Ukraine: President Viktor Yanukovych is reported to have had fled the capital a day after making a deal to end the country’s political violence. Where he went is unknown. Yanukovych left as the entryways to the capital were falling under the control of protesters, some of them carrying clubs and shields.  Although Kiev has been mostly quiet the past 24 hours, angry street protesters are still demanding that Yanukovych resign.

  What’s interesting is that after killing about 70 protesters Friday, the police retreated and the president appears to have been defeated by his own actions.

Ukraine’s parliament has begun moving quickly toward a change in government, moving to free former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko from prison and electing one of her close allies as speaker. The agreement reached yesterday calls for elections no later than December.

World: CNN in Venezuela had its press credentials revoked and is being threatened with ejection if it doesn’t “rectify” its coverage of political unrest. Venezuela has had political violence similar to Ukraine in opposition to the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro. Today the country is mourning a college-age beauty queen who was shot dead during a demonstration Tuesday in Valencia.

Late: President Obama will award the Medal of Honor to 24 men believed to have previously been denied the highest military recognition because they were black, Hispanic, or Jewish. Only three of the 24 are still alive. The recipients span from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Congress in 2002 ordered the Army to review all recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross since WWII to determine who among them actually deserved the Medal of Honor.

The Obit Page: Garrick Utley, the former world-traveling correspondent for NBC News, died of cancer Thursday night at home in New York. He was 74. A gangly 6-6, Utley was from the trench coat school of foreign correspondence. He spoke Russian, German, and French, reporting on war and diplomacy from 75 countries. He covered Vietnam, the Yom Kippur War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the 1990 Gulf War. NBC once made a commercial about Utley in which his reward for wearing out his suitcase on the road was a new suitcase.

Sochi: All the following results have already appeared on television.

-Eighteen year old Mikaela Shiffrin, described by some as a prodigy of skiing, won gold in the women’s downhill. It’s the first slalom win for American women in 42 years. With a commanding lead after her first run, Shiffrin nearly crashed during her second shot, but held it together. Shiffrin, who has lived in both Colorado and New England, is the product of a coaching philosophy that focuses on athletic performance rather than winning, the theory being that victory follows performance.

-Canada outshot the US in a low-scoring game to beat the US 1-0, eliminating the Americans from the gold medal round in men’s hockey. The US just couldn’t put the puck in the net, ay? Canada moves on to play Sweden on Sunday for gold and the US plays Finland for bronze.

Ditat Deus: A “right to discriminate” bill passed Arizona’s legislature Thursday and Gov. Jan Brewer plans to sign it. The law will allow defendants in discrimination lawsuits to use religious belief as a defense. So, for instance, a Christian landlord could deny an apartment to a gay man because it’s against his religious beliefs. But, come to think of it, you could also use the law to ban self-righteous Christians.

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