A ROUGH FRIDAY ON THE STOCK BOARD-- WITH THE DOW ENDING IN THE RED-- 312-POINTS DOWN ... FINISHING AT EIGHT- THOUSAND-- 378. THE DROP BEGAN IMMEDIATELY AFTER TRADING OPENED. IN FACT, STOCK MARKETS — AROUND THE WORLD -- PLUMMETED TODAY WITH FEARS OF A GLOBAL RECESSION GROWING....
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In nearly 50 years in the Senate, Senator Edward Kennedy, a liberal Democrat, served alongside 10 presidents — his brother John Fitzgerald Kennedy among them -- compiling an impressive list of legislative achievements on health care, civil rights, education, immigration and more.
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