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| In this image taken from video Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 and provided by Harpo Productions Inc., talk-show host Oprah Winfrey announces during a live broadcast of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in Chicago that her daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc.) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES |
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Take a look under your seat
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by Jon Bauer, Herald staff
You get corporate welfare! And you get corporate welfare! With Oprah Winfrey's announcement that she'll end her show and start her own network comes concern from Chicago businesses that Winfrey will move her considerable economic machine out of the Windy City.
Since it worked so well in snagging the second line for Boeing's 787, Charleston, S.C., already is shamelessly promising big tax breaks for anything Oprah wants to call her favorite thing.
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Lend us a quarter: Mario, the little Italian plumber and star of video games for nearly 30 years, is at it again in a new game for the Wii game system.
Sure, Mario has advanced far beyond his “Donkey Kong” days, but we remember when all he needed to rescue the damsel was his ability to jump and hit barrels with a mallet.
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