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ABC News' Matthew Jaffe Reports: Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., on Sunday guaranteed that if elected, Sen. Barack Obama., D-Ill., will be tested by an international crisis within his first six months in power and he will need supporters to stand by him as he makes tough, and possibly unpopular, decisions. "Mark my words," the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the...

Kennedy poised to endorse Obama Key Democratic nod a setback for Clinton By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff  |  January 28, 2008WASHINGTON - Senator Barack Obama will collect the endorsement of Senator Edward M. Kennedy today, winning the support of a powerful icon of the liberal Democratic establishment as Obama challenges Senator Hillary Clinton before the crucial Super Tuesday showdown on Feb. 5.Kennedy confidants said Massachusetts' senior senator will appear this morning with Obama and Kennedy's niece, Caroline Kennedy, at a rally at American University in Washington to announce his support. Their joint appearance will suggest Obama's claim to the mantle...

-Snip - It began when a store in Reno hung a Mexican flag above an American flag. That's illegal. While a photographer from NBC affiliate KRNV was outside the business an angry man claiming to be a veteran walked up to the flagpole and cut down both flags with a large knife. -end snip-