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NEWS ABOUT: JFK assassination

JFK assassination stories: 8 news summaries

 Camelot Slips Away 
 With Kennedy 

No one appears ready to take up the torch

Aug 26, 09 4:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - A fabled political dynasty sputtered with last night's passing of Sen. Ted Kennedy, who left no heir apparent in the powerhouse family. Though several younger generation Kennedys are active in civic life, none packs the punch of the senator or his famous brothers. "There seems to be no one... More »

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Ted Kennedy • Joe Kennedy • Camelot • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • JFK assassination • JFK • Robert Kennedy

Stone Takes on 'Secret History of America'

Director will look at
'under-reported' events in Showtime series

Aug 19, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oliver Stone is nothing if not ambitious. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the director is prepping a 10-part documentary series entitled Secret History of America, which promises to examine important but under-reported events from the past 60 years. Stone, who will provide the narration himself, calls the Showtime project “... More »

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entertainment • cable TV • Showtime • Cold War • Vietnam War • Oliver Stone • JFK assassination • conspiracy theory • American history

(Newser) - Talk about an eventful life. Bernard Barker, one of the Watergate burglars as well as one of the leaders of the Bay of Pigs invasion, is dead at age 92, the Miami Herald reports. Barker worked for the CIA as a protege of Howard Hunt, flew bombers in WWII,... More »

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Watergate • Cuba • Richard Nixon • JFK assassination • break-in • John F. Kennedy Jr. • CREEP • Bernard Barker • Bay of Pigs

BOOK REVIEW

 45 Years Later, 
 JFK Theories Live On 

New book on JFK assassination offers new ideas, little proof

Nov 23, 08 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - In the canon of great conspiracy theories, the JFK assassination remains unquestionably king. The enduring national mystery has given rise to some of the most complicated explanations, and the theory offered by a new book is one of the more pleasingly convoluted, reports Vanity Fair in a look at Legacy ... More »

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Fidel Castro • assassination • Martin Luther King Jr. • book reviews • JFK assassination • conspiracy theory • Robert F. Kennedy

For Obama Faithful, Fears Cloud Hopes

Evoking memories
of King, Kennedys stirs anxieties over safety

Feb 25, 08 10:15 AM CST
(Newser) - "Stop worrying," Barack Obama tells supporters. “I've got the best protection in the world.” But they're worrying anyway: Even as supporters have watched their candidate rocket from longshot to frontrunner, their anxieties about a possible assassination attempt have grown, the New York Times reports. “Some... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • Secret Service • John F. Kennedy • assassination • Martin Luther King Jr. • JFK assassination • presidential candidates • Robert F. Kennedy

JFK Treasure Trove Revealed

Long-lost files, Ruby's and Oswald's personal effects appear in public

Feb 18, 08 3:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Numerous items related to the JFK assassination were revealed to the public today after having spent years forgotten in a Dallas courthouse safe, the Dallas Morning News reports. Brass knuckles and a holster belonging to Jack Ruby were in the safe, as was a lucrative contract signed by Ruby prosecutor... More »

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Dallas • John F. Kennedy • Lee Harvey Oswald • history • memorabilia • JFK assassination

Dallas DA Finds Stored
Docs on JFK Slaying

Materials include transcript that could fuel conspiracy theories

Feb 17, 08 5:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Dallas County officials have uncovered a batch of JFK assassination materials, including a transcript between Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald that one expert laughed off as a likely fake. Other items include correspondence, records of the Ruby trial, and a gun holster, the Dallas Morning News reports. More »

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Dallas • John F. Kennedy • Lee Harvey Oswald • history • memorabilia • JFK assassination • Jack Ruby • Craig Watkins • conspiracy theory • Robert F. Kennedy

Ex-Agent Claims Twist
in JFK Plot

Says Cuban killers, armed radical planned hits in Chicago

Nov 22, 07 6:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Feds dug up a plot to ice JFK in Chicago three weeks before he was killed in Dallas, ABC news reports. JFK's trip to the Windy City was nixed, but agents never passed on data about a Cuban hit squad and an armed radical to federal agents in Dallas. Yet... More »

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Secret Service • John F. Kennedy • Lee Harvey Oswald • JFK assassination • conspiracy theory

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