memeorandum: Kennedy hospitalized after apparent seizure (Associated Press)

3:00 PM ET, May 17, 2008

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John King / CNN:

Ted Kennedy rushed to hospital — (CNN) — Sen. Edward Kennedy was rushed to a hospital in Massachusetts Saturday morning, a well-informed, prominent Democratic source in that state told CNN. — Kennedy was transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after spending less …

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Boston Globe:

Ted Kennedy hospitalized after suffering seizures — Senator Edward M. Kennedy was rushed from his Hyannisport home to Mass General Hospital this morning after an apparent seizure. One government official said the 76-year-old senator suffered a second seizure aboard a helicopter transport flight from the Cape to Boston.

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Cape Cod Times / CapeCodOnline.com:

Sen. Kennedy falls ill; taken to Boston hospital by helicopter … HYANNIS — U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy was rushed by ambulance to Cape Cod Hospital this morning after falling ill at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport. — Hyannis fire responded to the compound after a call …

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Associated Press:

Spokeswoman: Sen. Kennedy hospitalized with seizure — BOSTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was airlifted to a hospital Saturday after suffering a seizure at his home, and did not appear to have had a stroke as initially suspected, his spokeswoman said. — The 76-year-old Democrat …

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Associated Press:

Kennedy hospitalized after apparent seizure — 76-year-old Democrat airlifted to hospital, undergoing tests — BOSTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was hospitalized in Boston on Saturday after suffering a seizure, according to Stephanie Cutter, his spokeswoman, who said it does not appear the Democrat had a stroke as initially suspected.

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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Senator Kennedy Rushed to Hospital

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Martin Kady II / The Crypt's Blogs:
Kennedy rushed to hospital with stroke symptoms

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Jane Norman / Des Moines Register:

Harkin: McCain too ‘military’ — Washington, D.C. — Republican presidential candidate John McCain's family background as the son and grandson of admirals has given him a worldview shaped by the military, “and he has a hard time thinking beyond that,” Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Ia., said Friday.

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Ron Claiborne / ABCNEWS:
McCain Runs From Bush — but Not Too Far

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Karl Rove / CNN:
Rove slams Obama over ‘bitter’ comments, flag pin

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Lindsey Ellerson / Political Radar:
Huckabee Jokes About Gun Aimed at Obama

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Beth Frerking / The Politico:

NARAL reeling from Obama endorsement — With the clock running down on a long-fought primary, NARAL Pro-Choice America leaders sent state affiliates reeling this week by endorsing Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. It was seen as a gratuitous slap in the face to a longtime ally …

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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
A Subdued Clinton, and a Subdued Audience

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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
What was NARAL thinking? — Earlier this week, the management …

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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:

Hillary turns fire on media — PORTLAND, Ore. - Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is increasingly aiming its punches not at her front-running opponent Barack Obama, but at the media. — On the campaign trail, in a new ad and in her meetings with donors and superdelegates …

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Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:

Obama an appeaser? How dare you — “That's enough. That - that's a show of disrespect to me.” — That was Barack Obama, a couple of weeks back, explaining why he was casting the Rev. Jeremiah Wright into outer darkness. It's one thing to wallow in “adolescent grandiosity” …

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Janny Scott / New York Times:

Obama's Story, Written by Obama — Barack Obama was a first-time author and rookie politician embarking upon his first run for public office. Hermene Hartman was the publisher of N'Digo, a magazine in Chicago aimed at upscale black readers. As Ms. Hartman tells it, she got a call …

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Stephanie Nebehay / Reuters:

U.N. racism investigator to visit U.S. from Monday — GENEVA (Reuters) - A special U.N. human rights investigator will visit the United States this month to probe racism, an issue that has forced its way into the race to secure the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

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Rasmussen Reports:

Election 2008: Alaska Senate — Alaska Senate: Begich (D) 47% Stevens (R) 45% — The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that Republican Senator Ted Stevens is trailing by two percentage points in his bid for re-election. Stevens attracts 45% of the vote while Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) earns 47%.

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