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NEWS ABOUT: John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy stories: 66 news summaries

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OPINiON

The Youngest Brother Is
His Own Man

Yes, he's a Kennedy,
but Ted is loved for effectiveness, not flash

May 21, 08 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy's malignant brain tumor adds yet another chapter to the tragic epic of the Kennedy clan, Robert Kaiser writes in the Washington Post. The youngest of Joe Kennedy's sons got a huge boost from his older brothers when he entered politics, Kaiser notes, but he built his legacy of... More »

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Senate • John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • tumor • Robert F. Kennedy • senator • brain cancer

OPINION

 Goldwater Vs. JFK Echoes in '08 

Obama vs. McCain recalls race that never happened in '64

May 21, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The coming Obama/McCain matchup is an echo of another presidential bout, David Talbot writes for Salon—one that never happened between JFK and Barry Goldwater in 1964. Then as now, a young idealist takes on a seasoned ex-soldier over negotiation with hostile governments, to debate a fundamental question of whether... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • John F. Kennedy • Barry Goldwater • assassination • Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • presidential election • appeasement

ANALYSIS

Like Lincoln and JFK, Obama Is on a New Channel

But 'fickle' Internet could 'stall his agenda as president'

May 17, 08 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lincoln, FDR, JFK... Obama? So runs the line of US leaders who have ruled by harnessing new communication technologies. Obama's mastery of the Web echoes Lincoln's use of newspapers, FDR's use of radio and JFK's use of television. Obama vows to put the Oval Office online if he wins, but... More »

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Barack Obama • Internet • presidency • democracy • John F. Kennedy • communication • Obama 2008 • Abraham Lincoln • Franklin D. Roosevelt • online activism

OPINION

Dowd to Obama: Don't Blow Off
W. Va. Loss

Gotta fight for these voters before bias is
'set in concrete'

May 14, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama may have the nomination all but wrapped up, but that doesn’t mean his electoral problems are over, Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times—and feigning indifference that the Mountain State gave him a raspberry last night isn't a winning strategy. If Obama wants to capture... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John F. Kennedy • blue-collar vote • West Virginia primary

See Jimi Get Experienced
for $39.95

Guitar hero is intimate with two foxy ladies on disputed sex tape

Apr 29, 08 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eleven minutes of footage showing a man having sex with two women have been packaged into a 45-minute Jimi Hendrix experience by a porn company notorious for releasing tapes of exposed celebrities. Whether it's actually the 1960s guitar hero is contested: Vivid Entertainment relies on private detectives and Hendrix acquaintances—... More »

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John F. Kennedy • Jimi Hendrix • memorabilia • sex tape • Frank Sinatra

Book review

Politicians: They're
All Crazy

Blair, Bush, JFK all went nuts, argues ex-doctor and politician

Apr 15, 08 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s no wonder George W. Bush and Tony Blair messed up in Iraq: They were crazy. At least that’s ex-British politician David Owen’s belief. In his new book, In Sickness and in Power, the ex-doctor explores the health of leaders throughout time. Bush and Blair were... More »

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Tony Blair • John F. Kennedy • mental illness • book reviews • leadership • book • George W. Bush • David Owen

 Secret
 Monroe
 Porn
 Fetches
 $1.5M 

FBI once thought it tied to JFK

Apr 14, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A copy of an FBI-classified Marilyn Monroe sex tape quietly surfaced last month and sold for $1.5 million, reports the New York Post. The 15 minutes of silent footage, which the anonymous New York buyer plans to keep private so as not to make a “Paris Hilton out... More »

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FBI • John F. Kennedy • Marilyn Monroe • classified information • Joe DiMaggio • sex tape • J. Edgar Hoover • Robert F. Kennedy

OPINION

 Lieberman Dem in Name Only  

Former VP nominee takes GOP line in describing party's change

Mar 31, 08 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Lieberman is several months into his job as John McCain’s wingman, but, writing in Time, Michael Scherer sees shades of 2004 turncoat Zell Miller in the Connecticut independent's anti-Democrat tone. Scherer hears a “Republican general election argument” in Lieberman's claim the Dems are ruled “by a... More »

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John McCain • John F. Kennedy • Joe Lieberman • Democratic Party • Zell Miller • Republican National Convention

Pop Culture Gems to Hit
Vegas Auction Block

Gun that killed JFK assassin, Superman suit among items slated for Vegas auction

Mar 2, 08 4:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Indiana Jones' whip. The gun that killed JFK's assassin. Madonna's Like a Virgin wedding dress. All are up for grabs at a massive memorabilia auction scheduled for March 15-16 in Las Vegas, Reuters reports. Billed as the best pop-culture collection ever assembled, the 850-lot treasure trove could fetch more than... More »

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television • music • Hollywood • Las Vegas • John F. Kennedy • Lee Harvey Oswald • John Lennon • pop culture • auction • Elizabeth Taylor • Christopher Reeve • movies

Political Cartoons No Longer Front and Center

Power of the pen left behind in 20th century

Mar 1, 08 8:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Political cartoons remain, but they lost front page power and heft long ago, says U.S. News & World Report. Cartoonists like Thomas Nast could once sway elections—Ulysses S. Grant credited Nast's pencil to helping him win the presidency—but the ranks of full-time pen-and-paper satirists have thinned... More »

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newspaper • politics • John F. Kennedy • presidential politics • Richard Nixon • magazine • editorial cartoons • Doonesbury • Abraham Lincoln • Thomas Nast • Ulysses Grant • Gary Trudeau

Family, DNA Cast Doubt on JFK Love Child

His mother says she never met Kennedy;
hair sample no match

Mar 1, 08 11:43 AM CST
(Newser) - A Texas-born investment banker's claim to be the love child of JFK is suddenly looking far less credible. The person who would know—his mom—says she never met John F. Kennedy, or any Kennedys for that matter, ABC News reports. Jack Worthington's reputable career and resemblance to Kennedy has... More »

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Texas • Canada • Lyndon Johnson • John F. Kennedy • paternity test • love child • Kennedy family • Jack Worthington

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

How US Tried to Whack Castro

CIA devised creative means to remove Cuban president

Feb 21, 08 2:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Despite several assassination attempts against Fidel Castro, the Cuban president stepped down Tuesday on his own terms. The CIA came up with at least eight sometimes-kooky ways to oust the leader, CNN reports, most of which were not carried out:
  • Chemical attack on the air of his radio station.
... More »

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CIA • Lyndon Johnson • Fidel Castro • Cuba • John F. Kennedy • list • assassination attempt • James Donovan

OPINION

Three Takes on How He's Doing

Scribes at odds over where Obama registers on wonky scale

Feb 20, 08 3:08 PM CST
(Newser) - More than ever, Barack Obama looks the Democratic front-runner—and pundits are focusing on chinks in his armor:
  • After much difficulty working policy into his “soaring oratory,” the New Republic's Jonathan Cohn writes, Obama recently found the right balance—but now “he may be getting a
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John 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

Canada Man Says He's JFK's Son

Alleged love child wants DNA compared

Feb 14, 08 3:42 AM CST
(Newser) - A Vancouver man is claiming he's John F. Kennedy's son and he wants the Kennedy clan to supply some DNA so he can prove it. Jack Worthington was born on November 22, 1961—exactly two years before JFK was assassinated in Dallas. The alleged presidential love child says his Texan... More »

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Canada • John F. Kennedy • Vancouver • Kennedy family

Ted Kennedy to Endorse Obama

Critical nod a new blow to Clinton ahead of Super Duper Tuesday

Jan 27, 08 1:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy, the heir to his slain brothers' Camelot ideal, will endorse Barack Obama's bid for the Oval Office tomorrow, the Boston Globe reports, ending his year-long seat on the fence and giving the candidate's surging chances a second Kennedy boost in a day. The Democratic godfather's coveted nod is... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • Camelot • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • endorsement • Kennedy family • political endorsement • Robert F. Kennedy

OPINION

Why Obama
Is No JFK

Comparisons fail to note fellow senator's experience on
world stage

Jan 8, 08 5:10 PM CST
(Newser) - The election of a charismatic 43-year-old president nearly a half-century ago may indeed represent a precedent for Barack Obama's upstart candidacy, but Ted Widmer notes in Washington Monthly that JFK had something Barack can’t boast: a substantial foreign policy record. Born into world affairs, Kennedy was in the room... More »

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Barack Obama • United Nations • Europe • John F. Kennedy • foreign policy

Fateful 1963 Xmas Card Missing on Tour

Greeting never sent out after JFK assassination

Dec 22, 07 7:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Visitors on a White House Christmas tour have noticed something missing—a rare 1963 greeting card that John F. Kennedy signed before his fateful trip to Dallas, Reuters reports. President and Jacquelyn Kennedy signed fewer than 30 of the cards, which were never sent out. "They are the most... More »

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White House • Lyndon Johnson • John F. Kennedy • Christmas • White House visitors

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