Cheryl K. Chumley

New E.U. rule would limit what seeds farmers could grow

A new law proposed by the European Commission is being criticized as a massive government overreach that will ultimately damage the farming industry, and lead to the outlaw of certain types of seeds.

May 8, 2013

Michelle Obama captured ‘Kaepernicking’ with 49ers phenom

Signature touchdown celebrations have been all the rage in the NFL in recent years — and now Michelle Obama is getting in on the act.

May 8, 2013

Company that lobbied for ‘Obamacare’ now calls key provision ‘catastrophic’

The head of a drug manufacturer that lobbied on behalf of "Obamacare" now has come out swinging on one key aspect of the plan — the requirement for more tax rebates for dual Medicaid-Medicare recipients.

May 8, 2013

Pakistan bans air conditioning in government offices

Pakistan, amid widespread electrical outages and natural gas shortages, has taken a drastic step and banned the use of air conditioners in government offices.

May 8, 2013

Treasury Department’s Jack Lew in training to fix loopy signature

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is undergoing penmanship training to correct his loopy signature — the one that more resembles a pre-kindergarten creation than adult script. And just in time.

May 8, 2013

Physicist Stephen Hawking joins boycott of Israel over treatment of Palestinians

Stephen Hawking, world-renowned physicist and a former math professor at the University of Cambridge, has hopped aboard the boycott bus of Israel, in protest of the nation's perceived poor treatment of Palestinians.

May 8, 2013

California professor caught on tape: Bush had ‘mental problems’

A University of South California political science professor was captured on video calling former President George W. Bush lazy, stupid and incompetent — a mentally unstable man who wasted his youth on drugs and alcohol.

May 8, 2013

Dennis Rodman to North Korea’s Kim Jong-un: ‘Do me a solid’ and free American

Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman made a street plea to North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, about the release of a Korean-American that's been sentenced and jailed: "Do me a solid."

May 8, 2013

Iran threatens Israel: Golan will be ‘Fatahland’

Iran on Wednesday issued war-like declarations against Israel, calling for volunteers to fight for Syria's regime and vowing to turn the Golan Heights into a "Fatahland."

May 8, 2013

Britain moves right: Queen Elizabeth II, parliament to kick off conservative agenda

Britain's government is moving to the right, ideologically speaking. Prime Minister David Cameron and Queen Elizabeth II have joined forces to tighten up immigration policy, overhaul the pension system and reduce bureaucratic hurdles so businesses can grow.

May 8, 2013

Cargo ship slams control tower, kills 4 in Genoa

Four were killed when a cargo ship traveling an Italian waterway slammed into a control tower at the port of Genoa, late Tuesday evening.

May 8, 2013

FBI pushes for more online snooping powers, fines for violators

The White House is likely to fulfill the FBI's request for more authority to eavesdrop online, administration and law enforcement insiders said.

May 8, 2013

Syria goes black on Internet, phone service

Syria's Internet service on Wednesday was almost completely blacked out – and it's highly unlikely to be an accident, global web monitors say.

May 8, 2013

Joe Biden: Susan Rice has Obama’s ‘absolute, total, complete confidence’

Vice President Joseph R. Biden confirmed on Tuesday that the president stands by one of the key players in the Benghazi, Libya, diplomatic war — just a day before Congress and the nation is due to hear explosive witness testimony that hints the White House mantra was a coverup.

May 8, 2013

Israeli police detain Muslim cleric over mosque violence

Police in Israel on Wednesday took a top Muslim cleric from the Palestinian territories into custody to question him about recent violence at a Jerusalem shrine.

May 8, 2013

Air Force strips 17 officers of power to launch nuclear missiles

In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Air Force has quietly stripped 17 officers of the authority to order the launch of nuclear missiles.

May 8, 2013

Oil tanker explodes, killing 18 near Mexico City neighborhood

Hundreds of emergency responders swarmed a highway near the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec on Tuesday after an oil tanker exploded, killing 18 and injuring three dozen.

May 7, 2013

Four U.N. peacekeepers seized on Syrian DMZ

Four U.N. peacekeepers were seized by armed gunmen on Tuesday while they were patrolling in the demilitarized zone separating Syria from the Israeli-occupied sections of Golan Heights.

May 7, 2013

Hacking group Anonymous vows devastation on U.S. government

Today is the day that threats from the hacking group Anonymous to devastate America's federal agencies and banking systems are supposed to come true.

May 7, 2013

Second-grader suspended for treating pencil like a gun

A 7-year-old boy at a small school in rural Virginia has been suspended over pointing a pencil, a la gun, at another student and making firing noises.

May 7, 2013