Cheryl K. Chumley

Jesse Jackson on Ted Cruz: He’s a ‘clown’ to Obama’s ‘wise man’

The Rev. Jesse Jackson had harsh words for Sen. Ted Cruz's filibuster on Obamacare, calling the Texas tea party darling a "clown" who could learn a thing or two from President Obama.

September 26, 2013

California counties vote to secede from Golden State

Two counties in California have voted to secede from the state and create the State of Jefferson, the 51st of the United States of America.

September 26, 2013

Treasury gives $100 bill a high-tech makeover

The newest version of the $100 bill, unveiled this week, may be glitzier, shinier and high-tech — but it's still worth $100.

September 26, 2013

Senate website says 2nd Amendment unclear: Rights may be ‘collective’

The Senate's official government website on the Constitution says that the Second Amendment right to bear arms could be a collective right, not an individual freedom.

September 26, 2013

Air Force’s new F-16 drone makes debut in air

The U.S. Air Force and Boeing have sent their first unmanned F-16 jet plane into the air — a drone craft test that promises to change the shape of battlefield missions in years to come.

September 26, 2013

Bill Clinton touts Chelsea, not Hillary, as better president in long run

Former President Bill Clinton said his daughter, not his wife, would actually make a better president when looked at through the prism of long-term.

September 26, 2013

State Department issues new terror alert for Americans overseas

The U.S. State Department responded to the Nairobi mall attack that left dozens dead with a renewed terror warning for U.S. citizens at overseas destinations.

September 26, 2013

Florida city fights to keep cross in crest

DeLand, Fla., locals are fighting off an attack from a secular group against their city seal, a 131-year-old symbol that contains a picture of red heart plastered over an image of a ship anchor and a Christian cross.

September 26, 2013

Obama bemoans ‘my afro was never that good’ at DNC event for NYC’s de Blasio

President Obama had some words of praise for New York City mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio's son at a recent Democratic National Committee fundraiser: Your hair is great.

September 26, 2013

O.J. Simpson caught stealing cookies in prison cafeteria

O.J. Simpson, the former NFL great who fell from national grace when he was accused of murder and ultimately sent to jail for armed robbery, now faces a new disgrace: Stealing cookies from his Nevada prison cafeteria.

September 26, 2013

George H.W. Bush serves as witness at same-sex ceremony

Former President George H.W. Bush served as a witness for a same-sex marriage ceremony that saw the union of two of his longtime friends, one of his spokesman said on Wednesday.

September 26, 2013

University of Maryland Honors College director on Trayvon Martin trial: ‘It is legal to hunt’ kids

The director of the Honors College at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., sent an email to students about the Travyon Martin-George Zimmerman trial, saying the message from the verdict is that it's OK to kill kids.

September 26, 2013

Montana rapist completes 31-day jail sentence, sent home

A Montana man whose rape conviction generated national attention because it only brought a 31-day jail sentence — and because the judge seemed to cast blame on the 14-year-old victim — has been released.

September 26, 2013

What a Twit: Cory Booker captured in Twitter flirt with stripper

Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker, a Democratic Party candidate for senator, has been trading Twitter barbs with an East Coast stripper who posts half-nude photos online — and he's completely unapologetic.

September 26, 2013

Bill Clinton on Vladimir Putin: He can be trusted

Former President Bill Clinton said during a gathering at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin is trustworthy — that he's never gone back on a promise.

September 26, 2013

Iran seeks ‘phased actions’ for nuclear talks

The foreign minister in Iran wants to take a more phased-in approach to discussing the nation's nuclear development program and reaching compromise with the international community.

September 26, 2013

Flashback: NYC mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio honored despot Mugabe

Thirty-six of 51 New York City Council members shunned a 2002 event honoring Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, expressing concern with the leader's despotic ways and worrying their attendance might be spun as an endorsement of his torturing of political rivals. But not Democrat Bill de Blasio.

September 25, 2013

Swiss science says too much caffeine kills kids’ brain power

Teens who drink too much caffeine could ultimately undermine their brains’ abilities to develop, Swiss researchers found.

September 25, 2013

Piers Morgan goes pro-gun? CNN host defends boys booted for toy guns

Internationally known anti-gun CNN television host Piers Morgan actually came out in strong defense of two Virginia teenage boys who were booted from school Tuesday for playing with toy guns in their front yard while waiting for the morning school bus.

September 25, 2013

Nancy Pelosi confuses Constitution, Declaration of Independence

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi stumbled during recent remarks over a reference to the Founding Fathers' principles: Was it the Constitution? Or was it the Declaration of Independence?

September 25, 2013