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Khabibulin arrested in ArizonaAs if things couldn't get any worse for the Oilers...

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=310498

Kevin Smith kicked off plane for being too fatFrom his twitter, he ranted about it in like 10 consecutive posts:

''Look folks: some people seem to think that because I work in the pictures, I should piss away money on private jets or first class flights. Rest assured: I take LOTS of first class flights. But while I've got some comfortable money, it'd disappear quick if I didn't respect a $. So for quick, 1hr flights to Vegas or SF from LA, I never minded @SouthwestAir. Never had a problem with them before, either. But contrary to their claim that I regularly purchase two seats, I wasn't a regular 2-seat buyer until just this week. They SEIZED on that. In their "apology" blog, they implied (or flat-out wrote) that I regularly purchase 2 seats. Writing that buttresses their lie: 2 Fat 2 Fly. But, by their own guidelines, I was not, in fact, 2 Fat 2 Fly: the arm rests went down & I could buckle my seat belt w/o an extender. So...? Hey @SouthwestAir: you bring that same row of seats to the DailyShow, and I'll sit in 'em for all to see on TV. If I don't fit, I'll donate $10k to charity of your choice. But when I do (& buckle the belt as well)? 1) You admit you lied. 2) Change your policy, or at least re-train your staff to be a lot more human & a lot less corporate when they pull a poor girl off the plane & shame her. ''

Then earlier today:

''Had three seats/whole row for me & Jen. She skipped SF, so I went solo checked in and was given the 2 tix there & return 2 (for that p.m.). Going out, even with 2 tix, I only sat in one seat, sleeping against window, w/empty seat between me and follow passenger. Coming back would have been the same, at 7pm. But I got to the airport early enough to try to bump-up my flight to 5:20 - a practice @SouthwestAir does often.I was told 5:20 flight was packed, but I could go Standby. They sent me to gate. Told lady whole story, and she said there wouldn't be two seats on that earlier flight. I said I only needed one seat & that I didn't buy an extra seat because I'm fat (which I am), but because I'm anti-social and didn't want to sit next to someone & possibly have to make convo (in person, I'm very shy). She said she understood. I was issued the solo ticket. I get on the plane: open seat in the front row. Put my bag away, the sit between two ladies. As I'm about to buckle my extender-less seatbelt, the woman who issued the ticket to me appeared in the doorway of the plane, came over to me and said the Captain said I wasn't going to be allowed to sit there because I was a safety risk. I asked for clarification and was given none (also asked "Please don't do this" but that, too, fell on deaf ears. Ladies on either side said I wasn't a problem. SWA-lady said arm-rests the decider. Arm-rests come down, and voila! I'm legit! I've passed the stinkin' arm-rest-test. And still, the lady asks me to get up and come with her off the plane. I get up without a fuss at all, quietly grab my bag, make eye contact with a fellow Fatty who was praying he'd pass, and leave. You think I wanna fuck around on an airplane? I was right: I fit in that seat. But I can't risk not complying: I'm more afraid of AirFeds.

There are a lot more angry posts here: http://twitter.com/ThatKevinSmith #OffTopic

30 Olympic Athletes ALREADY caught for drug useWe all knew this was going to happen, but 30 athletes before the games even start? Wow...

The World Anti-Doping Agency president, John Fahey, says Olympic drug cheats are now more likely to be caught than ever before. Photograph: Marcio Sanchez/AP

The World Anti-Doping Agency has confirmed that more than 30 athletes have been prevented from competing at the Vancouver Olympics for breaking anti-doping rules.

Wada's president, John Fahey, has refused to give details of the athletes involved. He told a news conference yesterday that the sports or national federations were handling the cases that have emerged in recent months.

He says athletes trying to cheat in Vancouver are more likely to be caught "than in any other Games in our history".

Fahey says more than 70 athletes were prevented from competing at the Beijing Olympics for violating anti-doping rules in a similar period leading into the 2008 summer Games.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/feb/12/winterolympics2010-drugs-in-...

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