Black Burka Clad Woman Wearing U.S. Military Insignia Booted From Obama Event
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| A strange happening at the Obama campaign event at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond today. The media pool reports mentioned a woman wearing a black burka who was removed from the event. To make things more interesting, the pool reporter says the person was wearing U.S. military insignia.From the AP:VCU police reported that a heckler was removed from the arena, taken outside and released. A police dispatcher didn't know what the woman had yelled. According to a White House pool report, photographers observed a woman wearing a black burka being escorted out of the gym by Richmond police and other... |
Patrick Kennedy, Scott Brown trade fire on health care
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| Ex-Congressman Patrick Kennedy stepped into the roiling contraception debate between U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren today, demanding that Brown stop linking his dad the late Edward M. Kennedy, whose seat Brown took in 2010 to a hot-button Washington D.C. amendment. |
More nups & downs for Kennedys
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| Do you, Patches Kennedy, take this woman, Amy, to be your lawful designated driver? Another Kennedy wedding on the Cape today big night for package (liquor) stores and state police sobriety checkpoints. But somehow it doesnt seem the same so many things seem to be missing from the traditional Kennedy wedding. For starters, a Catholic church. Didnt the Kennedys used to get married in Catholic churches? Caroline at Our Lady of Victory in Centreville, Maria Shriver at St. Francis Xavier in Hyannis? Now Patches gets hitched at the compound. Forget celebrating Mass, these nuptials will be officiated by... |
Patrick Kennedy wedding planned for this weekend (SC judge Breyer to officiate)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| PROVIDENCE, R.I. Former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy and his fiancee plan to be married this week at a private wedding ceremony at the Kennedy familys Cape Cod compound. The 43-year-old Kennedy will wed New Jersey school teacher Amy Petitgout on Friday at what Kennedys spokeswoman says will be a small, intimate event. Kennedy is the son of the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy. He represented Rhode Islands 1st Congressional District as a Democrat for 16 years. Since leaving Congress in January Kennedy has been named a visiting fellow at Brown University and has campaigned to improve brain research.... |
Patrick Kennedys new cause: the brain
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| Patrick Kennedy walks, beaming, into the John F. Kennedy Library for a gala luncheon. At his side is his fiancee, Amy Petitgout. In his arms is her 3-year-old daughter, Harper. On his mind is another new passion of his: the brain. On his way to the podium, Kennedy shakes hands, slaps backs, and poses for pictures. When he begins to speak, the crowd gives him a standing ovation. Its a big change from the days when Kennedy, who represented Rhode Island in Congress for eight terms, made headlines for various shenanigans, including an early morning crash in 2006 outside the... |
Kennedy's sympathy for suspect Loughner (Patches sympathy for Loughner)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| (WPRI) - Patrick Kennedy continues his campaign for support for brain research -- with empathy for the suspect in a serious case of violence: Jared Loughner, the man accused of shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six others in a rampage earlier this year. Kennedy, the former Rhode Island representative who stepped down last year, wants to eradicate the stigma attached to mental health disorders. In an interview that aired this weekend on CNN -- an hour-long program called "Patrick Kennedy, Coming Clean" -- he told the news channel's Dr. Sanjay Gupta people with mental problems have been ignored for... |
Longtime bachelor Patrick Kennedy, 43, is engaged
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| Patrick Kennedy, the 43-year-old former Rhode Island congressman and son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, is engaged to be married to a New Jersey middle school teacher. Kennedy, a lifelong bachelor, got engaged Saturday in Rhode Island to Amy Petitgout, former aide Sean Richardson said Monday. No wedding date has been set. |
Kennedy's exit from Congress leaves a family void (Goodbye Kennedys)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| WASHINGTON (AP) - The Kennedys have held congressional seats, the presidency and the public's imagination for more than 60 years. That era ends when Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island vacates his U.S. House seat next month, leaving a City Council post in California as Camelot's sole remaining political holding. |
Microsoft Releases Biggest-ever Security Update
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| Microsoft released its largest-ever set of security patches Tuesday, fixing a total of 49 bugs in products such as Windows, Internet Explorer and Office. There are 16 groups of patches (called updates) in total. Microsoft says that two of them -- the Internet Explorer fix numbered MS10-071 and a Windows patch numbered MS10-076 -- should get top priority. Microsoft thinks attack code is likely to be developed that will target bugs fixed by both of those updates. NCircle Director of Security Operations Andrew Storms agrees that those two updates should be a top priority as they could be leveraged in... |
Happy days here again for Kerry and Patches (net worth increases more than $20 million last year)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| Happy days here again for Kerry and PatchesBy Donna Goodison Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - Updated 4 hours ago Sen. John Kerry is still King of the Hill. The Massachusetts Democrats net worth increased by more than $20 million last year to at least $188.6 million, extending his reign as the richest member of Congress. Outgoing Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy, meanwhile, ranked among the richest members of Congress for the first time - thanks to an inheritance from his father, the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, according to The Hill. **SNIP** Voters have had enough with the millionaires club, and... |
Rep. Patrick Kennedy speaks on substance abuse, then downs six shots of vodka at Cap Lounge
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| Roll Calls gossip column Heard on the Hill received a tip that Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., capped off a recent speech on his struggle with substance abuse by visiting Capitol Lounge and downing a series of shots. After slamming down the first round, another was ordered, then a third. Our tipster and his friend stopped doing shots, but Kennedy drank three more until the bartender cut him off, at least from obtaining any more shots, our tipster says. Our tipster adds Kennedy was in a lively mood, joking with others at the bar and even boasting about President Barack Obama,... |
Rep. Patrick Kennedy: Federal Funding of Abortion Is Not a Question of Morality
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| Washington (CNSNews.com) Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), a professed Roman Catholic, told CNSNews.com Wednesday that federal funding of health plans that cover elective abortions is not a question of morality but a matter of health -- public health. Obviously theres going to be some legal decisions that are going to be coming forward, Im sure, that are going to adjudicate this, Kennedy said at the Capitol. But obviously, weve got to protect womens health. Half of our population are women, and -- this is a matter of public health. He added: Its not a question of morality or anything; its... |
Kennedy calls departure from the House a sabbatical
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| A Washington Post report about U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedys decision to retire quotes the Rhode Island congressman as saying he is not leaving for good what the Post calls the family business. I consider it taking a sabbatical, Kennedy told Post reporter Philip Rucker. Ruckers story, posted Thursday afternoon on www.WashingtonPost.com, said Kennedy will transfer his roughly $500,000 in campaign funds to an interest-bearing account, which he says he might tap if he chooses to run for the Senate some day. Kennedy spokesman Adam Brand suggested in an e-mail exchange with the Providence Journal that, while Kennedys campaign fund... |
Report: Fathers death led to Patrick Kennedys decision
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy decided to abandon public office to focus on his personal life and family after watching his father die surrounded by loved ones, the 16-year congressman said in a wide-ranging magazine interview. Kennedy, who announced his decision not to seek re-election in a two-minute video clip, told Rhode Island Monthly he decided to let go of his House seat at Christmas after spending the fall reflecting on the death of U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Its pretty simple in this respect: I went through something that caused me a great deal of soul searching and self-reflection, Kennedy... |
AP source: (Patrick) Kennedy won't run for re-election in RI
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| WASHINGTON A Democratic official says Rep. Patrick Kennedy has decided not to seek re-election for his seat representing Rhode Island in the U.S. Congress. ... The decision by the eight-term congressman comes less than a month after a stunning Republican upset in the race for the Massachusetts Senate seat his late father, Edward Kennedy, held for almost half a century. |
The Kennedy Joke (Patches taking more hits)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| Rep. Patrick Kennedy has come out swinging against the man who now sits in the Senate seat his father held for 47 years. Telling a blog for the Hill newspaper that Senator Scott Brown was "in the tank for the Republicans," the Rhode Island Democrat called Brown's candidacy a "joke." The putdown is a familiar one for the Kennedy family. Forty-eight years ago, a thirty-year-old Ted Kennedy heard the same taunt from his primary opponent, Massachusetts Attorney General Edward McCormack: "If his name was Edward Moore, with his qualifications -- with your qualifications, Teddy -- if it was Edward Moore,... |
Report: Patrick Kennedy calls Brown's candidacy a joke
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| The son of the late US Senator Edward M. Kennedy has criticized Senator Scott Brown for accelerating his swearing-in, saying it showed Brown's candidacy was "a joke," a publication that covers Capitol Hill reports. Representative Patrick Kennedy, a Democrat from Rhode Island whose father held Brown's seat for 47 years until his death last year, said Thursday that "Brown's whole candidacy was shown to be a joke today when he was sworn in early in order to cast his first vote as an objection to Obama's appointment to the NLRB," according to The Hill's Blog Briefing Room. "Senator Brown is... |
Rhode Islanders react to Tobin-Kennedy dispute
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| Gerry Moniz didn't hesitate when asked what she thinks of the nationally publicized dispute between Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin and Patrick Kennedy over whether the congressman should refrain from taking Communion given his support for abortion rights. "I think Patrick Kennedy is wrong," Moniz, 56, said when asked to comment on Monday at an East Providence shopping plaza. A Catholic from West Greenwich, she added, "If he doesn't want to be Catholic, he should go to another church. The rules of the Catholic Church are, "We don't approve of abortion.' And he doesn't like that." At St. Francis Chapel... |
Report: Patrick Kennedy barred from communion by bishop
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| PROVIDENCE, R.I. Rep. Patrick Kennedy says Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has barred him from receiving communion because of his support of abortion rights. The Providence Journal reports on its Web site Sunday that Kennedy said in an interview that Tobin issued the order during discussions with the Democratic lawmaker, further escalating a simmering ideological dispute between the two men. Under church rules, Tobin can prevent Kennedy from receiving communion within his diocese, which covers Rhode Island. Its unclear whether bishops outside Rhode Island will take the same path. |
Kennedy Son Surrenders Alaskan Walrus Tusk
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| Senator Edward M. Kennedy's 16-year- old son violated state law by taking a 24-inch walrus tusk from an island preserve that is home to thousands of walruses, officials said. The youth returned the tusk. [more] |
New Republic Speculates Patrick Kennedy Could Grow Into Great Political Leader
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| When one first looks at this article in The New Republic speculating about if Ted Kennedy's son, Patrick Kennedy, could grow into a great political leader, you wouldn't be blamed for thinking it was a satirical story written by either Scott Ott or some other humor columnist. However the name of the author is Jason Zengerle and he is being dead serious which actually makes it funnier than any intentionally satirical story could be. What makes Zengerle's article especially funny is that he provides absolutely no proof that Patrick Kennedy displays the slightest bit of political leadership. In fact, Zengerle... |
Patrick Kennedy back in rehab
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| Troubled Rhode Island congressman Patrick Kennedys slide back into rehab may have been triggered by stress related to his senator fathers grim cancer diagnosis, a relative said. Its sad, Kennedys stepgrandfather, Edmund Reggie, told the Herald. Hes been wrapped up in the senator so much. All of us expect (U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)) to progress better than whats realistic. I think it really gets to Patrick, Reggie said of the senior senators diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor in May 2008. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) checked himself in to an undisclosed rehab center once again this week. The lawmaker... |
Rep. Patrick Kennedy Returns to Treatment for Substance Abuse
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| Rep. Patrick Kennedy, who has struggled with depression, alcoholism and addiction for much of his life, said Friday that he has checked into a medical facility for treatment. The Rhode Island Democrat said in a statement that his recovery is a "lifelong process" and that he will do whatever it takes to preserve his health. "I have decided to temporarily step away from my normal routine to ensure that I am being as vigilant as possible in my recovery," Kennedy said. He did not disclose where he was being treated. Kennedy, who has wrestled with alcoholism, bipolar disorder, an addiction... |
Rep. Patrick Kennedy again receiving treatment
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| WASHINGTONRep. Patrick Kennedy, who has struggled with depression, alcoholism and addiction for much of his life, said Friday that he has checked into a medical facility for treatment. Discuss COMMENTS (17) The Rhode Island Democrat said in a statement that his recovery is a "lifelong process" and that he will do whatever it takes to preserve his health. "I have decided to temporarily step away from my normal routine to ensure that I am being as vigilant as possible in my recovery," Kennedy said. He did not disclose where he was being treated. Kennedy, who has wrestled with alcoholism, bipolar... |
Patches (Chick) arrested, police say her scent made men pass out
Sunday 27th of May 2012 02:25:03 PM
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| HOUMA, LA (WAFB) - Houma police officers and Terrebonne Parish sheriff's deputies say an attractive woman named Patches has been arrested after her "calogne samples" made at least two men pass out. One of the incidents prompted a statewide alert to Louisiana law enforcement agencies. The first complaint happened in early June. Police say an 18-year-old man says he was leaving a Houma restaurant at lunchtime when he was approached by a woman who said she was selling cologne. Police say the woman asked the victim is he was interested in buying some cologne she was selling. "The suspect produced... |




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