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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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In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Hugo Chavez' mother Elena Frias, third from left, and brothers Adan, second from left, Argenis, first right, and Adelis, fourth from right, stand next to the flag-draped coffin containing the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez on display during his wake at a military academy where his body will lie in state until his funeral in in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Press Office)

Hugo Chavez’s last words: ‘Please don’t let me die’

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez's final words to his nearby general were whispered pleas to stay alive, the head of the presidential security force said Wednesday.

March 7, 2013

Mother Teresa comforts a young victim of the Bhopal, India, gas-leak disaster on Dec. 11, 1984. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

French study claims Mother Teresa wasn’t so saintly

Even Mother Teresa was — well, no Mother Teresa? A new study published in the French-language magazine, Religieuses, argues that Mother Teresa — whose sainthood is so well established that her name actually serves as a synonym for the word saint — wasn't really all that.

March 6, 2013

Natal Lion Park in Camperdown, near Durban, South Africa, is a haven for lions and other animals native to Africa. The lion population in the wild is decreasing.

Lion alert: Wildlife rangers in Zimbabwe find bodies mauled by beasts

A northern resort town in Zimbabwe is on alert after wildlife rangers round evidence that rogue lions have mauled two people to death.

March 6, 2013

Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves after addressing supporters at his Union for a Popular Movement party headquarters after conceding defeat to Socialist Francois Hollande. (Associated Press)

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy feels the stirrings of comeback

He doesn't really want to, but "duty" could force former French President Nicolas Sarkoy to launch a political comeback and seek the nation's highest office once again, come 2017.

March 6, 2013

** FILE ** Firearms instructors Logan Martin (left) and Andres Gonzalez of Calgary, Alberta, look through the sights of Sig Sauer Swat Patrol AR rifles during the 35th annual SHOT Show on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Georgia city mulls law to mandate gun ownership

A city in northern Georgia is giving the term "bucking the trend" new meaning, as city officials are mulling an ordinance that would actually make it a crime not to own a weapon.

March 6, 2013

**FILE** President Obama watches the ball after making a putt on the ninth green during his golf match at the Mid-Pacific County Club in Kailua, Hawaii, on Dec. 31, 2009. (Associated Press)

Gohmert tells Obama: No White House tours? Then no golf trips

Republican Rep. Louis Gohmert brought up an amendment to the budget bill on Tuesday that would outright deny President Obama from using tax dollars to go on golf outings until he reopens the White House to tourists.

March 6, 2013

** FILE ** A helicopter with Pope Benedict XVI onboard leaves the Vatican in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Pedophile victims push for right to sue Pope Benedict XVI

Attorneys who've tried for years to sue the Vatican over sexual abuse claims are seeing a cracked door with Pope Benedict XVI's resignation.

March 6, 2013

RHA MA450i earbuds (RHA)

N.Y. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s $250K project: Tell teens loud music hurts hearing

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has a new target for regulatory crackdown: teens who listen to loud music on their earbuds.

March 6, 2013

A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez cries as she learns that Chavez has died through an announcement by the vice president in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced that Chavez died on Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Hugo Chavez’s handpicked successor Nicolas Maduro takes helm, despite law

Former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's influence didn't completely wane in his death. His handpicked successor, Vice President Nicolas Maduro, will run Venezuela for the next 30 days.

March 6, 2013

** FILE ** Syrian President Bashar Assad (Associated Press)

Lebanon urges reinstatement of Syria to Arab League

Lebanon says Syria should get its seat back on the Arab League, even though President Bashar Assad hasn't fulfilled his promise to stop violence.

March 6, 2013

** FILE ** The Xenex "robot" uses pulse xenon to deliver UV light throughout patient rooms, operating rooms (ORs), equipment rooms, emergency rooms, intensive-care units (ICUs) and public areas to destroy viruses, bacteria and bacterial spores in just 5-10 minutes per room. (Photo: Business Wire)

CDC says ‘nightmare bacteria’ CRE superbug killing half of those who are infected

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a new family of bacteria, called CRE, that is resistant to antibiotics is killing half of the patients who are infected.

March 6, 2013

** FILE ** A bank clerk stacks renminbi banknotes at a bank in Hefei in central China's Anhui province in November 2009. (AP Photo/File)

Chinese couples use divorce to dodge new 20 percent tax

China's taxes are apparently so high that they're driving couples to divorce.

March 6, 2013

European Union fines Microsoft $731 million for broken promise over browsers

The European Union has fined Microsoft Corp. $731 million for breaking its promise to give buyers a choice of Web browser.

March 6, 2013

** FILE ** A freshman Republican state lawmaker from North Dakota plans to introduce a bill that would limit use of drones for law enforcement after the highly publicized case of a Lakota farmer who was arrested after a 16-hour standoff with police on Jan. 6, 2013. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via Associated Press)

Domestic drones to hunt gun carriers in America for Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security has an unmanned drone fleet with technology that can root out civilians who are carrying guns, government documents show.

March 6, 2013

Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican

GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley hints at gun-control compromises with Dems

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, gave signs on Tuesday of supporting at least two of Democrats' gun-control bills that are set for panel debate this week.

March 6, 2013

Adolf Hitler (Associated Press)

Muslim Turkish teens on Jews: ‘Hitler should have killed all’

A Dutch researcher who interviewed a group of Muslim immigrant teenage boys from Turkey was shocked at their repeated response to questions about the Holocaust: Hitler should have finished the job, they suggested.

March 6, 2013

** FILE ** A passenger jet takes off near the FAA control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in March 2011. (AP Photo)

FAA announces closure of 189 control towers by Sept. 30

Blame the sequester — the Federal Aviation Administration is.

March 6, 2013

** FILE ** Jerry Falwell Jr., chancellor of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., says college students there are more likely to vote in the presidential election if they register in Virginia. (Associated Press)

Liberty University, a Christian-based college in Va., now largest in nation for private schools

Liberty University, a Christian-based school in Virginia, is now the largest private institute of higher learning in the United States.

March 6, 2013

Bill O'Reilly

Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly to liberal Alan Colmes: ‘You are lying’

Sparks flew on Fox News Tuesday evening, as "The O'Reilly Factor" host Bill O'Reilly repeatedly shut down liberal radio commentator Alan Colmes' characterization of the sequester debate, accusing the guest several times of outright lying.

March 6, 2013

** FILE ** Carlos Gutierrez. (Associated Press)

GOP PAC to target Republicans who don’t walk pro-immigration line

Republicans who don't tow pro-immigration lines may face fire from within the ranks of their own political party.

March 6, 2013