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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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Tai Shan the panda at the National Zoo in 2009. (The Washington Times)

Leaked U.N. climate report slammed for citing WWF

Critics are slamming a leaked draft U.N. climate report that features global warming advocacy groups like the World Wildlife Fund and Greenpeace made appearances alongside scientific studies.

January 23, 2013
**FILE** Officials tape off an area outside San Joaquin Valley High School in Taft, Calif., on Jan. 10, 2013. Authorities said a student was shot and wounded and another student was taken into custody. (Associated Press/Taft Midway Driller, Doug Keeler)

Calif. schools police buy 14 AR-15s to protect students

In response to a wave of gun crime across the country, particularly in Newtown, Conn., the police department for a California school district just outside Los Angeles has purchased 14 AR-15 rifles in efforts to protect its students.

January 23, 2013
Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the fifth hole during the first round of the Tour Championship golf tournament in Atlanta on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Woods defends Mickelson, admits fleeing Calif. tax rates

Following a controversial admission by golfer Phil Mickelson, who suggested Sunday he might flee the West Coast because of rising taxes, fellow golfer Tiger Woods, who's worth an estimated $600 million, stated Tuesday that he did the same.

January 23, 2013
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg

NAACP sues against Bloomberg’s big-soda ban

Some opponents of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's move to ban large, sugary drinks have started making the argument that it just may be a racial infringement.

January 23, 2013
** FILE ** In this July 20, 1969, photo, astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. (AP Photo/Neil Armstrong, NASA)

179 moon trips possible since Senate’s last budget

Three Pentagons could have been built, and 179 round trips to the moon could have been taken in the time since the Democrat-controlled Senate passed a budget, House GOP leaders argued Tuesday.

January 23, 2013
**FILE** Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, listens during a March 26, 2012, news conference at the Pentagon in Washington. (Associated Press)

Gen. Allen cleared in Petraeus email case

A Pentagon probe has absolved Gen. John Allen of professional misconduct in exchanging inappropriate emails with the same Florida socialite, Jill Kelley, involved in the scandal prompting former CIA director David H. Petraeus to resign.

January 22, 2013
In this frame grab provided by KPRC Houston, an unidentified person is transported by emergency personnel at Lone Star College on Jan. 22, 2013, in Houston, where law enforcement officials say the community college is on lockdown amid reports of a shooter on campus. (Associated Press/Courtesy KPRC TV)

At least 3 people shot at Texas college campus

Two students have been wounded in crossfire after two other students shot at each other at Lone Star Community College in North Harris County, Texas. A fourth man is reported to have suffered a heart attack.

January 22, 2013