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Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:19 pm EST | By Maggie Hendricks | Scotty Lago, welcome to the age of cell-phone cameras and TMZ. | The snowboarding bronze medalist has voluntarily headed home early from Vancouver after embarrassing pictures of him at a party wearing both his medal and his Team USA gear appeared on the Internet. From the Associated Press: | Lago apologized to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association and U.S.
(source) Snowboarder Lago heads home early after party pics surface

Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:02 am EST | By Chris Chase | The most decorated athlete in Olympic history began a five-day trip to Vancouver by making a little news of his own. Michael Phelps told reporters that the 2012 London Olympics will be his last and that he won’t attempt to repeat his eight-gold-medal performance in two years. | “I told myself I will not swim over the age of 30, and I will not swim over the age of 30,” he said. | Phelps will be 27 at the London Olympics.
(source) Michael Phelps hits Vancouver, says London will be final Olympics

Much has been made of late about the hyper-partisan political environment in America. On Tuesday, Sen. Evan Bayh explained his surprising recent decision to leave the senate by lamenting a “dysfunctional” political system riddled with “brain-dead partisanship.” It seems you’d be hard-pressed to get Republicans and Democrats inside and outside of Washington to agree on anything these days, that if one party publicly stated its intention to add a “puppies are adorable” declaration to its platform, that the
(source) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1137

Could Jay Leno’s takeover of the NBC mainstay “The Tonight Show” be in trouble before it even resumes? After rumors swirled yesterday, NBC has confirmed that band leader Kevin Eubanks will be leaving the show sometime after its March 1 premiere. Eubanks told the network he “wants to try other things” like tour and record.
(source) http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/is-the-new-tonight-show-already-in-trouble–9…

Authorities continue to hunt for the store clerk, Pankaj Joshi, in Nepal. | Topics:Texas Cities, Grand Prairie, Texas | Tags:Grand Prairie, United States Department of State, medical bills, University of Texas at Arlington | ‘); } –> Star-Telegram.comReader servicesContact usAdvertise with us Get the paperPress PassPay your billPhoto store Temporary start/stopNewspapers in EducationS-T on KindleSite MapMoreOur network of sitesAccents ShoppingColleyville CourierDFW.comdfwVarsityDFW CrimeDiario La …
(source) http://www.star-telegram.com/local/story/1973913.html

Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:00 am EST | By Maggie Hendricks | There is no denying that American ice dancer Tanith Belbin is a beautiful woman. As she glides across the ice with partner Ben Agosto, it’s hard to take your eyes off of her. But the Belbin you’ll see take the ice Friday night is very different than the one who won silver at Turin in 2006. | This Belbin is 10 pounds heavier, and she couldn’t be happier about that.
(source) http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/pos…