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Bishop bars Patrick Kennedy from Communion over abortion

Rhode Island's top Roman Catholic leader has asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop taking Communion over his support for abortion rights, the diocese said Sunday.

Patrick Kennedy checks into rehab facility

U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy has checked into an unnamed medical facility for help with his recovery from substance abuse, the Rhode Island Democrat said in a statement Friday.

Months-delayed U.S. Embassy ready in Baghdad

After months of delay, the United States has established an embassy in Baghdad, the State Department said Monday.

Rice to get briefing as team returns from Blackwater probe

A State Department team is back in Washington after more than two weeks in Baghdad investigating diplomatic security practices, including the use of private security firms such as Blackwater USA, a department spokesman said.

Time.com: State Dept. May Phase Out Blackwater

The State Department may phase out or limit the use of private security guards in Iraq, which could mean canceling Blackwater USA's contract

Rice orders more oversight of contractors in Iraq

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ordered the implementation of three steps to bolster the accountability of private security firms in Iraq, including the Blackwater USA.

The crash of a Kennedy

Patrick Kennedy, who mysteriously plowed his Ford Mustang into a security barricade on Capitol Hill last week, once seemed the great hope of his generation of America's most storied political dynasty. He won his first election at 21: a college junior who had lived in Rhode Island only two years, Kennedy trounced a five-term incumbent to win a seat in the state legislature. In 1994 he was elected to Congress, and people predicted he would follow his father Edward into the Senate.

Fortune: GEPHARDT'S KENNEDY STRATEGY

One is Ivy League, the other Big Ten. One is the son of an ambassador, the other the son of a milkman. One is mending his reputation as a rogue, the other fighting a reputation as a boy scout. Neit...

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