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Bombshell Tapes May Reveal New Marilyn Monroe Mystery

Did Marilyn Monroe take a mystery trip aboard Frank Sinatra's private jet the very weekend she died? A trip during which she spent an intense night at the singer's retreat with mobster Sam Giancana? That's one of the suggestions made on the recently disclosed tapes featuring a close confidante of Monroe's -- who was also...

Super Bowl Journey Ignites Memories of JFK Assassination

DALLAS -- Since the Cowboys are noted for everything from players to cheerleaders, they've been America's Team. You've also had an iconic television drama named after these city limits. And, with the Packers in town, this comes to mind: Courtesy of a $1.2 billion stadium large enough to house everybody in Green Bay, Wis....

JFK's Ambulance Sells for $132,000 at Auction

A car collector who wanted to own a "piece of history" has paid $132,000 at auction for the 1963 Pontiac Bonneville ambulance that purportedly carried President John F. Kennedy's body after his assassination. The U.S. Navy ambulance featured in iconic photos taken on the night of Nov. 22, 1963, showing the newly widowed...

John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address: Famous Quotes From the Speech [VIDEO]

"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." Fifty years ago today, on a frigid morning in Washington, D.C., newly sworn-in President John F. Kennedy offered those iconic words to the nation in his inaugural address. "With those words, John F. Kennedy...

Opinion: President Kennedy's Inaugural, Then and Now

Fifty years ago Thursday, a White House aide went out to the east side of the Capitol, climbed steps shoveled clean of snow, and sat down to watch a new president deliver the most remembered inaugural address in history. That was appropriate. Ted Sorensen, who died last year, wrote much of JFK's speech, the anniversary of...

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John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

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