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Published: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 9:42 PM MST

From The Associated Press

Caroline Kennedy turned 50 Tuesday, becoming eligible for membership in AARP. But the nonprofit organization for people 50 and over has bigger plans for Kennedy, daughter of President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie.

The former first daughter is featured on the cover of the January/February issue of AARP The Magazine, on newsstands next month, and will receive the magazine’s Inspire Award next week.

“Ever since I was a little girl, people have told me that my father changed their lives, or that President Kennedy’s inaugural challenge, ‘Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country,’ inspired a generation in the 1960s that transformed our nation with courage,” she told the magazine. “To me that is one of his greatest legacies. Now, it is up to us to redefine that commitment for our time.”

Since graduating from Harvard and Columbia University School of Law, the mother of three has raised tens of millions of dollars for New York City public schools. She also has been active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Legal Defense and Education Fund and the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates.

She will receive the AARP award Monday at a Manhattan luncheon. Other winners include Gladys Knight, Gary Sinise and Helen Thomas.

Pioneering heart surgeon Michael DeBakey was presented with a bill, but it wasn’t for money he owed. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, handed him the bill signed by President Bush that awarded him the Congressional Gold Medal. DeBakey, 99, was awarded the nation’s top civilian honor last month. He received the framed bill at a ceremony Tuesday at the Baylor College of Medicine, where he is chancellor emeritus.

“Getting this award has been a very touching thing for me because I prize my citizenship,” said DeBakey, whose parents immigrated from Lebanon and instilled a deep appreciation for America in him and his siblings. “Now that I’ve gotten this award, my pride in my citizenship overflows.”

Considered the father of modern cardiovascular surgery, DeBakey pioneered now-common procedures such as bypass surgery and invented many devices to help heart patients.

Food Network is kicking Emeril Lagasse down a notch. The celebrity chef’s “Emeril Live,” which has been on the air for 10 years, will cease production Dec. 11, Food Network publicist Carrie Welch told The Associated Press. “However, Emeril is under contract with Food Network,” Welch said Tuesday. “We love him, we support him and look forward to a long partnership with him.” Asked why the show was canceled, she told the AP: “The only reason would be that it hit a ton of television milestones and, you know, all good things come to an end.”


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