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(LA Times Dodgers)

Forgive Kermit if he has a frog in his throat. The Associated Press reported Tuesday that the head of the Muppet brood will be getting a new puppeteer and voice actor, the first Kermit-related change since the death of creator Jim Henson in 1990.Steve Whitmire, who began work on `The Muppet Show` in...