Television
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After being a Highland Park black kid, 'comedy was survival'Nov 04, 2013 11:00 am - Marina Franklin was the only black girl in her Highland Park elementary school. “There also was a black boy. They expected us to date,” joked Franklin, a rising sta...
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New TV show boosts tourism in real Sleepy HollowNov 04, 2013 5:00 am - SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. — In the real village of Sleepy Hollow, where the tour guides say “Halloween is our Christmas,” the fall season is even busier than usual, thanks to ...
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'Mentalist' star Baker ponders life after Red JohnNov 03, 2013 5:00 am - Since the beginning of CBS' crime drama “The Mentalist” — currently airing its sixth season on Sundays — faux psychic-turned-criminal investigator Patrick Jane (Simon Ba...
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Cleveland kidnap survivor sits down with Dr. PhilNov 02, 2013 10:45 pm - CLEVELAND — One of three women who escaped from a ramshackle Cleveland home after more than a decade in captivity is about to share her story. Michelle Knight will appea...
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Carol Cooling-Kopp was 'heart and soul' of NBC5Nov 02, 2013 4:00 pm - Carol Cooling-Kopp worked behind the scenes of NBC-TV, Channel 5 and earned multiple Emmy Awards, but few viewers knew her name. Cooling-Kopp was director of special eve...
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Lack of black women becomes ‘SNL’ issueNov 02, 2013 10:05 am - NEW YORK — Kerry Washington’s turn as host of “Saturday Night Live” this week gives that television institution something it hasn’t seen much lately: a black woman onsta...
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Bryan Cranston narrates 'Big History' explorationNov 02, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Bryan Cranston has an authoritative voice, which all by itself would qualify him to narrate “Big History.” But there's another reason Cranston is a fine choi...
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Challenges abound on new season of ‘Pit Bulls and Parolees’Nov 02, 2013 6:00 am - NEW ORLEANS — A pit bull is trapped at the bottom of a pumping station near a New Orleans levee. Rescuers joined by a Louisiana prison inmate out on work release are fra...
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Fremd featured on ABC 7’s ‘Friday Flyover’Nov 01, 2013 7:54 pm - Fremd High School in Palatine was the featured school on ABC 7’s “Friday Flyover” this week. To celebrate high school sports, the station’s helicopter flies over the foo...
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War at home and Middle-earthNov 01, 2013 6:00 am - Ah, autumn. A wonderful time of year. Beautiful colors, a pleasant chill in the air, warm snuggles with loved ones ... and the sounds of a million n00bs getting lit up b...