July 23, 2008 - Got fear of flying? Better try to suppress it, at least until you're on the airplane, because the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has started conducting random additional at-gate screening of airline passengers who display "involuntary physical and physiological" actions indicating stress, fear or deception.

TSA agents forced woman to remove nipple rings and pulled the pants off a disabled man

July 22, 2008 - When travelers go to the airport, they know what kind of security to expect: luggage searches, metal detectors and shoe inspections.

Protesters added to database of terrorist suspects

July 18, 2008 - Undercover Maryland state troopers infiltrated three groups advocating peace and protesting the death penalty - attending meetings and sending reports on their activities to U.S. intelligence and military agencies, according to documents released Thursday.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - July 17, 2008 - A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer has been suspended for violating policy when he shocked a teen with a Taser gun for about 37 seconds, contributing to the teen's death.

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida - July 16, 2008 - A police lieutenant in Daytona Beach was fired over accusations that he threatened slower emergency response times if he was not given complimentary specialty Starbucks coffee drinks.

ATLANTA, Georgia - July 16, 2008 - The post-9/11 airline watch list that is supposed to keep terrorists off airplanes has swelled to more than 1 million names, including at least one investigative reporter who had been critical of the Transportation Security Agency, which maintains the watch list.

CHICAGO, Illinois - July 14, 2008 - A Cook County judge has ruled that the Chicago Police Board made the correct decision in suspending - and not firing - an officer who was videotaped beating a 60-year-old man handcuffed and shackled to a wheelchair.