Update:Ted's got good doctors. Word is the surgery was successful. The mass media is abuzz with the news that Senator Ted Kennedy is undergoing surgery on the tumor discovered in his brain. He's at Duke University Medical Center right now. The surgery, which is being led by Dr. Allan Friedman, will take six hours, and he will go through chemotherapy and radiation afterward. Given Kennedy's prominent position, a team of experts flocked to discuss his......

Update: The Herald's sources say Kennedy showed "stroke-like symptoms." Update to the Update: Kennedy's office has released that he had a seizure. [CNN] The Cape Cod Times is reporting that Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy fell ill this morning at the Kennedy compound and was "rushed" to the hospital. First he went to the Cape Cod Hospital, but then he was taken by helicopter to Mass General. He is 76 years old. He had surgery on......

--Hug a social worker today. If you've ever wondered why the Department of Social Services couldn't stop an act of violence from happening, read this eye-opening article on just how hard it is to be a social worker. According to the piece, "between one-third and three-quarters of all social workers nationwide have been threatened, physically assaulted, or had their property damaged." [Boston Globe] --A Bridgewater State College student and his girlfriend, a student at......

The rumors that JFK fathered a love child who is now living in Canada have not gone away. In fact, they seem to be gaining strength, at least up north. The love child went to the press and revealed some information about himself. His first name is "Jack," of course. The Herald has his full name, but the Toronto Globe & Mail does not. "Jack" wants DNA tests, and he says people stop him and......

On top of the loss of his chosen presidential candidate, Barack Obama, in the Massachusetts primaries (debate on the "Kennedy Lift" here), Senator Ted Kennedy now has to deal with more rumors about the Kennedy Clan. The Kennedy Clan has always been a magnet for rumors, some sordid, some not, some true, some not. In this case, whether or not it is true, the latest rumor will have a high-profile mouthpiece in the form of......

Ted Kennedy catches a lot of crap just being himself. Ted-Kennedy-As-Orator is probably Jon Stewart's second-favorite impression after the George W. Bush chuckle. Throw in the alleged drinky-drinky, and Ted Kennedy makes for quite the media spectacle. Since he announced his endorsement of presidential aspirant Barack Obama, the Peanut Gallery has renewed its love affair with poking fun at Teddy. But Glenn Beck at Headline News hurt our brains when he started imagining our Senator......

Bostonist saw John Kerry mingling with the functionaries at Mayor Menino's State of the City in Dorchester a couple of weeks ago, and we realized we had forgotten a couple of things about him. One, he's damn tall. Two, he's an elected politician. The nature of American incumbency makes it difficult to dislodge any Senator once they're in power, but Massachusetts has it particularly bad. Our duo in Washington has a combined 70 years in......