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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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** Maryland Delegate Jon S. Cardin, Baltimore County Democrat (AP Photo/Baltimore Sun, Glenn Fawcett)

New state, local gun-control plan: Tax ‘em to death

Gun control, meet taxes. That's the new state- and local-government plan to crack down on firearms purchases, as officials await federal policy reform.

April 9, 2013

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (Associated Press)

Bloomberg copies NRA: His anti-gun group debuts scorecard on Congress

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said his group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, is going to take a page from the NRA playbook and start scoring members of Congress, from A through F.

April 9, 2013

** FILE ** Former President Jimmy Carter speaks Oct. 22, 2012, in the West Bank city of Ramallah to the media following a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. (Associated Press)

Jimmy Carter peace award sparks outrage from pro-Israeli camp

A Jewish university that proposes awarding former President Jimmy Carter with a peace award has sparked the outrage of pro-Israel activists, who say he's done little, if anything, to advance their cause.

April 9, 2013

** FILE ** The Rev. Joel Osteen is pastor of the Lakewood Church in Houston. (Joel Osteen Ministries)

Hoax: Megachurch pastor Joel Osteen renounces faith

The Rev. Joel Osteen, pastor of Houston's Lakewood megachurch, has renounced his belief in God and resigned from his spiritual leadership post — just kidding.

April 9, 2013

Japan deploys missile-defense systems around Tokyo

Japan is taking seriously threats from North Korea, and on Tuesday deployed missile-defense shields at three of its Tokyo sites.

April 9, 2013

** FILE ** In this Monday, April, 9, 2007, file photo Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks at a ceremony in Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 Kilometers (186 miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)

Earthquake hits near Iran’s nuclear power plant

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck 55 miles outside Bushehr, Iran, where the nation's only nuclear power station is based.

April 9, 2013

Protesters display placards as they picket the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), a government body tasked with recovering alleged ill-gotten wealth of the late deposed strongman Ferdinand Marcos, on Monday, April 8, 2013, at Mandaluyong, Philippines, northeast of Manila. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

WikiLeaks: Marcos forced Philippine military chiefs to dress in drag as entertainment

Ferdinand Marcos, the U.S.-backed Philippine dictator from 1965 to 1986, forced his leading military chiefs to dress and dance in drag at a 1973 birthday party planned by his wife, Imelda, newly released cables from a U.S. diplomat showed.

April 9, 2013

President Obama

Obama declares ‘National Equal Pay Day’ as gesture on gender bias

President Obama issued a declaration of "National Equal Pay Day" for Thursday, in a gesture aimed at highlighting what he described as a disparity between men and women in the workforce.

April 9, 2013

** FILE ** In this Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012, file photo, released by the Iranian President's Office, claims to show Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, second left being escorted by technicians during a tour of Tehran's research reactor center in northern Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Iranian President's Office, File)

Defiant Iran goes forth with 2 nuclear projects

Iran put the finishing touch on its latest round of nuclear talks with world powers with a symbolic face-slap and on Tuesday jumpstarted two key nuclear-related projects.

April 9, 2013

Smartphone (Associated Press)

Microsoft leads coalition to fight Google for unfair market practices

Microsoft is leading a multicompany charge against Google, alleging the company committed antitrust violations and asking that European authorities investigate its mobile smartphone sales and marketing techniques.

April 9, 2013

** FILE ** A U.S. Marine, perched on a container, tries to take shelter from the dust as a Chinook helicopter arrives to pick up supplies at Forward Operating Base Edi in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, June 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Two Americans killed in Afghanistan copter crash

Two U.S. troops reportedly were killed in a NATO helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday.

April 9, 2013

** FILE ** Kim Jong-un inspects North Korea troops in this government photo.

North Korea tells foreign companies in South to get out

North Korea on Tuesday issued a stark warning to tourists and to foreign companies in the South: Get out. Go home.

April 9, 2013

Serbian police officers guard houses in the village of Velika Ivanca, Serbia, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. A 60-year-old man gunned down 13 people, including a baby, in a house-to-house rampage in the quiet village on Tuesday before trying to kill himself and his wife, police and hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbian man, 60, seen as ‘good neighbor,’ kills 13, including baby

A peaceful Serbian village was shattered Tuesday after a 60-year-old man described as a "good neighbor" went on a shooting spree and killed 13, including a baby, police said.

April 9, 2013

Chinese mother dies after government-forced sterilization

A Chinese mother of two died following a sterilization procedure that government family planners forced her to undergo, over the objections of her doctor.

April 8, 2013

** FILE ** The U.S. Navy planned to send minesweepers and warships into the Persian Gulf in September 2012 for exercises intended to make Iran think twice about any attempts to block oil tanker traffic through the narrow waterway that links the region’s oil fields with world markets. (Associated Press)

U.S. Navy, allies to partner for massive sea drills in Persian Gulf

The United States will join 29 other naval powers for a massive sea drill to practice mine-sweeping and ship-escort maneuvers in the Persian Gulf.

April 8, 2013

Nutella (Associated Press)

Thieves in Germany cart off $20,000 worth of Nutella

Thieves stole a truckload of hazelnut-chocolate Nutella spread, taking off with roughly 5 tons valued at thousands of dollars from a parked semitrailer, police in Germany said.

April 8, 2013

Jones

Pastor Terry Jones plans mass Koran burnings to mark 9/11

Pastor Terry Jones — who was sentenced to death by an Egyptian court in November for his ties to a film about Muslims that sparked Islamic riots — is planning a mass Koran burning to mark the 12th anniversary of Sept. 11.

April 8, 2013

**FILE** Constellation Brands Corona beers are displayed at a liquor store in Palo Alto, Calif., on June 27, 2011. (Associated Press)

Mexico City Corona beer factory mishap kills 7

Seven workers were killed at a Mexico City brewery that manufactures beer for the Corona label, a company spokesman said.

April 8, 2013

A Burger King store is pictured in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Burger King diner defeats would-be robber by shooting him

A father who was trying to eat with his family at Burger King was able to defeat an armed robber by pulling his own weapon and shooting at him, Miami police said.

April 8, 2013

Libyan civilians celebrate the raiding of the Ansar al-Shariah Brigades compound by hundreds of Libyans, the military and police in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. The recent attack in Benghazi that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans has sparked a backlash among frustrated Libyans against the heavily armed gunmen, including Islamic extremists, who run rampant in their cities. More than 10,000 people poured into a main boulevard of Benghazi, demanding that the militias disband as the public tries to do what Libya's weak central government has been unable to. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Special ops vets call for congressional probe of Benghazi

Hundreds of members of a special operations veterans group are calling for House members to create a committee to investigate the fatal September terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

April 8, 2013