Bill Clinton, Gov. Paterson attend ceremony at former Triborough to honor slain senator
NY1 Nov 19, 08 4:42 PM CST
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It’s official: The bridge formerly known as the Triborough was renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge today, NY1 reports. Michael Bloomberg, Bill Clinton, David Paterson and members of the Kennedy family attended the ceremony in Astoria, Queens, to honor the late senator from New York, who would have been 83 tomorrow; RFK was assassinated in 1968.
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New York landmark changing to RFK
New York Times Jun 6, 08 12:17 PM CDT
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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.”
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Three Kennedy kids recall father's empathy, justice
New York Times Jun 5, 08 9:29 AM CDT
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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."
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40 years on, conspiracy theorists still wonder about RFK's shooting
San Francisco Chronicle Jun 3, 08 12:04 PM CDT
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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.
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'Many of us are making mistakes,' journalist says in apologizing
Editor & Publisher May 26, 08 2:10 PM CDT
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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."
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Opinion
She shouldn't 'be elected dog catcher,' one gripes
New York Daily News May 24, 08 3:10 PM CDT
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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.”
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OPINION
Invoking opponent's killing 'sounds almost like wishful thinking'
Washington Post May 24, 08 10:25 AM CDT
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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.
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OPINiON
Yes, he's a Kennedy,
but Ted is loved for effectiveness, not flash
Washington Post May 21, 08 2:24 PM CDT
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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.
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FBI once thought it tied to JFK
New York Post Apr 14, 08 9:15 AM CDT
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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 of her,” features Monroe performing oral sex on a mystery man in the 1950s.
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Evoking memories
of King, Kennedys stirs anxieties over safety
New York Times Feb 25, 08 10:15 AM CST
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"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 candidates are bigger targets than others," ex-contender Gary Hart notes. "Any transition candidate or change candidate has a higher profile.”
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Materials include transcript that could fuel conspiracy theories
Dallas Morning News Feb 17, 08 5:35 PM CST
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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 .
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Critical nod a new blow to Clinton ahead of Super Duper Tuesday
Boston Globe Jan 27, 08 1:52 PM CST
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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 a crushing blow for longtime family friend Hillary Clinton just ahead of the critical Super Duper Tuesday contests.
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Democratic race offers a competing views of the presidency
New Yorker Jan 24, 08 11:29 AM CST
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The choice between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama boils down to two fundamentally different views of the presidency, writes the New Yorker's George Packer—the political pragmatism of Clinton or the inspiration of Obama. Clinton embraces nuts-and-bolts governance and scoffs at political naivety. Obama has a far more visionary view, and Packer finds that even some longtime Clinton backers can't resist.
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GMA's long-time reviewer succumbs
to colon cancer
Hole Card Blog Jun 30, 07 10:26 AM CDT
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Joel Siegel, the veteran film critic for Good Morning America known for concision and wit, died yesterday after a long battle with colon cancer. Siegel's good humor and enthusiasm for movies didn't stop him from delivering a well-aimed pan. "No one had more fun writing about a bad movie than Joel," one station manager told the AP.
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