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Less than a month after his father's historic seat in Massachusetts went to a Republican, news has come that Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) won’t be seeking reelection to Congress. In a message to be aired Sunday night on television in Rhode Island, Kennedy said that his life is "taking a new direction." (The Associated Press previewed the tape.) Kennedy has served eight terms, but has been in and out of treatment for substance abuse following a car crash in 2006.