Lisa Caillouet and Emma Young two Southside Chicago Screenwriters have formed a production company with other local talent to produce the first made for internet television African-American soap opera.

The soap opera is set in the fictional Chicago neighborhood(enclave) of Jaxson Heights.

Scott Ritter, Fmr. U.N. Weapons Inspector in Iraq (1991-98), discussed his London Guardian op-ed which challenges the idea that Iran is close to producing a nuclear weapon.

Defence Sec. Gates gave the keynote address on the Army’s role in Iraq and Afghanistan at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting.

President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Friday for his work in international diplomacy and nuclear disarmament.

He is the second African-American and third president to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Today the People's Liberation Army marked the founding of the People's Republic of China with a grand military parade in Xinhua(BEIJING).

China has implemented a military strategy of "active defence" , the pursue of a principle featuring defensive operations, self-defence, "attacking only after being attacked" and "defusing crises before they escalate into a conflict".

President Obama leaves for Copenhagen,Denmark to join Michelle Obama in support of Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics.

The CIA discovery of a second uranium site in Iran has led the Obama administration toward building a consensus of western powers for action against Tehran like in Iraq.

"Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty- three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle- man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism." Major-General Smedley Butler from War Is a Racket(Wikipedia)

Dr. Muammar Gaddafi the Leader of the African Union

and Brother Leader of the Libyan Revolution delivered a fiery speech to the world body on Wednesday in New York.

In what has turned out to be the most competitive mayor's race in 16 years,Mayor Thomas M. Menino is in a fight for his political life with Councilors at Large Sam Yoon and Michael F. Flaherty Jr., and South End developer Kevin McCrea.

The turnout by 6pm, the total number of ballots cast was 61,184. That equals 7.3% of the registered voters in Boston.This means the turnout could go as high as 70,000 plus

In what has turned out to be the most competitive mayor's race in 16 years,Mayor Thomas M. Menino is in a fight for his political life with Councilors at Large Sam Yoon and Michael F. Flaherty Jr., and South End developer Kevin McCrea

Mary Allin Travers a member the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary was a campaigner for civil rights,workers rights and social justice.