Cheryl K. Chumley

Motorcycle mob placed us ‘in grave danger,’ wife says

The wife of the SUV driver involved in a high-profile New York City highway dispute with a biker mob — the YouTube video has 6 million hits — says her husband was facing life-threatening danger when he ran over one of the motorcyclists.

October 3, 2013

CNN goes 0-for-100 trying to find successful Obamacare enrollee

CNN asked 100 people in South Carolina to tell how easy it was to enroll in Obamacare exchanges. And from all 100 sources, CNN received the same reply: We couldn't do it.

October 3, 2013

Plane carrying 20 crashes in Nigeria; 14 killed

A plane carrying 13 passengers and seven crew members crashed just seconds after taking off Thursday from Lagos Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Nigeria, and authorities have confirmed that 14 are dead.

October 3, 2013

Sarah Palin: Obama has set more guards at WWII memorial than in Benghazi

In a Facebook post, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin slammed President Obama’s pushback on the GOP’s attempt to forge a compromise on appropriations bills and on Obamacare implementation, calling his shutdown of the World War II memorial a “shameful,” political stunt.

October 3, 2013

U.S. to send drones to Japan under new defense pact

The United States and Japan forged an agreement on Thursday that modernizes allied security forces — the first time in 16 years — and includes the shipping of drones to the East Asian island.

October 3, 2013

Southwest Airlines fires captain for rough LaGuardia landing

You’re fired: That’s what Southwest Airlines executives told a captain on Wednesday after finding him responsible for a hard enough landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York that left several injured.

October 3, 2013

Furlough order leaves ‘horrendous’ imprint on Ga. cop training site

A massive law enforcement training facility in Georgia that serves about 70,000 officers a year and employs more than 1,000 has been turned into a ghost town, as the government shutdown sent all but a handful of workers packing.

October 3, 2013

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev disposed of key bombing evidence, Justice Department says

Boston bombing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev destroyed key evidence in the wake of the April 15 terrorist attack at the marathon finish line, and then tried to fabricate more bombs after the initial detonations, a memo from the Department of Justice said.

October 3, 2013

Boat carrying 500 sinks off Italy, killing at least 94

A boat carrying up to 500 people sank on Thursday off the coast of Italy, leaving at least 94 migrants dead, CNN reported.

October 3, 2013

Tech-savvy kids breach security, cause recall in iPad project for L.A. schools

The Los Angeles Unified School District is tossing in the towel on a $1 billion project to put an iPad in the hand of all its students, admitting that the security program its technology experts installed doesn't work and that kids could access about any Web page they wanted.

October 2, 2013

Chelsea Clinton: ‘God willing,’ I’ll have a baby in 2014

Chelsea Clinton, 33, said she and her husband Marc Mezvinsky are planning an addition to their household and have informally dubbed 2014 the "Year of the Baby."

October 2, 2013

Russia’s Putin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Russian President Vladimir Putin was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by an advocacy group that credits him with bringing about a peaceful resolution to the Syrian-U.S. dispute over chemical weapons.

October 2, 2013

Iran passes ‘pedophilia’ law to let men marry adopted girls

Iran lawmakers passed a measure — in a bill aimed at protecting the rights of children, no less — that allows for men to marry their adopted daughters, so long as the girls are at least 13 years old.

October 2, 2013

Furloughed workers hit the bars: ‘What the hell’

The thousands of public employees who've just been placed on furlough aren't shedding too many tears over the government shutdown. From Washington, D.C., to New York City, they're taking to the bars and drinking establishments, toasting their time off with beers and mixed drinks.

October 2, 2013

Orlando authorities detonate explosive suitcase outside SeaWorld

Orlando, Fla., authorities have deactivated an electronic-packed suitcase they found outside SeaWorld that was believed to be a makeshift bomb.

October 2, 2013

U.S. retaliates, expels 3 high-ranking Venezuelan diplomats

Boot ours, we’ll boot yours. The United States answered Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s announced expulsion of three American diplomats with a back-at-you action late Tuesday: Three high-ranking diplomats from the South American nation were sent packing.

October 2, 2013

Raise the debt ceiling, Americans say: poll

Americans would rather see the debt ceiling raised than the government shut down, or Obamacare blocked, a new survey released Wednesday finds.Americans would rather see the debt ceiling raised than the government shut down or Obamacare blocked, a new survey released Wednesday finds.

October 2, 2013

Robert Gibbs to Obama on government shutdown: ‘Sit back and watch’

Former presidential press secretary Robert Gibbs offered some words of advice for President Obama on how best to handle the blooming government shutdown: Take it easy, sit back and wait it out.

October 2, 2013

Ted Cruz’s dad rips RINOs: ‘We, the people, are not stupid’

The apple really doesn’t fall far from the tree. Sen. Ted Cruz’s dad took to the stage at a recent Colorado event to deliver a scathing speech in support of his son’s filibuster try and to put Republicans-In-Name-Only on notice.

October 2, 2013

Florida boy, 8, booted for violating school’s ‘invisible gun’ ban

In what's becoming an almost weekly report about schools around the nation, another young student was suspended over government zero-tolerance weapon policies — this time, an 8-year-old Florida boy who fashioned his fingers into the shape of a handgun.

October 2, 2013