The 32-year-old Mark McMorris, making his fourth appearance at the Olympics, was getting ready for Thursday night's qualifying, set for about 24 hours before the opening ceremony.
"Recent reporting has created a distraction and has placed a focus on me that is not in the best interests of the firm," Brad Karp said in a statement.
Passengers who would benefit from the proposed $135 billion dollar high speed rail project said they don’t want it and that it’s already caused too much damage.
Rescuers learned that the poor swan's feet were frozen into the ice — and spent half an hour chipping away at the frozen lake to finally free the bird.