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Oprah Winfrey's impact felt around the world

Nov. 25, 2009
It's the talk show talked about around the world. Oprah Winfrey's announcement last week that she will end her daytime TV program after its 25th season in 2011 made headlines from London to Johannesburg. Audiences for the show might be smaller outside the...
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CHICAGO, March 21 (UPI) -- A puppy adopted by U.S. TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey is in stable condition after being treated for parvovirus, a Harpo Productions official says.

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Oprah Winfrey goes to Broadway

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Oprah threatens to retire, again

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U.N .honors Oprah Winfrey as world leader

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler