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BOSTON (AP) - Teresa Heinz says she is being treated for breast cancer and will undergo a new form of radiation treatment next month. The 71-year-old wife of Massachusetts Senator John Kerry is urging younger women to keep undergoing mammograms despite a federal panel's recent recommendation to reduce the frequency of the tests.

Mrs. Kerry Would Focus on 'Gay Tolerance' As First Lady By Susan Jones CNSNews.com Morning Editor October 19, 2004 (CNSNews.com) - If her husband is elected president, Teresa Heinz Kerry "pledges to make gay tolerance a centerpiece of her First Lady duties," an online media company reported. In an exclusive interview with PlanetOut -- which describes itself as a gay media company -- Mrs. Kerry made a distinction between sex and sexuality. She told PlanetOut's senior political correspondent Chris Bull, "A lot of people, particularly those of the more fundamentalist view, think of homosexuality as a sex thing rather than...

'You get some gin and get some white raisins — and only white raisins — and soak them in the gin for two weeks. Then eat nine of the raisins a day'...

Pour La Release Immediateness DATELINE VERSAILLES: One day after Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise visit to Iraq, les tout France from Paris Nord to Versailles came to a halt to honor the surprise visit of Mrs. Teresa Heinz Kerry to this sleepy Parisian suburb and former home of the Ancien Regime (AKA "Kings and Queens of France"). Arriving on the personal jet that is not owned by her but by her family, Mrs. Teresa Heinz Kerry (or Mrs. Teresa Kerry-Heinz as she prefers to be known in Europe), was quick to make her way to Versailles II in order to...

"Vote early and vote often" has long been the Democrat establishment's slogan. Now, as the party cranks up its election fraud machine more zealously than ever before, Teresa Heinz Kerry has a slight update: "Vote often and vote well." That's what the aspiring first lady said during a recent appearance in Minneapolis. When readers first alerted us, we found the claims too outrageous to believe, but we tracked down her quotation in the liberal St. Paul Pioneer Press. There is one positive aspect to the appallingly cynical comment: At least she didn't say it in a Chicago cemetery.

In case you've missed her, Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, hasn't been on prominent display lately. That's because her husband's campaign wants it that way. The independent-minded and oft-outspoken Teresa tells USA Today she is heeding the advice of her hubby's campaign strategists and subordinating herself to their wishes by keeping a lower profile. Campaign-watchers have also noticed the change. "Teresa has disappeared, by and large," says Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a public policy analyst at the University of Southern California. No more outbursts like her "shove it” comment to a Pittburgh Tribune-Review editor or her...

Well, that takes care of that swing state.

In an interview of Teresa Heinz Kerry ("The Candidate's Wife," written by Judith Thurman) posted September 20, 2004 at NewYorker.com, we learn a little more than we previously knew about Ms. Kerry's habit of letting insults fly without restraint or apology. Her angry retort to a reporter from a perceived "right-wing" Pittsburgh newspaper ("...now shove it!") is the stuff of Presidential campaign legend. Courtesy of Ms. Thurman, we now have this additional nugget: [Heinz Kerry] dismissed voters skeptical of her husband’s health-care proposals as “idiots,” and, in a television interview with a Pittsburgh anchorwoman, employed the word “scumbags” to describe...

Monday, Sept. 20, 2004 10:23 a.m. EDT Teresa: My Critics Are 'Scumbags' Hot-tempered would-be first lady Teresa Heinz Kerry has once again lashed out at her critics, this time during a Pittsburgh television interview where she called them "scumbags." The ugly outburst, revealed nationally for the first time in a engthy profile in the Sept. 27 issue of the New Yorker magazine, is the most outrageous so far by the billionaire ketchup heiress, and pushes the bounds of behavior voters might accept in a first lady.

Kerry's Wife Calls Bush Inflexible 54 minutes ago By EMILY FREDRIX, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Teresa Heinz Kerry said Monday that President Bush (news - web sites) is unwilling to change, a character flaw that shows "inattention and indifference" rather than strength. AP Photo AP Photo Slideshow: John Kerry Latest headlines: · Bush Commends Military in Terror Fight AP - 22 minutes ago · Kerry Hires Mike McCurry As Adviser AP - 23 minutes ago · Kerry Vows to Ease Seniors Health Costs AP - 45 minutes ago All Election Coverage Speaking to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the wife...

LANCASTER, Pa. - Teresa Heinz Kerry said Wednesday that "only an idiot" would fail to support her husband's health care plan. "Of course, there are idiots," Heinz Kerry, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, told the (Lancaster) Intelligencer Journal for Thursday's editions. Kerry's proposal includes health care subsidies for children, the unemployed, small companies and more; and government assistance to insurers and employers that keep premiums for workers down. If Kerry is elected, Heinz Kerry predicted that opponents of his health care plan would be voted out of office. "Only an idiot wouldn't like this," she said. Heinz...

Breaking her silence on criticism of John Kerry's war record by the group Swiftboat Veterans for Truth, Teresa Heinz Kerry said this week that such attacks are undermining the morale of troops currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. "I believe that discussions or attacks on [my husband's] service undermine the peace of mind not only of Vietnam veterans but of those now fighting for their country," she told the Dayton Daily News. "Let us hope that if they volunteer for service their reviews are not going to be so nefarious in the future," she added. Heinz Kerry reacted to the...

"Mama T" took the stage Wednesday. A night after giving a sedate speech to the Democratic National Convention, Teresa Heinz Kerry was treated like a rock star at the gay and lesbian caucus, where she told the packed room that "at least, if nothing else, you will have a mom in the White House." "You can call me Mama T," Heinz Kerry said. And the crowd took her up on her offer. Heinz Kerry never mentioned gay marriage during her 10-minute speech, but she said that "we have to make sure that those of you parents ... have the same...

John Kerry's Wife Says Bush Re-Election Will Be 'Four More Years of Hell' MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Aug. 2) -- Teresa Heinz Kerry, the outspoken wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, told a rally Monday evening exactly what she thinks of the prospect of a second Bush term With a Bush supporter chanting ''Four more years! Four more years!'' through a bullhorn from the back of a park, the candidate's wife stopped herself to respond. ''They want four more years of hell,'' Heinz Kerry said. The pro-Kerry crowd erupted in applause and began its own chant: ''Three more months! Three more...

Last Sunday evening, Teresa Heinz Kerry admonished delegates to the Democratic National Convention to restore a more civil tone to American politics. Then, as soon as she was done, she hurried off the stage to scold Colin McNickle, the editorial page editor of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, telling him to "shove it" for quoting her correctly.(1) Marla Romash, Teresa Heinz Kerry's spokeswoman, told WTAE-TV's Scott Baker, "This was sheer frustration, aimed at a right-wing rag, that has consistently and purposely misrepresented the facts in reporting on Mrs. Kerry and her family." John Kerry has a butler follow behind him everywhere he...

Kerry's wife told journalist to 'shove it' after he asked about remark in speech -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: August 2, 2004 5:00 p.m. Eastern -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com The journalist whom Teresa Heinz Kerry told to "shove it" after rejecting a question he asked her after a speech says he has received death threats in the aftermath of the incident. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial page editor and columnist Colin McNickle says the reports of the confrontation with the wife of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry were used by liberals to "demonize not only me but the Trib," he wrote in a column yesterday....

MILWAUKEE ) - Teresa Heinz Kerry, the outspoken wife of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, pulled no punches on Monday in telling a rally what she thought of the Bush administration -- hell. And later, discussing the war in Iraq, Heinz Kerry subtly questioned Republican President Bush's intellect, saying: "It's vital for anyone with intelligence to acknowledge mistakes and change positions -- hello." When a Bush supporter with a bullhorn shouted "four more years" from the back of a large crowd packed into a downtown Milwaukee park, Heinz Kerry, who was introducing her husband, responded: "They want four more years...