Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
‘Celebrity Rehab’ Mindy McCready’s death casts dark shadow on show
Country star and Celebrity Rehab participant Mindy McCready's death has sparked outrage among show watchers, who count the singer's Sunday death the fifth for the production — and the third from Season 3 alone. Published February 19, 2013
Looming union strike hits hard at embattled Boeing
The hits just keep coming to Boeing Co. The company has emerged from the grounding of its 787 Dreamliner to face a possible union strike of roughly 23,000 of its engineers and technical workers. Published February 19, 2013
North Korea threatens South with ‘final destruction’ at U.N. talks
North Korea threatened South Korea with "final destruction" at a United Nations conference on disarmament on Tuesday. Published February 19, 2013
Calif. freeway shooting spree leaves 4 dead, including shooter
A chaotic Southern California shooting spree Tuesday that traveled from a neighborhood onto the freeway left four dead, including the shooter, police said. Published February 19, 2013
Iran agrees to nuclear talks in return for West’s OK of enrichment
Iran said it will open talks with the West about its nuclear program, as long as the United States publicly upholds Iran's right to enrich uranium, a spokesman for the nation's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Published February 19, 2013
California gun-confiscation program seen as model for nation
A California law that allows authorities to track down gun owners who lost their legal rights to keep their weapons — and then confiscate those firearms — is being heralded as a model for the nation, according to one media report. Published February 19, 2013
Beleaguered Syrian President Bashar Assad suggests re-election in the cards
Syrian President Bashar Assad sees another term in his future. Despite the deaths of thousands, and an ongoing — at times, escalating — military conflict that has pit Mr. Assad's regime against various rebelling factions, the beleaguered president says he may run for re-election in 2014. Published February 19, 2013
Gun-free zone: Comcast cable blacklists gun-related ads
Comcast Spotlight, the advertising and sales division for Comcast Cable, has halted all ads having to do with guns on its nationwide network. Published February 19, 2013
Ohio poll worker who admits voting twice for Obama may have voted six times
A Cincinnati poll worker admitted to an Ohio television station earlier this month she voted twice for President Obama in November. But now authorities think she voted more like six times in the election, and they've added her name to a list of 19 they're investigating for voter fraud. Published February 19, 2013
Déjà vu: Tax code talks come to Capitol Hill with 2010 players
Scratch past the surface of a proposed tax code overhaul and deficit-reduction plan shaping up Tuesday on Capitol Hill and it's clear: It's déjà vu, all over again. Published February 19, 2013
Israel’s Shimon Peres to award Obama medal of distinction
Israeli President Shimon Peres said President Obama will be awarded one of Israel's highest honors, the Presidential Medal of Distinction, when Mr. Obama visits in March. Published February 19, 2013
Sheriffs can inspect homes for safe gun storage in Washington state under Democratic weapon bill
A new bill working through Washington state's legislature would allow local sheriffs to enter homes of gun owners to ensure their weapons are properly stored. Published February 19, 2013
Illegal immigrants on food stamps won’t face slower citizenship path: USDA
Officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture have been quietly assuring illegal immigrants that taking food stamps and other government assistance won't slow their paths toward citizenship. Published February 19, 2013
Hugo Chavez sent back to Venezuela to die, report says
Spanish media is saying that cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been sent back to his country to die — not to recover from successful treatment received in Cuba, as previously and widely reported. Published February 19, 2013
Coal regulations push Britain to ‘near-crisis’ of energy costs, supplies
Britain is facing an energy shortage that will see household costs for heat and light rise by as much as 60 percent, according to one industry regulator. Published February 19, 2013
Red-light camera backlash builds as drivers feel the pinch
Fifteen years ago, red-light cameras were a rarity. Now, 24 states and Washington, D.C., use them with regularity — and backlash is starting to build. Published February 19, 2013
Oscar Pistorius scared girlfriend into hiding before shooting her, prosecutor says
Olympian track star Oscar Pistorius faced prosecutors Tuesday, who alleged he purposely shot and killed his celebrity model girlfriend following a shouting match that left her cowering and hiding behind a bathroom door. Published February 19, 2013
Broke U.S. Postal Service paying $2M for conference, golf, party
Four hundred U.S. Postal Service executives are heading to San Francisco next month for workshops, meetings — and a dance party. Published February 19, 2013
Help wanted: Al-Jazeera marks expansion to U.S. with hiring spree
It's been years in making, but Al-Jazeera has finally joined the ranks of Washington, D.C.-based cable news operations. Published February 19, 2013
Diamond heist at Brussels airport nets thieves a $50M bounty
It's the stuff of movies. Thieves cut through a hole in a security fence at Brussels' international airport, drove down the tarmac and stole $50 million worth of diamonds that were stored on a plane headed for Switzerland. Published February 19, 2013
