RIO DE JANEIRO -- A Supreme Court ruling that could reunite a New Jersey father with his young son after a five-year custody battle was delayed fo...
NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.20.2009 | Home
RIO DE JANEIRO -- A New Jersey man who has fought for five years to regain custody of his young son in Brazil would allow the boy's Brazilian fami...
NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.18.2009 | Home
RIO DE JANEIRO -- A New Jersey man made an emotional plea today for Brazilian authorities to let him take his son home in a custody fight that is ...
NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.18.2009 | Home
RIO DE JANEIRO -- A Monmouth County man fighting for custody of his 9-year-old son has asked Brazil's attorney general to join his battle before t...
NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.17.2009 | Home
Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerDavid Goldman, who is fighting to get his son, Sean, back from Brazil, stands in front of the Capital Building in ...
Hearst Communications | Hearst Communications | Posted 12.07.2009 | Home
The aviation industry's safety record has never been better, but when Air France flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris vanished without a trace, it ...
AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
RIO DE JANEIRO — Heavy rain, lightning and strong winds caused blackouts that left nearly a third of Brazilians – 60 million people &ndash...
GroundReport.com | GroundReport.com | Posted 10.17.2009 | Home
At least five people were killed and eight injured in Rio de Janeiro today in intense clashes between drug traffickers and police, Globo (Portuguese) ...
AP | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home
NEW ORLEANS — The ousted CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee said changing leadership and strained relations with international Olympic officials were "far secondary" factors in Chicago's failed bid host the 2016 Summer Games.
"The headline should be: Rio won the bid. Chicago did not lose the bid and Chicago did not lose by bidding," said Jim Scherr, whose forced resignation in March upset leaders of the various American Olympic teams.
Speaking at the Travel and Management Events in Sports convention in New Orleans on Wednesday, Scherr said Rio de Janeiro had advantages that Chicago couldn't overcome.
For one, he said, many members of the International Olympic Committee believed it was time to grant the games to a city in South America, a continent that has never hosted an Olympics.
"The IOC and the IOC president Jacques Rogge wanted to plant the flag of the Olympic movement and the Olympic Games in South America," Scherr said. "Jacques Rogge wanted that, I believe, as part of his legacy as president of the IOC, to go to another continent with the Olympic Games."
GroundReport.com | GroundReport.com | Posted 10.10.2009 | Home
Brazilians have spent the last week celebrating: Rio de Janeiro won the right to host the 2016 Olympic Games, which for the first time will take plac...
Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 10.06.2009 | World
Countries like Brazil are now in a position to compete successfully in the athletic events that comprise the Games, and also to provide the venue for the competition.
Brian Dickie | Posted 12.03.2009 | Chicago
Oh dear -- we were booted out in the first round from the great Olympic election. And on my way to the Lyric's dress rehearsal Friday morning I saw a...
Sandip Roy | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago
The world didn't reject Obama. It's gotten the symbolism of his election. Now it's time to go beyond the symbols. Five hours of Obama isn't enough change.
Michael D. Brown | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics
Brazil was among the last to enter into the current world recession, but is among the first to begin to emerge from the recession. And therein is why Chicago did not get the Olympics.
GroundReport.com | GroundReport.com | Posted 12.02.2009 | Home
It’s official, Rio De Janeiro beat out rivals Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago. The objectivity of the selection, kudos to the International Olym...
The Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 12.02.2009 | World
Today in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, celebrations were held, as the city granted the right to host the 2016 Olympics - the first city in South America to host the games.
Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago
Rio should be a tremendous source of pride for the millions of U.S.-born Hispanics whose familial roots stretch not only south of the border, but south of the hemisphere.
Joe Scarborough | Posted 12.02.2009 | Media
Count me as one conservative who is disappointed that President Obama's hometown will not be hosting the 2016 Olympic Games.
The Onion | The Onion | Posted 12.02.2009 | Home
WILKES-BARRE, PA-Joan Pavlik, a 49-year-old Wilkes-Barre dental hygienist, is "completely in love with Brazil," despite the fact that she has only see...
MSNBC | MSNBC | Posted 12.02.2009 | Home
Rio de Janeiro wins the 2016 bid for the Olympics, with the Power Lunch team and CNBC's Darren Rovell. (CNBC) ...
MSNBC | MSNBC | Posted 12.02.2009 | Home
How getting the Olympics bid would help Rio de Janeiro, with Richard Kang, Emerging Global Advisors and the Power Lunch team. (CNBC) ...
CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 12.01.2009 | Home
The International Olympic Committee was choosing the host of the 2016 Olympics on Friday, after hearing a deeply personal and rousing appeal fr...
Orlando Silva Jr. | Posted 12.01.2009 | World
I am proud to note that while Brazil's turn to organize the Olympics has not yet come, it does not mean that we've shied away from competing. But it is one thing to play along, and another to offer the playing field.
MSNBC | MSNBC | Posted 11.28.2009 | Home
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tells CNBC's Maria Bartiromo why he is confident that Rio de Janeiro will win the bid for the 2016 Olymp...
AP | JAN M. OLSEN | Posted 11.24.2009 | Home
For a city that has never held an Olympics, Copenhagen will become an Olympic capital of sorts next week when it hosts an international meeting to decide the site for the 2016 Summer Games.
Thousands of people – including government leaders, heads of state, royalty, sport officials, athletes, sponsors and media – are expected to attend the International Olympic Committee meetings from Oct. 1-9.
"On some days, it's going to be crowded," said Niels Nygaard, president of Denmark's national Olympic committee.
The main focus will be the vote for the 2016 host city on Oct. 2. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are locked in a tight contest that could be decided by just a few votes.
Each candidate is bringing a high-power delegation to impress IOC voters.
NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.21.2009 | Home