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• Ellen DeGeneres wins top US humor prize in DC

  Ellen DeGeneres, who broke ground in 1997 as the first lead character on prime-time TV to reveal she was gay, is winning the nation's top humor prize.

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  DeGeneres next up for Twain Prize

  Ellen DeGeneres, who broke ground in 1997 as the first lead character on prime-time TV to reveal she was gay, is winning the nation's top humor prize.

• June Cleaver to Gloria Pritchett: 5 great TV moms

  Why settle for one great mom when, as any TV viewer knows, you can adopt a series of them?

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  Get Out: 'Bad Mommy Moments'

  In the comfort of the Silver Spring Arts and Culture Center, D.C.-area moms can hear a group of fellow travelers tell their own horror stories, bloopers and redeeming moments.

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  Cosby: Trayvon Martin case about guns, not race

  Actor and comedian Bill Cosby says the debate over the killing of Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer should be focused on guns, not race.

• DC's historic Howard Theatre opens new chapter

  Before there was the Apollo in Harlem, there was the Howard Theatre in the nation's capital.

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  SIMMONS: All hail the reborn Howard Theatre

  If, as the adage goes, changes blow in the wind, then with a few snips, lots of smiles and the applause from well-wishers, endless opportunities will abound for the historic Howard Theatre on Monday with a ribbon-cutting that starts a week of celebrations.

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  SIMMONS: Bill Cosby weighs in on Trayvon Martin case

  "The gun." Those two simple words flowed easily from the mouth of social commentator Bill Cosby during an exclusive interview Friday regarding the Trayvon Martin case, arguably the most high-profile, citizen-on-citizen U.S. slaying facing the Obama administration.

• Groundbreaking black NY journalist Gil Noble dies

  Gil Noble, the longtime host of WABC-TV's groundbreaking public affairs program "Like It Is," on which he interviewed such notables as Nelson Mandela, Muhammad Ali and Jesse Jackson, died Thursday at age 80.

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  Tuning in to TV: Animated show teaches healthy habits to kids

  Many TV shows have dispassionate origins, recycling a well-worn format or piggybacking on a trend. But the roots of "Doc McStuffins," an animated program for children ages 2 to 7, are downright maternal.

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  KNIGHT: Welfare wars: Anatomy of a smear

  When I was a copy editor at the Los Angeles Times, a young reporter submitted an article about a single mother having trouble obtaining government checks.

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  SIMMONS: Cosby story on schooling a real lesson

  Bill Cosby, one of America's original kings of comedy, is saying precisely what President Obama should have said Tuesday night in his State of the Union address.

• Utah woman accused of theft claims to be Cosby kid

  Police in Utah say a 32-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of shoplifting falsely told officers she co-starred with Bill Cosby on "The Cosby Show."

• Cosby recalls baseball youth: 'I wasn't any good'

  Bill Cosby played football at Temple, ran track for the Owls and still attends their basketball games.

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  Jay-Z gives form to sociology class

  Michael Eric Dyson parses Jay-Z's lyrics as if analyzing fine literature. The rapper's riffs on luxury cars and tailored clothes and his boasts of being the "Mike Jordan of recording" may make for catchy rhymes, but to Mr. Dyson, they also reflect incisive social commentary.

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