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John F. Kennedy stories: 65 news summaries

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BOOK REVIEW

True Compass: Kennedy's Life in Modest Terms

'Heartfelt' memoir depicts pursuit of public good, atonement

Sep 4, 09 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - In True Compass, Ted Kennedy’s memoir, he writes with “searching candor” about the personal losses he endured, the mistakes he made, and the struggle to live up to his family reputation, writes Michiko Kakutani for the New York Times. The result is a powerful tribute to perseverance... More »

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John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • publishing • memoir • book reviews • childhood • Robert F. Kennedy • Edward Kennedy • True Compass

 Sasha in Oval Office 
 Evokes John-John 



Photo of youngest Obama visiting Dad echoes Camelot image

Sep 3, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new photo released by the White House shows Sasha Obama sneaking up on her dad from behind an Oval Office couch—recalling an iconic image of John Kennedy Jr. hiding under his dad’s desk in 1963. That picture became part of the Kennedy family’s "‘Camelot’... More »

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politics • White House • John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • Flickr • photograph • Oval Office • Sasha Obama • President Obama • John F. Kennedy Jr.

 Jilted by JFK, 
 Monroe Spiraled 
 to Her Death: Book 

Even pal, lover Frank Sinatra threw her out for taking pills

Aug 31, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a new tell-all, J. Randy Taraborrelli paints a picture of Marilyn Monroe’s drug-fueled final months, her fixation with John F. Kennedy, and the shock friends like Frank Sinatra felt at her downward spiral, the Daily Mail reports. Four months before her death, the screenwriter for her last... More »

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entertainment • drugs • John F. Kennedy • celebrity • Marilyn Monroe • drug abuse • Frank Sinatra • celebrity death

(AP) - Ted Kennedy's body is en route to Boston, where he will lie in repose at his slain brother's presidential library for 2 days of public visitation. The motorcade carrying the senator's body and members of his family departed the family compound on Cape Cod for the 70-mile trip to the... More »

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Congress • Boston • Senate • John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • Arlington National Cemetery • funeral • Cape Cod • presidential library • Hyannis Port • Edward Kennedy

(Newser) - Ted Kennedy will be buried at Arlington Cemetery near his brothers, MSNBC reports. Other details are firming up: His funeral will be Saturday at Mission Church in Boston, and a two-day wake will take place Thursday and Friday at the JFK Library and Museum, also in Boston. Kennedy will be... More »

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John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • Arlington National Cemetery • burial • political dynasty • senator

Appreciation

 Ted Was the Greatest Kennedy 


Aug 26, 09 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - On the weekend of his inauguration, John F. Kennedy gave his youngest brother a cigarette case engraved with the words, “And the last shall be first.” Fifty years later, that prophesy has come true, writes Richard Lacayo of Time. The "long shadow of Chappaquiddick" may... More »

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John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • Chappaquiddick • political dynasty • Robert F. Kennedy • senator • appreciation • Kennedy

TRAVEL

 Top NYC Hotels 
 for Cheaters 

Five sites of well-known sex scandals

Aug 19, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York has housed many a famous cheater in its fancy hotels—the Daily News lists the top five:
  • Four Seasons: Alex Rodriguez courted prostitutes here while still married to Cynthia, alleges Manhattan madam Kristin Davis.
  • Days Inn: Gov. David Paterson went the budget route
... More »

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John Edwards • New York City • John F. Kennedy • Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • Kathie Lee Gifford • hotel • Marilyn Monroe • adultery • Kristin Davis • cheating • David Paterson • hotels • Rielle Hunter • Bernard Madoff • Sheryl Weinstein

(Newser) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the 88-year-old sister of John F. Kennedy and the founder of the Special Olympics, died at Cape Cod Hospital early today, the Wall Street Journal reports. Shriver had been in critical condition for a week. Inspired by the struggles of her mentally disabled sister Rosemary, Shriver spent... More »

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John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • death • Cape Cod • Special Olympics • women's issues • Eunice Shriver

Non-Appreciation

 Rot in Hell, Mr. McNamara 


Jul 7, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - At long last, Robert Strange McNamara has “shuffled off to join LBJ and Dick Nixon in the 7th level of hell,” writes journalist and author Joseph Galloway, who couldn’t be more pleased. “McNamara was the original bean-counter—a man who knew the cost of everything but... More »

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Vietnam • Lyndon Johnson • John F. Kennedy • defense secretary • appreciation • Robert McNamara

(Newser) - Jacqueline Kennedy’s four-year love affair with RFK was so intense that it was she, rather than his wife, who made the decision to turn off his life support after he was shot, according to Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story, which hits shelves this month. The New ... More »

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John F. Kennedy • sex • affair • biography • Robert F. Kennedy • Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis • lover

OBITUARY

 Vietnam Architect 
 Robert McNamara 
 Dead at 93 

Kennedy appointee held post during Vietnam war

Jul 6, 09 8:44 AM CDT
(AP) - Robert S. McNamara, who presided over the escalation of the Vietnam War as Defense secretary under presidents Kennedy and Johnson, died at his home this morning after a period of failing health, his wife told the AP. He was 93. Known as a policymaker with a fixation for statistical analysis,... More »

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Vietnam • John F. Kennedy • obituary • defense secretary • Robert McNamara

(Newser) - As Barack Obama arrives in Moscow for his toughest diplomatic challenge since taking office, the Guardian looks back on earlier US-Russia showdowns to gauge who had the upper hand.
  • Kennedy vs. Khrushchev, 1961: The ultimate cold war summit, shadowed by the space race and the Berlin Wall. A draw,
... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • John F. Kennedy • Richard Nixon • Mikhail Gorbachev • Ronald Reagan • Russian president • George W. Bush • Nikita Khrushchev • Leonid Brezhnev

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Rihanna, Chris 
 Want to Get Closer 

Plus, director dishes on 'handsome' JFK, and more

Jun 26, 09 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna doesn’t want any protection from Chris Brown—the pair think the court’s no-contact clause is “unnecessary and ridiculous,” a source tells the New York Daily News, adding that even though “they aren't looking to hook back up,” they’re “solid” now as... More »

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entertainment • John F. Kennedy • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • Eliot Spitzer • assault • Rihanna • Nora Ephron • Chris Brown

 Jackie, Bobby Had Affair: Book 

Neighbors claim to have seen frisking; experts decry

Jun 25, 09 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jackie Kennedy turned to the arms of brother-in-law Bobby after John F. Kennedy’s assassination—or so a Kennedy biographer claims in Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story, out July 14. C. David Heymann alluded to such claims in two previous books, the New York Daily News reports, but Kennedy... More »

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John F. Kennedy • sex • affair • biography • Robert F. Kennedy • Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis • lover • Marlon Brando

(Newser) - Federal authorities are on the case after a Pennsylvania paper ran a classified ad that appears to call for the assassination of President Obama, Editor & Publisher reports. “May Obama follow in the footsteps of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley & Kennedy!” the ad read. Those presidents were assassinated in... More »

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newspaper • Secret Service • John F. Kennedy • Pennsylvania • assassination • Abraham Lincoln • classified ads • President Obama • James Garfield • William McKinley

(Newser) - The former lover of John F. Kennedy exposed in 2003 has a deal with Random House to write a memoir, the New York Times reports. Mimi Beardsley worked as a White House intern and had an 18-month affair with the president from 1962 to 1963, starting when she was... More »

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John F. Kennedy • president • memoir • Random House • extramarital affair • JFK • Mimi Beardsley • lover

GLOSSIES




 Dietrich Was 
 Camelot's 
 Other Woman 

Sex siren enjoyed long-running affair with Kennedys

Feb 18, 09 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Marlene Dietrich had a peculiar effect on many of the world’s most accomplished and respected men: She turned them into bumbling adolescents. But the German screen siren, who entranced everyone from Frank Sinatra to Adlai Stevenson, enjoyed a special relationship with Ambassador Joseph Kennedy when their families summered together... More »

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John F. Kennedy • Joe Kennedy • Camelot • extramarital affair • actress

 10 Obscure Inauguration Tidbits 

Which president was forgotten at his successor's ceremony?

Jan 18, 09 12:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Ahead of Tuesday’s inauguration, the Chicago Tribune compiles a list of the 10 best little known facts about ceremonies past.
  • George Washington had to borrow money to attend his own inauguration.
  • No, William Henry Harrison’s long-winded, “fatal” speech on a chilly morning in 1841 didn’
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Washington DC • John F. Kennedy • inauguration • Ulysses Grant • former presidents • Dwight Eisenhower • George Washington • Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

 Obama Pitches Public 
 Service—On the Net 

USAService.org connects volunteers to projects

Jan 16, 09 3:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama, like John F. Kennedy before him, has issued a call to service in a novel medium. For Kennedy it was television, and Obama, unsurprisingly, is using the Internet to drum up volunteerism, Time reports. USAService.org allows willing citizens to find projects, or even organize them, and... More »

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Barack Obama • Internet • John F. Kennedy • volunteerism • volunteer • public service • President Obama

 Inauguration 
 Announcer 
 Been at Mic 
 Since Ike 

Brotman, 81, thinks Obama's may be most spectacular

Jan 16, 09 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Charlie Brotman, the octogenarian MC stationed closest to the presidential reviewing stand during Tuesday’s Inaugural Parade, has had a front-row seat to history since 1957, when he was chosen to announce President Eisenhower’s, USA Today reports. Brotman expects Barack Obama’s inauguration will be the most spectacular ever.... More »

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Barack Obama • Washington DC • John F. Kennedy • Ronald Reagan • inauguration • Dwight Eisenhower • Inauguration Day • inaugural parade • Charlie Brotman

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