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2010 visitors buy $32 million in Vancouver real estate

The 2010 Olympic Winter Games were solid gold for a Vancouver-based real estate developer specializing in luxury suites.

U.S. bobsledder Bill Schuffenhauer arrested for domestic violence at Vancouver Winter Olympics

A U.S. bobsleigh athlete was arrested Wednesday in Whistler, B.C., for allegedly assaulting his domestic partner. RCMP are recommending prosecutors that he will be charged with assaulting and threatening his common-law partner.

Despite luge death, Vancouver Winter Olympic ceremonies open

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In time-honored tradition, the show went on. Despite the training-run death earlier in the day of a luger from the country of Georgia, the Olympics' opening ceremonies were launched Friday night with a jubilant countdown by the crowd filling BC Place Stadium.

Vice President Joe Biden to US athletes: 'Go show them who you are'

VANCOUVER — Vice President Joe Biden arrived at the host city of the 2010 Winter Games Friday from snowbound Washington and plunged into a rally for Team USA, describing the athletes as "the face of America."

Joe Biden to head U.S. delegation to Winter Olympics in Vancouver

U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson said Tuesday that Vice President Joe Biden would head the American delegation to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Japan's atomic cities bid for 2020 Olympics

Hiroshima and Nagasaki are launching a joint bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba of Hiroshima and Nagasaki's Tomihisa Taue are founding members of the Mayors for Peace 2020 Campaign, advocating for a global ban on nuclear arms, and they want to use that to springboard the world's largest sporting event into their two cities.

Rio de Janeiro to host 2016 Summer Games

Tim Lemke and Matthew Mosk The Washington Times 10/02/2009
 
Rio de Janeiro to host 2016 Summer Games

Chicago's dreams of Olympic glory were shattered Friday afternoon, as Rio de Janeiro was granted the rights to host the 2016 Summer Games, disappointing President Obama and marking the first time the global sports spectacle will be held in South America.