Cheryl K. Chumley

Power fails again at Japan’s ailing nuclear plant

Troubles continue at Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear reactor, as the Fukushima facility was hit by a two-hour power delay — its second shutdown in a month.

April 5, 2013

Rick Santorum hints another White House run likely

Rick Santorum didn't commit, but he did give a strong indication that a second White House run in 2016 is likely.

April 5, 2013

Hillary Clinton’s book advance hovers at $14M

The buzz is that Hillary Rodham Clinton's new book will net her an advance in the range of $14 million.

April 5, 2013

U.N. drops food aid after Palestinians storm depot

United Nations workers halted its food aid program Friday to 25,000 Gazan refugees, after Palestinian protesters stormed the global body's field office and demanded more money for the poor.

April 5, 2013

Actor Gerard Depardieu blows off DUI court hearing — again

Actor Gerard Depardieu couldn't make it to court for his drunken driving charges because he was just too busy, his attorney said.

April 5, 2013

Ted Nugent on U.N. gun grab: ‘It is they who should be fearful’

Rebel rocking conservative Ted Nugent has some words of advice for politicos and patriots who are casting wary eyes at the United Nations' gun treaty: Don't worry about it. "As putrid and anti-American as the entire U.N. concept/agenda is we mean it. ... It is they who should be fearful," Mr. Nugent told WND.

April 3, 2013

Spain’s Princess Cristina charged with corruption

An investigation into graft in Spain has swept in Princess Cristina, 47, the daughter of King Juan Carlos, and Wednesday she was charged with corruption.

April 3, 2013

U.S. Embassy in Cairo yanks Twitter feed over Jon Stewart brouhaha

The U.S. Embassy in Cairo has put a stop to its Twitter feed, after Egyptian authorities expressed dismay over the subject matter of a Jon Stewart monologue on "The Daily Show," which was linked in a tweet.

April 3, 2013

Film critic Roger Ebert marks Sun-Times anniversary with cancer news

Film critic Roger Ebert, 70, announced his 46th year of writing for the Chicago Sun-Times with sad news: He's taking a "leave of presence" following a fracture that he just learned was the result of cancer.

April 3, 2013

Hyundai, Kia recall 1.9M cars in U.S. markets

Hyundai Motor and its affiliate, Kia Motors, have recalled a combined 1.9 million cars and sport utility vehicles from U.S. markets for a couple of glitches that federal safety officials say could increase the risk for crash.

April 3, 2013

Arizona town OKs gay unions despite state threats

State law may not allow for same-sex marriages, but city council members in Bisbee, Ariz., couldn't care less.

April 3, 2013

Robert Redford: I felt ‘empathetic’ for violent ‘60s radicals

Robert Redford's latest film, "The Company You Keep," in which he plays a former radicalized activist, may represent a full circle walk for the aging actor.

April 3, 2013

Rep. Jason Chaffetz at border: No fence, just ‘walkway and stairs’

Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz sent out a series of tweets on Tuesday during his visit to the U.S.-Mexico border by Yuma, Ariz. As the saying goes, a picture says a thousand words.

April 3, 2013

Unhappy J.C. Penney board slashes chief’s pay nearly 97 percent

Talk about a pay cut. J. C. Penney's chief executive officer, Ron Johnson, saw his 2012 salary cut by nearly 97 percent, to $1.9 million.

April 3, 2013

Boston cabbies forced to pay bribes to drive

An investigation initiated by a Boston newspaper finds that cab drivers are forced to pay bribes and fees to fleet owners just for the right to drive and then, at the end of their shift, are forced to fill their taxis with gas purchased from the company's overpriced tanks.

April 3, 2013

Conspiracy poll: 3 in 10 believe ‘secretive power elite’ runs government

Thirty percent of surveyed Americans think a behind-scenes force — a "secretive power elite," as the poll authors put it — is running the world's government. And what's more, one-fifth of Republicans believe President Obama just may be the anti-Christ, the poll says.

April 3, 2013

Turkey: John Kerry to talk about Syria with PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Secretary of State John F. Kerry will head to Turkey before the end of this week to discuss the continuing Syrian conflict, which has just entered its second year.

April 3, 2013

Dr. Ben Carson: White liberals ‘the most racist’

The conservative rising star Dr. Ben Carson said on a Tuesday talk show that critics won't shut him up and that among the most vicious of his attackers were white liberals.

April 3, 2013

Israel, Gaza militants trade fire as cease-fire crumbles

Israel launched its first airstrike into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in nearly four months, and Gaza militants responded in kind, signaling the end of a cease-fire the two sides called in November.

April 3, 2013

Alabama lawmakers tighten restrictions on abortion clinics

Alabama lawmakers passed a measure that tightens restrictions on abortion clinics and gives patients more information about their medications.

April 3, 2013