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Palin: "I invite all my friends to watch" FOX's Glenn Beck

Wed Aug 26, 4:28 PM ET

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is jumping into the fray over FOX News talk show host Glenn Beck, whose assertion last month that President Barack Obama is "a racist" led to a boycott of the companies advertising on his show, and ultimately, led some to drop their sponsorship of his show. (Although many have simply shifted advertising to other time slots on Fox, Politico reports.)

  • President Obama, woken early with the news, speaks of Kennedy's passing Wed Aug 26, 10:50 AM ET

    An aide woke the president at 2 a.m. to tell him Sen. Ted Kennedy was dead, and, according to a spokesman, the president spoke with Kennedy's widow about 25 minutes later.

  • Group suspends TV ads criticizing Obama health care plan Wed Aug 26, 10:35 AM ET

    A group opposing President Obama’s health care proposals on Wednesday suspended a TV ad campaign it was running in Boston and on Martha’s Vineyard, out of deference to the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy.

  • Kennedy on Catholic faith and politics Wed Aug 26, 10:30 AM ET

    They were the most prominent political family of a half century, the family of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. They also were the most prominent Roman Catholic family in the country, with John F. Kennedy the first and only Catholic ever elected to the presidency.