Cheryl K. Chumley

Crop circle mystery demystified: The tech company did it

A 310-foot crop circle in California wasn't the work of aliens after all — it was tech company Nvidia Corp, and it was all for publicity.

January 6, 2014

California students sue state over ineffective teachers

Nine California students have launched a lawsuit against the state, arguing that current law and entrenched practices they see as pro-union actually short-change the poor and the minority communities on their education.

January 6, 2014

American Atheists mocks Mormon message with anti-religion billboard

American Atheists in Utah has kicked off a new billboard campaign that plays on the pro-Mormon message of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, asking those with spiritual doubts to consider a new life path — but in a mocking manner.

January 6, 2014

ADHD a fake disorder, neurologist-turned-author says

Zero: That’s the percent of children suffering from attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, a neurologist said in his new book, “ADHD Does Not Exist: The Truth About Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.”

January 6, 2014

New York on cusp of passing pro-marijuana smoking law for patients

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is poised to issue an executive order to legalize medical marijuana for those residents with serious health problems.

January 6, 2014

Ready for Hillary? Clinton’s rented-out email list ratchets run talk

Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign’s rented out its email list to the new super PAC, Ready for Hillary – and the PAC sent out free bumper sticker promos to her subscribers with a seemingly pro-presidential slogan: “I’m Ready for Hillary.”

January 6, 2014

Sen. Rand Paul’s Obamacare woe: Son had to go to welfare office, ‘prove his existence’

Sen. Rand Paul said Obamacare has proven a futile effort for his family after his son was dumped into Medicaid — despite his attempt to pay for his plan — and had to physically go to the local welfare office to prove he was alive.

January 6, 2014

Germany’s Angela Merkel fractures pelvis while skiing

German Chancellor Angela Merkel fractured her pelvis during a ski trip to Switzerland, her spokesman said to reporters in Berlin on Monday.

January 6, 2014

Pilot reports UFO around London’s Heathrow Airport

The captain of an A320 navigating just west of London’s Heathrow Airport said he was startled when he looked out his cockpit window and saw an unidentified flying object – an object he described as a cigar-shaped metallic object – flying right toward his plane.

January 6, 2014

Yahoo hit by malware, putting tens of thousands at risk

Yahoo’s advertising server was hit by a malware attack, sending malicious ads out to thousands of users around the world.

January 6, 2014

Dennis Rodman scrounges up ex-NBA players for North Korea game

It’s game on. Dennis Rodman touched down in Pyongyang on Monday, with 11 fellow former American basketball greats in tow – ending weeks of speculation that he couldn’t get his U.S. teammates to travel to North Korea for an exhibition game.

January 6, 2014

Super Bowl Sunday sends N.J. into anti-prostitution mode

Police in New Jersey are stepping up their law enforcement efforts against prostitution, hoping to crack down on human trafficking in time for next month’s Super Bowl.

January 6, 2014

Canada cold: ‘Frost quakes’ driving scared homeowners to call police

It’s so cold in Canada that residents are reporting a phenomenon called “frost quakes” — when the air is so cold and temperatures drop so low that the atmosphere seems to be filled with the sound of gun fire.

January 6, 2014

Taiwan baby panda makes first public debut

Crowds lined up at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday to see the first public appearance of a giant 6-month-old panda.

January 6, 2014

Pakistan home explosion kills 9, including children

At least nine people, including children, were killed in a Monday explosion at a residence in northwestern Pakistan, in the Khyber tribal area.

January 6, 2014

Wal-Mart China condemns fox-meat scandal: We take food fraud ‘very seriously’

Hey, what's that fox meat doing in my donkey burger? Wal-Mart China has risen to the challenge of that fictional question and pulled all its tainted donkey meat — a delicacy in the Asian market — from store shelves.

January 3, 2014

Obamacare patients socked with huge cash bills flee hospitals

Staffers with at least one hospital in Northern Virginia turned away several patients this week due to confusion about Obamacare: Were the patients covered by insurance or not?

January 3, 2014

Bible-based boys’ group opens after Boy Scouts’ nod to gays

A new group that formed as a counter to the Boy Scouts of America's decision to let gays serve as scouts opened its doors this week, with a mission and motto to "walk worthy" in the path toward God.

January 3, 2014

Lawmakers tell OSHA regulators to get off farmers’ backs

Senate Republicans said the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has stretched its regulatory boundaries and needs to back off farmers and quit pushing them to comply with laws that don't even apply to them.

January 3, 2014

Obama’s ‘catch-me-if-you-can’ government lands him on most corrupt list

The nonprofit government watchdog Judicial Watch released its most recent annual list of "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" this week, and both political parties take a hit: House Speaker John Boehner's there, as well as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

January 3, 2014