Memoirs and a collection of letters exchanged with Patrick Leigh Fermor offer a look at the life of the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire.

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The Last Mitford

When Patrick J. Kennedy’s eighth term in Congress ends next month, no member of his family will hold national office for the first time since 1947.

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Patrick Kennedy Packs Up 63 Years of Family History

After undergoing surgery last week, Aretha Franklin, 68, has revealed that she’s suffering from pancreatic cancer. The prognosis for the disease-which took Patrick Swayze’s life, but which Steve Jobs has thus far survived-is uniquely dim. “It has the…

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Aretha Franklin Has Pancreatic Cancer

Speaker John Bercow moves quickly from a joke with an MP to reprimand the government Chief Whip Patrick McLoughlin.

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Order! Speaker reprimands chief whip

Just a year ago, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick seemed certain to lose his reelection bid. But he won on Tuesday night, defeating Republican Charlie Baker. With more than half of all precincts reporting, Patrick was up nine points.

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Deval Patrick Hangs on in Mass.

And babies make four: How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris and his partner, chef David Burtka, welcomed twins into their family this week. Harris, who’s also a frequent presence on Broadway and first gained prominence on Doogie Howser, M.D.,…

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Neil Patrick Harris Welcomes Twins

Neil Patrick Harris will make his debut as a film director with the indie romance comedy Aaron and Sarah, which will star Emma Roberts and Josh Hutcherson. The How I Met Your Mother star has directed television and theater. The movie follows the…

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Neil Patrick Harris to Direct Film

The sculptor Patrick Dougherty uses his handmade log cabin and 10-acre “farmette” in Chapel Hill, N.C., as a laboratory for new ideas.

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At Home With Patrick Dougherty: Building With Sticks and Stones

Six years removed from the death of their son — former NFL star Pat Tillman — in Afghanistan, Patrick and Mary Tillman say they haven’t gotten the full truth from the U.S. Army and don’t expect to.

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Tillman’s parents: Truth remains untold

A science fiction film featuring astronomer Sir Patrick Moore is unearthed, more than 50 years since it was filmed in the grounds of an Irish country estate.

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Rising star – Patrick Moore’s 1950s UFO film unearthed