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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bill Cosby  (AP Photo/Mel Evans) By Maryclaire Dale Associated Press NORRISTOWN, Pa. — The judge in Bill Cosby’s criminal case expects the trial to last about two weeks and hopes to have a jury in place before the proceeding opens June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. At a pretrial hearing Monday, Montgomery County Judge…

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In 1951, a vibrant African-American woman was dying of cervical cancer at age 31. Under the bright lights of an operating room, surgeons harvested cells from her tumor that would prove to be astonishingly immortal and would change the face of medicine forever. Yet she — and any recognition of her involuntary donation — would…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  “The Best Place To Be” with Queen Latifah – The Travel Channel shadowandact “The Best Place To Be,” a new Travel Channel mini-series from Queen Latifah and Shakim Compere at Flavor Unit, is an invitation to discover the world through the eyes and access of Hollywood’s most adventurous. Each of the four one-hour…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bryshere ‘Yazz the Greatest’ Gray, Steve Harvey, and Charlie Mack on the set of “The Steve Harvey Show.”  (Courtesy of Kharisma McIlwaine) By Kharisma McIlwaine Charles Alston, better known to the masses as Charlie Mack, has been a fixture in the Philadelphia community for well over three decades. If there is an event…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  April Ryan  (Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com) associated press NEW YORK — April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks has become one of the most visible White House correspondents since President Donald Trump took over, and she’s now been hired as a political contributor for CNN. CNN wouldn’t say Monday when it began negotiating…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Paula Peebles (in olive green suit with speakerphone) of the Philadelphia National Action Network (NAN) and Phila. Chapter NAACP President Min.  (Photo: K-Len Anderson) By David Bauder associated press NEW YORK–The founder of Fox News Channel was forced out in a sexual harassment scandal last summer. The network’s No. 1 star, Bill O’Reilly,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Crowds at the Alex Aiono concert at the Electric Factory Wednesday evening. By Kharisma McIlwaine YouTube has become a never-ending source of talent in recent years. If used correctly, it can launch a music career — particularly for unsigned music artist. Singer, songwriter, and musician Alex Aiono is a true testament to the…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Derek Walcott (Credit: Nigel Parry from Faber) Saint Lucian poet and playwright Derek Walcott, who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature, died March 17 at age 87. The Nobel laureate – best known for his collections “In A Green Night: Poems 1948 – 1960” and the epic “Omeros,” inspired by Homer’s “Iliad”…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Mayor Jim Kenney speaks at the recent press conference for the 2017 NFL Draft in Philadelphia.  (Photo: Bill Z. Foster) The City of Philadelphia released details for the 2017 NFL Draft Experience, an exciting, three-day festival taking place Thursday, April 27th through Saturday, April 29th on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Eakins Oval and…

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David & Tamela Mann star in popular comedy series ATLANTA–David Mann, Tamela Mann and company bring a new assortment of hysterical family situations and laughs in the third season of their hit Bounce comedy series “Mann & Wife.” Bounce will double the fun by kicking off season three with two new original episodes back-to-back 9:00-10:00…

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