<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - edward-kennedy</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/edward-kennedy</link><description>Newsvine - edward-kennedy</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:35:49 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:25:32 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Schenkkan, O'Brien win award honoring Sen. Kennedy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dan O'Brien's "The Body of an American" and Robert Schenkkan's "All the Way" have been named the inaugural winners of a theater award honoring the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Kennedy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Kennedy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17050456-schenkkan-obrien-win-award-honoring-sen-kennedy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17050456-schenkkan-obrien-win-award-honoring-sen-kennedy</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>prize</category><category>kennedy</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>drama</category><category>dan-o'brien</category><category>robert-schenkkan</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:03:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=45f79592-3898-4856-8140-7bd417619a2c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=45f79592-3898-4856-8140-7bd417619a2c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This theater image released by Columbia University shows Jack Willis as Lyndon Johnson, left, and Kenajuan Bentley as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in a scene from &quot;All The Way&quot; by Robert Schenkkan. Schenkkans All the Way have been named the inaugural winners of a theater award honoring the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. Columbia University on Friday said both playwrights will get the award as well as $100,000 each, one of the largest prizes given for dramatic writing. (AP Photo/Columbia University, Jenny Graham)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cabb33c2-4419-4c80-be3f-7dcee7b32870.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cabb33c2-4419-4c80-be3f-7dcee7b32870.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This theater image released by Portland Center Stage via Columbia University  shows Danny Wolohan as Dan O'Brien, left, and William Salyers as Paul Watson during a performance of &quot;The Body of an American&quot; by Dan O'Brien. OBriens The Body of an American and Robert Schenkkans All the Way have been named the inaugural winners of a theater award honoring the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. Columbia University on Friday said both playwrights will get the award as well as $100,000 each, one of the largest prizes given for dramatic writing.  (AP Photo/Portland Center Stage via Columbia University, Patrick Weishanpel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ca92641d-cd6f-43fd-9724-ae38b67eec35.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ca92641d-cd6f-43fd-9724-ae38b67eec35.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated image released by Columbia University shows playwright Dan O'Brien. OBriens The Body of an American and Robert Schenkkans All the Way have been named the inaugural winners of a theater award honoring the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. Columbia University on Friday said both playwrights will get the award as well as $100,000 each, one of the largest prizes given for dramatic writing.  (AP Photo/Columbia University, David Bornfriend)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kennedy theater award established in NY</title>
<description><![CDATA[A $100,000 theater award honoring the late Sen. Edward Kennedy has been established in New York.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14127111-kennedy-theater-award-established-in-ny</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14127111-kennedy-theater-award-established-in-ny</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>prize</category><category>kennedy</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>us-news</category><category>drama</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:10:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kennedy widow asks Mass. grads to work for justice</title>
<description><![CDATA[The widow of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy has called on Boston College Law School graduates to use training from their Catholic education to work for justice.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/25/11881446-kennedy-widow-asks-mass-grads-to-work-for-justice</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/25/11881446-kennedy-widow-asks-mass-grads-to-work-for-justice</guid><category>us</category><category>kennedy</category><category>victoria</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>us-news</category><category>commencement</category><category>boston-college-law-school</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 17:30:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e8193015-565e-4ae1-bb30-985481ac3953.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e8193015-565e-4ae1-bb30-985481ac3953.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Victoria Kennedy, the widow of U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., delivers the commencement address to Boston College Law School graduates in Boston, Friday, May 25, 2012. Kennedy was originally scheduled to speak at this year's Anna Maria College's commencement but the invitation was withdrawn under pressure from Bishop Robert McManus who objected to Kennedy's public support for abortion rights. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BC law school books Kennedy widow for commencement</title>
<description><![CDATA[The widow of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy will be giving a spring commencement speech at a Roman Catholic college in Massachusetts after all.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/11/11661676-bc-law-school-books-kennedy-widow-for-commencement</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/11/11661676-bc-law-school-books-kennedy-widow-for-commencement</guid><category>us</category><category>kennedy</category><category>roman-catholic</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>us-news</category><category>commencement</category><category>victoria-kennedy</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 17:58:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>AP apologizes for firing reporter over WWII scoop</title>
<description><![CDATA[In World War II's final moments in Europe, Associated Press correspondent Edward Kennedy gave his news agency perhaps the biggest scoop in its history. He reported, a full day ahead of the competition, that the Germans had surrendered unconditionally at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David B. Caruso]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David B. Caruso]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11532191-ap-apologizes-for-firing-reporter-over-wwii-scoop</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11532191-ap-apologizes-for-firing-reporter-over-wwii-scoop</guid><category>us</category><category>war</category><category>kennedy</category><category>world-war-ii</category><category>associated-press</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>us-news</category><category>ed-kennedy-war</category><category>in-world-war-ii</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 06:30:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dd5250c7-f649-40e9-a8bb-a31d15d01d24.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="389" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dd5250c7-f649-40e9-a8bb-a31d15d01d24.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 1, 1944 file photo, Ed Kennedy, Chief of the Associated Press staff in North Africa, wears a metal helmet at the Anzio beachhead in Italy. Kennedy was dismissed by The AP after he became the first journalist to file a firsthand account of German officials surrendering unconditionally to Allied commanders at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France. Sixty-seven years later, AP President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Curley said that Kennedy was right to stand up to the censors, and should have been commended, not fired. (AP Photo, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=049eabf6-4029-4d2d-9736-c9a51e142f79.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="313" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=049eabf6-4029-4d2d-9736-c9a51e142f79.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this May 18, 1945 file photo, some of the AP Paris staff join Paris Bureau Chief Ed Kennedy, seated center left, for a farewell get-together in the early hours of May 18, 1945, just before he embarked for the United States at the request of AP General Manager Kent Cooper. Kennedy was dismissed by The AP after he became the first journalist to file a firsthand account of German officials surrendering unconditionally to Allied commanders at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France. Sixty-seven years later, AP President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Curley said that Kennedy was right to stand up to the censors, and should have been commended, not fired.  (AP Photo/Pete Carroll, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3dd65e5d-6b16-4927-a592-68f56ae42cc2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3dd65e5d-6b16-4927-a592-68f56ae42cc2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 25, 2012, photo, Tom Curley, President and CEO of The Associated Press, discusses the work of former AP correspondent Ed Kennedy during an interview in New York. Curley co-wrote the introduction to the book, Ed Kennedys War: V-E Day, Censorship &amp; The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=85e38ec2-87c5-4dbd-9d60-79d78d0ed037.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="339" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=85e38ec2-87c5-4dbd-9d60-79d78d0ed037.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The book &quot;Ed Kennedy's War: V-E Day, Censorship, &amp; The Associated Press&quot; is shown, Friday, April 20, 2012 in New York. Tom Curley,  President and CEO of The Associated Press, has exonerated Kennedy, who scooped everybody with word of Germanys surrender, only to be repudiated publicly by AP management, and later dismissed, for violating a military embargo on the announcement. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0e1b9c2-0625-4069-82e0-3220609a5898.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0e1b9c2-0625-4069-82e0-3220609a5898.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 25, 2012, photo, Tom Curley, President and CEO of The Associated Press, discusses the work of former AP correspondent Ed Kennedy during an interview in New York. Curley co-wrote the introduction to the book, Ed Kennedys War: V-E Day, Censorship &amp; The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=58651e8c-5d9f-40f1-88d2-be5ecc44597e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=58651e8c-5d9f-40f1-88d2-be5ecc44597e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, May 2, 2012 image taken from video, Julia Kennedy Cochran, daughter of former AP Paris bureau chief Ed Kennedy, holds a copy of the New York Times published on May 8, 1945, at her home in Bend, Ore.  Kennedy was dismissed by The AP after he became the first journalist to file a firsthand account of German officials surrendering unconditionally to Allied commanders at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France. Sixty-seven years later, AP President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Curley said that Kennedy was right to stand up to the censors, and should have been commended, not fired. Cochran said she was overjoyed, that the AP had taken an interest in exonerating him. I think it would have meant a lot to him, she said. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8e8a1352-5e1e-4f80-ba9e-6f9ae97430f6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="314" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8e8a1352-5e1e-4f80-ba9e-6f9ae97430f6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, May 2, 2012 image taken from video, Julia Kennedy Cochran, daughter of former AP Paris bureau chief Ed Kennedy, points to her father in a picture taken during the German surrender in 1945, at her home in Bend, Ore. Kennedy was dismissed by The AP after he became the first journalist to file a firsthand account of German officials surrendering unconditionally to Allied commanders at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France. Sixty-seven years later, AP President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Curley said that Kennedy was right to stand up to the censors, and should have been commended, not fired. Cochran said she was overjoyed, that the AP had taken an interest in exonerating him. I think it would have meant a lot to him, she said. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c24665cc-e907-47e1-a0c9-972abc38a7ca.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="237" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c24665cc-e907-47e1-a0c9-972abc38a7ca.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, May 2, 2012 image taken from video, Julia Kennedy Cochran, daughter of former AP Paris bureau chief Ed Kennedy, points to her father in a picture taken during the German surrender in 1945, at her home in Bend, Ore. Kennedy was dismissed by The AP after he became the first journalist to file a firsthand account of German officials surrendering unconditionally to Allied commanders at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France. Sixty-seven years later, AP President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Curley said that Kennedy was right to stand up to the censors, and should have been commended, not fired. Cochran said she was overjoyed, that the AP had taken an interest in exonerating him. I think it would have meant a lot to him, she said. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e74aeb11-2ce3-4c72-9b1b-78fc1b584c63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="237" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e74aeb11-2ce3-4c72-9b1b-78fc1b584c63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, May 2, 2012 image taken from video, Julia Kennedy Cochran, daughter of former AP Paris bureau chief Ed Kennedy, holds a picture taken during the German surrender in 1945, at her home in Bend, Ore. Kennedy was dismissed by The AP after he became the first journalist to file a firsthand account of German officials surrendering unconditionally to Allied commanders at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France. Sixty-seven years later, AP President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Curley said that Kennedy was right to stand up to the censors, and should have been commended, not fired. Cochran said she was overjoyed, that the AP had taken an interest in exonerating him. I think it would have meant a lot to him, she said. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6cb301c9-bed3-434f-a370-129c9ad782be.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="364" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6cb301c9-bed3-434f-a370-129c9ad782be.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="109" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Wednesday, May 2, 2012 photo shows a copy of the New York Times published on May 8, 1945, at the home of Julia Kennedy Cochran, daughter of former AP Paris bureau chief Ed Kennedy, in Bend, Ore. Kennedy was dismissed by The AP after he became the first journalist to file a firsthand account of German officials surrendering unconditionally to Allied commanders at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France. Sixty-seven years later, AP President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Curley said that Kennedy was right to stand up to the censors, and should have been commended, not fired. Cochran said she was overjoyed, that the AP had taken an interest in exonerating him. I think it would have meant a lot to him, she said. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c8b51d8b-d5b3-4888-b40a-2d4e6ec7a746.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="273" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c8b51d8b-d5b3-4888-b40a-2d4e6ec7a746.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="225" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Wednesday, May 2, 2012 photo shows a copy of the New York Times published on May 8, 1945, featuring a story by former AP Paris bureau chief Ed Kennedy, at the home of his daughter, Julia Kennedy Cochran, in Bend, Ore. Kennedy was dismissed by The AP after he became the first journalist to file a firsthand account of German officials surrendering unconditionally to Allied commanders at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France. Sixty-seven years later, AP President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Curley said that Kennedy was right to stand up to the censors, and should have been commended, not fired. Cochran said she was overjoyed, that the AP had taken an interest in exonerating him. I think it would have meant a lot to him, she said. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mass. bishop stands firm on Kennedy widow invite</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Massachusetts bishop says he stands by his decision to ask a Catholic college to withdraw its invitation for U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy's widow to speak at commencement.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/27/11425995-mass-bishop-stands-firm-on-kennedy-widow-invite</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/27/11425995-mass-bishop-stands-firm-on-kennedy-widow-invite</guid><category>us</category><category>bishop</category><category>kennedy</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>us-news</category><category>victoria-kennedy</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:58:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Late Sen. Edward Kennedy honored by South Africa</title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa is bestowing posthumous presidential honors on U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, who died of brain cancer in 2009.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11355469-late-sen-edward-kennedy-honored-by-south-africa</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11355469-late-sen-edward-kennedy-honored-by-south-africa</guid><category>south-africa</category><category>africa</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>world-news</category><category>presidential-honors</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:58:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mass. college backs off invite to Kennedy widow</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Roman Catholic college in Massachusetts said Friday that it's withdrawn an invitation to U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy's widow to speak and receive an honorary degree at commencement after the local bishop objected.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Lindsay]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jay Lindsay]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/30/10941916-mass-college-backs-off-invite-to-kennedy-widow</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/30/10941916-mass-college-backs-off-invite-to-kennedy-widow</guid><category>us</category><category>bishop</category><category>kennedy</category><category>victoria</category><category>roman-catholic</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>us-news</category><category>victoria-kennedy</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:32:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Brown declines to pull ad mentioning Ted Kennedy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown said Monday he would not be pressured by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's family to stop running a radio ad claiming that Kennedy's position was similar to Brown's in the fight over whether employers should be required to provide birth control coverage or other procedures they oppose on religious or moral grounds.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Salsberg]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bob Salsberg]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/23/10489279-brown-declines-to-pull-ad-mentioning-ted-kennedy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/23/10489279-brown-declines-to-pull-ad-mentioning-ted-kennedy</guid><category>senate</category><category>kennedy</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>us-news</category><category>massachusetts</category><category>legacy</category><category>kennedy-legacy</category><category>scott-brown</category><category>republican-scott-brown</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:21:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kara Kennedy, daughter of Ted Kennedy, dies at 51</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kara Kennedy accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom with tears welling in her eyes on behalf of her ailing father at a 2009 White House ceremony but also managed a smile as Sen. Ted Kennedy's life was honored. After the Democratic senator died two weeks later following a battle with brain cancer, his only daughter read a psalm at his funeral Mass in Boston, moving many.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/17/7812263-kara-kennedy-daughter-of-ted-kennedy-dies-at-51</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/17/7812263-kara-kennedy-daughter-of-ted-kennedy-dies-at-51</guid><category>us</category><category>obit</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>kennedy</category><category>daughter</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>presidential-medal</category><category>ted-kennedy</category><category>patrick-kennedy</category><category>kara-kennedy</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:28:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/45e7126a-7d4e-4a6c-a449-3d7422b45437.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="498" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/45e7126a-7d4e-4a6c-a449-3d7422b45437.jpg" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 20, 2008 file photo, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., smiles as he sits with his daughter Kara Kennedy in a family room at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Kara, the oldest child of the late Sen. Kennedy, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at a Washington-area health club, her brother Patrick Kennedy told The Associated Press. Sen. Kennedy died Aug. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5778b620-b2b0-4923-ad8f-9664a79e900e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="362" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5778b620-b2b0-4923-ad8f-9664a79e900e.jpg" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 8, 2010 file photo, Kara Kennedy, daughter of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, smiles during groundbreaking ceremonies for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, in Boston. Kara, the oldest child of the late senator, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at a Washington-area health club, her brother Patrick Kennedy told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9401c6f0-6f62-4715-8a80-679554d1dead.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="391" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9401c6f0-6f62-4715-8a80-679554d1dead.jpg" width="120" height="157" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama holds the 2009 Medal of Freedom to be presented to Kara Kennedy, for her father Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., during ceremonies in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Kara, the oldest child of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at a Washington-area health club, her brother Patrick Kennedy told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c7bc8731-4519-4bbf-9fc5-936ada726b6c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c7bc8731-4519-4bbf-9fc5-936ada726b6c.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 1, 1982 file photo, the children of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., from left, Patrick, Edward M. Jr., and Kara, listen to their father speak during a Capitol Hill news conference in Washington. Kara, the oldest child of the late Sen. Kennedy, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at a Washington-area health club, Patrick Kennedy told The Associated Press. She was 51. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/00e06794-15da-49cd-a0f6-1212d3bb1aac.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="321" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/00e06794-15da-49cd-a0f6-1212d3bb1aac.jpg" width="120" height="191" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This 1968 file photo shows Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., right, with wife Joan, left, son Ted Jr., left front, and daughter Kara, center rear, in Hyannisport, Mass. Kara, the oldest child of the late Sen. Kennedy, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at a Washington-area health club, her brother Patrick Kennedy told The Associated Press. She was 51. (AP Photo, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/be6faffc-8c69-4f43-99d6-1788db020144.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/be6faffc-8c69-4f43-99d6-1788db020144.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2009 file photo, Kara Kennedy speaks during funeral services for her father, Sen. Edward Kennedy, at the Basilica of Our Lady of  Perpetual Help in Boston. Kara, the oldest child of the late senator, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at a Washington-area health club, her brother Patrick Kennedy told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Brian Snyder, Pool, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5bc01469-7dab-4492-88bf-7693034f1568.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5bc01469-7dab-4492-88bf-7693034f1568.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2009 file photo, Kara Kennedy wipes a tear as President Barack Obama reads about her father, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., as Obama awards him the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom during ceremonies in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Kara, the oldest child of the late Sen. Kennedy, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at a Washington-area health club, her brother Patrick Kennedy told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/595f5ff9-d462-46c6-8034-de24fb462a9d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/595f5ff9-d462-46c6-8034-de24fb462a9d.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2009 file photo, the children of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, from left, Edward Jr., Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., and Kara Kennedy, listen as President Barack Obama delivers a speech on healthcare to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kara, the oldest child of the late senator, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at a Washington-area health club, former Rep. Patrick Kennedy told The Associated Press.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/058b9a4f-26ea-4939-b6db-3669f01ae457.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/058b9a4f-26ea-4939-b6db-3669f01ae457.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 7, 1979 file photo, Sen. Edward Kennedy, right, receives applause from his family, from left, wife Joan, and their children, Kara, Patrick and Edward Jr., at Faneuil Hall in Boston where he announced he would seek the Presidency.  Kara, the oldest child of the late senator, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at a Washington-area health club, Patrick Kennedy told The Associated Press. She was 51. (AP Photo/Paul R. Benoit, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b32d3de5-07af-4aa2-9af3-7d584a45cd8d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="340" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b32d3de5-07af-4aa2-9af3-7d584a45cd8d.jpg" width="120" height="102" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 16, 1975 file photo, Sen. Edward Kennedy, second from right, poses for photos with wife Joan, left rear, and children Patrick, left front, Kara, center, and Edward Jr., right, during a family skiing trip in Massachusetts. Kara, the oldest child of the late Sen. Kennedy, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at a Washington-area health club, Patrick Kennedy told The Associated Press. She was 51. (AP Photo/Peter Bregg, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FBI files reveal more threats to late Sen. Kennedy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Newly released FBI documents reveal that threats against the late Sen. Edward Kennedy continued long after the assassinations of his brothers, at one point prompting the future owner of the New York Yankees to hire personal security guards for the Massachusetts Democrat.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve LeBlanc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Steve LeBlanc]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/01/7220257-fbi-files-reveal-more-threats-to-late-sen-kennedy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/01/7220257-fbi-files-reveal-more-threats-to-late-sen-kennedy</guid><category>us</category><category>kennedy</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>us-news</category><category>massachusetts-democrat</category><category>fbi-file</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Aug 2011 20:41:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sen. Scott Brown on the defensive in Massachusetts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Popular Massachusetts Republican Sen. Scott Brown appears rattled for the first time since grabbing the late Democrat Edward Kennedy's seat 16 months ago.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/13/6638551-sen-scott-brown-on-the-defensive-in-massachusetts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/13/6638551-sen-scott-brown-on-the-defensive-in-massachusetts</guid><category>us</category><category>senate</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>brown</category><category>us-news</category><category>scott-brown</category><category>democrat-edward-kennedy</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 19:14:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Democrats lack a heavy hitter against Sen. Brown</title>
<description><![CDATA[Democrats haven't found a solid challenger to GOP Sen. Scott Brown in liberal Massachusetts next year, stoking concerns the party could blow its best shot to take back the seat held for nearly a half-century by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/31/6380532-democrats-lack-a-heavy-hitter-against-sen-brown</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/31/6380532-democrats-lack-a-heavy-hitter-against-sen-brown</guid><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>brown</category><category>us-news</category><category>massachusetts</category><category>scott-brown</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:08:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cda5081a-e575-46c9-94b3-494d7ad7c57d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cda5081a-e575-46c9-94b3-494d7ad7c57d.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown during an Associated Press interview at his office in Boston, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. Democrats havent found a solid challenger to Brown in liberal Massachusetts next year. Thats raising concerns the party could blow its best shot to take back the seat held for nearly a half-century by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c5da7db3-42a2-4442-9edd-7e247f5f8ae7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c5da7db3-42a2-4442-9edd-7e247f5f8ae7.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -  In a Jan. 20, 2010 photo, Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., smiles as he addresses reporters during a news conference at the Park Plaza hotel in Boston. Democrats havent found a solid challenger to Brown in liberal Massachusetts next year. Thats raising concerns the party could blow its best shot to take back the seat held for nearly a half-century by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.  (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'61 memo claims Ted Kennedy sought to rent brothel</title>
<description><![CDATA[An FBI file contends that a young Edward M. Kennedy arranged to rent a brothel for a night while visiting Chile in 1961, a year before he was elected to the Senate.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/28/6153891-61-memo-claims-ted-kennedy-sought-to-rent-brothel</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/28/6153891-61-memo-claims-ted-kennedy-sought-to-rent-brothel</guid><category>us</category><category>kennedy</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>us-news</category><category>brothel</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:32:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/692bba14-33ff-42be-a2ae-c58fb9fb080c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/692bba14-33ff-42be-a2ae-c58fb9fb080c.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 31, 2009 file photo, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. An FBI file contends that a young Edward Kennedy arranged to rent a brothel for a night while visiting Chile in 1961, a year before he was elected to the Senate.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ex-Kennedy aide convicted of fraud, theft</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former aide to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy was found guilty Tuesday by a federal jury of stealing more than $75,000 from the Senate by giving himself unauthorized salary and bonuses.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/01/5969482-ex-kennedy-aide-convicted-of-fraud-theft</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/01/5969482-ex-kennedy-aide-convicted-of-fraud-theft</guid><category>us</category><category>fraud</category><category>kennedy</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>us-news</category><category>aide</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Feb 2011 22:32:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>MLK III: AZ shootings underscore father's message</title>
<description><![CDATA[One of the sons of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. said Saturday evening that the Arizona shootings that claimed six lives and left a congresswoman critically wounded show his father's work must continue.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Henry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ray Henry]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/15/5849961-mlk-iii-az-shootings-underscore-fathers-message</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/15/5849961-mlk-iii-az-shootings-underscore-fathers-message</guid><category>us</category><category>awards</category><category>center</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>us-news</category><category>king-center</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 23:14:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ac2ec40d-7ed5-4ee8-8be3-3d52a376b70d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="306" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ac2ec40d-7ed5-4ee8-8be3-3d52a376b70d.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 31, 2006 file photo, Martin Luther King III speaks at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, in Dayton, Ohio. The son of Martin Luther King Jr. said Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, that the recent shootings in Arizona that killed six and left a congresswoman critically wounded show the work of his father must continue.  (AP Photo/David Kohl, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>CORRECTION: Twelve publishing story</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a Jan. 13 story, The Associated Press reported that publisher Susan Lehman of Twelve, an imprint of the Hachette Book Group, had been forced out of her job. The short headline that accompanied the story said Lehman had left after four months. Her time at Twelve was just over three months.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/11/5816857-correction-twelve-publishing-story</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/11/5816857-correction-twelve-publishing-story</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>books</category><category>associated-press</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>christopher-hitchens</category><category>twelve</category><category>susan-lehman</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:03:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Late Sen. Edward Kennedy's dog, Splash, dies at 13</title>
<description><![CDATA[The late Sen. Edward Kennedy's dog, Splash, who was the star of a children's book about Capitol Hill, has died.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/23/5705398-late-sen-edward-kennedys-dog-splash-dies-at-13</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/23/5705398-late-sen-edward-kennedys-dog-splash-dies-at-13</guid><category>us</category><category>kennedy</category><category>dog</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:47:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2080c63c-3ff1-45c3-9f85-960b6e3a8407.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="322" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2080c63c-3ff1-45c3-9f85-960b6e3a8407.jpg" width="120" height="191" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 31, 2006 file photo, U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., walks with his dog Splash at Fenway Park in Boston, where he launched his new Children's book, &quot;My Senator and Me: A Dog's Eye View of Washington, DC&quot; with Red Sox officials and Boston area school children. Splash, the star of a children's book about Capitol Hill, has died. In an e-mail announcing his death Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, Kennedy's widow, Vicki Kennedy, called the 13-year-old Portuguese water dog &quot;a world class fetcher of tennis balls and a meeter and greeter of presidents, senators, congressmen and even foreign dignitaries.&quot; (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Carter says Kennedy delayed health care years ago</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former President Jimmy Carter says Americans could have had comprehensive health care coverage decades ago if Sen. Edward M. Kennedy hadn't blocked a plan Carter had proposed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/16/5123083-carter-says-kennedy-delayed-health-care-years-ago</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/16/5123083-carter-says-kennedy-delayed-health-care-years-ago</guid><category>us</category><category>white-house</category><category>carter</category><category>politics</category><category>kennedy</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>jimmy-carter</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:08:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9489d114-03ee-45f6-a2d3-5f2a0694560f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9489d114-03ee-45f6-a2d3-5f2a0694560f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former President Jimmy Carter speaks at The Carter Center Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010 in Atlanta. Carter discussed his recent trip to North Korea where he secured the release of American prisoner Aijalon Gomes. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Family marks anniversary of Sen. Kennedy's death</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sen. Edward Kennedy's family marked the anniversary of his death in Massachusetts with a Mass and the renaming of a community health center in his honor Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/25/4970406-family-marks-anniversary-of-sen-kennedys-death</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/25/4970406-family-marks-anniversary-of-sen-kennedys-death</guid><category>us</category><category>anniversary</category><category>kennedy</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:08:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/671eb130-aed7-44b1-9c08-ea63bf23cb35.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/671eb130-aed7-44b1-9c08-ea63bf23cb35.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Flowers are left at the grave of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., at Arlington National Cemetery on the one year anniversary of his death, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6ab2d15e-5b59-4975-b987-c0d25acfc23c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6ab2d15e-5b59-4975-b987-c0d25acfc23c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A visitor who would not give his name, lays flowers at the grave of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., at Arlington National Cemetery on the one year anniversary of his death, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/07729f85-3c9b-4ce7-bdd5-d94ccad4fc3d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/07729f85-3c9b-4ce7-bdd5-d94ccad4fc3d.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The grave of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., is seen at Arlington National Cemetery on the one year anniversary of his death, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8eb8a707-eec0-43af-be85-db771dc86569.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8eb8a707-eec0-43af-be85-db771dc86569.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 21, 2009 file photo, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., reacts as President Barack Obama speaks before he signed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act at a school in Washington. Kennedy died one year ago on Aug. 25, 2010, at his home on Cape Cod. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mass. humor contest draws world's cartoonists</title>
<description><![CDATA[Chinese cartoonist Yang Xiang Yu addresses freedom with a drawing of the Forbidden City and a medical mask over Mao's mouth. Iranian cartoonist Mohammad Fatehi Kahvarin sees images of nuts and bolts lined up military style while listening to a nut giving a speech. Serbian artist Milenko Kosanovic envisions a man cowering behind a chair, hiding from a television that is broadcasting the word "freedom."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Contreras]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Russell Contreras]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/29/4779016-mass-humor-contest-draws-worlds-cartoonists</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/29/4779016-mass-humor-contest-draws-worlds-cartoonists</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>contest</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>humor</category><category>us-news</category><category>forbidden-city</category><category>humor-contest</category><category>international-humor</category><category>international-humor-contest</category><category>yang-xiang-yu</category><category>mohammad-fatehi-kahvarin</category><category>milenko-kosanovic</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:08:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2c5e8889-4526-4dae-becd-4d740762a011.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="362" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2c5e8889-4526-4dae-becd-4d740762a011.jpg" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 26, 2010 photo, Mario Barros, organizer of the &quot;Boston International Humor Festival,&quot; poses with cartoon entries drawn to the themes of &quot;freedom&quot; or of the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy at Barros' home in Wilmington, Mass. The images were drawn by cartoonists from around the world for a humor festival planned in September at Cambridge College. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0a9b1874-6440-4896-bc27-e2092635dc2a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0a9b1874-6440-4896-bc27-e2092635dc2a.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated illustration provided by the  &quot;Boston International Humor Festival,&quot;  shows a work by Mohammad Fatehi Kahvarin of Iran.  It is one of the entries into a humor contest that invited artists to explore the theme of freedom or the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy. 200 finalists' work will be showcased at Cambridge College from Sept. 9 to 12, 2010. (AP Photo)   &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e4274f4e-f5d9-4115-84fa-849381a67419.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e4274f4e-f5d9-4115-84fa-849381a67419.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated illustration provided by the  &quot;Boston International Humor Festival,&quot;  shows a work  drawn by Milenko Kosanovic of Serbia.  It is one of the entries into a humor contest that invited artists to explore the theme of freedom or the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy. 200 finalists' work will be showcased at Cambridge College from Sept. 9 to 12, 2010. (AP Photo)      &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c94208a0-edbb-4dcc-bbf5-25fb5e72e26a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c94208a0-edbb-4dcc-bbf5-25fb5e72e26a.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 26, 2010 photo, Mario Barros, organizer of the &quot;Boston International Humor Festival,&quot; poses with cartoon entries drawn to the themes of &quot;freedom&quot; or of the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy at Barros' home in Wilmington, Mass. The images were drawn by cartoonists from around the world for a humor festival planned in September at Cambridge College. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/58d0bc32-f830-4d01-95f5-e0d70d45e86c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="355" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/58d0bc32-f830-4d01-95f5-e0d70d45e86c.jpg" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated illustration provided by the &quot;Boston International Humor Festival,&quot;  shows a work drawn by David Rowe of Australia.  It is one of the entries into a humor contest that invited artists to explore the theme of freedom or the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy. 200 finalists' work will be showcased at Cambridge College from Sept. 9 to 12, 2010. (AP Photo)      &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ce50c294-b413-4432-96be-faa9f7d3517e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="352" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ce50c294-b413-4432-96be-faa9f7d3517e.jpg" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated illustration provided by the  &quot;Boston International Humor Festival,&quot;  shows a work by Closu Constantin of Romania.  It is one of the entries into a humor contest that invited artists to explore the theme of freedom or the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy. 200 finalists' work will be showcased at Cambridge College from Sept. 9 to 12, 2010. (AP Photo)      &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kennedys give $185K to Democratic candidates</title>
<description><![CDATA[Heirs to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy are giving $185,000 from his campaign account and their personal wealth to Democratic House candidates in gratitude to Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her role in enacting a landmark health care law.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Babington]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charles Babington]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/21/4724126-kennedys-give-185k-to-democratic-candidates</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/21/4724126-kennedys-give-185k-to-democratic-candidates</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>house</category><category>kennedy</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>campaigns</category><category>democratic-house</category><category>speaker-nancy-pelosi</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:39:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FBI file shows Ted Kennedy was death threat magnet</title>
<description><![CDATA[For decades after gunmen shot down his brothers, Sen. Edward Kennedy lived under constant assassination threats of his own, sometimes chillingly specific, as he became a target for extremist rage, previously private FBI documents disclosed Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/14/4507318-fbi-file-shows-ted-kennedy-was-death-threat-magnet</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/14/4507318-fbi-file-shows-ted-kennedy-was-death-threat-magnet</guid><category>us</category><category>fbi</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>kennedy</category><category>file</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>fbi-file</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:54:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4240ab4e-b6ac-4543-9afb-d2af384d6c6b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="368" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4240ab4e-b6ac-4543-9afb-d2af384d6c6b.jpg" width="120" height="111" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 8, 2008, file photo, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Most of the secret FBI files on the late Sen. Edward Kennedy being released Monday concern death threats against the longtime senator.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Late Mass. US Sen. Kennedy gets Mexican high honor</title>
<description><![CDATA[The late Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy has been awarded Mexico's highest honor for his lifelong support of immigrants and Mexican-Americans.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/20/4318980-late-mass-us-sen-kennedy-gets-mexican-high-honor</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/20/4318980-late-mass-us-sen-kennedy-gets-mexican-high-honor</guid><category>us</category><category>mexico</category><category>kennedy</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 22:16:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Leader of Brown campaign now helping NH candidate</title>
<description><![CDATA[The woman who helped Republican Scott Brown take the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's seat is jumping ship to help another long-shot candidate in New Hampshire.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/30/4091498-leader-of-brown-campaign-now-helping-nh-candidate</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/30/4091498-leader-of-brown-campaign-now-helping-nh-candidate</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>edward-kennedy</category><category>new-hampshire</category><category>brown</category><category>republican-scott-brown</category><category>state-director</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:28:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>