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Gabon's Crystal Cox Admits to Doping
four year suspension
Posted on: Jan. 30 2010,10:14
U.S. gold medal relay member in 2004 admits to doping
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- A member of the 1,600-meter gold-medal relay team at the Athens Olympics has accepted a four-year suspension and disqualification of her results for doping.
Crystal Cox, who ran in the preliminaries for the American team led by Sanya Richards, admitted to using anabolic steroids and agreed to the penalty Friday, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said.
She almost certainly will have her gold medal stripped, while the consequences for her teammates aren't yet known. Richards ran the final along with Dee Dee Trotter, Monique Henderson and Monique Hennegan. Moushaumi Robinson joined Cox in the preliminary heat...
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four year suspension
Posted on: Jan. 30 2010,10:14
U.S. gold medal relay member in 2004 admits to doping
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- A member of the 1,600-meter gold-medal relay team at the Athens Olympics has accepted a four-year suspension and disqualification of her results for doping.
Crystal Cox, who ran in the preliminaries for the American team led by Sanya Richards, admitted to using anabolic steroids and agreed to the penalty Friday, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said.
She almost certainly will have her gold medal stripped, while the consequences for her teammates aren't yet known. Richards ran the final along with Dee Dee Trotter, Monique Henderson and Monique Hennegan. Moushaumi Robinson joined Cox in the preliminary heat...
Read More @ SportsIllustrated.CNN
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How much contestants really take home
in game show winnings
Posted on: Jan. 27 2010,03:50
Jackpot? How much contestants really take home in game show winnings
WalletPop.com
Jason Cochran
Imagine you've made it to the final Tribal Council on Survivor. It's time to determine the winner, and host Jeff Probst keeps pulling slips bearing your name. Finally, he announces that you are the champion. Congratulations, you just won... $580,000!
Wait a minute, Jeff. Hang on. Isn't that prize short a few hundred thousand? I ate rancid sheep guts. I passed out from exhaustion. I earned my million bucks.
Nope. As the first Survivor winner, Richard Hatch, discovered through convictions and prison time, even if you win a prize on television, Uncle Sam counts it as taxable income. How much you're taxed depends on your income and the state you live in (because if your state levies income taxes, it will want its bite, too). However, it's safe to say that you'll lose nearly half to the taxman. If you want to survive on Survivor winnings for 20 years, you'll have to budget less than $30,000 a year after taxes.For shows with $500,000 prizes, such as Big Brother, the tax bracket is lower so the scale slips, but you still only come away with about $375,000. (CBS reps for The Amazing Race and Big Brother did not respond to WalletPop's requests for prize information.)
Contestants can't claim ignorance. The tax information is in the fine print of the contract they sign when they first appear on the show. At one of Hatch's trials, Survivor's producer, Mark Burnett, got on the stand and confirmed that when contestants sign their contracts, they agree to pay taxes on their winnings. Subsequently, Hatch went to jail.
In 2007, eagle-eyed fans at the TV news site RealityBlurred.com freeze-framed the payout terms of NBC's America's Got Talent and discovered the prize, repeated on television as a million-dollar award, actually came with plenty of strings attached. One of which was that the contestant could choose to receive the prize in the form of a financial annuity paid out over forty years, or they could choose to receive the present cash value of that annuity.
An annuity is designed to pay over time and isn't worth as much if you cash out early. Reality Blurred's accountant calculated that if a winner took the prize annually, it would pay about $25,000 for 40 years, but if he wanted his winnings in a lump sum, it would only yield $450,426, or about $375,000 after taxes. That's about one-third of the promised million bucks. In fact, it's close to what you'd get if you won a $500,000 prize as a one-time payment.
Uncle Sam wants you to win all types of prizes, not just cash
According to a representative at Wheel of Fortune, contestants are told the following: "Unless forfeited, all winnings are considered taxable income and will be reported to the IRS. You will receive a "1099" in whichever year you actually receive your cash. You will receive a "1099" for both your cash and prize(s) at the same time, regardless of when you take receipt of cash."
So if you get a vacation that's valued at $10,000, you have to pay tax as if you got a check for $10,000.
The issue is compounded by the fact that many prizes' value are named at best-case rates. Lots of times, the hotel packages named on the big shows can be purchased online or through a travel agent for much less than the price named on TV. Vehicles, too, are usually listed with their sticker price, and not for their actual market value. Winning a car and being required to pay $7,000 in taxes is still much better than buying one yourself for $27,000, but highest-case pricing increases the tax burden.
You also have state taxes to contend with. Most game shows are shot in California, which means California tax rules apply. For Wheel of Fortune, like its corporate cousin Jeopardy!, the rule is that California state taxes have to be deducted from a non-resident's winnings before the check gets mailed.
Although it would be considerate for shows to pay for the tax costs associated with the prizes -- the rare "after tax" payout -- it's not in their financial interests to do so. Because of the way the hotel package ends up as a prize -- it's sometimes given to the show in exchange for promotion -- the dollar value is inflated to give both the show and the donor the sheen of maximum value.
Viewers should also listen carefully for the terms of the gift. In 2005, when the Bransen Family won a leg on the dreadful "family edition" of The Amazing Race, host Phil Keoghan said they had won "free gas for life" at BP stations. He never said "unlimited," and that was important, because in fact the prize awarded only $1,200 a year for 50 years. Even though that adds up to some $240,000, in fact, it only gave "some" free gas for life. The words said on the broadcast were accurate, but the impression was different.
A few shows pay out their jackpot so rarely that they don't even keep the prize money in the bank. No show will go on record to admit it, but common knowledge in the industry holds that some shows with extravagant grand prizes contract with specialized insurance policies which pay out only in the rare event that their biggest prize is awarded to a contestant.
On shows where prizes are doled out as a matter of course, the prizes are usually funded either through promotion or through part of the show's standard operating budget. Regardless of how the prize got to you, though, it must be claimed on your tax forms.
You'll get dinged for giveaways, too
Remember when Oprah Winfrey gave away 276 Pontiac G-Six cars on the season premiere of her 2004-05 season? That hyperbolic stunt gave comedians a new Oprah punchline ("You get a car! And you get a car!"), but it gave her lucky beneficiaries, most of whom were picked to be audience members because Winfrey thought they "deserved" a car, a tax headache.
The Pontiac's sticker price of $28,500 had to be claimed as income. If the person who got the car was in a high tax bracket, they faced a bill of as high as $7,000. So Oprah's supposedly free car in fact cost audience members up to $7,000. (Hatch, too, was nailed by the IRS for failing to report the $27,000 Pontiac Aztec car he won as part of his "Survivor" haul, although in that case it was explicitly a prize.)
When the press caught on to the loophole, Oprah's Harpo Productions told audience members that if they didn't want to pay the tax, they could either sell it for whatever they could and pay the tax with the profits or just decline to accept the car.
A representative at the ABC daytime show The View confirms that audience members typically sign a paper acknowledging they will be responsible "for any federal, state or local income taxes due on the gift." The law also requires that if the goodies are worth more than $600, each audience member is issued a Form 1099 -- and to make sure they can't get out of paying, the gift is reported to Uncle Sam. If it's worth less than $600, they're on the honor system.
The Internal Revenue Code's Section 74 states that if you get something as a prize or an award, you have to consider it part of your gross income. You might be able to get out of it if you're part of a charity or if you can prove you didn't do anything to earn the award, but the IRS thinks that even asking for tickets to a broadcast is enough to qualify any giveaway as a prize, which in turns qualifies it as part of your gross income. To the IRS, it doesn't matter if Ellen DeGeneres hid a laptop under your seat or if you won it answering questions: You owe.
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in game show winnings
Posted on: Jan. 27 2010,03:50
Jackpot? How much contestants really take home in game show winnings
WalletPop.com
Jason Cochran
Imagine you've made it to the final Tribal Council on Survivor. It's time to determine the winner, and host Jeff Probst keeps pulling slips bearing your name. Finally, he announces that you are the champion. Congratulations, you just won... $580,000!
Wait a minute, Jeff. Hang on. Isn't that prize short a few hundred thousand? I ate rancid sheep guts. I passed out from exhaustion. I earned my million bucks.
Nope. As the first Survivor winner, Richard Hatch, discovered through convictions and prison time, even if you win a prize on television, Uncle Sam counts it as taxable income. How much you're taxed depends on your income and the state you live in (because if your state levies income taxes, it will want its bite, too). However, it's safe to say that you'll lose nearly half to the taxman. If you want to survive on Survivor winnings for 20 years, you'll have to budget less than $30,000 a year after taxes.For shows with $500,000 prizes, such as Big Brother, the tax bracket is lower so the scale slips, but you still only come away with about $375,000. (CBS reps for The Amazing Race and Big Brother did not respond to WalletPop's requests for prize information.)
Contestants can't claim ignorance. The tax information is in the fine print of the contract they sign when they first appear on the show. At one of Hatch's trials, Survivor's producer, Mark Burnett, got on the stand and confirmed that when contestants sign their contracts, they agree to pay taxes on their winnings. Subsequently, Hatch went to jail.
In 2007, eagle-eyed fans at the TV news site RealityBlurred.com freeze-framed the payout terms of NBC's America's Got Talent and discovered the prize, repeated on television as a million-dollar award, actually came with plenty of strings attached. One of which was that the contestant could choose to receive the prize in the form of a financial annuity paid out over forty years, or they could choose to receive the present cash value of that annuity.
An annuity is designed to pay over time and isn't worth as much if you cash out early. Reality Blurred's accountant calculated that if a winner took the prize annually, it would pay about $25,000 for 40 years, but if he wanted his winnings in a lump sum, it would only yield $450,426, or about $375,000 after taxes. That's about one-third of the promised million bucks. In fact, it's close to what you'd get if you won a $500,000 prize as a one-time payment.
Uncle Sam wants you to win all types of prizes, not just cash
According to a representative at Wheel of Fortune, contestants are told the following: "Unless forfeited, all winnings are considered taxable income and will be reported to the IRS. You will receive a "1099" in whichever year you actually receive your cash. You will receive a "1099" for both your cash and prize(s) at the same time, regardless of when you take receipt of cash."
So if you get a vacation that's valued at $10,000, you have to pay tax as if you got a check for $10,000.
The issue is compounded by the fact that many prizes' value are named at best-case rates. Lots of times, the hotel packages named on the big shows can be purchased online or through a travel agent for much less than the price named on TV. Vehicles, too, are usually listed with their sticker price, and not for their actual market value. Winning a car and being required to pay $7,000 in taxes is still much better than buying one yourself for $27,000, but highest-case pricing increases the tax burden.
You also have state taxes to contend with. Most game shows are shot in California, which means California tax rules apply. For Wheel of Fortune, like its corporate cousin Jeopardy!, the rule is that California state taxes have to be deducted from a non-resident's winnings before the check gets mailed.
Although it would be considerate for shows to pay for the tax costs associated with the prizes -- the rare "after tax" payout -- it's not in their financial interests to do so. Because of the way the hotel package ends up as a prize -- it's sometimes given to the show in exchange for promotion -- the dollar value is inflated to give both the show and the donor the sheen of maximum value.
Viewers should also listen carefully for the terms of the gift. In 2005, when the Bransen Family won a leg on the dreadful "family edition" of The Amazing Race, host Phil Keoghan said they had won "free gas for life" at BP stations. He never said "unlimited," and that was important, because in fact the prize awarded only $1,200 a year for 50 years. Even though that adds up to some $240,000, in fact, it only gave "some" free gas for life. The words said on the broadcast were accurate, but the impression was different.
A few shows pay out their jackpot so rarely that they don't even keep the prize money in the bank. No show will go on record to admit it, but common knowledge in the industry holds that some shows with extravagant grand prizes contract with specialized insurance policies which pay out only in the rare event that their biggest prize is awarded to a contestant.
On shows where prizes are doled out as a matter of course, the prizes are usually funded either through promotion or through part of the show's standard operating budget. Regardless of how the prize got to you, though, it must be claimed on your tax forms.
You'll get dinged for giveaways, too
Remember when Oprah Winfrey gave away 276 Pontiac G-Six cars on the season premiere of her 2004-05 season? That hyperbolic stunt gave comedians a new Oprah punchline ("You get a car! And you get a car!"), but it gave her lucky beneficiaries, most of whom were picked to be audience members because Winfrey thought they "deserved" a car, a tax headache.
The Pontiac's sticker price of $28,500 had to be claimed as income. If the person who got the car was in a high tax bracket, they faced a bill of as high as $7,000. So Oprah's supposedly free car in fact cost audience members up to $7,000. (Hatch, too, was nailed by the IRS for failing to report the $27,000 Pontiac Aztec car he won as part of his "Survivor" haul, although in that case it was explicitly a prize.)
When the press caught on to the loophole, Oprah's Harpo Productions told audience members that if they didn't want to pay the tax, they could either sell it for whatever they could and pay the tax with the profits or just decline to accept the car.
A representative at the ABC daytime show The View confirms that audience members typically sign a paper acknowledging they will be responsible "for any federal, state or local income taxes due on the gift." The law also requires that if the goodies are worth more than $600, each audience member is issued a Form 1099 -- and to make sure they can't get out of paying, the gift is reported to Uncle Sam. If it's worth less than $600, they're on the honor system.
The Internal Revenue Code's Section 74 states that if you get something as a prize or an award, you have to consider it part of your gross income. You might be able to get out of it if you're part of a charity or if you can prove you didn't do anything to earn the award, but the IRS thinks that even asking for tickets to a broadcast is enough to qualify any giveaway as a prize, which in turns qualifies it as part of your gross income. To the IRS, it doesn't matter if Ellen DeGeneres hid a laptop under your seat or if you won it answering questions: You owe.
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CBS/SEARS LAUNCH ONLINE CASTING CONTEST
CBS Press Express
Posted on: Jan. 23 2010,14:37
CBS AND SEARS TO LAUNCH FIRST-EVER ONLINE SURVIVOR™ "CASTING CALL" CONTEST
CBSPressExpress.com
01.20.2010
Web Site Will Offer Casting Video Uploading And Voting, All-Star Moments and Ponderosa Behind-The-Scenes Video Clips
LOS ANGELES and CHICAGO, Jan. 20 - CBS and Sears today announced the launch of a first-of-its kind SURVIVORTM "Casting Call" online contest*. One lucky fan will win a trip to Los Angeles to audition in front of the SURVIVORTM casting team for a potential spot on an upcoming season of the popular CBS reality series. After nearly 10 years, SURVIVORTM remains a top 20 show in viewers and top 15 show in the adult 18-49 category, continuing to dominate its time period in all key ratings measures.
From Monday, Jan. 18 through Sunday, Feb. 21, fans can visit the Sears-sponsored hub at http://www.cbs.com/castingsears and upload a 30 to 60-second video of themselves explaining why they think they could win SURVIVORTM. The top 10 entries will be selected by the SURVIVORTM casting team.
Then on Monday, Feb. 22, the top 10 selected videos will be opened to the general public for a vote. Fans can vote for their favorite submissions until Friday, March 5. The winner will be flown to Los Angeles to audition for a spot on the show.
"Sears is thrilled to work with CBS to support the casting call for SURVIVORTM," said Richard Gerstein, senior vice president, marketing for Sears Holdings. "This is a new and unique way to allow consumers to engage and interact with both the CBS SURVIVORTM brand and the Sears brand. We are constantly looking for ways to offer our customers enhanced experiences and are proud to be the first major retailer to offer the chance to become a reality show contestant through this online engagement."
"SURVIVORTM single-handedly defined a new television genre, and we're proud to see its success and popularity continue among millions of fans," says Jeff Clark, vice president of CBS.com. "Working with Sears gave us the opportunity to reach out and give back to the huge SURVIVORTM fan base in a unique and exciting way. Providing fans of the show a chance for a live casting opportunity will not only encourage users to engage with CBS.com's online SURVIVORTM content, but will also allow them the chance to possibly see one of their own on an upcoming season."
Fans who visit the Sears-sponsored SURVIVORTM Web site (www.cbs.com/sears) will also have access to exclusive SURVIVORTM content from the upcoming SURVIVORTM: HEROES VS. VILLAINS season. Additionally, the Web site will include an "All-Star Moments" video page, polls, embeddable widgets, and the popular "Life at Ponderosa" series featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the castaways right after they have been voted off the show.
Twenty former castaways will return to compete on SURVIVORTM: HEROES VS. VILLAINS, when the 20th installment of the Emmy® award-winning series premieres with a special two-hour episode, Thursday, Feb. 11 (8:00 to 10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. SURVIVORTM: HEROES VS. VILLAINS will reunite some of the most memorable, heroic and controversial castaways from previous SURVIVORTM seasons. SURVIVORTM: HEROES VS. VILLAINS is hosted by Emmy® award-winning host Jeff Probst and produced by SEG, Inc. Mark Burnett is executive producer and David Burris and Leisa Francis are co-executive producers.
The 20th installment of the groundbreaking series coincides with its 10-year anniversary. For more detailed information on previous seasons, please go to www.cbs.com/survivor.
*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and Washington, D.C., 18 (or age of majority) and older. Void where prohibited. Entry Period ends at 11:59:59 PM/PT on Feb. 21, 2010. Contest ends at 11:59:00 PM/PT on March 5, 2010. For Official Rules and more information about the contest, go to: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/casting_call/.
About CBS.com
CBS.com, the online home of America's most-watched network, is the #1 broadcast network site in streaming, minutes and viewers, leading the entertainment category every month in 2009. With interactive features, extended episodes, sneak peaks, forums, an HD video gallery, social viewing rooms and fantasy games, CBS.com allows fans to stay connected to their favorite shows before, during and after the broadcast.
To follow CBS.com on Twitter, please visit: www.twitter.com/cbstweet
About CBS Interactive
CBS Interactive, a division of CBS Corporation, is the best online content network for information and entertainment. With more than 200 million people visiting its properties each month, it is the eighth largest Web property globally. Its portfolio of leading brands, which include CNET, CBS.com, CBSSports.com, GameSpot, TV.com, BNET, CBS RADIO and Last.fm, span popular categories like technology, entertainment, sports, news and business.
To follow CBS Interactive on Twitter, please visit: www.twitter.com/cbsitweets
About Sears Holdings Corporation
Sears Holdings Corporation is the nation's fourth largest broadline retailer with approximately 3,900 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada. Sears Holdings is the leading home appliance retailer as well as a leader in tools, lawn and garden, home electronics and automotive repair and maintenance. Key proprietary brands include Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard, and a broad apparel offering, including such well-known labels as Lands' End, Jaclyn Smith and Joe Boxer, as well as the Apostrophe and Covington brands. It also has the Country Living collection, which is offered exclusively by Sears and Kmart. We are the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 12 million service calls made annually. Sears Holdings Corporation operates through its subsidiaries, including Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Corporation. For more information, visit Sears Holdings' Web site at http://www.searsholdings.com/.
* * *
CBS.com Press Contacts:
Leslie Van Every 415-344-2129 Leslie.Vanevery@cbs.com
Dave Pedersen 415-344-2197 Dave.Pedersen@cbs.com
Sears Press Contact:
Natalie Norris-Howser 847-286-6080
Natalie.Norris-Howser@searshc.com
CBS Survivor Press Contact:
Lori DelliColli 818-655-1589 ladellicolli@cbs.com
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CBS Press Express
Posted on: Jan. 23 2010,14:37
CBS AND SEARS TO LAUNCH FIRST-EVER ONLINE SURVIVOR™ "CASTING CALL" CONTEST
CBSPressExpress.com
01.20.2010
Web Site Will Offer Casting Video Uploading And Voting, All-Star Moments and Ponderosa Behind-The-Scenes Video Clips
LOS ANGELES and CHICAGO, Jan. 20 - CBS and Sears today announced the launch of a first-of-its kind SURVIVORTM "Casting Call" online contest*. One lucky fan will win a trip to Los Angeles to audition in front of the SURVIVORTM casting team for a potential spot on an upcoming season of the popular CBS reality series. After nearly 10 years, SURVIVORTM remains a top 20 show in viewers and top 15 show in the adult 18-49 category, continuing to dominate its time period in all key ratings measures.
From Monday, Jan. 18 through Sunday, Feb. 21, fans can visit the Sears-sponsored hub at http://www.cbs.com/castingsears and upload a 30 to 60-second video of themselves explaining why they think they could win SURVIVORTM. The top 10 entries will be selected by the SURVIVORTM casting team.
Then on Monday, Feb. 22, the top 10 selected videos will be opened to the general public for a vote. Fans can vote for their favorite submissions until Friday, March 5. The winner will be flown to Los Angeles to audition for a spot on the show.
"Sears is thrilled to work with CBS to support the casting call for SURVIVORTM," said Richard Gerstein, senior vice president, marketing for Sears Holdings. "This is a new and unique way to allow consumers to engage and interact with both the CBS SURVIVORTM brand and the Sears brand. We are constantly looking for ways to offer our customers enhanced experiences and are proud to be the first major retailer to offer the chance to become a reality show contestant through this online engagement."
"SURVIVORTM single-handedly defined a new television genre, and we're proud to see its success and popularity continue among millions of fans," says Jeff Clark, vice president of CBS.com. "Working with Sears gave us the opportunity to reach out and give back to the huge SURVIVORTM fan base in a unique and exciting way. Providing fans of the show a chance for a live casting opportunity will not only encourage users to engage with CBS.com's online SURVIVORTM content, but will also allow them the chance to possibly see one of their own on an upcoming season."
Fans who visit the Sears-sponsored SURVIVORTM Web site (www.cbs.com/sears) will also have access to exclusive SURVIVORTM content from the upcoming SURVIVORTM: HEROES VS. VILLAINS season. Additionally, the Web site will include an "All-Star Moments" video page, polls, embeddable widgets, and the popular "Life at Ponderosa" series featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the castaways right after they have been voted off the show.
Twenty former castaways will return to compete on SURVIVORTM: HEROES VS. VILLAINS, when the 20th installment of the Emmy® award-winning series premieres with a special two-hour episode, Thursday, Feb. 11 (8:00 to 10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. SURVIVORTM: HEROES VS. VILLAINS will reunite some of the most memorable, heroic and controversial castaways from previous SURVIVORTM seasons. SURVIVORTM: HEROES VS. VILLAINS is hosted by Emmy® award-winning host Jeff Probst and produced by SEG, Inc. Mark Burnett is executive producer and David Burris and Leisa Francis are co-executive producers.
The 20th installment of the groundbreaking series coincides with its 10-year anniversary. For more detailed information on previous seasons, please go to www.cbs.com/survivor.
*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and Washington, D.C., 18 (or age of majority) and older. Void where prohibited. Entry Period ends at 11:59:59 PM/PT on Feb. 21, 2010. Contest ends at 11:59:00 PM/PT on March 5, 2010. For Official Rules and more information about the contest, go to: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/casting_call/.
About CBS.com
CBS.com, the online home of America's most-watched network, is the #1 broadcast network site in streaming, minutes and viewers, leading the entertainment category every month in 2009. With interactive features, extended episodes, sneak peaks, forums, an HD video gallery, social viewing rooms and fantasy games, CBS.com allows fans to stay connected to their favorite shows before, during and after the broadcast.
To follow CBS.com on Twitter, please visit: www.twitter.com/cbstweet
About CBS Interactive
CBS Interactive, a division of CBS Corporation, is the best online content network for information and entertainment. With more than 200 million people visiting its properties each month, it is the eighth largest Web property globally. Its portfolio of leading brands, which include CNET, CBS.com, CBSSports.com, GameSpot, TV.com, BNET, CBS RADIO and Last.fm, span popular categories like technology, entertainment, sports, news and business.
To follow CBS Interactive on Twitter, please visit: www.twitter.com/cbsitweets
About Sears Holdings Corporation
Sears Holdings Corporation is the nation's fourth largest broadline retailer with approximately 3,900 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada. Sears Holdings is the leading home appliance retailer as well as a leader in tools, lawn and garden, home electronics and automotive repair and maintenance. Key proprietary brands include Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard, and a broad apparel offering, including such well-known labels as Lands' End, Jaclyn Smith and Joe Boxer, as well as the Apostrophe and Covington brands. It also has the Country Living collection, which is offered exclusively by Sears and Kmart. We are the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 12 million service calls made annually. Sears Holdings Corporation operates through its subsidiaries, including Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Corporation. For more information, visit Sears Holdings' Web site at http://www.searsholdings.com/.
* * *
CBS.com Press Contacts:
Leslie Van Every 415-344-2129 Leslie.Vanevery@cbs.com
Dave Pedersen 415-344-2197 Dave.Pedersen@cbs.com
Sears Press Contact:
Natalie Norris-Howser 847-286-6080
Natalie.Norris-Howser@searshc.com
CBS Survivor Press Contact:
Lori DelliColli 818-655-1589 ladellicolli@cbs.com
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Survivor 20: TV Guide Network Preview
January 31, 2010
Posted on: Jan. 22 2010,04:10
TV Guide Network
TVGN Sun, Jan 31 8:00 PM
TV Listings for Eastern - National Listings
Survivor Preview: Heroes Vs. Villains
A look at the 20th installment of "Survivor," in which memorable former contestants compete. Among those interviewed: Jeff Probst, Colby Donaldson, Rob Mariano, Cirie Fields and Rupert Boneham.
CBS / Monty Brinton
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January 31, 2010
Posted on: Jan. 22 2010,04:10
TV Guide Network
TVGN Sun, Jan 31 8:00 PM
TV Listings for Eastern - National Listings
Survivor Preview: Heroes Vs. Villains
A look at the 20th installment of "Survivor," in which memorable former contestants compete. Among those interviewed: Jeff Probst, Colby Donaldson, Rob Mariano, Cirie Fields and Rupert Boneham.
CBS / Monty Brinton
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Survivor on DVD
