Pros & cons as Rio welcomes world in 2016 - Toronto Sun
For samba and the best beach volleyball venue in the world, an Olympics in Rio de Janeiro won’t lack in festive feel. For violent crime and the unsightly poverty of the sprawling favelas, or shantytown slums, it may be one of the most challenging
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Soldier from Rhinelander killed in Afghanistan; 7 other state - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sgt. Ryan Adams, 26, died in Logar province of wounds suffered when his vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenade fire, the Department of Defense said Saturday. Seven other Wisconsin guard soldiers were injured in the attack
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Weather may limit this year’s corn crop - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bill Halfman is an agriculture agent with the University of Wisconsin-Extension in Monroe County. He says farmers are evaluating whether early frost in southwestern Wisconsin interfered with the ripening process. Kevin Schoessow is an agriculture
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Olympian carnival in Rio de Janeiro - BBC Americas
For the crowd waiting on Copacabana beach there was a momentary pause after the announcement that Rio had secured the 2016 Olympic Games. It was almost as if no-one wanted to believe it until the news from Copenhagen had been confirmed in Portuguese
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Chicago wasn’t a ‘10′ for Olympics - Indianapolis Star
COPENHAGEN — Chicago can’t blame it all on Rio. It was more like a backlash against any number of things American — from hassling visitors at the borders to money squabbles to a quickie visit by President Barack Obama. Even a disrupted walk across
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