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for the benefit of people who were working and unable to see the game during the daytime.
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• First lady guest on the new 'Tonight Show'; promotes exercise, diet and 'Obamacare'
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michelle Obama stopped by Jimmy Fallon's revamped "Tonight Show" to chat about family life in the White House and promote two of her causes, healthy eating and fighting fat.
• The first lady also put in a plug for her husband's health care law.
• Mrs. Obama appeared in a silly skit with Fallon and comedian Will Ferrell. Then, in a sit-down interview Thursday, told Fallon, who's wrapping up his first week as host of the long-running NBC show, that President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are getting ready to show America "how they move."
• With her signature charm and humor, Mrs. Obama also talked about the challenge of raising two young daughters, ages 12 and 15, in the rarified world of the White House.
• "They want nothing to do with us," she laughed.
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Depending on where you tune in, it's a different Winter Olympics experience

• In Sweden, commentators have fun with Norway's misfortunes. The Dutch can't get enough of their speedskaters. Japan is so crazy about figure skating they show warmups. Canada is hockey crazy, Russia struggles to stay positive even when things look down and the U.S. salutes its stars with the national anthem as it's time to go to bed.
• There's only one Winter Olympics. But in reality, for television viewers around the world, the Sochi games are a different experience depending on where you tune in.
• Some 464 channels are broadcasting more than 42,000 hours of Sochi competition worldwide, easily outdistancing previous Olympics, according to the International Olympic Commission. Digital platforms push that number past 100,000 hours. Worldwide viewership statistics aren't available, but the IOC says more than three-quarters of Russians have watched some coverage, two-thirds of South Koreans and 90 percent of Canadians.
• So let's look at Wednesday around the world. It demonstrates one thing above all: A single day's viewing from different outposts offers an intriguing window into na

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