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  • June 2008

    • A Bridge By Any Other Name? Triborough No More

      New York Times  |  Jun 6, 08 12:17 PM CDT

      A Bridge By Any Other Name? Triborough No More

      (Newser) - New York’s Triborough Bridge will soon be no more. Gov. Patterson is expected to sign a law renaming the landmark the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. But will anyone actually call it that? “It connects three boroughs,” one skeptical Manhattanite told the New York Times . “That’s self-explanatory. I expect people will keep calling it Triborough for a long time.” More »

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      New York City  • New York  • Robert F. Kennedy  • David Patterson

    • 40 Years Later, RFK's Children Remember

      New York Times  |  Jun 5, 08 9:29 AM CDT

      40 Years Later, RFK's Children Remember

      (Newser) - To mark the anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination, 40 years ago today, the New York Times offers vignettes from three of his children—Kerry Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy II, and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend—of life with their father. For Kerry, RFK was the arbiter of fairness, whose teachings in the home mirrored his nationwide calling for "courage, love, and an abiding commitment to justice." More »

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      assassination  • family  • Robert F. Kennedy  • Kennedy family  • Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

    • Questions Linger About Sirhan Sirhan

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jun 3, 08 12:04 PM CDT

      Questions Linger About Sirhan Sirhan

      (Newser) - Sirhan Sirhan, convicted of assassinating Robert Kennedy 40 years ago this week, remains behind bars in California. Police at the time called the killing an open-and-shut case, but over the years so many have expressed doubts about the prosecution's version of events that the investigation may yet be reopened. The San Francisco Chronicle scrutinizes the records. More »

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      assassination  • Robert F. Kennedy  • conspiracy theory  • assassin

  • May 2008

    • Fox News Guest Jokes About Killing Obama

      Editor & Publisher  |  May 26, 08 2:10 PM CDT

      Fox News Guest Jokes About Killing Obama

      (Newser) - A Fox News analyst yesterday laughingly suggested on the air that Barack Obama be "knocked off." Commenting on Hillary Clinton's recent remarks about RFK's assassination, Liz Trotta referred to "what some are reading as a suggestion that somebody knock off Osama, uh Obama—well, both, if we could." She apologized today for her "lame attempt at humor." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Obama 2008  • assassination  • Fox News  • Robert F. Kennedy

    • Hillary's Killer RFK Quote Stuns Pundits

      New York Daily News  |  May 24, 08 3:10 PM CDT

      Hillary's Killer RFK Quote Stuns Pundits

      (Newser) - Hillary’s RFK gaffe certainly has people talking—and most aren’t being too kind. Michael Goodwin of the New York Daily News calls it “an X-ray of a very dark soul” that considers murder just another strategic possibility. Hillary has shot her chance at being vice president, he writes: “She doesn’t deserve to be elected dog catcher anywhere now.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Democratic nomination  • Clinton 2008  • apology  • opinion  • Robert F. Kennedy

    • On RFK, Clinton Should Have Known Better

      Washington Post  |  May 24, 08 10:25 AM CDT

      On RFK, Clinton Should Have Known Better

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton used history to make a point, but her RFK gaffe provides a valuable lesson for those studying it: “There are taboos in presidential politics, and this is one of the biggest,” Libby Copeland writes in the Washington Post . Clinton has apologized for referring to the assassination in her rationale for staying in the race, but her comments “broke a double taboo,” because many fear Obama’s race makes him a bigger target. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Democratic nomination  • apology  • Robert F. Kennedy

    • The Youngest Brother Is His Own Man

      Washington Post  |  May 21, 08 2:24 PM CDT

      The Youngest Brother Is His Own Man

      (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 different stuff than theirs—not so much brilliance and charisma, but effectiveness, admired on both sides of the aisle, at making government work. More »

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

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