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Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt with Cheryl Chumley” video and audio show for The Washington Times, a Newsmax contributor, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled “God-Given Or Bust: Defeating Marxism and Saving America With Biblical Truths" and "Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom.” She's also the co-author with Allen West of the upcoming "America's Second Civil War: Rescuing the Republic From the Unholy Alliance of Marxists, Islamists and Democrats" (April 2027). Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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People stand near a man injured from an explosion, at a local hospital in Pakistani tribal area of Parachinar, Monday, May 6, 2013. A bomb blast tore through a political rally held by an Islamist party in northwest Pakistan Monday, killing many people and wounding dozens more as the country’s already bloody election race gets even more dangerous ahead of the May 11 vote. (AP Photo/Ali Murtaza)

Second election bombing in two days kills 12 in Pakistan

For the second time in two days, a hard-line Islamist party in Pakistan has been targeted by a bomber — and once again, the intended target has escaped harm.

May 7, 2013

Amanda Berry, right, hugs her sister Beth Serrano after being reunited in a Cleveland hospital Monday May 6, 2013. Berry and two other women were found in a house near downtown Cleveland Monday after being missing for about a decade. (AP Photo/Family Handout courtesy WOIO-TV)

Cleveland cops knocked on home in 2004, while missing women were held hostage

Cleveland police in 2004 knocked on the door of the house where three women were being held captive, but nobody answered, said a city spokesman at Tuesday's press conference on the abduction and rescue of teens taken nearly 10 years ago.

May 7, 2013

An Syrian man wrapped in a Syrian flag with a portrait of President Bashar Assad, walks past anti riot police during an anti-Israeli demonstration in front of the U.N. office in Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Palestinian militants in Syria get go-ahead to strike Israel

A Palestinian militant group that's based in Syria has received the thumbs-up from President Bashar Assad to launch an attack against Israel, the organization's spokesman said on Tuesday.

May 7, 2013

** FILE ** Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican. (Associated Press)

Bill Richardson: Ted Cruz is not a real Hispanic

Bill Richardson, the former governor of New Mexico, had harsh words of criticism for Sen. Ted Cruz and his tough immigration views: He's not a real Hispanic.

May 6, 2013

Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe. (Credit: Associated Press)

Punter Chris Kluwe released by Vikings; pro-gay rights player is now a free agent

The Minnesota Vikings on Monday released Chris Kluwe, the club’s self-proclaimed best punter in history known more lately for his vocal support of gay marriage and same-sex rights.

May 6, 2013

** FILE ** Donald Trump is pictured in his office at Trump Tower in New York. (Dan Hallman/Invision/AP)

Donald Trump heads East to Dubai with new golf course

Donald Trump is expanding golfing operations into the Middle East, with plans to open a course in Dubai.

May 6, 2013

**FILE** A polar bear patrols the ice in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. His 2004 observation of polar bears likely drowning in conjunction with global warming has come back to haunt federal wildlife biologist Charles Monnett. (Associated Press)

Scientists hint that global cooling is the new pollution risk

Just in time for the cooler spring that has swept the nation — complete with unseasonal snow in the Rockies region — scientists with the University of Manchester said pollution actually brings on climate cooling, not warming.

May 6, 2013

**FILE** Nguyen Kim Hung cooks a rat at his home in Dinh Bang Village, Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam, on Jan. 30, 2008. (Associated Press)

Rat meat sold as beef, lamb: Chinese police

Chinese police seized more than 20,000 tons of illegal meat billed as beef or mutton but actually made of fox, mink and rat in an operation that has spanned three months.

May 6, 2013

**FILE** Members of a Saudi female soccer team practice at a secret location in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 21, 2012. (Associated Press)

Saudi girls win right to play sports in private schools

For the first time, Saudi Arabian girls who attend private schools will be able to play sports.

May 6, 2013

** FILE ** Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican

Rep. Paul Ryan: ‘Concept’ of Internet tax is solid

Rep. Paul Ryan said that an Internet tax isn't a bad idea but that the devil was in the details.

May 6, 2013

Giffords gets courage award for gun control efforts

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords received the 2013 Profiles in Courage award at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston on Sunday for her efforts to enact new gun control laws.

May 6, 2013

** FILE ** Pakistani women mourn on Sunday, May 5, 2013, in Karachi, Pakistan, during the funeral of a child killed in a bombing on Saturday. The two blasts also killed two others near the office of a political party critical of the Taliban, heightening tensions ahead of the country's historic May 11 election. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Bomb blast at pro-Taliban election rally kills 14 in Pakistan

A Pakistani government spokesman said a bomb exploded and killed at least 14 at a pro-Taliban campaign rally on Monday.

May 6, 2013

** FILE ** U.S. Army soldiers with 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division stand near their armored vehicles before they start their journey home at Contingency Operating Site Kalsu, about 55 kilometers (35 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Massachusetts police take Iraq counterinsurgency tactics to streets to fight gangs

Massachusetts police are taking a page from the U.S. military's playbook and bringing counterinsurgency tactics used in Iraq to Springfield streets to fight gangs.

May 6, 2013

President Obama waves as he leaves the White House in Washington on his way to Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday, May 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Obama back on tour to tout jobs

President Obama is back on the jobs trail, heading to Austin, Texas, on Thursday to kick off a new series of stops aimed at promoting his new economic plan.

May 6, 2013

**FILE** Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Utah Republican (Associated Press)

Jason Chaffetz: Benghazi witnesses ‘scared to death’ of State Department

Rep. Jason Chaffetz said the witnesses who are due to testify on Benghazi, Libya, on Wednesday have been intimidated by the Obama administration to such degree that they're terrified.

May 6, 2013

** FILE ** In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, file photo, Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid, File)

Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai confirms CIA cash payments to continue

The CIA will continue paying cash to the Afghanistan government, President Hamid Karzai said over the weekend.

May 6, 2013

Bangladeshi people search for their belongings after the clashes between police and Islamic hardliners during a protest in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, May 6, 2013. At least 15 people died in clashes in Bangladesh Monday between police and Islamic hardliners demanding that Bangladesh implement an anti-blasphemy law, police said. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)

Islamic protests with police leave 15 dead in Bangladesh

Islamic hardliners in Bangladesh's capital city calling for a law against blasphemy have clashed with police, and at least 15 have been reported dead.

May 6, 2013

** FILE ** Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds his fist to supporters as his companion Cilia Flores applauds during a pro-government May Day march in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro: President Obama’s ‘the grand chief of devils’

Venezuela-U.S. relations took another hit over the weekend, after President Obama called "ridiculous" the notion of an American detained in the country as a spy and government heads lashed back, demanding the White House quit its meddling.

May 6, 2013

Vintage jet crashes, explodes in fireball at Madrid airshow

A pilot was killed when the vintage jet he was navigating at an air airshow near Madrid crashed and exploded into a dramatic fireball.

May 6, 2013

Rush Limbaugh (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Rush Limbaugh mulls exit from Cumulus over dispute with CEO: Report

Rush Limbaugh just might pack his suitcases and leave Cumulus, a media shake-up that would leave 40 stations around the country without the voice of one of the nation's biggest names — and advertising draw — in radio history.

May 6, 2013