View more news videos at: http://www.nbcchicago.com/video . Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is clearly on a roll...going backwards. Daley's latest tantrum was an attack on Fox Chicago television news reporter Tera Williams for asking a question at a press conference. That's what press conferences are for...to ask questions, but apparently only if Mayor Daley deems them worthy. Williams had interviewed...
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I was as proud as any non-Brazilian could have been last month when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the 2016 Summer Olympics to Rio - despite high-profile lobbying by President Obama and Oprah for Chicago. [S]ince I was rooting for Brazil, my shock turned immediately to vindication because I knew that Chicago’s loss meant that Rio’s win was inevitable. [Olympic 2016...,...
Less than a month after Rio de Janeiro's election as the host of the 2016 Olympic Games, a delegation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has paid the new host city a visit (30-31 October), as it continues to lay the groundwork for successful Games.
Less than a month after Rio de Janeiro was chosen to host the 2016 Olympics, International Olympic Committee (IOC) representatives are meeting with Brazilian authorities to draw up a plan of action to prepare the Games.
Where and when will be the best place and time to get fresh cheap crack and enjoy watching the sporting event of the year? Rio 2016 of course! While the decision who gets to host the Olympics is dirty politics (I'm sorry Barack!), the supply of "fresh, cheap, quality" drugs can be attributed to the miracle of competition! As the Economist article on Rio " The bottom line " says,...
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We're three weeks removed from the awarding of the 2016 Summer Olympics to Rio over Tokyo, Madrid, and, yes, Chicago . But in the weeks since the announcement, while we in Chicago have been focused on figuring out what went wrong , Rio has been dealing with another problem: a continued string of high-profile violence . Last weekend, a police helicopter was shot down in a gun battler between police...
The IOC recently selected Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Rio beat out an impressive field of candidates, including; Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo. Rio de Janeiro was one of the host cities in Brazil that was selected by FIFA to host the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament. Which means the two biggest [...]
That is, in a nutshell, what Bezeq International , an Israeli ISP, is offering to its customers. In a closed event for bloggers and tweeple held this week , the company CIO presented the new package - PrivateNGN - the first of its kind in Israel. The idea is very simple: Customers with a bandwidth of 10MB and above (consumers, not businesses) will enjoy a dedicated server to tunnel their requests,...
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was elected host of the 2016 Summer Olympics after a heated debate and high-profile presentations from the leaders of the four finalists. The Rio 2016 Games will be a celebration of athletes, who will perform in world-class venues located around Brazil's host city. The Rio Games will also celebrate and showcase sport.
Another 72-hole, stroke play golf event. Forgive me if I’m not giddy with excitement for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janiero, when golf will be on the menu for the first time in over a century. True, it’s no FedEx Cup format that requires M.I.T. math skills to track, but I don’t understand why the committee resorted to such a pedestrian format. Was is lack of creativity or...
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