Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Black boxes recovered from New York train wreck that killed 4
Investigators said early Monday they recovered both black boxes aboard the New York commuter train that derailed, killing four and injuring more than 60. Published December 2, 2013
Dianne Feinstein: Terrorism is a greater threat today
Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Mike Rogers may hail from opposite political parties, but they struck agreement on at least one key issue in recent talk shows: America’s threat from terrorism is on the rise. Published December 2, 2013
Israeli P.M. Benjamin Netanyahu sparks furor with $23K flower buys
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ignited a firestorm in his country among critics who say some of his purchases have been frivolous and wasteful. Published December 2, 2013
Jesse Owens’ 1936 Olympic gold medal hits the auction block
One of track star Jesse Owens’ gold medals, won during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin at a time when Nazi propaganda was putting forth a message of Ayran supremacism, has been put up for online auction. Published December 2, 2013
Gay couples flock to marry in Hawaii, as midnight chimes in new law
Monday dawned in Hawaii with dozens of gay couples forming lines at various venues to exchange vows and take advantage of the state’s same-sex marriage law that just went into effect. Published December 2, 2013
Delivery by drone: Amazon chief predicts aerial package drops by 2015
The chief executive of Amazon.com says drones will be doing much of the company's product deliveries within the next five years — and that customers can expect some packages to arrive within 30 minutes of processing. Published December 2, 2013
China’s $1B flop: New eco-friendly airport nobody wants to use
There's just one problem with China's newly minted, super-sized $1 billion high-tech airport, equipped with all the latest environmentally friendly features — nobody wants to use it. Published November 29, 2013
Grinch steals 50 Christmas trees from Pensacola parking lot
Police in Pensacola, Fla., on Friday were seeking the identity of a Christmas tree-stealing perpetrator who cleared out a chunk of Fraser firs destined for sale at a parking lot near a local high school. Published November 29, 2013
Iran’s ultimatum for new nuclear talks: No ‘Zionist’ Israelis allowed
In what’s sure to fuel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s angst over the American-forged nuclear development deal with Tehran, the foreign minister of Iran said Friday that all further discussions will have to leave out Israel. Published November 29, 2013
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Gun deals galore dot Black Friday landscape
Nothing like chiming in the Christmas season with a new gun. That's the message advertisers are blasting out, with deals that promise purchasers savings in the double-digit range. Published November 29, 2013
Companies eye business prospects in Iran after nuke deal
Now that Tehran has forged a nuclear deal with six world powers, the doors to business with Iran have opened and Germany's head of Chamber of Commerce said Friday that the phones are ringing off the hook. Published November 29, 2013
No Thanksgiving for you: Techies skip holiday to fix Obamacare site
It was a chicken and pasta kind of day for Northern Virginia technical geeks who were forced to go into overdrive and work their Thanksgiving meal hours to fix Obamacare’s website in time for the president’s stated deadline. Published November 29, 2013
Silvio Berlusconi accused of paying off ‘bunga bunga’ witnesses
Disgraced former Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been accused by the Italian court hearing his underage prostitution charges of paying off witnesses who wanted to testify about his so-called “bunga bunga” parties Published November 29, 2013
Obama to Netanyahu: Tone down Iran trash talk, please
President Obama has sent a query to Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, asking the fiery and blunt-talking prime minister to take a break from his criticism of the U.S.-forged deal with Iran. Published November 29, 2013
WWII Purple Heart hero, 88, found strangled to death in Chicago-area home
John Poyer, an 88-year-old World War II veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart after he almost lost his legs in Germany, was just found strangled to death in his home, and a 55-year-old man who lived in the same Chicago-area apartment complex has been charged in his murder. Published November 29, 2013
Jeb Bush on Holy See closure: ‘Hopefully, it is not retribution’ for Obamacare
Former Florida Gov. and presidential maybe Jeb Bush weighed in this week on President Obama’s call to shutter the freestanding U.S. Embassy to the Holy See and move it to America’s existing embassy property in Rome, pondering in a tweet: Is that retribution? Published November 29, 2013
Missouri pipeline blows, sending fireballs skyward
Emergency workers in one Missouri town were working feverishly on Friday to contain the flames of a massive gas pipeline explosion that occurred in the early morning hours. Published November 29, 2013
Hamid Karzai defiant on deal as NATO says sorry for civilian kills
NATO announced Friday it would kick off an investigation of an airstrike that killed a child and injured two women in Afghanistan, leading an angry President Hamid Karzai to threaten the United States with a halt to all security talks. Published November 29, 2013
Furious Pakistanis out CIA spy, accuse John Brennan of murder
A furious Pakistani political party has revealed what members claim is the identity of a top U.S. spy — the station chief — who's inside the country, in apparent retribution for drone strikes that have killed several over the past few weeks. Published November 29, 2013
N.J.’s Chris Christie gets golden nod for White House, with top poll numbers
In terms of polling, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie has grabbed all the GOP love for president in 2016. Published November 29, 2013
