Boston Marathon: A day full of emotions
April 25, 2013 in Alexandria Echo Press
Local runners recount their experiences at this year’s Boston Marathon and their reaction to the bombins Continue Reading
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Boston bomb investigation extends to Russia
April 24, 2013 in The Daily Republic
WASHINGTON (AP) New information emerged Wednesday from U.S. officials that the name of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects had been added to a U.S. government terrorist database long before the explosions. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, more than 4,000 mourners paid tribute to a campus police officer who authorities say was gunned down by the suspects.
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Boston bomb suspect influenced by mysterious radical named ‘Misha’
April 23, 2013 in The Daily Republic
WASHINGTON (AP) In the years before the Boston Marathon bombings, Tamerlan Tsarnaev fell under the influence of a new friend, a Muslim convert who steered the religiously apathetic young man toward a strict strain of Islam, family members said.
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Aunt: Boston bombings suspect struggled with Islam
April 22, 2013 in The Daily Republic
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) The elder suspect in the Boston bombings regularly attended a mosque and spent time learning to read the Quran, but he struggled to fit in during a trip to his ancestral homeland in southern Russia last year, his aunt said.
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Doctors: All Boston bomb patients likely to live
April 22, 2013 in The Daily Republic
The injured include several people who arrived with legs attached by just a little skin, a 3-year-old boy with a head wound and bleeding on the brain, a little girl riddled with nails and a transit system police officer whose heart had stopped and was close to bleeding to death after a shootout. Continue Reading
Police: Bombing suspects planned more attacks
April 22, 2013 in The Daily Republic
Authorities found many unexploded homemade bombs at the scene, along with more than 250 rounds of ammunition.
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Feds ask to interview wife of suspected bomber
April 22, 2013 in The Daily Republic
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Federal authorities have asked to speak with the wife of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and her lawyer said he is discussing with them how to proceed.
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SD children’s choir schedule changed in Boston
April 21, 2013 in The Daily Republic
PIERRE (AP) The Capital City Children’s Choir of Pierre hoped to get back on its planned tour schedule in Boston on Saturday, a day after the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody.
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MANHUNT: 2nd Boston bomb suspect captured hiding in backyard boat
April 19, 2013 in The Daily Republic
“We got him,” Boston Mayor Tom Menino tweeted. A cheer erupted from a crowd gathered near the scene.
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Boston police: Bombing suspect is in custody
April 19, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) A 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and accomplice dead.
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