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In this Aug.23, 1963, file photo, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., center, poses with his brothers U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, left, and President John F. Kennedy at the White House in Washington. The Cape Cod Times reported Nov. 27, 2017, that a hockey stick featuring the signatures of the three Kennedy brothers is now on display at a Cape Cod museum.
Stiltsville, a stubborn relic of Miami's less-glitzy past as a sun-soaked outpost, has survived Hurricane Irma's brutal winds and waves, much to the surprise of the landmark's caretakers and fans. Perched at the edge of sea grass flats where the turquoise waters of Biscayne Bay meet the dark and choppy Atlantic Ocean, the cluster of wooden shacks has no protection from killer storms.
So it goes that a subdued Einstein is a slower Einstein, robbed of original thought, his genius stolen away in the name of decorum. Whether the drug for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder would have transformed the German physicist into a dullard is a subject for researchers and activists to debate.
In January, 2001, newly inaugurated President George W. Bush invited U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy to the White House for movie night to watch Thirteen Days, which is about President John F. Kennedy's handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The point of the overture, however, was to appeal to Senator Kennedy to support "No Child Left Behind," not just to pop popcorn.
... are going well in Massachusetts so it shouldn't come as a shock that the governor's approval ratings are high. US News and World Report named Massachusetts the number one state to live in the country. The unemployment rate is low. The public schools ...
Arizona Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee with a well-known maverick streak that often vexes his GOP colleagues, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, his office said in a statement Wednesday. The 80-year-old lawmaker has glioblastoma, an aggressive cancer, according to doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, where McCain had a blood clot removed from above his left eye last Friday.
While William Hogan's name is not displayed across a building -- partly because the former chancellor didn't want to be the center of attention and deflected credit -- he certainly laid the foundation for success across campus. Hogan, known as the "Father of UMass Lowell" -- leading the university for 25 years and working there for more than four decades until 2006 -- died last week.
In this Dec. 31, 1966 file photo, Waterville Valley ski area developer Tom Corcoran, far left, and his wife Roberta, pose with Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Paul Pfosi, far right, a Swiss skier who headed the ski school at Waterville Valley, N.H. Corcoran, an Olympic skier who founded New Hampshire's Waterville Valley ski area and built it into a destination for racers and celebrities alike, died Tuesday, June 27, 2017.
That rallying cry from his inaugural address - "Ask not what ... . FILE - In this April 20, 2017 file photo, U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, D-Mass., great-nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, smiles while he speaks during the John F. Kennedy Centennial Symposium at Harvard's Kenn... .
State Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D-Branford, the son of the late Edward M. Kennedy, during the Stamford Democrats' fundraiser celebrating what would have been John F. Kennedy's 100th birthday at the Old Stamford Town Hall, Conn., Sunday afternoon, May 21, 2017. less State Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D-Branford, the son of the late Edward M. Kennedy, during the Stamford Democrats' fundraiser celebrating what would have been John F. Kennedy's 100th birthday at the Old Stamford ... more State Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D-Branford, the son of the late Edward M. Kennedy, during the Stamford Democrats' fundraiser celebrating what would have been John F. Kennedy's 100th birthday at the Old Stamford Town Hall, Conn., Sunday afternoon, May 21, 2017.
Floorboards, window panes, shingles, electrical fixtures, faded wallpaper, rusted nails and even a metal hook that once held a porch swing are among the ordinary items salvaged during an overhaul of JFK's Cape Cod home and transformed by local artists into mixed media artwork inspired by the assassinated former president who was born 100 years ago this month. When not in Washington, JFK, Jacqueline Kennedy and their two young children resided in the nine bedroom clapboard home with stunning ocean views from 1958 until his death in 1963.
Former President Barack Obama, in his first public comments about the ongoing debate over his signature health care plan, implored members of Congress on Sunday to demonstrate political courage even if it goes against their party's positions. Obama briefly returned to the spotlight as he accepted the annual John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award at JFK's presidential library in Boston.
There was an air of "The Last Hurrah" as Bob Crane, then 85, stepped to the microphone at St. Cecilia Church in the Back Bay to eulogize his pal Kevin White, the legendary four-term mayor of this city who was 82 when he succumbed to Alzheimer's disease five years ago. Everyone expected Crane, who was Massachusetts' state treasurer for a record 27 years, to regale the massive congregation with raucous recollections of the salad days they shared, and he did not disappoint.
Boston Mayor Kevin H. White and his wife Kathryn celebrate his victory in the Massachusetts Democratic Party's gubernatorial primary election, Boston, Massachusetts, September 15, 1970. White subsequently lost the general election, though he remained mayor of Boston for 14 more years.
Speculation abounds regarding what the Senate's having gone "nuclear" means for those of us living in the brave new morning after. For every commentator who rues that our justices will now decline in quality , there's one who explains that this moment actually breaks the fever of our toxic judicial politics.
The GE-Alstom Block Island Wind Farm off Block Island, Rhode Island, is the kind of energy production Connecticut could pursue. The GE-Alstom Block Island Wind Farm off Block Island, Rhode Island, is the kind of energy production Connecticut could pursue.
Newly elected state Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D-Branford, chats with Rep. Pam Staneski during a public hearing of the Intellectual and Developmental Disability Committee at the Capitol in Hartford on Jan. 15, 2015. Kennedy, son of the Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy.
ICE COLD: After four decades in public office, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey may see his political career end in 2020. Actually, that would be 2020, which is the year Markey next has to face the voters of the state he used to live in, which is Massachusetts.
CONSTITUENT SERVICES? Three months ago, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren voted against a health bill that had Massachusetts as a major beneficiary. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren says the GOP plan to replace Obamacare will hurt sick people yet she was among just a handful of senators to vote against a bipartisan Obama-sponsored health measure that's targeting billions at medical research, including for her home state.