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Jessica Chasmar

jchasmar@washingtontimes.com

Jessica Chasmar was a continuous news writer for The Washington Times, covering topics on culture and politics.

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EPA rules kill Texas power plant, 3,900 jobs

Environmental Protection Agency regulations are snuffing out another power plant, Chase Power announced Wednesday, killing its $3 billion Corpus Christi, Texas, coal project and 3,900 prospective jobs.

January 27, 2013
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil, on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Agencia RBS)

At least 232 dead in Brazilian nightclub fire

A fire early Sunday at a crowded Brazilian nightclub set off a stampede killing at least 232 people. It appears to be the world's deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade.

January 27, 2013

NRA boycott of outdoors show shuts it down

America's largest sports and outdoors show was postponed Thursday after the NRA issued a boycott, following the event's ban on "modern sporting rifles," or semi-automatic rifles.

January 24, 2013
**FILE** A plastic replica of a bullet is used to quickly remove an ammunition magazine from an assault rifle in a demonstration Aug. 15, 2012, at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento, Calif. (Associated Press)

CEO unveils bulletproof whiteboards that could shield kids

Less than a month after the Newtown shooting and a new invention was born: bulletproof dry erase boards for teachers could use as a shield. George Tunis, a CEO of Hardwire LLC, came up with the idea after the tragedy in December.

January 24, 2013
A woman smokes a cigarette during a break from work in downtown Chicago. (Associated Press)

Holy smokes! Oregon Democrat wants prescription-only cigarettes

Oregon state Rep. Mitch Greenlick, a Democrat, is sponsoring a bill that makes cigarettes a Schedule III controlled substance, equatable with ketamine, lysergic acid and anabolic steroids. The bill would force all cigarette smokers to carry a prescription from a doctor or face jail time.

January 24, 2013