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Hub fans bid 'Teddy' adieu

Aug. 27, 2009
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was as familiar a local figure in Boston as a city councilor from Southie.
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BOSTON, May 23 (UPI) -- Friends of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy tell a Boston newspaper he has no plans to give up his seat to his wife.

J.F. Kennedy's sister Patricia dies at 82

NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and ex-wife of actor Peter Lawford, Patricia Kennedy Lawford has died in New York at the age of 82.

Joan Kennedy battles breast cancer

BOSTON, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Recovering alcoholic Joan Kennedy underwent a lumpectomy Tuesday in her latest battle -- breast cancer, The Boston Herald reported.

Joan Kennedy fights guardianship

BARNSTABLE, Mass., April 9 (UPI) -- The alcohol-fueled collapse of Joan Kennedy in Boston has pitted the ex-wife of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., against her three children.

Kennedy's daughter has cancer surgery

BOSTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Kara Kennedy, 42, the second of Sen. Edward Kennedy's three children, recuperated Friday from surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from her lung. One of the Massachusetts Democrat's sons, Ted Jr., lost a leg to cancer in 1973.

Kennedy opposes Bush war powers

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D Mass., stated his opposition to a Senate resolution that would give President George W. Bush immediate powers to attack Iraq. In an in

Sen. Kennedy rekindles healthcare debate

WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- Senator Edward Kennedy announced Tuesday he has introduced healthcare legislation in the Senate to expand the ranks of the insured and help trim healthcare costs, adding he intends to introduce additional legislation calling for universal coverage by the

Anthrax found in Kennedy, Dodd offices

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) --

Scare closes Kennedy's Boston office

BOSTON, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- A "threatening letter" forced the closing of the Boston office of Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Kennedy said all his staffers have been examined for ant
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch