The United States' tallest building, the iconic Sears Tower, became officially known as Willis Tower on Thursday amid opposition from thousands of nostalgic Chicagoans and Americans.

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Willis Group Holdings chairman Joseph Plumeri unveiled the new sign of the iconic 110-story tower during a renaming ceremony Thursday.

Jordan's Prince Feisal thinks softball has the power to advance women's rights in the Middle East. The 45-year-old royal - who is the younger brother of King Abdullah - has spoken out in favor of including the sport in the 2016 Olympics, after it was dropped after the 2008 Games.

Feisal thinks the ball game should be reinstated as an official Olympic Sport because it promotes equality of the sexes.

Unemployed workers gathered in New York's Tompkins Square Park Tuesday, during what was normally a lunch hour, to enjoy the Unemployment Olympics. Organizers reason this is the first, and they hope last, event of its kind.

Nick Goddard, 26, who lost his job as a computer programmer last month, said he came up with the idea for the Unemployment Olympics because he wanted to "battle all the unemployed people for stuff," the New York Times reported.

While millions of Americans are expected to jostle for choice spots on Jan. 20 for the historic inaugural of the first black U.S. president, some residents of Washington are temporarily fleeing the area away from the maddening crowds.

Tour agencies are grabbing the business opportunities the situation offers by coming up with affordable escape inauguration tour packages. Among those making the most of the desire of district residents to be away during the Jan. 20 week are a ski resort in West Virginia and hotels on Florida's Amelia Island which are offering discounted tours to residents of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.

What do all victorious Olympians have in common? The victorious gestures that vary from fist-pumping and chest-puffing to raising their arms in a victory salute.

A new study has found that all these victory gestures are innate and biological rather than learned responses to success and failure. So is the reaction to defeat and failure that is marked by slumped shoulders.