to know better than anyone how quickly an off-the-cuff […]

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Coroner’s officials on Tuesday ruled Don Cornelius’ death a suicide, nearly a week after the “Soul Train” creator and host killed himself with a gunshot to the head. The agency made the determination after conducting an autopsy on Cornelius’ body Friday. Investigators are still awaiting the results of toxicology tests before issuing a final report. […]

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A lead actor on the “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” television series has been charged with driving under the influence in Connecticut. Avery Brooks is set to be arraigned in state court in Norwalk next week in connection with his arrest last weekend in Wilton, a wealthy suburb about 50 miles northeast of Manhattan. He […]

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David Peaston, whose golden voice serenaded and wowed the “Showtime at the Apollo” audiences in the late ’80s, passed away Wednesday at age 54.  The actual cause of death has not been officially announced. Peaston, whose stratospheric tenor voice was smooth and silky, managed to bring the Apollo house down with a song, “God Bless […]

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