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Chicago out for '16 Olympics

CHICAGO (AP)

Thousands of people are standing in stunned silence in downtown Chicago after watching the I n t e r n a t i o n a l O l ymp i c Committee choose someone else for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The vote in Copenhagen was carried on huge television screens in the Daley Center, set up to carry what many had hoped would be approval of Chicago to host the games. I n s t e a d, Ch i c a go wa s bounced in the first round of voting today, bringing an audible gasp heard from the crowd. The city was eliminated so quickly that some of the wouldbe revelers weren't sure what had happened. Some...

 

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