Florida Sentinel Bulletin

As the NFL and NBC try to figure out the plans for the season-opening game between the Saints and Packers in light of President Obama’s plan to address a joint session of Congress on the same night, the good news is that Obama apparently plans to steer clear of the start of the football game. […]

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TENNESSEE — School guidance counselor Cinnamon Davis, 23, was charged with statutory rape after police discovered she was sexually involved with a student. Police say Davis was involved in a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old male student at Varangon Academy in Tennessee for an entire weekend, as well as gave him alcohol. The Memphis school is […]

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MASSACHUSETTS — President Barack Obama’s uncle was stopped on suspicion of drunken driving, told police he planned to arrange bail through the White House and was being held without bail on an immigration detainer, authorities said Monday. Onyango Obama was arrested last week in Framingham, after police said he made a rolling stop through a […]

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Ninety-eight percent of Florida’s welfare applicants passed a new mandatory drug screening that was implemented by the state. Florida Gov. Rick Scott said in June that it is “unfair for Florida taxpayers to subsidize drug addiction,” drawing criticism from the ACLU and numerous Democrats who see the new drug-screening law as unconstitutional. Contrary to Scott’s […]

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WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State Colin Powell dismissed the criticism leveled at him and others in former Vice President Dick Cheney’s memoir, calling them “cheap shots.’’ It was the latest volley in a clash that stretches back to their first years in former President George W. Bush’s administration. Powell said that if Cheney’s staff […]

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NEW YORK — A homeless man from the Bronx named Jeffrey Richards saved a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old from a burning house by climbing the building and pulling them down. The fire injured 10 firefighters and caused a 2-alarm-blaze.

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  First, congratulations to this week’s Spotlight feature, Meagan, on being named “Miss Kappa Alpha Psi.” It takes a dynamic young woman to be crowned Miss Kappa Alpha Psi, and it was during a Black and White ball where Megan received the honor. This young lady wants to inspire others to never give up on […]

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ATLANTA — Atlanta-based rapper T.I. has been released one month early from prison, where he was serving a weapons violation sentence. Bureau of Prisons spokesman Chris Burke said the artist, whose real name is Clifford Harris, was released Wednesday morning from the Forrest City low-security prison in Arkansas. The rapper was sentenced to 11 months […]

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Comedian Katt Williams went on an extended rant during a comedy show in Phoenix Saturday, taunting a heckler of Mexican descent. Williams was responding to insults by an audience member, whom he learned was of Mexican origin. After the initial taunts, Williams unleashed a more than seven-minute tirade in which he stated: “if y’all had […]

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