Florida Sentinel Bulletin

MISSISSIPPI — Three-month-old Norman Collins, III died after being left in a hot car outside of a church for hours last weekend. The infant was the son of music minister Norman Collins, Jr. of Real Faith Christian Church in Clarksdale, Mississippi, who says the death was the result of a “miscommunication”. Collins, Jr. arrived at […]

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LOS ANGELES — Former Black Panther Party leader Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt, whose murder conviction was overturned after he spent 27 years in prison for a crime he maintained he did not commit, has died. He was 63. Pratt died at his home in a small village in Tanzania, where he had lived for at least […]

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DALLAS — The Mavericks will take this matchup every time. A one-eyed Chris Bosh gets a single shot to win Game 3, after which Dirk Nowitzki is given two chances to reply. That Miami won 88-86 to take a 2-1 lead in the Finals is why this series has a chance to become one of […]

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PRINCETON, New Jersey – Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron can add an honorary degree from Princeton University to his trophy case. The former home run record-holder was awarded an honorary doctorate of humanities for making America a better place with his “imperishable example of grace under pressure.” The university cited how he kept his […]

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NASHVILLE, N.C. – The father of Chicago Bears defensive end Julius Peppers has lost his law enforcement job after being charged in North Carolina with felony possession of cocaine. The State Bureau of Investigation said Thursday that 50-year-old George Thomas Kurney was arrested following a joint state-local investigation. Nash County Sheriff’s Lt. Pat Joyner said […]

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The lawyer for Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor has questioned the facts in a Sports Illustrated special report on the Buckeyes’ NCAA problems, saying the story is “90-percent wrong.” Columbus attorney Larry James also said there is nothing out of the ordinary about the cars Pryor has driven or purchased. “I think […]

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NEW YORK — Locked up for 20 months for illegally carrying and firing a gun at a Manhattan nightclub, Plaxico Burress is ready to walk out of prison and face another grim reality, a lockout that could jeopardize the resumption of his football career. The former New York Giants receiver who caught the game-winning pass […]

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TRACY, Calif. — Hall of Fame running back John Henry Johnson died Friday. He was 81. The San Francisco 49ers said in a release Saturday that Johnson, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987 after a 14-season NFL career, died in Tracy. A member of the “Million Dollar Backfield,” Johnson […]

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HOUSTON — A West Point cadet is suing R&B diva Patti LaBelle, saying she ordered her bodyguards to beat him up as he waited for a ride home outside a Houston airport terminal. The lawsuit alleges the cadet, Richard King, was waiting for his brother and father to pick him up outside one of the […]

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