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Rio de Janeiro was chosen Friday as the host site of the 2016 Olympic Games, brushing aside an unprecedented personal appeal from President Obama and the first lady on behalf of their home town of Chicago.

On the Texas-Mexico border, Los Zetas are mythic — their crimes chronicled in the media and memorialized in song. Considered the most dangerous drug cartel in Mexico, the Zetas have earned a reputation as super-gangsters adept at paramilitary-style ambushes and bold jailbreaks.

All eyes are on Copenhagen, where the International Olympic Committee will decide Friday whether Chicago will get to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, or whether the games instead will be played in Madrid, Rio de Janeiro or Tokyo.

One group of Chicagoans is heading off to Copenhagen to try to win the 2016 Olympic Games for Chicago, but others are gathering in the Windy City to rally against the games. Contrary to popular opinion, some people in Chicago would rather the games go anywhere else.

Documentary Turns the Camera on Famous Director

Najibullah Zazi has come to embody everything U.S. intelligence officials worry about in a suspected jihadist. He was in the U.S. legally, was familiar with American culture and customs, and could blend in. Most frightening of all, they say, Zazi had already begun to launch his plot.

A San Diego Superior Court judge has decided not to allow cameras in his courtroom.

Scientists have used gene therapy to achieve full color vision in two male squirrel monkeys that were born unable to tell red from green. Researchers say the technique could someday be used on people with colorblindness or other vision problems.

As the full-time chaplain of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Chester Cook spends his days assisting stranded travelers, counseling those having emotional meltdowns and calming down stressed-out soldiers. And he often pays travelers' $150 change fee from his chaplain's budget — or his own wallet.

The GOP has long said that many of the ills of the nation's health care system can be remedied with a cap on medical malpractice suits. Democrats say limits on pain and suffering awards are not the answer. Could a compromise save the president's health care initiative?