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“The clock is ticking,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Iran on Friday, adding that Israel will do what is necessary to defend itself against the Islamic Republic's nuclear program. Speaking to reporters at a joint news conference with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, Kerry said that he is not optimistic that Iran's upcoming presidential election will result in any change in the country's nuclear ambitions. "I do not have high expectations that the election is going to change the fundamental calculus of Iran," Kerry said. "This is not a portfolio that is in the hands of a new...

The Mainstream media (MSM) is currently peddling the Obama Administration myth that patriotic Americans, many of whom have served in our military or who otherwise have an American flag hanging proudly in their front yards, pose a grave threat to our nation’s security. We have seen calls for Republican leaders to denounce Tea-Partiers and other activist groups opposed to Obama’s agenda. We are currently seeing our nation’s Department of Justice being hijacked to score political points for the Far-Left.

Thu Aug 18,10:09 AM ET BERLIN (Reuters) - An "electronic nappy" used to monitor wetness sparked a bomb alert in a German post office when it arrived in a parcel ticking suspiciously, police in the southwestern city of Heilbronn said on Thursday. "They suspected it was a bomb so they put the package into an empty room and called the police," said a police spokesman. "It was supposed to respond to wetness with bleeping sounds but this one ticked." Two squad cars rushed to the scene and immediately contacted the sender. Police gave the all clear after they contacted the...

SACRAMENTO – Lawmakers and lobbyists dashed around the Capitol's fourth floor Wednesday, bending ears, cutting deals, pleading for help to pass 499 bills before the Senate and Assembly appropriations committees. "OK. We've gone through 56 bills and we've got 173 to do," the Senate Appropriations chairwoman Dede Alpert, D-San Diego, said four hours into her hearing. The crowd in Room 4203 sighed like a leaking balloon. So many bills. So little time. As the Legislature reconvened Wednesday for the first time since passing a hard-fought budget, it felt the pressure of the clock ticking toward the end of the 2003-04...