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  • R. Sargent Shriver remembered for heritage, hugs

    BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press

    Anthony Shriver holds up a photograph of his father, R. Sargent Shriver, during his father's funeral Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic church in Potomac, Md., just outside Washington Saturday. Shriver, an in-law of the Kennedys, and the first director of the Peace Corps, died Tuesday. He was 95. AP Photo/Cliff Owen, Pool Mark Shriver holds his head while his sister Maria Shriver listens as he talks about their father, R. Sargent Shriver, during his funeral Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic church in Potomac, Md., outside...

  • Winfrey, McCartney in DC for Kennedy Center Honors

    BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press

    Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, talks with Kennedy Center honorees for 2010 Jerry Herman, Merle Haggard, Bill T. Jones, and Paul McCartney while waiting for Oprah Whitney to arrive for a group photo after at a dinner held at the State Department honoring the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, on Saturday. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin WASHINGTON — When The Beatles were storming America, Oprah Winfrey had the band's poster on her bedroom wall, Merle Haggard was free from prison, Jerry Herman was maki... Full story