Cheryl K. Chumley

Minneapolis firm awards beer to workers who fill out their timecards

As if getting paid weren't motivation enough. Now a Minneapolis ad agency is sweetening the pot a bit to get employees to fully fill out their timecards — by giving them a free glass of beer for properly submitted forms.

October 29, 2014

Debbie Stabenow to make cameo in ‘Batman v Superman’

Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow has taken a brief hiatus from her senatorial duties, stepping in the shoes of a Hollywood extra while making a cameo appearance in an upcoming superheroes movie being shot in Detroit.

October 29, 2014

Obama loses Democratic crowd during speech — again

For the second time in just a few days, President Obama saw some of his Democratic Party listeners walk away while he was in the middle of delivering a speech at the podium.

October 29, 2014

CDC admits Ebola can be passed to others by sneezing

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — which has been downplaying the contagious aspects of Ebola — has now quietly admitted via a poster on its website that the virus can in fact be spread by sneezes.

October 29, 2014

Joe Biden’s vision for America: ‘Build, build, build, build’

Vice President Joseph R. Biden said America ought to invest in infrastructure and jack up the taxpayer contribution to build — that doing so will bolster the economy and ratchet up job opportunities, he said.

October 29, 2014

Beheaded woman’s body found at train track in New York

The local WPIX-TV reported that the body of a beheaded woman was found in Farmingdale, New York, near the Long Island Rail Road station.

October 29, 2014

Michelle Obama is not seeking a Senate seat, staffers say

Staffers and aides to Michelle Obama want to make it clear — the first lady is not seeking a seat on the U.S. Senate and will not be seeking a Senate seat any time in the future.

October 29, 2014

Ralph Nader dubs Hillary Clinton ‘a menace to the United States’

Ralph Nader, a former Green Party and Independent Party presidential candidate who frequently serves as a loud critic of federal safety standards, doesn't have much love for presumptive Democratic Party White House candidate Hillary Clinton.

October 29, 2014

Paul Ryan vows GOP will halt Obama’s ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ amnesty

Rep. Paul Ryan said it loud and clear on a recent appearance on "Hannity" on Fox News: Republicans in Congress would do whatever it takes to halt President Obama's executive actions on immigration and amnesty.

October 29, 2014

Russians launch supply ship to the International Space Station just 9 hours after epic U.S. fail

Just nine hours after the United States suffered a massive launch failure of a supply ship to the International Space Station, Russia sent a cargo craft — successfully — out of Kazakhstan with more than five tons of rocket fuel, water, air and other supplies for the space station.

October 29, 2014

Jay Carney warns Democrats are ‘going to have a bad Election Day’

Even Jay Carney, former White House press secretary to President Obama, thinks Democrats are in for a rough ride this Nov. 4.

October 29, 2014

U.S. treatments show Ebola ‘not a death sentence’ after all

West Africa may be filled with Ebola-related deaths, but in the United States, medical treatments show the virus is hardly as horrific.

October 29, 2014

Elizabeth Warren mixes up Vermont and New Hampshire

Sen. Elizabeth Warren looked like a political rookie while on "The View" Tuesday when she mixed up New Hampshire and Vermont.

October 28, 2014

Houston mayor flooded with 1K Bibles, post-pastor subpoenas

Houston Mayor Annise Parker has been inundated with between 500 and 1,000 Bibles in the days since she subpoenaed five faith leaders for their sermons to check for anti-gay, overly political rhetoric.

October 28, 2014

U.S. Postal Service let feds peek at Americans’ mail 50K times in 2013

The U.S. Postal Service allowed law enforcement agents to peek at Americans' pieces of mail nearly 50,000 times in 2013, an investigation from The New York Times found.

October 28, 2014

Pope Francis: Evolution ‘not inconsistent with the notion of creation’

Pope Francis said the "Big Bang" theory isn't contrary to creationism -- that evolution and Bible teachings really do mix.

October 28, 2014

Brit train station hires ‘supernatural officer’ to field ghost sightings

A train station in Britain is apparently so haunted that managers were forced to create a new position and hire a new official to deal with all the ghost sightings and complaints — a "supernatural liaison officer."

October 28, 2014

Taylor Swift takes on ambassador role for New York City

First, country star. Then, pop sensation. Now, Taylor Swift has a new role — as ambassador of New York City.

October 28, 2014

Bill Maher faces fire from Berkeley; he’s ‘racist and bigoted,’ students say

Liberal comedian and "Real Time" television host Bill Maher is facing some fire from within his own political ranks — from University of California-Berkeley students who said his views of Islam are "racist and bigoted" and that he shouldn't speak at the campus.

October 28, 2014

Joe Biden in Iowa: We must ‘stop the march of the tea party now’

Vice president Joseph Biden took to the Iowa campaign trail to warn voters they must select Bruce Braley -- over Joni Ernst -- to the Senate, or the nation will fall to tea party types.

October 28, 2014