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national Olympic Committee chose his city to host the 2020 summer games. "In this battle, there was only the gold."
• Japan is counting on the games to boost both the economy and morale.
• Already, Olympics hopes have lifted share prices in construction, real estate and tourism-related companies. The news from over the weekend helped boost Tokyo's Nikkei 225 share benchmark by 2.2 percent by midmorning Monday.
• Hundreds of Japanese athletes and officials gathered downtown for the early morning announcement shouted "Banzai!" jumping up and down and hugging in unusually demonstrative reactions to the announcement the International Olympic Committee had opted for Tokyo's guarantees of safety and stability, despite the festering nuclear crisis in its northeast.
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• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Months before Benjamin Jealous took the helm of the NAACP, his predecessor quit following clashes with the board and the organization

cut a third of its national staff amid declining revenues.
• As Jealous prepares to step down five years later, he's credited with boosting the organization's fundraising and helping to stabilize it.
• Jealous plans to further discuss his decision to step down as president and CEO of the nation's largest civil rights organization Monday, a day after it was first announced. His departure is effective Dec. 31.
• In a written statement, the 40-year-old Jealous said he plans to teach at a university and wants to spend time with his young family.
• "The NAACP has always been the largest civil rights organization in the streets, and today it is also the largest civil rights organization online, on mobile and at the ballot box too," Jealous said. "I am proud to leave the association financially sound, sustainable, focused, and more powerful than ever."
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• PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waved to troops marching through central Pyongyang on Monday to mark the nation's 65th

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