Cheryl K. Chumley

Vladimir Putin stars in dramatic video spot: ‘The bear never asks permission’

Russia's state-run media released a dramatic video clip of President Vladimir Putin shown against a backdrop of tanks, flying flags and propaganda-type images as a hard-charging leader who ultimately declares, in a sound bite worthy of Hollywood lore: "The bear never asks permission," CNN reported.

December 18, 2014

Miami Cubans slam ‘betrayal’ by Obama: ‘He is more communist than others’

The Cuban community of Little Havana in Miami expressed shock and outrage at President Obama's announcement to open talks with communist-run Cuba, warning the normalization of relations would lead to a path of disaster and destruction for America.

December 18, 2014

Chinese villagers vote to banish HIV-positive boy, age 8

More than 200 villagers in the Chinese province of Sichuan put their names on a petition that's circulating to banish an HIV-positive boy, age 8, from the community.

December 18, 2014

Chris Rock on Sony hack of Hollywood: ‘The whole town is scared’

Funnyman Chris Rock said Hollywood is in a state of fear over the Sony hacking scandal that has seen private emails come to public light — that "the whole town is scared" and unsure how to proceed.

December 18, 2014

Obama runs with ‘presidential memoranda,’ but brags of few executive orders

President Obama may have issued fewer executive orders than some previous presidents -- but he's definitely found a friend with presidential memoranda, and has used this White House power to push forward far-reaching personal agendas, from amnesty to clamp-downs on oil exploration.

December 17, 2014

Tennessee city bans workers from criticizing government on social media

City leaders in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, say too much time has been devoted to addressing negative messages that have been posted on social media sites — so they've voted to ban workers from writing anything bad at all.

December 17, 2014

Indiana police evoke outrage with ‘Breathe Easy: Don’t Break the Law’ T-shirt sales

An Indiana police officer has irked several in his South Bend community with a T-shirt he's selling that touts a take-off slogan of the "I Can't Breathe" mantra that followed New York suspect Eric Garner's death — "Breathe Easy: Don't Break the Law."

December 17, 2014

David Axelrod disses Hillary Clinton: ‘Ready for Hillary … ready for what?’

David Axelrod, former adviser to President Obama, took a quick pot shot at Hillary Clinton, saying that when he thinks of the "Ready for Hillary" mantra that's been making waves on the White House fundraising trail, he thinks — ready for what exactly?

December 17, 2014

Phil Robertson overcome with Christmas giving: ‘Just hard to stop the tears’

Phil Robertson and his family, of "Duck Dynasty" reality show fame, recently gave a massive Christmas gift to another family -- a new home.

December 17, 2014

EU court removes Hamas from terror list on technicality

A court in the European Union has ordered Hamas off the terrorist list based on a technicality.

December 17, 2014

‘The Simpsons’ go to college: Campuses nationwide adopt cartoon into the curriculum

Bart Simpson has hit the college scene — along with sisters Lisa and Maggie, dad Homer and mother Marge. Colleges across the nation are incorporating the long-running cartoon series into course discussions.

December 17, 2014

Pakistani kids recount Taliban orders: ‘Children are under the benches. Kill them.’

Survivors of the Taliban terrorist attack at the Army Public School and Degree College say militants shouted "God is great" as they swarmed through the facility, spraying bullets and rooting out as many children for massacre as they could find.

December 17, 2014

Landmark Theaters pulls premiere of ‘The Interview’ over terrorist threat

Landmark Theaters announced it was canceling the premiere of "The Interview" in New York City on the heels of a terrorism threat made by individuals who declared themselves aligned with the cyberattack against Sony.

December 17, 2014

Ted Cruz apologizes to colleagues for ‘inconveniencing’ their weekend

Sen. Ted Cruz said in a closed-door session with colleagues that he was sorry for trying to spark a government shutdown in protest of the $1.1 trillion budget bill and immigration amnesty in a way that upset his colleagues' schedules — and that he wished he "hadn't done it," a source at the meeting said.

December 17, 2014

North Korea asks U.N. to investigate CIA’s ‘brutal medieval’ acts

North Korea has petitioned the U.N. Security Council to look into the CIA's so-called "brutal medieval" treatment of terrorism suspects, as described in the Democrat-fueled report released by the Senate.

December 17, 2014

Mom calls into C-SPAN to scold on-air pundit sons: Stop arguing

Republican Dallas Woodhouse and his Democratic brother Brad Woodhouse, two pundits on separate political poles, were staking out their opposite positions on a recent Washington Journal television broadcast — when their mother dialed in and told them to stop arguing.

December 16, 2014

Native Americans sue feds for siting solar plant on sacred lands

Four Native American tribes have joined forces to sue the Interior Department over White House plans to site solar power plants on Mojave Desert land deemed by some as sacred.

December 16, 2014

Andrew Cuomo bans pet tattoos, piercings in New York

Come early 2015, New York pet owners will no longer be able to pierce or tattoo their pets, thanks to a new measure signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

December 16, 2014

Elliot Seymour, Mickey Rourke’s boxing opponent, confesses the match was a sham

Elliot Seymour, the 29-year-old boxer who fell to gray-haired Hollywood hitter Mickey Rourke, 62, during a knock-out match in Russia last month, has now come forward and admitted what almost everybody who watched the fight already figured: It was a sham.

December 16, 2014

Eric Holder cheers NBA stars for ‘I Can’t Breathe’ shirts: ‘Shows a depth to them’

Attorney General Eric Holder had nothing but praise for the many NBA stars who've come out in recent days wearing "I Can't Breathe" t-shirts, saying the political messaging serves the public well and shows "a depth" to the players that many didn't expect.

December 16, 2014