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Newsdepth - 2006 Olympics & Rescue Dogs

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Countries from around the world compete for gold, silver and bronze as the 2006 Winter Olympic Games began in Torino, Italy last week. Daniel Sieberg gives us a look at what he calls "the big picture" of the games.

American speedskater Joey Cheek cruised to victory in the 500-meter long track sprint, and surprised everyone afterward when he announced he was donating his $25,000 Olympic bonus to help children in the war-torn region of Darfur in Sudan .

Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports that the secret to winning in the Olympics might be the amount of sleep you're getting. Speed skater Apolo Ohno and snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler confirm that they need a good night's sleep to rest up from conditioning and competing.

The U.S. women's snowboarding team took gold and silver medals in the women's halfpipe. Toledo native Gretchen Bleiler took the silver.

Archaeologists have made the discovery of a lifetime in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt . They have found an undisturbed tomb near the tomb of King Tut.

Deborah Hoffmann shows us the training and testing that dogs go through to become search and rescue dogs in our western ski areas and parks.

February 17, 2006