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The Chicago Bulls' general manager today addressed some recent trade rumors. Forward Joakim Noah has been negotiating to extend his contract with the team. General Manager Gar Forman says he sees Noah as a big part of the team this year.FORMAN: We're hopeful we get something done.

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Little Town of BethlehemFilm screening plus Q&A with the film's protagonists, director and producer. Monday, Sept. 27th, 6-9 p.m.DePaul University's Cortelyou Commons Lincoln Park Campus 2324 N. Freemont St.Chicago, IL 60614

Little Town of Bethlehem is a documentary film that explains how three men of different faiths came to pursue peace in the non-violence movement. The men involved are Sami, a Palestinian Christian, Yonatan an Israeli Jew, and Ahmad, a Muslim from the West Bank.

There are many who believe that Israel's partial moratorium was only rhetorical from the start.Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb is co-founder of the Shomer Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence and she also co-founded the Muslim-Jewish Peace Walk.

The 10 month moratorium of Israeli development in West Bank just expired. The problem, of course, is the stand off over the partial settlement moratorium. Netanyahu says he won't extend it. Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas says he can't continue without it.