Cheryl K. Chumley

Climate guru: Germany spending $110B to stall global warming 37 hours

Germany is spending billions of dollars to combat climate change, but the money is largely wasted, one global-warming expert said. The county's efforts will turn back the hands of time by only 37 hours, he said.

April 1, 2013

Democrats celebrate Easter with fundraising messages: Send money

Happy Easter: Send money. It wasn't quite that blunt, but Democratic Party politicos were up early Sunday morning sending out Easter emails to constituents on behalf of President Obama, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Virginia's governor hopeful, Terry McAuliffe, that focused more on money than on the spiritual.

April 1, 2013

Colo. prosecutors seek death penalty for Holmes

Prosecutors announced Monday that they will seek the death penalty for Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes, who is accused of killing 12 dead and injuring 70 in last year's attack.

April 1, 2013

Sen. Jeff Flake: GOP-backed gay marriage ‘inevitable’

Sen. Jeff Flake, a rising conservative star who many see as potential White House material, says the Republican Party's embrace of same-sex marriage is a sure thing.

April 1, 2013

Texas on high alert after shootings of district attorney, wife

Texas prosecutors are on high alert, as the suspects in the weekend killing of tough-talking Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife are still at large.

April 1, 2013

Beatlemania lives: Signed Sgt. Pepper’s album sells at $290K

The selling price of a signed Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album far exceeded expectations and auctioned at $290,500.

April 1, 2013

Google doodle of Cesar Chavez, instead of Easter, outrages conservatives

Conservatives are expressing outrage that Google's search engine page touted a picture of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez on Easter — not Jesus, or any appropriately themed religious-related image.

April 1, 2013

Joe Biden ‘impotent’ on gun control talks, GOP strategist says

Not so fast. The press and Democratic Party operatives may be painting President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden as a one-two punch of effective gun control strategy on Capitol Hill. But at least one Republican Party tactician says it ain't all that — and Mr. Biden's behind-scenes operations are largely exaggerated.

April 1, 2013

Rep. Peter King: Kim Jong-un ‘trying to be the tough guy’

Rep. Peter King characterized his biggest fear from North Korea is that leader Kim Jong-un was putting himself in a box with his strong rhetoric and he might reach the point where he feels he has no choice but to act.

April 1, 2013

Pastor for Obama’s Easter service slams religious right

The pastor who delivered an Easter service sermon to President Obama on Sunday waded into political territory, issuing a rebuke for the religious right who pined for the days of old.

April 1, 2013

Sandy Hook school shooting survivors lose home to fire

A Newtown family with three children — two of whom were at Sandy Hook Elementary School the day of the fatal shootings — has lost their home to fire.

March 29, 2013

Father Salmon: Gay boys ‘will be welcomed’ at Catholic school dance

The administrator at a New York Catholic High School for boys has been forced to defend to parents his decision to let a gay couple attend the junior prom.

March 29, 2013

First came ‘The Bible,’ now comes ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ … the TV miniseries

The ratings have spoken — and they're telling television producers that a six-hour, $20 million miniseries on Jesus of Nazareth will prove as great a success as the recent History channel production "The Bible."

March 29, 2013

Planned Parenthood lobbyist suggests killing newborn OK

A lobbyist for Planned Parenthood told Florida lawmakers this week that what doctors do with babies who were supposed to be aborted but were instead born alive is the doctors' business — suggesting killing was okay.

March 29, 2013

Another vacation? Joe Biden is beach-bound yet again, this time for Easter holiday

It’s only March, but Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is off on his third vacation the year.

March 29, 2013

Calif. county sets up hotline to field ‘Obamacare’ questions

A community in California is setting up a hotline to field consumer questions about President Obama's health care overhaul, at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars to taxpayers.

March 29, 2013

Critics: New EPA emission policy bypasses Congress, imposes gas price hikes

Critics of a new Environmental Protection Agency emissions policy see the pollution control measure as just another gas-price hike brought into existence by a president who used his White House office to bypass Congress and the will of the people.

March 29, 2013

France agrees to list Hezbollah as terrorist group

France is poised to add Hezbollah to the European Union's list of terrorist organizations after the group claimed responsibility for last year's attack on a bus filled with Israeli tourists to Burgas.

March 29, 2013

Former Georgia Rep. Bob Barr to run for Congress

Former Georgia Rep. Bob Barr, an outspoken conservative who lost his seat more than a decade ago, thinks the time is right for a new run at political office. He announced a campaign for the congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Phil Gingrey, who's running for Senate.

March 29, 2013

New York minimum wage hike to $9 could be paid by taxpayers

New York's legislature approved a budget that hikes the state's minimum wage to $9 per hour. But taxpayers, not businesses, could actually be the responsible party for paying those extra wage costs, if a closed-door tax credit agreement among politicos made the final budget cut.

March 29, 2013