Cheryl K. Chumley

Hezbollah arms shipment destroyed in Israeli jet strike

Israel isn’t confirming, but Middle East news outlets report Israeli jets have struck a target near the Syria-Lebanon border in an effort to stop the transport of missiles into Hezbollah hands.

January 30, 2013

Alabama gunman still holds 6-year-old boy hostage

A hostage situation involving an armed Alabama man and a 6-year-old boy has entered its second day, as police report the man has now bunkered the child in some type of underground shelter.

January 30, 2013

Surprise: U.S. economy shrinks for first time in near four years

More bad financial news has hit the nation, as the Commerce Department reports the U.S. economy has shrunk for the first time in three-and-a-half years, by 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter.

January 30, 2013

NFL players union spends $100 million to learn why violent game shortens lives

Why do football players die early? That's the topic of research for a $100 million Harvard University study, to be funded by the National Football League Players Association.

January 30, 2013

Obama inaugural reveals FDR-like ‘Second Bill of Rights’

President Obama's drive for dramatic reforms in American politics and policy is a near copycat of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1944 push for a Second Bill of Rights, according to one legal scholar, Cass Sunstein.

January 30, 2013

Brace for more IRS paperwork: Obamacare costs in new W-2 tax forms

Internal Revenue Service W-2 forms are in the mail, and recipients this month will see something new: The total costs the employer pays for health care coverage.

January 30, 2013

EEOC launches probe of TSA ‘hostile work environment’

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating the Transportation Security Administration for creating a "hostile work environment," according to Tuesday media reports.

January 30, 2013

Sen. Sessions calls for firing of ICE director

Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, in Tuesday floor remarks, called for the firing of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement head for failing to uphold and enforce border laws.

January 30, 2013

Wild monkey mob rampages Indonesian village

A surprise attack by a mob of wild monkeys has panicked a village in eastern Indonesia, as residents report attacks, injuries and home damage.

January 30, 2013

Scalia scoffed for claiming Constitution is ‘dead’ document

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is drawing fire from legal colleagues for his characterization of the U.S. Constitution as a "dead" document — that is, judges should not take it upon themselves to interpret its clauses via modern meanings.

January 30, 2013

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani schoolgirl shot by Taliban, set for more surgery

The Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for her advocacy of education for girls is scheduled for more surgery, according to various media reports.

January 30, 2013

Costa Concordia captain: I’ll command again

The captain of the Costa Concordia challenged his firing Tuesday, claiming in a closed-door court hearing that he actually saved lives after his ship ran aground and capsized, killing 32, in a Jan. 13, 2012, disaster off the coast of Tuscany.

January 30, 2013

Chicago gun deaths, confiscations belie claims of gun-control activists

Chicago police reported the seizure of 7,400 guns used in crimes, or that were unpermitted, in the past year — nearly double the 3,285 reported for New York City for the same time frame. That's despite the fact Chicago has the toughest gun-control laws in the nation, prohibiting sales within the city and, until the Supreme Court found it unconstitutional in 2010, banning handguns.

January 30, 2013

Clinton confirms memoir, fueling talk of White House run

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fueled rumors of a 2016 presidential run again, when she confirmed her post-office plans include sleep — and writing a book.

January 30, 2013

South Korea launches satellite from own soil

For the first time in history, South Korea has successfully launched a satellite from its own country into space.

January 30, 2013

U.S. Embassy closes amid Egyptian violence

The U.S. Embassy in Cairo shut down Tuesday, as more than 120 were reported injured in the escalating violence that has marked Egypt over the past few days.

January 29, 2013

Landrieu takes up Obama’s anti-Fox chant

On the heels of President Obama's finger-pointing at Fox News, and Rush Limbaugh, for supposedly holding up legislative progress on the national debt, now comes Democrat Sen. Mary Landrieu, who lambasted the network for its coverage of entitlement spending.

January 29, 2013

Indiana environmental justice: Save a deer. Go to jail.

An Indiana couple faces jail time for nursing a near-dead deer back to health, in apparent violation of the state's Department of Natural Resources rules for returning wild animals to the forest.

January 29, 2013

Blackburn doubts Obama’s skeet shooting claims

Rep. Marsha Blackburn has some words of skepticism for President Obama's claim of frequent skeet shooting. "If he's a skeet shooter, why have we not heard of this? Why have we not seen photos? Why hasn't he referenced this at any point in time?"

January 29, 2013

Obama’s love fest for Hillary: Subtle send-off to Biden

Sorry, Joe. That's the subtle message from polls and television watchers who saw President Obama's public praising of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday's 60 Minutes and interpreted the fawning as endorsement for her to seek the White House in 2016 — rather than Vice President Joseph R. Biden.

January 29, 2013