Rio
CHICAGO - Chicago's dream of an Olympics stimulus is over with the 2016 Summer Games going to Rio de Janeiro.
COPENHAGEN - Now that the 2016 Games have been awarded, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has set his sights on cheaters.
COPENHAGEN - The injustice has been corrected - and Rio de Janeiro has a new map to prove it.
RIO DE JANEIRO - As Rio awoke from a night of celebration after being awarded the 2016 Olympics, Brazil was already looking ahead to years of hard work in what will be a historic time in Latin America's biggest nation.
RIO DE JANEIRO - Confetti poured over 50,000 cheering Brazilians, swimsuit-clad revelers waved green, yellow and blue flags and bartenders worked overtime serving caipirinhas to celebrate one of Rio's proudest moments: The 2016 Olympics are coming to the Marvelous City.
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