CHICAGO, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey says she is ready to openly voice her support for Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is playing an unprecedented role in trying to lure the 2016 Summer Olympics to Chicago, Olympics experts say.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Barack Obama license plates are now available to Illinois residents who can't get enough of the new U.S. president, state officials say.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. organizers say President Barack Obama could tip the 2016 summer Olympics in favor of Chicago if he were to make a pitch for the games.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Barack Obama Tuesday recited the oath of office to become the 44th president of the United States, administered by Chief Justice John Roberts:
CHICAGO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama pitched his home city of Chicago to Olympics organizers Friday with a videotaped presentation delivered in Istanbul, Turkey.
CHICAGO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Items bearing the signature of Barack Obama or purported to have been signed by the first black U.S. president-elect have flooded the market, observers say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Barack Obama, with projected wins in West Coast states, became the first African-American president-elect of the United States Tuesday.
MEMPHIS, April 2 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has picked up the civil rights banner from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Memphis activist says.
HOUSTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush's spiritual adviser, the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, has decided to support the presidential bid of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
