Florida Sentinel Bulletin

WASHINGTON — For many who helped dedicate the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on Sunday, the towering granite monument is a stark reminder that the civil rights leader’s dream of social and economic justice has yet to be realized. In many ways, the ceremony was a passing of the torch to a younger generation […]

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Continuing with her stay fit initiative, First Lady Michelle Obama, along with hundreds of school kids jump started the attempt to break the Guinness World Record for jumping jacks. “I get to do a lot of cool things, but this is really exciting. I never thought in my entire life that I would be here […]

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Retired Lt. Col. Luke J. Weathers Jr., a member of World War II’s famed Tuskegee Airmen and a humble combat hero, has died in Tucson at age 90. He will be buried with full honors at Arlington National Cemetery. The Tuskegee Airmen were the U.S. military’s first African-American pilots. Weathers was credited with downing two […]

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PHILADELPHIA CITY — Four malnourished mentally disabled adults were found chained to a boiler in a locked Tacony basement room that was too small for an adult to stand up straight in and also reeked of waste from the buckets they used to relieve themselves, Philadelphia Police said Sunday. And one of the people accused […]

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DETROIT – In a city where over a quarter of its residents are unemployed, and almost 30,000 of them are either on probation or out on parole, Detroit is looking to put ex-convicts back to work. On Wednesday, the city held an “Offenders Only” Job Fair. Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh organized the job […]

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When a woman is this exciting, we have to bring her to you twice, so here’s Xiomara, this time as our Beauty Unlimited feature. If you missed her as Friday’s spotlight feature, shame on you. But we aren’t unfeeling, once again we’ll tell you a little about this young woman with the extraordinary name. She […]

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Last week, three members of the same family pleaded guilty in federal court to cashing IRS checks and drug dealing. The defendants entered their pleas on Tuesday, October 4, and Friday, October 7, respectively. Tarranzton Barr, 36, entered a guilty plea to conspiring with other persons to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or […]

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Big Brothers Big Sisters is looking for 70 new volunteer mentors to double the number of kids served in its program. A recruitment event is being held Thursday, October 20, 2011, 5:30-6:30 p. m. at Cyrus Greene Recreation Center, 2101 E. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Those interested in attending should RSVP to Laura […]

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An accident at 2:12 a.m. Thursday left one man with minor injuries and another dead. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, A vehicle driven by Harold Thomas, 31, was traveling west on U. S. Highway 92 near Falkenburg Road when Dedric Bynum, 21, reported walked into the intersection near the crosswalk. Troopers said Bynum was […]

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