<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Edward M. Kennedy: News &amp; Videos about Edward M. Kennedy - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Edward_M_Kennedy</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Edward M. Kennedy from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:04:56 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Edward M. Kennedy: News &amp; Videos about Edward M. Kennedy - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Edward_M_Kennedy</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Edward M. Kennedy from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Democratic Stalwart to Succeed Ted Kennedy</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20307857,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20307857,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, who died last month, will be replaced by a former Democratic National Committee chairman, and Kennedy's ex-assistant and close friend.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ted's sons: Yes, the Kennedy men do cry</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/15/lkl.kennedy.sons/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/15/lkl.kennedy.sons/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When the late Sen. Edward Kennedy was growing up, there was a family edict: Kennedy men don't cry.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to get Kennedy-esque health care on your budget</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/26/ted.kennedy.patient.lessons/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/26/ted.kennedy.patient.lessons/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In 1974, when Edward Kennedy Jr., developed an aggressive form of bone cancer that at the time few survived, his father, the late senator, wasted no time snapping into action. Summoning a group of cancer specialists to his Virginia home, the senator and the doctors debated well into the night how best to treat the 12-year-old boy, according to Adam Clymer, author of "Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography."</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Calls for bipartisanship rise as health care debate nears</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/31/health.care.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/31/health.care.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As Congress prepares to come back from its August recess and tackle health care reform, the question arises whether lawmakers will do something in honor of the "Lion of the Senate" -- or should Congress simply start over?</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sen. Kennedy back in Washington, aide says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/28/kennedy.return/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/28/kennedy.return/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy returned to Washington Tuesday for the first time since July, following an operation for a brain tumor in June, his spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Edward Kennedy's Life &amp;amp;#38; Public Service Commemorated</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20301295,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20301295,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>President Obama called him "The Big Cheese," while his son recalled his loving embrace</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Excerpts from Kennedy's letter to Pope Benedict XVI</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/29/kennedy.pope.letter/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/29/kennedy.pope.letter/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Shortly before he died from brain cancer, Sen. Ted Kennedy wrote a letter to Pope Benedict XVI. President Obama delivered the letter to the pontiff during his visit to the Vatican in July.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary:  When Ted Kennedy spoke</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/30/greene.ted.kennedy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/30/greene.ted.kennedy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Richard Nixon had been president for less than two days, I was 21 and visiting Washington for the first time, and I decided that I'd like to see what the United States Senate looked like when it was in session.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Documentarian: No Kennedy worked harder than Ted</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/ted.kennedy.kunhardt/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/ted.kennedy.kunhardt/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Using archival footage and photographs, producers Peter Kunhardt and Sheila Nevins made the HBO documentary "Teddy: In His Own Words," which follows the life of U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nation remembers Ted Kennedy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/29/ted.kennedy.videos/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/29/ted.kennedy.videos/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Obama hailed Sen. Edward M. Kennedy as "a champion for those who had none, the soul of the Democratic Party and the lion of the U.S. Senate" at a funeral Mass for the late lawmaker Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Kennedy a champion for disability rights</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/29/kennedy.disabilities/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/29/kennedy.disabilities/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The disability rights movement has lost a giant in our global struggle for equal opportunity, human dignity and self-determination. Sen. Ted Kennedy's leadership as a disability champion was part of a broader commitment to civil and human rights.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy legacy leaves mixed emotions</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/kennedy.legacy.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/kennedy.legacy.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The story of the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy is a very American story -- a very human one -- that splits the public.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Why I sang at Kennedy's wedding</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/oconnell.ted.wedding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/oconnell.ted.wedding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In 1992, I had the pleasure of singing at the wedding of Sen. Edward Kennedy to Victoria Reggie. I had never met him, nor was I aware that he had even heard of me. To say I was surprised would be an understatement.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Experts: Media today would demand Chappaquiddick answers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/kennedy.chappaquiddick.today/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/kennedy.chappaquiddick.today/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Ted Kennedy would have had a "very, very difficult" time politically surviving the drowning death of a young woman if it happened in the era of blogs, talk radio and 24-hour news cycles, experts said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ted Kennedy called a man of quiet faith</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/kennedy.catholic/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/kennedy.catholic/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy didn't wear his faith on his sleeve, but those close to him say Catholicism was much more than an ethnic and cultural identity.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy takes with him a time and an era</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/kennedy.camelot/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/kennedy.camelot/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>He had a name that rang down through generations.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Kennedy a worker, not a playboy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/wides.kennedy.work/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/wides.kennedy.work/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For half a century, Ted Kennedy was the most prolific senator on the political scene, making major strides in civil rights, civil liberties, education, human rights abroad, arms control, good government and of course health care.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ted Kennedy visitation begins at JFK Library</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/kennedy.funeral/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/kennedy.funeral/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A bell tolled atop Boston's Faneuil Hall on Thursday as the body of Sen. Edward Kennedy passed through the streets, while mourners lined up outside his late brother's presidential library for a chance to say goodbye.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy dies after cancer battle</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/obit.ted.kennedy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/obit.ted.kennedy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, died late Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. He was 77.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy was our 'greatest champion,' says gay activist</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/kennedy.gay.rights/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/kennedy.gay.rights/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For writer John Aravosis, Edward "Ted" Kennedy's early support for gay rights was very important to a community that has faced a history steeped in discrimination.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analyst: Post-Kennedy health care bill may be more sweeping</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/kennedy.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/kennedy.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For almost 50 years, Sen. Ted Kennedy pushed unsuccessfully for legislation that would reform the health care system and ensure coverage for every American.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy remembered as an advocate for all</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/kennedy.civil.rights/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/kennedy.civil.rights/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One year before the day of his death, an ailing Sen. Ted Kennedy electrified a crowd of thousands at the Democratic National Convention.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ted Kennedy: Absent but still inspiring</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/mann.ted.kennedy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/28/mann.ted.kennedy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For the first time in more than 60 years, America is without a Kennedy on the national stage and it's more than just a sentimental loss to President Barack Obama.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Recalling heart-to-hearts and laughs with Ted Kennedy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/kennedy.stories/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/kennedy.stories/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy left a mark not only on history but also on the lives of the those he encountered during his nearly 50 years in public service.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Kennedy opened door for Obama</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/maier.kennedy.immigration/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/maier.kennedy.immigration/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With a sign from Dunganstown, Ireland, hanging in his U.S. Capitol office, a reminder of the famine-ravished farm where his ancestors began, Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy always seemed to understand that the Kennedys were perhaps America's greatest immigrant story -- overcoming religious, ethnic and cultural barriers to reach once unimaginable heights.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Death gives Massachusetts 1st open Senate seat in decades</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/kennedy.senate.seat/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/kennedy.senate.seat/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As Americans paused Wednesday to remember the extraordinary life of Sen. Edward Kennedy, political observers also took note of a rare development caused by his passing.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ted Kennedy, 'Lion of the Senate,' helped shape American politics</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/ted.kennedy.legacy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/ted.kennedy.legacy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>After a losing presidential campaign, it became clear to Edward "Ted" Kennedy that his true calling was to help shape the country's political future from the U.S. Senate.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama to eulogize Kennedy at Boston church</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/kennedy.funeral/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/kennedy.funeral/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Services for Sen. Edward Kennedy will be Saturday morning at a Boston church before his burial in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, his office announced Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can anyone in the Senate match Ted Kennedy's clout?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/kennedy.senate.clout/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/kennedy.senate.clout/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Filling Edward "Ted" Kennedy's shoes in the Senate will be nearly impossible as Congress tackles health care reform legislation -- an issue close to Kennedy's heart.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>In Bangladesh, Ted Kennedy revered</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/bangladesh.kennedy.impact/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/bangladesh.kennedy.impact/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The legacy of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, who died on Tuesday, spreads far and wide, and across the ocean to now-independent Bangladesh. There, he is still revered for calling attention to what many deemed an unfolding genocide.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Ted Kennedy was a true believer</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/zelizer.senator.kennedy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/zelizer.senator.kennedy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In one of the funniest scenes in the film "The Big Lebowski," the hot-headed Vietnam veteran Walter Sobchak, played by John Goodman, explains to the Dude, played by Jeff Bridges, how much he hates nihilists because they don't believe in anything, they have no "ethos."</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ted Kennedy's triumphs, trials captured on video</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/ted.kennedy.videos/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/ted.kennedy.videos/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, died Tuesday night at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a 15-month battle with brain cancer. He was 77.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy fought aggressive cancer</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/26/kennedy.brain.cancer.treatments/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/26/kennedy.brain.cancer.treatments/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When cancer invades the brain, the prognosis is usually grim. Despite his treatment at highly regarded medical centers, Edward "Ted" Kennedy, who served as a Democratic senator from Massachusetts for nearly 47 years, died just over a year after his surgery.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Ted Kennedy's death a loss for mankind</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/frist.kennedy.friend/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/frist.kennedy.friend/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The telephone rang in the deep hours of a dark night after a heavy day for our family.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Kennedy was a worthy adversary</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/rollins.kennedy.gop/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/rollins.kennedy.gop/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The political arena is an emptier place today. A brave and courageous warrior has left the battlefield. He will not be quickly forgotten or replaced.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy's seat may remain empty for months</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/kennedy.replacement/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/kennedy.replacement/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>It may be months before Edward Kennedy's Senate seat is filled, following his death at the age of 77 on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Ted Kennedy's causes resonate with youth</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/williams.ted.kennedy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/williams.ted.kennedy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy may have been 77 years old, but he embodied the spirit, determination and core values of my generation -- the millenials -- in a way that no other senator has in our lifetime. How ironic that the passing of one of the oldest and longest serving senators has left me, a 25-year-old woman, frantically searching for a fierce, dedicated ally for causes that concern young Americans.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama calls Kennedy 'greatest U.S. senator of our time'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/ted.kennedy.reax/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/ted.kennedy.reax/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A sampling of reactions to the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy, who died Tuesday night at age 77:</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama Remembers His Friend Teddy Kennedy</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20300459,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20300459,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>"No one engendered greater respect from both sides of the aisle," the President says</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Kennedy family's remarkable story</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/21/sorensen.kennedy.family/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/21/sorensen.kennedy.family/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With the death of John F. Kennedy's brother, Senator Edward M Kennedy, and their sister, Eunice Shriver, the founder of the Special Olympics for the developmentally challenged, there has been a wealth of news stories -- obituaries and otherwise -- about the recurring tragedies endured by what some call America's "royal family."</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ailing Kennedy wants replacement law changed</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/20/kennedy.letter/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/20/kennedy.letter/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Edward Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer, is urging Massachusetts officials to change a law to allow for an immediate temporary replacement should a vacancy occur for one of his state's two Senate seats.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ted Kennedy Seeks Successor for Senate Seat, In Case</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20299357,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20299357,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The ailing Lion of the Senate hopes to ensure his state is represented</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Health care overhaul clears divided Senate committee</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/15/healthcare/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/15/healthcare/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One of several proposals to overhaul the U.S. health care system passed a Senate committee Wednesday, with its ailing chairman praising the $600 billion plan as a step toward his longtime goals.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy returns to Washington as health care talk heats up</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/05/kennedy.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/05/kennedy.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Ted Kennedy, who has been recuperating from brain cancer surgery, was back in Washington on Thursday as President Obama set out to tackle a major domestic policy item on his increasingly loaded plate: health care reform.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ted Kennedy to Be Knighted by the Queen</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20262890,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20262890,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The honorary distinction will recognize his services to U.K.-U.S. relations</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Iron Man</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/04/smallbusiness/iron_man.fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/04/smallbusiness/iron_man.fsb/index.htm</guid><description>About a mile into the run, Ted Kennedy quickens the pace along the dirt trail, squinting hard in the bright Colorado sun. Next to him, CEO Shayne Macherowski briefly hangs on at the faster tempo, then drops behind. Even Kennedy is struggling to keep up with Manny Huerta, a member of the U.S. Olympic development triathlon team, who darts quickly ahead.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sen. Edward Kennedy Released from Hospital</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20253935,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20253935,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Doctors blame fatigue for the seizure which sidelined the ailing senator Tuesday</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Aide: Ted Kennedy out of hospital</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/kennedy.hospital/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/kennedy.hospital/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Ted Kennedy "left the hospital this morning as expected, his spirits are good, and doctors want him to get some rest," a Kennedy aide said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sen. Edward Kennedy Suffers a Seizure</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20253686,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20253686,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The "Lion of the Senate," who has a brain tumor, is hospitalized but "feeling well," says his doctor</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Look inside Kennedy's brain tumor surgery</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/dailydose/11/19/kennedy.brain.tumor/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/dailydose/11/19/kennedy.brain.tumor/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Edward Kennedy announced in May 2008 that he was suffering from a brain tumor, a malignant glioma, in his left parietal lobe. He had surgery at Duke University in June 2008.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Five Things You Don't Know About Caroline Kennedy</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20247135,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20247135,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>She got quite a resume: author, mother, fundraiser and school crossing guard!</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sen. Ted Kennedy Briefly Hospitalized</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20229365,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20229365,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>His office says effects from a change in medication led to 911 call</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy briefly hospitalized after seizure</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/26/kennedy.hospital/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/26/kennedy.hospital/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy was hospitalized briefly after a "mild seizure" Friday, his office announced.</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ted Kennedy Back Home After Hospital
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1845100,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1845100,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Sen. Edward Kennedy, who has brain cancer, was taken by ambulance to a hospital Friday near his Cape Cod vacation home after complaining of feeling ill but returned home a few hours later</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sen. Ted Kennedy Electrifies Convention</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20221245,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20221245,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The "Lion of the Senate" vows to be there for Barak Obama's inauguration</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy electrifies Democratic convention with appearance</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/25/ted.kennedy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/25/ted.kennedy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Edward Kennedy -- recuperating from recent brain surgery -- made a dramatic appearance at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, pledging to see Barack Obama to the White House and his own return to the Senate floor.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy appears in Senate, helps break Republican filibuster</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/09/kennedy.medicare/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/09/kennedy.medicare/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy on Wednesday made his first appearance in Congress since being diagnosed with brain cancer nearly two months ago, casting a single vote to help break a Republican filibuster of an important Medicare bill.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy released from hospital</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/09/kennedy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/09/kennedy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Edward Kennedy was released Monday from Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina after recovering from brain surgery, CNN has learned.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Doctor: Ted Kennedy's Operation a Success</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20203748,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20203748,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The brain-tumor surgery "accomplished our goals," says the senator's oncologist</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy brain surgery 'successful'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/02/kennedy.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/02/kennedy.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An operation to remove a malignant tumor from Sen. Edward Kennedy's brain was successful, and the Democrat should suffer no permanent damage from the procedure, his surgeon reported Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ted Kennedy Undergoing Surgery on Brain Tumor</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20203648,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20203648,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>After a six-hour operation, the senator expects to be hospitalized for a week</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ted Kennedy: Support Is 'Uplifting and Touching'</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20202106,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20202106,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The ailing senator is "enormously grateful" for the "wonderful notes and letters"</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 20:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy leaves hospital surrounded by family</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/21/kennedy.tumor/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/21/kennedy.tumor/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Surrounded by family, a smiling Sen. Edward Kennedy left a Boston hospital Wednesday morning, a day after his doctors announced that he has a malignant brain tumor.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 15:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Doctors: Ted Kennedy has malignant brain tumor</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/20/kennedy.tumor/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/20/kennedy.tumor/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, doctors treating him at Massachusetts General Hospital said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 11:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sen. Edward Kennedy Diagnosed with Malignant Brain Tumor</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20201363,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20201363,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The hospitalized politician "remains in good spirits," his doctors say</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 10:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Kennedy's diagnosis could mean</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/20/kennedy.condition/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/20/kennedy.condition/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Edward Kennedy has the most common type of brain tumor, but the size and nature of the tumor will determine how life threatening it is, CNN's chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 07:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama: Kennedy diagnosis is 'heartbreaking'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/20/candidates.reax.kennedy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/20/candidates.reax.kennedy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Barack Obama said Tuesday that it is "heartbreaking" to hear that Sen. Edward Kennedy is suffering from a brain tumor, crediting the ailing lawmaker with making it possible for him to run for president.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 03:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Politicians respond to Kennedy news</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/20/kennedy.reaction/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/20/kennedy.reaction/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The news that Sen. Edward Kennedy had been diagnosed with a brain tumor brought an onslaught of emotional response from Capitol Hill and the presidential campaign trail Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 02:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy's Brain Cancer: How Bad?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1808157,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1808157,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The senator's seizure is diagnosed as a malignant tumor. But his chances of survival depend on exactly what type it is</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy under evaluation but on the mend</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/19/kennedy.hospital/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/19/kennedy.hospital/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Ted Kennedy was undergoing more tests Monday as doctors tried to figure out what caused his seizure.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 20:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy Shows No Signs of Stroke</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1807491,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1807491,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Doctors say the 76-year-old Senator did not suffer a stroke. But now they must figure out what caused his seizure
</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Did Ted Kennedy Suffer a Stroke?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1807445,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1807445,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Reports that he had a seizure do not preclude that it was a stroke as well, especially given his medical history</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ted Kennedy Suffers Seizure</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1807434,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1807434,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Democratic senator does not appear to have suffered a stroke, as initially feared, but remains hospitalized for tests
</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CNN.com users react to Kennedy backing Obama</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/29/kennedy.reax/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/29/kennedy.reax/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Ted Kennedy's endorsement of presidential candidate Barack Obama made headlines across the nation, largely because the Kennedy family was thought to be firmly situated in the Hillary Clinton camp.</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy out of hospital after surgery</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/13/kennedy.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/13/kennedy.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Ted Kennedy was released from the hospital Saturday, following a procedure Friday to remove an artery blockage, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Democrat said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate Returning to Immigration Bill</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1636627,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1636627,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Senators pushing a new immigration policy appealed Sunday to wavering supporters ahead of renewed debate on securing the borders and dealing with 12 million undocumented immigrants</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy proposes student lender subsidy cuts</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/19/pf/college/bc.studentloans.kennedy.reut/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/19/pf/college/bc.studentloans.kennedy.reut/index.htm</guid><description>The chairman of the U.S. Senate education committee Tuesday introduced legislation to cut government subsidies to student loan companies, but the cuts were milder than some expected and lender stocks rose.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sen. Kennedy offers student loan reforms</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/18/pf/college/bc.studentloans.senate.reut/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/18/pf/college/bc.studentloans.senate.reut/index.htm</guid><description>Moving the U.S. Congress closer to overhauling the troubled student loan industry, the chairman of the Senate Education Committee Monday unveiled proposals that would affect major lenders.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Measure to remove guest worker program from bill fails</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/22/congress.immigration/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/22/congress.immigration/index.html</guid><description>The Senate on Tuesday defeated a measure that would have eliminated a guest worker program from the bipartisan immigration legislation announced last week.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 13:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy fights 'immense new mistake' of troop surge</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/09/democrats.iraq.funding/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/09/democrats.iraq.funding/index.html</guid><description>Sen. Edward Kennedy launched a pre-emptive strike Tuesday against President Bush's anticipated plans to send more troops to Iraq.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rep. Kennedy entering rehab after crash</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/05/kennedy.accident/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/05/kennedy.accident/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Friday that he will enter a rehabilitation program after crashing his car on Capitol Hill a day earlier.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 13:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rep. Kennedy crashes car near Capitol</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/04/kennedy.accident/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/04/kennedy.accident/index.html</guid><description>Rep. Patrick Kennedy, son of Sen. Ted Kennedy, said Thursday he was apparently disoriented by medication when he crashed his car into a barricade on Capitol Hill overnight.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 21:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senator Kennedy and his dog</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/09/news/funny/kennedy_scholastic/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/09/news/funny/kennedy_scholastic/index.htm</guid><description>NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Edward Kennedy, the veteran Massachusetts senator, has agreed to create a children's book to bring the nation's youngest political students a peek at life behind the scenes in Washington, D.C.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy has company on airline watch list</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/20/lewis.watchlist/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/20/lewis.watchlist/index.html</guid><description>Sen. Edward Kennedy is not alone.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy: Airline security risk?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/19/kennedy.airlines/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/19/kennedy.airlines/index.html</guid><description>Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, may be one of the most recognizable politicians in the world, but that didn't stop some airport screeners from treating him as a potential security risk.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy: Kerry a leader worthy of our country</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/27/dems.kennedy/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/27/dems.kennedy/index.html</guid><description>Rousing the Democratic faithful in his home city Tuesday night, Sen. Edward Kennedy said the November election will be the most important of his long political career, exhorting "patriots of this new century" to prevent "four more years of dreams denied and promises unfilled and progress rolled back."</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2004 00:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CEOs FOR 4-YEAR-OLDS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/03/27/71796/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/03/27/71796/index.htm</guid><description>''Investing in our children is not just rhetoric. It's sound business practice, although many of our colleagues have yet to make that discovery.'' So said Arnold Hiatt, CEO of Stride Rite, who alon...</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 1989 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Signal</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/04/27/68975/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/04/27/68975/index.htm</guid><description>Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) introduced legislation that would raise the minimum wage from $3.35 an hour to $4.65 by 1990 and then peg it at 50% of the average hourly wage. He hopes for...</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 1987 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>