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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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U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry is pictured before a meeting at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in central London on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Stansall, Pool)

John Kerry wraps overseas travels with win: Case of beer

Secretary of State John Kerry may not be returning to U.S. soil with a new Middle East peace deal, or a diplomatic solution to how America might best deal with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's reported resignation – which leaves in charge the less friendly President Mahmoud Abbas. And the question of Iran's nuclear program still hovers.

April 11, 2013

$26K reward offered for info in circus elephant shooting

Federal wildlife officials and police in Tupelo, Miss., are investigating the shooting of a circus elephant, and a $26,250 reward has been offered for information.

April 11, 2013

**FILE** Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida chairs the Democratic National Committee. (Associated Press)

Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Capitol Police: Can you help out my staffers?

Democratic National Committee head Debbie Wasserman Schultz asked members of the Capitol Police to help out her suffering staffers who had to wait in long security lines to get to their office.

April 11, 2013

** FILE **The original DeLorean car used in the movie 'Back to the Future.' (Associated Press)

Iranian scientist claims technology can see 5-8 years into future

Falling in the category of a Ripley's Believe It or Not segment is this: An Iranian scientist says he's invented a time machine that can predict five years into the future.

April 11, 2013

Rep. Keith Ellison, Minnesota Democrat (Associated Press) **FILE**

Rep. Keith Ellison endorses ‘good guy’ Anthony Weiner for NYC mayor

Former Rep. Anthony D. Weiner has just received his first formal endorsement for his potential run for New York City mayor — from Rep. Keith Ellison, Minnesota Democrat.

April 11, 2013

Good Samaritans: Teens return lost bag of cash with $85K inside

Talk about good Samaritans. Two teens riding aboard a Norwegian train had their truth and honesty meter put to full test this week, as they found a bag of cash left on a nearby seat.

April 11, 2013

** FILE ** President Obama listens as his nominee for interior secretary, REI Chief Executive Officer Sally Jewell, speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (Associated Press)

Sally Jewell confirmed for interior secretary as GOP objections crumble

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Sally Jewell to head the Interior Department.

April 11, 2013

Home Depot shoppers in shock when man calmly saws arms to bone

Authorities are trying to determine why a man visiting a Home Depot in a suburban California community on Wednesday took handsaws and calmly began cutting his arms to the bone.

April 11, 2013

Barronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene's Flowers and Gifts in Richland, Wash., is being sued by the state attorney general for refusing to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding. (AP Photo/Tri-City Herald, Bob Brawdy) **FILE**

Wash. state attorney general sues florist for refusing to supply same-sex wedding

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a suit against a florist who refused to serve as the flower supplier for a same-sex wedding.

April 11, 2013

**FILE** Lance Armstrong speaks Aug. 24, 2009, during the opening session of the Livestrong Global Cancer Summit in Dublin, Ireland. (Associated Press)

Lance Armstrong sells Austin estate

Lance Armstrong has sold his Austin estate to an oil-and gas-rights agent for nearly $7 million less than its listed value — the latest in a long string of woes for the disgraced cyclist.

April 11, 2013

Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, Calif. (Credit: Catholic News Agency)

Oh, Lord: Catholic bishop goes after guns, says bans foster pro-life culture

Banning guns builds a "culture of life" and lawmakers must consider more clampdowns, not less, said one Catholic Church bishop in California in a written petition to U.S. senators.

April 11, 2013

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Ex-White House czar Van Jones calls part of Obama’s budget a ‘doozy’ of a mistake

One of President Obama's own campers — former White House green-jobs czar Van Jones — has come out in opposition to portions of the president's budget, presented to Congress on Wednesday.

April 11, 2013

** FILE ** President Obama signs the Affordable Care Act in 2010 at the White House.

Obama doubles estimated cost of health exchanges to $4.4B

Budget estimates for states to participate in the Obamacare health insurance exchange have soared to $4.4 billion, the president's proposal sent to Congress on Wednesday outlined.

April 11, 2013

Israeli women pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 11, 2013. Israeli police have detained five women while praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem for performing religious rituals that ultra-Orthodox Jews say are reserved for men. (AP Photo/Michal Fattal)

Western Wall women detained for breaching gender law

Five women have been detained for questioning at the Western Wall in Jerusalem because they performed a religious ritual that Orthodox Jewish law dictates as for men only.

April 11, 2013

North Koreans walk past three posters with the slogans (from left) "Forward to the ultimate victory under the leadership of the great party!," "Not with words but with arms" and "Higher, faster," on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, on a street in the Phyongchon District of Pyongyang, North Korea. The banner partially shown at right reads in its entirety: "Let’s strengthen and enhance our party as the party of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il!" (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

North Korea propaganda machine: U.S. like ‘a boiled pumpkin’

North Korea's propaganda machine has been in full-speed-ahead mode lately, using Stalin-era techniques that appear whimsical to the West but are nonetheless effective on the domestic front — and at garnering international attention.

April 11, 2013

Traffic drives past Wrigley Field after the baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs was postponed due to inclement weather on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)

Curses! Goat’s head sent to Wrigley’s Field, resurrecting Cubs’ 1945 fears

An unidentified man driving an unmarked truck dropped a package containing a severed goat's head at Chicago's Wrigley Field on Wednesday, triggering fears that a curse placed on the ball club in 1945 is very much alive and well.

April 11, 2013

**FILE** The Honda emblem glimmers off the front of a 2007 Pilot sports utility vehicle on the lot of a Honda dealership in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo., on Sept. 17, 2006. (Associated Press)

3.5M cars recalled due to air bags that deploy ‘with too much pressure’

Millions of cars manufactured by Japanese automakers have been recalled due to defects found with the air bag system.

April 11, 2013

** FILE ** In this Dec. 18, 2012, file photo, Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois speaks about his recovery from a major stroke a year ago at his home in Highland Park, Ill., In a post on his blog Tuesday, April 2, 2013, (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Bill Zars, File)

Sen. Mark Kirk: Booze and boat parties smoothed bipartisan gun deal

Sen. Mark Kirk says the real driving force behind the gun deal that was hatched by bipartisan work was booze and boat retreats.

April 11, 2013

** FILE ** In this Dec. 15, 1984, file photo, Mikhail S. Gorbachev poses with Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in London. Ex-spokesman Tim Bell says that Thatcher has died. She was 87. Bell said the woman known to friends and foes as "the Iron Lady" passed away Monday morning, April 8, 2013. (AP Photo/File)

Mikhail Gorbachev bows out of Margaret Thatcher funeral due to health issues

A spokesman for the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said he cannot attend the former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral because of poor health.

April 11, 2013

In this June 28, 2011, file photo, then-Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad offers resignation amid tensions with president

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has tendered his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas.

April 11, 2013