Cheryl K. Chumley

Obama picks gay bishop to wrap Easter Prayer Breakfast with invocation

When President Obama needed a preacher to fulfill the closing prayer duties at the annual White House Easter Prayer Breakfast, he turned to none other than the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop — who said he was as shocked as anyone at the appointment.

April 15, 2014

Chelsea Clinton says she may run for political office

Chelsea Clinton has opened the doors to a career in political service, saying she's not able any longer to completely rule out a run for some sort of public office.

April 15, 2014

Gay-themed erotica stamps to make debut in Finland

The postal service in Finland is poised to release a batch of new stamps with a rather risqué theme — that of homosexual men sketched into erotic poses.

April 15, 2014

‘God’s eye’ spy system hits test market streets with real-time recording

A new surveillance system that collects and records information in real-time — and then lets trackers rewind, zoom in and follow certain targets — has hit the test market streets of Baltimore, Md., and Dayton, Ohio, and in at least one crime-fighting unit in California.

April 15, 2014

Obama’s wish list from 2009 to now: 442 new taxes and fees

President Obama has introduced a total of 442 new tax increase proposals since he took office in 2009, a watchdog group reported.

April 15, 2014

US Airways red-faced over pornographic tweet to complaining customer

US Airways has apologized several times for sending out a tweet that included a pornographic picture of a woman engaged in a sexual act with a Boeing 777 model — a very embarrassing response to a female customer who complained about a delayed flight.

April 15, 2014

French cops demand DNA from 527 male high school students, staffers

French authorities investigating a campus rape started collecting DNA from 527 male students and staffers at the Fenelon-Notre Dame high school in the western region, telling them they could either provide the samples or face arrest.

April 15, 2014

Ron Paul warns of Waco-like end to Nevada ranch fiasco

Former Rep. Ron Paul is warning Americans of a Waco-like end to the standoff between rancher Cliven Bundy and the federal government, saying that even though the armed agents have left the land, the atmosphere is still heated.

April 15, 2014

Hezbollah-backed Bashar Assad says Syrian war turning in his favor

Syrian President Bashar Assad said Hezbollah has made a huge difference in fighting off the rebel forces battling his government, and the tide of the civil war that's raged nearly three years in the country seems to be turning in his favor.

April 14, 2014

Iran turns tail and pulls back on placing warships in Atlantic

Iran has decided not to send warships to the Atlantic Ocean after all, a dramatic change of heart from a much-ballyhooed announcement weeks ago to send several fighting vessels to the region — the nation's historical first.

April 14, 2014

Hero cop who saved Jaycee Dugard fighting for right to carry concealed gun

The same police officer who heroically helped save kidnapping victim Jaycee Lee Dugard from her 18-year captivity is now fighting in court for the right to carry a concealed weapon, accusing her former University of California-Berkeley employer of disregarding state law and denying the permit.

April 14, 2014

Marijuana vending machine makes debut in Colorado

In what seems the natural next step to legalized pot, a Colorado company has brought forward a new vending machine that cuts out the middle man for marijuana sales and gives buyers a speedier, after-hours means of purchasing the drug.

April 14, 2014

Sharyl Attkisson: Team Obama is having ‘chilling effect’ on media

The Obama White House, for all its talk about openness and transparency, is hardly in the business of promoting openness and transparency in government — and is way worse when it comes to clamping down on the media than previous administrations, Sharyl Attkisson said.

April 14, 2014

Muslim Brotherhood flees London in face of British investigation

The Muslim Brotherhood — faced with a investigation into their British-based activities — has chosen to flee its recently established London headquarters' address for less scrutinized surroundings in Graz, Austria.

April 14, 2014

USDA bans all junk food sales at schools around the nation

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued new rules that pretty much ban schools from offering students the chance to buy any type of junk food at all — even in the vending machines that are on campus but operated by independent companies.

April 14, 2014

DCCC’s Steve Israel says majority of Republicans are racist

Rep. Steve Israel, the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said on a recent CNN appearance that the majority of Republican lawmakers and party members are racist — but then threw a bone and clarified that maybe "not all" were.

April 14, 2014

Gisele Bundchen complains Forbes rich list puts her in IRS crosshairs

Gisele Bundchen is accusing the IRS of auditing her just because Forbes said she earned $42 million between June 2012 and June 2013 — a figure which puts her at the top of the publication's wealthy list for models for the seventh year in a row.

April 14, 2014

Don King: I forgive Al Sharpton — ‘give him five stars for service’ to the U.S.

Boxing promoter Don King said he's not keeping any ill will toward the Rev. Al Sharpton for snitching on him to the FBI — that the minister was in fact a hero who is being maligned in a media frenzy that is simply harping on stale news.

April 14, 2014

Los Angeles police kill homeless man over shopping cart dispute

A Hollywood-area homeless man who was reportedly trying to take a shopping cart from a Sunset Boulevard store was shot and killed by police, who said he came at them with a knife.

April 14, 2014

San Francisco 49ers’ Aldon Smith arrested for airport bomb threat

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith was arrested at Los Angeles Airport Sunday after police said he claimed he had a bomb during a confrontational security search.

April 14, 2014