Cheryl K. Chumley

Killer Chris Dorner’s death leaves question mark on $1 million reward

Quadruple killer Christopher Dorner is reportedly dead, killed Wednesday in a shootout with police at a cabin in California. So what happens to the $1 million reward money offered by Los Angeles officials?

February 14, 2013

Battery maker LG Chem forced to repay $842,000 from stimulus dollars

A Michigan battery company funded by $151 million of taxpayer dollars is being forced to reimburse $842,000, after a federal investigation revealed employees produced no battery cells, but rather watched movies and played games.

February 14, 2013

American Airlines, US Airways to merge

Following years of bankruptcy filings and debt consolidations, American Airlines and US Airways are expected to announce a merger Thursday, lowering the total of major carriers in the industry to four.

February 14, 2013

Superman writer’s beliefs offend gay activists

A writer for DC Comics' Superman series has come under attack from gay-rights activists, who view his work as anti-gay and want him fired.

February 13, 2013

Analysts put costs to implement Obama’s State of the Union policies at $83 billion

If all on President Obama's wish list of policy reforms put forth at Tuesday's State of the Union were to come true, the total cost to taxpayers, according to one fiscal watchdog group, would exceed $83 billion.

February 13, 2013

Sen. Patrick Leahy bill gives gay couples same immigration rights as heterosexual couples

Vermont Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy said he will introduce on Wednesday a bill that extends immigration benefits to same-sex married couples.

February 13, 2013

Taxpayers pick up Asian hip-hop tour promoted by U.S. State Department

The U.S. State Department is going hip-hop. The department's Bureau of Educations and Cultural Affairs said it's sending the San Francisco-based hip hop group, Audiopharmacy, on a Southeast Asia and Pacific tour, as part the federal agency's American Music Abroad program.

February 13, 2013

Democratic lawmaker heralds Obama as the next FDR

A Democratic congresswoman is heralding President Obama as the next New Dealing Franklin Delano Roosevelt in gushing praise on the House floor following the Tuesday-evening State of the Union.

February 13, 2013

Ted Nugent blasts Obama’s gun control plan as ‘more nonsense’

Rocking Second Amendment activist Ted Nugent's response to President Obama's State of the Union push for more gun control was simple and to the point: It's "nonsense," he said.

February 13, 2013

Qatar to hand over Syrian Embassy to rebel Syrian National Coalition

Qatar is poised to turn over control of the Syrian Embassy in its capital city of Doha to the main opposition group fighting against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime.

February 13, 2013

Progressives applaud as GOP Gov. Susana Martinez of N.M. OKs gun background checks

New Mexico's leading lady, Gov. Susana Martinez, has come out in support of a bill to impose background checks for those who buy firearms at gun shows.

February 13, 2013

Source: Sen. Menendez failed to report one of his Dominican Republic flights

Sources are telling Fox News that Sen. Robert Menendez failed to report at least one of the trips he took to the Dominican Republic on the plane of his friend and campaign donor, Dr. Salomon Melgen.

February 13, 2013

Marco Rubio: Sip of water heard ‘round the world goes unnoticed at Poland Spring

Sen. Marco Rubio's now-infamous reach for a sip of water during his State of the Union rebuttal is the best thing to happen to Poland Spring since the invention of plastic packaging.

February 13, 2013

Arrested Democratic lawmaker booted from Nevada Legislature

A Democratic assemblyman who represents the Las Vegas district was booted from the state Legislature following an arrest on charges of threatening the speaker and then his wife.

February 13, 2013

Obama vows to lead the crackdown on North Korea

President Obama ushered in some tough talk in his Tuesday-evening State of the Union address, pledging the United States would take a leadership role against North Korea's provocative nuclear test.

February 13, 2013

NRA ad uses administration’s own memo to counter Obama’s gun crackdown

The National Rifle Association is softening its message and turning to policy to make the case against President Obama's push for more gun control.

February 13, 2013

Six journalists arrested in Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World scandal

Police have arrested six journalists, the latest in a lengthy investigation into phone hacking charges that rocked Rupert Murdoch's now-closed News of the World newspaper empire.

February 13, 2013

Gay rights activists demand DC Comics fire Mormon Superman writer

A writer for DC Comics' Superman series has come under attack by homosexual rights activists, who view his work as anti-gay and want him fired.

February 13, 2013

Congressional members send subtle messages with ribbons, pins

It's the message of the ribbons: Dozens of congressional members wore green ribbons at Tuesday's State of the Union address to show solidarity with victims of gun violence.

February 13, 2013

Obama’s minimum wage hike to $9 would kill jobs, report says

President Obama's push to hike the minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $9 per hour may sound good to minimum wage earners, but business owners and economic analysts aren't applauding. History shows that mandated minimum wage hikes often lead to massive job loss.

February 13, 2013