Cheryl K. Chumley

France finance minister warns austerity fueling populism

Europe needs to quit the austerity and focus on promoting growth, said France's finance minister, Pierre Moscovici.

March 7, 2013

‘Christ’ kicked out of city council invocation in Longview, Wash.

Longview, Wash., Mayor Don Jensen says men and women of faith who are asked to open the city council meetings with prayer may no longer invoke the name of Jesus Christ.

March 7, 2013

Florida bill to send bullet buyers to anger-management class

Would-be ammunition buyers might have to complete anger-management class before making their purchase, if one Florida politico has her way.

March 7, 2013

Ex-TSA head: Let passengers carry on machetes

Kudos to the new Transportation Security Administration plan to let passengers carry on small knives, said the former chief of the agency. Now let them carry on machetes, he added.

March 7, 2013

Lion mauls intern to death at California wildcat sanctuary

A 24-year-old Seattle woman working as an intern at a California wildcat sanctuary was mauled to death by her favorite lion, a 350-pound African beast named Cous Cous.

March 7, 2013

North Korea threatens to nuke America, destroy ‘aggressors’

A furious North Korea threatened Thursday to attack America with nuclear weapons as punishment for perceived Western aggression.

March 7, 2013

Hugo Chavez’s last words: ‘Please don’t let me die’

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez's final words to his nearby general were whispered pleas to stay alive, the head of the presidential security force said Wednesday.

March 7, 2013

French study claims Mother Teresa wasn’t so saintly

Even Mother Teresa was — well, no Mother Teresa? A new study published in the French-language magazine, Religieuses, argues that Mother Teresa — whose sainthood is so well established that her name actually serves as a synonym for the word saint — wasn't really all that.

March 6, 2013

Lion alert: Wildlife rangers in Zimbabwe find bodies mauled by beasts

A northern resort town in Zimbabwe is on alert after wildlife rangers round evidence that rogue lions have mauled two people to death.

March 6, 2013

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy feels the stirrings of comeback

He doesn't really want to, but "duty" could force former French President Nicolas Sarkoy to launch a political comeback and seek the nation's highest office once again, come 2017.

March 6, 2013

Georgia city mulls law to mandate gun ownership

A city in northern Georgia is giving the term "bucking the trend" new meaning, as city officials are mulling an ordinance that would actually make it a crime not to own a weapon.

March 6, 2013

Gohmert tells Obama: No White House tours? Then no golf trips

Republican Rep. Louis Gohmert brought up an amendment to the budget bill on Tuesday that would outright deny President Obama from using tax dollars to go on golf outings until he reopens the White House to tourists.

March 6, 2013

Pedophile victims push for right to sue Pope Benedict XVI

Attorneys who've tried for years to sue the Vatican over sexual abuse claims are seeing a cracked door with Pope Benedict XVI's resignation.

March 6, 2013

N.Y. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s $250K project: Tell teens loud music hurts hearing

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has a new target for regulatory crackdown: teens who listen to loud music on their earbuds.

March 6, 2013

Hugo Chavez’s handpicked successor Nicolas Maduro takes helm, despite law

Former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's influence didn't completely wane in his death. His handpicked successor, Vice President Nicolas Maduro, will run Venezuela for the next 30 days.

March 6, 2013

Lebanon urges reinstatement of Syria to Arab League

Lebanon says Syria should get its seat back on the Arab League, even though President Bashar Assad hasn't fulfilled his promise to stop violence.

March 6, 2013

CDC says ‘nightmare bacteria’ CRE superbug killing half of those who are infected

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a new family of bacteria, called CRE, that is resistant to antibiotics is killing half of the patients who are infected.

March 6, 2013

Chinese couples use divorce to dodge new 20 percent tax

China's taxes are apparently so high that they're driving couples to divorce.

March 6, 2013

European Union fines Microsoft $731 million for broken promise over browsers

The European Union has fined Microsoft Corp. $731 million for breaking its promise to give buyers a choice of Web browser.

March 6, 2013

Domestic drones to hunt gun carriers in America for Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security has an unmanned drone fleet with technology that can root out civilians who are carrying guns, government documents show.

March 6, 2013