Cheryl K. Chumley

Detroit tells Christie’s auction house: Go home

Financially distraught Detroit is determined to keep hold of its historic artifacts, and art critics in the city are telling buyers with New York-based auction house Christie's: Go home. There's nothing to see here.

July 25, 2013

Rocket hits UAE Embassy in Tripoli, Libya

An unknown person fired a rocket at the United Arab Emirates Embassy in Tripoli on Thursday, Libya's interior ministry reported.

July 25, 2013

KTVU fires 3 producers over Asiana Airlines fake name flap

Three producers with the San Francisco-area Fox affiliate KTVU were fired this week, the latest fallout from a hoax about the Asiana Airlines crash that led to the inaccurate reporting of the pilots' names.

July 25, 2013

Christian Air Force chaplain under fire for reference to atheists

Air Force Lt. Col. Kenneth Reyes, a Christian chaplain stationed in Alaska, was censored for a line he wrote in his regular "Chaplain's Corner" musings that are posted at the base's online site, and now the Military Religious Freedom Foundation is saying he should be punished.

July 25, 2013

‘Burka Avenger’ makes debut as Pakistani counterpart to Wonder Woman

Pakistani television now has a counterpart to America's Wonder Woman — a burka-wearing superheroine who teaches at an all-girls' school by day and employs her secret martial arts tactics to battle anti-school thugs by night.

July 25, 2013

Obama’s economy: Two food stamp recipients for every job created

For every job the White House claims to have created — 7.2 million now — two more Americans were added to the nation's food stamp program, federal statistics reveal.

July 25, 2013

Last Boston Marathon bombing victim leaves hospital, 100 days after losing leg

The last victim of the Boston Marathon bombings was discharged from the hospital Wednesday morning — exactly 100 days after the April 15 terror blast that took one of his legs.

July 25, 2013

China indicts ex-Communist leader Bo Xilai for corruption

Bo Xilai, a former rising star in China's Communist Party, was formally indicted this week on several charges related to bribery, corruption and abuse of power, state media reported Thursday.

July 25, 2013

Florida train derailment leaks ethanol as responders fight fire threat

Emergency responders rushed to spray foam at the scene of a 15-car train derailment at the Port of Tampa in Florida on Thursday morning to keep the freight of ethanol from exploding and igniting into a massive fire.

July 25, 2013

Luxury liner that charges $5K a week fails surprise health inspection

A luxury cruise ship flunked a surprise sanitation inspection, after investigators with the Centers for Disease Control saw crew members repeatedly trying to hide 15 trolleys of food from the ship galley to dodge scrutiny.

July 25, 2013

Pfc. Bradley Manning’s court-martial for WikiLeaks leak nears closing arguments

Army Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, who faces court-martial for leaking sensitive U.S. intelligence information for WikiLeaks publication, may soon know his fate.

July 25, 2013

Anthony Weiner blames marital woes for sexting snafu as Dems say: Quit

Anthony Weiner said in an email to campaign supporters that the root of his most recent sexting scandal is simple — he hit a rough marital patch last summer with wife, Huma Abedin.

July 25, 2013

Trayvon Martin’s dad tells lawmakers to name gun control law after son

Tracy Martin, the father of killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, said to legislators during a Wednesday appearance on Capitol Hill that he'd like to see his son's name attached to a measure that cracks down on right-to-carry gun laws.

July 25, 2013

Spain train driver is investigated as police cite speed as factor in fatal derailment

Investigators on Thursday said speed was a factor in the Spain train derailment that killed at least 78, and are bringing the driver in for questioning.

July 25, 2013

Eliot Spitzer roped into Weiner scandal with query about prostitutes

Eliot Spitzer's campaign officials can thank Anthony Weiner for the latest question by the Wall Street Journal pertaining to his own prostitution scandal from 2011: "Have you consorted with prostitutes since resigning as New York governor in 2008?"

July 24, 2013

Finland shoppers can now pay for items with facial recognition technology

Forget cash. Leave the credit cards at home. Shoppers in Finland have a new means of paying for their purchases — with their faces.

July 24, 2013

Pope Francis follower in Brazil: ‘Same thing as seeing Jesus pass by’

Thousands of Catholic Church faithful crowded for a glimpse of Pope Francis on Wednesday, as he visited small town Aparecida, venerated Brazil's patron saint and delivered his first public Mass on his visit to the country.

July 24, 2013

Georgia man to Empire State guard: Can you hold my gun for me?

A Georgia tourist, apparently unaware of New York's tight gun-control laws, tried to walk into the Empire State Building on Tuesday with his loaded gun. He was caught, the New York Post reported, when he asked a nearby security guard if there was a place he could store his weapon.

July 24, 2013

California high court rejects San Diego clerk’s plea to halt gay marriage

California Supreme Court justices shot down a petition from a San Diego County clerk and said that yes, the man must grant licenses to gay couples who wish to marry, despite existing state law.

July 24, 2013

Vice President Joe Biden, in India, suggests his ancestors are Indian

Vice President Joseph R. Biden suggested Wednesday to a crowd gathered at the Bombay Stock Exchange that his ancestry may in fact include Indian blood.

July 24, 2013