BY Teresa Auch Schultz Sun-Times Media November 18, 2011 6:04PM A bistate crackdown on the Latin Kings street gang on Friday snared two Chicago Police officers accused of using their badges to rob people in Northwest Indiana and Illinois. Their arrests were part of a broader crackdown against gang members …

Protester and three-tour American veteran Kayvan Sabehgi was beaten by Oakland police during the Occupy protest’s general strike on 2 November. Sabehgi, who was ‘completely peaceful’, according to witnesses, was left with a lacerated spleen   Link

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press ANAMOSA, Iowa (AP) — Texas Rep. Ron Paul is emerging as a significant factor in the Republican presidential race, especially in Iowa. He’s been long dismissed by the GOP establishment, but the libertarian-leaning candidate is now turning heads beyond his hard-core followers – and rising …

If a new bill gets through Congress, marketing robots will invade your cellphone. The bill, called the “Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011” (H.R. 3035), would amend the Communications Act of 1934 to allow marketers and bill collectors to make endless calls to your mobile phone — just like they …

X-ray body scanners at airports have been banned by Brussels amid fears they could cause cancer. Airport scanners banned by EU The scanners, introduced in 2009, are also said by critics to be too invasive The devices, widely criticised because they make passengers who go through them appear naked, emit …

By Bart Jansen, USA TODAY Updated 3h 19m ago The Transportation Security Administration is plagued by significant problems, a congressional report said Wednesday on the 10th anniversary of Congress creating the agency. According to the report “A Decade Later: A Call for TSA Reform,” the problems include: A bloated bureaucracy …

November 15, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — A Transportation Security Administration officer at O’Hare Airport has been fired for posting anti-Muslim, racist statements on his Facebook page. In this Intelligence Report: TSA officials in Chicago tell the I-Team that veteran officer Roy Egan has been terminated. Officer Egan was a baggage …

2:47 a.m. CST, November 16, 2011 Chicago aldermen are expected to pass Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s $6.3 billion budget plan by a wide margin today. Chicagoans who abide by city rules face higher fees for water, vehicle stickers and garage parking. And woe to city residents who run afoul of the …

By Stephanie Condon The Iowa caucuses are just seven weeks away, but Republican voters in the nation’s first presidential nominating state seem as torn as ever over the GOP field. A new Bloomberg poll of likely caucus participants shows a four-way tie in Iowa, with Rep. Ron Paul joining Mitt …