Is Hollywood settling into a prolonged recession of its own?
No one needs any introduction to America's prolonged recession, which has put millions of people out of work and set the country on edge, creating an unprecedented level of angst, anger and political unrest. But even though this year's box...
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Feeling the Heat: Community members express frustration, anger at crime meeting
News:Sgt. Carlos Mejia of the Metropolitan Police Department's Special Liaison Unit (SLU), which includes the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU), spoke to a crowd of about 30 people at The Center on Thursday, Aug. 26, one year after the stabbing death of a transgender woman, Tyli'a ''NaNa Boo'' Mack. Though Mejia had no new information to offer regarding that unsolved homicide, he did try to ...
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Detroit struggles with rise in murders of young black men
In Detroit, as jobs and hope have evaporated in the wake of a gnawing recession, the fallout has been more than just economic. For a tiny slice of the population, it's become increasingly fatal. For black males in the city between ages 15 and 24, the chances of getting murdered have risen rapidly in recent years, increasing from 79 in 2005 to 102 last year. The number reached a high of 115 in ...
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'The Eclipse' is a haunting romance
Also reviewed: 'The Harimaya Bridge,' 'Harmony and Me,' 'West of Pluto' Irish playwright Conor McPherson's agreeably melancholy, spooky and romantic "The Eclipse" -- his third film as writer-director -- gets the most out of assorted hauntings. There's the case of widowed woodworker Michael (CiarĂ¡n Hinds), a glum sort with two kids who not only mourns for his wife but begins to see terrifying ...
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Mickey Hart calls himself a noise-ition
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