John F. Kennedy

$190-million mansion in Connecticut tops Realtor.com listings

2013-05-21 07:00:00

The thing about "vanity pricing" is … it does provide exposure. There’s nothing quite like planting a for-sale sign at the top of the price spectrum to draw notice. With that in the mind, the nation’s real estate attention span --...

Apple CEO Tim Cook to senators: 'We don't depend on tax gimmicks' [video chat]

2013-05-21 14:00:00

WASHINGTON -- Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the company's tax avoidance strategies in an appearance Tuesday before the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.� Wearing a business suit, white shirt and powder blue tie, Cook read an...

Goldberg: Obama's 'idiot' defense

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Although there's still a great deal to be learned about the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House like so many ominous dorsal fins in the surf, the nature of President Obama's bind is becoming clear. The best defenses of his...

Billie Sol Estes dies at 88; notorious Texas con man in 1960s scandal

2013-05-16 11:40:00

Billie Sol Estes, a flamboyant Texas huckster who became one of the most notorious men in America in 1962 when he was accused of looting a federal crop subsidy program, has died. He was 88. Estes died in his sleep at his home in DeCordova Bend, a city...

PASSINGS: Vincent G. Dowling, John La Montaine

2013-05-16 21:43:00

Vincent G. Dowling Actor, director gave Tom Hanks early break Actor and director Vincent G. Dowling, 83, who left behind a long career with Ireland's national theater to run a Shakespeare festival in Cleveland where he gave a young Tom Hanks an...

John Kerry's brother, Cameron, to be acting Commerce secretary

2013-05-14 08:44:00

WASHINGTON -- Cameron Kerry will serve as acting Commerce secretary starting June 1, joining his brother, Secretary of State John Kerry, in President Obama's Cabinet. Cameron Kerry, who has been general counsel at the Commerce Department since 2009,...

Come to papa: Ernest Hemingway's papers return from Cuba

2013-05-07 09:06:00

Records from the estate in Cuba where Ernest Hemingway wrote many of his most famous books have been digitized and brought to the United States, the Associated Press reports. The materials will be held at Boston's John F. Kennedy Library, which holds a...

PASSINGS: Kenneth Battelle

2013-05-14 17:47:00

Kenneth Battelle, an influential hairstylist who created Jacqueline Kennedy's tousled bouffant and counted Marilyn Monroe and Lucille Ball among his many famous clients, died Sunday at his home in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. He was 86. His death was...

Giffords accepts Kennedy 'Profile in Courage' award

2013-05-05 17:04:00

Courage comes in many guises. In Boston on Sunday, Gabrielle Giffords was praised for having the courage just to carry on. "It’s been a hard two years for me, but I want to make the world a better place," said Giffords in receiving the 2013...

Poll: Should Jerry Brown and Barack Obama tell us to pray?

2013-05-02 13:49:00

Gov. Jerry Brown, a onetime Jesuit seminarian, issued a proclamation designating Thursday a Day of Prayer in California, timed to coincide with the National Day of Prayer proclaimed by President Obama pursuant to an act of Congress. “A National...

Elon Musk really, really hates traffic jams

2013-04-25 13:10:00

Apparently, billionaire Elon Musk is channeling John F. Kennedy, who famously intoned, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Musk, who wasn’t even born when Kennedy gave his inaugural...

Boston bombings: Social media spirals out of control

2013-04-20 05:15:00

Over the last few days, thousands of people have taken to the Internet to play Sherlock Holmes. Armed with little more than grainy surveillance camera videos, cellphone photos and live tweets from police scanners, they have flooded the Web with clues,...

Metal plaques mark the dates of campaign speached made by President John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson at the Hartford Times portico in this 1978 photo.

2013-05-13 13:28:24

Senator John F. Kennedy speaks outside Hartford Times Building on Nov. 7, 1960.

2013-05-13 00:00:00

A photo illustration of the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy. Funds awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding under a contract modification will be used to purchase long-lead-time materials such as air conditioning systems, controllers and pumps.

2013-05-07 03:58:00