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...Johnson took reporters for wild rides at high speeds in his Lincoln convertible, driving with one hand on the wheel and the other around a beer. He described the sex life of his bulls in intricate, ribald detail. He also, by his own account, spent time in the oak grove where his ancestors were buried. He would gaze down at the Pedernales River and ponder those things a rancher and a President must ponder...
...them. For starters, his antics have made Lebed something of a hero in his hometown of Cedar Grove. "I'm proud of my son," quickly proclaimed his father Gregory Lebed, a railroad worker for Amtrak who drove up to his house last week in a forest-green Mercedes suv. Proud? Support you can understand. But mass fraud seems a strange accomplishment to crow about...
...accounts, Lebed is intelligent and likable, considered a tad geeky because of the black leather briefcase he totes to school. "He's not very active in school and stuff," notes Kristel Rice, a senior at Cedar Grove High School, where Lebed is a junior. While students knew of his interest in stock trading, he kept to himself, asking only a few to join him. "He kept quiet about it," says classmate Tom McCarthy. "He kept it personal...
While most eyes were on the harbor, the first gold medal was awarded elsewhere. It went to an American (no surprise) in women's 10-m air rifle (huge surprise). Nancy Johnson's dad was "a big hunter when I was growing up in Downers Grove, Ill., and he encouraged me when I joined a juniors program at a rifle club three blocks away." She was 15 then. She's 26 now--and a champion. At another outback venue, the velodrome, Australian cyclist Michelle Ferris took silver in the 500-m time trial...
...Bruce has had no desire to give up on life. He has always been buoyed by the presence of supportive friends and family. When he felt well enough, he'd go duck hunting and fishing but never far from home in Downers Grove, Ill. Though he rarely travels more than a few miles from there, Bruce has amassed a baseball-cap collection featuring the insignias of 35 states. "I'll have every state west of the Mississippi after I get Kansas, Nebraska and Oregon. And I have friends going to those places to get them...