Cheryl K. Chumley

IRS: Obamacare dodgers to be fined $2K per person, $12K per family

The IRS said Thursday those who fail to get health insurance this year will be fined up to $2,448 per person and as much as $12,240 for a family of five.

July 25, 2014

Ohio university quiz implies atheists are naturally smarter than Christians

A psychology class at Ohio State University implied in an online survey that atheists are just naturally more intelligent than Christians — and at least one student said it's an outrage.

July 25, 2014

Activists vow to occupy fast-food restaurants to get higher pay

Activists and protesters seeking to pressure fast-food restaurants around the nation to give them $15 per hour minimum pay say they'll do whatever it takes — including civil disobedience and occupying the facilities — to win their cause.

July 25, 2014

Summer camp for 1 percenters: Sushi, limos and shopping at FAO Schwarz

Forget roughing it. Summer camp for the rich and elite is more like an elongated luxury vacation that includes chauffeur-driven tours through New York City with stops for shopping at select and elite stores.

July 25, 2014

Colorado gun crackdown law found to be built on faulty data

The data used to justify a law in Colorado that expanded background check mandates on all gun buyers is false, flawed and faulty, a media-driven analysis showed.

July 25, 2014

Hank Aaron steps to fundraising plate for Democrat Michelle Nunn

Baseball legend Hank Aaron — who recently rocked national headlines by suggesting that Republicans wearing "neckties and starched shirts" were racist — has now thrown his weight into the Georgia Senate race, backing Democrat Michelle Nunn.

July 25, 2014

ISIL terrorists blow up burial site of Jonah, vow more of same

Terrorists with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have blown up the burial place of Jonah, the reluctant prophet from Galilee whose story of being swallowed by a massive sea creature is told in the Bible.

July 25, 2014

Impeach Obama, say 35 percent in new poll

Ask Americans if they think Congress should impeach President Obama, and an angry and outraged 35 percent say yes.

July 25, 2014

Taliban yank 14 Shiites off bus, bind and shoot them on Afghan road

Taliban terrorists stopped a convoy of minibuses traveling through western Afghanistan, questioned the passengers, then pulled all the Shiites into the road and shot them dead.

July 25, 2014

John McCain laments: Obama’s ‘self-pity … is really kind of sad’

Sen. John McCain decried President Obama's mental state on a late-night Fox News appearance Wednesday, saying the top executive seemed to be wallowing in "self-pity" and that he ought to snap out of it.

July 24, 2014

Michele Bachmann ‘There’s a chance I could run’ for president

Outgoing Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann said she's a bit perturbed she hasn't been included in speculation about possible 2016 Republican presidential candidates — and that she's not yet ruled herself out of the picture.

July 24, 2014

U.S. Navy admiral ‘receptive’ to giving Chinese counterpart a tour of carrier

Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of naval operations, said he might be persuaded to give his Chinese counterpart a tour of a U.S. aircraft carrier docked in Japan, despite critics who worry such action could open the doors to espionage.

July 24, 2014

Obama encourages ICE to stand down, say former border agents

President Obama has sent out a subtle message to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to stand down and slack off the enforcement, former border agents told the National Review Online.

July 24, 2014

Tennessee restaurant: ‘Guns are Welcome’ signs cause business to spike

A restaurant owner in Tennessee said customers started flocking to her establishment after she posted a sign declaring "Guns are Welcome."

July 24, 2014

Michael Moore, movie-making critic of capitalism, has nine homes

Filmmaker Michael Moore, the outspoken political activist whose documentary-style movies frequently condemn capitalism, reportedly owns nine different homes — including a $2 million mansion in Torch Lake, Michigan.

July 24, 2014

Joe Biden: ‘Businesses are hiring at historic rates’

Vice President Joseph R. Biden said in a task force report to President Obama that business growth in the United States has hit "historic rates" and that hiring is reaching new highs.

July 24, 2014

U.N. Human Rights head accuses Israel of war crimes

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, suggested in the wake of the Palestinian death toll hitting nearly 700 that Israel was guilty of war crimes.

July 24, 2014

Obama dispatches researchers to border to check on National Guard

Texas is deploying National Guard troops to the border — and the White House is sending in the research team.

July 24, 2014

Dutch receiving Malaysia plane bodies irked at Putin’s daughter in Holland

Locals in the Netherlands gathered at the airport to receive the bodies of their loved ones who were killed during the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 turned their anger on one prominent resident — Russian President Vladimir Putin's daughter, Maria, 29.

July 24, 2014

Algerian plane diverted due to storms, second aircraft: 116 missing

The Algerian airline plane that went off radar Thursday morning was purposefully diverted from its flight path due to a thunderstorm and to avoid contact with another plane flying the same skies, authorities said.

July 24, 2014