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Cheryl K. Chumley

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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Glenn Ford free, after serving 30 years for murder he didn’t commit

Glenn Ford, the longest-serving death-row inmate in Louisiana, was freed from jail late Tuesday after spending 30 years behind bars for a murder he didn't commit.

March 12, 2014

Real-life Dr. Doolittle to reveal how to talk to animals

A real-life Dr. Doolittle says he has the secrets to talking to animals and will unveil the mystery at a conference set for Washington next week.

March 10, 2014

Climate change could bring back smallpox, researchers say

Smallpox could make a resurgence, some scientists theorize — thanks to infected human corpses that would emerge as global warming thaws Siberia.

March 10, 2014

Taliban vow to ‘use all force’ to disrupt Afghan elections

The Taliban sent a stern warning on Monday to fellow Afghans who might be heading to the presidential polls: Watch out, we're going to send out the attack dogs.

March 10, 2014

Sbarro pizza chain files second bankruptcy in three years

The Sbarro pizza restaurant chain filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, just three weeks after it closed down 40 percent of its locations, mostly in airports, malls and highway rest stops.

March 10, 2014

Bishop in Aleppo: ‘We Christians live in fear in Syria’

A Chaldean Catholic bishop serving in Syria says his fellow Christians are under constant siege and fearful of openly following their faith, akin to what's occurring to believers in Iraq.

March 10, 2014

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford flubs daylight saving time advice: ‘Turn your clocks back’

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, famous around the world for his admitted smokes of the crack cocaine pipe, which he then blamed on his intoxication, now has a new flap to face: He incorrectly told constituents to turn back the clocks for daylight saving time, not forward.

March 10, 2014

Florida lawmakers move to wipe corrupt ‘Boss Hogg’ town from map

One town in Florida is reportedly so corrupt — with one police officer for every 25 people, and a long record of issuing traffic tickets simply to raise government revenues — that lawmakers are mulling a plan to wipe it off the map.

March 10, 2014

N.C. math whiz to unveil secret of March Madness picks

A Davidson College math professor in North Carolina says he's found a formula that will give March Madness basketball fans an edge in picking their wins this year.

March 10, 2014

Chiquita merges with Fyffes to make world’s largest banana firm

The American company Chiquita has struck a deal with the Irish Fyffes to create ChiquitaFyffes, the world's largest banana firm with an approximate worth of $1 billion.

March 10, 2014

Amnesty International says Syria guilty of war crimes for food blockade

Syrian government authorities committed war crimes when they ordered the blockade of a neighborhood in Damascus, starving civilians who were trapped inside, Amnesty International accused.

March 10, 2014

Mitch McConnell on beating tea party: ‘We are going to crush them’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed any tea party candidates challenging establishment Republicans in the 2014 midterm elections would not just fail — but fail miserably.

March 10, 2014

Adam Lanza’s dad: He would’ve killed me ‘in a heartbeat’

The father of Adam Lanza — the 20-year-old who sent on a shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School after he shot and killed his mother — said in his first public statements on the incident that his son would've killed him, too, had he found the chance.

March 10, 2014