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Rev. Jackson led a delegation of Rainbow Push Coalition to the funeral of Hugo Chavez
Written by Sentinel News Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 14 March 2013
Reverend L. Jackson Sr. with the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez   Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. led a delegation of members of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition staff to attend the funeral of President ... read more >>
WESSON DIALOGUES WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS
Written by Sentinel News Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 14 March 2013
    Council President Herb Wesson addresses the Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Council at community Town Hall meeting. - Sentinel File Photo City Council President Herb Wesson was ... read more >>
Fire Chief Brian L. Cummings is LAFD’s Transformational Leader
Written by Kenneth Miller Assistant Managing Editor Kenneth@lasentinel.net 14 March 2013
  Fire Chief Brian L. Cummings This is the first of a four part series examining the Los Angeles Fire Department, its leadership, its hiring policies, its fiscal impact and the state of African ... read more >>
Motown founder readies for 'last major endeavor'
Written by Jeff Karoub and Mike Householder Associated Press 14 March 2013
This March 5, 2013 photo shows Berry Gordy posing for a portrait in front of the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. For Berry Gordy, conquering Broadway is the next--and by his own admission, last--major ... read more >>
NBA Great Isiah Thomas Gives Assistance to At-Risk Youth - PART I
Written by Brandon I. Brooks Managing Editor brandon@lasentinel.net 14 March 2013
  Isiah Thomas poolside at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Sports icon allows his humanitarian spirit to guide his passion to empower America’s youth with greatest need.  Isiah Lord Thomas III, popularly ... read more >>
Where is Terry Lyn Monnette?
Written by Kenneth Miller Assistant Managing Editor 14 March 2013
Terry Lyn Monnette OUR LOVED ONE: Missing teacher Terry Lynn Monnette's sister Candice Enclade (L) and her mother Toni Enclade comfort one another outside Parlay's in Lakeview during a vigil praying ... read more >>
3rd day of protests for NYC teen shot by police
Written by Collen Long and Jake Pearson, Associated Press 14 March 2013
A demonstrator is thrown to the ground by her hair during a march following a vigil held for Kimani "Kiki" Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of New York's Brooklyn borough, Wednesday, March 13, ... read more >>
Prosecutor: Ohio school rape victim didn't consent
Written by Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press 13 March 2013
Activists from the online group KnightSec and Anonymous protest at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Steubenville, Ohio, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. Members of the group said they are outraged over what ... read more >>
Argentine Jorge Bergoglio elected Pope Francis
Written by Nicole Winfield, Associated Press 13 March 2013
Pope Francis speaks from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio who chose the name of Francis, is the 266th pontiff of the Roman ... read more >>
Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church hosts free women's health fair
Written by Sentinel News Service 12 March 2013
A FREE WOMAN’S HEALTH EVENT Health is Power! Join the California Oncology Research Institute (CORI) and other local health organizations to learn tips on living a healthy life 9:00 am Registration/Light ... read more >>
Bodies exhumed in killings tied to Mandela ex-wife
Written by Michelle Faul, Associated Press 12 March 2013
Nomsa Tshabalala, second from left, with relatives surrounding the presumed grave of her son Siboniso Tshabalala, at Avalon Cemetery in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Forensic ... read more >>
Change Your Clock / Change Your Batteries
Written by Sentinel News Service 09 March 2013
  County of Los Angeles Fire Department    NEWS RELEASE   CAPTAIN TOM RICHARDS PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE (323) 881-2411 Date:  March 8, 2013 FIRE CHIEF DARYL L. OSBY 1320 ... read more >>
US adds 236K jobs, unemployment falls to 7.7 pct.
Written by Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press 08 March 2013
(Photo: Associated Press)   WASHINGTON (AP) — A burst of hiring last month added 236,000 U.S. jobs and reduced the unemployment rate to 7.7 percent from 7.9 percent in January. The robust gains ... read more >>
Recent heat spike unlike anything in 11,000 years
Written by Seth Borenstein, Associated Press 08 March 2013
   (Photo: Associated Press)   WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study looking at 11,000 years of climate temperatures shows the world in the middle of a dramatic U-turn, lurching from near-record cooling ... read more >>
Family: Slain mayoral candidate beaten, burned
Written by HOLBROOK MOHR Associated Press 07 March 2013
  In this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 photo released by the Coahoma County (Miss.) Sheriff's Office, Lawrence Reed, 22, poses for a portrait. Reed, has been charged in the death of a mayoral candidate ... read more >>
UNCF Masked Ball Honors Magic Johnson & Sheryl Underwood
Written by Sentinel Wire Services 07 March 2013
And says Farewell to its host, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Magic and Cookie Johnson Celebrate the Mayors Masked Ball   UNCF President and CEO Dr. Michael Lomax congratulates the night’s honoree ... read more >>
DCH Teen Safe Driving Foundation Announces the Winner of its D3CA Contest
Written by Sentinel News Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 07 March 2013
Dominique Murray standing next to the 2013 Toyota Corolla he just won Brotherhood Crusade’s Dominique Murray The DCH Teen Safe Driving Foundation announced the winner of the Don’t Drive Distracted ... read more >>
“SKIP COOPER DAY” IN LOS ANGELES
Written by Sentinel News Service generalinfo@lasentinel.net 07 March 2013
Skip Cooper and Council President Herb Wesson Council President Herb Wesson congratulated Earl “Skip” Cooper II, president and CEO of the Black Business Association for receiving the organization’s ... read more >>
Kennedy Wins Outright in Pasadena
Written by KENNETH MILLER Sentinel Staff Writer 07 March 2013
John J. Kennedy African American poised to lead community in Pasadena. John J. Kennedy, whose roots in the Pasadena community spans 70-years, captured a seat on the Pasadena City Council winning ... read more >>
Curren Price Leading Black Candidate in 9th District
Written by KENNETH MILLER, Sentinel Staff Writer kenneth@lasentinel.net 07 March 2013
Senator Curren Price State Senator primed for likely runoff with Anna Cubas Decorated State Senator and highly respected African American public servant, Curren Price separated himself as the leading ... read more >>
Rosa Parks Honored by Congress with Full-Length Statue
Written by Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent 07 March 2013
Rosa Parks statue lives in the halls of the U.S Capitol. (Courtesy of NNPA) As Black History Month came to a close, a Civil Rights icon made history once again in the halls of the U.S. Capitol. On ... read more >>
Dennis Rodman worms his way into North Korea
Written by Associated Press 07 March 2013
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch North Korean and U.S. players in an exhibition basketball game at an arena in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, Feb. 28, ... read more >>
UN approves new sanctions against North Korea
Written by Edith M. Lederer and Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press 07 March 2013
 Members of the United Nations Security Council vote for tough new sanctions to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test, during a meeting at U.N. headquarters Thursday, March 7, 2013. The unanimous ... read more >>
Supreme Court Justice Equates Black Voting Rights with ‘Racial Entitlements’
Written by George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief 07 March 2013
    In the oral arguments last week before the Supreme Court to determine whether a key section of the Voting Rights Act should be upheld, Justice Antonin Scalia referred to the provision as “perpetuation ... read more >>
Garcetti, Greuel to Duel for Mayor
Written by Jennifer Bihm Jennifer@lasentinel.net 07 March 2013
  Neither Controller Wendy Gruel nor City Councilman Eric Garcetti garnered enough votes by Tuesday night to avoid a runoff in May to become Los Angeles’ next mayor. Councilwoman Jan Perry was in ... read more >>

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Latest Reader Poll

Which N.B.A. legend would you start a franchise with?

Bill Russell - 7.7%
Wilt Chamberlain - 5.2%
Oscar Robertson - 1.3%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 6.7%
Julius Erving - 3.2%
Magic Johnson - 29.4%
Larry Bird - 2.9%
Isiah Thomas - 2.4%
Michael Jordon - 17.1%
Hakeem Olajuwon - 1.2%
Shaquille O'neal - 3.4%
Tim Duncan - 1.3%
Kobe Bryant - 7.9%
Allen Iverson - 1%
Lebron James - 5.7%
Kevin Durant - 1.8%
Carmelo Anthony - 1.7%

Total votes: 595
The voting for this poll has ended on: 08 Apr 2013 - 18:35