Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Dennis Rodman scrounges up ex-NBA players for North Korea game
It’s game on. Dennis Rodman touched down in Pyongyang on Monday, with 11 fellow former American basketball greats in tow – ending weeks of speculation that he couldn’t get his U.S. teammates to travel to North Korea for an exhibition game. Published January 6, 2014
Super Bowl Sunday sends N.J. into anti-prostitution mode
Police in New Jersey are stepping up their law enforcement efforts against prostitution, hoping to crack down on human trafficking in time for next month’s Super Bowl. Published January 6, 2014
Canada cold: ‘Frost quakes’ driving scared homeowners to call police
It’s so cold in Canada that residents are reporting a phenomenon called “frost quakes” — when the air is so cold and temperatures drop so low that the atmosphere seems to be filled with the sound of gun fire. Published January 6, 2014
Taiwan baby panda makes first public debut
Crowds lined up at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday to see the first public appearance of a giant 6-month-old panda. Published January 6, 2014
Pakistan home explosion kills 9, including children
At least nine people, including children, were killed in a Monday explosion at a residence in northwestern Pakistan, in the Khyber tribal area. Published January 6, 2014
Wal-Mart China condemns fox-meat scandal: We take food fraud ‘very seriously’
Hey, what's that fox meat doing in my donkey burger? Wal-Mart China has risen to the challenge of that fictional question and pulled all its tainted donkey meat — a delicacy in the Asian market — from store shelves. Published January 3, 2014
Obamacare patients socked with huge cash bills flee hospitals
Staffers with at least one hospital in Northern Virginia turned away several patients this week due to confusion about Obamacare: Were the patients covered by insurance or not? Published January 3, 2014
Bible-based boys’ group opens after Boy Scouts’ nod to gays
A new group that formed as a counter to the Boy Scouts of America's decision to let gays serve as scouts opened its doors this week, with a mission and motto to "walk worthy" in the path toward God. Published January 3, 2014
Lawmakers tell OSHA regulators to get off farmers’ backs
Senate Republicans said the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has stretched its regulatory boundaries and needs to back off farmers and quit pushing them to comply with laws that don't even apply to them. Published January 3, 2014
Obama’s ‘catch-me-if-you-can’ government lands him on most corrupt list
The nonprofit government watchdog Judicial Watch released its most recent annual list of "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" this week, and both political parties take a hit: House Speaker John Boehner's there, as well as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Published January 3, 2014
Cambridge students in uproar over favoritism for Prince William
Cambridge University students are in an uproar over what they perceived is the school's favored treatment of Prince William, giving him access to a course he doesn't have to grades to attend. Published January 3, 2014
Pro-gun club for left-leaning liberals makes waves in California
Who says liberals hate guns? More than 1,000 gun owners in California who happen to hate National Rifle Association politics as well as the Republican ideology, but love the Second Amendment and their own rifles, have banded together and started their own group, a sort of leftist-leaning NRA called the Liberal Gun Club. Published January 3, 2014
O.J. Simpson begs Obama: Free me; I’m dying from brain cancer
Former NFL great turned criminal, O.J. Simpson, has issued a plea for clemency to President Obama, claiming he may have brain cancer and should be allowed to leave his Nevada jail cell and go free. Published January 3, 2014
NYC’s new mayor sings tax-the-rich song for kids’ kindergarten costs
Tax the rich; pay for kindergarten. That’s the song being sung by New York City’s newest mayor, Bill de Blasio, as a means of paying for kindergarten. Published January 3, 2014
Children beheaded, as violence rages in Central African Republic
At least two children have been beheaded in the rising violence in the Central African Republic, the United Nations reported Friday. Published January 3, 2014
Cheerios change on the horizon, as cereal goes GMO-free
Out with the old, in with the new. General Mills' New Year's announcement is that its iconic Cheerios cereal — the regular, original flavor only — will now be made without genetically modified ingredients. Published January 3, 2014
American basketball players arrested at Benghazi University
Two Americans were arrested by Libyan military forces in Benghazi and are being held for unknown reasons at the army’s headquarters, various media reported Friday. Published January 3, 2014
California lawyers say Mississippi’s state flag must go
Lawyers from California have cast accusatory eyes on Mississippi, declaring that the state’s Confederate symbol on its flag that’s flown at a Santa Ana display is racist and needs to go. Published January 3, 2014
Bill Nye ‘The Science Guy’ heads to Creation Museum to argue evolution
Bill Nye "The Science Guy" is heading to Kentucky in the coming weeks to visit with the man who founded the Creation Museum — and debate and argue how creationist belief in the Old Testament is pure folly. Published January 3, 2014
Facebook charged with mining, selling user data in class-action suit
Facebook has been named in a class-action suit over allegations the social media site takes users’ private messages and scans them for potential advertising purposes. Published January 3, 2014
