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Report: FBI Probing 'Stolen' Jackie Kennedy Note

A Dallas newspaper reports that the FBI is investigating a "stolen" handwritten condolence note by Jacqueline Kennedy to Ethel Kennedy that was penned shortly after Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination.

The Dallas Morning News reported Sunday that investigators and Kennedy family members suspect the note was taken from Robert and Ethel Kennedy's Virginia home.

The note has changed hands several times and has sold for as much as $25,000.

Read entire article at AP