Topic: Joseph Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy to be US ambassador to Japan? Why it makes sense now.

Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late President Kennedy, may soon be on her way to Tokyo as President Obama's envoy. The new secretary of State likely played a role.

Stocks rise on burst of hiring

Stocks rose on Wall Street Friday on news that US employers added 236,000 jobs last month. Stocks have also been boosted by continuing economic stimulus from the Federal Reserve.

Chapter & Verse Writer David Nasaw discusses the turbulent life of Joseph P. Kennedy

From his role as a father to powerful politicians to his job as a movie industry mogul, Nasaw says that 'unlike other outsiders who fight to get inside... once [Kennedy] gets inside, he refuses to play by the rules.'

Bestselling books the week of 11/29/12, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.

'The Presidents' Club': 10 stories about relationships between American presidents

From Truman to Obama, 10 stories of friendships and feuds between US presidents.

Top 10 richest US presidents

Mitt Romney earned nearly $22 million in 2010. If elected, he would be in the Top 3 most wealthiest presidents. You may be surprised by who ranks among the Top 10 wealthiest US presidents.

6 novels that re-imagine history

You've heard of the butterfly effect: If one small event is different, all of history is changed forever. And it's a game people have loved to play for decades. What if the South had won the Civil War? What if Hitler had won World War II? What if Europe hadn't lasted beyond the Black Plague? Stephen King's new novel "11/22/63" imagines what would have happened if President Kennedy had lived beyond 1963, but he's not the first to rearrange history. Here's six novels that explore a slightly alternate version of very familiar events.
11/21/2011 12:10 pm

Pandora goes public with a bang

Pandora stock soars 63 percent in first day of trading before falling back to close with a 9 percent gain. Pandora is the latest Internet stock to go public.
06/16/2011 12:29 am

In Pictures Memorial Day: remembering the fallen

Ted Kennedy and the lost notebook: FBI was watching him

FBI files on Sen. Ted Kennedy kept between 1961 and 1985 are full of death threats and clues to the senator's relationship with the FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
06/14/2010 05:26 pm

Katie Holmes to play Jackie Kennedy in History Channel miniseries

Katie Holmes is set to play Jackie Kennedy opposite Greg Kinnear as President John F. Kennedy in an upcoming History Channel miniseries.
04/29/2010 04:06 pm

As Brown edges ahead in poll, Bill Clinton stumps for Coakley

Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Scott Brown are bringing in their parties' stars as they battle to win Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in a Jan. 19 special election. Bill Clinton is stumping for Coakley in Massachusetts Friday.
01/15/2010 09:56 am

Verbal Energy A word that works its way across the social spectrum

As 2009, the big year of social media, wraps up, the Monitor’s language columnist considers just what a workhorse the word ‘social’ is.
12/21/2009 11:39 am

True Compass

For the first time, a glimpse of the Kennedys from the inside.
10/01/2009 01:00 am

The Bidens, and six other political dynasties in the making

Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, returned from Iraq Wednesday. He's tipped to run for the US Senate. Several other political families also have members eyeing 2010.
09/30/2009 01:00 am

Americans pay tribute to Kennedy

Remembrances of the Democratic senator, excerpted here, come from those of all political stripes.
08/26/2009 01:00 am