Cheryl K. Chumley

Investment icon Druckenmiller: ‘I see a storm coming’

Entitlement spending is driving the nation into deeper economic despair than most realize, said hedge fund guru Stanley Druckenmiller.

March 1, 2013

Lose weight — run a vacuum? Fat rates rise as housework falls off

American women are fat because they don't vacuum enough. That's — kind of — the finding from a new study published this month on American waistlines.

March 1, 2013

First lady Michelle Obama downplays Oscar appearance, ‘kitchen-table conversation’

First lady Michelle Obama said she wasn't surprised her Academy Award appearance set national tongues talking because even "my shoes can set off a national conversation," she said.

March 1, 2013

NRA: N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo sacrificing 2nd Amendment’s gun rights on ‘altar of own ambition’

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is not only shredding the Constitution with new statewide gun-control laws, but he's doing so "on the altar of his own ambition," the NRA chief said at a rally outside the Capitol in Albany.

March 1, 2013

Bold Pennsylvania county votes to defy federal gun laws

In true David-versus-Goliath fashion, one small-town Pennsylvania board of commissioners has passed a resolution to stand strong against any federal law that infringes on the Second Amendment.

March 1, 2013

Shooter takes VP Joe Biden’s advice — and lands in trouble with cops

Vice President Joseph R. Biden told a Field & Stream reporter in a published report on Monday that if "you want to keep someone away from your house, just fire the shotgun through the door." That same day, a 22-year-old man in Virginia Beach, Va., did just that — and was charged with reckless handling of a firearm.

March 1, 2013

Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu suspends housing settlements ahead of Obama’s visit

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suspended all housing construction in contested areas of east Jerusalem and the West Bank as a diplomatic nod at President Obama's upcoming visit.

March 1, 2013

Rep. Maxine Waters’ math: U.S. to lose 30M more jobs than it has

Rep. Maxine Waters gave this dire prediction about sequestration at a Thursday press conference: The United States would experience a loss of 170 million jobs, if Congress and the White House fail to strike an agreement.

March 1, 2013

Turkey PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan under fire for anti-Zion remarks

The United Nations, the United States and Israel have all condemned Turkey's prime minister for calling Zionism a "crime against humanity" during a recent U.N. assembly

March 1, 2013

Sour note: Houston elementary school assembly sings ode to Obama, but diss to Bush

The superintendent of one Houston, Texas, school system was forced to issue an apology for an elementary-aged production with overtly political tones that praised President Obama while criticizing former President Bush.

March 1, 2013

British election pushes anti-immigration party to forefront

British Prime Minister David Cameron's ruling Conservative party has suffered a huge election defeat, as Friday parliamentary voting saw the scandal-ridden Liberal Democrat surge to first place.

March 1, 2013

Senators say John Kerry left them in the dark about Syria aid

Foreign-policy panel heads on Capitol Hill say they were surprised by Secretary of State John Kerry's announcement to supply non-lethal aid to Syria.

March 1, 2013

Florida man swallowed by sinkhole presumed dead

A 34-year-old Brandon, Fla., man was trapped in his bedroom after a huge sinkhole opened late Thursday evening beneath his house.

March 1, 2013

Most African-Americans hate the soda ban by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, poll says

A just-released Quinnipiac poll says 60 percent of black New Yorkers say Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ban on soda sizes larger than 16 ounces has got to go.

March 1, 2013

Clint Eastwood joins call for Supreme Court to strike Calif. gay marriage ban

Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood has joined the ranks of about 130 conservatives that have called on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a law that bans same-sex marriage in California.

March 1, 2013

Romneys say abrupt campaign end ‘an adjustment,’ compare it to roller-coaster ride

Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney compared his campaign ride to a roller coaster that rocked hardest at its abrupt end.

March 1, 2013

Pennsylvania shows signs of Obamacare-Medicaid cave

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, one of many Republicans to rail against Obamacare, may now join his fellow GOP governors for a different cause: accepting the federal government's terms and jumping aboard the Medicaid money train.

March 1, 2013

Hamas warns Obama: Don’t visit Temple Mount

Designated terrorist group Hamas has warned President Obama against visiting the holy Temple Mount site in Jerusalem when he visits Israel next month, saying the action would be "a diplomatic catastrophe."

March 1, 2013

Judge orders Fort Hood suspect Nidel Hasan to stand trial in 3 months

A judge has ordered Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the military psychiatrist who is accused of fatally shooting 13 at Fort Hood, Texas, to stand trial in three months.

March 1, 2013

Scientists claim breakthrough in telepathy research

Duke University neuroscientists have invented an implant that allows rats — and maybe monkeys — to communicate telepathically, even across great distances.

February 28, 2013