Cheryl K. Chumley

Martin Stutzman, Indiana lawmaker: GOP chiefs duped me into voting for budget

Rep. Martin Stutzman, a Republican congressman for Indiana, said he wouldn't have been one of the deciding vote factors that led to the passage of the $1.1 trillion budget bill — except that his GOP leadership duped him.

December 12, 2014

Tokyo restaurant bans Christmas Eve couples so workers don’t feel sad

One restaurant in Tokyo was so concerned about staffers' feeling that managers outright banned couples from eating there on Christmas Eve — because they thought the cozy partnerships might depress their workers.

December 12, 2014

Bill de Blasio, ‘mayor of the people,’ builds higher privacy fence around home

New York City's Bill de Blasio, who's put himself forth as both mayor and man "of the people" with progressive-minded principles, has nonetheless build up his privacy fence around his Gracie Mansion home.

December 12, 2014

Native American reservations get federal OK to grow, sell marijuana

Native American reservations have just been given the legal federal authority to grow and sell marijuana.

December 12, 2014

St. Louis Rams wrap Ferguson protest — ‘Hands up’ — field fiasco by giving money to police group

The St. Louis Rams haven't apologized for the "Hands up, don't shoot" gesture made by five of their players while taking the field at a recent game — but they have decided to donate some money to a police organization.

December 12, 2014

Tom Coburn’s final stand, with emotion: Please remember the Constitution

Sen. Tom Coburn concluded his final speech in the U.S. Senate with a somewhat emotion-laden appeal to his fellow Senate members to please remember the Constitution — that strict adherence to its principles is the only way to save the republic.

December 12, 2014

Caitlyn Ricci, 21, sues parents again for failing to pay Temple University tuition

A 21-year-old woman, Caitlyn Ricci, who's already been to court once to get her parents to pay her college tuition is now back before the judge, arguing her mom and dad — Michael Ricci and Maura McGarvey — have failed to follow through and cough up the money.

December 12, 2014

California mudslides, storm waters, sweep away entire homes

Powerful wind and rainstorms pummeled parts of Northern California, dropping nine inches of rain and causing enough flooding and mudslides so that entire house were swept away and destroyed.

December 12, 2014

Islamic State terrorists behead 4 Christian kids for sticking with Jesus

Islamic State terrorists in Iraq beheaded four Christian kids who refused to renounce their faith and become Muslim.

December 12, 2014

Queen Elizabeth’s garden found to be growing ‘magic mushrooms’

Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth, how does your garden grow? Apparently — with hallucinogenic mushrooms, more commonly called "magic mushrooms," garden watchers found.

December 12, 2014

Noam Chomsky: ‘Ronald Reagan was an extreme racist — though he denied it’

Noam Chomsky, author and political theorist, called the United States a "very racist society" and then slammed one of its most beloved presidents, Ronald Reagan, as a prime example of a very racist man during an interview on GRITtv about Ferguson-related issues and race relations.

December 11, 2014

Dick Cheney slammed as ‘war criminal’ by POLITICO editor

Michael Hirsch, a national editor for Politico Magazine, slammed Dick Cheney in a tweet, calling the former vice president a "war criminal" while referencing a colleague's article about post-Sept. 11 waterboarding.

December 11, 2014

Americans drowning in debt — and 18 percent say they’ll die that way

One in five U.S. adults are so depressed about debt — not to mention drowning in it — that they think they're going to die still owing their creditors.

December 11, 2014

Al Gore gets lyrical, recites Chinese poetry at U.N. climate conference

Former Vice President Al Gore pulled out all the stops Wednesday at the U.N. climate conference in Peru, reciting lines from poets from three different countries — Spain, China and the United States.

December 11, 2014

Dimitri Diatchenko, actor, charged with killing ex-girlfriend’s rabbit — and eating it

Los Angeles television and video game actor Dimitri Diatchenko, 46, was charged with killing his ex-girlfriend's pet rabbit, cooking it and eating half of it, and sending her photographs of the process with a threat to do the same to her.

December 11, 2014

Michael Steel, John Boehner’s spokesman, caught on hot mic cursing at reporters

House Speaker John Boehner's spokesman Michael Steel was captured on a hot mic slamming reporters for what he characterized as their "horse[expletive]" phrasing of questions.

December 11, 2014

Russell Simmons, hip-hop star, argues ‘sensitivity training’ of police is key to fight black crime

Hip-hop star Russell Simmons said to Fox News' Bill O'Reilly during a nationally televised segment that the best way to combat the crime rate in black communities around the nation was to mandate that police undergo "sensitivity training," he said.

December 11, 2014

Angela Merkel OKs rule to make big companies hire 30 percent women supervisors

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave her stamp of approval to a Cabinet measure that orders leading companies in the country to reserve about a third of their supervisory board slots for women.

December 11, 2014

Islamic State puts James Foley’s body up for sale for $1M

Islamic State terrorists couldn't strike ransom deals with the United States to trade hostages for money — so their newest revenue drive has them attempting to sell the body of James Foley, one of their beheaded victims.

December 11, 2014

Daniel Pantaleo, officer who took down Eric Garner: I ‘never used a chokehold’

Daniel Pantaleo, the New York police officer who was captured on video wrapping his arms around Eric Garner's neck to subdue him in a street arrest, told internal investigators that he didn't actually use a chokehold — he used a "takedown" maneuver.

December 11, 2014