Cheryl K. Chumley

Debbie Wasserman Schultz tweets: Texas to soon turn blue

Texas recently elected tea party favorite Ted Cruz to Senate, but don't count on such results from the traditionally conservative state for much longer, predicts Democratic Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

March 27, 2013

Michael Moore on guns: ‘What are these white people so afraid of?’

Michael Moore said "fear and racism" fuels Americans' insistence that the government uphold their Second Amendment rights to own firearms.

March 27, 2013

John Kerry heads home; secretary of state claims successful talks with Afghanistan’s Karzai

Secretary of State John Kerry is headed home following a busy week of mostly clandestine travels that saw him issuing blunt warnings to Iraqi leaders, trying to bridge disputes with Afghanistan’s president, dining with Pakistani military chiefs and heading a soccer ball.

March 27, 2013

Sinkhole fears in Florida: Residents flee, as walls crack

Florida homeowners who live just three miles from where a sinkhole swallowed a sleeping man a month ago have now been evacuated, after the walls of their duplex began to crack and the floor buckled.

March 27, 2013

Harry Potter-esque invisibility cloak moves closer to reality

How very Harry Potter. Researchers say they've taken a step closer toward the invention of a full-body invisibility device that would allow the wearer to move about absent detection, much like the teen wizard did when he donned his magical cloak in the film.

March 27, 2013

Kardashian ad creators fired after Ford public-relations scandal

Employees responsible for a series of ads showing the Kardashian sisters bound and gagged in the trunk space of a Ford vehicle have been fired.

March 27, 2013

Homeland Security seeks ‘hackers for good’ to help with cybersecurity

Help wanted: Hackers. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the department is seeking skilled computer hackers — primarily college-age students — to help with the "new and rapidly growing threats" to America's cybersecurity systems, the Christian Science Monitor reports.

March 27, 2013

Patrick Leahy warns Jeff Sessions: Don’t mess with immigration talks

Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a leading voice in the immigration reform debate, sent a strong word of caution Sen. Jeff Sessions' way: Don't "discredit the process" of scheduled Senate talks.

March 27, 2013

Michigan seeks criminal charges against Mass. company for meningitis mistake

The attorney general in Michigan is seeking criminal charges against a now-bankrupt Massachusetts medical company that has been linked to hundreds of meningitis cases around the nation.

March 27, 2013

Ashley Judd confounds with Kentucky campaign, Tennessee residency

Hollywood actress Ashley Judd is quietly campaigning for a Senate seat for Kentucky, but has not yet moved from her home in Tennessee. Confused? So are political insiders.

March 27, 2013

Obama heads to Spanish TV to sell immigration, will go to billionaires’ homes to raise money

On President Obama's list of things to do in the coming days: First, sit for interviews on Spanish-language news stations Telemundo and Univision. Then off to California for four major Democratic Party fundraisers at billionaires' mansions.

March 27, 2013

Federal government spends $8 billion — on empty buildings

The federal government's collection of unused and vacant properties is killing taxpayers. Watchdog groups say maintenance and bureaucratic red tape related to the U.S. government's 55,000-to-77,000 vacant properties has cost taxpayers up to $8 billion so far.

March 27, 2013

Janet Napolitano: Immigrants will change Arizona from red to blue

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the influx of immigrants into Arizona will put this conservative stronghold into the hands of the Democratic Party.

March 27, 2013

David Petraeus: Sorry, affair ‘was my own doing’

Retired four-star Gen. David Petraeus made one of his first public appearances since November and issued a blunt apology for his part in a scandalous affair that brought down his career.

March 27, 2013

North Korea to cut military hotline used to guide South Koreans to work

North Korea announced Wednesday its intent to cut a main military hotline that gives South Koreans the ability to travel across the border to work at an industrial complex that's jointly owned and operated.

March 27, 2013

$338M lottery winner vows to ‘help a lot of people’ with money

The 44-year-old New Jersey father of five who reportedly won $338 million in the recent Powerball drawing said his plan for the money is to help those in need.

March 26, 2013

Egypt court delays decision: Is Muslim Brotherhood legal?

The Muslim Brotherhood gained an extra month to make its case that it's a legal group — a rightful resurrection under President Mohammed Morsi, made months ago.

March 26, 2013

Gov. Bob McDonnell’s amendment could restrict abortion in Virginia

An amendment to Virginia's health care legislation pushed by Gov. Bob McDonnell would prohibit insurers that participate in "Obamacare" exchanges from providing abortion services in most instances.

March 26, 2013

Creationist bets $10,000 that nobody can disprove Genesis

A California man who believes soundly in the biblical account of creationism is putting his money where his mouth is and offering up $10,000 to anyone who can disprove Genesis.

March 26, 2013

Gun dealer denies Mark Kelly’s politicized AR-15 purchase

A gun shop in Arizona has canceled Mark Kelly's purchase of an AR-15-type rifle after he made media waves by claiming he bought the weapon to show the need for Second Amendment reform.

March 26, 2013