Cheryl K. Chumley

British doctors warned not to call the obese ‘obese’

Don't call the outrageously fat "obese," doctors in Britain have been told. Why? The label could damage their self-esteem, the country's health watchdog said in newly released policy papers.

October 16, 2013

Egyptian foreign minister calls relations with U.S. ‘in turmoil’

The current state of relations between Egyptian and U.S. authorities has sunk to such lows that the entire Middle East region could suffer, Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said Wednesday.

October 16, 2013

Valerie Jarrett was ‘architect’ of Obama’s shutdown strategy: author Ed Klein

A new theory from author Ed Klein — who previously penned "The Amateur," about President Obama's White House leadership — suggests that senior adviser Valerie B. Jarrett orchestrated the chief executive's strategies in the government shutdown.

October 16, 2013

Underwear over Pyongyang? Swedish fashionista mulls airdrop of 450 pairs

Bjorn Borg, famous Swedish undergarment designer and manufacturer, said he's mulling a public relations and advertising campaign that could see thousands of underwear dropped over North Korea — a "Weapons of Mass Seduction."

October 16, 2013

Injured kangaroo limps into ‘Flying Kangaroo’ airport pharmacy for aid

The big question on shocked witnesses' minds, no doubt, as they watched an injured kangaroo limp and hop into a pharmacy in Melbourne Airport in Australia on Wednesday: How did he know?

October 16, 2013

Duke basketball team faces fire for West Point pose with fake firearms

Duke basketball players were forced to pull a photograph from the college's Twitter account after anti-gun activists complained about the content: Team members were holding fake rifles, in recognition of their visit to West Point military academy.

October 16, 2013

Tattoo taboo: D.C. mulls 24-hour waiting period on skin ink

Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are mulling a new rule that would require tattoo-seekers to wait 24 hours before they get their ink.

October 16, 2013

Hillary Clinton jabs at Joe Biden: He didn’t want bin Laden raid

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took a jab at Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Tuesday, saying he didn't want the bin Laden raid to go forth — and making, in the meanwhile, what some political watchers have perceived as an offensive maneuver to stake out her 2016 claim to the White House.

October 16, 2013

Police make arrest in L.A. airport dry ice explosions

Police have arrested a man in connection with one of the dry ice explosions that hit at Los Angeles International Airport this week, on Sunday and on Monday.

October 16, 2013

Antonin Scalia: 14th Amendment for all, not ‘only the blacks’

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia issued what's sure to spark a fury of debate between the warring sides of affirmative action, telling a packed courtroom on Tuesday that the 14th Amendment wasn't penned simply to protect blacks.

October 16, 2013

China mocks U.S. as debt default looms

Chinese state media have been filled this week with cartoon images of America's leaders, mocking them for stumbling on a debt deal while depicting the nation as a beggar.

October 16, 2013

Ann Coulter rips Liz Cheney, ‘hucksters’ who are ‘ripping off’ the GOP

Conservative commentator Ann Coulter — who has herself come under fire from the right for her past blanket support of perceived Republicans In Name Only — has come out swinging against GOP leaders she accuses of hijacking the party.

October 15, 2013

Wyoming bison tears through government shutdown sign

Apparently, bison hate government shutdowns, too.

October 15, 2013

One in four kids in poverty, despite U.S. gains: report

The White House may be touting a message of an improved economy — and claiming on its website that President Obama is all about helping those of lesser financial means — but meanwhile, nearly one-quarter of America’s youth are struggling in poverty, a new report reveals.

October 15, 2013

Hillary Clinton slapped with parking ticket in London

A warden with the Westminster City Council – London's glorified title for the American equivalent of a meter maid – slapped a parking ticket on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's silver Mercedes over the weekend, sparking a dispute with Secret Service on the open city streets.

October 15, 2013

Michelle Obama set to promote water drinking on NBC ‘Biggest Loser’ show

First lady Michelle Obama is poised for a second appearance on “The Biggest Loser,” NBC’s reality show to help contestants lose weight.

October 15, 2013

Angry PAC pens CNN: It’s not a tea party rally — it’s a veteran movement

A political action committee upset at the media coverage of last weekend's Million Vet March on the World War II Memorial in downtown D.C. penned an open letter to CNN, calling the station's coverage dismissive, degrading and blind to the veteran cause.

October 15, 2013

Rev. Franklin Graham: America ‘in a mess’ for turning from God

The Rev. Franklin Graham – son of world-known Christian preacher Billy Graham – said America is facing dire straits mostly because leaders have failed to give God proper due.

October 15, 2013

Judicial Watch sues IRS for stonewalling on tea party FOIA

The government watchdog Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, insisting the agency release previously demanded documents made under a Freedom of Information Act request that would clarify how conservative groups were screened for nonprofit status.

October 15, 2013

American tourist hit by bomb blast in luxury Myanmar hotel

A 43-year-old American woman taking a tour through Myanmar was injured by a bomb blast that went off just as she was checking into her luxury hotel room in Rangoon late Monday.

October 15, 2013