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The Kennedy family is mourning the loss of Christopher Lawford. Lawford's rep confirmed the sad news of his death to ET on Wednesday. Aside from being known for his famous family -- Lawford was the son of the late John F. Kennedy's sister, Patricia Kennedy, and actor Peter Lawford -- Lawford had acting roles on multiple hit TV shows including Frasier, General Hospital and All My Children. His movie roles included Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Thirteen Days, which interestingly enough, featured his famous uncles, John and Robert Kennedy, as characters. Lawford was 63 years old. According to...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama said Friday that a disappointing report showing 85,000 US job losses in December showed that "the road to recovery is never straight." Obama's comments came after the Labor Department reported a worse-than-expected drop in December payrolls while the unemployment rate held at 10.0 percent, highlighting a slow and painful recovery from recession. "The jobs numbers that were released by the Labor Department this morning are a reminder that the road to recovery is never straight and that we have to continue to work every single day to get our economy moving again," Obama said...