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NEWS ABOUT: Ted Kennedy

Ted Kennedy stories: 205 news summaries

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Kennedy Memoir: 
Chappaquiddick
'Inexcusable'  

Senator writes openly of his worst moments

Sep 3, 09 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy tells of his anguish after Chappaquiddick in a memoir to be published this month, reports the New York Times, admitting that he "made terrible decisions" in the accident that killed his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. In True Compass, Kennedy deals unsparingly with the low points in... More »

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Ted Kennedy • memoir • autobiography • Chappaquiddick • Mary Jo Kopechne • Robert F. Kennedy

Red Sox Hero Schilling Won't Nix Run for Kennedy Seat

Retired pitcher has been vocal Republican supporter in recent elections

Sep 2, 09 7:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Curt Schilling, the volubly Republican All-Star pitcher who helped the Boston Red Sox end their 86-year World Series drought, has “been contacted” about a run to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, he tells NECN. “I do have some interest in the possibility,” Schilling, 42, writes on... More »

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 Teddy Jr.—Not Vicki—Is 
 Kennedy Pick for Senate  

Clan irked by focus on Teddy's wife, tensions grew in last days

Sep 2, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite the intense focus on Vicki Kennedy at her husband's funeral, Teddy Kennedy Jr. is the family’s choice to fill his late father’s Senate seat, Irish Central reports. Not only is she not a Kennedy, but conflict between her and the senator's powerful family escalated during his last... More »

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politics • Senate • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • Ted Kennedy Jr • Vicki Kennedy

OPINION

 Media Airbrush 
 Did Kennedy 
 No Favors: 
 Hitchens 

Camelot replay overshadowed real accomplishments, redemption

Aug 31, 09 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Kennedy “legacy” is not pretty, precisely because it requires so much media “airbrushing” to stay intact. “One of the many dreadful aspects,” Christopher Hitchens writes for Slate, “is the now-unbreakable grip of celebrity politics, image-doctoring, stage management, and ‘torch passing’ rhetoric in general.... More »

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media • Christopher Hitchens • Ted Kennedy • death • Chappaquiddick • Kennedy family • legacy • senator • US Senate • JFK • Edward Kennedy

 Hundreds Queue to 
 View Kennedy Grave 

'Like American royalty,' notes a visitor

Aug 31, 09 1:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of people lined up to be among the first visitors yesterday to the grave of Sen. Ted Kennedy, reports the Washington Post. Arlington National Cemetery closed after his funeral Saturday, and there was already a line when it re-opened at 8 yesterday morning. Some fanned themselves as they spoke... More »

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 Kennedy's Office Had 
 Gone to the Dogs 

Portuguese water dogs were a furry fixture of senator's office

Aug 30, 09 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy may have been the Senate's liberal lion, but his office was clearly no place for cats, reports Politico in a look at the three Portuguese water dogs that were fixtures in his Washington digs. The pooches provided a warm, furry presence amid what could be tense negotiations, and... More »

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Senate • Ted Kennedy • Capitol Hill • dog • Portuguese water hound • Portuguese water dog • dogs

TALk SHOW ROuNDUP


 Hatch: Vicki 
 'Ought to Be 
 Considered' 

Chris Dodd also supports making Ted Kennedy's widow interim senator

Aug 30, 09 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vicki Kennedy would be a good replacement for her late husband in the months before a special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat, Orrin Hatch told CNN’s State of the Union. “She’s a very brilliant lawyer, she’s a very solid individual,” Hatch said. “... More »

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Barack Obama • John Kerry • Ted Kennedy • Orrin Hatch • CNN • Maria Shriver

 Kennedy to Pope: Pray for Me 

Senator wrote letter delivered by Obama

Aug 30, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the months before he died, Ted Kennedy penned a letter to Pope Benedict beseeching the pontiff's prayers—and enlisted no less a messenger than the leader of the free world to deliver it, reports CNN. “I am writing with deep humility to ask that you pray for me... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Ted Kennedy • faith • Catholicism • prayer • Catholic • political dynasty • brain cancer • President Obama • letter

 Kennedy Laid to Rest 
 Near His Brothers 

Joe Biden joins Kennedy family for private ceremony

Aug 29, 09 8:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 15 members of the Kennedy clan gathered with Joe Biden today at the burial ceremony of Edward Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery, the Washington Post reports. An honor guard carried the senator's coffin to an area between two maple trees, near the graves of Kennedy's brothers, John and Robert.... More »

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 Unreleased Kennedy Memoir 
 Climbing Bestseller Lists 

True Compass will be released Sept. 14

Aug 29, 09 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy’s unreleased memoir, True Compass, is already creeping up the bestseller lists. Originally scheduled for 2010, it's been moved up to mid-September by publisher Hachette, which plans to ship 1.5 million copies to booksellers. Pre-orders have put True Compass at No. 9 on Amazon and... More »

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(Newser) - Ted Kennedy will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery today, but for many soldiers killed in Iraq or Afghanistan the wait for an Arlington burial is a lot longer, writes Mark Benjamin at Salon. Kennedy himself once intervened for a Massachusetts family who was told they’d have to wait... More »

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Ted Kennedy • Arlington National Cemetery • burial • cemetery

Sen. Vicki Kennedy? No Consensus on What's Next

Widow was deeply involved in Ted's political career

Aug 29, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - All agree that Vicki Kennedy turned around husband Ted’s life, but there is little consensus on where the 55-year-old widow will go from here, Politico reports. “All this stuff about her going to the Senate is completely wrong,” says longtime family adviser (and speechwriter) Bob Shrum. Indeed,... More »

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(Newser) - President Obama paid homage to the "greatest legislator of our time" today in his eulogy of Ted Kennedy—"the baby of the family who became its patriarch, the restless dreamer who became its rock." He ticked off the personal and public tragedies of Kennedy's life, "a... More »

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Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • funeral • senator • President Obama • eulogy

slideshow

 Kennedy Funeral in Photos 


Aug 29, 09 11:22 AM CDT
(AP) - Ted Kennedy received a final tribute today befitting his huge profile on the American political scene. President Obama, three former presidents, dozens of congressmen past and present, and celebrities ranging from Jack Nicholson to Tony Bennett attended the funeral at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston. Placido Domingo... More »

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Boston • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • funeral • senator

 In Politics and Love, 
 Vicki Rescued Ted 

Politically savvy wife brought long-sought happiness to senator

Aug 29, 09 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - As a love story and a political partnership, Ted Kennedy's relationship with wife Victoria defined the last decades of his life, the New York Times reports in a piece on the most powerful and politically savvy of the Kennedy wives. When the senator fell in love with banking lawyer Victoria... More »

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Obama Wouldn't Cover Kennedy: Huckabee

Says under Dem plan he'd be told to 'take pain pills and die'

Aug 29, 09 1:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Passing health care reform in Ted Kennedy’s honor “not only defies good taste, it defies logic,” Mike Huckabee declared yesterday. Adding his own take on Sarah Palin's death panel meme, he said that under Democratic health care proposals, Kennedy would have been told to “go home... More »

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Ted Kennedy • Mike Huckabee • euthanasia • rationing • health care reform • President Obama

 Bipartisan Crew Fetes 'Teddy' 
 
 

GOP senators McCain, Hatch join Dem stalwarts, Kennedy family at memorial

Aug 28, 09 9:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Politicians from both parties joined family and friends tonight in Boston, the Globe reports, to remember Sen. Ted Kennedy, who died Tuesday at 77. He was “the best ally you could have,” said Republican John McCain; GOP colleague Orrin Hatch said they were “like two fighting brothers.... More »

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John McCain • Joe Biden • John Kerry • Boston • Ted Kennedy • Orrin Hatch • Arlington National Cemetery • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • memorial service • John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

Aide: Obama Eulogy to Focus on Kennedy's Impact on US

President works into night on speech for Boston funeral

Aug 28, 09 8:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is still working on the eulogy he’ll deliver at Ted Kennedy’s funeral tomorrow in Boston, an aide tells Politico tonight. Though Obama will offer “a personal take on the senator as legislator, mentor, colleague, friend and family member,” the aide says, it’s “... More »

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Boston • Ted Kennedy • funeral • President Obama • eulogy • Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help • Edward Kennedy

Political Luminaries Arrive
to Celebrate Kennedy 

Biden, Kerry, McCain to speak in Boston

Aug 28, 09 5:23 PM CDT
(AP) - Now that the public has said goodbye to Sen. Edward Kennedy, a who's who of politics is converging on Boston for a private service featuring music, laughter, and, in all likelihood, calls to grant Kennedy's last political wish—health coverage for all Americans. The event, billed as "a celebration... More »

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(Newser) - Thousands more well-wishers flocked to the Kennedy Library in Boston today to pay their respects to Ted Kennedy, the Globe reports. Mourners stood in an eight-wide line that snaked back and forth throughout the parking lot. Among the mourners were several state lawmakers, a group from the Democratic Republic... More »

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Boston • Ted Kennedy • death • funeral • senator • Kennedy Library • US Senate • wake

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