Cheryl K. Chumley

Penguins put on Prozac to counter cold, rainy British zoo climate

Penguins in a British zoo have become so embittered by the cold and dreary weather conditions that they have to take antidepressants — "uppers" — to properly function, sanctuary workers said.

February 7, 2014

Forget fingerprints: New security technology tracks body odor

Fingerprints and iris scans — those are so 2013. The newest security technology to hit the lines of passport presenters takes an entirely different tack: odor.

February 7, 2014

Tony Danza: ‘Who’s the Boss?’ star seated as juror for N.Y. drug case

Tony Danza, who played starring roles in the long-running sitcoms, “Taxi” and “Who’s the Boss?” has a new job: Juror No. 3 for a felony drug case set for Manhattan Supreme Court.

February 7, 2014

Calif. school’s Black History Month menu of fried chicken, watermelon sparks ire

Administrators at a private school in Northern California are scurrying to apologize after a well-intentioned lunch affair to recognize and remember Black History Month went awry, and angry parents called the menu racist.

February 7, 2014

Cash-strapped counties ‘scheme’ to stick prison inmates on Obamacare

Counties in six states facing budget shortfalls have turned to their prison populations as a means of saving some quick cash — by putting as many inmates on Obamacare as possible and tapping into federal funds for their health care.

February 7, 2014

Joe Biden: No reason ‘I should not run’ for president in 2016

It's looking more and more like the Democratic Party will have a choice of two high-profile political candidates for the White House in 2016: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or Vice President Joseph R. Biden.

February 7, 2014

Joe Biden cracks on LaGuardia Airport in N.Y.: ‘Third World country’

It's like a Third World country around here — that was Vice President Joseph R. Biden's assessment of LaGuardia Airport in New York, as he compared it other hot travel spots around the world.

February 7, 2014

Taliban claim to have captured U.S. military dog during ISAF mission

Members of the Taliban say they’ve captured a major U.S. military asset — a working dog named Colonel.

February 6, 2014

Alabama’s Roy Moore moves from 10 Commandments fight to gay marriage

Roy Moore, the Alabama chief justice who reached national prominence for fighting the removal of the Ten Commandments from the state judicial building, has found a new cause: gay marriage.

February 6, 2014

Cop cuffs firefighter amid road rescue over parking dispute

A long-running dispute between San Diego firefighters and police came to an abrupt and alarming head this week, after a cop arrested one of the fire department’s emergency responders who was working a road rescue.

February 6, 2014

‘You all need to leave’: SWAT uses Fla. woman’s home without permission

A Jacksonville, Fla., homeowner said she was ordered out of her house by members of a SWAT team who were responding to an incident at a neighbor’s residence.

February 6, 2014

Bionics breakthrough: Amputee tests prosthetic hand with fingers that feel

Bionics researchers have made a breakthrough, creating a new hand for amputees with fingers that allow the wearer to actually feel sensations.

February 6, 2014

Vegas pet shop owner accused of arson attempt to kill 27 pups

Animal rights activists swarmed outside a California courtroom, to protest a Las Vegas pet shop owner who stands accused of partnering with an arsonist to burn down her building – and trying to kill all 27 puppies inside.

February 6, 2014

NRA-New York doubles membership in face of new gun laws

New York's affiliate of the National Rifle Association has seen its membership explode in the months since Gov. Andrew Cuomo passed new and strict gun control measures. Now, the state chapter has the largest membership roll in the country.

February 6, 2014

Israeli victims denounce John Kerry’s claim of no killings by Palestinians

Secretary of State John Kerry has stumbled on the diplomatic front once again, angering Israeli victims with a recent public claim that Palestinians in the West Bank didn’t kill anybody in Israel in the last year.

February 6, 2014

K-9 dog fired for too much playing on the job

A police dog trained to sniff out drugs in Mississippi was handed the pink slip after he played one too many times with aluminum cans while he was supposed to be working.

February 6, 2014

Houston do-gooder, upset at Utah’s forced lunch toss, buys kids’ food

A Houston man outraged at the story of a Utah school that forced dozens of students with delinquent lunch accounts to throw their food in the trash has taken it on himself to make sure the same doesn't happen in his neck of the woods: He's coughed up money to pay the negative lunch balances of 60 or so local elementary-school kids.

February 6, 2014

Priest who exorcised Indiana family signs movie deal

The priest at the heart of a chilling tale of demonic possession that struck an Indiana mother and her three children has now signed a movie deal.

February 6, 2014

Tom Sizemore recants claims of Bill Clinton-Liz Hurley affair

Troubled actor Tom Sizemore admitted during a HuffPost Live appearance that he made up his comments that were captured on tape — and recently released — in which he claimed former President Bill Clinton and actress Elizabeth Hurley engaged in a long-running sexual affair.

February 6, 2014

Democratic lawmakers push to ban electronic cigarettes at Capitol

Electronic cigarettes are being touted as the tobacco-free way for smokers to indulge their habits in public places without offending anyone — but not all on Capitol Hill are embracing that message.

February 6, 2014