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Kennedy Leaves Hospital

Posted May 21, 08 9:27 AM CDT in US,  Politics 

(Newser) – Ted Kennedy waved to well-wishers and gave a smiling thumbs-up as he left Massachusetts General Hospital and headed for home this morning, a day after the discovery of a malignant brain tumor. “Senator Kennedy has recovered remarkably quickly from his Monday procedure and therefore will be released from the hospital today ahead of schedule,” his doctors said in a statement. The senator will recuperate in his Cape Cod home while doctors devise a treatment plan.

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Edward M. Kennedy and his wife Vicki sit together in a family room at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Tuesday afternoon, May 20, 2008.   (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Edward M. Kennedy smiles as he sits in a family room at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Tuesday afternoon, May 20, 2008. Kennedy has been diagnosed with a brain tumor.   (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Edward M. Kennedy talks with family members in a visiting room at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Tuesday afternoon, May 20, 2008.   (AP Photo)
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy walks out of at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Wednesday, May 21, 2008 with his wife, Vicki, right, and niece Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, center right.   (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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