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NEWS ABOUT: Joe Kennedy

Joe Kennedy stories: 10 news summaries
OPINION

 Hey, Kennedys! 
 'Enough With the Entitlement' 

Dukakis would have been a better choice for Mass. and Patrick

Sep 24, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy’s seat “is not a Kennedy seat anymore.” His wife could have run. Or his nephew Joe. They chose not to. So why did Massachusetts' governor bow to the wishes of a now-defunct dynasty when choosing a replacement for the late senator? “Enough, finally, with... More »

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Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • Joe Kennedy • Michael Dukakis • Deval Patrick • US Senate • political appointment • Senate seat • Vicki Kennedy • Paul Kirk

 Joe K Won't Run 
 to Succeed Teddy 

Joseph Kennedy II says he'd rather work for 'social justice' in private sector

Sep 7, 09 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Kennedy II will not run for his late uncle’s US Senate seat, the Boston Herald reports. In a post on the website of his charity Citizens Energy, the former congressman says he prefers to pursue social justice through the private sector rather than electoral politics. The announcement means... More »

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Senate • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • Joe Kennedy • Robert F. Kennedy • Victoria Reggie Kennedy • US Senate

Joe Kennedy's Links to Chávez Could Hobble Senate Bid

Venezuelan oil funds Joe II's charity

Sep 6, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Kennedy II’s chance of winning his uncle’s Senate seat may be complicated by his ties Hugo Chávez, the Boston Herald reports. Joe II’s Citizens Energy charity, which delivers oil to needy US households, is almost completely dependent on the Venezuelan leader’s largesse. Over the... More »

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Venezuela • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • Joe Kennedy • crude oil • Hugo Chávez

 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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Ted Kennedy • Joe Kennedy • Camelot • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • JFK assassination • JFK • Robert Kennedy

GLOSSIES

 Kennedy Drinking Again: Book 

Family fighting over Lion's legacy

May 5, 09 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy’s grim health prognosis has driven him to drink, according to Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died, a new book from longtime Kennedy scribe Edward Klein. In an excerpt in Vanity Fair, Klein says Kennedy’s wife moved him to Florida after the seizure because his Hyannis... More »

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alcohol • Ted Kennedy • Joe Kennedy • alcohol abuse • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • political dynasty • Victoria Reggie Kennedy

GLOSSIES




 Dietrich Was 
 Camelot's 
 Other Woman 

Sex siren enjoyed long-running affair with Kennedys

Feb 18, 09 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Marlene Dietrich had a peculiar effect on many of the world’s most accomplished and respected men: She turned them into bumbling adolescents. But the German screen siren, who entranced everyone from Frank Sinatra to Adlai Stevenson, enjoyed a special relationship with Ambassador Joseph Kennedy when their families summered together... More »

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John F. Kennedy • Joe Kennedy • Camelot • extramarital affair • actress

Caroline's Piece of Camelot Worth Upward of $100M

Kennedy, extremely wealthy, holds much of the Kennedy family empire

Dec 24, 08 8:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Democrats may be right to be concerned that a Caroline Kennedy Senate appointment would make them look elitist, reports the New York Daily News in an analysis of public records that pegs the Kennedy scion's worth at a $100 million minimum. Though her financial records are held tightly, she’s... More »

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Joe Kennedy • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • Kennedy family

 Caroline: UK Ambassador?

If Obama wins, Kennedy gets Ambassadorship in London

Aug 22, 08 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Should Barack Obama win the presidency, he will reward Caroline Kennedy’s efforts by appointing her ambassador to Great Britain, predicts the Mandrake gossip column in London's Daily Telegraph. The payback would place JFK’s only surviving child in the position once held by her grandfather, patriarch Joe. He shot... More »

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Barack Obama • London • Joe Kennedy • Britain • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • Barack Obama supporters • political endorsement • ambassador • Obama administration

Veteran Pitcher
Joe Kennedy Dead at 28

Agent cites heart attack or brain aneurysm as possible cause

Nov 23, 07 3:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Major league pitcher Joe Kennedy died unexpectedly today while visiting the Tampa Bay area for a wedding. The cause of death is unknown, although his agent speculated that a brain aneurysm or heart attack may be responsible. Kennedy, 28, pitched for five major league teams in 7 years, finishing last... More »

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MLB • Toronto Blue Jays • obituary • Joe Kennedy • heart attack • Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Church Nixes Joe K's Annulment

Political scion's first marriage
just won't quit

Jun 20, 07 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Politics and religion collided today with the revelation by Joe Kennedy's ex-wife that the Catholic Church has reversed its decision to annul their marriage. Sheila Rauch Kennedy, an Episcopalian, tells Time that the process of invalidating her marriage to the ex-congressman was "dishonest, and it was important to stand... More »

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divorce • Catholic Church • marriage • Sheila Rauch Kennedy • Joe Kennedy • annulment

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