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BEIJING (Reuters) - Olympic floor champion Kyle Shewfelt, who brokeboth legs last year, will not be able to defend his title afterfailing on Saturday to qualify for the event's final.
The Canadian, who had spent several months recovering after landingbadly during a practice session last August, finished 11th and isthe third reserve in case others pull out. "I can only smile and beproud of my effort. It's not the final moment, but the experiencethat matters," he told reporters.
"I thought the scores were a little low, I think the judges need toreward someone who pays attention to the smallest of things."
Double Olympic vault champion Gervasio Deferr is another gymnastwho will not retain his crown after he opted not to enter theevent. It was not immediately clear why the Spaniard had made thatdecision.
The other only Olympic apparatus champion in the field got throughsafely, Italy's Igor Cassina swinging high and catching deftly toqualify in second place on the horizontal bar behind world championFabian Hambuechen of Germany.
Triple pommel horse world champion Xiao Qin gave himself a goodchance of adding Olympic gold to his collection after topping thestandings, while fellow Chinese Chen Yibing led the field on therings on which he has won the last two world golds.
Diego Hypolito of Brazil (floor), Poland's Leczek Blanik (vault),Slovenian Mitja Petkovsek (parallel bars) were the other worldchampions to make the cut on their specialties.
South Korean joint world champion on the parallel bars, Kim Dae-eunfinished in the top eight but misses out because two of hiscountrymen finished above him. Countries are only allowed to havetwo athletes in a final.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says "absolutely there's alot of truth" to
President George W. Bush
's comment that Wall Street "got drunk and now it's got ahangover," in understanding the current economic climate. Paulsonalso is taking a wait-and-see approach on a possible second roundof economic aid, an idea that congressional Democrats are pushingto a vote. Paulson, in a television interview broadcast yesterday,asserted that the country's economic fundamentals are sound. Butasked about Bush's remark, the former
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chairman and chief executive acknowledged Wall Street has played arole in the current downtown, particularly in its borrowing andlending practices. "Absolutely there's a lot of truth to what thepresident said. And in terms of Wall Street, there was too muchleverage in the system and more leverage than was appropriate andmore than people recognized," Paulson said.
Responding to growing consumer anxiety,
California
lawmakers are considering enacting what could be the firststatewide restrictions on a chemical found in plastic baby bottlesand infant formula cans. The bill would require that all productsor food containers designed for children 3 and younger contain onlytrace amounts of the chemical, bisphenol A. There is little disputethat bisphenol A can disrupt the hormonal system, but scientistsdiffer on whether the very low amounts found in food and beveragecontainers can be harmful. The National Toxicology Program, apartnership of federal health agencies, said there is "someconcern" that the chemical can cause changes in behavior and thebrain. However, the Food and Drug Administration said there was noreason for consumers to stop using products that contain thechemical.A federal judge ordered three college students to cancel apresentation yesterday at a computer hackers' conference where theyplanned to show security flaws in the automated fare system used byBoston's subway. The temporary restraining order prevented the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
students from demonstrating at the Defcon conference in Las Vegashow to use the vulnerabilities to get free rides. The
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Bay Transportation Authority said in a complaint filed Friday thatthe students offered to show others how to use the hacks beforegiving the transit system a chance to fix the flaws.

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