Read more Robert F. Kennedy stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/24161/robert-f-kennedy.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:23:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68815/joe-k-wont-run-to-succeed-teddy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJoe Kennedy II will not run for his late uncle’s US Senate seat, the Boston Herald reports. In a post on the website of his charity Citizens Energy, the former congressman says he prefers to pursue social justice through the private sector rather than electoral politics. The announcement means the...http://www.newser.com/story/68815/joe-k-wont-run-to-succeed-teddy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Sep 2009 15:15:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68650/true-compass-kennedys-life-in-modest-terms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn True Compass, Ted Kennedy’s memoir, he writes with “searching candor” about the personal losses he endured, the mistakes he made, and the struggle to live up to his family reputation, writes Michiko Kakutani for the New York Times . The result is a powerful tribute to perseverance and the satisfaction...http://www.newser.com/story/68650/true-compass-kennedys-life-in-modest-terms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 14:25:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68483/kennedy-memoir-chappaquiddick-inexcusable.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTed Kennedy tells of his anguish after Chappaquiddick in a memoir to be published this month, reports the New York Times , admitting that he "made terrible decisions" in the accident that killed his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. In True Compass, Kennedy deals unsparingly with the low points in his life,...http://www.newser.com/story/68483/kennedy-memoir-chappaquiddick-inexcusable.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 6:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67950/three-speeches-that-define-ted-kennedy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHe wasn't always the most articulate person in one-on-one conversations, but Ted Kennedy gave powerful speeches, writes Gail Russell Chaddock in the Christian Science Monitor . Three that resonate: His 1980 concession: “For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still...http://www.newser.com/story/67950/three-speeches-that-define-ted-kennedy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 13:34:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67811/ted-was-the-greatest-kennedy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOn the weekend of his inauguration, John F. Kennedy gave his youngest brother a cigarette case engraved with the words, “And the last shall be first.” Fifty years later, that prophesy has come true, writes Richard Lacayo of Time. The "long shadow of Chappaquiddick" may have kept Ted Kennedy out...http://www.newser.com/story/67811/ted-was-the-greatest-kennedy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 8:46:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63679/jackie-told-docs-to-pull-plug-on-lover-rfk-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJacqueline Kennedy’s four-year love affair with RFK was so intense that it was she, rather than his wife, who made the decision to turn off his life support after he was shot, according to Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story, which hits shelves this month. The New York Post got...http://www.newser.com/story/63679/jackie-told-docs-to-pull-plug-on-lover-rfk-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Jul 2009 11:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62802/jackie-bobby-had-affair-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJackie Kennedy turned to the arms of brother-in-law Bobby after John F. Kennedy’s assassination—or so a Kennedy biographer claims in Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story , out July 14. C. David Heymann alluded to such claims in two previous books, the New York Daily News reports, but Kennedy insiders...http://www.newser.com/story/62802/jackie-bobby-had-affair-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 8:25:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59684/rfk-son-plans-run-for-obama-senate-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnother Kennedy is taking a shot at a Senate seat, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Chris Kennedy, the eighth of Robert F. Kennedy's 11 kids, plans to challenge Roland Burris in next year's election for the Illinois seat vacated by President Obama. Insiders say the Democrat decided to run after polls...http://www.newser.com/story/59684/rfk-son-plans-run-for-obama-senate-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 4:12:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56957/rfk-wanted-to-lift-cuba-travel-ban-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBlocking Americans from traveling to Cuba is "inconsistent with traditional American liberties," according to the US attorney general. Eric Holder in 2009? Nope: Bobby Kennedy in 1963—who opposed prosecuting students who went to Havana and unsuccessfully pushed the Johnson White House to lift the ban. As daughter Kathleen Kennedy...http://www.newser.com/story/56957/rfk-wanted-to-lift-cuba-travel-ban-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Apr 2009 9:06:08 CDT