Cheryl K. Chumley

North Korea faults Obama for peninsula tension

A North Korean foreign ministry spokesman said President Obama is to blame for all the rising tensions in the peninsula.

May 10, 2013

17 pregnant teens rescued from Nigerian baby factory

Seventeen pregnant teenage girls and 11 babies were rescued Friday from a Nigerian home that's a suspected baby factory, police in the southeastern Imo province said.

May 10, 2013

Dennis Rodman heads to North Korea to plead for American’s freedom

NBA legend Dennis Rodman said he's headed back to North Korea for another up-front-and-close meeting with dictator Kim Jong-un to talk about freeing a jailed American.

May 10, 2013

Russian military official: Paratroopers to get drones in 5 years

Russia's paratrooper unit should have full drone capability within five years, the nation's air force commander said Friday.

May 10, 2013

Grandson of Malcolm X killed in Mexico City

The grandson of 1960s civil rights leader Malcolm X was killed in Mexico on Thursday, U.S. officials said.

May 10, 2013

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev buried at Muslim cemetery in Doswell, Va.

The body of Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was reportedly buried in a Muslim cemetery in a small town in central Virginia, about 15 miles away from Richmond.

May 10, 2013

Letters to Jesse Jackson Jr. judge: Please see that he ‘pays dearly’

Give him the max — that's the call from plenty of Jesse Jackson Jr.'s former constituents, who would like the judge to sentence him to the full four years of jail time for his admitted campaign spending improprieties while he was a congressman.

May 10, 2013

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel stresses ‘political, not military’ solutions for Mideast

Put down the arms. The Middle East peace process demands talk, diplomacy and politics, not military involvement, said U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

May 10, 2013

WTC spire in NYC installed: ‘We’re better than ever’

New York City now touts the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

May 10, 2013

South Korean president fires press secretary for groping D.C. embassy worker

South Korea President Park Geun-hye gave the boot to her press secretary during her much-publicized trip to the United States, after hearing he sexually assaulted a female worker at the nation's embassy in downtown Washington, D.C.

May 10, 2013

Slippery slope? NYC threatens to fire school cafeteria workers for buying butter

The butter police are on the job. New York City school kitchen managers said they've being targeted and "bullied" by bureaucrats who have threatened "disciplinary action" for buying butter, in violation of a five-year-old policy against using or offering the spread in cafeterias.

May 10, 2013

Ariel Castro’s daughter: My father ‘is dead to me’; kidnapping suspect may face death penalty

The daughter of Cleveland kidnapping and rape suspect Ariel Castro didn't mince words in describing her current mindset toward her father: "He is dead to me."

May 10, 2013

Spain leads pack of 3-D plastic gun-making downloads

The blueprints for a plastic gun that can be produced on a 3-D printer were downloaded 100,000 times in two days, with Spain leading the global rush to obtain the directions.

May 10, 2013

Colorado poised to be first state to tax recreational marijuana sales

Colorado is on its way to becoming the first state to regulate and tax the sale of recreational marijuana, as a bill passed by lawmakers earlier this week is on the governor's desk, awaiting signature.

May 10, 2013

Survivor emerges from 17-day-old Bangladesh factory rubble

Rescue workers at the scene of a Bangladesh factor collapse that occurred 17 days ago were stunned when they paused in their labors and heard a weak female voice, followed by a waving hand.

May 10, 2013

For sale: Former Air Force One

A former Air Force One has gone on the market.

May 10, 2013

International Space Station springs a leak

The International Space Station has sprung a leak and is releasing ammonia coolant that's used to keep its solar-panel power equipment up and running.

May 10, 2013

Rep. Steve King: Obama ‘lowering American values’

Iowa's Rep. Steve King Thursday accused President Obama of "lowering American values" and butting into issues unrelated to his real job.

May 10, 2013

Cyber thieves net $45M in ATM hack; 27 countries hit

Cyber thieves cashed in on $45 million from two Middle Eastern banks in a matter of hours in what's being billed as one of the biggest heists to hit financial facilities in history.

May 10, 2013

North Korea releases details of why American was sentenced to hard labor

North Korea's highest court finally released details of why an American was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, saying he smuggled anti-government documents into the hands of radicals.

May 10, 2013