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Jessica Chasmar

jchasmar@washingtontimes.com

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

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Trading specialist Glenn Carell, who is handling Twitter's initial public offering, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Twitter Inc. names first female board member

After facing criticism for a lack of diversity, Twitter Inc. has hired the first woman to its board, just a month after it raised $2.09 billion in an initial public offering.

December 5, 2013
FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 22, 2013 file photo, The Xbox One is on display at a Best Buy store in Evanston, Ill. There's a couple of new foes affecting gamers who are proving to be far more destructive than any on-screen villains. With foreboding nicknames like "the blue light of death" and "the disc drive of doom," they're the glitches putting a hamper on the next-generation gaming systems Xbox One and PlayStation 4. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Dad buys $750 Xbox One from eBay, gets photo of the console instead

A teenage father in the U.K. is outraged after he paid an eBay seller roughly $750 for a Day One Edition of the Xbox One, which was supposed to be a gift for his 2-year-old son on Christmas, only to receive in the mail a color photo of the coveted console.

December 5, 2013
The cover of "Ron Burgundy: Let Me Off at the Top!"

Oh my God! Costco lists Bible as fiction, Ron Burgundy memoir as gospel

Costco faces fresh ridicule after a Los Angeles Times columnist caught another Southern California location selling Ron Burgundy's book, a memoir by the fictional "Anchorman" character played by Will Ferrell, in the non-fiction section, just weeks after the wholesaler made headlines for labeling Bibles as fiction.

December 5, 2013
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Wingate University on lockdown after 2 shot dead

Wingate University in North Carolina is on lockdown after two people were shot and killed and another airlifted to the hospital following a reported shooting near campus Wednesday night.

December 4, 2013
In this Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, photo provided by the National Park Service, pilot whales are stranded on a beach in a remote area of the western portion of Everglades National Park, Fla. Federal officials said some whales have died. The marine mammals are known to normally inhabit deep water. (AP Photo/National Park Service)

10 whales dead, 41 others stranded in Everglades

Ten pilot whales have died and another 41 remain stranded in a remote area of Everglades National Park in Florida, as officials scurry to keep the mammals alive until high tide reaches.

December 4, 2013
Image: Doritos Facebook page screenshot

Doritos Locos Tacos visionary dies at 41

Todd Mills, a visionary who became part of Taco Bell's billion-dollar Doritos Locos Tacos idea, died on Thanksgiving after battling brain cancer. He was 41.

December 4, 2013