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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 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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** FILE ** In this Jan. 31, 2013, file photo, Budweiser and Corona may share shelves in stores, but they can’t share an owner, the Justice Department said in an antitrust lawsuit to block a $20 billion merger between Anheuser-Busch InBev, America’s biggest beer company, and Mexico’s Grupo Modelo. (Associated Press)

Buzz kill: Excessive drinking costs U.S. $223 billion a year

A new government study finds that excessive drinking of alcohol is costing the United States upwards of $223 billion each year in health care costs, dwindling job productivity, crime and premature deaths — and no where else in the nation is it worse than in the District of Columbia.

August 15, 2013
A generic photo of a UPS cargo plane.

Two UPS pilots die in dawn Alabama airport crash

A UPS plane crashed during its approach at a Birmingham, Ala., airport early Wednesday morning, killing both pilots aboard, Federal Aviation Administration authorities said.

August 14, 2013
This photo released by the Salt Lake County Jail shows Kendra McKenzie Gill, who was arrested with three others on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, after allegedly throwing homemade bombs from her car. Gill was recently crowned Miss Riverton, Utah. (AP Photo/Salt Lake County Jail)

Utah beauty bombing suspect turns in crown

A Utah beauty pageant winner who faced criminal charges for throwing homemade bottle bombs outside her car window as she drove around town with friends turned in her crown on Tuesday.

August 14, 2013
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James ‘Whitey’ Bulger could face state charges, too

Massachusetts’ prosecutors are huddling with federal authorities to determine if James “Whitey” Bulger, the Boston mobster just found guilty in federal court of counts tied to 11 killings, might now be charged and tried on state counts.

August 14, 2013
** FILE ** A clown wears a mask intended to look like President Obama at the Missouri State Fair. The rodeo announcer asked the crowd if anyone wanted to see “Obama run down by a bull,” according to a spectator. “So then everybody screamed. ... They just went wild,” said Perry Beam, who attended the event at the state fair in Sedalia, Mo., on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. Fair officials apologized, calling the display inappropriate and disrespectful. (AP Photo/Jameson Hsieh)

NAACP calls on Justice Dept., Secret Service to investigate rodeo clown flap

The Missouri chapter of the NAACP appealed for the U.S. Department of Justice and the Secret Service to launch an investigation and open a federal case against the rodeo clown who donned a mask of President Obama's face and mocked with the crowd: Do you want to see a bull run down Mr. Obama?

August 14, 2013
** FILE ** New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, accompanied by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, addresses a news conference in the Blue Room of New York's City Hall, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Chicago warning: Watch out NYC, crime wave coming

Big Apple: Meet Windy City. Chicago residents who see first-hand the ravages of gun-related violence say New York City’s inability to stop and frisk suspicious characters − due to a federal judge’s recent crackdown on the policy − means the Big Apple’s crime rate will soon mirror that of the Windy City’s.

August 14, 2013