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11/20/2009
St. Louis Public School Employees Take Paycuts
Employees in St. Louis Public Schools agreed to take temporary pay cuts to help reduce a $13 million budget shortfall.  The district School Board on Thursday voted to place all staff on required furlough, which will likely take place during two work days when students are not in classes, and it will also close the district seven more days around the winter holidays.  District administrators predict the pay cuts will save up to two-million dollars, leaving another eleven-million dollars in cuts in order to balance this year's budget.
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11/20/2009
Parents Criticize College For Closing Daycare Centers
Some parents are criticizing St. Louis Community College's plan to close daycare centers available to students on two campuses.  The college's Board of Trustees Thursday night voted to shut down the centers on the Meramec and Forest Park campuses in July as a way to save 529-thousand dollars in order to balance next year's budget.  Officials say around 200 students out of the college's 28-thousand use the centers, which charge four-dollars an hour for students to utilize.
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11/20/2009
Oprah Winfrey Show To End In 2011
Oprah Winfrey is expected to make a big announcement on the air today.  A letter sent to Oprah's staff on Thursday said the talk show host plans to announce an end date for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on today's episode.  The letter signed by Harpo Inc. President Tim Bennett said, "The sun will set on the 'Oprah' show as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011."  The news follows recent reports that Oprah may be planning to move her syndicated talk show to the cable network OWN in 2011.
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