USA TODAY Archive: Oprah's $7M car giveaway stuns TV audience

This story originally published on July 14, 2004. It is being republished as part of the commemoration of USA TODAY's 40th anniversary on Sept. 15, 2022.

CHICAGO — Oprah Winfrey could just sit back. Relax. Count her millions. Jet between her many fabulous homes. Go yachting whenever she feels like it.