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The Olympic Cauldron is lit during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

SOCHI SCENE: Lighting the torch

The Associated Press · February 7, 2014 7:12 pm

Government and retailers shed jobs in January

The Associated Press · February 7, 2014 6:08 pm

One of the Olympic rings fails to open during a portion of the show where snowflakes were supposed to transition to rings during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

SOCHI SCENE: That opening ceremony bump

The Associated Press · February 7, 2014 5:26 pm

Athletes from Greece are silhouetted as they arrive during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

SOCHI SCENE: Image of an opening

The Associated Press · February 7, 2014 5:10 pm

One of the Olympic rings fails to open during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip )

SOCHI SCENE: A ring goes missing

The Associated Press · February 7, 2014 4:38 pm

A Canadian fan with Olympic rings shaved into his hair makes his way to the opening ceremonies for the Sochi Winter Olympics Friday Feb. 7, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)

SOCHI SCENE: Russians get lucky

The Associated Press · February 7, 2014 4:24 pm

The Russian Interior Ministry choir perform prior to the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Leaders attending Sochi Olympics opening ceremony

The Associated Press · February 7, 2014 4:20 pm

Fisnik Abrashi at Associated Press' London office, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Abrashi, an AP correspondent and editor who covered wars and their aftermath on three continents, has been appointed all-formats news director for central and eastern Europe, responsible for leading video, photo and text coverage in a region stretching from the Balkans to Poland, it was announced Friday Feb. 7 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

AP names news director for east-central Europe

The Associated Press · February 7, 2014 2:17 pm

A stray dog wanders through Olympic Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

SOCHI SCENE: Stray dog danger

The Associated Press · February 7, 2014 1:58 pm

SOCHI SCENE: Unforgotten 1980

The Associated Press · February 7, 2014 9:16 am

Members of the Australian Olympic team arrive for a welcome ceremony at the Mountain Olympic Village prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

SOCHI SCENE: Boxing Kangaroo Returns

The Associated Press · February 7, 2014 7:41 am

A worker walks along the roof of the Bolshoy Ice Dome at dusk while last minute preparations are underway, a day before the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

SOCHI SCENE: Waving the flag

The Associated Press · February 7, 2014 6:06 am