For 13 chilling days in October 1962, it seemed that John F. Kennedy and Nikita S.
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Nation: Where the Kennedy Money Is
It was always Joe Kennedy's emphatic wish that money never be discussed, at the family dinner table or in public.
ReelzChannel’s Kennedy Miniseries
Political TV docudramas, not unlike the Bay of Pigs invasion, are proxy wars. The battles over them tend to be less about their lasting effect on history and more about a camp’s power to protect its icons.
JFK Jr.’S Family Tree
GREAT-GRANDFATHER John Francis Fitzgerald 1863-1950 Tenement born, he became Boston’s mayor, and sang from a tabletop at grandson Jack’s Senate election GRANDPARENTS Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy 1890-1995 Honey Fitz’s favorite daughter became Queen Mother of Camelot despite sorrow both public and private Joseph Patrick Kennedy 1888-1969 Financier, rumrunner and ambassador.
NASA’s Ares rocket set for test flight
For the first time in decades, a rocket instead of a space shuttle is occupying launchpad 39-B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Patrick Swayze’s widow to break her silence
Six weeks after Patrick Swayze lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at age 57, his widow Lisa Niemi will participate in a roundtable discussion on Grief, Healing and Resilience at the Women’s Conference 2009 in Long Beach, California, next Tuesday, Oct. 27.
U.N. ‘doesn’t smell of sulfur anymore,’ says Chavez
Drawing on 2006 remarks in which he compared former U.S. President George Bush to the devil, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, speaking at the United Nations Thursday, said, “It doesn’t smell like sulfur anymore.” In a rambling speech at the U.N
Gadhafi talks of U.N. ‘inequality,’ conspiracies at U.N. debut
Moammar Gadhafi’s debut appearance at the United Nations was bound to be memorable, but his long and rambling diatribe Wednesday is one that few will forget. The Libyan leader was introduced as “king of kings” by his countryman Ali Terki, the president of this year’s U.N
Commentary: Michelle Obama’s smart fashion choices
In just 200 days, Michelle Obama has put her own stamp on one of America’s most unusual political positions — the unelected, undefined job of being first lady. And the way she’s done it
Ted’s sons: Yes, the Kennedy men do cry
When the late Sen. Edward Kennedy was growing up, there was a family edict: Kennedy men don’t cry