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FBI: U.S. citizen wanted to carry out jihad Posted: 6:30 AM By: CNN Wire Staff CHICAGO (CNN) — The FBI said Saturday it has arrested an 18-year-old American man who allegedly tried to blow up a car bomb in front of a downtown Chicago bar. Adel Daoud, of the Chicago …

It’s usually good news for music-loving Chicagoans when the city gets to play host to just one high-caliber music festival — and with those prospects doubled this weekend, music fans in the area have been tasked with a tricky choice. In this corner, Chicago’s Riot Fest. The punk-geared festival, in …

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By David Kravets 08.28.12 6:00 AM When Golden Valley Electric Association of rural Alaska got an administrative subpoena from the Drug Enforcement Administration in December 2010 seeking electricity bill information on three customers, the company did what it usually does with subpoenas — it ignored them. That’s the association’s customer …

By David Kravets 08.07.12 3:16 PM Judge M. Margaret McKeown The federal government may spy on Americans’ communications without warrants and without fear of being sued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a decision reversing the first and only case that successfully challenged President George W. Bush’s once-secret Terrorist …

BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter fspielman@suntimes.com July 26, 2012 10:14AM Inspector General Joe Ferguson has already gone toe-to-toe with former Mayor Richard M. Daley and Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Now, he’s taking on the City Council’s most powerful alderman. Ferguson went public Thursday with a jurisdictional dispute that’s been simmering …

Bernanke opposes ‘nightmare’ By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times In a move that serves as a capstone to Rep. Ron Paul’s colorful career, the House on Wednesday voted to have Congress‘ chief investigators conduct a full audit of the Federal Reserve’s shrouded decision-making process. The overwhelming 327-98 vote sends the …

By Jasmin Melvin | Reuters – Mon, 23 Jul, 2012 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House wants a “Do Not Track” option put on websites to give consumers greater control of their personal information online but Internet companies and privacy groups are at odds on how tight the controls should …

Ice-T: Well, I’ll give up my gun when everybody does. Doesn’t that make sense? If there were guns here, would you want to be the only person without one? Krishnan Guru-Murthy, anchor, Channel 4 News: So do you carry guns routinely at home? Ice-T: Yeah, it’s legal in the United …

Second amendment, ‘conspiracy theorists’ to be blamed for incident Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Friday, July 20, 2012 Within hours of the tragic shooting in Aurora, Colorado at a screening of the new Batman movie, the political machine is already gearing up to exploit the incident as a tool to demonize …

By Kathy Bergen Tribune staff reporter 6:03 p.m. CDT, July 11, 2012 Chicago’s extensive efforts to reinvigorate its convention and tourism industries could be damaged unless the city quickly defuses the violent crime wave that has exploded in its neighborhoods and nicked the downtown, the city’s top convention and tourism …

By DON BABWIN | Associated Press – 11 hrs ago CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s mayor and police superintendent publicly defended their new gang-fighting strategy Monday amid growing criticism that the changes are failing and a big reason why the city’s homicide rate has soared this year. After weeks of media …