Cheryl K. Chumley

Feds deny legal marijuana growers access to irrigation waters in Colorado, Washington

Marijuana may be legal in Colorado and Washington, but it's going to be hard going for growers to irrigate their pot crops, given the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation just announced it's not going to grant them access to certain water stores.

May 21, 2014

Girl, 7, hit by bullet on playground: Panic, ‘sneakers and flip flops’ left behind

A 7-year-old girl was shot by a stray bullet while she was with friends at a playground at her Park Morton Apartment Complex in the Northwest area of Washington, D.C., police said.

May 21, 2014

Shots fired as North Korean boats cross into South Korean waters

Naval patrollers from South Korean sent some warning gunshots across the water at North Korean military vessels that dared to cross the maritime border.

May 21, 2014

George Soros-backed group plots $40M course to win 2014 votes

Koch brothers, move over. A group back by billionaire George Soros and other millionaires with progressive political slants are charting a course to give out nearly $40 million to various entities that can further their favored policy reforms — in 2014 alone, documents show.

May 20, 2014

Toni Braxton laments son’s autism as ‘God’s payback’ for abortion

Toni Braxton, a Grammy award-winning singer who had an abortion a decade ago, pined in her recently released memoir that perhaps God punished her for the procedure by inflicting her second-born son with autism.

May 20, 2014

Supreme Court corrects Justice Kagan’s history error in prayer case

One of the nation's highest judges, Justice Elena Kagan, was given the red pen treatment after researchers and court authorities found her dissenting opinion on the recently decided public meeting prayer case contained a historical inaccuracy.

May 20, 2014

Obamacare’s big opening day touted one enrollment: report

Only one person successfully enrolled in Obamacare on its first day of business, a nonprofit government watchdog group found via documents obtained from a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

May 20, 2014

Sarah Palin mocks media protection of Hillary Clinton’s health

Sarah Palin sent out a series of scathing and sarcastic lines on her Facebook page in response to the mainstream media's condemnation of Karl Rove for daring to discuss former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's health.

May 20, 2014

Moms’ group targets Chipotle’s gun-friendly atmosphere

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a group that campaigns for crackdowns on Second Amendment carry freedoms, has set its sights on Chipotle restaurants, calling for a reversal of the chain's open-door policy for gun owners.

May 20, 2014

Global health groups push for U.S. to slap taxes on fatty foods

The U.S. government, along with nations around the globe, should regulate fatty foods in the same way it does tobacco, two world health groups told a Geneva audience this week.

May 20, 2014

Clippers’ Donald Sterling a ‘wreck’ over public rebuke of Magic Johnson

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was an obvious "wreck" and on an emotional roller-coaster after telling a television host that Magic Johnson's contributions to basketball and to the black community were minimal, at best, said the former president of the Los Angeles NAACP chapter.

May 20, 2014

Bald? Japan has got your back with discount drinks in Tokyo bar

Bald men in Japan are getting a lot of love from a Tokyo-based bar named Otasuke — a name that could be translated into English to mean "the baldie's friend" — where patrons with receding hairlines are offered a bit of consolation to cover their loss: Discounted drink tabs.

May 20, 2014

Marco Rubio refuses to answer marijuana use question, calling it no-win

Sen. Marco Rubio outright refused to answer any questions about his past marijuana use — whether he smoked or whether he didn't — calling the query a no-win situation that would isolate voters, no matter which way he responded.

May 20, 2014

Joe Biden to teen girl, 17: No, I can’t go to prom with you

Vice President Joseph R. Biden told a 17-year-old girl who asked him to prom at her Newington, Conn., school that no, he couldn't go — but he did try to temper the bad news by sending her a small token of a corsage.

May 20, 2014

Michelle Obama tells senior high-schoolers to monitor families for racism

First lady Michelle Obama said during senior recognition remarks at a high school in Topeka, Kansas, last weekend that students ought to monitor their friends and family members for racist and discriminatory statements and attitudes, and issue corrections to those who are found guilty.

May 20, 2014

Oregonian gays buoyed by court ruling gather by dozens to marry

Dozens of gay couples in Oregon flocked to local magistrate offices to obtain their marriage certificates and perform quick ceremonies in the hours after a U.S. District judge ruled that a voter-approved ban on same-sex weddings was unconstitutional.

May 20, 2014

U.S. poised to evacuate embassy in Tripoli, Libya: report

The U.S. military has doubled down on the number of planes it has standing by in Italy in case of an evacuation call for Americans from the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, various media reported Tuesday.

May 20, 2014

Southern ‘secede’ billboard removed in Alabama after complaints

A highway billboard with a Southern secession message only lasted a couple days before protests brought it down.

May 19, 2014

Duck Dynasty’s ‘Uncle Si’ debuts 6-track: ‘Me and My Smoking Hot Honey’

Silas Robertson, better known as Uncle Si on Duck Dynasty, just released his new country six-track extended play, or EP, iTunes special — "Me and My Smoking Hot Honey."

May 19, 2014

Military combat device finds second use as high-tech spoon for tremblers

Military technology designed to stabilize equipment for soldiers in the middle of combat has now been re-purposed for an entirely new set of clientele: Those who suffer uncontrollable tremors in their hands.

May 19, 2014