The ''Omaha Sun'' was a weekly

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that published from December 27, 1951 to August 31, 1983. It was formerly owned by

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, a company headed by investor

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. The staff of The Sun Newspapers of

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was awarded a

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in 1973 for uncovering the large financial resources of Boys Town, a

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youth care center and charity, leading to reforms in the organization's solicitation and use of funds contributed by the public. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought the newspapers in 1968. The company sold them in 1980 to

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publisher Bruce Sagan. The ''Sun'' newspapers stopped publishing in 1983.

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