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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 ** For the best homemade butter, buy the best cream available. Agitate it by hand, mixer or food processor. (Associated Press)

Slippery slope? NYC threatens to fire school cafeteria workers for buying butter

The butter police are on the job. New York City school kitchen managers said they've being targeted and "bullied" by bureaucrats who have threatened "disciplinary action" for buying butter, in violation of a five-year-old policy against using or offering the spread in cafeterias.

May 10, 2013

Ariel Castro appears in Cleveland Municipal Court on Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Cleveland. He was charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Ariel Castro’s daughter: My father ‘is dead to me’; kidnapping suspect may face death penalty

The daughter of Cleveland kidnapping and rape suspect Ariel Castro didn't mince words in describing her current mindset toward her father: "He is dead to me."

May 10, 2013

**FILE** Sen. Charles Schumer, New York Democrat, speaks Jan. 24, 2013, during a news conference with a coalition of members of Congress, mayors, law enforcement officers, gun safety organizations and other groups on Capitol Hill in Washington to introduce legislation on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition feeding devices. (Associated Press)

Spain leads pack of 3-D plastic gun-making downloads

The blueprints for a plastic gun that can be produced on a 3-D printer were downloaded 100,000 times in two days, with Spain leading the global rush to obtain the directions.

May 10, 2013

**FILE** A marijuana plant flourishes under grow lights at a warehouse. (Associated Press)

Colorado poised to be first state to tax recreational marijuana sales

Colorado is on its way to becoming the first state to regulate and tax the sale of recreational marijuana, as a bill passed by lawmakers earlier this week is on the governor's desk, awaiting signature.

May 10, 2013

** FILE ** Bangladeshi relatives of missing workers in a building that collapsed Wednesday hold pictures of their family members in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, April 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Survivor emerges from 17-day-old Bangladesh factory rubble

Rescue workers at the scene of a Bangladesh factor collapse that occurred 17 days ago were stunned when they paused in their labors and heard a weak female voice, followed by a waving hand.

May 10, 2013

** FILE ** A Marine officer stands watch as Air Force One, with President Obama on board, arrives at San Francisco International Airport outside San Francisco on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

For sale: Former Air Force One

A former Air Force One has gone on the market.

May 10, 2013

** FILE ** The International Space Station is photographed by a thermal imaging camera aboard the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft as it approaches the station on Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP Photo/NASA)

International Space Station springs a leak

The International Space Station has sprung a leak and is releasing ammonia coolant that's used to keep its solar-panel power equipment up and running.

May 10, 2013

** FILE ** Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican (Associated Press)

Rep. Steve King: Obama ‘lowering American values’

Iowa's Rep. Steve King Thursday accused President Obama of "lowering American values" and butting into issues unrelated to his real job.

May 10, 2013

**FILE** A person inserts a debit card into an ATM machine in Pittsburgh on Jan. 5, 2013. (Associated Press)

Cyber thieves net $45M in ATM hack; 27 countries hit

Cyber thieves cashed in on $45 million from two Middle Eastern banks in a matter of hours in what's being billed as one of the biggest heists to hit financial facilities in history.

May 10, 2013

**FILE** This 1988 photo provided by Bobby Lee shows Kenneth Bae (right) and Mr. Lee together when they were freshmen at the University of Oregon. Bae, detained for nearly six months in North Korea, has been sentenced to 15 years of "compulsory labor" for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced on May 2, 2013. (Associated Press/The Register-Guard)

North Korea releases details of why American was sentenced to hard labor

North Korea's highest court finally released details of why an American was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, saying he smuggled anti-government documents into the hands of radicals.

May 10, 2013

A Bangladeshi woman cries after failed attempts on finding her missing daughter at a makeshift morgue in Savar, near Dhaka, Thursday, May 9, 2013, after the collapse of a garment factory building. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)

Fire kills 8 in second Bangladesh factory disaster

For the second time in just a couple weeks, Bangladesh's garment industry has been hit by disaster — this time, from a fire that swept an 11-story clothing manufacturing facility, killing eight on Thursday.

May 9, 2013

** FILE ** Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, May 4, 2013. (Associated Press)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai wangles for more money for U.S. presence

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that yes, the United States may indeed install military bases in his country — if America first coughs up enough cash.

May 9, 2013

** FILE ** On Tuesday, May 7, 2013, members of an FBI evidence response team carry out the front screen door from a house in Cleveland where three women were held against their will for a decade. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Cleveland kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro wrote: I’m a sexual predator who ‘needs help’

Police combing Cleveland kidnap suspect Ariel Castro's home stumbled upon a letter he supposedly wrote in which he admitted to being a sexual predator who "needs help."

May 9, 2013

American stabbed outside U.S. Embassy in Cairo

An American has been rushed to the hospital after being stabbed Thursday on a street outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.

May 9, 2013

Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press)

Sen. Tom Coburn blasts Sen. Harry Reid: He’s ‘dishonest,’ ‘not truthful’

Sen. Tom Coburn ripped Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday morning, calling him untruthful, unsuccessful and double-crossing.

May 9, 2013

** FILE ** Michael Jackson is pictured on March 5, 2009, at a press conference in London. (Associated Press)

Michael Jackson: ‘God keeps talking to me,’ singer said days before death

The "king of pop" told his tour director in the days leading up to his death that he had heard God's voice, court testimony revealed.

May 9, 2013

**FILE** Tamerlan Tsarnaev smiles after accepting the trophy for winning the 2010 New England Golden Gloves Championship in Lowell, Mass., on Feb. 17, 2010. The 26-year-old boxer, who had been known to the FBI as Suspect No. 1 in the Boston Marathon explosions and was seen in surveillance footage in a black baseball cap, was killed on April 19, 2013, officials said. (Associated Press/The Lowell Sun)

Tamerlan Tsarnaev buried at undisclosed location outside of Worcester, Mass.

The body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried at an undisclosed location outside Worcester, Mass., a Boston newspaper reported Thursday.

May 9, 2013

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (left) is welcomed by Pope Francis as he returns to the Vatican from the pontifical summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, southeast of Rome, on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano)

Pope Emeritus Benedict shrinking away: He’s ‘halved in size’

Pope Emeritus Benedict has lost so much weight in the weeks since he left the papal that one archbishop commented he seems to have actually shrunk in size.

May 9, 2013

The MS Carnival Triumph departs from New York on her maiden voyage in 1999. (AP Photo/Carnival Lines, Andy Newman)** FILE **

Couple on Carnival cruise disappear into ocean

Two Carnival Spirit cruise passengers disappeared off the coast of Australia, and rescue workers were combing the water for sign of their bodies, dead or alive, on Thursday.

May 9, 2013

This advertising poster was distributed at Marine Corps recruiting stations as part of a new Corps television, Web and print advertising campaign launched in March 2012. (Associated Press/U.S. Marine Corps)

Marine Corps message: Wanted, a few good Asian-Americans

Wanted: Asian-Americans. That's the new mantra of the Marine Corps as recruiters kicked off a campaign Wednesday to encourage more Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders to join.

May 9, 2013