Good Old England

A little bit of good news for our friends across the pond:

SINGAPORE - London edged out Paris in the hotly contested race to host the 2012 Olympics. The British capital, which last had the games in 1948 while continental Europe was rebuilding in the aftermath of World War II, upset Paris 54-50 on the fourth ballot Wednesday.

I still think the people of Chicago would love the Olympics, I mean, McDonalds is based right down the street...