Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Russia accused of holding back on key Boston bombing intel, new IG report shows
Russia has been faulted in a just-released inspector general's report of holding back on crucial intelligence information about one of the Boston Marathon bombers — information that may have actually raised enough FBI red flags that agents could have stopped the terrorist attack. Published April 10, 2014
Actor Rob Lowe disses big government: ‘Individuals usually do a better job’
Hollywood's Rob Lowe said in an interview Wednesday night that big government was hardly that answer — that really, individuals do it best. Published April 10, 2014
Ready for Hillary group raises $1.7M to entice Clinton to run in 2016
Ready for Hillary, the independent group with a mission to entice former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to run for the White House in 2016, said it's raised more than $1.7 million in the three-month time period that wrapped on March 31. Published April 10, 2014
Russia tells NATO chief to quit the ‘Cold War-era rhetoric’
Russia — under fire from the West for ratcheting up what some say is a Cold War-type mentality — has now turned the tables, accusing NATO of the same and saying bluntly: Stop it. Published April 10, 2014
Stabbing suspect charged as adult; parents puzzled at son’s behavior
The 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing 22 of his Pennsylvania school mates will be charged as an adult, law enforcement authorities said Thursday. Published April 10, 2014
Navy to test ‘Star Wars’-type weapon that fires 7 times the speed of sound
The U.S. Navy is planning to test out a new weapon on the sea that's equipped with "Star Wars"-type technology and that fires at seven times the speed of sound, researchers said. Published April 9, 2014
U.N. climate alarmism on food supply all bunk, other scientific group says
Scientists who serve on a panel that's sort of the antithesis to the U.N.-tied International Panel on Climate Change — the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change — said the scare-mongering that's been making media rounds about dwindling food supplies due to atmospheric fluctuations is just that, nothing but bunk. Published April 9, 2014
Obamas’ 2013 Ireland jaunt cost taxpayers $7.9M: watchdog
A government watchdog group said recently obtained records show that the entourage that accompanied President Obama and his wife to Ireland in June cost taxpayers a total of $7.9 million. Published April 9, 2014
Kate Mulgrew clarifies role in geocentrist video: I was ‘misinformed’
Actress Kate Mulgrew, best known for her leading role in "Star Trek: Voyager" as Capt. Kathryn Janeway, has dissociated herself from a documentary trailer she narrated that pushes the idea that the sun revolves around the Earth. Published April 9, 2014
Mike Huckabee: ‘I’m not homophobic,’ I’m biblical
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee took a firm stand for traditional marriage this week in Iowa, telling a crowd of Faith and Family Coalition attendees that he doesn't care how political history books paint him — when it comes to gay marriage, he stands firmly in the camp of biblical teachings. Published April 9, 2014
Islam critic denied honorary degree due to petition pressure
Brandeis University administrators caved to petitioners and denied a woman an honorary degree, after critics pointed out she made comments that were critical of Islam. Published April 9, 2014
GOP runs from Jeb Bush’s comments on illegal immigrants
Republicans in Congress have publicly rebuked former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush for his comment that illegal immigrants break U.S. border laws only as an "act of love" for their families and shouldn't be treated as felons. Published April 9, 2014
Rob Ford ‘Crackathon’ video game lights up Internet: ‘Happy cracking!’
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's admitted crack cocaine use has spurred the creation of a video game that lets players dabble in the political world while picking up marijuana leafs and crack pipes — a so-dubbed "Crackathon" experience that's taken the Internet gaming world by storm. Published April 9, 2014
Computer bug alert: ‘Heartbleed’ could expose millions of credit card numbers
A newly discovered computer bug that was found in software that's used to encrypt sensitive information -- credit card numbers, for instance -- has left millions of Internet users vulnerable, possibly exposing their private passwords and user names, as well as their financial data. Published April 9, 2014
Oscar Pistorius: Reeva’s blood was ‘running down on me’
Oscar Pistorius, the Olympian dubbed the Blade Runner, told the judge who's presiding over his murder trial that he remembers holding his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and feeling her "blood running down on me" as she died. Published April 9, 2014
Hillary Clinton dances closer to White House: ‘I’m thinking about it’
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave the surest sign ever that she's truly heading down the path of White House campaigning in 2016, telling a CNN interviewer that the thought had not only crossed her mind — no surprise there — but that she's actually now mulling the pros and cons. Published April 9, 2014
Texas lawmakers rail against Eric Holder: You should be ‘in jail’
Two tough-talking Texas lawmakers issued blunt words of criticism to Attorney General Eric Holder this week, telling him in front of a Capitol Hill crowd that not only should he be held in contempt, but that he should be sitting in a jail cell. Published April 9, 2014
Mark Levin: Obama ‘disgrace’ for jetting from Fort Hood memorial to DNC fundraiser
Conservative icon and radio host Mark Levin said he was "disgusted" and outraged at President Obama's plans to first attend the Fort Hood memorial service for the slain soldiers and then simply jet off to a fundraiser for the Democratic Party to be held just a few hours later. Published April 9, 2014
WWE wrestling legend ‘Ultimate Warrior’ dies at age 54
The legendary WWE wrestler known as "The Ultimate Warrior" — but given the birth name of James Hellwig — has died at the age of 54, just days after he was inducted into the sport's Hall of Fame. Published April 9, 2014
Pakistan vegetable market rocked by blast; scores dead, injured
At least 22 were killed and another 80-plus wounded when a bomb detonated in a busy fruit-and-vegetable market just outside the the Pakistani capital city of Islamabad on Wednesday morning. Published April 9, 2014
