Cheryl K. Chumley

Army sics fashion police on soldiers, civilians at Hawaii base

The Army has begun monitoring what soldiers are wearing at a base in Hawaii, cracking down on clothing that's deemed too risqué and implementing strict controls on what even civilian visitors can don — a sort of fashion police mission.

November 26, 2013

Obamacare birth control dispute weaves to Supreme Court

The nation’s highest-ranking justices could announce as early as Tuesday whether they’ll accept a case that pits Obamacare versus religious liberty, as played in the health care overhaul’s regulatory approach to birth control.

November 26, 2013

Obamacare botch hands GOP 2-point win over Democrats in 2014

Bad news for Democrats: New polling numbers put Republicans far ahead in the vote count for the 2014 elections, due primarily to the botched rollout of Obamacare and the broken promise by the president that Americans could keep their current health care plans.

November 26, 2013

Former Iran hostages on U.S. deal: ‘Kind of like Jimmy Carter’ again

Some of the 66 hostages who were imprisoned in Iran for up to 444 days between 1979 and 1980 said the deal forged between Tehran and the United States doesn't pass the smell test — and that it really hearkens back to the unstable foreign policy days of former President Jimmy Carter.

November 26, 2013

Arnon Milchan, ‘Pretty Woman’ Hollywood producer, admits he was Israeli spy

Arnon Milchan, the famed Hollywood producer who’s the cinematic brains behind the Julia Roberts flick, “Pretty Woman,” admitted in an interview with an overseas network that he worked for years as an Israeli spy.

November 26, 2013

White House tells Hamid Karzai: Take deal, or U.S. troops are leaving Afghanistan

The White House issued President Hamid Karzai an ultimatum Monday night, telling him that all U.S. troops will exit Afghanistan in 2014 if he doesn’t sign on to the newly drawn security pact.

November 26, 2013

Mystery of beer that bubbles and foams: Solved

In case you were wondering why tapping on the side of a freshly opened beer bottle often sends the contents frothing like a volcano onto the floor — wonder no more. Science has found the answer.

November 25, 2013

Yale University lockdown lifted after suspected gunman hoax

Police are investigating a possible hoax after reports were made of a gunman on the loose at Yale University.

November 25, 2013

Obamacare crackdown on smokers backfires as users flee

Obamacare’s stringent regulatory approach to weaning smokers off tobacco – via much higher priced premiums than non-smokers – may actually be backfiring, driving potential Healthcare.gov participants to opt out and pay the fine for remaining insurance-less.

November 25, 2013

AMA winner Macklemore uses thank-you speech to rail on Trayvon Martin racism

Rapper Macklemore took the opportunity during an acceptance speech Sunday night at the American Music Award ceremony to talk a bit of politics, slamming what he characterized as the nation’s racist response to the shooting death of Florida teen, Trayvon Martin.

November 25, 2013

Police scoop up surplus Army anti-bomb trucks — to serve warrants

Law enforcement departments around the nation have been scooping up military castoffs, bolstering their crime-fighting units with "intimidating" surplus supplies — such as 18-ton, armor-protecting fighting vehicles.

November 25, 2013

House Speaker John Boehner shocked as family health deductible triples

Add to the list of the millions of Americans who are expected to receive a massive price increase from Obamacare: House Speaker John A. Boehner.

November 25, 2013

Snowstorm wallops West; 400 flights canceled

Thousands of travelers have been stranded by a deadly snowstorm plowing across the West, with even more flight disruptions expected as the storm moves East ahead of Thanksgiving.

November 25, 2013

Sarah Palin slams MSNBC’s ‘hypocrisy’ for ignoring Martin Bashir’s attack

When Alec Baldwin threw a gay slur a paparazzo's way, he was suspended for two weeks from his MSNBC show. When Martin Bashir suggested on MSNBC air that someone should defecate in former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's mouth — nothing happened.

November 25, 2013

NYC police charge ‘Knockout Game’ suspect with hate crime

Police in New York City arrested and charged a 28-year-old Brooklyn man with a hate crime, after he allegedly targeted and attacked an Orthodox Jewish man for a “Knockout Game" win.

November 25, 2013

John Bolton: Iran deal an ‘abject surrender’ for America

John R. Bolton, ambassador to the United Nations in President George W. Bush's administration, isn't pulling punches about the United States' forged agreement with Iran: It's a poor deal.

November 25, 2013

Utah mom faults flu shot for killing son, 19

Doctors won't confirm it, but a Utah mother is certain her son, 19, died from complications from a flu shot.

November 25, 2013

Obama: ‘I’m not a particularly ideological’ guy

President Obama, described by some as carting most liberal-progressive vision for the nation since the days of Jimmy Carter, nonetheless claimed in a weekend address that he’s hardly an ideologue.

November 25, 2013

China demands U.S. butt out of island dispute with Japan

China said the United States has no business butting into a territorial dispute it’s having with Japan, and that America better back off making “inappropriate remarks,” Chinese authorities warned.

November 25, 2013

Annie Oakley’s antique shotgun sells for near $300K at auction

Annie Oakley’s shotgun, used more than 100 years ago by the famous female sharpshooting westerner, drew in $293,000 at an auction over the weekend in Dallas.

November 25, 2013