Florida Sentinel Bulletin

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State defensive tackle Fred Thompson died Wednesday night after he collapsed while playing basketball at a campus recreation center. Thompson, just four days shy of his 20th birthday, was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis, where he was pronounced dead. Thompson, 6-foot-4 and 317 pounds, was a true freshman from […]

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SAN FRANCISO — Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to send former baseball slugger Barry Bonds to prison. In court documents filed late Thursday, prosecutors objected to a recommendation by a federal probation officer that Bonds get only probation when he’s sentenced for obstruction of justice on Dec. 16. In the documents, prosecutors asked that […]

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ORLANDO, FL — Whether Dwight Howard winds up parting ways remains to be seen, and Howard said Sunday that he is experiencing a new silence with Magic general manager Otis Smith. Howard made a formal request to the Magic last week to be traded. While Howard participated in his third training camp practice Sunday, he […]

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EL SEGUNDO, CA – The Lakers traded forward Lamar Odom and a second-round draft pick to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night for a first-round pick and an $8.9 million trade exception, capping Los Angeles’ stunning 72-hour breakup with last season’s Sixth Man of the Year. The Lakers and Mavericks reached a swift deal after […]

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ATLANTA — Roy Jones Jr. won a 10-round unanimous decision against Max Alexander on Saturday night, snapping a three-match losing streak. Neither fighter made a big impression, and there were no knockdowns in the fight at the Atlanta Civic Center. But Jones fought the more stylish fight while winning all three judges’ cards: 100-90, 99-91 […]

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OAKLAND, CA — A 1-year-old boy who was shot in the head during the filming of a rap music video in Oakland was taken off life support Friday. Hiram Lawrence, would have turned 2 on Dec. 28. The boy’s family had held out hope that he would show some brain activity, but doctors at Children’s […]

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NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans police officer was convicted Friday of lying about the aftermath of a deadly shooting outside the city’s convention center following Hurricane Katrina, but a jury acquitted the officer’s partner of related charges. Officer Ronald Mitchell, who shot and killed 45-year-old Danny Brumfield with a single shotgun blast in September […]

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MACON, GA — Former state Sen. Robert Brown of Macon has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Brown served in the state Senate for about 20 years, rising to the rank of Democratic leader before resigning his seat to run unsuccessfully for mayor of Macon this year. After he first won his seat in the […]

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The NAACP is currently fighting what it calls nationwide voter suppression through various initiatives. President Ben Jealous is talking about the Stand 4 Freedom March that took place December 10 in New York City as an important call to arms in this battle over voting access. Seventy-five percent of black men in the state of […]

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