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Social Media: The Growing Tool for Taste of Soul
Written by Nicole Williams 02 November 2012
  In the day and age of social media, the talking never stops. While you are sleeping, news is brewing. The weather gets bad, check your twitter. A celebrity shows up in your local grocery store, you ... read more >>
VOTE Obama!
Written by Yussuf J. Simmonds 01 November 2012
Now or Never, It’s Up to Us The presidential election is now in its final days and President Barack Obama is crisscrossing the battle ground states harnessing every VOTE while trying to make every ... read more >>
Space Shuttle Endeavour Exhibit Opens to the Public at the California Science Center
Written by Chelsea Battle, Contributing Writer 01 November 2012
  NASA’s Leland Melvin, a black astronaut who boasts 2 space shuttle explorations.  Melvin also serves as NASA’s Associate Administrator for Education. He, too, marveled at the forces joined together ... read more >>
Cheryl Brown runs for historic 47th Assembly Seat
Written by Sentinel News Service 01 November 2012
  Cheryl Brown has been a fighter her entire life.  Her family has lived in and published Black Voice News in Riverside, California for the past 32 years.  Over those years Cheryl has run the family ... read more >>
Judge Rodney Forneret Posthumously Inducted Into Langston Bar Association Hall of Fame
Written by Sentinel News Service 01 November 2012
  On Saturday, October 27, 2012, the Honorable Rodney Gerald Forneret was posthumously inducted into the John M. Langston Bar Association Hall of Fame.  The Langston Bar Association was founded as ... read more >>
Early Voting Weekend Hours Begin for the November 6, 2012 General Election
Written by Sentinel News Service 01 November 2012
In-person early voting available to voters before Election Day. Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC), Dean Logan reminded voters that the RR/CC headquarters will be open on weekends ... read more >>
David Roberts for City Council 2013
Written by Sentinel News Service 01 November 2012
David Roberts David Roberts was born in Los Angeles and raised by his mother, Linda, an LAUSD teacher for 30 years, and father, Herbert, a Director at the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development ... read more >>
First AME’s Rev. Hunter removed
Written by Sentinel News Service 01 November 2012
Pastor John Hunter   FAME is one of the oldest Black churches in Los Angeles, and it provides many services to the community; any change in leadership is cause for concern.  A part of the church's ... read more >>
November 6 Is Not Just Another Election
Written by Alice Huffman Publisher, Minority News 01 November 2012
It seems that every four years the general election is the most important election ever.    I suppose that’s true for the time and the issues of that day, but this election is the election of all times.  ... read more >>
The General meets with the President
Written by Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American 01 November 2012
  General Colin Powell and President Barack Obama   As he did in the 2008 election, General Powell Endorses President Obama Again for 2012, outlining all of his reasons relative to the President’s ... read more >>
Black Hockey Player Faces Racist Chants By Czech Fans
Written by by Atlanta Black Star Staff 30 October 2012
  Sentinel Newswire Black NHL player Wayne Simmonds got into a fight with a player for Tere in his third game with Liberec of the Czech Extraliga and was serenaded by fans with “opice,” a term ... read more >>
VIDEO: Danny Bakewell Sr. Vote for President Obama
Written by Danny Bakewell Sr., Executive Publisher 30 October 2012
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Rep. Cleaver endorses Richardson for California’s 44th Congressional District
Written by Sentinel News Service 24 October 2012
Rep. Laura Richardson   CBC chairman Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver   Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver, II, Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus has endorsed Laura Richardson for California’s 44th Congressional ... read more >>
The Final Presidential Debate
Written by George E. Curry, NNPA Editor-in-Chief 24 October 2012
President Barack Obama GOP Challenger, Mitt Romney     Romney Supports Many of Obama’s Foreign Policy Positions What was billed as the third and final debate between President Barack Obama ... read more >>
Inglewood Tragedy
Written by Francis Taylor, Sentinel Contributing Writer 24 October 2012
  Two Dead, Three Wounded The only physical remains from the early Saturday morning double homicide and arson case on 99th Street in Inglewood, California, are the charred remains of the small cottage, ... read more >>
‘Taste of Soul’ Creates a Nation
Written by Kenneth Miller (Entertainment Editor) 24 October 2012
The crowd, Tasting the Soul    Seven years later it’s proving to be much more than a festival   A week after the space Shuttle Endeavour was paraded through the city to its new resting place ... read more >>
The Brotherhood Crusade Honors Dr. Ross
Written by YUssuf J. Simmonds (Managing Editor)n 18 October 2012
Dr. Robert K. Ross, the honoree    A pioneer gets the pioneer award – his work in the medical and philanthropic fields have earned him the Brotherhood Crusade’s 2012 Pioneer of African American ... read more >>
The Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County
Written by Sentinel News Service 18 October 2012
NHS President and Chief Executive Officer, Lori Gay   The NHS has been establishing, protecting, and preserving lifelong homeowners for over 28 years.   “NHS helped me be creative about budgeting. ... read more >>
WESSON ENDORSES JACKIE LACEY FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Written by Sentinel News Service 18 October 2012
(L to R) Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Council President Herb Wesson, Councilman Dennis Zine and Chief Deputy and D. A. candidate Jackie Lacey    City Council President Herb Wesson has endorsed Jackie ... read more >>
Congresswoman Maxine Waters & Assemblyman Mike Davis Receive Awards
Written by Sentinel News Service 18 October 2012
D.G.M. Kevin Briley; Grand Master David Henry 33rd; Rev. Joe Gates; G.H.P. Brandon Kiel, Congresswoman Waters; and Minister Tonette Hayes.   Grand Master David Henry 33rd; Assemblyman Mike Davis; ... read more >>
Congresswoman Waters Honored by Gardena City Council
Written by Sentinel News Service 18 October 2012
(L to R) Councilman Dan Medina; Councilwoman Rachel Johnson; Councilwoman Tasha Cerda; Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-35); Mayor Paul Tanaka; and Mayor Pro Tem Ronald Ikejiri.   Los Angeles, CA-- ... read more >>
Obama vs Romney: the second debate
Written by Yussuf J. Simmonds (Managing Editor)n 18 October 2012
  Held yesterday at Hofstra University, New York, the format of the debate was quite different and livelier than the first; there was audience participation    With three weeks before the presidential ... read more >>
UPDATED: StarQuest Singing Competition - Semi-Finalists Selected
Written by Chelsea Battle (Contributing Writer) 13 October 2012
  UPDATED: Scroll down for semi-finalists names! SEMI-FINALISTS SELECTED FOR STARQUEST SINGING COMPETITION  (Performers slated to perform on the day of Taste of Soul – October 20th)     The ... read more >>
Mervyn M. Dymally - A Political Era Has Ended
Written by Yussuf J. Simmonds 11 October 2012
He was a political icon and his passing has left a void in California and indeed national politics; he was involved in state and national politics for the past half a century   Mervyn Dymally’s ... read more >>
State Takes-Over Inglewood Unified School District
Written by Francis Taylor, Sentinel Contributing Writer 11 October 2012
Kent Taylor, IUSD State Administrator presents his plan to restore financial management to the troubled school district     Board Members Now Advisors, Superintendent Gone   Last week, a standing-room ... read more >>

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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