Jessica Chasmar
Articles by Jessica Chasmar
Walmart ammo runs prompt three-box sale limit
Walmart has announced that customers will now be restricted to purchasing only three boxes of ammunition per person, per day. A spokesman cited a shortage as the reason for the restrictions, not political pressure. Published January 31, 2013
Teen wounded in Atlanta school shooting
A 14-year-old boy was shot in the neck at an Atlanta middle school after a fellow student opened fire, authorities said. Published January 31, 2013
Poll: Obama unites Texans — on impeachment
The left-leaning Public Policy Polling has found an overwhelming support from Texas Republicans to impeach President Obama, including 30 percent of the state's Hispanics. Shockingly, 12 percent of Democrats are in favor of ousting the newly reelected president. Published January 31, 2013
Tennessee bill would ban diversity programs on campuses
A Tennessee lawmaker has introduced legislation that would ban college campuses from hosting diversity programs and participating in any racial preferences. Published January 31, 2013
Winter X Games snowmobiler Caleb Moore dies
Snowmobiler Caleb Moore died Thursday after being injured in a crash last week during the Winter X Games in Colorado. Published January 31, 2013
Source: Obama went skeet shooting twice at most
President Obama has only been skeet shooting twice at most, according to a source who has been to Camp David on at least a half-dozen trips with President Obama. Published January 31, 2013
NRA president: Anti-gun advocates threatened to kill my kids
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller, NRA President David Keene said gun-control activists threatened to kill his son and daughter. Published January 31, 2013
2 dead after storms sweep the Southeast
A massive storm swept through the Southeast Wednesday, generating tornadoes that flipped cars on a Georgia highway, destroyed homes and killed at least two people. Published January 31, 2013
MSNBC agrees: Government needs to regulate football
An MSNBC panel on Alex Wagner's "Now" all nodded in approval Wednesday to a statement by the president in an interview with the New Republic that the federal government needs to regulate the violence in football. Published January 30, 2013
Calif. guns chief: State can’t afford to disarm felons, mentally ill
Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown has boasted in the past that the state's financial woes are finally over, but a report Wednesday said the state is unable to find the funds to disarm more than 19,700 convicted felons and the mentally ill. Published January 30, 2013
Brazilian nightclub owner regrets ‘having ever been born’
The owner of the Brazilian nightclub owner where 230 people died in a fire last weekend said he regrets "having ever been born," his lawyer said Wednesday. Published January 30, 2013
‘The Hedgehog’ Ron Jeremy clinging to life after aneurysm
The legendary porn star and pop icon Ron Jeremy is in critical condition after suffering an aneurysm close to his heart. Published January 30, 2013
Dr. Phil: Hoaxster ‘deeply, romantically in love’ with Te’o
Dr. Phil McGraw said on the "Today" show Wednesday morning that he believes Manti Te'o's hoaxster, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, fell genuinely in love with the linebacker over a two-year span of lies and deception. Published January 30, 2013
Cuffed kid lands NYPD in $250 million court case
A couple Bronx cops hauled a 7-year-old boy out of his classroom, handcuffed him and interrogated him for 10 hours all over a dispute involving $5, the boy's parents are charging. The ordeal has resulted in a $250 million lawsuit. Published January 30, 2013
3 shot, 5 injured at Phoenix mortgage building
At least three people have been shot and five people injured at a Phoenix mortgage building Wednesday, with the gunman still on the loose. Published January 30, 2013
Letterman queries Gore on sale to ‘ultimate foe’
Climate change crusader Al Gore has been thrust into the spotlight once again since selling his news channel Current TV to Al-Jazeera of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates. Published January 30, 2013
MSNBC ‘reviewing’ selectively edited Newtown heckling video
MSNBC's anti-gun Martin Bashir posted a video on his website Tuesday night titled "Emotional father of Sandy Hook victim heckled by gun nuts." It has come to light, however, that the video was selectively edited and the father wasn't heckled at all. Published January 30, 2013
Zuccotti glitterati: Study finds NYC Occupy was rich, white
A new study by the City University of New York has shown that the disenfranchised, put-upon Zuccotti Park occupiers of 2011-2012 were actually disproportionately rich and overwhelmingly white. Published January 30, 2013
FDA to college: Carry on with morning-after pill vending machines
Controversy has surrounded Shippensburg University, in Pennsylvania, ever since it decided to provide Plan B, commonly referred to as the "morning-after pill," in a college campus vending machine along with condoms and other forms of birth control. Published January 30, 2013
Canned fresh air for sale in China amid smog
A Chinese entrepreneur looks to make bank by selling cans of fresh air in response to debilitating smog that is blanketing the streets of Beijing. Published January 29, 2013
