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Agree or disagree: "Tyler Perry is doing something right, whether you like him or not: He made $130 million between May 2010 and May 2011, and Hollywood counts winners by their revenue."

Diversity in TV: Producers Hire Few Nonwhite Directors

 

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The results might help explain the lack of diversity this fall in scripted television.

 

 

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Jamey Rodemeyer killed himself on September 18th. The bullying must stop.

It Gets Better, I promise!

 

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Jamey from Buffalo, New York telling you, IT GETS BETTER!

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What will come out of the Occupy Wall Street protests?

Occupy Wall Street: 700 Arrested After Protest on Brooklyn Bridge

 

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Most were given citations for disorderly conduct and released, police said.

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Just broadcast: rerun of "Cat and Mouse." Stories about the kinds of chase games that just never end. From the high California desert to a high-end furniture showroom.

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As more Americans become poor, will more become homeless?

 

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If someone asked you to guess if homelessness rose or fell during the Great Recession, what would you say? I would have guessed that more people were homeless, that the number was rising. But actually, it fell. About 34,877 less people were homeless in the middle of the recession than at the start.