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Extra Extra: Happy Birthday, Oprah!

By Amy Cavanaugh in News on Jan 29, 2012 10:00PM

• Oprah turns 58 today. [CNN]

• The Atlantic has a nice piece today on Ora Snyder, a Chicago candy maker in the early 20th century. Mrs. Snyder's Candies, which had 24 stores in the city, was later bought by Fannie May. [The Atlantic]

• A 24-year-old man was stabbed outside of Deuces and The Diamond Club in Wrigleyville last night. [Tribune]

• A Pilsen man was charged with raping a Bucktown woman this weekend, and is being held on $750,000 bail. [Sun-Times]

• Five homes in Skokie were burglarized on Friday. [ABC7]