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Ted Kennedy Released From Hospital After Seizure


Last Update: 1/21 11:56 am
Kennedy arrives at the swearing in ceremony of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009 (Getty Images)
Kennedy arrives at the swearing in ceremony of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009 (Getty Images)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has been released from the hospital after suffering a seizure during an inaugural luncheon.

Kennedy's office confirmed that on Wednesday morning he left Washington Hospital Center, where he had been resting overnight for observation. A spokeswoman says he was in good spirits and doctors wanted him to get some rest.

Doctors blamed fatigue for the seizure. Kennedy has been under treatment for a brain tumor, suffered during an inaugural luncheon after hours at events celebrating the swearing-in of President Barack Obama.

The 76-year-old Massachusetts Democrat was diagnosed last May with a particularly aggressive type of brain tumor and been treated with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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