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Cable 'news' diversifies with Hughley, 'Chocolate'
Contra Costa TimesIf Barack Obama's ascension to the White House means change has come to America, isn't it only fitting that change come to the art of skewering the news? Comedians David Alan Grier and D.L. Hughley would like to think so. Just as the Obama administration...Tags: Barack Obama, Saturday Night Live, Jackie Robinson, The Daily Show, The White House
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Election spurs 'hundreds' of race threats, crimes
ASSOCIATED PRESSCross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars. Incidents around the country referring to President-elect Barack Obama are dampening the postelection glow of racial...Tags: Los Angeles, Alabama, Vehicles, NAACP, Crimes
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Howard planners give conditional OK to GGP proposal for Columbia
Howard County government planners have recommended approval of a proposal to redevelop downtown Columbia - as long as the developer accepts dozens of suggestions. In a 76-page report, the county's Department of Planning and Zoning praises developer...Tags: Culture, Bankruptcy, Local Authority
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Bethlehem Artsquest Taps Woman To Head Giving Effort
ArtsQuest -- the group behind Musikfest and the new SteelStacks project -- has named its first vice president to head up its philanthropic efforts. As vice president of advancement, Kassie Hilgert will lead ArtsQuest's development team in reaching out to...Tags: Heads of State, Economic Policy, Banana Factory, Musikfest, Bethlehem (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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New Yorkers trying to save historic Tin Pan Alley
Associated Press WriterA group of New Yorkers is fighting to save Tin Pan Alley by landmarking the half-dozen Manhattan row houses where the iconic American song was born. The four-story, 19th-century buildings on West 28th Street were home to publishers of some of the...Tags: Scott Joplin, George Gershwin, New York, Apartments, Culture
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'Chocolate News' spoofs black current affairs
The Associated PressFrom a comedy standpoint, David Alan Grier is fine with whoever wins the election. As the nation's first black president, Barack Obama could mean a wealth of material for "Chocolate News," Grier's fearless spoof of a black-oriented news magazine show....Tags: Tyler Perry, Barack Obama, Maya Angelou, Keenen Ivory Wayans, New York Shakespeare Festival
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Lehigh U. president to discuss racist comments
Of The Morning CallLehigh University has called a town hall meeting tonight to discuss reports of racist comments made toward black students in the aftermath of Barack Obama's election as the first black U.S. president. Lehigh President Alice P. Gast said in a campus-...Tags: Barack Obama, Newspaper and Magazine, National Government, Racism, Culture
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A day of remembrance
Kitty Chin's fingers dance delicately across the photos carefully arranged on cardboard displays, lingering lightly on one, long enough to tell its story, before waltzing off to the next. Here's her husband, Calvin Chin, surrounded by University of...Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Economic Policy, Culture, Hunt Valley, Heavy Engineering
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David Alan Grier's 'Chocolate News' a fearless spoof
The Associated PressFrom a comedy standpoint, David Alan Grier was fine with whoever won the election. As the nation's first black president, Barack Obama means a wealth of material for Chocolate News, Grier's fearless spoof of a black-oriented news magazine show. And if...Tags: Tyler Perry, Barack Obama, Maya Angelou, New York Shakespeare Festival, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Vote with the remote
It has not been a good year for prime-time TV.
Few of the new fall network series look to be a breakout hit, and viewing is down across the board for returning series on network and cable.
But it is a totally different story when it comes to politics...Tags: The Office, Minority Groups, Democratic National Conventions, Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report
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Long-term plan for Charles North
City officials plan to unveil a multiphase plan tomorrow to transform a 100-acre arts and entertainment district north of Pennsylvania Station into a $1 billion "cultural crossroads" for Baltimore over the next three decades. Mayor Sheila Dixon is set to...Tags: Station North, New York, Johns Hopkins University, Artscape, Theater
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L.A. panel OKs historic-cultural status for Griffith Park
Griffith Park should be designated a historic-cultural monument, the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission decided today. The commission voted 3 to 1 to forward the application to the City Council, which must give final approval for the designation....Tags: Los Angeles, Culture, Tourism and Leisure, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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