WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy's son says growing up with a family legacy of assassination includes memories of the bullet-proof vests in his father's closet. In an interview with CBS News, to be broadcast Sunday on "60 Minutes," Ted Kennedy Jr. says he and his brother and sister were acutely aware of their father's protective vests.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A former Kentucky lawmaker slit his wrists and threatened police Friday after his former fiancée was found fatally shot, authorities said.
BOSTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey said Friday he will not run for the Senate seat that had been held by the late Edward M. Kennedy.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The H1N1 influenza is a new strain of the flu virus, not the swine flu that has infected U.S. pigs for 80 years, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says.
ZAGREB, Croatia, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A Croatian doctor who allegedly refused to treat a man with stroke symptoms because he is a Serb could lose his license to practice medicine, officials say.
PLUMSTEAD, Pa., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A man suspected of a series of burglaries and car thefts in a Philadelphia suburb was shot dead by a police officer after a brief chase, authorities said.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The first in a series of public-service announcements calling for volunteerism features Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, the wife of the vice president.
LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A dissident Republican group has claimed responsibility for attacks Friday on the family of a Catholic police officer in Northern Ireland, investigators said.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A United Nations panel says the global economic crisis shows the need for new institutions and replacement of the dollar as reserve currency.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles man has been charged with a 34-year-old rape and murder based on DNA evidence he provided when arrested on a drug charge, prosecutors say.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Census Bureau ended a partnership Friday with ACORN after videos surfaced of employees of the community group offering advice on running a brothel.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Clinical trials of the H1N1 vaccine show most adults may only need a single dose to gain immunity, researchers say.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The Obama administration is willing to hold direct talks with Iran without preconditions but does not expect a major breakthrough, officials said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Max Baucus said Friday he expects the Finance Committee to release a
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A mentally retarded Florida man has been freed after DNA testing cleared him of a rape and killing he confessed to 26 years ago when he was 15.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The cost of fighting the Station Fire, which has ravaged 250 square miles of San Bernardino National Forest, could climb to $100 million, officials say.
