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Boston Suspects' Mother Was on Watch List, Too

Landfill searched as investigation continues

(Newser) - Tamerlan wasn't the only Tsarnaev family member to appear on a US terror watch list: His mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, was named as well. The Terror Identities Datamart Environment list contains some 500,000 names marked by several federal agencies . It remains uncertain why Zubeidat's name appeared on the...

Yet Another Tsarnaev Warning Went Ignored

Customs official told of Russia trip may not have informed FBI

(Newser) - Yet another warning about Tamerlan Tsarnaev was apparently issued to US officials, this one just nine months before the Boston bombings. The alert that Tsarnaev had returned to the US after a seven-month-long trip to Russia was sent to a US Customs and Border Protection officer working on Boston's...

Carjack Victim: My Night With the Tsarnaevs

'Boston Globe' gets detailed account of carjacking, man's escape

(Newser) - We've heard bits and pieces of the Boston carjack victim's story; now, we're finally getting a play-by-play account, as related to the Boston Globe . The victim, a 26-year-old Chinese man who goes by Danny, was answering a text when Tamerlan Tsarnaev appeared at his window, Danny says....

Tsarnaev Had Zero Reaction When Told He Faced Death
Tsarnaev Had Zero Reaction When Told He Faced Death
says source
Apr 26, 2013 7:42 AM CDT

Tsarnaev Had Zero Reaction When Told He Faced Death

Meanwhile, judge under fire for reading Tsarnaev his Miranda rights

(Newser) - Dzhokhar Tsarnaev may have been badly wounded, with his face swollen, hand bandaged, and throat too injured to talk, but the young bomber apparently showed no signs of fear or regret during his hospital room court hearing Monday, reports NBC News . And when told the maximum penalty he was facing...

Tsarnaev No Longer in Boston
 Tsarnaev No Longer in Boston 
Apr 26, 2013 6:02 AM CDT

Tsarnaev No Longer in Boston

He's been transferred to a federal prison medical facility

(Newser) - Boston is now rid of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who has been transferred to a federal prison medical facility about 40 miles west of the city. "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been transported from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and is now confined at the Bureau of Prisons facility FMC Devens at...

Stop Empathizing With Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Stop Empathizing With Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
OPINION
Apr 25, 2013 1:56 PM CDT

Stop Empathizing With Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

He's no victim, writes Joel Breuklander

(Newser) - Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has received a shocking amount of sympathy, considering he stands accused of killing four people and injuring scores more. There are the reports that he may have been corrupted by his brother ; the frequent references to him as an "angel"; an awful poem from a supportive Amanda...

Tsarnaev Mom: Boston Pics Show Paint, Not Blood

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva continues to argue the bombing was faked

(Newser) - The latest headline-getting theory from Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, the mother of the two Boston bombing suspects: She thinks the marathon attacks may have been staged. "That's what I want to know, because everybody's talking about it—that this is a show, that's what I want to know....

How a Song Will Help Boston
 How a Song Will Help Boston 
Apr 25, 2013 10:47 AM CDT

How a Song Will Help Boston

Neil Diamond donating this week's 'Sweet Caroline' sales

(Newser) - "Sweet Caroline," an unofficial anthem at Fenway Park for more than 10 years now, is way up in popularity in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. Sales of the song— sung by Diamond himself at the first Red Sox game after the attacks, and even played at...

Putin: Boston Bombers 'Proved Our Position'

Terrorists, like Tsarnaev brothers, deserve harsh measures, says Putin

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin has made his first public comments on the Boston bombings, and wasted no time in identifying what he sees as a double standard: "I was always appalled when our Western partners and the Western media called the terrorist who did bloody crimes in our country 'insurgents,...

Dzhokhar Hears Rights, Goes Silent

To avoid execution, cooperating may be his best bet

(Newser) - Revelations from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have dribbled out over the last three days , but that may be about to change. Right after hearing his Miranda rights read, he stopped talking, officials tell the AP . The silence came sixteen hours after law enforcement began interrogating the Boston suspect; during that period, he...

Dzhokhar Had No Guns During Boat Onslaught: Officials
Dzhokhar Had No Guns During Boat Onslaught
officials say
Apr 25, 2013 2:34 AM CDT

Dzhokhar Had No Guns During Boat Onslaught

Officials talk to 'Washington Post'

(Newser) - As Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hid on a boat in Watertown , law enforcement let bullets fly—but the suspect himself didn't have a gun, officials tell the Washington Post . During the half-hour before his capture, police were engulfed in "the fog of war," says one law-enforcement source; some cited...

Behind Boston Bombings: Drug Money?

Tsarnaev's father coming to US, will aid in probe: reports

(Newser) - A raft of new information is emerging in the Boston bombing probe. Authorities are investigating whether Tamerlan Tsarnaev used money from drug deals to fund the plot, an insider tells CNN . Meanwhile, the Tsarnaev brothers' parents have spoken to US and Russian officials, and the father is headed to the...

Russia Also Warned CIA About Tamerlan

Elder brother's name was added to US watch lists: reports

(Newser) - Russia not only warned the FBI about Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011, it raised concerns to the CIA as well, reports the Washington Post . In response, the CIA asked the National Counterterrorism Center—the top US counterterror agency—to add Tsarnaev's name to a database that feeds national watch lists....

At Service, Biden Calls Tsarnaevs 'Knock-off Jihadis'

Boston remembers MIT officer Sean Collier

(Newser) - Joe Biden called the Tsarnaev brothers "two twisted, perverted, cowardly, knock-off jihadis" during the memorial service today at MIT for slain campus officer Sean Collier, reports CNN . "It infuriates them that we refuse to bend, refuse to change, refuse to yield to fear," the VP said of...

After Bombing, Tsarnaevs Planned to 'Party' in NYC

Ray Kelly says no indication they planned another attack

(Newser) - Once their bloody work in Boston was done, the Tsarnaev brothers planned to go to New York City —but not necessarily to commit more acts of terror, it turns out. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told investigators that their plans involved "something about partying or having a party," New...

Marathon Survivor Also Survived Va. Tech Massacre

Kelly Willard says experiences taught her 'It can happen anywhere'

(Newser) - Kelly Willard was a student at Virginia Tech during the 2007 massacre, and found herself on lockdown for 12 hours just two buildings away from the shooter. Six years later, she ran the Boston Marathon for the first time, and was two blocks away when the bombs went off last...

Family's Mosque Won't Hold Funeral for Tsarnaev: Aunt

Islamic organizations distance themselves from suspected Boston bomber

(Newser) - Authorities are ready to release Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body to his family, but family members—so far—have nowhere to hold the funeral. The Boston-area mosque the family attends declined a request to hold the suspected Boston bomber's burial and funeral there, Tsarnaev's aunt tells NBC News . And...

Mystery Radical 'Took Tsarnaev's Brain': Family

Relatives say 'Misha' turned elder son into militant

(Newser) - Surviving Boston bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev blames his older brother Tamerlan for the attack —and relatives blame a mysterious cleric known as Misha for Tamerlan's radicalization. The elder Tsarnaev first met the man, an Armenian convert to Islam in his 30s, around six years ago; under his influence,...

Tsarnaev Smoked Pot All the Time: Classmates

'It's like finding out your best friend is a serial killer,' says student of Dzhokar

(Newser) - Dzhokar Tsarnaev doesn't sound much like a cold-blooded killer when described by his classmates and friends at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. "He smoked a lot of pot," says Tsarnaev's dorm neighbor, Patrick Yaghoobian. "He smelled like it every day," and the smell often...

Boston Boat Owner: Give Cash to Victims, Not Me

'I lost a boat. They lost limbs,' says Watertown man

(Newser) - The Watertown man whose boat was destroyed after Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found hiding in it is touched that people are raising funds to buy him a new one —but he wants them to save their money for bomb victims. "It makes me feel wonderful that people are thinking...

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