Florida Sentinel Bulletin

WASHINGTON — A close look at the government shutdown-dodging agreement to cut federal spending by $38 billion reveals that lawmakers significantly eased the fiscal pain by pruning money left over from previous years, using accounting sleight of hand and going after programs President Barack Obama had targeted anyway. Such moves permitted Pres. Obama to save […]

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The parents of Taylor Dill-Reese, a 15-month-old boy in Michigan, ordered him an apple juice with his kids’ meal at an Applebee’s restaurant, but he was instead served alcoholic margarita mix. The boy’s mother, became suspicious that something was wrong when her son dozed off and woke up unusually happy before the meal arrived. When […]

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A recent poll conducted by Public Policy Polling determined that 46 percent of Republican voters in Mississippi think interracial marriage should be illegal. The North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling firm, which conducts polls to gauge voter preferences, also reported 40 percent of Mississippi Republicans think interracial marriage should remain legal, while the other 14 percent […]

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HADDONFIELD, New Jersey — A transsexual New Jersey man has sued the drug-treatment center where he worked, claiming it discriminated against him when it fired him from a job that only a man can do: watching men urinate. Experts believe El’Jai Devoureau’s case is the first in the U.S. where a transgender employee has claimed […]

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Bonnie Briscoe could barely hold back the tears when talking about her niece, Phylicia Barnes. The Monroe, North Carolina teen disappeared late last December, while visiting relatives in Baltimore during the Christmas holidays. Briscoe and other members of Barnes’ family in Baltimore were among hundreds of volunteers and law enforcement officials who took part in […]

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Mikeisha Simpson covers her body in greasy white cream and bundles up in a track suit to avoid the fierce sun of her native Jamaica, but she’s not worried about skin cancer. The 23-year-old resident of a Kingston ghetto hopes to transform her dark complexion to a cafe-au-lait-color common among Jamaica’s elite […]

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Arizona’s state Senate approved a bill  Wednesday that will require presidential candidates to prove they are U.S. citizens before they can be included on a state ballot. Prompted by challenges to President Barack Obama’s citizenship and, therefore, eligibility for the job, the bill passed 20-9 in the Senate, and now moves to the state House […]

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Police have charged two men with murder for the death of Corey “DJ Megatron” McGriff. As previously reported, the popular New York DJ died from a single gunshot wound to the stomach last month in Staten Island, New York. Police now have 21-year-old William Williams and 20-year-old Richard Cromwell behind bars for murder. According to […]

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After losing a court battle last year to rapper Rick Ross, the real Rick Ross is lashing out at the emcee again with a brand new lawsuit. As previously reported, Freeway Rick Ross, noted for being a drug trafficker that spent over a decade behind bars, lost a trademark infringement case after a judge ruled […]

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