Cheryl K. Chumley

Vladimir Putin has Asperger’s syndrome, Pentagon says

A 2008 report from a secretive think tank section of the Pentagon claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin has Asperger's syndrome, an "autistic disorder which affects all his decisions," the report said.

February 5, 2015

Jeb Bush’s 2013 pro-amnesty talk shocks: ‘Wow — this is insane,’ conservative says

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, one of the Republican Party's talked-about candidates for president, commented in an April 2013 video: Amnesty for some seems a sound idea. And now, some in the conservative camp are expressing shock.

February 5, 2015

Eddie Ray Routh trial: Jury selection starts for Chris Kyle murder suspect

Jury selection for the trial of Eddie Ray Routh — the man arrested and charged with the shooting death of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and another man — kicks off Thursday in Texas.

February 5, 2015

Texans tell Alcee Hastings: Apologize for calling Texas ‘a crazy state’

Republicans in Congress issued a fiery message to Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings saying the Floridian ought to apologize for blasting Texas as a "crazy state" during a recent Rules Committee hearing.

February 4, 2015

Muslims shocked only 39 percent of Republicans say Islam is violent: Iowa poll

Iowa caucus-goers taking part in a poll said Islam, by and large, is a peaceful religion — and that finding has some Muslims shocked, particularly with Republicans.

February 4, 2015

Obama ‘irritated’ by Mitt Romney’s 2012 concession call: David Axelrod

Former presidential adviser David Axelrod said in his new book that President Obama was somewhat vexed by GOP candidate Mitt Romney's concession call in 2012, particularly by a perceived insinuation that he won by pandering to black voters.

February 4, 2015

DePaul University sparks furor with fundraiser for convicted terrorist Rasmea Odeh

A fundraiser organized by Students for Justice in Palestine, or SJP, at DePaul University has sparked widespread furor because the recipient of the rally — Rasmea Odeh — is a convicted killer living in the United States who was just found guilty of lying on her immigration papers.

February 4, 2015

Open carry gun group slams NFL for censorship of Super Bowl safety ad

The U.S. Concealed Carry Association reported that the NFL repeatedly rejected a firearms safety print ad the group wanted to run in the Super Bowl program, and now one member -- Kevin Michalowski, who edits Concealed Carry Magazine -- is crying censorship.

February 4, 2015

Ted Cruz ‘foolishly experimented with marijuana,’ staffer says

Sen. Ted Cruz's team admitted the tea party Texan smoked marijuana when he was a teen — but never since. And he's hardly the only top-ranking politico, Republican or Democrat, to confess to the drug use in recent days.

February 4, 2015

French Monopoly games to include real money for 80th anniversary

Eighty Monopoly games sold in France will include genuine money — a nod of celebration at the 80th anniversary of the release of the game in the European nation.

February 4, 2015

Eric Holder: I fixed George W. Bush’s partisan Justice Department

Attorney General Eric Holder pushed back against Republicans who said the Justice Department, under his leadership, had become little more than a political machine to push liberal causes — and said that he's actually cleaned up all the politicking that had taken place under the former Bush administration.

February 4, 2015

Dartmouth College offers #BlackLivesMatter class on ‘race, structural inequality’

Dartmouth College has announced a new course that's set for the spring semester called "10 Weeks, 10 Professors: #BlackLivesMatter," a takeoff from the Twitter hashtag and movement that grew in popularity on the heels of St. Louis-area protests and rallies.

February 4, 2015

Jesse Ventura on Chris Kyle’s hero label: ‘Nazis have heroes,’ too

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura ratcheted up his rhetoric against Chris Kyle, the subject of the widely cheered "American Sniper" movie, suggesting that the now-deceased U.S. Navy SEAL was hardly the hero that he's painted — that if you think about it, even the Nazis had heroes.

February 4, 2015

Marijuana vending machines with pot buds make debut in Seattle

It's a first for marijuana. Vending machines that dispense pot buds just made their debut in Seattle.

February 4, 2015

Richard Reid, shoe bomber: I failed because that’s what God wanted

Richard Reid, the would-be terrorist shoe bomber who couldn't get his fuse lit fast enough, said his plot to take out 197 passengers on an American Airline flight was thwarted by God.

February 3, 2015

School nutritionists to Congress: Michelle Obama’s lunch laws have to go

The School Nutrition Association and its 55,000 member food service professionals sent a clear message to Congress about the state of the nation's cafeteria offerings to kids: First lady Michelle Obama's regulations have got to go, they said.

February 3, 2015

Jeremy Hammond, Anonymous hacker, put on terrorist list by FBI

Jeremy Hammond, the prominent hacker with the group Anonymous, was placed on a terrorist list by the FBI.

February 3, 2015

Franklin Graham tells Christians: ‘Get involved in politics’ — ‘gays and lesbians are’

The Rev. Franklin Graham sent Christians a blunt message during a recent Oklahoma State Evangelism Conference, telling them in no uncertain terms that they need to get more involved in politics — that those with unbiblical views need the pushback.

February 3, 2015

Marzuki Darusman, U.N. human rights head: We should ‘dismantle’ North Korea regime

The United Nations' special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, Marzuki Darusman, said the international community ought to consider dismantling the North Korean regime -- it's the only way the 80,000-to-100,000 prisoners in the nation's camps will win freedom.

February 3, 2015

White House lockdown ends as bomb teams clear nearby park of threat

Authorities lifted the White House from lockdown status after bomb team specialists determined a package left unattended at a nearby park was not hazardous.

February 3, 2015