WASHINGTON — Sen. Edward Kennedy, ill with a brain tumor, was hospitalized Tuesday but quickly reported feeling well after suffering a seizure at a post-inauguration luncheon for President Barack Obama. “After testing, we believe the incident was brought on by simple fatigue,” Dr. Edward Aulisi, chairman of neurosurgery at Washington Hospital Center said in a statement released by the senator’s office. The doctor said Kennedy, 76, should be released this morning. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., told reporters Obama noticed when Kennedy became ill, and rushed over to his table. In his remarks, Obama said his prayers were with the stricken senator, his family and wife.
@3. Headline News Briefs 14 no:Obama called 3 names during ceremony
What’s the United States’ new president’s name? Well, that depends on what part of his inauguration you saw. An announcer welcomed Barack H. Obama to the Capitol’s west steps. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office to Barack Hussein Obama, who repeated his full name. And the ceremony ended with the Rev. Joseph Lowery’s benediction for Barack Obama. The various names reflect the delicate approach Obama’s campaign took when aides tried to de-emphasize the middle name that reminded many of deposed and executed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The campaign also battled unfounded rumors that Obama was secretly a Muslim. Obama is named for his father, a black Kenyan. He is a practicing Christian and he says his late father was a secular Muslim.
@3. Headline News Briefs 14 no:Feds probe threat of inauguration attack
The swearing-in of Barack Obama came off without a security-related hitch Tuesday, but federal authorities were intensively investigating a report that a group of Somalia-based militants wanted to launch some kind of inauguration-related attack. Russ Knocke, chief spokesman for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said authorities were taking the threat seriously, but it was “of limited specificity and uncertain credibility.” Knocke said the FBI, the Secret Service and other Department of Homeland Security agencies and the intelligence community were investigating and analyzing recently received information “about a potential threat on Inauguration Day.” One federal law enforcement official said the threat involved individuals affiliated with al-Shabaab, a radical Islamist extremist group active in Somalia.
@3. Headline News Briefs 14 no:Some Cabinet chiefs sworn in, not Clinton
The Senate swiftly approved six members of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet on Tuesday, but put off for a day the vote on his choice of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to be secretary of state. One senator, Republican John Cornyn of Texas, objected to the unanimous vote over his concerns about foreign donations to the foundation headed by Clinton’s husband, former President Bill Clinton. Senate leaders agreed to have a roll call vote on Clinton today. Those confirmed were Steven Chu to be energy secretary, Arne Duncan at Education, Janet Napolitano for Homeland Security, Eric Shinseki for Veterans Affairs, Ken Salazar for Interior and Tom Vilsack for the Department of Agriculture.
@3. Headline News Briefs 14 no:N.C. man gets $35,000 for Bush library domain
Web developer George Huger says he turned $5 into $35,000 when he bought the expired Internet domain name for former President George W. Bush’s presidential library and then sold it back. He bought the rights to www.GeorgeWBushLibrary.com for $5, then sat on them for two years. Huger says he recently sold them for $35,000 to Florida-based Yuma Solutions, which the Bush Library Foundation says is in charge of Web site care. Company owner Mark Mills didn’t return the newspaper’s calls.
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