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SCOTUS leaves in place ruling that protects right to record police

The United States Supreme Court rejected a request from a Chicago-area prosecutor to review a recent ruling that the First Amendment protects a right to record the actions of police officers as they perform their...

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Monday, November 26th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Wannabe Obama Assassin Wanted to Go Down in ‘Infamy’

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks at the election night party at McCormick Place in Chicago on November 7. Photo: AP A Colorado man charged with threatening to kill President Barack Obama said...

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Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Two File-Sharing Porn Pirates Dinged $3M for Infringement

Photo: Pixie / Flickr Two men are being ordered to pay $1.5 million each for uploading gay pornographic movies to file-sharing sites without permission from the Florida distributor, Flava Works. Both Cormelian Brown (.pdf)...

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Monday, November 5th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Uber says Chicago is trying to drive its sedans out of the city

choffee The battle between the city of Chicago and Uber, a startup seeking to disrupt the taxi and limo industries, heated up this week. Uber has already faced unwanted attention because its pricing...

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Friday, November 2nd, 2012 Net News No Comments

TSA removes X-ray body scanners from major airports

TSA The Transportation Security Administration has been quietly removing its X-ray body scanners from major airports over the last few weeks and replacing them with machines that radiation experts believe are safer. The...

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Friday, October 19th, 2012 Net News No Comments