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Oprah: 'I'm 100% behind Barack Obama'updated: Fri Jan 13 2012 12:51:00

Daytime TV doyenne Oprah Winfrey said Friday she is "100%" behind President Obama as he campaigns for re-election this year -- and that the man she backed four years ago for president is doing a great job.

Oprah student questioned over dead babyupdated: Sat Feb 19 2011 10:52:00

A student of Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa is being questioned in the death of an infant, authorities said.

People.com: Madonna Lands in Malawi Amid Controversyupdated: Mon Mar 30 2009 11:34:00

The singer is set to appear before a judge on Monday to process her second adoption from the African nation

People.com: Oprah Winfrey: 'I Don't Regret' Opening Schoolupdated: Wed Dec 12 2007 22:44:00

Oprah Winfrey admits that she was "devastated" by the allegations of physical and sexual abuse at her Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. But looking back at the institution's tumultuous first year, Winfrey says "I don't regret" opening the school.

People.com: Oprah Winfrey's School Holds Post-Scandal Celebrationupdated: Wed Nov 28 2007 19:24:00

The 12-year-old student who triggered the investigation into alleged abuse at Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa was greeted with warm shrieks of welcome and hearty applause at an end-of-the-school-year party held on campus Tuesday.

People.com: Oprah's School Leader: There Was No Cover-Upupdated: Fri Nov 09 2007 18:07:00

L.N. Mzamane, the former headmistress of Oprah Winfrey's South African school, issued a statement Thursday, hitting back at allegations that she was aware of abuse allegedly committed by a dorm matron there.

People.com: Oprah Winfrey: Abuse Scandal 'Most Devastating Experience of My Life'updated: Mon Nov 05 2007 16:42:00

Good Morning AmericaA former dorm matron appeared in court Monday to face a series of charges that she mistreated girls at Oprah Winfrey's $47 million South African school – while Oprah herself held a press conference declaring it "the most devastating experience of my life."

Time.com: Oprah Scandal Rocks South Africaupdated: Mon Nov 05 2007 13:00:00

Is the country in the middle of a child sexual abuse epidemic? The troubles at the talk-show host's celebrated school raises broader questions

People.com: Oprah Winfrey Calls for Justice in Abuse Caseupdated: Sun Nov 04 2007 10:42:00

Oprah Winfrey has issued a statement in response to the arrest of a dorm matron at her Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Henley-on-Klip, South Africa, near Johannesburg.

People.com: Ex Oprah School Employee Arrested on Abuse Chargeupdated: Fri Nov 02 2007 17:42:00

Police in South Africa have arrested a former employee at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy on charges of physical and sexual abuse, a police spokesman tells CNN.

Former Winfrey school employee arrestedupdated: Fri Nov 02 2007 14:26:00

A former employee at Oprah Winfrey's school for girls in South Africa has been arrested as part of an abuse probe, police said Friday.

Troubles at Oprah's schoolupdated: Fri Nov 02 2007 14:26:00

CNN's Robyn Curnow reports on allegations of abuse at the South African girls' school founded by Oprah Winfrey.

Abuse alleged at Oprah Winfrey's South African schoolupdated: Wed Oct 31 2007 14:11:00

South African police are investigating abuse allegations at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy, the talk-show host's $40 million school for disadvantaged girls near Johannesburg.

People.com: Oprah Apologizes to Families at African Schoolupdated: Mon Oct 29 2007 20:05:00

She only wanted to give underprivileged African girls a chance at a better life. But a tearful Oprah Winfrey begged for forgiveness Sunday from students' parents at her all-girls academy, currently reeling from allegations of abuse.

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