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6 hrs ago | Boston Globe

The race that snores

Could the campaign to fill our Senate seat be less exciting? Personally, I may never get over the absence of Marty Meehan's "war chest." This year's special election to replace the late Senator Edward Kennedy lacks many things -- time, charisma, an apparent point -- but what it lacks most obviously is the incredible pile of cash that the former ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Edward Kennedy, Democrat, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Folk, Mitt Romney

Sun Nov 29, 2009

Inside Bay Area

Thomas Peele: Justice Kennedy's hypocrisy on speech conditions is appalling

HYPOCRISY COMES IN many forms, but none are more appalling than when rule makers try to dodge the very rules they create.

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Related Topix: US News, Folk, US Supreme Court, Journalism, George Washington University, Public Relations, Opinion

Sat Nov 28, 2009

Post Tribune

Kennedy dispute reveals divide among Catholics

A bitter dispute over abortion that prompted Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop to ask Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Patrick Kennedy, Democrat, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Abortion, US Senate, Jack Reed, Edward Kennedy, Folk

The Victoria Star

Mountie watchdog won't be offered new term

The watchdog over the RCMP won't be invited back for another term, prompting one critic to accuse the government of muzzling him.

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Related Topix: Folk

Fri Nov 27, 2009

Providence Journal

Politics of religion: Kennedys and the Catholic Church

Members of the Kennedy family pose in 1967 with Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston at the christening of Patrick Joseph Kennedy, held by grandfather Joseph P. Kennedy and his niece, Ann Gargan.

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Related Topix: Folk, Boston Metro, US News, US Senate, Edward Kennedy, Democrat, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Patrick Kennedy, 2008 Presidential Election

About.com

When Politicians and Their Bishops Clash

"What does it mean to be a Catholic?" With those eight words, Thomas J. Tobin, the bishop of Rhode Island, summed up his recent dispute with Patrick J. Kennedy, a Democratic congressman from Rhode Island and a member of Bishop Tobin's flock.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, Patrick Kennedy, Folk, US Senate, Edward Kennedy

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Newsday.com

Kirk's low-key approach in Senate drawing notice

Even so, the stylish Massachusetts lawyer and former Democratic Party chairman has taken on such a low profile as Edward M. Kennedy 's successor that some worry he's hindering prospects for Kennedy's signal health care cause.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John Kerry, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, Folk, Boston University

Wed Nov 25, 2009

The Victoria Star

Kennedy's widow says husband made sure he had enough strength to attend Obama inauguration

The widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast Wednesday that even as her husband knew he was dying of brain cancer he had been "in training" to make sure he had enough strength to attend President Barack Obama's inauguration.

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Related Topix: Folk, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Entertainment, Television, Black Entertainment, Oprah Winfrey, Health, Brain Cancer, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Durham, NC

Morris Daily Herald

Soukup shares memory of JFK

His meeting in Chicago with then-President John F. Kennedy was among many thrills in a busy lifetime for Goose Lake resident Bob Soukup Sr.

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Related Topix: Folk, Illinois, Prison

Tue Nov 24, 2009

KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

Retired Photographer in Manitou Recalls Oswald/Ruby Photo

After having no film in his camera while President Kennedy was assassinated 46 years ago in Dallas, Bob Jackson was ready two days later when the assassin was killed.

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Related Topix: Folk

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Newsday.com

Kennedy dispute reveals divide among Catholics

Patrick Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion has revealed the depth of the divide among Catholics over how politicians should reconcile their faith with their public duties.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Abortion, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Patrick Kennedy, Democrat, US Senate, Jack Reed, Folk, Edward Kennedy

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

Kennedy says RI bishop banned him from Communion

Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressman's support for abortion rights, Kennedy said in a newspaper interview published Sunday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Patrick Kennedy, Democrat, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Providence Metro, Providence, RI, Orthodox Church, Folk

St. Petersburg Times

Grace Under Fire: Merriman Smith and JFK's Assassination

President John F. Kennedy slumps down in the back seat of the presidential limousine after being fatally shot in Dallas on Nov.

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Related Topix: Jacqueline Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Folk

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Poynter

announces publication of a new collection of newspaper pages

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - " Poynter has announced the publication of a new collection of newspaper pages, "The Kennedys: America's Front-Page Family." Starting in 1960 with John F. Kennedy's run for the presidency and ending with the death of Sen.

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Related Topix: Folk, St. Petersburg, FL, Tampa Metro, Education, Journalism

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Esquire

On the Anniversary of Kennedy's Death, Extremism Lives On

Getty Images A couple of years ago, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada told me something that shocked me, and that I will never forget.

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Related Topix: Folk, US Politics, US News, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat, George Washington University, Louie Gohmert, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tyler, TX

Thu Nov 19, 2009

National Journal

Kennedy's Passing, Markey's Backing Could Affect Wind Farm

Depending on what side you're on, Rep. Edward Markey 's recent endorsement of a controversial offshore wind farm off the Massachusetts coast is either a boon or a bane.

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Related Topix: Folk, Edward Markey, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Edward Kennedy, John Kerry

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Boston Globe

Kirk honors Byrd on Kennedy's behalf

It was somehow fitting that Senator Paul G. Kirk Jr. joined in the tributes today for Senator Robert Byrd, who became the longest-serving member of Congress ever.

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Related Topix: Folk, US Politics, US News, Robert Byrd, US Senate, Democrat, Edward Kennedy

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Valley News Live

Brother awarded emergency custody of murder victim's daughter

The attorney for Roy Gattuso and his wife say they have been granted temporary emergency custody of Kennedy Gattuso.

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Related Topix: Fargo, ND, Folk, Regan, ND

Kelowna Capital News

RCMP apologize for wrongful arrest

A neglected phone call by one police officer led to a Kelowna woman and her son being wrongfully arrested while out shopping.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Castanet.net

Kelowna cops issue apology

RCMP Superintendent, Bill McKinnon, has issued an apology to a Kelowna woman who was mistakenly arrested in an auto theft investigation.

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