Cheryl K. Chumley

USS Kidd sent to Indian Ocean after ‘indication’ of Malaysian jet crash

Following days of mystery, the United States has stepped forward and announced that authorities have seen an "indication" that the Malaysia Airlines jetliner may actually have crashed into the Indian Ocean.

March 13, 2014

Gaza militants offer Israel cease-fire of rocket blasts

Militants in the Gaza Strip offered Israel on Thursday a cease-fire to all rocket blasts, just hours after the Jewish nation unleashed a torrent of attacks that targeted 29 Palestinian sites — many of which were confirmed hits.

March 13, 2014

Hockey fans sue arena: Beer in $7 cups same amount as in $4 cups

Idaho hockey fans are incensed that they paid $7 at a Boise arena for a cup of beer they thought contained more brew than the $4 cup — so they did the now-American thing and sued.

March 13, 2014

David Cameron: Tony Blair’s not really my friend

Sitting Prime Minister David Cameron took a quick shot at former Prime Minister Tony Blair, bluntly telling the U.K. media that the two were not personally close and could hardly be considered friends.

March 13, 2014

John Kerry admits Israeli-Palestinian mistrust hits record highs

Secretary of State John Kerry said relations between Israelis and Palestinians have fallen to all-time lows and mistrust among the two peoples have spiked to all-time highs -- and yet, he still says those gaps can be bridged and peace can prevail.

March 13, 2014

George Zimmerman’s parents sue Roseanne Barr for Twitter posts of address

George Zimmerman's parents have filed a lawsuit against comedian Roseanne Barr, claiming she attempted to cause a riot outside their home by posting their residential address on Twitter.

March 13, 2014

Mike Huckabee: Opposing abortion is ‘how we save this republic’

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, known as a fighter of traditional family values and Christian principles, said the Republican Party needed to wrap its collective fingers around anti-abortion policy because doing so would prove a clear election winner.

March 13, 2014

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee claims Constitution is 400 years old

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat representing Texas, suggested during a recent address to congressional colleagues that the Constitution and the American system of governance has lasted about 400 years — insinuating that our guiding legal document was signed around 1614.

March 13, 2014

Army’s highly decorated WWII vet denied Medal of Honor by judge

The verdict is in, and it's a big, fat no: The Army's second most highly decorated World War II era soldier, Lt. Garlin Murl Conner, will not receive the Medal of Honor, a judge ruled.

March 13, 2014

Twitter crashes for second time in nine days

Twitter, the social media giant, crashed for a time on Tuesday — the second glitch that shuttered its operations in the last nine days, the New York Post reported.

March 13, 2014

Charles Manson associate Bruce Davis granted parole

Bruce Davis, a convicted murderer who once served as an associate of Charles Manson, was granted parole from his California prison cell — though whether he will actually go free is still a matter to be decided.

March 13, 2014

Israeli warplanes pound 29 Palestinian sites in Gaza: ‘Direct hits’ confirmed

Israeli forces unleashed a hurl of warplane attacks against 29 different Palestinian sites in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, an apparent retaliation for the rocket strikes that were thrown at the Jewish nation a few hours earlier.

March 13, 2014

Eric Holder to give thumbs-up to drop jail time for drug offenders

Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to testify before the U.S. Sentencing Commission on Thursday and say that yes, the average sentence for drug dealers should be dropped by a year, from 62 months to 51 months.

March 13, 2014

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie faces fire for Superstorm Sandy dollars: ‘Where’s the governor?’

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is still dealing with the "Bridgegate" scandal, is now facing another. Constituents are now giving their governor failing grades over his administration's disbursement of federal financial aid for Superstorm Sandy cleanup efforts.

March 13, 2014

Pope Francis shakes Vatican Bank with ‘earthquake’ reforms

Pope Francis has more than made good on his promise to investigate the scandal-tainted financial wing of the Vatican, cleaning house with such vigor that at least one Catholic Church watcher is calling it akin to an earthquake.

March 13, 2014

Ben Carson: America’s now ‘very much like Nazi Germany’

Noted conservative speaker and nationally recognized neurosurgeon Ben Carson took his blunt talk about the state of the nation in a direction that deviated from his usual references to God and faith — remarking on America's resemblance to Nazi Germany days.

March 12, 2014

GOP takes aim at Texas with new PAC to woo females

The Republicans have a message for Democrats who think Texas is turning blue: Not so fast — we're back in the game with a political action committee aimed at wooing women voters.

March 12, 2014

Obama to order businesses to hike overtime pay for salary workers

President Obama is expected to issue an order to the Labor Department this week to reform regulations that will ultimately make private businesses pay more for overtime.

March 12, 2014

‘Shut up your mouth, Obama’ video goes viral from Egypt

A video of an Egyptian woman calling on President Obama to keep quiet and get out of Egypt's politics has gone viral, sparking spin-off t-shirts and Photoshopped spoofs.

March 12, 2014

Last laugh: Marine vet fires off jokes from the grave with own obituary

Eighty-year-old Walter George Bruhl Jr. of Delaware may have been a known prankster in life — but even in death, he had the last laugh.

March 12, 2014