Cheryl K. Chumley

VP Joe Biden tells Jewish group: Obama ‘does not bluff’ on war with Iran

Vice President Joseph R. Biden told the country's largest pro-Israel lobby Monday not to worry — President Obama is determined to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and he's not kidding.

March 4, 2013

Iowa communities declare snow emergencies as storm starts to hit

Flakes are just starting to fall, but some communities in Iowa have already declared a snow emergency, various media outlets report.

March 4, 2013

Top Obama appointees make $100K more than average worker

President Obama's top-tiered appointees make about three times more than the average American worker, a Government Accountability Office audit shows.

March 4, 2013

Bill Cosby says those who oppose Obama are racist

Comedy and television icon Bill Cosby slammed Republicans who failed to stand for President Obama's State of the Union speech, likening them to racists who opposed desegregation.

March 4, 2013

Florida imam convicted of funneling money to Pakistani Taliban

A Muslim cleric living in Florida was convicted Monday on two charges of funneling money to members of the Pakistani Taliban.

March 4, 2013

Michigan deputy sheriff’s 4-year-old son kills self by accident with dad’s gun

The 4-year-old son of a sheriff deputy in Michigan accidentally shot and killed himself with his father's gun over the weekend.

March 4, 2013

Hamas launches campaign to root out Israeli spies

Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, has launched a new campaign aimed at rooting out spies for the Israeli government.

March 4, 2013

Janet Napolitano blames long airport lines on sequester

Longer lines at airports are due to sequestration, said Department of Homeland Security director Janet Napolitano.

March 4, 2013

Calif. retirement home that left woman to die: It’s ‘protocol’

It's just policy. That's the statement issued by California retirement home officials in defense of one of their nurses who refused to give an elderly patient CPR — despite the pleas of a 911 operator.

March 4, 2013

President Bush III? Jeb Bush hints at 2016 White House run

Jeb Bush, who served as Florida's governor from 1999 to 2007, may very well announce a run for the White House in 2016.

March 4, 2013

Venezuelan protesters demand proof that Hugo Chavez is alive

Hundreds took to the streets Sunday in Caracas, demanding proof that Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has not yet died from cancer.

March 4, 2013

U.N. nuclear head fights for Iran to open Parchin site to inspectors

The head of the United Nations' agency on atomic energy said Iran should grant inspectors immediate access to the Parchin site, where higher-than-normal activity has been suspected.

March 4, 2013

Hamas takes control of crucial Israeli border crossing

Hamas has ratcheted tensions and taken control of a crucial border crossing into Israel that had been overseen by a Palestinian Authority appointee.

March 4, 2013

Baby born after NYC parents are killed in crash now dies

The baby who was born after his parents were killed in a car crash in New York has now also died.

March 4, 2013

Migraine headache relief from sex works as well as medication: study

More than half of migraine sufferers said their pain subsided when they had sex, researchers found. And one in five who took party in the study said their pain disappeared completely.

March 4, 2013

United Kingdom moves toward arming Syrian rebels

If the death in Syria rises much higher, the United Kingdom may send rebel fighters weapons and ammunition, one top government official said.

March 4, 2013

Afghan President Hamid Karzai rails against ally Pakistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is railing against Afghanistan's supposed ally, Pakistan, accusing the nation of a weak resolve to battle terrorism.

March 4, 2013

Reagan relic: Iconic Berlin Wall to be torn down for luxury apartments

Twenty-plus years after President Ronald Reagan ordered Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall," the final remnants are going to be torn down — to make room to build luxury apartments.

March 4, 2013

Banks to 700 veterans: Oops, sorry for the foreclosures

A couple of the biggest banks in the United States have admitted that they were wrong to foreclose on 700-plus military families, at a time when the soldiers were actively serving in war zones.

March 4, 2013

Speaker John Boehner vows no government shutdown

House Speaker John Boehner says no way will he push for a government shutdown, despite sequester buzz and chatter to the contrary.

March 4, 2013