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Jackie O. Tapes Reveal Her as JFK Murder Conspiracy Theorist?

Maureen O'Connor · 08/08/11 11:31AM

Remember when Caroline Kennedy convinced media executives to bury the History Channel's The Kennedys mini-series? We may now know what her bargaining chip was: ABC News (which has corporate ties to the History Channel) is preparing to air a series of never-before-heard audio tapes of Jackie Onassis, possibly conversing with historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. The tapes are either the juiciest Kennedy dirt imaginable or totally banal, depending who you ask.

Did Anyone Happen to Leave Their Cocaine-Stuffed Sneakers at JFK?

Seth Abramovitch · 06/27/11 11:45PM

No, that isn't Charlie Sheen's shoe closet. Running shoes stuffed with nearly five pounds of cocaine were discovered in an abandoned suitcase left at John F. Kennedy Airport last Thursday, a spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today.

Jumbo Jet Clips Small Plane at JFK

Matt Cherette · 04/12/11 12:13AM

Two planes collided at JFK tonight when an Air France Airbus A380—the world's largest commercial passenger jet—clipped a much smaller plane while taxiing on the runway.

Kitty Statues Hid Epic Opium Stash

Jeff Neumann · 02/18/11 07:32AM

The New York area almost had a huge influx of opium last month! That is, until officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection at JFK decided to get nosy and crack open a porcelain cat statue that came in on a flight from Thailand. Inside they found a bag of raw opium, and, after opening the other statues, discovered a total of 205-pounds of it, worth an estimated $9 million.

JFK's Harvard and Princeton Applications Are Identical

Maureen O'Connor · 01/21/11 06:06PM

You know how, when you applied for college, you sent the same bromide "Why I want to go to _____ University" essay to every school, because all colleges are interchangeable anyway? Turns out John F. Kennedy thought so, too.

Nancy Pelosi Partied With JFK 50 Years Ago

Jim Newell · 01/21/11 03:32PM

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's inauguration. How did you celebrate? Nancy Pelosi, for one, posted a photo of her with Kennedy at an inaugural ball on January 20, 1961. It's the one on the left, duh.

Air Traffic Controllers at JFK Let a Child Guide Planes

Ravi Somaiya · 03/03/10 05:58AM

This undated audio is of a small child giving instructions to the pilots of jetliners full of people as they come in to land at one of the world's busiest airports. It's either charming, or scary. [Fox]