A roll call of American presidents gather to pay their respects at Edward Kennedy’s funeral with politicians from around the world
At six o’clock yesterday morning, the streets around the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston were already being closed off. New metal barriers were erected by the minute, each possible path blocked [...]

His mourners came from the ranks of the rich and powerful, the poor and the powerless — all of them touched by Sen. Ted Kennedy’s life and legacy. The “Lion of the Senate,” who died Wednesday of brain cancer at 77, was hailed yesterday at a… more …

A roll call of American presidents gather to pay their respects at Edward Kennedy’s funeral with politicians from around the world
At six o’clock yesterday morning, the streets around the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston were already being closed off. New metal barriers were erected by the minute, each possible path blocked [...]

Sen. Edward Kennedy was in a wheelchair at the end, struggling to speak and sapped of his energy. But from the time his brain cancer was diagnosed 15 months ago, he spoke of having a “good ending for myself,” in whatever time he had left, and by every account, he did. more …

Senator Edward Kennedy’s brain cancer dashed hopes he would help propel President Barack Obama’s bold agenda.
Reporting from Martha’S Vineyard, Mass., and Washington — For Barack Obama, the upstart Illinois senator who [...]

Comments from family members, politicians and others on the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy from brain cancer Tuesday: “We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism and perseverance…

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Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who has brain cancer and has been absent from the Senate for most of the year, has asked that state law be changed so his seat could be filled more rapidly in the event of his death. more …

WASHINGTON — Political columnist Robert Novak, a diehard conservative, pugilistic debater and proud owner of the “Prince of Darkness” moniker, died yesterday after a battle with brain cancer. He was 78. His wife of 47 years, Geraldine Novak… more …