Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Marijuana vending machine makes debut in Colorado
In what seems the natural next step to legalized pot, a Colorado company has brought forward a new vending machine that cuts out the middle man for marijuana sales and gives buyers a speedier, after-hours means of purchasing the drug. Published April 14, 2014
Sharyl Attkisson: Team Obama is having ‘chilling effect’ on media
The Obama White House, for all its talk about openness and transparency, is hardly in the business of promoting openness and transparency in government — and is way worse when it comes to clamping down on the media than previous administrations, Sharyl Attkisson said. Published April 14, 2014
Muslim Brotherhood flees London in face of British investigation
The Muslim Brotherhood — faced with a investigation into their British-based activities — has chosen to flee its recently established London headquarters' address for less scrutinized surroundings in Graz, Austria. Published April 14, 2014
USDA bans all junk food sales at schools around the nation
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued new rules that pretty much ban schools from offering students the chance to buy any type of junk food at all — even in the vending machines that are on campus but operated by independent companies. Published April 14, 2014
DCCC’s Steve Israel says majority of Republicans are racist
Rep. Steve Israel, the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said on a recent CNN appearance that the majority of Republican lawmakers and party members are racist — but then threw a bone and clarified that maybe "not all" were. Published April 14, 2014
Gisele Bundchen complains Forbes rich list puts her in IRS crosshairs
Gisele Bundchen is accusing the IRS of auditing her just because Forbes said she earned $42 million between June 2012 and June 2013 — a figure which puts her at the top of the publication's wealthy list for models for the seventh year in a row. Published April 14, 2014
Don King: I forgive Al Sharpton — ‘give him five stars for service’ to the U.S.
Boxing promoter Don King said he's not keeping any ill will toward the Rev. Al Sharpton for snitching on him to the FBI — that the minister was in fact a hero who is being maligned in a media frenzy that is simply harping on stale news. Published April 14, 2014
Los Angeles police kill homeless man over shopping cart dispute
A Hollywood-area homeless man who was reportedly trying to take a shopping cart from a Sunset Boulevard store was shot and killed by police, who said he came at them with a knife. Published April 14, 2014
San Francisco 49ers’ Aldon Smith arrested for airport bomb threat
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith was arrested at Los Angeles Airport Sunday after police said he claimed he had a bomb during a confrontational security search. Published April 14, 2014
Sikhs with long beards complain they can’t go in U.S. military
Only three of 500,000 active-duty and reserve Army troops are Sikhs — followers of a religion that started in the Punjab region — and that has a few of them upset, decrying a U.S. military policy against long hair and beards that won't let them easily join. Published April 14, 2014
Kirsten Dunst: Actress sparks feminist ire: ‘You need a man to be a man’
Hollywood's Kirsten Dunst seems to have set off a gender war among feminists after she told a Harper's Bazaar UK writer that the concept of a knight in shining armor wasn't a bad one — and that women and the world should allow their men to be men. Published April 14, 2014
Federal judge expected to force Ohio to accept gay marriages from other states
A federal judge is poised to issue a ruling that is expected to recognize same-sex marriages in Ohio that were performed elsewhere and make the state grant the accompanying benefits. Published April 14, 2014
U.N. climate experts call for ‘near zero’ emissions, global taxes
Climate change experts affiliated with the United Nations said the only way to turn back the clock on global warming-type disasters is to force all the nations of the world to keep all production and energy activities to a "near zero" carbon emission level — and to mandate taxes and fees across the world. Published April 14, 2014
Utah police scour for clues after finding 7 dead babies in garage
Utah police are questioning the mother and her family members to try and determine how the bodies of seven babies could have been stuck inside cardboard boxes and placed in their garage over the past decade without anyone noticing. Published April 14, 2014
Constitution-wielding Texas man pleads his case against speed-camera ticket
A Texas man with a camera-issued speeding ticket in one hand and a copy of the Constitution in the other took on the court system with an appeal that cited the 6th Amendment, the 5th Amendment and long-standing law. Published April 11, 2014
Hall & Oates, E Street Band among Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees
Hall & Oates and Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band were among the artists inducted Thursday night into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — a long-awaited honor for the two 1980s acts that recognized their lasting cultural contributions during a musical era known and even mocked for its prevalence of one-hit wonders. Published April 11, 2014
I can clone John Lennon from his tooth, Canadian dentist claims
Put this in the column of seriously strange news. A dentist in Canada who bought an old tooth that came Beatles icon John Lennon's mouth now thinks he can turn DNA from that tooth into a baby via cloning. Published April 11, 2014
Militias head to Nevada rancher’s standoff with feds: We’re not ‘afraid to shoot’
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's decades-long battle against the federal government over grazing rights has heated to the point where militia groups have joined in and taken up spots against the feds who've circled his land — and talk is, they're not afraid to open fire. Published April 11, 2014
Rush Limbaugh: CBS ‘declared war on the heartland of America’
Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk show giant, said CBS has just made a massive cultural statement that sets traditional, heartland America in its sights by hiring comedian Stephen Colbert as David Letterman's "Late Show" replacement. Published April 11, 2014
CDC finds women shunning babies for little lapdogs
Young women just aren't that crazy about babies any more, shunning the diaper changes and midnight feedings for dubbed-in family members that don't demand as much care: dogs. And not just any type dog -- specifically, those that weigh less than 25 pounds. Published April 11, 2014
