Cheryl K. Chumley

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio’s new ‘behavior’ changer: Drop speed limit by 5 mph

New York City's newest mayor, Bill de Blasio, wants to reduce the speed limit on city streets by 5 miles per hour, from 30 mph to 25 mph.

February 19, 2014

U.S. military subs electric brain shocks for coffee on test soldiers

U.S. military researchers are shocking troops' brains to see if electricity jolts could be substituted for coffee and energy drinks, a couple of newspapers reported.

February 19, 2014

Girl Scouts send threatening notes to pro-life groups: Stop using our logo

The Girl Scouts of the USA has hit back at a couple of pro-life groups that have criticized the youth organization for ties to Planned Parenthood, and sent threatening letters demanding they stop using the logo.

February 19, 2014

Ted Nugent, pre-campaign trail: Obama’s a ‘subhuman mongrel’

Rocker-turned-Second Amendment activist Ted Nugent, who's just taken to the campaign trail for Texas governor hopeful Greg Abbott, has already irked Democrats with his recent slamming of President Obama as a "subhuman mongrel."

February 19, 2014

Schindler’s factory from Holocaust-era put up for sale

The factory once used by Oskar Schindler to employ an estimated 1,200 Jews in the eastern Czech Republic — saving them from dying in the Nazi gas chamber or starving in a prison camp — has been put up for sale.

February 19, 2014

North Korea arrests Christian missionary from Australia

North Korea has detained a Christian missionary from Australia, his family said Wednesday.

February 19, 2014

Oregon woman and her dog rescued from backyard sinkhole

A Portland, Ore., woman and her dog were rescued from a 20-foot-deep sinkhole in her backyard after a neighbor heard her screams for help.

February 19, 2014

U.S. warship runs aground en route to Sochi

One of the U.S. Navy ships that was tasked to the Black Sea in case of emergency at the Olympic Games in Sochi never made it — it ran aground as it was pulling into Turkey, a senior U.S. military official said.

February 18, 2014

U.S., Mexico mull relaxing border for ‘trusted’ business travelers

U.S. and Mexico authorities are on the cusp of striking a deal that would relax border controls for perceived "trusted" business travelers.

February 18, 2014

Hurricane Sandy funds diverted to unaffected areas

Almost a third of all the federal tax dollars that were sent to New Jersey for Hurricane Sandy cleanup efforts ended up in areas that were barely touched by the storm, a local newspaper investigation found.

February 18, 2014

Kuwaiti criticized for naming son after George H.W. Bush

A Kuwaiti man has come under some fire on social media for choosing to honor George H.W. Bush — the president who helped liberate Kuwait after the Iraq invasion of 1990 — by naming his son after the former leader.

February 18, 2014

Capital One to credit card customers: We’ll visit you anywhere, any time

Capital One has a new, ominous-sounding contract for its credit card customers — one that has some users wondering about the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures.

February 18, 2014

Bibles decried as ‘religious propaganda,’ banned from Iowa State University hotel

Administrators at a hotel run by Iowa State University have given the boot to Bibles in their guest rooms after protest from a religious separatist group.

February 18, 2014

Russians threaten to kill U.S. hockey game referee

Russians upset at losing to America in the Olympics hockey match-up have gathered about the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, vowing to kill the American hockey referee they blame for their 3-2 shootout loss.

February 18, 2014

Navy vessel set to showcase first laser with drone-shooting ability

The U.S. Navy is set to install its first laser ever, with the technological capability of shooting down aerial craft — including drones — with science-fiction, movie-like drama.

February 18, 2014

‘Son of God’ movie cuts Satan due to Obama likeness

Producers of the new "Son of God" movie — the followup to the highly successful miniseries, "The Bible" — say they've cut out the character of Satan because he looks too much like President Obama.

February 18, 2014

Pro-marijuana activists give up on California for a couple years

Looks like California will likely stay out of the marijuana business for at least the next couple years. The leading strategists who have brought to vote most of the marijuana initiatives seen around the nation since 1996 have put the brakes on a California measure, saying funding is proving an issue.

February 18, 2014

One of Puerto Rico’s most-wanted murder suspects caught in Connecticut

One of Puerto Rico's most-wanted murder suspects, 24-year-old Pedro A. Salcedo, has been caught and arrested in Norwich, Conn.

February 18, 2014

Antonin Scalia rules on Chicago deep dish: ‘It’s not pizza’

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has issued perhaps one of his most controversial decisions yet — at least to Chicagoans: The deep-dish slice the city's known for is not really pizza.

February 18, 2014

U.S. mulls Taliban prisoner trade to bring Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl home

The Obama administration is mulling a plan to trade five imprisoned Taliban members for one U.S. soldier — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who's been detained by suspected members of the Haqqani network since 2009.

February 18, 2014