A TROVE of John F Kennedy pictures by White House photographer Cecil Stoughton, including a rare image of Marilyn Monroe with the president and Robert Kennedy at a Democratic fund-raiser, fetched $151,000 (€114,000) at auction.

Senator Edward Kennedy’s body was taken on the first leg of its final journey, first past landmark after landmark bearing his family’s famous name and then to his murdered brother’s presidential library where mourners lined up by the thousands to bid farewell to him.

SENATOR Edward Kennedy’s body was taken to Boston last night to lie in repose at his murdered brother’s presidential library for two days of public visits.

ON a spring day nearly two years ago, Senator Edward Kennedy sat on the porch of his sprawling Hyannis Port home with a friend of five decades, Edmund Reggie, father of Kennedy’s wife, Vicki. The two men gazed out at the ocean that has been such an anchor in Kennedy’s life and talked about the future.

Ailing Senator Edward Kennedy has asked Massachusetts politicians to change the law to allow the governor to appoint an interim replacement for his US Senate seat, should he be unable to continue serving.

The 88-year-old sister of President John F Kennedy was fighting for her life in hospital today.

Senator Edward Kennedy, who has brain cancer, was taken by ambulance to a hospital near his Massachusetts vacation home after complaining of feeling ill but returned home a few hours later.

US Senator Edward Kennedy, who is being treated for brain cancer, has been taken to a hospital near his Cape Cod vacation home after complaining of feeling ill.

Senator Edward Kennedy took the helm of his sailboat Mya in a regatta, just a week after undergoing a brain biopsy that diagnosed him with cancer.

JOAN KENNEDY, whose three children took temporary guardianship of her to ensure she receives treatment for alcoholism, has put her Cape Cod, Massachusetts, home on the market for almost €5 million - over their objections.