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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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Taeko Bufford (left) and Diane Cervelli, pictured near Waikiki beach in Honolulu in 2011, sued a Hawaiian bed-and-breakfast owner for discrimination after the proprietress said she would not accommodate the couple because she was uncomfortable putting up same-sex couples. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Hawaiian court rules bed-and-breakfast must accommodate lesbian couple

A state judge ruled Monday that a bed-and-breakfast in Hawaii was wrong when it denied service to two women on the basis of their homosexuality.

April 16, 2013

**FILE** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

Man suspected in Mitch McConnell bugging makes plea for legal defense funds

The man who is suspected of bugging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's office has started a legal defense fund aimed at raising $10,000 — and so far, he's received $185.

April 16, 2013

EU ruling lets hate cleric dodge U.S. extradition

A European court has ruled that hate cleric Haroon Aswat, 39, who's accused by the United States of conspiring to build a jihad training camp in Oregon, can stay in the United Kingdom.

April 16, 2013

South Korean Army soldiers patrol on Unification Bridge in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. North Korea's state media said Tuesday the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army issued an ultimatum demanding an apology from South Korea for "hostile acts" and threatening that unspecified retaliatory actions would happen at any time. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea vows ‘sledgehammer blows’ for South Korea’s protests

Seoul needs to apologize for the anti-North Korea protests it staged on Monday, else face devastating attacks, Pyongyang ministers vowed.

April 16, 2013

** FILE ** In this photo made available by the Israeli Defense Ministry, Defense minister Ehud Barak (center), Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (right) and head of Israel's Southern Command Tal Tousso attend a briefing in Beersheba, Israel, on Nov. 15, 2012. (Associated Press/Ariel Hermoni, Israeli Defense Ministry)

Israeli military, politicos prep for solo attack on Iran

Israeli military and political heads are holding intense discussions on how best to launch an independent attack on Iran, should the need arise, the nation's defense force chief said Tuesday.

April 16, 2013

** FILE ** In this Dec. 9, 2012, file photo, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal waves during his visit to the Islamic University in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)

Hamas bulldozes cultural site to make way for ‘terrorist training camp’

The Hamas-run government in Gaza has bulldozed down a 3,000-year-old culturally significant site that was listed as a U.N. heritage site in order to make room for military training.

April 16, 2013

People evacuate buildings as an earthquake was felt in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Magnitude-7.8 earthquake hits along Iran-Pakistan border

A magnitude-7.7 earthquake that struck Iran at its central border with Pakistan on Tuesday has left up to 46 dead, various media reported.

April 16, 2013

The wreckage of a U.S. Marine helicopter CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter smolders after it made a "hard landing" during an exercise called SsangYong, a Korean Marine Exchange Program and part of the Foal Eagle exercise in Chulwon, north of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Twenty-one personnel were on board the helicopter, including five crew members, according to a statement from United States Forces Korea. All were taken to the hospital, but 15 were quickly released. The remaining six were in stable condition. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUT

U.S. helicopter crash near North Korean border sends 21 to hospital

A U.S. Marine CH-53E helicopter crashed just south of the demilitarized zone that separates North Korea from South Korea on Tuesday.

April 16, 2013

** FILE ** Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a signing ceremony after Russia Uzbek talks in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, Monday, April 15, 2013. Lavrov said that Tom Donilon, President Barack Obama’s national security adviser who met with Putin Monday to hand him a letter from Obama, said that the U.S. administration wants to overcome the current strain in relations with Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Vladimir Putin: Russia ‘ready to provide assistance’ for bombings

Russia's President Vladimir Putin said his country stands ready to help the United States to investigate Monday's bombings at the Boston Marathon that killed three and injured at least 140.

April 16, 2013

A card is left on a floral tribute outside former British Prime Minister the Baroness Thatcher's home in London on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Security tightened for Margaret Thatcher funeral, in wake of Boston Marathon attacks

Security plans for former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral on Wednesday just got a bit tighter, in the wake of the Boston Marathon bomb attack that killed 3 and wounded more than 140.

April 16, 2013

**FILE** Faisal Shahzad (Associated Press)

Pakistani Taliban deny role in Boston Marathon bomb attacks

A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban said the group is not responsible for the bombing attacks at the Boston Marathon that killed at least three and injured more than 140.

April 16, 2013

** FILE ** Bill Iffrig, 78, lies on the ground as police officers react to a second explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Iffrig, of Lake Stevens, Wash., was running his third Boston Marathon and near the finish line when he was knocked down by one of two bomb blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, John Tlumacki)

Police question Saudi national on Boston Marathon bombings

Police have taken into custody and questioned a Saudi national in connection with the bombings at Monday's Boston Marathon, law enforcement officials told one reporter.

April 16, 2013

Mideast wars veteran touches the wall of names at the Armored Corps memorial for fallen soldiers after a ceremony marking the annual Memorial Day for soldiers and civilians killed in more than a century of conflict between Jews and Arabs, in Latrun near Jerusalem, Israel, Monday, April, 15, 2013. Israel says 23,085 security personnel have been killed since 1860, when Jews began moving back to the area. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel marks memorial period, as PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to never surrender

A two-minute siren sounded right at 11 a.m. on Monday, bringing Israel to a halt during a days-long period of remembrance and honor for the nation's 25,578 victims of war and terrorist attacks.

April 15, 2013

**FILE** President Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speak to reporters during their joint news conference at the Muqata President Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 21, 2013. (Associated Press)

Turkey talks global helm and names ambassador to Palestine

Turkey has become the first state to appoint and recognize an ambassador to Palestine.

April 15, 2013

Mark Thatcher (right), the son of the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, stands with his family — (from left) wife Sarah, son Michael and daughter Amanda — outside his mother's home in London on Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Steve Parsons, Press Association)

Margaret Thatcher’s leadership spirit passes to family

Former U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's spirit of leadership and empowerment lives on.

April 15, 2013

** FILE ** Customers look at handguns at the Trader Jerry's display at the Nation’s Gun Show at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly in this Dec. 30, 2012, file photo. Jerry Cochran of Trader Jerry’s said the driving force behind the outlet's record-breaking sales was the fear of any sort of ban on weapons. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Gun-toting Michigan man, 80, fends off 5 burglars with 2 shots

An 80-year-old man in Flint, Mich., was able to fire off two shots from his handgun and drive away five male teenagers who were trying to rob him.

April 15, 2013

U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry speaks to students at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo on Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, Pool)

Kerry faults U.S. gun rights for drop in foreign students: They’re ‘scared’

Foreign students looking to study abroad are avoiding America because they're too scared of guns, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry said.

April 15, 2013

Internationally renowned Turkish pianist Fazil Say plays in concert in Istanbul in 2010. (AP Photo/Fazilsay.com)

Renowned Turkish pianist convicted of mocking Islam on Twitter

An internationally known pianist was convicted by a Turkish court of mocking and denigrating Islam for comments he posted on Twitter, and was given a 10-month suspended prison sentence.

April 15, 2013

Florida man building Noah’s Ark replica to push environmentalism

A Florida resident has embarked on an estimated two-year journey to build a replica of Noah's Ark using precise biblical specifications.

April 15, 2013

Armed Afghan policemen destroy an opium poppy field in Noorgal, Kunar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 13, 2013. (Associated Press)

Afghanistan expects banner crop of poppy for opium

The Taliban fell 12 years ago in Afghanistan, but one of its steadiest sources of funding — opium, which is derived from the poppy plant — has hardly faded, and U.N. experts say this year's crop is on target to near record-breaking production levels.

April 15, 2013