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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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First lady Michelle Obama (left), with daughters Malia (center) and Sasha, reads a book to children during the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

First lady’s frustration: Reading at egg roll promoted junk food

First lady Michelle Obama's plans to push healthy food choices on participants in the White House's annual Easter Egg Roll went awry, as children — fueled by the pro-spaghetti book she read them — voiced scant preference for peas.

April 2, 2013

** FILE ** Paroled inmate Evan Spencer Ebel, pictured in an undated photo, led Texas authorities on a 100-mph car chase that ended in a shootout on Thursday, March 21, 2013, and may be linked to the slaying of Colorado's state prison chief on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Colorado Department of Corrections)

Colorado courts face review after mistakenly setting Evan Ebel free

Colorado's court system is reviewing its own rules after it was found that a clerical mistake was to blame for the wrongful release of the prisoner now suspected of killing the state's corrections head.

April 2, 2013

** FILE ** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (Associated Press)

Attorney General Eric Holder named top ‘facilitator of porn’ in ‘Dirty Dozen List’

A group against pornography has put Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in its cross hairs, placing him at the top of a list of national offenders at fault for furthering the X-rated industry.

April 2, 2013

** FILE ** A cow runs for cover as Indian police and Kashmiri protesters throw stones at one another during a protest in Srinagar, India, on Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Holy cow! Katmandu cops crack down on the roaming incarnations

Police in Katmandu, the Nepal capital, say cows may be sacred, but enough is enough: They're blocking too much traffic and have to go.

April 2, 2013

In this Monday, April 1, 2013 photo, hundreds of al-Azhar university students angered by a mass outbreak of food poisoning at the university hold signs and chant slogans as an ambulance carrying a poisoned student passes through the crowd in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Mostafa Darwish)

Nearly 500 Egyptian students sent to the hospital with food poisoning

Almost 500 college students in Cairo were sent to the hospital with food poisoning, a senior health official said on Tuesday.

April 2, 2013

** FILE ** Justin Timberlake reaches across Janet Jackson just before uncovering her right breast during the halftime performance at Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston in 2004. (Associated Press)

FCC mulls relaxing rules on indecency, obscenity

The Federal Communications Commission is mulling a change to a policy that, in effect, would open the doors to more obscenity on television and radio.

April 2, 2013

**FILE** U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (The Washington Times)

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon ‘deeply troubled’ over rising rhetoric from North Korea

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is "deeply troubled" by North Korea's recent statements and actions and wants world powers to help calm the situation.

April 2, 2013

** FILE ** News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch appears before Lord Justice Brian Leveson's inquiry into U.K media ethics on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Pool)

Rupert Murdoch slams Australia as ‘racist’ for tightening visa laws

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has taken to task his homeland of Australia for new rules that tighten visa requirements on skilled alien workers.

April 2, 2013

Rep. Matt Salmon, Arizona Republican (Courtesy of salmon.house.gov)

Rep. Matt Salmon still against same-sex marriage, despite having gay son

Arizona Republican Rep. Matt Salmon says he loves his gay son, but still can't support same-sex marriage.

April 2, 2013

Defense Dept.’s ‘Godfather at Camp Pendleton’ arrested for extortion

A Defense Department worker who dubbed himself the "Godfather at Camp Pendleton" was arrested and charged with extortion.

April 2, 2013

** FILE ** University students shout slogans outside Greece's parliament during a demonstration against education reforms, in Athens on Thursday, March 28, 2013. About 3,500 people, in two separate rallies, gathered against the reform that will see roughly one in five universities and polytechnic faculties closed or merged. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Eurozone hits record high 12 percent unemployment

The number of people who are jobless in the 17 nations that comprise the eurozone rose by 33,000 in February, and now more than 19 million are out of work, Eurostat statistical agency reported.

April 2, 2013

**FILE** Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive Feb. 26, 2012, before the 84th Academy Awards in Hollywood. (Associated Press)

Angelina Jolie opens girls’ school in Afghanistan

Hollywood's Angelina Jolie, who is also an ambassador for the United Nations Agency on Refugees, has opened a girls-only school in Afghanistan, just outside of Kabul.

April 2, 2013

Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, New York Democrat (Associated Press) **FILE**

Democrats push for $10K fine for gun owners without liability insurance

A group of congressional Democrats has signed on to new legislation that would mandate liability insurance for all gun owners in the United States — and fine those who refuse to purchase it as much as $10,000.

April 2, 2013

Mark Barden, right, father of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Daniel Barden, speaks alongside his wife, Jackie, center, and other Newtown parents, at the Capital in Hartford, Conn., Monday, April 1, 2013. Families of the school shooting victims were there to ask lawmakers to include a ban on existing high-capacity magazines in a legislation addressing gun control spurred by the massacre. (AP Photo/New Haven Register, Mara Lavitt)

New Connecticut gun law to ban another 100 weapons

A task force of legislators from both sides of the political aisle has crafted new gun laws for Connecticut that would add more than 100 types of weapons to the state's banned list.

April 2, 2013

** FILE ** Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Hotel in National Harbor, Md., on Thursday, March 14, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Gov. Rick Perry vows Texas won’t be ‘held hostage’ to Obama over Medicaid

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is withstanding pressure and refusing to cave to Obamacare's call for states to accept Medicaid expansions, saying to do so would be foolish and shortsighted.

April 2, 2013

** FILE ** In this March 7, 2013, photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed March 8, 2013, by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, with military officials, gets a ride on a boat on his way to a military unit on Jangjae Islet, located in the southernmost part of the southwestern sector of North Korea's border with South Korea. (Associated Press/KCNA via KNS)

Be ‘very concerned’ as North Korea restarts nuclear facilities: ex-Pentagon boss

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta issued some words of caution for the United States, advising that North Korea's bullish attitude was something to watch, not dismiss.

April 2, 2013

Iranian dairy goes for record with 5-ton tub of ice cream

An Iranian company is going for the Guinness and has unveiled a 5-ton tub of chocolate ice cream in hope of getting into the Book of World Records.

April 1, 2013

The World Trade Center terror attacks in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. (Associated Press)

NYC checking World Trade Center debris to identify remains

Truckloads of debris pulled from the site of the World Trade Center will be sifted for remains, New York City's chief medical examiner said.

April 1, 2013

** FILE ** A Saudi woman drives a car in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the nation's capital, as part of a campaign to defy a ban on women driving, in an image made from video released on Friday, June 17, 2011, by Change.org. (AP Photo/Change.org)

Saudi Arabian women win right to ride bicycles — sort of

Saudi Arabian religious authorities have opened the door to women riding bicycles — but only in certain areas and only if dressed in full head-to-toe abaya garb.

April 1, 2013

Sgt. Michael C. Cable, 25, of Philpot, Ky., was killed by an Afghan teenager who stabbing the soldier in the neck while the GI played with a group of local children, officials said on Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

Afghan teen kills U.S. soldier while GI played with children

A teenage Afghan boy fatally stabbed a U.S. soldier who was playing with local children, military spokespeople said Monday.

April 1, 2013