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All eyes are on Copenhagen, where the International Olympic Committee will decide Friday whether Chicago will get to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, or whether the games instead will be played in Madrid, Rio de Janeiro or Tokyo.

One group of Chicagoans is heading off to Copenhagen to try to win the 2016 Olympic Games for Chicago, but others are gathering in the Windy City to rally against the games. Contrary to popular opinion, some people in Chicago would rather the games go anywhere else.

President Obama on Tuesday nominated federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court, where she will become the first Hispanic and the third woman if her nomination is confirmed.

Comic Book Stores: A Niche Within a Niche

Comic-Con has had its share of weird and wonderful moments, you know, those times when things happen that are completely unexpected and thoroughly…

California high school officials are taking part in a statewide summit today about school shootings. The summit comes at a time when there's mounting pressure in the San Diego Unified School District

When violence erupted in western China on Sunday, the government blamed someone who wasn't even there. Rebiya Kadeer, who has been accused of masterminding an uprising by ethnic Uighurs, says she's never encouraged violence, but she is fighting from Washington, D.C., for the freedom of her fellow Uighurs.

The San Diego Women's Film Festival kicks off its 6th season at the Reading Gaslamp Theaters downtown with the San Diego premiere of Rachel Getting Married as its opening night feature. The festival i

Welcome to Citizen Voices

What are the top border-related stories of 2010? We speak to KPBS Border Reporter Amy Isackson about the discovery of two large drug tunnels along the border, and the story of alleged teenage assassin "El Ponchis." We'll also speak to Reporter Ruxandra Guidi and Social Media Editor Jose Luis Jimenez about the Fronteras project that KPBS is working on with several other public radio stations across the Southwest.