Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics (AP)

AP - The country's president was blunt. "It is," Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said, "Brazil's time."

Analysis: Chicago's loss is a blow to Obama, too (AP)

AP - OK, so it wasn't health care, climate change or war. Still, President Barack Obama's high-profile failure to win the Olympics for Chicago could feed negative narratives already nipping at his heels — that he's a better talker than closer, more celebrity than statesman.

Obama meets with Afghanistan commander in Denmark (AP)

AP - At a pivotal point in the administration's Afghanistan strategy, President Barack Obama and his top Afghan war commander met privately aboard Air Force One Friday for a talk the White House described as productive.