Washington, Mar. 6 : Critics have pointed out that Senator Ted Kennedy''s knighthood is unconstitutional according to the Article I Section 9 of the US constitution.

Article I Section 9 of the Constitution says, "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state."

Boston (US), Feb. 21 : Rumors are doing the rounds that a very sick Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy may pass on his political baton to wife Vicki, as he continues to battle with brain cancer.

Kennedy's friends say that his battle with brain cancer has entered its final rounds, and that he is presently at an undisclosed location in Florida, resting and sailing.

"He's someplace sunny, near the water, where he can rest and sail. Time is of the essence. It's very sad," the Boston Globe quoted one of his friends, as saying.

Washington  - Long-time US Senator Ted Kennedy, who has been battling brain cancer since May, was released from hospital Wednesday after he collapsed in the middle of US President Barack Obama's inaugural lunch, CNN reported.

Kennedy, 76, the last surviving brother of the assassinated John F Kennedy, was taken to the Washington Hospital Center Tuesday after suffering an apparent seizure towards the end of the private lunch hosted by Congress to honour Obama's inauguration.

Washington  - Long-time US Senator Ted Kennedy, who has been battling brain cancer since May, collapsed Tuesday in the middle of US President Barack Obama's inaugural lunch with members of Congress.

Obama said his prayers were with Kennedy - the brother of former president John F Kennedy - and his family.

"I would be lying to you if I did not say that right now a part of me is with him," Obama said.