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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** 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

This undated photo released by the Cleveland Police Department shows Ariel Castro, a 52-year-old former school bus driver suspected of keeping three women captive inside his decrepit house for a decade. He was charged Wednesday, May 8, 2013 with four counts of kidnapping — covering the captives and the daughter born to one of them — and three counts of rape, against all three women. (AP Photo/Cleveland Police Department)

Cleveland kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro’s bail set at $8 million

A scruffy, unshaven Ariel Castro, accused of kidnapping three Cleveland women and holding them captive for nearly 10 years, stood with head down before the judge on Thursday morning, and received his bail: A total of $8 million.

May 9, 2013

Prince Charles

Britain’s Prince Charles condemns ‘corporate lobbyists’ for killing planet

The Prince of Wales issued a scathing denouncement of corporations and of climate-change skeptics for failing to take environmental actions to save the "dying patient," planet Earth.

May 9, 2013

Courtesy of socialsecurity.gov

The dead got $108M in Social Security benefits in 2012, feds estimate

Government records are so messed up that it's likely dead people are collecting Social Security benefits, the Government Accountability Office found in a study.

May 9, 2013

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church picket in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. The court was hearing arguments in the dispute between Albert Snyder of York, Pa., and members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan. The case pits Mr. Snyder's right to grieve privately against the church members' right to say what they want, no matter how offensive. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ex-Westboro Baptist member shows remorse for pain caused

A former Westboro Baptist Church member shed tears over the pain she caused at funeral protests during an emotional appearance on a television show earlier this week.

May 9, 2013

Michael Moore

Michael Moore on Bloomberg’s gun control: ‘It’s wonderful!’

Hollywood's Michael Moore couldn't gush enough about New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's nationwide push for gun control.

May 9, 2013

** FILE ** Pakistani motorists ride past banners and posters of various candidates for upcoming elections, hanged with poles at a roundabout in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday, April 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Gunmen kidnap the son of Pakistan’s former prime minister during rally

The son of a former Pakistani prime minister — who is himself now running for political office — was kidnapped by gunmen on Thursday during a dramatic snatch that played on the streets outside the central city of Multan.

May 9, 2013

** FILE ** In this Dec. 22, 2010, file photo, Chinese director Zhang Yimou smiles during a press conference to promote his new movie in Beijing. Media reports circulated online this week that Zhang Yimou, who is also known as the architect of the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, has seven children from his two marriages and from relationships with two other women. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)

Chinese filmmaker facing investigation for fathering 7 children

Chinese authorities are investigating one of the nation's leading film directors accused of fathering seven children, a violation of strict laws that allow for one child per family.

May 9, 2013

** FILE ** The cheerleaders of Kountze Middle School use their faith-based signs at the middle school football game held at Kountze High School on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, in Kountze, Texas. (AP Photo/The Beaumont Enterprise, Randy Edwards)

Texas cheerleaders win legal right to wave banners with biblical quotes

A judge ruled on Wednesday that high school cheerleaders in Texas do have the legal right to wave banners quoting biblical verses during football games.

May 9, 2013

23 police en route to arrest cult members in Nigeria killed by militia

At least 23 police officers en route to arrest members of a religious cult were ambushed and killed by a militia group in the central Nigerian region of Nasarawa.

May 9, 2013