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Rio de Janeiro wins the 2016 Olympic bid

COPENHAGEN — The Olympics were awarded to a South American city for the first time, when the International Olympic Committee voted Rio de Janeiro as the host of the 2016 Games on Friday. added by: Nettle 9 responses

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Shocker! Chicago, Tokyo eliminated in 2016 voting – Olympic Sports…viva Brazil

COPENHAGEN – In a stunning development, Chicago was the first city eliminated on Friday in IOC voting to be host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid made final pitches to the International Olympic Committee to be selected later Friday as host of the 2016 Olympics, with President Barack Obama and Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pitting their star power against each other in emotional pushes for their cities

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Obama stumps for Chicago’s bid

COPENHAGEN — Barely a year after his election, he was campaigning not for himself but for his adopted hometown. Yet as President Obama pitched Chicago’s bid to host the Summer Games of 2016 on Friday, he put his own credibility on the line as well

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Retailers get good tidings (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

The findings, released by the International Council of Shopping Centers and the National Retail Federation, show continued weakness in the retail industry, which for months has suffered as shoppers have avoided malls and slashed spending.

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Retailers get good tidings (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

International Talk Like A Pirate Day

CULTURE BUZZ : Avast! There be pirate talk ahead.

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Happy Birthday, Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke has wrestled with fame and now he’s on top of his game! Bet you haven’t heard the joke before about the famous playboy actor and a young hot model, have ya?

Coolio Passes Out During Fantastic Voyage

If you snooze you lose — except in Coolio’s case, when passing out in front of the slot machines in Las Vegas simply means you break even.Coolio was caught open-mouthed and counting sheep at McCarran International Airport last week — where yes, … Permalink

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Coolio Passes Out During Fantastic Voyage

Weather worsens Mexico City’s water shortage

I wish people cared as much for this as they do about legalizing drugs there. Excerpt: This megacity — which was built on the bed of a lake — may be close to running out of water. One of the principal reservoirs that feeds Mexico City, the Cutzamala dam system, is nearly half-empty and continuing to drop

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Weather worsens Mexico City’s water shortage

Mickey Rourke Is The International Man

Well, well, well look what we have here…

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Audrina Patridge Apologizes To Heidi Montag

File this under LAME! We were really digging the new outspoken Audrina Patridge who recently dissed Heidi Montag’s attempt at being a singer, calling it disappointing .