Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Diner shocked to learn ‘thirty-seven fifty’ wine turns out to be $3,750
Joe Lentini, a diner at Bobby Flay Steak in Atlantic City, said he was shocked to pick up his tab and find the moderately priced wine he thought he had ordered from the waitress — at a cited cost of "thirty-seven fifty" — had actually pushed his projected bill into the thousands. Published November 7, 2014
Martin Dempsey: U.S. troops’ Ebola deployment could last 18 months
U.S. troops may spend up to 18 months on Ebola-related deployments in West Africa — mostly to provide comfort to sufferers and serve as a stabilizing force for the governments, said Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Published November 7, 2014
Home Depot says 53M emails stolen in 5-month hack
Home Depot reported that 53 million email addresses of customers and clients were stolen over the course of five months — the largest data security breach for a retailer in history, analysts said. Published November 7, 2014
Idaho National Guard helicopter crashes, killing 2 crew
Two crew members were killed when the Idaho National Guard Apache helicopter they were flying in crashed just south of the Boise Airport, authorities reported. Published November 7, 2014
Nancy Pelosi to Democratic voters: Yes, it’s a ‘terrible year’ — but it’s your fault
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi reflected on the Election Day losses with fellow Democrats, saying that it really wasn't the party's messages or platforms to blame — rather, it's more the voters' fault, she suggested. Published November 7, 2014
Edgars Rinkevics, Latvia minister, comes out as gay in tweet
Edgars Rinkevics, the foreign minister of Latvia, sent out a Twitter message announcing he's gay — a somewhat shocker of a statement that was shared and retweeted over a thousand times in just a few short hours. Published November 7, 2014
Dinesh D’Souza: GOP should slap ‘legislative shackles’ on Obama
Noted conservative pundit and author Dinesh D'Souza says that now the elections are over -- and Republicans have won big -- the GOP should put President Obama in "legislative shackles." Published November 6, 2014
Harry Reid in tea party group’s sights: ‘Our focus is on retiring him’
A tea party group said they're happy Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was demoted with the wave of Republican elects Tuesday evening — but they're not stopping there. Published November 6, 2014
British girl born with alcohol disorder tries to sue mom for ‘crime of violence’
A British girl, 7, born with an alcohol-related disorder is trying to sue her mother for the "crime of violence" because she drank vodka and beer daily while pregnant, her lawyers said. Published November 6, 2014
Lawrence Kraus: I found the key to abolish religion
Lawrence Krauss, a cosmologist and theoretical physicist, says he's stumbled upon the key to removing religion from the hearts and minds of Americans everywhere in one short generation: Teach it in schools, he said. Published November 6, 2014
Hillary Clinton gets Hollywood love as stars begin fundraising
Barely were the votes tallied in Tuesday's Democratic disaster, and Hollywood's hottest and wealthiest had already moved into fundraising mode for their presumed pick for 2016, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Published November 6, 2014
Charlie Rangel doubles down on South as ‘slave-holding states’
Rep. Charlie Rangel isn't budging, and in post-Election Day televised comments, he reiterated, rather than repudiated, his earlier expressed views on race — that the South was still pro-slavery and under the impression the Confederacy won the Civil War. Published November 6, 2014
Obama, Democrats losing favor with women voters
Democrats didn't just lose several Senate seats to Republicans on Election Day — they lost a substantial number of one of their core voting blocks, women, when compared to years past. Published November 6, 2014
Hillary Clinton gets some friendly advice: Run from Obama
As if the Democratic devastation on Election Day weren't message enough — now aides and allies of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton say she ought to flee as far as possible from President Obama, particularly if she's looking to run for the White House in 2016. Published November 6, 2014
Chris Matthews to Obama: ‘Dammit, you [can’t] run a government on common ground!’
MSNBC's Chris Matthews was a bit outraged in the hours after President Obama's press conference on the midterm turnout, slamming the commander-in-chief's vow to reach out to the soon-to-be Republican majority in both houses of Congress as contrary to good governance. Published November 6, 2014
Starbucks’ new dress code: No nail polish, no big diamond rings
Seattle-based Starbucks has released an updated dress code for employees — and au naturale seems the order of the day. Among the rules for baristas: No fingernail polish. No stone-set engagement rings. No watches, No bracelets. No wristbands allowed, the New York Daily News reported. Published November 6, 2014
Duncan Hunter: U.S. tried to pay cash to win Sgt. Bergdahl’s freedom
Rep. Duncan Hunter wrote a letter to the Pentagon alleging that U.S. authorities tried to pay cash to win the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive for nearly five years by the terrorist Haqqani Network in Pakistan. Published November 6, 2014
RNC’s Reince Priebus: Obama has been ‘lying to Hispanic voters’ for a year
Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said he doesn't care what President Obama says on immigration — his track record shows he talks a big talk, but hardly follows it through with walk. Published November 6, 2014
Obama goes Yoda on Obamacare: ‘Repeal of the law, I won’t sign’
President Obama summoned his inner Yoda to say, post-Election Day party drubbing and in rather backward grammatical fashion, that no matter how many new Republican faces come to Capitol Hill, he's not repealing Obamacare. Published November 6, 2014
Army manual: It’s OK to use ‘Negro’ to describe blacks
The U.S. Army has given its stamp of approval to the use of the term "Negro" when referring to blacks or African Americans, a newly published regulation states. Published November 6, 2014
