Cheryl K. Chumley

AP flap: 52 media outlets band against Eric Holder

At least 52 media outlets have signed on to a Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press letter of complaint against Attorney General Eric Holder, decrying his Justice Department's grab of phone records from 100 Associated Press reporters.

May 15, 2013

Doctors warn new psychiatric guide could drug people who don’t need it

An estimated 3,000 doctors have signed a petition of protest against the psychiatric industry's latest bible for diagnosis and treatment, the DSM-5, charging its contents could lead patients to be prescribed unnecessary medications.

May 15, 2013

Syrian rebels pound Aleppo prison to free anti-Assad inmates

Syrian rebel fighters launched a massive attack Wednesday on the main prison in Aleppo, hoping to free hundreds of inmates who oppose President Bashar Assad's regime.

May 15, 2013

Soccer fundraiser on 10,000-mile trek killed while dribbling ball on highway

A Seattle soccer player on a promotion kick for the One World Futbol Project was hit and killed by a truck as he dribbled his ball on a stretch of roadway on the Oregon Coast, as part of a 10,000 trek to Brazil.

May 15, 2013

Russia looks to topple Google in Vietnam with competing search site

Russia is hoping to topple Google as the search engine of choice in Vietnam with its rival "Coc Coc," called "Knock Knock" in English.

May 15, 2013

American Kenneth Bae starts hard labor in North Korea ‘special prison’

Kenneth Bae, the American sentenced to hard labor in North Korea for supposed hostile acts against the state, headed off to prison on Wednesday, the start of his 15-year term.

May 15, 2013

Sparks fly as Iran set to lead world disarmament conference

Putting Iran in charge of the four-week U.N. Conference on Disarmament that kicks off on May 27 is "like putting Jack the Ripper in charge of a women's shelter," says Hillel Neuer, the head of the Geneva-based advocacy group U.N. Watch in a Ynet report.

May 15, 2013

Army sergeant who watchdogs sex assault cases now accused of sex crimes

A senior-ranking Army sergeant who handles sexual assault cases at Fort Hood, Texas, is now being investigated for several sex crimes, including ties to prostitution.

May 15, 2013

IRS head Lois Lerner to receive university’s Presidential Medallion for public service

Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service head who's under fire for agents who unfairly targeted conservative nonprofits for additional scrutiny, will nonetheless be recognized as an exceptional public servant with an award at Western New England University School of Law.

May 15, 2013

Franklin Graham: IRS targeted our evangelical groups, too

Franklin Graham, the son of Billy Graham and the president of the family's evangelical association, said in a letter to President Obama that the Internal Revenue Service targeted them, too.

May 15, 2013

U.S. ambassador summoned by Russian ministry over spy scandal

Michael McFaul, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, was summoned Wednesday by the nation's foreign ministry for questioning about a spy debacle that heated this week.

May 15, 2013

Former NAACP chairman Julian Bond: It’s OK for IRS to target ‘racist’ tea party

Julian Bond, former chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said during a Tuesday interview on MSNBC that it's only right and just that the federal government and the IRS target tea party groups.

May 14, 2013

New York man arrested for carting 2 extra bullets

A New York man has the dubious honor of being the first reported arrest for carrying two bullets too many in his otherwise legally authorized ammunition magazine — in violation of the state's new gun control laws.

May 14, 2013

Taliban release 4 Turkish hostages in ‘goodwill’ nod to Muslims

Taliban members released their last four Turkish hostages on Tuesday afternoon as a means of promoting good relations with other Muslims.

May 14, 2013

Czech President Milos Zeman is mocked, but leader says he was sick, not drunk

The new Czech president said he was sick, not drunk — even as video captured him struggling to negotiate stairs and propping himself against a wall for support during a national ceremony that's supposed to be marked by gravitas

May 14, 2013

Feds mull dropping DUI level from .08 to .05

Federal authorities are mulling recommendations that states drop the threshold that determines drunken driving from .08 to .05.

May 14, 2013

Sen. Rand Paul: Obama ‘drunk on power’

President Obama seems to have departed from his duly elected duties, Sen. Rand Paul said Monday, referring to the growing scandal on the IRS targeting of conservative nonprofits.

May 14, 2013

Sarah Palin on TV host offer: ‘Never say never’

Location, location, location — and money. Those are the main sticking points for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who reportedly was asked by reality-show producer Mark Burnett to host her own television talk show.

May 14, 2013

3 U.S. soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan

Three American soldiers were killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan.

May 14, 2013

John Boehner’s daughter weds Jamaican once busted for marijuana possession

House Speaker John Boehner's new son-in-law is a Jamaican-born, dreadlock-sporting 38-year-old who was once busted for possessing marijuana.

May 14, 2013