BREAKING NEWS

Senator Ted Kennedy has evidently been rushed to the hospital.

CNN is reporting that the 76-year-old leading Democrat suffered a stroke, but local TV station WHDH said Kennedy's condition was not announced.

Ted was taken to the hospital by medical air transport from the Kennedy compound, so it seems to be something pretty serious.

The Senator has had back problems since a 1964 plane crash, which killed a pilot and one of Kennedy's aides. Fellow Democratic Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana, who was traveling with Kennedy, pulled him from the wreckage.

Kennedy is second longest serving member of the Senate.

This is a breaking story, and we will keep you updated!