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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

cchumley@washingtontimes.com

Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt” podcast for The Washington Times, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” and “Socialists Don’t Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall.” Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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**FILE** President Obama (Associated Press)

Latest Obamacare casualty: 100 workers at Smith & Nephew

Global medical technology firm Smith & Nephew announced Thursday the layoff of almost 100 workers at its Tennessee and Massachusetts plants — and placed blame for the drawdown firmly at the feet of Obamacare.

February 1, 2013
**FILE** President Obama (right) and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney exchange views during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., on Oct. 16, 2012. (Associated Press)

FEC: 2012 elections cost $7 billion

Candidates in the 2012 presidential election spent a record $7 billion during the race — a record-setting figure that surpassed all expectations, according to the Federal Election Commission.

February 1, 2013
Law officers at the Dale County hostage scene in Midland City, Ala., on Thursday morning, Jan. 31, 2013. A gunman holed up in a bunker with a 5-year-old hostage has kept law officers at bay since the standoff began when he killed a school bus driver and dragged the boy away, authorities said. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh)

Alabama boy held hostage believed safe

The 5-year-old Alabama boy snatched from his school bus at gunpoint and stashed with his abductor in a bunker is believed to be physically safe, police said Friday, on day three of the standoff.

February 1, 2013
** FILE ** In this April 21, 2008 file photo, a Budweiser sign is seen atop one of the buildings at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis. Belgian brewer InBev announced Monday. July 14, 2008, it will buy Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, file)

Justice tries to halt Budweiser beer merger

The Department of Justice has turned its attention to the beer industry and is trying to halt the merger of Budweiser maker, Anheuser-Busch InBev, with Mexican brewer, Grupo Modelo.

January 31, 2013
**FILE** Rep. Henry A. Waxman, California Democrat (Associated Press)

Dems turn to NFL, NBA for help with climate change

One of the first actions of the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change that Democrats set up last week? A letter to National Football League and National Basketball Association officials, asking for help to lower greenhouse gas emission levels and fight climate change, The Hill reports.

January 31, 2013
Associated Press photographs U.S. soldiers in Iraq were outfitted with the latest in armor and weaponry during operation Saberhammer 3 on the outskirts of Muqdadiyah, Iraq, on Sept. 17.

Parents build tank-sized memorial for fallen vet

When 22-year-old Jonathan Roberge was killed by a suicide bomber while driving his M60-A3 tank in Iraq on Feb. 9, 2009, his parents honored his memory in a unique way. The Leominster, Mass., couple ultimately constructed a park — complete with an actual M60 tank and a bronze statue of Mr. Roberge.

January 31, 2013
**FILE** Sen. Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrat (Associated Press)

New report: Shadow of sex scandal hovers over Sen. Menendez

Just hours after Sen. Robert Menendez's office issued denials of the New Jersian's dalliances with prostitutes in the Dominican Republican, a new report has surfaced bearing supposed first-hand knowledge of the alleged incidents.

January 31, 2013
Beitar Jerusalem F.C. soccer coach Eli Cohen, center, poses for the media with new Beitar players Gabriel Kadiev, left, and Zaur Sadayev, right, during a press conference in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. The arrival of Zaur Sadayev and Gabriel Kadiev to Beitar Jerusalem's squad comes amid rising tensions. The team's fans chanted anti-Muslim slogans at a recent game and unfurled a sign protesting the Chechens' arrival. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Israeli soccer fans decry new Muslim players

Fans have rebelled, but decision-makers for a popular Israeli soccer club, Beitar Jerusalem, vow to push forward with plans to bring on board two players of Muslim faith.

January 31, 2013
This Oct. 8, 2012 photo released by NBC shows former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, is interviewed by host Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” in Burbank, Calif. NBC has cut the salary of the popular late night talk show host in an an effort by new owner Comcast Corp., to reboot the network. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)

Schwarzenegger to enviros: Get ‘sexy’

Hollywood's Arnold Schwarzenegger pushed environmentalists Thursday to end their "doom and gloom" warnings and instead vamp up their message. Be "sexy," he said, Raw Story reports.

January 31, 2013