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NEWS ABOUT: Special Olympics

Special Olympics stories: 10 news summaries

 'Trailblazer' 
 Shriver Laid to Rest 

Special Olympian: she was 'Queen of humanity'

Aug 14, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - At today's funeral Mass for Eunice Kennedy Shriver, daughter Maria called her a “trailblazer” who “was scary smart and not afraid to show it,” the Cape Cod Times reports. Oprah Winfrey, Stevie Wonder, Joe Biden, and Arnold Schwarzenegger attended the private service for the Special Olympics founder... More »

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Joe Biden • Arnold Schwarzenegger • obituary • Massachusetts • Oprah Winfrey • mass • Stevie Wonder • Cape Cod • Kennedy family • memorial service • Maria Shriver • Special Olympics • Eunice Shriver

 Mourners Honor 
 Eunice Kennedy Shriver 

Hundreds honor founder of Special Olympics

Aug 13, 09 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Several hundred people mourned Eunice Kennedy Shriver at a wake today in Massachusetts, the Cape Cod Times reports. Husband Sargent Shriver, daughter Maria, and son-in-law Arnold Schwarzenegger were joined by family, friends, and others appreciative of Shriver’s advocacy for the disabled through the Special Olympics. "Eunice's life was... More »

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Arnold Schwarzenegger • funeral • Cape Cod • Maria Shriver • wake • Special Olympics • Eunice Shriver

(Newser) - Not too long ago the mentally disabled—or "retarded" people, as we called them then—were often hidden away in medical institutions, neglected by their families, and subjected to horrific policies such as forced sterilization. Eunice Kennedy Shriver changed all that with the Special Olympics, which started in her... More »

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disabled • obituary • civil rights • Kennedy family • Special Olympics • Eunice Shriver

(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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John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • death • Cape Cod • Special Olympics • women's issues • Eunice Shriver

(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

Palin Rips Obama for
Special Olympics Comment

Governor shocked by president's 'degrading' quip

Mar 21, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has waded into the fray over President Obama's Special Olympics clunker, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The Alaska governor, whose youngest son has been diagnosed with Down Syndrome, said she was shocked to hear Obama say his bad bowling "was like the Special Olympics." She called... More »

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Barack Obama • Sarah Palin • bowling • Special Olympics • President Obama

Special Olympics Champ Challenges First Bowler

He's confident he can outroll the President

Mar 20, 09 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kolan McConiughey says he’s confident he can beat Barack Obama in a bowling matchup, despite the president’s recent improvement to a score of 129. The Special Olympics champion, who has three perfect games on his record and averages 266, tells TMZ that "he’s cool, but he... More »

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bowling • Special Olympics • President Obama • Kolan McConiughey

Apologetic Obama Invites Special Olympic Athletes

He reaches out after gaffe on Leno

Mar 20, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of the Special Olympics said today that Barack Obama called to apologize for his cringe-inducing gaffe on the Tonight Show, even before the episode aired last night, the AP reports. "He apologized in a way that was very moving," Tim Shriver told ABC. "He expressed... More »

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Barack Obama • Tonight Show • Kennedy family • Special Olympics • Tim Shriver

 Prez Trips Up 
 With Special 
 Olympics Gaffe 

Major flak expected for Tonight Show quip on his clutzy bowling

Mar 20, 09 2:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is expected to be zinged by critics today after a quip he made about his bad bowling and the Special Olympics during the taping of yesterday's Tonight Show appearance, ABC News reports. "I scored a 129," the president said when Jay Leno asked him if the... More »

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Barack Obama • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Tonight Show • gaffe • Special Olympics • President Obama

ANALYSIS

Wrong, Lefties: Palin Didn't Cut Special Olympics Dollars

Declining huge budget increase, Alaska Gov. authorized 10% boost instead

Sep 29, 08 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin did not cut funding to the Special Olympics in Alaska, as many have said, professors Warren Throckmorton and Paul Kengor write in the National Review. In fact, this year she approved an increase in funding, from $250,000 to $275,000. Lawmakers had asked for $550,000, perhaps... More »

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Alaska • Keith Olbermann • National Review • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Special Olympics • liberal media

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