Cheryl K. Chumley

Michigan student sells ad space on graduating cap to pay debt

Call it capitalism at its best — or student ingenuity on display. But loan-burdened University of Michigan-Flint international business major Alex Benda thinks he's found a way to get a jump on his student loans: selling space on his graduation ceremony cap to advertisers.

January 20, 2014

Russia on alert for ‘black widows’ prepped for possible Olympics attack

Russian security agents are reported to be hunting down as many as four different suspects — females dubbed "black widows" by law enforcement — who may have been tasked with carrying out terrorist attacks at the Sochi Olympics in February.

January 20, 2014

NYC police beat down elderly man, 84, over jaywalking struggle, witness says

New York City police roughed up an elderly man who tried to cross a busy Upper West Side street without waiting for the “walk” sign, beating him so badly that he was bloodied, one witness said.

January 20, 2014

Texas Rep. Gohmert: Tea party has to fight back against GOP

Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert said tea partiers should rise up and fight against efforts to quash the group by the Republican Party's old guard.

January 20, 2014

Richard Sherman’s tirade overshadows Seahawks’ Super Bowl prep

Richard Sherman's shout-out to himself after this weekend's come-from-behind Seattle win over San Francisco – calling himself the best cornerback ever -- stole the thunder from the team's win and sparked immediate furor on social media.

January 20, 2014

Islamists vow terror attacks at Olympics in revenge for shed ‘Muslim blood’

A group of Islamic militants posted a video online first admitting responsibility for separate suicide bombings in Volgograd that killed 34 last month and then vowing to carry out more fatal terror attacks at the Sochi Winter Olympics.

January 20, 2014

Wendy Davis’ Texas gubernatorial campaign stumbles over fudged facts

Wendy Davis, the Texas lawmaker who rocked national headlines with her 11-hour floor speech against a bill to limit abortion, has now been caught making a couple of exaggerated claims in her campaign for governor.

January 20, 2014

Caroline Kennedy uses ambassador role to decry Japan’s dolphin kills

Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, is using her diplomatic stage to pressure that country to stop an annual hunt she finds deplorable: killing dolphins.

January 20, 2014

Obama admits being black can boost his political popularity

President Obama asserted that while some people dislike him simply because of his skin color, others give him plenty of political leeway for the same reason – “because I’m a black president,” he said, in The New Yorker.

January 20, 2014

Report on world’s richest individuals sparks call for universal health care

New research from the Britain-based charity Oxfam found that nearly half of the wealth in the world is owned by a select 85 individuals. Researchers are using that finding to persuade governments around the world to provide free health care for citizens.

January 20, 2014

South Korean trade agent kidnapped at gunpoint in Libya

Gunmen in the Libyan capital of Tripoli kidnapped a South Korean trade agent, and investigators on Monday said they had no idea who the abductors were or what they wanted.

January 20, 2014

Kenneth Bae, captive in North Korea, admits he committed a ‘serious crime’

Kenneth Bae, the American who was sentenced to 15 years in a North Korea labor camp for distributing religious materials in the atheist state, held a press conference on Monday and admitted he was guilty of a "serious crime” against the state.

January 20, 2014

Target hack attack started by Russian teen, 17, security firm says

The massive holiday season data breach that took tens of millions of Target shoppers by storm and led to the compromising of private debit and credit card information was perpetrated by a teen in Russia, security firm experts said.

January 20, 2014

Queen Elizabeth cedes partial power to Prince Charles in ‘gentle succession’

In what’s being billed as a “gentle succession” and a historical shift, Queen Elizabeth II has agreed to cede some of her powers to Prince Charles.

January 20, 2014

Scientists crack mystery behind birds’ V-formation flight pattern

Scientists think they’ve uncovered a mystery that’s baffled bird watchers for centuries — the reasons behind the feathered friends’ V-formation flight pattern.

January 17, 2014

U.S. Olympic goalie ordered to remove ‘We the People’ from mask

Jessie Vetter, the goalie for the USA Women’s hockey team, has been ordered by the International Olympic Committee to remove a classic American constitutional reference from her mask – “We the People” – because it was deemed propaganda.

January 17, 2014

Hiroo Onoda, Japanese soldier who wouldn’t surrender, dies at 91

Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier who refused to surrender and quit his World War II fight until the 1970s – decades after peace was declared – died in Tokyo at the age of 91.

January 17, 2014

Justice Department pushes to end religious profiling: report

Attorney General Eric Holder's newest policy push includes a recommendation to prohibit federal authorities from using religion as part of investigations, a nod to civil rights activists who maintain that law enforcement agents routinely target Muslims.

January 17, 2014

Tom DeLay on Obama: His ‘tyranny’ is ‘unbelievable and scary’

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said President Obama has crossed the constitutional line when it comes to his use of executive orders and has now entered a realm normally reserved for tyrants.

January 17, 2014

‘Bridgegate’ scandal leads to 20 subpoenas – but Christie not included

The New Jersey special legislative committee tasked with investigating the “Bridgegate” scandal has led to the issuance of 20 subpoenas – but so far, not to Gov. Chris Christie.

January 17, 2014