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Article: San Francisco, New York Named Finalists to Host 2012 Summer Olympics.
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- August 28, 2002
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By Elliott Almond, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 28--CHICAGO--Two cities with enormous international stature -- San Francisco and New York -- were named finalists Tuesday in the domestic race to win the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The decision by a U.S. Olympic Committee task force eliminated Washington and Houston and boosted the Bay Area's chances of carrying America's bid. The USOC board of directors will pick its candidate Nov. 3 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
That choice will compete with as many as a dozen cities -- including Budapest, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Toronto -- that could enter the ...