Cheryl K. Chumley

‘Duck Dynasty’ goes Broadway: Musical in the works as gays protest

"Duck Dynasty" TV show, "Duck Dynasty" coffee cups and posters, one of the "Duck Dynasty" castmates on "Dancing With the Stars" — and now, soon to come: "The Duck Commander Family Musical," starring none other than the cast of the A&E hit reality, the Robertson family.

November 13, 2014

Massachusetts town’s tobacco ban proposal draws fire from residents

Residents of Westminster, Massachusetts, are up in arms over a local Board of Health proposal to ban all sales of tobacco products in the community.

November 13, 2014

Ben Carson bashes Charlie Rangel ‘cracker’ crack: ‘Of course it’s derogatory’

Rising conservative star Ben Carson said no matter how you slice it, Rep. Charlie Rangel's labeling of tea partyers as "crackers" is derogatory.

November 13, 2014

Pakistan touts successful test fire of mid-range nuclear missile

Pakistan's military said Thursday it has successfully tested a nuclear-capable missile with intermediate range fire power.

November 13, 2014

Cliven Bundy: Ranch has been fed-free since armed standoff

Cliven Bundy, the Nevada cattle rancher who engaged in an armed standoff with Bureau of Land Management agents earlier this year, said at least one good thing's come of his showdown: The area's been free and clear of federal authorities in recent weeks.

November 12, 2014

Islamic State’s price list: For sale, Christian woman, $63

A recently discovered and interpreted document reveals that the Islamic State has an actual price list it uses to sell the women and children its terrorists take — and that prices vary, depending on age, gender and ethnic background.

November 12, 2014

Michelle Obama scores $70K in jewelry from Brunei queen

The queen of Brunei gave first lady Michelle Obama $71,468 worth of jewelry in 2013 — just one of numerous high-priced gifts the White House family scored from foreign leaders in recent months.

November 12, 2014

Bill Maher: Democrats ‘got lost in the weeds’ of political correctness

Democrats have lost their way, preferring to walk a path of political correctness than proper policy, said HBO comedy host and frequent pundit Bill Maher.

November 12, 2014

Google ad server goes down, costing businesses millions in revenues

Google's DoubleClick ad server has gone down, and publishing outfits around the world millions of dollars.

November 12, 2014

Eminem shocks with profanity-laced Veterans’ Day concert

Eminem — a rap artist not exactly known for his family-friendly content — nonetheless shocked viewers of HBO's live Veterans' Day concert in D.C. with his profanity-peppered performance.

November 12, 2014

Hillary Clinton crush: ‘I want to be your minister of romance’

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a not-so-secret lovelorn fan. James Corden, a British comedian, made his love for the former first lady known at the recent Carnegie Hall-held Glamour's Women of the Year awards ceremony, which she attended to support her daughter, Chelsea, the New York Post reported.

November 12, 2014

Joe Manchin bucks party’s obstruction plans: ‘That’s bull[expletive]’

Sen. Joe Manchin said that fellow Democrats may have an obstructionist plan in mind for the upcoming two years, but he's not buying into it.

November 12, 2014

China’s Xi slammed as ‘coward for not answering U.S. press’

A joint press conference with President Obama and President Xi Jinping which took the White House weeks to plan didn't go so well, ending with a Fox News reporter tweeting about the Chinese leader: He's a "coward" for dodging questions.

November 12, 2014

Obama mocked for APEC attire in China: ‘Is this a new ‘Star Trek’ episode?’

Late-night comedy show host Jon Stewart didn't mince words while remarking on President Obama's choice of attire at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in China, streaming a video of the commander-in-chief emerging from a car while outright asking: "What the [expletive] is he wearing?"

November 12, 2014

Bill Clinton: ‘Scandal’ is fun — it teaches how to ‘get away with murder’

Former President Bill Clinton joked on an appearance on daytime television's "Ellen" that political thriller shows like "Scandal" and "House of Cards" are fun — that they teach how to make political opponents disappear.

November 12, 2014

5 big banks fined $3B in plot to manipulate $5.3T exchange market

Five banks that deal on the worldwide arena have been collectively fined more than $3 billion after American, British and Swiss regulators found they tried to control and manipulate foreign exchange markets.

November 12, 2014

Islamic State spreads to Egypt and aligns with Ansar Beit al-Maqdis

The Islamic State has reportedly spread its wings and found a like-minded partner in Egypt, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which announced its newfound union in a YouTube audio blaming "Jewish agents and their allies" for the suffering of Muslims.

November 12, 2014

Nancy Pelosi: It wasn’t a GOP ‘wave’ — it was an ‘ebb tide’

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi refused to grant an inch during discussion of the Republican sweep through Election Day, saying the GOP wins were hardly of significant proportion — that they were little more than an "ebb," actually.

November 12, 2014

Obamacare’s Jonathan Gruber caught on second tape calling voters ‘too stupid’

Just hours after Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber said sorry for referring to the "stupidity of the American voter," a second video surfaced of him saying essentially the same thing on a different occasion — once again calling the U.S. electorate "stupid."

November 12, 2014

Obama gum gaffe in China sparks humorous e-cigarette campaign

Who says politics is boring? A D.C. conservative think tank with a stake in the feds' push to regulate e-cigarettes has stumbled on a creative way to get its message out, thanks to President Obama's gum-chewing gaffe in China.

November 11, 2014