Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Mississippi passes anti-Bloomberg bill banning bans on soda sales
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed into law this week an "anti-Bloomberg" measure that prohibits local governments from banning supersize sugary drinks. Published March 21, 2013
Twitter turns 7 years old: Site touts more than 200M users
Twitter, touting more than 200 million active users, turns 7 years old today. Published March 21, 2013
Judge denies Fort Hood shooting suspect’s attempt to plead guilty
The Fort Hood soldier charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the 2009 military post rampage cannot plead guilty, a judge ruled Wednesday. Published March 21, 2013
Obama heads into talks with Palestinian President Abbas
President Obama arrived in Ramallah on Thursday morning for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The meeting comes at a time when Palestinians are pushing Mr. Obama to ratchet up his involvement with peace talks. Published March 21, 2013
$3 bowl bought at yard sale yields $2.2M at auction
A bowl bought at a New York yard sale for $3 in 2007 was sold at a Sotheby's auction on Tuesday, after owners discovered the 5-inch ceramic piece actually hailed from China 1,000 years ago. Published March 20, 2013
Egypt warns Hamas stealing fabric to copycat military uniforms
Egyptian military officials suspect members of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas may be involved in a rash of fabric thefts that could be used for subterfuge, to copy uniforms. Published March 20, 2013
Israeli rabbi says Obama is a ‘king of our time,’ worthy of special blessings
Those of Jewish faith and heritage have a religious duty to personally visit with President Obama during his trip to Israel, says one notable rabbi. He is, after all, a "kind of king in our time," Rabbi Ovadia Yosef says, in statements translated and reported by the Blaze. Published March 20, 2013
Dianne Feinstein: ‘Not going to lay down and play dead’ on gun ban
Sen. Dianne Feinstein says her ban on assault-type weapons is far from dead. Just because Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid denied its inclusion in the Democratic Party gun bill doesn't mean she's dropping it, she said, as Breitbart reported. Published March 20, 2013
Ohio redux: Conn. high school football players charged in sexual assault of girl
Two football players at a Connecticut high school were charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl — just a few days after two Steubenville, Ohio, teenage boys were convicted in the rape of a fellow high school girl. Published March 20, 2013
Sex, drugs close Wis. nude beach for weekday visits
Too much sex and drugs are causing Wisconsin authorities to scale back nude beach hours. They've closed the popular resort area Monday through Friday, only allowing access on the weekends, the Associated Press reports. Published March 20, 2013
Rep. Mike Rogers, House intel chairman, says it’s ‘time to act’ in Syria
Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said it's high time for America to get involved in Syria. Published March 20, 2013
Mass. Dem under investigation for restaurant rampage over noisy child
A Massachusetts Democratic councilman running for state office faces an ethics investigation after he was accused of going on a verbal rampage in a Texas Roadhouse restaurant after a special-needs child disrupted his dining. Published March 20, 2013
Michael Moore: Why aren’t Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld in jail?
Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore told CNN's Piers Morgan that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was a war criminal and that several in the Bush administration ought to be in jail. Published March 20, 2013
Republican sheriff forced to defend joke about Obama
A Massachusetts sheriff has been forced to go on the defensive following a weekend joke he told about President Obama and Abe Lincoln's assassination drew fire from the community. Published March 20, 2013
Arizona, Vermont top list of gun-friendly states
Guns & Ammo magazine opens its rankings on best and worst states for gun rights in 2013 with a snarky quip that makes a blunt point: Apparently, the Second Amendment doesn't apply to the District of Columbia, since it's not a state. Published March 20, 2013
Soda kills: Sugary drinks blamed for 180K deaths a year, researchers say
Step away from the soda. Researchers say sugary drinks are to blame for the deaths of 180,000 around the world — each year. Published March 20, 2013
Pope Francis pushed civil unions for gays in 2010 as cardinal
Gay rights supporters may have found a friend in Pope Francis. Published March 20, 2013
Palestinians push for Obama to get into the peacemaking game
Palestinians say President Obama ought to get off the sidelines and push hard for a peace deal while visiting Israel this week. Published March 20, 2013
Malala Yousafzai returns to school as she recovers from Taliban shooting
The teenage Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by a Taliban member for advocating education for females is now back in school. Published March 20, 2013
North Dakota legislators mull ban on all abortions
Lawmakers in North Dakota — where abortion laws are already among the most restrictive in the nation — are now considering a personhood bill that would outright ban the procedure. Published March 20, 2013