Bill Clinton leaves hospital

Former President Bill Clinton left the hospital this morning, according to Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe. Clinton was hospitalized in Manhattan yesterday after experiencing chest pains.  Both Hillary Rodham Clinton and his daughter Chelsea were at the hospital with him yesterday.  Clinton underwent a surgery that opened up his clogged artery with two stents.

Hillary Clinton had planned on traveling to the Persian Gulf today, and she is not expected to cancel her trip, just delay it, her aides said.  Clinton is expected to leave on Saturday.  

Syracuse to get free newspaper

A newspaper focusing on the Southside neighborhood of Syracuse is set to debut tomorrow.  The Stand is a collaboration between the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Southside Community Coalition.  The Stand plans to be a monthly publication and hire high school students to distribute the paper, starting tomorrow with 5,000 copies.  

Newhouse Professor Steve Davis said he got the idea for the paper a few years ago after assigning his class to create a paper about Southside.  The Stand already has a website at mysouthsidestand.com.  The site has been up for months prior to the newspaper's launch.  The first edition was written by mostly Newhouse staff and students, but Davis said he hopes in the future members of the community will help produce content.  

The Stand plans to hold a launch party tomorrow from 2 to 5 pm at the South Side Innovation Center, according to Davis.  Papers will be passed out at the event.  

Green Games

Vancouver is going green for the 2010 winter Olympics.  The Vancouver Organizing Committee, or VANOC, has started numerous initiatives aimed at making these games the most sustainable ones yet.  

VANOC said it plans to use metal from electronics headed to landfills  for the medals this year in an effort named "Metals to Medals."  The committee said it will recycle all leftover fuel from the over 12,000 Olympic torches as well as the torches themselves.  All found items left over from the games will be picked up and delivered to needy families around the city, according to VANOC.  The committee also said it plans to offset carbon emissions linked to the games.