Cheryl K. Chumley

Rob Ford booted from Toronto polling booths, accused of illegal campaigning

Embattled Rob Ford just can't seem to keep out of the limelight. The latest on the former crack-smoking, alcohol-imbibing, rehabbed Toronto mayor — who is currently running for a city council seat — is that he's been kicked out of three different voter polling places and accused of illegal campaigning.

October 20, 2014

Monica Lewinsky, social media recluse, joins Twitter: ‘#HereWeGo’

Monica Lewinsky, of former White House intern fame, has shed her antisocial image and jumped aboard the Twitter bandwagon, sending out her first post Monday.

October 20, 2014

California ‘water cops’ on patrol to bust lawn-sprinkling offenders

California "water cops" are on the patrol, combing the streets of various communities to make sure nobody is watering their grass or washing their vehicles without government permission — even asking neighbors to turn in neighbors who go against the state's drought rules.

October 20, 2014

U.S. Marines turn to female CEOs for advice on recruiting women

U.S. Marines are reaching out to female executives in the private sector to get advice on recruiting more women into the Corps.

October 20, 2014

Michelle Knight forgives Ariel Castro for 11-year imprisonment, torture

Michelle Knight, one of three Cleveland-area women kidnapped and held hostage for more than a decade by Ariel Castro, said she now forgives her captor.

October 20, 2014

Idaho city’s ordinance tells pastors to marry gays or go to jail

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, city officials have laid down the law to Christian pastors within their community, telling them bluntly via an ordinance that if they refuse to marry homosexuals, they will face jail time and fines.

October 20, 2014

Conspiracy theorists on alert as X-37B plane returns from 674-day secret space mission

The U.S. Air Force's unmanned X-37B space plane touched back down on Earth after a two-year mission — but conspiracy theorists are still wondering what the craft was doing all that time.The U.S. Air Force's unmanned X-37B space plane touched back down on Earth after a two-year mission — but conspiracy theorists are still wondering what the craft was doing all that time.

October 20, 2014

Jay Leno sideswipes Clintons while accepting Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

Jay Leno, comedian and former host of "The Tonight Show," took a jab at the Clintons Sunday while he was accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

October 20, 2014

John Bolton dubs Obama ‘weak’ and warns ‘a dangerous time’ is coming

Former Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said President Obama's weakness on the world stage is only opening the door for Russia's President Vladimir Putin to continue his aggression — something that's going to create a dangerous scene for America and Europe in the coming two years.

October 20, 2014

Obama heckled in Maryland, as campaign crowd files out while he talks

President Obama's speaking skills seemed to have waned a bit in Maryland, as a portion of the crowd that had gathered for a campaign event stole out early during his remarks — leaving a heckler behind.

October 20, 2014

Mike Huckabee calls for ‘thousands and thousands’ of sermons, Bibles to Houston

Mike Huckabee, conservative Fox News talk show host and talked-about Republican candidate for president in 2016, said pastors around the nation ought to rally against Houston's mayor and send "thousands and thousands" of Bibles to her as a message in support of free speech.

October 20, 2014

U.S. airdrops 27 bundles of weapons on Syrian town

U.S. planes dropped bundles upon bundles of weapons on the besieged town of Kobani in Syria Sunday to help Kurds fight off Islamic State terrorists, Central Command officials said from Tampa.

October 20, 2014

Tanzanians hack suspected mom-daughter ‘witches’ to death

Tanzanians trying to root out the evil behind a man's impotence said an elderly woman and her 45-year-old daughter were witches who had cast spells on them.

October 17, 2014

Florida rules police can’t track cellphones without warrant

Florida's Supreme Court has barred police from track suspects via cellphone signals without a warrant.

October 17, 2014

Greil Marcus: Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown shooters were really ‘killing Barack Obama’

A music and cultural critic said the shootings of black teens Trayvon Martin in Florida and Michael Brown in Missouri were really proxy killings of the president.

October 17, 2014

U2’s Bono reveals mystery of ever-present sunglasses: glaucoma

Bono's cool factor with fans has likely taken a hit. Turns out, the U2 singer's always-present sunglasses aren't a fashion statement so much as a medical need — to help him deal with his decades-old glaucoma.

October 17, 2014

Rand Paul to Michelle Obama: Look at me — I’m at Dunkin’ Donuts

Sen. Rand Paul took a playful jab at Michelle Obama and her healthy eating initiatives that condemn all types of junk food, tweeting to her handle to let her know the location of his first New Hampshire stop — Dunkin' Donuts.

October 17, 2014

Michigan funeral home offers clients drive-through viewing option

A funeral home in Saginaw, Mich., has a new service for clients who can't seem to get out of their cars to view and pay their last respects to the dead — a drive-through window option.

October 17, 2014

GOP types accused of ‘thinly-veiled racism’ for criticizing Ebola response

Those who dare to criticize President Obama and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the U.S. response to Ebola are guilty of racism, pure and simple, MSNBC talking heads said.

October 17, 2014

Caribbean cruise ship placed on watch for signs of Ebola

The latest in the Ebola scare is that a Caribbean cruise ship has been placed on a watch list over concerns that a female health care worker who handled a lab-specimen from an infected Liberian — who died of the disease — traveled aboard the vessel.

October 17, 2014