Tag: JFK

On the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, Google is honoring the beloved former president with a doodle containing his portrait and words from that famous speech. Clicking the logo takes you to a search page with results for "John F. Kennedy inaugural address," so you can browse photos and watch videos from that day, and even read text from his legendary speech. ...

The library honoring John F. Kennedy is about to publish all of its documents online, just days before the 50th anniversary of the late President's inauguration. The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation will formally announce the launch later today, making it the first presidential library to make its entire collection available on the Internet. Today's announcement caps a four-year, $10 million ...

About a week ago, Jackie Kennedy, the wife of our 35th president, tweeted from beyond the grave -- sort of. According to the AP, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library is re-releasing (to Twitter) a series of newspaper columns written by Jackie during the 1960 presidential campaign. Fifty years ago, Jackie was pregnant with John, Jr., and couldn't join her husband, John, on the campaign trail. ...

British Airways has announced they'll start offering limited in-flight cell phone use on flights from London to JFK. Passengers will be allowed to send text messages and use data, but not to make actual calls (thankfully -- because we all know how annoying that would be). Several other airlines have launched similar trials, including BMI and Qantas (which has announced they will allow usage for ...

Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory. Whether you're the paranoid type who thinks the government is hiding lizard people in the basement of Area-51, or if you simply revel in debunking conspiracies as ridiculous nonsense, you can't help but get sucked into the almost romantic notion of some larger, possibly nefarious scheme being carried out behind closed doors. The Discovery Channel is always ...