Cheryl K. Chumley

McDonald’s goes gourmet? Pilot menu kicks off custom-made burgers

Want guacamole on that burger? McDonald's is making waves in the fast-food market with a proposed change to its 70-year-old model of made-to-order burgers, announcing a custom-made burger pilot program that provides customers with a range of choices, including 20-plus specialty sauces and toppings.

November 20, 2013

Rutgers University bus driver fired after praying over disabled rider

A Rutgers University bus driver who prayed over a disabled and wheelchair-bound girl after she was boarded was subsequently fired.

November 20, 2013

Airline workers in India find $1.2 million in gold bars in plane’s restroom

Workers who were tasked with cleaning out the restroom on a Jet Airways Boeing 737 making a quick stop in India were given one heck of a tip — a stash of gold bars valued at $1.2 million.

November 20, 2013

Bill Maher: Chris Christie is ‘excellent politician’

Chris Christie is an "excellent politician" who could easily win the Republican nod for the White House in 2016, left-leaning comedian Bill Maher told MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell on Tuesday.

November 20, 2013

Billy Graham sent to hospital with respiratory ailment

The Rev. Billy Graham was sent back to the hospital on Wednesday with a respiratory congestion ailment, one of his spokesmen said.

November 20, 2013

Oklahoma professor: Obama’s ‘best president’ because he’s ‘one cool cat’

President Obama may have his faults, and he may have committed a few political mistakes, but all in all he still tops the Best Presidents Ever list, said a professor at Langston University in Oklahoma.

November 20, 2013

Obama’s ‘under God’ omission in Gettysburg Address sparks fire

President Obama's recitation of the Gettysburg Address for a Ken Burns documentary about the famous speech sparked a round of backlash after a local news radio host first noticed and reported a curious omission: He left out the phrase, "under God."

November 20, 2013

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon: New climate treaty needed to escape ‘wrath of a warming planet’

Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general of the United Nations, says the international community needs to ramp up its fight against climate change or else prepare to face the "wrath" of the planet.

November 20, 2013

Iran’s ayatollah: Israel’s ‘doomed to extinction’

Right around the time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was heading to Russia for an 11th hour attempt to influence a global deal with Tehran over nuclear development, Iran's top religious leader was emphasizing the fated fall of the Jewish nation.

November 20, 2013

Michelle Obama on President Obama: ‘He’s in the bathroom all the time just singing’

So, aside from golfing and playing basketball, this is how President Obama spends his free time: singing. In the bathroom.

November 20, 2013

Army says GI Janes shouldn’t look too pretty in pictures

Don't use the pretty women — that's the gist of an Army message to public relations people who are in charge of selecting photographs to go with military stories and publications.

November 20, 2013

Massachusetts school cancels football season over racist graffiti

So much for the traditional Thanksgiving football game — or the remainder of the football season, for that matter. Lunenburg Public Schools Superintendent Loxi Jo Calmes said the Massachusetts high school has stopped its football program, effective immediately, over a racial slur.

November 20, 2013

Suicide bomber in Egypt rams bus carting soldiers, kills 10

At least 10 government soldiers were killed and 35 injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-filled car into a bus that was carting the troops on a roadway in northern Sinai on Wednesday.

November 20, 2013

Rep. Trey Radel pleads guilty to cocaine possession

Rep. Trey Radel pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine in D.C. Superior Court on Wednesday after he was caught buying the drug at a restaurant in the nation's capital in late October.

November 20, 2013

Rescue dogs sniff for survivors in South African mall collapse

Rescue workers and their dogs on Wednesday were sifting through the rubble of a South African mall that collapsed, killing at least one and leaving an unknown number missing and injured.

November 20, 2013

Clergy panel suspends Pa. Methodist pastor 30 days for performing gay son’s marriage ceremony

A panel of clergy members voted Tuesday evening to suspend a Pennsylvania Methodist pastor for 30 days after he went against church doctrine and performed a same-sex marriage ceremony for his gay son.

November 20, 2013

Four dead in jet crash off Florida coast

A Learjet crashed off the coast of Florida late Tuesday night, killing all four aboard, authorities confirmed.

November 20, 2013

Colorado poised to pass nation’s first methane emission limits

Colorado politicos are mulling methane emission regulations, seeking to become the first state in the nation to limit levels tied to oil and gas drilling.

November 19, 2013

Illinois union strikes over ‘paltry’ 14.5 percent pay raise

Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1028 in Will County, Ill., have turned up their noses at a taxpayer-funded pay-increase offer they view as too small — 14.5 percent.

November 19, 2013

GOP moves afoot to rein in Obama’s executive powers

Republicans in Congress are mulling moves to rein in President Obama's ability to bypass legislative intent by issuing executive orders — though what action members want to take is still up in the air.

November 19, 2013