Cheryl K. Chumley

Nate Silver sparks fire with web post that doubts climate change claim

Nate Silver, the former New York Times statistician and darling of the Democrats who recently angered liberals by predicting big wins for the Republicans in 2014, has now lost a little bit more of luster from the left.

March 31, 2014

White House shooter should get 27 years, prosecutors say

Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez , 23, should spend 27 years behind bars for firing off shots at the White House in 2011, prosecutors said Monday.

March 31, 2014

Florida city of corruption gets reprieve as lawmakers let it live

A Florida city that was so corrupt that lawmakers mulled wiping it off the face of the map has been granted an eleventh-hour reprieve: Legislators said Hampton can stay a while longer.

March 31, 2014

Socialists in France lose big to center-right in city elections

Socialists in France admit their party just took a big hit in recent municipal elections, as preliminary results show voters took out their frustrations with a lagging economy and opted for more center-right candidates.

March 31, 2014

Sen. John Barrasso: White House ‘cooking the books’ on Obamacare

Sen. John Barrasso has accused the Obama administration — which just claimed more than 6 million Americans have enrolled in Obamacare — of spinning the numbers on the federal health care overhaul and "cooking the books."

March 31, 2014

Albuquerque in ‘mayhem’ as protesters and police clash

At least three people were arrested and a police officer injured as protesters and law enforcement clashed in Albuquerque over a recent spate of cop shootings.

March 31, 2014

Two men, woman gunned down at apartment in Indianapolis

Police on Monday were still trying to discern the events leading up to a fatal gun attack that left three dead at an apartment in Indianapolis.

March 31, 2014

Wealthy in China show off social status by killing, eating tigers

Chinese businessmen with big bucks are seeking entertainment and relaxation at underground venues that offer illegal tiger kills and consumptions.

March 28, 2014

Stephen Colbert takes heat for ‘Ching-Chong Ding-Dong’ tweet from show’s account

Stephen Colbert of "The Colbert Report" has sparked a Twitter frenzy due to a tweet he was blamed for sending out that touched on the Washington Redskins football team controversy.

March 28, 2014

Md. politico defies judge and opens with Jesus prayer: I’ll ‘go to jail for it’

A Carroll County, Md., commissioner said the heck with what a U.S. District judge said and went ahead and opened this week's meeting with a prayer that invoked the name of Jesus Christ.

March 28, 2014

Eric Holder: Feds will recognize Michigan gay marriage, despite law

Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's highest law enforcement official, said Friday that the federal government will recognize gay marriages that take place in Michigan — despite the fact that a court just ordered a halt to the ceremonies going forward.

March 28, 2014

Bad Rosa Parks essay reignite ire over UNC cheating scandal

A former professor at the University of North Carolina has brought forward a blunt example of how the college sped big-name athletes with subpar grades to the goal line of graduation, despite lacking scholastic aptitudes: One essay on Rosa Parks, fewer than 150 words and filled with grammatical puzzlers, nonetheless received an A-minus, she said.

March 28, 2014

Democrats say enough on Benghazi: It’s ‘undermining the credibility’ of committee

Democratic lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have petitioned Chairman Darrell Issa via a letter to stop talking about the Benghazi attacks — saying the multitude of hearings are making the panel look bad.

March 28, 2014

Conservative TV talkers bemoan jet-set Obamas for ‘royal presidency’

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly traded jabs with libertarian-leaning likewise host John Stossel on the White House administration's jet-set lifestyle, honing in particular on the president and first lady and their family's penchant for taking vacations at the taxpayers' expense.

March 28, 2014

Joe Biden: Illegal immigrants are ‘already American citizens’ to me

Vice president Joe Biden -- already known as a habitual blurter of the near-nonsensical and politically befuddling -- may have one-upped himself this week with a somewhat shocking statement on illegal immigrants.

March 28, 2014

Skidmore College touts new course — on Miley Cyrus and bisexuality

Come to Skidmore. Study Miley Cyrus. The Saratoga Springs, N.Y., college is offering a new course aimed at bolstering summer class attendance: "The Sociology of Miley Cyrus: Race, Class, Gender and Media," complete with studies of her shocking shaking at the music awards and discussion of female bisexuality.

March 28, 2014

Maine councilmen refuse to stand for flag pledge: It’s ‘ludicrous,’ one says

Two council members in Hampden, Maine, have sparked a widespread furor — that just keeps getting wider, thanks to videotape technology — for their refusal to stand before meetings for the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag.

March 28, 2014

Anti-gun radio host wishes on NRA: ‘I will shoot you’

An angry liberal radio host with an anti-gun bent went on a rant during a recent broadcast about new Georgia legislation to expand the concealed carry laws, ultimately sending out a wish that he could shoot an NRA board member.

March 28, 2014

Facebook hires drone-making team to spread Internet around world

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has just paid about $20 million to hire a team of drone makers in a small community in England, with hopes of developing a system that connects the world to the Internet via a complex network of drones, satellite and lasers.

March 28, 2014

Oscar Pistorius murder trial placed on hold

The murder trial of former Olympian Oscar Pistorius was postponed on Friday, after the judge said her legal assistant had taken ill.

March 28, 2014