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May 18, 2008
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By Glen Johnson

BOSTON -- A spokeswoman for Senator Edward Kennedy says he is conscious and talking to family after he suffered a seizure in his Cape Cod home and was flown to a Boston hospital.

The 76-year-old Massachusetts Democrat fell ill at his home Saturday morning and was rushed to a local hospital. He later was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital.

Spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said he is "conscious, talking, joking with family."

The 76-year-old Democrat, the lone surviving son in a famed political family, is having tests to determine the cause of the seizure, Cutter said.

"Senator Kennedy is resting comfortably, and it is unlikely we will know anything more for the next 48 ...

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