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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Ted Kennedy

Ted Kennedy stories: 205 news summaries

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(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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tribute roundup

 Byrd: Rename 
 Health Bill 
 for Kennedy 


Aug 26, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senator Robert Byrd wants his colleagues to honor Ted Kennedy by renaming health care legislation in his honor, Politico reports. “As a tribute to his commitment to his ideals, let us stop the shouting and name calling,” said Byrd, 92, himself in poor health. "My heart and... More »

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(Newser) - Over the years, Ted Kennedy relied a lot on his wives, first Joan Bennett and then Vicki Reggie, and the two women couldn’t have been more different, writes Martha Moore of the USA Today. Joan, one of the celebrated Camelot-era Kennedy wives, was reserved and troubled, but it... More »

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 Biden Chokes Up 
 in Kennedy Tribute 

Discusses 'friend,' 'anchor' at energy department event

Aug 26, 09 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - At an energy department event today, Vice President Biden departed from the planned topic for an emotional speech on his “friend” and “anchor” Ted Kennedy, ABC News reports. Kennedy, with whom Biden served as a senator for 36 years, “made everybody he worked with bigger, both his... More »

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Joe Biden • Ted Kennedy • vice president • speech • political dynasty • tribute • remembrance

(Newser) - Barack Obama said he was "heartbroken" to learn of the death of Ted Kennedy, whom the president called “one of the greatest senators of our time but also one of the most accomplished Americans ever to serve our democracy," in an appearance on Martha's Vineyard, where the... More »

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Barack Obama • Senate • Ted Kennedy • Kennedy family • senator • US Senate

SLIDESHOW

 Ted Kennedy: A Life in Pictures 


Aug 26, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy's office wrote about 2,500 bills during his nearly half-century of service, points out the Boston Globe, more than 300 of which have become law. But when it comes to illustrating highlights, a picture speaks a thousand words. Click on the image box to the left for... More »

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Ted Kennedy • obituary • political dynasty • US Senate • women's issues

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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(Newser) - While Ted Kennedy fought cancer, his absence damaged the health care battle he called the "cause of my life"—but his death may draw a wellspring of support for reform, reports Reuters. An outpouring of affection for him could find its expression in passage of the kind of... More »

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(Newser) - Ted Kennedy's Senate seat will likely remain vacant until early next year, reports CBS News. Massachusetts law specifies that a special election be scheduled between 145 and 160 days from now, and doesn't allow Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint an interim successor. Kennedy himself urged Massachusetts legislators in a recent... More »

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 Camelot Slips Away 
 With Kennedy 

No one appears ready to take up the torch

Aug 26, 09 4:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - A fabled political dynasty sputtered with last night's passing of Sen. Ted Kennedy, who left no heir apparent in the powerhouse family. Though several younger generation Kennedys are active in civic life, none packs the punch of the senator or his famous brothers. "There seems to be no one... More »

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OBITUARY

 Ted Kennedy Dead at 77 


Aug 26, 09 1:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy, patriarch of one of the most powerful political dynasties in American history and long-time liberal lion of the Democratic Party, died late last night at his Massachusetts home in Hyannis Port, reports the New York Times. “We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and... More »

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Ted Kennedy • obituary • Massachusetts • Democratic Party • political dynasty • JFK • women's issues • Kennedy • Hyannis Port

(Newser) - John McCain and Orrin Hatch's recent kind words about Ted Kennedy's ability to negotiate across the aisle "would be touching as hell if they weren't total bull," Rick Ungar writes on True/Slant. Ungar shames the GOP senators for praising Kennedy's skills of reaching consensus while themselves refusing to... More »

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(Newser) - Edward Kennedy’s terminal illness has become a powerful symbol in the health care debate, Politico reports, though not necessarily in the way the Massachusetts senator would like. Although Kennedy recently wrote that he wants all Americans “to get the same treatment that US senators are entitled to,”... More »

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TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Mullen: 
 Afghan 
 Security 
 'Serious,' 
 'Disintegrating' 

Arizona sen. says he warned Qaddafi and that Senate feels Kennedy's absence

Aug 23, 09 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs today acknowledged waning public support for the war in Afghanistan, but cautioned that the threat of extremist takeover is real, reports Politico. The security situation is "pretty bad right now and getting worse," Adm. Mike Mullen told NBC's Meet the Press. With... More »

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Kennedy Urges Mass. Leaders
to Fill His Senate Seat Quickly

Looking ahead to his death, health care vote

Aug 20, 09 5:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a letter indirectly invoking his own terminal illness and the current health care debate, Ted Kennedy has urged Massachusetts leaders to take special measures to make sure the state won't lack a Senate vote when his seat becomes vacant, the Boston Globe reports. Kennedy called for the governor to... More »

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(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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(Newser) - Eunice Shriver, the 88-year-old sister of Sen. Ted Kennedy, is in intensive care in a Massachusetts hospital, the Cape Cod Times reports. The Special Olympics founder has been in the hospital for a week and is in critical but stable condition. Her family, including daughter Maria Shriver and son-in-law... More »

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Arnold Schwarzenegger • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • Cape Cod • Maria Shriver • hospitalization • Special Olympics • intensive care unit • Eunice Shriver • Sargent Shriver

(Newser) - Connecticut Republicans protesting health care reform outside a Chris Dodd event yesterday mocked the senator with references to his newly diagnosed cancer, reports Talking Points Memo. “How come we just don't give Chris Dodd painkillers?” one shouted. “Like a handful of them at a time! He can wash... More »

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Ted Kennedy • Connecticut • Chris Dodd • painkiller • health care reform • whiskey • protesters • pills • Scotch

(Newser) - This year's Medal of Freedom recipients share a capacity to change the world, President Obama said today in naming the eclectic group. Among the 16 honorees are Sen. Ted Kennedy, slain gay-rights activist Harvey Milk, actor Sidney Poitier, tennis great Billie Jean King, and retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day... More »

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Sidney Poitier • Senate • Stephen Hawking • Desmond Tutu • tennis • Ted Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • civil rights • Presidential Medal of Freedom • US Supreme Court • US Senate • Billie Jean King • Jack Kemp • President Obama • Harvey Milk • Nancy Goodman Brinker • Pedro Jose Greer • Joseph Lowery • Joseph Medicine Crow • Chita Rivera • Mary Robinson • Janet Davison Rowley • Muhammad Yunus

(Newser) - After fighting for universal health care for 46 years, brain cancer has forced Sen. Ted Kennedy to lead the final charge from his sickbed, reports the Los Angeles Times. From his Cape Cod home, Kennedy, 77, watches Washington hearings online, and will cast his vote on healthcare reform on the... More »

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