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Jessica Chasmar

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Jessica Chasmar was a continuous news writer for The Washington Times, covering topics on culture and politics.

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In this Dec. 16, 2013 photo, embroidered mittens that the U.S. Olympic Committee are selling as part of a fundraiser, are shown, in Denver. The U.S. Olympic Committee is charging $14 a pair for the blue gloves that have the word "Go" embroidered in red on one mitten and "USA" on the other. The pair is also labeled with a tag on the inside which says the gloves are "Made in China." The foreign-made mittens are available at the USOC's official online shop of the U.S. Olympic Team. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

‘Go USA’: U.S. Olympic fundraising mittens made in China

The red-white-and-blue mittens being sold to the public to raise funds for U.S. Olympic athletes were made in China, less than two years after a firestorm erupted over the athletes' "Made in China" uniforms for the 2012 summer games.

December 17, 2013
**FILE** In this Friday, June 3, 2011 file photo Russian reality television star and socialite Kseniya Sobchak, left, and Russian film director and actor Ivan Okhlobystin arrive at the MuzTV Awards ceremony in Moscow. “I’m Ksenia Sobchak, and I’ve got something to lose. But I’m here.” This is what the 30-year-old blond socialite and TV personality said when she began her unlikely foray into political activism by taking the stage at a huge anti-Putin rally in December. Once considered untouchable because of her family’s close personal ties to President Vladimir Putin, Sobchak has since found that she does indeed have something to lose, as her apartment has been raided by police and she has been called in for interrogation. It has been a quick change of fortune for Russia’s It Girl, who like many Russians of her generation experienced a civic awakening after many years of political passivity. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, file)

Russian sitcom star: Burn gays alive in ovens

A star in Russia's version of the popular U.S. sitcom "Scrubs" recently told fans that he wants to burn homosexuals alive, adding more fuel to the controversy surrounding the country's gay propaganda laws.

December 17, 2013
** FILE ** Radio preacher Harold Camping. (Associated Press)

Doomsday preacher Harold Camping dies at 92

Harold Camping, the radio preacher who predicted that Jesus would return on May 21, 2011, to usher in the apocalypse, died Sunday evening, his Family Radio network confirmed. He was 92.

December 17, 2013
Nerf gun

Missouri State University considers ban on Nerf guns

Missouri State University officials are discussing whether to ban Nerf guns after the toys spurred a lockdown earlier this year during the school's semi-annual, campus-wide game "Humans vs. Zombies."

December 16, 2013
** FILE ** (Associated Press)

2nd monkey returns safely from space: Iran

Iran said on Saturday it had sent another monkey into space and brought it back alive, representing the nation's latest step toward sending humans into space, state news agency IRNA reported.

December 15, 2013