Florida Sentinel Bulletin

Tampa Police arrested a father and son Sunday on carjacking and rape charges. According to the report, at 4:34 a. m. Sunday, Rakeith Brooks, 30, and Vincent Harrison, 46, approached a couple in the 900 block of East Broad Street. Police said Brooks pointed a handgun at the heads of the victims and told them […]

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BALTIMORE — Police and fire officials say former Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Orlando “Zeus” Brown has been found dead at his Baltimore home. He was 40. The cause of death isn’t known. Fire spokesman Battalion Chief Kevin Cartwright says firefighters were called about 11 a.m. Friday because Brown was unresponsive at his home near the […]

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NEW YORK — The NBA postponed training camps indefinitely and canceled 43 preseason games Friday because it has not reached a new labor deal with players. All games from Oct. 9-15 are off, the league said. Camps were expected to open Oct. 3. “We have regretfully reached the point on the calendar where we are […]

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Denver-based mixed martial arts fighter Jeffrey Ford, 41, was arrested when investigators linked his DNA to three rape cases in Aurora, Colorado, Kansas City, Missouri and San Francisco, Calif. Known as “Big Diesel” in the ring, Ford was arrested on August 10 for the rape of an Aurora prostitute two years ago. Initially armed with […]

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HOUSTON — NBA veteran Marcus Camby is free on bond after police in suburban Houston arrested him on a charge of marijuana possession. Camby was in a Porsche pulled over Monday for what police called an equipment violation. Pearland police Lt. Onesimo Lopez says an officer detected the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle […]

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STORRS, Conn. — Ray Allen says he’s ready to give up the season if necessary to the NBA lockout. Speaking Thursday before an appearance at the University of Connecticut, his alma mater, Allen said he doesn’t want to have to sit out a season this late in his career, but believes the issues are important […]

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Hank Aaron has established a new scholarship at Clark Atlanta University to help deserving students pay for college. Reps for the baseball legend recently announced the inception of his”4 For 4″ endowed scholarship from The Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation. Exclusive to Clark Atlanta, the $100,000 scholarship will support students pursuing careers in public […]

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EL SEGUNDO, California — Big-voiced R&B diva Vesta Williams, perhaps best-known for her 1980s hits Don’t Blow A Good Thing and Congratulations, has been found dead of a possible drug overdose in a Southern California hotel room. She was 53. Los Angeles County coroner’s Capt. John Kades says Williams was found dead at 6:15 p.m. […]

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Wanda Sykes being outrageous – that’s expected. But for the actress-comedian to be serious? That’s rare. Even when the issue is personal. In this case, it was also health-related, when she admitted for the first time, to Ellen DeGeneres during an interview to air Monday on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, that earlier this year she […]

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