why the olympics metal ranking is by total metals on Yahoo US, while it;s by gold medal count on all international Yahoo sites?

further more, why this is the 1st time total metal count is used in US media for the ranking? check any previous like 2004 game coverage in US (and all over the world), total gold medal count had been used.
what does this tell us?

I’ve seen a few sites and question there baseball knowledge. And then there’s the basics, Yahoo Sports, ESPN, CBSSportsline, etc. But is there a site out there that focuses strictly on fantasy baseball and nothing else? Maybe one that provides updated rankings throught the season with insights as to how each player is affected by what’s happening around him at any given time? I’m looking for an edge this year as I have always gotten my @$$ handed to me in fantasy baseball and I’m tired of it! Thanks in advance!

I have been accepted to 6 law schools, the highest ranked 22 the lowest 87. My home state school has offered a full scholarship plus 3,000 dollars a year. This means I could graduate with an insignificant amount of debt compared to some of the other schools. For example, when you are looking for a job how much of a difference does it make if you graduate from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln (rated 70) verse William and Mary University (rated 27th)? Or Iowa law (22) verse Boston College (27)? Or if you could go to two schools for free, say Iowa (22) verse Nebraska (70) does it really matter?