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Bombshell Tapes May Reveal New Marilyn Monroe Mystery
By Chris Epting - AOL NewsDid Marilyn Monroe take a mystery trip aboard Frank Sinatra's private jet the very weekend she died? A trip during which she spent an intense night at the singer's retreat with mobster Sam Giancana? That's one of the suggestions made on the recently disclosed tapes featuring a close confidante of Monroe's -- who was also one of the most famous stylists in history. The legendary screen star's passing on Aug. 5, 1962, remains, arguably, the most mysterious and controversial death in Hollywood history. STR / AFP / Getty Images Undated file photo of American actress Marilyn Monroe ...
Sirhan Sirhan Denied Parole: 5 Facts on the RFK Assassin
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsSirhan Sirhan is staying put. The 66-year-old convicted felon, who's serving a life sentence for the June 4, 1968, assassination of presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy, was denied parole on Wednesday. Sirhan pleaded with the parole board during an intense four-hour hearing at California's Pleasant Valley State Prison, but the committee determined that Sirhan still had not shown adequate remorse for the crime. For more on the man serving time, Surge Desk has five facts on the killer. 1. Born in Jerusalem Sirhan was born March 19, 1944, to a Jordanian Christian family. He was 12 years old ...
RFK-Owned Emancipation Proclamation for Sale
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NEW YORK (Oct. 6) -- A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln and bought by Robert F. Kennedy, who drew inspiration from the document as he enforced civil rights legislation in the 1960s, is going up for auction and could fetch as much as $1.5 million. Kennedy bought the printed copy of the 1863 document declaring all slaves "forever free" shortly after its centennial celebration at the White House. His widow, Ethel, is offering it for sale Dec. 10 at Sotheby's, the auction house told The Associated Press. It's one of 48 printed copies signed by President Abraham Lincoln. ...
Opinion: RFK's Legacy 42 Years Later
By not in system - AOL News(June 5) -- Forty-two years ago, 42-year-old Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated moments after making his victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy had just won the California and South Dakota primaries. His last public words that night, spoken to a large, young and enthusiastic crowd -- the kind that followed him throughout his 82-day 1968 presidential campaign -- were: "And now it's on to Chicago, and let's win there." Kennedy never made it to Chicago, and America continues to face many of the same problems -- war, violence, distrust of government -- about which ...
Hang Out With Oprah for a Good Cause
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyThe economy may be tight, but when a worthy cause like the nonprofit Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights has a charity auction, you do what you can. Like the Sidwell Friends School auction last month, where one happy donor making a contribution to the private school's scholarship fund was able to score autographed magazine covers of the President and First Lady for under $4000, this auction's items are laden with prestige and star power. Now through May 28, donors can "bid on over 125 one of a kind celebrity experiences to support human rights!" Lot items offer high power ...
A Prescient RFK Remembered
By Denise Williams - Politics DailyDuring the historic week we just had, the 40th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy's death at the hands of an assassin during his own primary bid for the Democratic nomination in 1968 was not given the attention it may have during another time. His words and legacy still ring true today. The country lost a great leader when he was gunned down at the age of 43. The New York senator and brother of JFK was known for his tireless work for civil rights during the 60's and was the driving force behind his brother's and later Lyndon Johnson's actions and advocacy for the work being done by Rev. ...
Keith Olbermann, Gravity and 'The Shark'
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyTyler Gray at Radar's blog Fresh Intelligence asks if MSNBC's Keith Olbermann has "jumped the shark" with his "latest series of popped capillaries." Gray means Olbermann's sprawling special comments that seem to be less special as they become more frequent and more angry, specifically the most recent one about Hillary Clinton's RFK comment (transcript). This term, "jumping the shark" jumped the shark right around the time the term "under the bus" should have been thrown under the bus, but it's a good question. During the last few years, Olbermann's Countdown has been one of the only shows that ...
Hillary Predicts More June Gloom
By Ken Layne - Politics Daily"My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California." -- Hillary Clinton, May 24, 2008Barack Obama's weird followers were predictably "outraged" when Senator Hillary sort of suggested that sometimes Democratic presidential candidates get assassinated in June, before the convention. But she was just pointing out the likelihood of terrible things always happening in, uh, June.After all, June has traditionally been the deadliest month for politicians and ...
Fox 'Analyst' Jokes About Assassination
By David Knowles - Politics DailyHere's a little something to offend every Democrat, courtesy of Fox News. Liz Trotta, thanks for everything. Hillary is a dirty liar, Obama=Osama. Hey, happy Memorial Day weekend, everybody! ...
'Why Hillary Continues To Run' by Hillary
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThere's been no end to speculation of why Hillary Clinton is refusing to drop out of the race despite all signs that she has no chance to win the nomination. She's angling for a veep spot, she's positioning herself for 2012, she's hoping for an Obama gaffe of epic proportions, her 'off' switch is broken. Well let the speculation end, because Hillary's going to tell us herself. She has penned an op-ed for New York's Daily News with the headline 'Why I Continue To Run.' First she apologizes, sort of, for her mind-boggling RFK comment, then she defends her campaign's sticktoitiveness: I am not ...
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