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Crime Continues to Drop in Los Angeles
Written by City News Service 07 January 2013
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (AP photo) Crime in the city dropped for the 10th consecutive year in 2012, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Police Chief Charlie Beck announced this week.The pair attributed ... read more >>
Ivory Coast New Year's death toll rises to 64
Written by Associated Press 05 January 2013
Flowers are left by a sign reading "to our victims" in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday Jan. 2, 2013. Survivors of a stampede in Ivory Coast that killed 61 people, most of them children and teenagers, ... read more >>
New child soldier fears in C. African Republic
Written by Associated Press 05 January 2013
A youth dances in the rap band entertaining a meeting of the National Youth Council to discuss the current crisis and the message that youth want to send to upcoming peace talks in Libreville, at ... read more >>
Citing ‘Naked Racism,’ N.C. Governor Pardons Wilmington Ten
Written by Cash Michaels Special to the NNPA from The Wilmington Journal 05 January 2013
The Wilmington Ten (Photo Credit: News and Observer of Raleigh) In what civil rights leaders across the nation are calling a significant moment in the civil rights movement, North Carolina Gov. ... read more >>
US job market shrugs off fears of 'fiscal cliff'
Written by By By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER Associated Press 05 January 2013
In this Wednesday, Dec. 12 2012 photo, Taneshia Wright, of Manhattan, fills out a job application during a job fair in New York. U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows ... read more >>
Los Angeles Could Lose Funding, say Budget Analysts
Written by City News Service 05 January 2013
Los Angeles could lose up to $115 million in funding for various programs if Congress can't avert deep budget cuts scheduled for March 1 (AP photo) Los Angeles could lose up to $115 million in funding ... read more >>
Reputed Gang Member Charged in Youth Minister's Slaying
Written by City News Service 04 January 2013
Hopeton Parsley (LAPD)   A reputed gang member accused of gunning down a Compton youth minister in Venice pleaded not guilty Friday January 4, to a murder charge. Hopeton Parsley, 23, was charged ... read more >>
VIDEO: Jaime Foxx interviewed by Brandon I. Brooks for LA Sentinel TV (LASTV)
Written by Super User 04 January 2013
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A high court upholds supermarket labor pickets
Written by Christina Hoag Associated Press 04 January 2013
California Supreme Court upholds legality of labor union pickets in front of supermarkets Union members can picket privately owned walkways in front of stores, but other protesters, handbill distributors ... read more >>
South Africa: Mandela rests at home
Written by Associated Press 04 January 2013
In this June 17, 2010 file photo, former South African President, Nelson Mandela leaves the chapel after attending the funeral of his great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa. ... read more >>
Kenya hospital imprisons new mothers with no money
Written by JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press 04 January 2013
  In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, Maimouna Awuor, 44, speaks to The Associated Press In Nairobi, Kenya. The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood ... read more >>
US leaves C. African Republic amid security woes
Written by Hippolyte Marboua and Krista Larson Associated Press 04 January 2013
In this frame grab taken from APTN footage from Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, President Francois Bozize addresses crowds, in Bangui, Central African Republic. The president of Central African Republic on ... read more >>
Fiscal-cliff deal no recipe for a robust economy
Written by By Christopher s. Rugaber and Paul Wiseman Associated Press 03 January 2013
In this Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, file photo, the dome of the Capitol is reflected in a skylight of the Capitol Visitor's Center in Washington. By delaying hard choices on spending, the fiscal cliff deal ... read more >>
Cowboys' Brent indicted in crash killing teammate
Written by Associated Press 03 January 2013
Caption: Josh Brent (AP photo) Caption: Jerry Brown (AP Photo) A grand jury in Texas has formally indicted Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent on one count of intoxication manslaughter. Brent ... read more >>
Police say Chicago homicide toll not at 500 yet
Written by Associated Press 03 January 2013
Chicago police say it's too soon to say whether the city has had its 500th homicide of the year. The Chicago Police Department homicide tally stood at 499 on Thursday December 27 before a man was fatally ... read more >>
Blood found on borrowed car in missing girl case
Written by KEN RITTER Associated Press 03 January 2013
This undated photo provided by the Las Vegas Police Department shows Jade Moris, 10, who police are searching for after she failed to return home Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, from a shopping trip with ... read more >>
A City Mourns
Written by Troy Tieuel (Contributing Writer) 03 January 2013
Danny Bakewell, Jr., a childhood friend of Victor McClinton   Jaques Bolton, a close friend of Victor McClinton   Candace Lacey and Lacey Children.  The Lacey children grew up with Victor McClinton ... read more >>
'Rescue Me' singer Fontella Bass dies
Written by JIM SALTER (Associated Press) 03 January 2013
 In this Sept. 2, 2001 file photo, Fontella Bass performs at the Big Muddy Blues Festival on Laclede's Landing in St. Louis. The St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with ... read more >>
Revernd J.A. Freeman Succumbs
Written by Sentinel News Service 03 January 2013
The family of Rev. J.A. Freeman, founder and pastor of Greater Good Shepherd Missionary Baptist Church of Los Angeles, California, reports his passing on the morning of December 23, at their home in ... read more >>
Terry Glover, Ebony Managing Editor, dies at 57
Written by Associated Press 03 January 2013
  Terry Glover, Ebony managing editor, dies at 57 Terry Glover   CHICAGO (AP) — Terry Glover, the managing editor of Ebony magazine, has died of colon cancer at her Chicago home. She was ... read more >>
Miracle on 51st Street Free Toy and Book Giveaway
Written by Sentinel News Service 03 January 2013
On Friday, Dec. 21, Senator Curren D. Price, Jr. joined with critically acclaimed director F Gary Gray (“Friday,” “Italian Job” “The Negotiator”), actor and comedian Anthony Anderson, ... read more >>
Los Angeles City Council YEAR-END REVIEW
Written by Sentinel News Service 03 January 2013
Council President Herb Wesson led a year-end review of issues that faced the Los Angeles City Council for KABC Channel 7 “Eyewitness Newsmakers,” hosted by Adrienne Alpert.  Joining Wesson on ... read more >>
LA offers groceries for guns in annual buyback
Written by Associated Press 03 January 2013
 Los Angeles Police officials get weapons back from motorists at the LA Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Long lines of cars and people ... read more >>
David G. Brown Sentinel Cartoonist Elected to Board of Directors for the Assoc. of American Editorial Cartoonists
Written by Sentinel Staff Report 03 January 2013
David G. Brown editorial cartoonist for the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper has been nominated and voted to the Board of Directors for the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Brown is the ... read more >>
National Year in Review
Written by Sentinel Staff Report 27 December 2012
twenty-year old Adam Lanza of Newton, CT shot his way into Sandy Hook elementary school where he shot and killed 26 people, most of them children before shooting himself to death. Hurricane Sandy—Sandy ... 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