<div id="subtitle">Newspaper: Salt Lake City among 4 finalists to host 2012 Republican National Convention</div><div><p>Salt Lake City has been selected as one of four finalists to host the 2012 Republican National Convention.</p><p>The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Salt Lake bid committee was notified of the decision in an e-mail late Friday.</p><p>Committee Chairman Jeff Hartley says the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake showed the city can successfully host such a large gathering.</p><p>Salt Lake will play host to a Republican National Committee team in the spring that will review the site. The RNC is expected to make a final pick by early May.</p><p>A GOP committee met in Hawaii on Friday to narrow the field to four cities.</p><p>It was not immediately known what other cities were selected as finalists.</p><p>Salt Lake was among about a dozen cities invited to bid.</p><p>___</p><p>Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune, http://www.sltrib.com</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=68128590&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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