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By Margaret Lyons in News on Jan 16, 2008 12:15AM

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Oprah is getting her a cable network, OWN ("Oprah Winfrey Network"), which will--gasp--replace the Discovery Health Network. Noooo! We all know what Oprah wants, Oprah gets, but we freaking love the Discovery Health Network. [Trib]

Lisa Madigan and 48 other attorneys general--minus just Texas--announced an agreement with MySpace today. They say the resolution will better protect kids from online predators. We say we're still digging through the report. [IL AG's office]

First Chase can't name Chicago intersections. Now they're charging a $3 ATM fee for non-customers. [Crain's]

Olympic organizers for our fine city estimate the cost of new and temporary venues for the 2016 games at $900 million. That's just venues, btw. [AP]

Mayor Daley continues campaigning for Obama. [S-T]

The Lincoln Park Zoo installed new skylights that let in more UV light, which birds apparently love. [ABC 7]