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• Hearing set on replacing Kennedy

  September 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BOSTON – The push to name a successor to the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy gained momentum Monday, with state lawmakers scheduling a hearing on whether to allow an appointee …

• Outside Voices: A legacy of fairness

  August 31, 2009 in Opinion on Page A7 Philadelphia Inquirer, Aug. 27: The passing of Sen. Edward Moore “Teddy” Kennedy has silenced the greatest liberal voice of the past 50 years and drawn the curtain on an epic …

• Kennedy evoked on health

  August 31, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Democrats evoked memories of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on Sunday in calling for a civil debate over plans to overhaul the nation’s health care system. A …

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  Kennedy laid to rest

  August 30, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was laid to rest Saturday night alongside slain brothers John and Robert on hallowed ground at Arlington National Cemetery, celebrated for “the dream he …

• Smart Bombs: Lionize Kennedy for his hard work

  August 30, 2009 in Opinion on Page B9 If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then whoever coined “liberal lion” for Sen. Edward Kennedy must have a really big head these days. In any event, it’s a …

• Even in death, Kennedy divides us

  August 30, 2009 in Opinion on Page B8 Reaction to Sen. Ted Kennedy’s death suggests that there really are two Americas. One side sees in Kennedy a liberal lion who fought for the greater good; the other sees …

• Service for Sen. Kennedy rich in emotion

  August 29, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 BOSTON – Family members and friends, political allies and ideological rivals joined together Friday night to pay tribute to the long life and outsized personality of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy …

• Privilege tempers Kennedy legacy

  August 29, 2009 in Opinion on Page B4 They called him “The Liberal Lion.” Ted Kennedy deserved that title, though with some asterisks added. There’s no reconciling Kennedy worshippers with the Kennedy haters. But those who can deal …

• Democrats pushing for temporary Kennedy replacement

  August 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Senior Democrats in Washington and Massachusetts have thrown their support behind a proposal to appoint a temporary replacement to fill the seat of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., …

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  Kennedy’s body lies in repose

  August 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BOSTON – Sen. Edward M. Kennedy began his final journey Thursday, first past landmark after landmark bearing his family’s famous name and then to his slain brother’s presidential library where …

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  Kennedy remained a resolute spirit to the end

  August 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Several weeks ago, Vicki Kennedy sent an e-mail to the extended Kennedy family – relatives, friends, colleagues – with one of her regular updates on her husband. We’re …

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  Kennedy exuded youth, energy in Spokane visits

  August 27, 2009 in City on Page A9 The road that carried U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy to the heights of American political power passed through Spokane nearly 50 years ago when his brother, John F. Kennedy, was …

• A life of ambition, kindness

  August 27, 2009 in Opinion on Page A13 When I first encountered him in Beckley, W.Va., in the spring of 1960, Ted Kennedy was an impossibly handsome 28-year-old campaigning for his big brother in the Democratic primary against …

• Editorial: To honor Kennedy, lift debate to his level

  August 27, 2009 in Opinion on Page A13 On Tuesday, just a few hours before Edward M. Kennedy died, one of his Senate friends and occasional allies was meeting with constituents at a town hall meeting across the … 2

• Sports in brief: Kennedy honored at Fenway Park

  August 27, 2009 in Sports on Page B1 Baseball: The Boston Red Sox honored the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy before their game on Wednesday night, paying tribute to a lifelong fan whose family was as much a …

• Senator key to push for care reform

  August 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Securing universal health care coverage for Americans was a decades-long quest that eluded Sen. Edward Kennedy. In the wake of his death, however, several key Democrats on Wednesday …

• Kennedy’s journey brought him to Spokane

  August 26, 2009 in News, City The road that carried U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy to the heights of American political power passed through Spokane nearly 50 years ago when his brother, John F. Kennedy, was … 1

• Kennedy to lie in repose at library

  August 26, 2009 Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will lie in repose at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston before his funeral at a city church, said a Democratic source …

• Colleagues, friends mourn ‘Patriarch’ of the Senate

  August 26, 2009 in Nation/World Friends and colleagues of the late Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., on Wednesday mourned the loss of the Senate’s “patriarch,” whose outsized personality and legislative and political skills continued to impact …

• Sen. Kennedy released from hospital after seizure

  January 21, 2009 in Nation/World Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was released from the hospital and doing well Wednesday after suffering a seizure during an inaugural luncheon.