Airport Body Scanner Radiation Levels 10 Times Higher than Expected

NewsChicago.net

The Transportation Security Administration is re-analyzing the radiation levels of X-ray body scanners installed in airports nationwide, after testing produced dramatically higher-than-expected results. The TSA, which has deployed at least 500 body scanners to at least 78 airports, said Tuesday the machines meet all safety standards and would remain in …

Read More »

Columbia prof says he’s behind @MayorEmanuel

NewsChicago.net

Dan Sinker, a journalism teacher at Columbia College, says he was behind the fictitious Twitter account “@MayorEmanuel,” a foul-mouthed double of the real candidate and mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel. Sinker tells the Atlantic magazine his punk rock attitude and deep interest in Chicago politics led him to take on Emanuel’s persona. …

Read More »

Random defendant outlawyers P2P attorney, gets lawsuit tossed

NewsChicago.net

You know it’s tough out there for a P2P lawyer when even some random, anonymous, non-lawyer defendant is the more convincing party. That strange scenario unfolded yesterday in Illinois, where divorce-attorney-turned-porn-copyright-lawyer John Steele had his entire case against 300 defendants thrown out completely. The case involved CP Productions, “a leading …

Read More »

‘Illegal Psyop’ Neither Illegal Nor Psyop, General’s Lawyer Ruled

NewsChicago.net

The accusation was explosive and unambiguous: A top general in Afghanistan used illegal “information operations” to influence visiting U.S. Senators. But military documents obtained by Danger Room show that at least one Army lawyer deemed the work legal. What’s more, the alleged information operator’s bosses repeatedly told him that he …

Read More »

Parallel Universes and Corpse Brains: Source Code Takes Science on a Trip

NewsChicago.net

In upcoming sci-fi flick Source Code, an Iraq War veteran uses “time reassignment” technology to crack open alternate realities in an effort to stop a terrorist from blowing up Chicago. While the premise sounds outlandish, it’s actually based on principals of quantum physics, according to Source Code scribe Ben Ripley. …

Read More »

High Court Revives Mom’s Suit Over Ford Windows

NewsChicago.net

(CN) – The Supreme Court on Monday vacated a decision that found Ford Motor did not have to face a wrongful death suit over its failure to use the safest materials available. Coming on the heels of a decision Wednesday that found Mazda could be sued for choosing to fit …

Read More »

Emanuel’s First Political Scandal: Hires Ethics Challenged Team Member

NewsChicago.net

-By Warner Todd Huston Rahm Emanuel hasn’t even officially set his first foot in the Mayor’s Office and he’s already had his first political misstep: He hired a transition team member that has ethics problems. Last year Judy Erwin was forced to resign as director of the Illinois Board of …

Read More »

Illinois Review: Duffy proposes red light camera ban

NewsChicago.net

State Senator Dan Duffy R-Barrington has been a vocal opponent of red light cameras for a while. Now he’s stepped up his opposition to proposing a ban on red light cameras statewide, and has been successful in getting two Democratic Senators to sign on — State Senator Kwame Raoul, who …

Read More »

DuPage reopens red-light camera talks

NewsChicago.net

With municipalities and police wanting an answer, DuPage County Board members in late 2009 were expected to decide whether to allow red-light cameras at county-controlled intersections. The vote never happened. Instead, the county put the brakes on discussions about the controversial devices. DuPage County could allow red-light cameras at the …

Read More »

Steve Chapman commentary: Police surveillance cameras and crime

NewsChicago.net

If you want to be on TV, don’t go to Los Angeles or New York. Come to Chicago, where your wish is certain to be fulfilled. In fact, you couldn’t avoid it if you wanted to, thanks to the nation’s most extensive network of police surveillance cameras. Anytime you walk …

Read More »

Paul Green on Rahm Emanuel and Tuesday’s election

NewsChicago.net

Groupon co-founder Brad Keywell says he’s not political, but he’s happy to lead new council, offer input Melissa Harris Last week, Gov. Pat Quinn announced that Groupon co-founder Brad Keywell will lead his new Innovation Council. Coupled with Keywell’s plans to launch the first Chicago Ideas Week in October, the …

Read More »

Cash Cab rolls into Chicago

NewsChicago.net

When random passengers step into Beth Melewski’s unmarked cab, interior disco lights start flashing and Melewski explains that they’ve stumbled into a game show. “You’d be surprised how few people go, ‘I’m going to be on TV!’” Melewski says. “The biggest reaction is usually, ‘Oooh, a woman cab driver!’” The …

Read More »

Lisa Madigan sues to block Burge pension

NewsChicago.net

By Ryan Haggerty Disgraced former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge’s pension is once again in jeopardy, just days after the city’s police pension board allowed him to continue to collect the $3,039 a month in spite of his criminal conviction. The board’s controversial decision led Attorney General Lisa Madigan to …

Read More »

County Treasurer Sits At $23,000 Office Set, Hired $95,000 Party Planners « CBS Chicago

NewsChicago.net

CHICAGO CBS — A waste of taxpayers’ money. That’s how former employees are describing jobs and office activities in the Cook Country Treasurer’s Office. Investigator Pam Zekman and the Better Government Association continue their investigation into how Treasurer Maria Pappas spends your tax dollars. Pappas once ran her office from …

Read More »