A Jamaican sled-dog racer who has never seen snow is ready to take part in Europe's biggest huskry racing event. The 42-year-old and his four-dog team will compete against 220 other teams and more than 1,000 dogs this weekend. He eventually hopes to compete in the world championships and the Winter Olympics in 2010. Devon Anderson and his four-dog team, dubbed "welfare dogs," will compete against 220 other teams and more than 1,000 dogs beginning Saturday at Aviemore, Scotland. His efforts are reminiscent of the success of the Jamaican bobsled team, which took part in the 1988 Games in Calgary and provided the inspiration for the 1993 film "Cool Runnings. "

Oprah Winfrey has worked her magic as she made amends with David Letterman on Thursday. Her appearance on his show was her first in 16 years, which came after years of on-air pleading by Letterman. The result: the highest ratings for CBS's 'Late Show' in more than 11 years, or an average of 13. 5 million viewers and a 4. 4 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. Winfrey's appearance marked the fourth-highest rated 'Late Show' broadcast since the show premiered on CBS in 1993 and the most-watched episode since the February 1994 night when Letterman followed CBS' coverage of the winter Olympics ice skating finals featuring Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan.

Oprah Winfrey has worked her magic as she made amends with David Letterman on Thursday. Her appearance on his show was her first in 16 years, which came after years of on-air pleading by Letterman. The result: the highest ratings for CBS's 'Late Show' in more than 11 years, or an average of 13. 5 million viewers and a 4. 4 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. Winfrey's appearance marked the fourth-highest rated 'Late Show' broadcast since the show premiered on CBS in 1993 and the most-watched episode since the February 1994 night when Letterman followed CBS' coverage of the winter Olympics ice skating finals featuring Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan.

Winding down his Asian trip, President Bush took a bike ride Sunday with six Chinese athletes. The bikers, three women and three men, are all vying for a chance to qualify for the 2008 Olympics. The cyclists, along with Bush, took advantage of sunny conditions for Sunday's mountain bike ride around the Laoshan Olympic Mountain Bike Course.

In a blast from the past- when the government actually advised its citizens on everything from blowing their noses to how to ride a bus, the National Archives will put 60 public information films online dating back to 1945. A narrator says in a 1958 reel advising pedestrians how to cross the road safely, "You must look where you're going. It's no good thinking you can have a sleep or eat your breakfast out there because you'll soon find yourself in trouble. "