Cheryl K. Chumley

Ex-Obama czar Van Jones takes to Twitter to tout arrest — that he requested

Former Obama administration green czar Van Jones took to Twitter on Monday to tout his arrest for a courthouse protest against Big Coal — the arrest he asked police to make.

April 30, 2013

Anthony Weiner: At $500K, ‘I make far less than I should’

Disgraced former Democratic New York Rep. Anthony Weiner said he’s a solid businessman with a family income that’s in the $500,000 range – and that he's worth a lot more.

April 30, 2013

ESPN apologizes for Chris Broussard’s conservative Christian views of homosexuality

ESPN has been pushed to apologize for evangelical views expressed by NBA analyst Chris Broussard, who stated a biblical view of homosexuality during a segment about the coming out of free agent Jason Collins.

April 30, 2013

Glenn Beck: Boston manhunt reminds of Nazi Germany

Nationally known media personality Glenn Beck said the police response to the Boston Marathon bombing attacks reminded of Nazi Germany, with door-to-door searches to root out Jews during the Holocaust.

April 30, 2013

One World Trade Center spire delivery delayed due to weather

Blame it on the weather. The final two sections for the 408-foot spire that's supposed to top the One World Trade Center couldn't be delivered on Monday, as scheduled, because of rainy conditions, Port Authority officials said.

April 30, 2013

Fox News tops poll list of trusted cable news stations

Move over CNN. Fox News has taken the lead for most trustworthy cable news station, Newsbusters reported.

April 30, 2013

Brooklyn apartment sued for alleged whites-only policy

The owners of a Brooklyn apartment complex have been sued for what plaintiffs have described as a whites-only policy that turned away black applicants.

April 30, 2013

‘Modesty police’ arrests ratchet fears of radicalized Islam in Gaza

Gaza "modesty police" are out in full force, and have arrested more than 40 in April alone, driving fears that Hamas-inspired Islamic fundamentalism is taking over the region.

April 30, 2013

Obama administration threatening Benghazi whistleblowers: Report

A former Justice Department official said unnamed members of the White House administration have threatened whistleblowers who want to speak on the terror attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

April 30, 2013

Judge orders ricin suspect to stay in jail

A federal judge ordered the Mississippi man who was charged with making a poison and mailing it President Obama to be held without bail on Monday.

April 29, 2013

Ron Paul: Police manhunt for Boston Marathon bombing suspect scarier than attack

Former Rep. Ron Paul said the law enforcement that swarmed around Boston in the days following the marathon bombings was scarier than the actual terrorist attack.

April 29, 2013

Student shoots himself in class at Cincinnati school

A male high school student shot himself in class on Monday, an apparent suicide attempt that took staff and students by surprise, police said.

April 29, 2013

Wolf Blitzer’s 911 shooting call the latest SWAT-ing prank

Police responding to a weekend distress call surrounded the Bethesda, Md., house of CNN's Wolf Blitzer, believing a victim had been shot and was in need of treatment.

April 29, 2013

Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s ex-girlfriend: He beat me into wearing burqas

Tamerlan Tsarnaev's ex-girlfriend said he used to beat her if she wore Western clothing and tried hard to turn her against the United States.

April 29, 2013

Cargo plane crashes at Afghan air base, possibly killing crew

A cargo plane crashed during takeoff at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan on Monday, a U.S. military spokesman said.

April 29, 2013

Westboro Baptists to picket ‘pervert-run’ Kansas colleges

Westboro Baptist Church members are picking up their picket signs and heading to four Kansas college graduation ceremonies.

April 29, 2013

Missouri lawmaker tries to ban seersucker suits

A Missouri state senator tried tacking on an amendment to an education bill that would have prohibited residents who are older than 8 from wearing suits made of seersucker.

April 29, 2013

Georgia county hosts first racially integrated prom in school history

Students at a Wilcox County, Ga., high school had their first integrated prom in history, after years of parent-sponsored dances that allowed for legally separate dances for blacks and whites.

April 29, 2013

Report: Obama spent more hours golfing, vacationing than in economic meetings

President Obama logged more hours on the golf course and on vacation than he did in meetings on the economy, a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Institute found.

April 29, 2013

Fired Olympic head who fled from Vladimir Putin says he’s been poisoned

The Olympic head in charge of prepping Russia for 2014 games but then fired and condemned by President Vladimir Putin's for cost overruns now says he's been poisoned.

April 29, 2013