Cheryl K. Chumley

New science guidelines tell states how to teach climate change, evolution

It's been almost 17 years, but educators have called for national teaching guidelines for science in schools around the nation — and they want part of the curriculum to focus on climate change and evolution.

April 10, 2013

U.S. puts out new terror warning for travelers in Pakistan

The U.S. State Department has issued a warning Wednesday to residents traveling in Pakistan to be on guard for terrorist attacks.

April 10, 2013

‘Obamacare’ creator Sen. Jay Rockefeller now says law ‘beyond comprehension’

Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, a leading force in the creation of President Obama's health care law, now says the health reform is at risk of falling under its own regulatory weight and that it's becoming too complicated to properly implement.

April 10, 2013

California bill would take away tax benefits for Boy Scouts

California legislators are mulling a plan to take away tax benefits that help the Boy Scouts, citing the justification that groups that don't allow gay, transgender or atheist members shouldn't receive help.

April 10, 2013

WikiLeaks: U.S. blamed Israel for failed peace talks in 1975

The United States put the blame for failed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in 1975 squarely at the feet of Israel, new documents released by WikiLeaks revealed.

April 10, 2013

Report: Government spends $34.5 billion on students who may never graduate

Each year, college students from around the nation tap into a federal Pell Grant program that awards $34.5 billion of taxpayer money that doesn't ever have to be paid back.

April 10, 2013

Muppets take Manhattan: Puppet hustlers buoyed by court order

The Muppets have a new gig — hustling New York City tourists to tip for photos — and city leaders say they can't do anything about it.

April 10, 2013

Forget the sellers: NYC lawmaker wants to imprison buyers of knockoffs

Never mind the seller. Now a New York City councilwoman is looking to put in prison the buyers of counterfeit goods.

April 10, 2013

Texas professor faces fire for forcing students into anti-gun campaign

Administrators have launched an investigation into a Midwestern State University professor after receiving complaints from a student that she forced her class to design anti-gun posters to be used in her personal activism.

April 10, 2013

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius taken aback by ‘relentless’ ‘Obamacare’ politics

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that she has been taken off guard by the concerted and continuing opposition to "Obamacare" and that her office has been pushed into public relations mode to persuade states to join the exchange.

April 10, 2013

Ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner eyes comeback as NYC mayor

Disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner said in magazine article posted online Wednesday that he was mulling a run for mayor of New York City, if the public would only give him a second chance.

April 10, 2013

37 of 62 Colorado sheriffs to sue over new gun laws

Thirty-seven of Colorado's 62 elected sheriffs are banding together for a lawsuit against the state's tight new gun restrictions.

April 10, 2013

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephant hit by drive-by shooting

A spokesman for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus said a drive-by shooter hit an elephant in Tupelo, Miss., on Tuesday.

April 10, 2013

Power of the new pope: Lapsed Catholics feel drawn to give Francis a try

Newly minted Pope Francis is already making a mark. At least some of the Church's lapsed Catholics, disenfranchised by years of scandals and rigid teachings, say they're now giving the religion a second look and returning to the fold.

April 10, 2013

Swarthmore College students send conservative commencement speaker packing

Swarthmore College students successfully ran off former Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick — whom they termed a "war criminal" — from serving as commencement speaker at the upcoming graduation ceremony.

April 10, 2013

Dick Cheney on North Korea: U.S. ‘in deep doo doo’

Former Vice President Dick Cheney issued a blunt warning to Republican leaders in Congress about the state of American and North Korean relations: The United States is in trouble.

April 10, 2013

Drones over America: Pilot error costs U.S. taxpayers $10M for crash

The Air Force is reporting that it was mostly the pilot's fault for wrecking an unmanned drone in December in the Arizona desert.

April 10, 2013

Kim Jong-un 1994: ‘Grease’ actor, comic book reader, ‘quietest person’ ever

Before Kim Jong-un, 30, was a North Korean dictator threatening to wipe out the West with nuclear bombs he held a different job — as a skinny-boned, leather jacket wearing member of a "good" gang in an all-American theatrical production of Grease.

April 9, 2013

Brad Paisley: Country crooner defends ‘Accidental Racist’ duet with LL Cool J

Country star Brad Paisley is not apologizing for the song "Accidental Racist," his duet with New York rapper LL Cool J, despite the stir it has caused among some listeners who find the lyrics appalling.

April 9, 2013

Harry Reid: Congress should investigate NCAA’s ‘absolute control’

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Congress ought to step into the arena of college sports and investigate whether the NCAA has too much power over athletes.

April 9, 2013