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is also a member of this entity. On June 9, 2007, Conn became a winning owner when his horse, Greeley's Angel, won for the first time in Race 5 at
Arlington Park. R Plus partners had a second horse, Sted's Pirate, but lost ownership after a $ 30,000 claims race at Churchill Downs on July 7, 2007.
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On March 27, 2009, Conn announced on his WLS-AM radio show a new, parallel endeavor called "The Roe Report." The Roe Report was a nationally syndicated daily news/commentary segment initially airing in New York (WABC), Los
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and planning Phase 2 attacks. He pledged to contribute $ 6,500, the amount that Condit paid for his ads on Conn's show, to the Jewish United Fund and the World Trade Center
Memorial Foundation. Condit's spots were pulled from WLS that afternoon.
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