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By Alissa Krinsky on Aug 20, 2009 02:40 PM

> Being an expert isn't so easy — just ask PBS's Gwen Ifill. Appearing on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire as last night's "Ask the Expert" resource, she tried to help contestant Jennifer answer the question at hand...but guessed wrong. Politico has the video.

> Former CNNer Daryn Kagan is making the magazine rounds. She writes an essay in September's Guideposts about creating her post-TV career, and she's featured as September's "Big Idea Profile" in the Martha Stewart publication body + soul.

> ABC's Deborah Roberts and her husband, NBC's Al Roker, will appear in a forthcoming Sesame Street special, "Families Stand Together: Feeling Secure in Tough Times". The program, which will also feature Today financial expert Jean Chatzky, is scheduled to air in September.

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