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A California woman who gave birth to octuplets last week is at the centre of a major bidding war for her story amid claims she needs the money to care for her family of 14. Some of the biggest names in US TV including Oprah Winfrey, CBS's Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer of ABC are said to be keen to secure the first interview with Nadya Suleman, who reportedly hopes to earn as much as US$2 million ($3.97420 million) from selling her story. The six boys and two girls are only the second case of surviving octuplets in the US.