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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...

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...

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...

100 Boston Patients Are Out of Hospital

Decade of war meant doctors 'were without question ready'

(Newser) - As of this morning, 100 of the 183 people hospitalized in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing have been released, CNN reports, in a testament to how well area doctors have handled the crisis. Boston boasts nearly 80 hospitals, and they're regarded as some of the world's...

Hundreds Join Boston Vigils
 Hundreds Join Boston Vigils 
Apr 17, 2013 3:13 AM CDT

Hundreds Join Boston Vigils

Tearful crowds pay tribute to victims

(Newser) - Hundreds of people, many of them holding flowers and candles, joined a pair of vigils in Boston last night to honor victims of the marathon bombing. In Boston Common, dozens of National Guard troops stood watch over a vigil where the crowd joined in as a choir sung "Amazing...

Obama in Boston Thursday
 Obama in Boston Thursday 
Apr 16, 2013 5:44 PM CDT

Obama in Boston Thursday

He will participate in service for the victims

(Newser) - President Obama will travel to Boston Thursday for a morning service to honor the victims in Boston, reports the Washington Post . The interfaith service is set to take place at 11am at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the city. Earlier today, the president called the attack an "...

Mother of 2nd Victim: 'She Was Always Smiling'

Identified as Krystle Campbell; 3rd victim was BU grad student

(Newser) - Another fatality in the Boston bombings has been identified: The family of 29-year-old Krystle Campbell says she was killed as she and a friend were cheering on another friend who was racing, reports WCVB . "This is just a waste," says her mother. “Everyone that knew her loved...

Bombs Made From Pressure Cookers: Reports

Were hidden in duffel bags, set off by timers

(Newser) - The bombs at yesterday's Boston Marathon were made from pressure cookers packed with metal shards, nails, and ball bearings, then placed in duffel bags and left on the ground, a person who has been briefed on the investigation tells the AP . NBC News has basically the same information, citing...

Westboro: We'll Picket Boston Marathon Funerals

Westboro Baptist Church blames gay marriage for bombings

(Newser) - We'd call this a new low for Westboro Baptist Church, but these are the people who threatened to picket Sandy Hook . Now they say they'll picket the funerals of the Boston Marathon victims, the Raw Story reports. The church's reasoning, per a press release : "GOD SENT...

Investigators Have 'Active Leads' in Bomber Hunt

An in-depth look at the Boston investigation

(Newser) - Within minutes of the explosions at the Boston Marathon yesterday, authorities were already mobilizing their investigation. Evidence teams with Boston's Joint Terrorism Task Force moved to secure the bomb site, looking for timing mechanism springs, chemical residues, and other potential evidence, Time reports. FBI and CIA specialists, meanwhile, began...

One Guy Could Have Pulled Off Boston Bombing: Expert

FBI takes lead on investigation

(Newser) - As investigators follow up on leads in the Boston Marathon bombing , the Boston Herald talks to security experts who say the attack may have been nearly impossible to prevent. That's because the use of an IED is "hard to stop ... in a free and open society," one...

Brothers at Finish Line Both Lost a Leg

Stories of Boston Marathon bombing victims, survivors

(Newser) - Stories are pouring in of those who were near the finish line when the bombs went off at the Boston Marathon:
  • Liz Norden's two adult sons, whom she does not name, were standing at the finish line—apparently next to the 8-year-old boy who was killed —waiting for
...

Taliban Denies Role in Boston Bombing

Investigators search apartment complex, question injured Saudi

(Newser) - As investigators hunt for clues in the Boston Marathon bombing , the Pakistani Taliban is denying involvement, CNN reports. "Wherever we find Americans we will kill them, but we don't have any connection with the Boston explosion," said a spokesman for the group, which claimed responsibility for the...

Security Beefed Up Across US, Globe

Organizers say London Marathon will go ahead

(Newser) - Counterterrorism teams have been deployed across the United States and security at landmarks, government buildings, transport hubs, and sports venues has been stepped up in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing , the Boston Globe reports. In New York City, more than a thousand counterterror officers have been deployed and...

Blasts Turned Boston's Hospitals Into War Zones

Injuries seen in yesterday's explosions among toughest to treat, experts say

(Newser) - The Boston Marathon bombing left the region's hospitals dealing with scores of injuries more commonly seen in war zones. The wounds suffered by many of the 144 victims taken to hospitals are among the most difficult to treat, because explosions send out "an invisible wall of energy" that...

Boston Library Fire May Be Unrelated to Bombs

Police are investigating, but any link to marathon is unclear

(Newser) - It looks like a fire that broke out at Boston's JFK presidential library this afternoon might be a coincidence, not a third attack, reports the Boston Irish Reporter . Library officials say that the fire broke out in the mechanical room of the building's new wing and that everybody...

Videos Capture Boston Marathon Blasts, Aftermath

Chaos, as first responders arrived on the scene

(Newser) - Video from Boston captures the early moments of the two explosions at the Boston Marathon and the chaos as first responders move in. CBS News has a clip that catches one blast as it happens near the finish line. The Boston Globe has another of first responders. And a third...

Deadly Twin Blasts Hit Boston Marathon

More than 100 injured in bombings

(Newser) - Two powerful explosions detonated in quick succession near the finish line at the Boston Marathon today, sending the marathon headquarters at the Copley Plaza hotel into lockdown mode, the AP and Boston Globe report. Initial reports had two people dead and dozens are injured, CNN reports. (The death toll has...

Boston Cabbies Have to Pay Bribes to Drive
 Boston Cabbies Must 
 Pay Bribes to Drive 
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Apr 2, 2013 5:14 PM CDT

Boston Cabbies Must Pay Bribes to Drive

'Globe' investigation finds that drivers have to shell out cash to get keys

(Newser) - If you hail a taxi in Boston, your wallet is going to take a hit, and now the Boston Globe explains part of the reason why: Drivers have to pay bribes and all kinds of other hidden expenses to fleet owners if they want the privilege of driving. No payout,...

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