After President Barack Obama’s administration said the government in Pyongyang shouldn’t take provocative actions, North Korea announced that it would counter with a nuclear attack against U.S.-South Korea joint naval exercises.

Tanya Wakins is asking supporters to donate “$5, $10 or $25” to the campaign of her husband, Craig Watkins, who is running for re-election as Dallas County district attorney. Will D.A. Watkins wear his campaign-sponsored $3,000 tuxedo to razzle and dazzle his wife at her birthday party?

Tanya Watkins issued a fundraising e-mail on Wednesday July 21 for the District Attorney Craig Watkins re-election campaign. In the letter, she also expressed concerns that “fighting smear tactics will not be easy.”

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For a Houston-area couple, the smell of love may actually be that of a rotting stench flower, which will waft its corpse-like smell at a wedding ceremony. The married couple-to-be, Jonathan Smith and Jessica Zubala may need to wear nose plugs as they join together in matrimony. All others in attendance should do the same.

The young bride-to-be from Katy, fears that her wedding, scheduled for Saturday evening in Houston’s Cockrell Center, may smell more like a funeral. And if the stink does cling to the bodies, the people will not enjoy dancing closely together at the reception.

China’s Minister of Commerce, Chen Deming, held a meeting in Beijing with visiting WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy on July 21 on the Doha round of talks. China will further decrease tariffs for industrial goods and agricultural products by approximately 30 percent, as disclosed by some agreements reached already.

In recent months, the Republican National Committee failed to report more than $7 million in debt to the Federal Election Commission – a maneuver which made its bottom line seem healthier than it is heading into the midterm elections and also that increases the prospect of a substantial fine.

The Washington Times reports that, “in a memo to RNC budget committee members, RNC Treasurer Randy Pullen on Tuesday accused Chairman Michael S. Steele and his chief of staff, Michael Leavitt, of trying to conceal the information from him by ordering his staff not to communicate with the treasurer – a charge RNC officials deny.”

Two Pakistani Christian brothers, who were chained together, had been shot down by the suspected Islamic militant gunmen when they departed from the court under police custody after a trial hearing in Faisalabad City, Punjab province, on July 19. Immediately, both were taken to Allied Hospital in the city where they were pronounced dead. A cop, Mohammed Hussain, who was accompanied them was also wounded seriously. Despite the police presence, the assassins escaped easily. Aftab Alexander Mighal of the Minorities Concern of Pakistan condemned strongly the incident and demanding that the culprits should be immediately arrested.

Just 11 percent of the nation has confidence in the Congress of the United States, causing it to be the lowest ranked institution in a new Gallup poll.

Congress rates lower than banks, labor, big business and Health Maintenance Organizations, among the 1,020 adults surveyed.”

The Oakland City Council wants to transform the crime-ridden and gang-infested city into the ‘Silicon Valley of Pot,’ by permitting pot factories to be constructed within city limits. The city ordinance was passed on a 5-2 vote.

According to the Los Angeles Times, “Oakland’s City Council on Tuesday approved an ordinance that could make it the first city in the state to permit industrial marijuana production, a path-breaking decision that could spur the commercialization of a crop largely grown in hidden gardens.”

Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins is a man who loves to buy the best of everything, including tuxedoes. Yet, he prefers to purchase fashionable clothes from donations he receives on the campaign trail, instead of from his own wallet. In 2007, D.A. Watkins paid $3,000 in campaign cash to purchase a custom tuxedo and shirts.

The Dallas Morning News reports that, ‘according to campaign disclosure reports. Watkins made the purchase on March 30, just a few months after he began his term as district attorney. He bought the tux from Tom James Custom Suits. A person at the Dallas store said the tuxedos start around $600. Watkins obviously got the premium gear.”

The invasion of Iraq “substantially” raised the terrorist threat to the United Kingdom, the former head of the M15 has contended.

According to the BBC News, “giving evidence to the Iraq inquiry, Baroness Manningham-Buller said the action had radicalized ‘a few among a generation.’ As a result, she said she was not ‘surprised the UK nationals were involved in the 7/7 bombings in London.”