We are more excited than ever to offer you this installment of Morning Links. Oh, no, we won’t spoil the surprise by telling you why. You need to click on these stories to find out.
- Stories of Olympic Gold don’t get much more poignant than Joss Christensen, a 22-year-old freestyle skier. After his father died last August, Christensen lost his footing, but managed to make the Olympic team. He was the last person chosen for the U.S. slope-style team.
- A deal linking to the two largest cable operators was announced today. Comcast Corp. says it’s buying Time Warner Inc. for $45.2 billion.
- In the department of just plain bizarre news, doctors in Brazil have found a 44-year-old fetus inside the body of a 94-year-old woman.
- Comedian Sid Caesar has passed away at the ripe old age of 91. Never heard of him? Well, click here.
- You don’t read my version of Morning Links without a little Hollywood gossip. This is the saddest news since, well, the last time I referenced anything in TMZ.com. Olympian-come-reality-TV-personality Bruce Jenner has announced he is leaving Hollywood.
