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Kathy Ireland: The Tragic Shortfall in Down Syndrome Research
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Courtesy Kathy Ireland Kathy Ireland (Oct. 11) -- Three months ago, my niece Polly was born. In the short time since, she's already undergone one extensive surgery to repair two holes in heart. And we've now learned that she has one additional opening on her heart that may or may not close without further surgery. Like one out of every 800 babies born in the U.S., Polly has Down syndrome. But despite the fact that DS is a top genetic issue, perhaps the top genetic issue in the country, funding for it has been consistently reduced. This year, the National Institutes of Health expects to spend ...
Patrick Kennedy Writing Memoir as He Leaves Congressional Career
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyRep. Patrick Kennedy, who has struggled with depression, alcohol and drug abuse, is writing a memoir called "Coming Clean" as he leaves behind an up-and-down career on Capitol Hill. Kennedy (D-R.I.), son of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, announced earlier this year he would not seek a ninth term. He missed the counsel of his father who died last year and appeared to be no longer enjoying his time in Congress. In May, he denounced the news media for not paying enough attention to the work of Congress: "it is despicable -- the national press corps right now," he said, lashing out on the House ...
Late Edward Kennedy's Son Patrick Writing Memoir
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK (Oct. 5) -- Rhode Island U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, is writing a memoir. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced Tuesday that Kennedy's "Coming Clean" is planned for next fall. The publisher says Kennedy, who has struggled with depression and alcohol and drug addiction, will write "a truly revealing, intimate portrait." The 43-year-old Democrat is retiring from Congress after serving eight terms. ...
How Serious Is the European Terror Alert?
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PARIS (Oct. 4) -- How frightened should American travelers be following the State Department's alert on "the potential for terrorist attacks in Europe?" The answer: The worries are serious, but the threat may be less dire than headlines suggest. In Paris, military and police patrols today appeared more sporadic than during past periods of high alert, when checkpoints dotted thoroughfares in the city center and at tourist meccas like the Louvre museum and the Champs Elysees. French counterterrorist troops were deployed at the Eiffel Tower, cited last week as a potential target, but in lesser ...
Gay Candidates for Congress Draw Interest, Hope
By not in system - AOL NewsWOONSOCKET, R.I. (Sept. 14) - Laure Rondeau, an 82-year-old Catholic, supports Providence Mayor David Cicilline for Congress because he wants to get the troops out of Afghanistan and says Washington is losing sight of what's happening to regular people. The sexual orientation of the openly gay mayor doesn't figure into her decision. "That doesn't bother me at all," Rondeau says. "He's been a good mayor of Providence, and I think he'd do well in Congress." Just three of the 535 members of Congress are openly gay, but two candidates hope to inch that number up to five this year: Cicilline, ...
Rhode Island GOP Eyes Patrick Kennedy Seat
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyRhode Island Republicans are hoping to pull a "Scott Brown" in "Little Rhody." Brown, a Republican, shocked Democrats when he won a special election earlier this year for the seat held by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in heavily-Democratic Massachusetts. Now, Republicans are focusing on Rhode Island -- also a Democratic stronghold where Kennedy's son, Patrick, has decided to step down after nearly 16 years in the U.S. House. Their candidate is state Rep. John Loughlin, who has been endorsed by GOP heavyweights John McCain, Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, The Hill newspaper reported. (Romney's ...
Patrick Kennedy Calls Absentee Press 'Despicable'
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe floor of the House of Representatives and the gallery overlooking it are often nearly deserted as lawmakers and reporters come and go in the course of long legislative days. But Rep. Patrick Kennedy took the absence of a large media contingent on Wednesday as a threat to democracy. "Cynicism is one, two press people in the gallery," he shouted in an arm-waving one-minute rant. The American public is turned off, he said, because "they are not seeing their Congress do the work they were sent to do, and it is because the press -- the press of the United States -- is not covering the most ...
Rep. Patrick Kennedy Calls Media 'Despicable'
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (March 10) -- U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy is blasting the news media as "despicable," accusing them of ignoring the war in Afghanistan even as troops continue to die there. The Rhode Island Democrat shouted, pointed and waved his arms excitedly during a speech on the House floor Wednesday on U.S. policy in Afghanistan. He chastised the media for focusing "24/7" on former Rep. Eric Massa of New York, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, at a time when lawmakers were debating the future of the war. He counted two members of the news media in the gallery, ...
Patrick Kennedy, Son of Ted Kennedy, to Retire From Congress
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyU.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) has announced that he will not run for reelection. Kennedy is the youngest son of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, who died in 2009. In a video, Kennedy explains, "My father instilled in me a deep commitment to public service. Now having spent two decades in politics, my life has taken a new direction and I will not be a candidate for re-election this year." The younger Kennedy first ran for office when he was 21 and won a seat in the Rhode Island legislature. He has represented Rhode Island in Congress since 1995. He serves on the powerful House Appropriations ...
Patrick Kennedy Denied Holy Communion by Catholic Church
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyRhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy has been banned from receiving the sacrament of Holy Communion by the Catholic Church in his home state because of his public support for a woman's right to have an abortion. ...
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