High school senior Michael Sessions has gone from losing the race for student body vice president to the mayor-elect of Hillsdale, Michigan. "I ran because I thought I could bring a difference to the city of Hillsdale," Sessions tells ABC News

In what is certainly a first in the game's long history, PinnacleSports. com Wednesday becomes the first sportsbook in the world to accept wagers on a professional chess league. The Internet's largest sports betting site, PinnacleSports. com is now taking action on all team matches and every individual game in the U. S. Chess League, a new eight-team league comprised of talented players from various cities across the country.

The protective housing unit in Corcoran State Prison, about 50 miles south of Fresno, is considered the safest place for an inmate to reside within the California prison system. Designed to protect famous convicts from possible attacks, it houses mass murderers like Charles Manson, and high-profile criminals like Sirhan Sirhan, one of the first inmates placed in the unit, where he passed the time playing chess and working for 13 cents an hour as an administrative clerk.