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JFK's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88
BOSTON - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the presidential sister who founded the Special Olympics and helped demonstrate that the mentally disabled can triumph on the field of competition and lead rich and productive lives outside the walls of institutions, died Tuesday at age 88.
Nations:Canada U.S. People:George McGovern Edward Kennedy Barack Obama Tom Brady Arnold Schwarzenegger
2009-08-12
JFK's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88
BOSTON - President John F. Kennedy's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family's public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died Tuesday morning surrounded by family at a Hyannis hospital. She was 88.
Nations:Canada U.S. People:John F. Kennedy George McGovern Edward Kennedy Arnold Schwarzenegger
2009-08-11
Nixon records show aides dishing dirt on critics
WASHINGTON - In Richard Nixon's time, all the president's men fretted about threats on every front: disquiet out on the streets, disloyalty inside the administration and trouble from political opponents who had to be discredited at any cost.
Nations:U.S. Cambodia France People:Bob Dole Thomas Eagleton George McGovern Richard Nixon Activities:1972 Watergate Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-12-02
McCain More Likely to Drop Palin, Bookmakers Say
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The smart money thinks there's a better chance today than yesterday that John McCain will dump Sarah Palin as his running mate.
Nations:U.S. People:George McGovern Joseph Biden Barack Obama John McCain Richard Nixon Al Gore Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(Bloomberg)
2008-09-03
Post-convention 'bounce' averages 10 points
WASHINGTON - And now comes ... the wait for "The Bounce."
People:George W. Bush George McGovern Barack Obama John McCain Richard Nixon Ronald Reagan Activities:US Election 1992 US Election 2008 US Election 2004 US Election 2000
2008-08-28
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