Florida Sentinel Bulletin

LAS VEGAS –  Manny Pacquiao was taken to the limit Saturday night before escaping with a majority decision win over Juan Manuel Marquez in their welterweight title fight. Pacquiao won on two scorecards, while the third ringside judge had it a draw. It was a narrow escape for the Filipino congressman, who took as much […]

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VALENCIA, Venezuela – His eyes tearing up with emotion, Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos embraced his rescuers Saturday and said he had wondered whether he would survive a two-day kidnapping ordeal that ended when commandos swept into his captors’ mountain hideout. Ramos said that he was thankful to be alive. The authorities were still searching […]

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Stephon Marbury has been surprisingly on point. All the way back in January, for example, the former NBA All-Star now playing in China was one of the first to publicly predict that the NBA players would “cave.” 10 months later, the National Basketball Players Association has reportedly offered billions of dollars worth of concessions without […]

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ST. LOUIS — Illinois linebacker Trulon Henry will miss the rest of the regular season after he was shot in the hand during a shooting at a large house party near campus hours. Coach Ron Zook said on Sunday the incident happened after the slumping Illinois lost their fourth game in a row. Henry had […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Within the last two weeks, four African American males have died from gunshot wounds. Additionally, seven others have survived shootings. Last Thursday, a capacity crowd gathered at the Chloe Coney Urban Center for a “Stop The Gang And Gun Violence” Task Force meeting. Ernest Coney, Jr., Interim Executive […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Like many other areas around the country, Hillsborough County has always had its share of people battling poverty. However, in recent years, the number of people affected by the economy has risen. Pastor Moses Brown, Th.D, founder of Feed Our Children Ministries, Inc., feels conditions will continue to […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor On Saturday, November 19th, the Hillsborough County Branch of the NAACP will host its first “Business Tax Boot Camp 101.” It will take place at the NAACP Branch Office, 308 E. Dr. M. L. King, Jr., Blvd., Suite “C,” from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. The purpose of […]

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Plant City Police arrested 18-year-old Abel C. Dimas in connection with a murder and shooting that occurred Saturday morning. Police said at 8:48 a. m., officers responded to the 800 block of East Laura Street on a call of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found 51-year-old Laronia Fay Bowers and 59-year-old Edward Mincey with […]

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MOUNT VERNON, NY — A private funeral for rap legend Heavy D will be held at a historic black Baptist church in a northern suburb of New York City.  Grace Baptist Church of Mount Vernon announced Friday that the funeral for Heavy D had been scheduled for Nov. 18. The New York-born rapper died at […]

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