Florida Sentinel Bulletin

A new NWA biopic is officially in the works according critically acclaimed director John Singleton. As previously reported, the biopic was said to already be in the works and was being written by Andrea Berloff, a white woman noted for writing the screen play for Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center. Now Singleton’s speaking out on […]

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Morgan Freeman laid down the chips on the Tea Party in a new interview with Piers Morgan that is due to air Friday night. The Oscar-winning actor sat down with the British TV host and, amongst other things, discussed his belief that the right wing Tea Party’s anti-Obama stance is rooted in racism. When asked […]

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LONDON — The Black Eyed Peas will perform at next month’s Michael Jackson tribute concert in Wales. They’ll join Christina Aguilera, Smokey Robinson and Cee Lo Green at the “Michael Forever” show. Frontman Will.i.am — who worked with Jackson before the pop star’s death in 2009 — said Friday “we all owe Michael such a […]

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told the Black Caucus and their guests on Saturday to quit crying and complaining and “put on your marching shoes” to follow him into battle for jobs and opportunity. And though he didn’t say it directly, he sought their support for a second term, too. Pres. Obama’s speech to the […]

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Rick Scott’s administration has acknowledged emails on the governor’s personal iPad were accidentally deleted, a potential violation of state law, an open-government advocacy organization said Friday. A state information technology employee was trying to put an application on the tablet in May to retrieve and print out the emails to and […]

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ATLANTA, Ga. – Capital punishment critics are regrouping after the execution of Georgia inmate Troy Davis, trying to figure out the best way to harness the anti-death penalty sentiment the case created. Among the goals: get new like-minded people registered to vote. “Tell them to get engaged in the political process because that’s where change […]

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LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix Super Markets is hiring 500 seasonal employees in southwest Florida for the busy winter months. The Lakeland-based grocery chain is looking for people to work 25 to 35 hours weekly in 21 stores in 12 Florida cities. Jobs include cashiers, front-service clerks, and grocery, bakery, deli and produce clerks, as well […]

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The Democratic-led Senate blocked a House bill Friday that would provide disaster aid and keep government agencies open, escalating the parties’ latest showdown over spending and highlighting the raw partisan rift that has festered all year. In a tit-for-tat battle, the Senate used a near party-line vote of 59-36 to derail the measure passed earlier […]

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JACKSON, Miss. — The estate of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has filed a federal lawsuit against a television news anchor in Mississippi claiming that he has documents taken from the slain civil rights leader by a former employee, the anchor’s mother. The lawsuit, which seeks possession of the papers, was filed Wednesday against […]

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