Cheryl K. Chumley

Obama’s executive order: Panel to form ‘best practices’ election guide for states

President Obama is issuing a new executive order on Thursday aimed at cracking down on election problems — but specifics are still scarce.

March 28, 2013

CNN panelist: Gun reform won’t come until more ‘white children’ are killed

A contributor on CNN said during a Thursday broadcast on gun control that the reason reform was stalling on Capitol Hill was that white children weren’t being killed.

March 28, 2013

Tax filers make 2.7 million mistakes in 2011 — and that’s an improvement

The Internal Revenue Service says filers made 2.7 million mistakes on their 2011 returns — but bad as that sounds, it's actually an improvement over prior years.

March 28, 2013

Connecticut town votes to put armed officers in school

Council members in Enfield, Conn., have responded to the Newtown shooting massacre with a new law — arming officers to patrol the buildings in its school system

March 28, 2013

Meghan McCain to host own traveling talk show

Meghan McCain is getting her own variety talk show.

March 28, 2013

New Bloomberg anti-gun video uses Newtown parents making emotional pleas

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg' gun group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, unveiled a new ad Thursday: It features parents of children killed in the Newtown, Conn., shooting rampage calling for tighter Second Amendment laws.

March 28, 2013

Food stamp president: Enrollment up 70 percent under Obama

Enrollment in the food stamp program — officially the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — has soared by 70 percent in the years since President Obama first took office, a new report finds.

March 28, 2013

Free guns: Tucson, Ariz., man starts give-away program for high-crime areas

A former candidate for mayor in Tucson, Ariz., has raised thousands of dollars in a campaign aimed at buying guns to distribute for free to residents who live in high-crime communities.

March 28, 2013

Sarah Palin PAC goes on the march to reignite the right

Sarah Palin is gearing up for 2014. Her SarahPAC came out with a video on Wednesday aimed at fueling the conservative fires for a dramatic comeback in the midterm elections.

March 28, 2013

Virginia police officers refused restaurant service for wearing guns

A restaurant manager in Manassas, Va., has gone on the defensive, rushing to apologize after an employee refused to serve eight police officers because they were carrying weapons.

March 28, 2013

Atheists demand Vietnam memorial tear down cross

The Freedom from Religion Foundation, an atheist group headquartered in Wisconsin, is demanding that city leaders in one Oregon community remove a Vietnam War memorial that is topped by a Christian cross.

March 28, 2013

Democratic lawmaker to pro-gun voter: You’re a murderous, ‘baby-raping’ ‘inbreed’

Alabama resident Eddie Maxwell thought he was simply emailing his state legislators to voice his opposition to gun control, but he was shocked and stunned by one reply, from Democratic state Rep. Joe Mitchell.

March 28, 2013

Texas launches probe of school curriculum accused of communist agenda

Texas Board of Education authorities have launched an investigation in the state's school curriculum, based on complaints that approved teachings are actually indoctrinating students with a pro-communist ideology.

March 28, 2013

Guantanamo prisoners file complaint: We want bottled water, not tap

Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay already on a hunger strike have found a new issue to protest: Guards aren't giving them bottled water, but rather forcing them to drink from the tap.

March 28, 2013

Forget executive orders: Obama finds creative means to bypass Congress

Move over executive orders. President Obama has another tool to push policy absent congressional stamp — and it's far less known and controversial. It's called executive action.

March 28, 2013

Oscar Pistorius wins back passport, right to travel overseas

Oscar Pistorius has won back his passport and the right to travel. A judge sided with his attorneys on Thursday, as they argued that the double-amputee Olympian accused of murder in the Valentine's Day shooting of his girlfriend may actually have to enter track events to compete and earn money, The Associated Press reports.

March 28, 2013

Marijuana trade could create billion-dollar potential for cash-strapped states

Tax gurus are predicting Colorado and Washington could see big bucks — millions, or even billions — from revenues collected via their recently approved recreational marijuana laws. And other states are starting to take a second look at the potential.

March 28, 2013

School administration costs soar 700 percent since 1950

The number of administrative positions in schools around the nation has increased by 700 percent over the past six or seven decades, a new study finds.

March 28, 2013

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani teen targeted by Taliban for pro-school views, signs $3M book deal

Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani girl who survived a point-blank gun shot from a Taliban militant who opposed her pro-school activism, has signed a book deal.

March 28, 2013

Nelson Mandela in hospital with lung infection

South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, 94, has been hospitalized for treatment for a recurring lung infection.

March 28, 2013