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Though they are barely underway, the 2014 Winter Olympics are already being described as a disaster.

Street dogs have been an interesting and sad storyline of the early Sochi Olympics. Earlier this week we learned that there were so many wandering canines in and around the Olympic venues that Russian authorities had hired an independent company to literally shoot any and all dogs they see to make sure they don't harm any athletes...

Though Sochi may not be ready, the Winter Olympics are set to get underway on Thursday. On Friday, the torch will be lit, and dozens of events will take center stage - ensorcelling the world until the flames are extinguished and they fade back into obscurity. Of those events, which are the best?  Which will you be the most excited to watch?  Here's my top-5:

The event meant to unite the world in the spirit of peaceful sporting competition will be hosted, in less than two months, by a country that refuses to unite its own citizens in the spirit of equality.

World’s fastest man Usain Bolt couldn’t eat Chicken McNuggets fast enough during the 2012 Summer Olympics.

For all the strides gay athletes have made – see Jason Collins – not everyone is ready to embrace them.

As a takeoff to his brilliant call of the 1980 USA Olympic Hockey game vs the old U.S.S.R., Al Michaels might believe in miracles but he didn't believe calling a cab after allegedly drinking too much and getting behind the wheel of his car...

Oscar Pistorius claimed that he thought his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, was an intruder which prompted him to shoot her to death in his home early this morning. However, the police does not believe him, and recent trips to his home for domestic incidents may be why...

In a stunning overnight development, the man known as the Blade Runner, Oscar Pistorius, has been arrested and charged with murder in his native South Africa. Pistorius is accused of shooting his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp who has been named by men's magazine FHM as one of the world's top 100 sexiest women...

South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius who, last month was allowed to compete in the London Olympic games despite his "advantage based on technology," is whining about being "out-teched" by a fellow competitor at the recent Paralympics...

Oklahoma City Thunder guards Russell Westbrook and James Harden star in a new Foot Locker commercial.  You should get a subtle laugh out of it.

Jesse Eisenberg is an incredibly average actor who has gained notoriety from his roles in films such as 30 Minutes or Less, Zombieland and, most notably, The Social Network, in which he played Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. However, American broadcasters who saw him attending today's basketball game between the United States and Spain thought he was the real Mark Zuckerberg...