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<p>LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democratic leaders have settled on a plan to give presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton 69 delegates and Barack Obama 59 as a way to get the delegates seated at the national convention.</p> <p>Clinton won the Jan. 15 Michigan primary and was to get 73 delegates under state party rules. Obama was to get 55 delegates.</p>

**DRUDGE EXCLUSIVE 8:59 EM ET**: Senator Clinton has made another multi-million dollar loan to her campaign. She gave $6.4M in the past month and will be giving more... Developing...

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Little Rock - "Quit Digging Your Grave With A Knife and Fork" In the words Governor Huckabee, that's the key to becoming healthy and the name of his new book. The book is not a guide on how to lose weight, it's advice on how to get healthy and for the Governor, it's the beginning of a new adventure. Friends of the Governor gathered at the mansion to celebrate the upcoming release of his new book. (Governor Mike Huckabee) "I think it does have an appeal. People say what? Quit digging your grave with a knife and fork? But really...

The United States Olympic Committee has a message for its athletes: Go ahead and wave the flag.Reports out of the USOC media summit last week in New York said United States athletes would be told not to wave the flag at this summer's Athens Games because of anti-American sentiment in the region.The USOC has instructed US athletes on security details and proper behavior, but chief executive Jim Scherr said they were never told not to wave the flag. 'The United States Olympic Committee wants to make it absolutely clear that we have not--and will not--instruct our athletes to refrain from...

The U.S. Olympic Team is being warned not to wave the American flag, and to restrain patriotism during this summer's Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. According to a recent article in the London Daily Telegraph, "American athletes have been warned not to wave the U.S. flag during their medal celebrations...for fear of provoking crowd hostility and harming the country's already-battered public image." Of course, the teams and crowds of other nations will be allowed to flaunt their flags and boo our countrymen. But, for us Americans, the politically-correct officials of the U.S. Olympic Committee want to tell us all how...

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A federal judge Friday dismissed all charges against two former Utah Olympic executives on trial for bribery to bring the 2002 Winter Games to Utah.   "It offends my sense of justice. Enough is enough," U.S. District Court Judge David Sam said as he scolded the prosecution and asked how much taxpayer money was spent on the case. Tom Welch and Dave Johnson had been charged by the U.S. Justice Department (news - web sites) with masterminding a $1 million cash-for-votes scheme to entice international Olympic dignitaries to chose Salt Lake City over other...

U.S. Olympic officials confirmed for the first time today that American sprinter Jerome Young tested positive for steroids a year before winning a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Games. The confirmation opens the way for international officials to reopen the case and possibly strip the U.S. 1,600-meter relay team of the gold. The case was examined by the IOC executive board during a review by the U.S. Olympic Committee of its drug-testing program from 1985 to 2000. USOC acting president Bill Martin said Young was one of 24 Americans who won Olympic medals after positive drug tests. IOC President...

LINCOLN, Neb. - For 29 years, furry white athletes competed in the Rat Olympics: the long jump, rope climb, tightrope walk, five-yard hurdles and weightlifting. Now, the U.S. Olympic Committee says the name for Nebraska Wesleyan University's annual behavioral learning rat competition must be changed because it infringes on its name, which is protected by federal law. The few authorized exceptions include the Special Olympics. So the United Methodist-affiliated school is holding a competition to change the name of the rat runoff. "While we're disappointed about changing the name, we hope others will enjoy the opportunity to participate in this...

Chief of U.S. Olympic Committee Quits Amid a Furor Over Ethics By RICHARD SANDOMIR [L] loyd Ward resigned yesterday as the chief executive officer of the United States Olympic Committee, two Olympic officials said. The resignation ended a two-month siege in which he resisted stepping down, despite having been punished for violating the organization's ethics code and criticized for his management record. One of the officials said that Ward cleaned out his office Friday night. Mr. Ward's resignation came less than a day after two United States senators, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Republican of Colorado, and Ted Stevens, Republican of Alaska,...