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In World War II's final moments in Europe, Associated Press correspondent Edward Kennedy gave his news agency perhaps the biggest scoop in its history. He reported, a full day ahead of the competition, that the Germans had surrendered unconditionally at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France.

Kara Kennedy, the oldest child of the late senator Edward Kennedy, has died. Patrick Kennedy, a former congressman from Rhode Island, said his sister died Friday. "She's with dad," Patrick Kennedy said. Their father died in 2009 at age 77 after battling a brain tumor.

Just-released records show there were death threats against then-senator as late as 1985.

Sen. Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican who pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent years by winning the seat once held by Sen. Edward Kennedy, has a book deal.

The newly elected Republican from Massachusetts is formally put in the Senate to replace Edward M. Kennedy.

Turnout will be key for Tuesday's special election to fill the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat. Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Martha Coakley crisscross the state for support.

In the final moments of a U.S.

Paul G. Kirk Jr., the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, will replace the late Ted Kennedy in the Senate until a special election is held in January, sources told FOX News.

Massachusetts could have a new U.S. senator by the end of the week.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick threw his support Monday behind a proposal to appoint an interim successor to the late Senator Edward Kennedy and also set a date of Jan. 19 for a special election to fill the term that ends in 2012.

As a soft twilight fell over the nation's capital, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was laid to his final rest Saturday in a ceremony on a sloping site in Arlington National Cemetery.