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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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Aerial view of the aftermath of the explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (Twitter phot: Bruce Mendelsohn)

Sheer madness: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s mother insists paint, not blood covered Boston street after blast

The mother of the two Boston bombing suspects said the blood on Boylston Street wasn’t really blood. It was paint.

April 25, 2013

This journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows the damaged famed 12th century Umayyad mosque without the minaret, background right corner, which was destroyed by the shelling, in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday April 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

U.N. to test Syrian soil samples for sarin

Investigators with the United Nations have agreed to test soil samples from Syria to help determine whether President Bashar Assad has unleashed sarin gas against rebel fighters.

April 25, 2013

** FILE ** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, arrives to speak with reporters following a Democratic strategy session at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Harry Reid: ‘Government is inherently good’

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he can't understand why the tea party remains popular, given its similarity to the anarchist movement and its steadfast opposition to the "inherently good" government.

April 25, 2013

** FILE ** U.S. soldiers stand guard at the scene of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Kentucky student fights to wear ‘Support Our Troops’ T-shirt — on military base

A Kentucky middle-school student was in hot water with her school after wearing a T-shirt that said "Support Our Troops," in honor of her dad's deployment overseas.

April 25, 2013

GE Capital cuts lending deals for gun shops

The lending arm of General Electric, GE Capital, cut off funding to retail owners whose main business venture is to sell guns.

April 25, 2013

Overrun Switzerland clamps down on immigrants from EU

Switzerland agreed to limit the level of immigrants allowed from the European Union beginning this May, adding to caps that are already in place for eight other central and eastern states.

April 25, 2013

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev poses for a photo after graduating from Cambridge (Mass.) Rindge and Latin High School in this undated photo. (AP Photo/Robin Young)

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev quits talking after Miranda warning is read to him

The surviving suspect in the Boston bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, quit talking to investigators right after he was read his Miranda rights, four authorities briefed on the investigation said.

April 25, 2013

** FILE* ** In this Sept. 21, 2012, photo, North Korean workers assemble Western-style suits at the South Korean-run ShinWon Corp. garment factory inside the Kaesong industrial complex in Kaesong, North Korea. On Wednesday, April 3, 2013, North Korea refused entry to South Koreans trying to cross the Demilitarized Zone to get to their jobs managing factories in the North Korean city of Kaesong. (AP Photo/Jean H. Lee)

South Korea warns North Korea of ‘grave measures’ for factory closing

South Korean authorities said on Thursday that North Korea would face serious repercussions for failing to even talk about reopening a jointly-operated factory facility that's left many scrambling for work.

April 25, 2013

** FILE ** A man walks by signs advertising Samsung Electronics Co.'s smartphone in Seoul on Jan. 28, 2011. (Associated Press)

Bill to quit ‘Obama-phone’ giveaway gathers steam

Nearly 50 congressional members have signed on to legislation that would put a stop to the government's free phone program, known loosely as "Obama-phone."

April 25, 2013

In this image taken from a mobile phone video, the father of USA Boston bomb suspects, Anzor Tsarnaev reacts as he talks to the media about his sons, in his home in the Russian city of Makhachkala, Friday April 19, 2013. One son is now dead, and one son Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in police custody. (AP Photo)

Boston bombing suspects’ father coming to America

Anzor Tsarnaev, the father of the two Boston bombing suspects, is coming to the United States in the next few days, various media report.

April 25, 2013

A massive explosion at 3 a.m. EDT on one of the two barges still ablaze in the Mobile River in Mobile, Ala., on Thursday, April 25, 2013. Three people were injured in the blast. (AP Photo John David Mercer)

Fuel barges explode on Alabama’s Mobile River, injuring 3

Two fuel barges exploded at a docking site on Alabama's Mobile River, injuring three.

April 25, 2013

** FILE ** In this May 4, 2009, file photo, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left, fights Lamar Fenner of Chicago, in the 201 weight class, during the 2009 Golden Gloves National Boxing Tournament at the Salt Palace, Monday, May 4, 2009. Tsarnaev was identified as a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Rick Egan)

CIA recommended Tamerlan Tsarnaev to terror list 19 months ago

Nineteen months before the Boston Marathon bombings, members of the CIA requested that Tamerlan Tsarnaev be placed on a terrorist watch list.

April 25, 2013

People embrace by the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge, in southern England on the annual Winter Solstice, in this Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, file photo. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Wanted: Stonehenge manager for $99,229 a year

Looking for a job? Stonehenge, the mysterious rock formation that served as a monument to the ancients – it's believed — needs a manager.

April 24, 2013

European recession hits car makers hard, with double-digit sales’ drops

Ford, Volkswagen and Daimler all took deep hits in profits Wednesday, as industry first-quarter results indicated the European recession was dragging down car sales.

April 24, 2013

A Revere, Mass. police captain holds his cap while entering a memorial service for fallen Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier, in Cambridge, Mass., Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Collier was fatally shot on the MIT campus Thursday, April 18, 2013. Authorities allege that the Boston Marathon bombing suspects were responsible. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Thousands gather for slain MIT officer’s memorial

Thousands of well-wishers and mourners gathered Wednesday at Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a memorial service for slain campus police officer Sean Collier.

April 24, 2013

** FILE ** New York City police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly speaks on Jan. 27, 2012, during a news conference in New York. (Associated Press)

Post-bombing, Boston suspects were planning to ‘party’ in NYC

Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were headed to New York City to "party" in the hours after the Boston Marathon bombing that killed three and injured nearly 200, police said Wednesday.

April 24, 2013

Top Sunni cleric boycotts faith conference over Jewish presence

A world-renowned Sunni cleric boycotted an interfaith conference in Qatar on Tuesday to avoid sitting next to Jewish participants.

April 24, 2013

** FILE ** Lebanese Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmad al-Assir, one of Hezbollah’s harshest critics in Lebanon, is seen with his weapon during a tense situation between his group and Hezbollah in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on Feb. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Lebanon clerics call for jihad against Shiites in Syria

Two top clerics in Lebanon have called for a holy war against Shiites in Syria, saying Sunnis are under attack in Homs and need protection from Hezbollah fighters.

April 24, 2013

‘Terrorist attack’ by knife, ax leaves 21 dead in Chinese village

Clashes in a chaotic region of China involving knives, axes and a gun left 21 dead and one home completely gutted by fire, a government spokeswoman said Wednesday.

April 24, 2013

Edward Davis, Boston's police commissioner, salutes the American flag during a ceremony at the blast site on Boylston Street between Dartmouth and Exeter streets near the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, April 22, 2013 in Boston. Federal investigators formally released the crime scene to the city in a brief ceremony at 5 p.m. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Drones over Boston: Police chief says surveillance in the sky a ‘great idea’ after marathon bombing

Boston's police commissioner called on Wednesday for more cameras, more surveillance and even drones in the aftermath of the April 15 marathon bombings that killed three and injured dozens.

April 24, 2013