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Good morning, World! Here’s what’s happening in Friday’s news…

THE OLYMPICS ARE HAPPENING! Despite serious concerns about security, homophobia and preparedness of Sochi Russia, and photographic evidence that its a total crap-shoot over there right now, and the trending hashtag #SochiProblems…the Opening Ceremony for the 2014 Olympic Games will take place tonight, aired at 8 pm PST.

Our local Olympian, Laurenne Ross, was the first woman to test the downhill ski course that was quickly revamped following athlete safety concerns. Way to go, Sochi. In other news…GO LAURENNE GO!

Locally…it’s snowing! And it looks like it will be for a while.

This article appears in Feb 6-12, 2014.

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What in the World? Today’s News

by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon
February 7, 2014

<h1>What in the World? Today’s News</h1> <p class="byline">by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />February 7, 2014</p> <p>Good morning, World! Here's what's happening in Friday's news...</p> <p><a href="http://www.sochi2014.com/en" target="_blank">THE OLYMPICS ARE HAPPENING</a>! Despite serious concerns about security, homophobia and preparedness of Sochi Russia, and photographic <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/proof-that-sochi-is-a-godforsaken-hellscape-right-now" target="_blank">evidence that its a total crap-shoot over there right now, </a> and the trending hashtag #SochiProblems...the Opening Ceremony for the 2014 Olympic Games will take place tonight, aired at 8 pm PST. </p> <p><a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/02/06/uk-olympics-alpineskiing-women-idUKBREA150FU20140206" target="_blank">Our local Olympian, Laurenne Ross</a>, was the first woman to test the downhill ski course that was quickly revamped following athlete safety concerns. Way to go, Sochi. In other news...GO LAURENNE GO! </p> <p>Locally...it's snowing! And it looks like it will be for a while. </p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media1.fdncms.com/bend/imager/what-in-the-world-todays-news/u/original/2313263/1391799837-screen_shot_2014-02-07_at_11.03.09_am.png" alt="Screen_Shot_2014-02-07_at_11.03.09_AM.png" title="" width="500" height="377" /></div></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/what-in-the-world-todays-news-2313262/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=26142&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/what-in-the-world-todays-news-2313262/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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