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IOC picks Chicago among four finalists for 2016 Summer Olympics
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Local Olympic hopefuls graduated to the next round Wednesday as Chicago was named one of four finalist cities eligible to host the 2016 games. (article 8) ATHENS A leading International Olympic Committee official heated up the war of words over the United States' portion of Olympic revenues Tuesday, and the escalation of rhetoric could burn Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Games. (article 1) IOC member Hein Verbruggen of the Netherlands called the U.S. Olympic Committee's share an " immoral amount of money compared to what other people get. (article 1) Chicago was one of four cities selected as bid finalists Thursday, along with Tokyo; Madrid, Spain, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (article 7) Chicago's Olympic bid organizers hope an international squabble over how Olympic revenues are split won't kill their efforts to host the 2016 Games. (article 2) In Athens, where Chicago will likely be named one of the finalists today, the U.S. Olympic Committee was under fire Tuesday for what critics said was its refusal to renegotiate its "immoral" share of global Olympic revenues. (article 2) The IOC's Executive Board will pick an unspecified number of cities for the shortlist, before candidates submit detailed files and allow IOC evaluators to inspect their bids ahead of the decision in October 2009. (article 4)

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    Source articles
    1. United States' portion of Olympic revenue is hot topic (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 609 words)
    2. USOC spat over revenues may imperil Chicago's bid... (suntimes.com, 06/04/2008, 244 words)
    3. Antonio Pettigrew agrees to return relay gold medal (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/04/2008, 689 words)
    4. ABC News: 2016 Olympic Games Hopefuls Eye IOC Shortlist (ABCNews, 06/03/2008, 347 words)
    5. Four cities chosen as 2016 Games candidates (Washington Post, 06/04/2008, 302 words)
    6. IOC picks Chicago among four finalists for 2016 Summer Olympics (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 595 words)
    7. IOC picks Chicago among 4 finalists for 2016 Games (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/04/2008, 917 words)
    8. Chicago named a finalist to host the Olympics, but... (suntimes.com, 06/05/2008, 422 words)




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