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Boston's a Ghost Town: Is That a Smart Move?

Some worry about the precedent set

(Newser) - As the manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev continues, one of the questions getting tossed around is whether the powers-that-be overreacted by shutting down the city of Boston. ( Business Insider rounds up some of the remarkable photos being tweeted of the "ghost town.") Some samples:
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Site Raises $415K for Newlyweds Injured in Boston

Each lost a leg below the knee in the Boston bombings

(Newser) - The Boston Globe today highlights the plight of two people injured in the marathon bombings—and the way their friends, family, and total strangers have come together to help them. The pair are newlyweds Patrick Downes and Jessica Kensky Downes, and each lost their left leg below the knee as...

Report: Brothers Admitted Bombings to Carjack Victim

They let him go after holding him for half-hour, says NBC

(Newser) - He might be the luckiest man in Boston today—the guy who got carjacked by the Tsarnaev brothers and lived to tell the tale. Not much is known of him yet, but NBC reports by way of an unnamed source that the brothers admitted to him that they were responsible...

Did Brothers' Chechen Origins Play a Role?

At this point, any connection is hazy at best

(Newser) - Reports that the two brothers accused in the Boston Marathon bombings are Chechens —a heavily Muslim ethnic group that hails from the North Caucasus region—have wire services scrambling to provide context to Chechnya's long and violent fight for independence from Russia. One primer in wide circulation today...

Boston-Area Dunkin' Donuts Stay Open ... for Cops

Serving free coffee, of course

(Newser) - The entire city of Boston and most of its surrounding neighborhoods are on lockdown. Authorities have been all but begging residents to stay home and businesses to stay closed. And yet reports started to creep up that there was an exception: Dunkin' Donuts. The chain is an institution in the...

Bombing Suspect IDed, From Russia
 Bombing Suspects 
 Are Chechen Brothers 
UPDATED
Apr 19, 2013 10:00 AM CDT

Bombing Suspects Are Chechen Brothers

Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, on the loose; Tamerlan is dead

(Newser) - The AP names the Boston Marathon suspect who is on the run , citing a law enforcement intelligence bulletin: Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, who lives in Cambridge and has been living legally in the US, two officials tell the AP. Multiple outlets are reporting the dead suspect is Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26;...

Iconic Bombing Victim: Suspect 'Looked Right at Me'

Jeff Bauman made revelation upon waking, says brother

(Newser) - A wild revelation from the brother of Jeff Bauman, who was captured in a now-iconic photo in the wake of the bombing: After having both legs amputated and while still under heavy sedation, brother Chris says Bauman "asked for a paper and pen and wrote, 'bag, saw the...

1 Boston Suspect Dead, Police Hunt the Other

Suspect on the loose a 'terrorist' who 'came here to kill people': police

(Newser) - Authorities say one of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing is dead and a massive manhunt is under way for the other, who has been identified as 19-year-old Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev . Boston is effectively shut down in the meantime: Residents of Boston, Watertown, Newton, Waltham, Belmont, Cambridge, and the...

Bomb Cited in Massachusetts Standoff After MIT Cop Killed

Two men with backpacks battle police; one tackled: report

(Newser) - Police tonight battled two men armed with guns and explosives outside Boston, just hours after an MIT police officer was shot and killed in Cambridge. A witness cited "constant gunfire" during the Watertown standoff with dozens of cops; amid the shooting, the men threw a large bomb toward police...

Falsely Accused Boston Teen: It's 'Scary'

Salah Barhoum says he's a target after photo shows up on New York Post

(Newser) - Take a look at the two suspects sought by the FBI in the Boston bombings, and one person you will not see is 17-year-old Salah Barhoum. Which is notable only because the Boston-area teen woke up today to discover he and a friend were pictured on the front page of...

Wow: Runner Escapes Boston Bombs, Texas Blast

Joe Berti was there for both

(Newser) - Not too many people can relate to this week better than Austin's Joe Berti. He raced in the Boston Marathon and figures he crossed the finish line about 30 seconds before the first bomb went off, reports AP . His wife got hit with shrapnel but escaped serious injury. The...

FBI Releases Photos, Video of 2 Suspects

Agency wants public's help finding them in connection with marathon bombings

(Newser) - The FBI has released photos and video of two men it has identified as suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings and wants the public's help in finding them, reports AP . Surveillance footage captured the men walking together near the finish line. Both are wearing baseball caps and both have...

Obama: Boston, 'You Will Run Again'

Speaks at memorial service for marathon victims

(Newser) - President Obama spoke at an interfaith memorial service for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing today, starting his speech with a reminder that "Scripture tells us to 'run with endurance the race that is set before us.'" And Boston, "you will run again,"...

Stewart Rips CNN for Boston 'Exclusive'

It was exclusive 'because it was completely f---ing wrong,' he says

(Newser) - CNN reported yesterday that an arrest had been made in the Boston Marathon bombing, with Wolf Blitzer touting the network's "dramatic, exclusive reporting." Just one problem: There was no arrest, and the network eventually backtracked . Cue Jon Stewart: "There was a very good reason why this...

Feds Might Not Certify Boston as 'Act of Terror'

Property damage too low for certification, but health care costs could top $9M

(Newser) - President Obama has called the Boston Marathon bombings terrorism, but apparently insurance companies aren't inclined to agree. After 9/11, Congress enacted the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program to help stabilize terrorism insurance premiums, and under that federal law, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew must certify violent incidents as an "act...

2 Suspects Spotted in Boston Videos: Report

'Handful' sought for questioning

(Newser) - Surveillance footage is providing new information about the Boston marathon bombings, with insiders telling the Los Angeles Times that authorities have spotted two suspects. Word of a man carrying a black backpack emerged yesterday; now, a federal official says "two men with two backpacks" appear in video or other...

3rd Victim: 'Senseless Loss of Young Scientist'

Boston University identifies her as Lingzi Lu of China

(Newser) - Boston University has identified the third fatality in the marathon bombings as grad student Lingzi Lu of China, reports the Washington Post . Lu was pursuing her advanced degree in math and statistics after graduating from the Beijing Institute of Technology. "She was well on her way," says the...

Bomb Threat Clears Boston Courthouse
 Bomb Threat Clears 
 Boston Courthouse 
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Apr 17, 2013 4:14 PM CDT

Bomb Threat Clears Boston Courthouse

Police declare it safe after about an hour

(Newser) - More confusion and stress in Boston: The federal courthouse had to be evacuated briefly today over a bomb threat, reports ABC News . Police conducted an hourlong sweep and gave the all-clear to return late this afternoon. The courthouse was especially packed after reports surfaced that a suspect in the marathon...

Video May Show Suspect in Boston

FBI says no arrests have been made

(Newser) - Authorities have spotted a possible suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, sources tell CNN . The breakthrough comes based on analysis of security camera footage from a Lord & Taylor store near the site of the second explosion. Other outlets echoed the news, and some, including AP , initially reported that a...

Author Dennis Lehane: Attack Won't Change Boston

Don't expect Bostonians to cower in fear, he writes

(Newser) - Boston author Dennis Lehane echoes a common theme floating around in the wake of the marathon bombings: "They messed with the wrong city." But that's not a "macho sentiment," Lehane writes in the New York Times . When a Bostonian uses that phrase, what it means...

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