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Budget office view boosts Senate immigration bill
Written by ERICA WERNER and DAVID ESPO | Associated Press 19 June 2013
People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The committee in the ... read more >>

BLOOM Initiative Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
Written by Sentinel News Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 15 June 2013
BLOOM youth Lazarrius Taylor and actor/BLOOM Spokesperson Larenz Tate(Photo Courtesy of Mary Cotwright) Actor and BLOOM spokesperson Larenz Tate Will Tweet Live From The Event – Follow @LarenzTate ... read more >>

Booker Makes Senate Candidacy Official
Written by Charles D. Ellison Special to the NNPA from The Philadelphia Tribune 15 June 2013
Newark Mayor Cory Booker delivers the main address during Class Day for Yale seniors at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Sunday, May 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) The sudden death of New Jersey’s ... read more >>

African Americans Disproportionately Affected by Disasters
Written by Stacy M. Brown  Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer 15 June 2013
Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005, causing billions of dollars of damage and a death toll in the thousands. (Photo courtesy of Dan Anderson) The tornado which devastated ... read more >>

Fast Food Proximity Harmful to Minority Kids, Says Study
Written by Special to the NNPA from the Winston-Salem Chronicle 14 June 2013
When their schools are near fast-food restaurants, black and Hispanic adolescents are more likely to be overweight and receive less benefit from exercise than Asian or white students, according to a ... read more >>

Builders Not Beggars: Supporting Black Business A Matter of Black Survival
Written by Starla Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call 14 June 2013
Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of the RLJ Companies and founder of Black Entertainment Television, attended the 18th annual Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference where he was presented ... read more >>

Monument to Michelle Obama ancestor toppled in Ga.
Written by Associated Press 14 June 2013
In this image taken from video provided by WSB-TV, people stand near the location of a knocked-over monument dedicated to Melvinia Shields, the great-great-great grandmother of first lady Michelle Obama, ... read more >>

Gunman in Santa Monica Left Note, Said He was ‘Sorry’
Written by City News Service 14 June 2013
This undated photo provided on Sunday, June 9, 2013, by the Santa Monica Police Department shows John Zawahri, 23, who police have identified as the shooter in Friday's deadly rampage at Santa Monica ... read more >>

Mandela still in hospital in serious condition
Written by CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press 14 June 2013
Battling a lung infection, former South African President Nelson Mandela was rushed to the hospital in the early morning hours after his condition significantly deteriorated. Deborah Patta reports. (AP ... read more >>

2013 UNCF Walk for Education
Written by Sentinel News Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 14 June 2013
Team: Superior Grocers For the past 31 years walkers have rallied in support of UNCF’s Walk for Education. Hundreds of walkers joined in support of diverse students attending UNCF’s partner HBCU’s ... read more >>

A Fathers Reflection:One on One with Tracy Martin, father of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin
Written by Charlene Muhammad Sentinel Contributing Writer 14 June 2013
File Photo: Tracy Martin shares an affectionate moment with his son the late Trayvon Martin, whose killer George Zimmerman went on trial this month The trial of George Zimmerman, neighborhood watchman ... read more >>

Mayor Elect Garcetti at Home in Black Community
Written by KENNETH MILLER Assistant Managing Editor kenneth@lasentinel.net 14 June 2013
Mayor Elect Garcetti embraces African Americans, clergy during tour Two and a half weeks after his convincing victory to become the next mayor of Los Angeles, Congresswoman Karen Bass and Council ... read more >>

Honoring Thy Father Byron K. Reed Heeds to His Calling Of Caring and Sharing Gods Gift of Giving
Written by KENNETH MILLER Assistant Managing Editor kenneth@lasentinel.net 14 June 2013
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A Community Treasure Closes Its Doors
Written by Shannen Hill Sentinel Intern generalinfo@lasentinel.net 14 June 2013
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Body of Missing Teacher found in Bayou
Written by Jennifer Bihm Sentinel Staff Writer jennifer@lasentinel.net 14 June 2013
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It’s a New Day In Inglewood Dotson and Padilla Win Big
Written by KENNETH MILLER Assistant Managing Editor kenneth@lasentinel.net 12 June 2013
Dotson, his family and staff Voters finally rid themselves of Councilwoman Judy Dunlap Inglewood voters ushered out an old era and brought in a new one when they overwhelmingly ... read more >>

Obama exhorts Congress to act on immigration
Written by ERICA WERNER | Associated Press 11 June 2013
In this March 12, 2013 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Two votes scheduled for Tuesday afternoon June 11, 2012 were on procedural measures to officially ... read more >>

Mandela daughters visit ill father in hospital
Written by JASON STRAZIUSO | Associated Press 11 June 2013
Tourists visit a temporary exhibit on Nelson Mandela at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg Tuesday June 11, 2013. Former South African President Nelson Mandela is spending a fourth day in a hospital, ... read more >>

Records show past turmoil in Calif. gunman's home
Written by AMY TAXIN and TAMI ABDOLLAH | Associated Press 11 June 2013
This undated photo provided on Sunday, June 9, 2013, by the Santa Monica Police Department shows John Zawahri, 23, who police have identified as the shooter in Friday's deadly rampage at Santa Monica ... read more >>

Grandmother says she watched officer shoot girl, 7
Written by COREY WILLIAMS | Associated Press 11 June 2013
Detroit Police officer Joseph Weekley, left, and his attorney Steve Fishman confer during a break in the proceedings at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Weekley is ... read more >>

Obama nominates 3 to appeals court, testing GOP
Written by By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press 06 June 2013
President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2013, where he announced the nominations of, from left, Robert Wilkins, Cornelia Pillard, ... read more >>

Obama names Rice as national security adviser
Written by JULIE PACE | Associated Press 05 June 2013
President Barack Obama stands with UN Ambassador Susan Rice, his choice to be his next National Security Adviser, right, current National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, who is resigning, second from right, ... read more >>

Review: Firing of ex-LAPD officer Dorner justified
Written by TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press 05 June 2013
Christopher Dorner (AP file photo) An internal review by the Los Angeles Police Department concluded that rogue ex-officer Christopher Dorner was justifiably fired, a lawyer who reviewed the findings ... read more >>

BARRY SIMMONS: Bank of America Senior Vice President Committed and Invested in Our Community
Written by KENNETH MILLER Assistant Managing Editor 05 June 2013
In life it is not always where you start, but more importantly where you finish and the commitment one makes to both family and community. There isn’t a better example of life’s evolving journey ... read more >>

Compton Voters Anoint Aja Brown as New Mayor
Written by Jennifer Bihm (Contributing Writer) 05 June 2013
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