Boston Marathon 2013

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Hundreds of Comics, Watches Donated to Patients at Children’s Hospital

The wards at Boston Children’s Hospital are about to get more animated. After finding out that multiple victims of the Boston Marathon bombing were children, […]

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Watertown Man Flooded With Offers to Fix, Replace His Beloved Boat

The owner of the boat that Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev used as a hideout could end up with a brand new vessel. After […]

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With Admitted Student Weekends Disrupted, Universities Went Online

As universities shuttered their campuses and canceled activities during Friday’s lockdown, prospective students who had come from around the country for open house visits suddenly […]

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Photos of Boston’s Moment of Silence

At 2:50 p.m. Monday afternoon, Massachusetts observed a moment of silence in honor of the Boston Marathon victims at the request of Gov. Patrick, Mayor […]

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Read the Criminal Complaint Filed Against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Amid a lot of confusion about the exact events on Monday, Thursday, and Friday, the criminal complaint, written by FBI Special Agent Daniel R. Genck, […]

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When Times Get Tough, Send People Lots of Pizza

When people give it their everything and push themselves to the limit to help others, the cure-all for their eventual exhaustion seems to be a […]

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Officials Weren’t Happy with the Crowd-Sourced Terrorist Hunting

In the wake of the near week-long search for those responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings, the practice of crowd-sourced terrorist hunting is getting some pretty poor […]

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Someone Is Selling a Facebook Page Dedicated to the Bombing Victims for $1,000

In the wake of the horrific Boston Marathon bombings, some people are trying to turn a profit off of a city that’s grieving. According to […]

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Hundreds Show Up to Block Protests at Bombing Victim’s Funeral

So far, the Westboro Baptist Church hasn’t followed through with their threats to picket memorial services and ceremonies held for the victims and families impacted […]

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Marathon Medical Costs Likely In the Millions

In the days since the Boston Marathon attacks, a lot of attention has (rightfully) been given to how amazing our city’s medical community is. The […]

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There Will Be a Moment of Silence to Mark One Week Since the Marathon Bombing

Gov. Deval Patrick and Mayor Tom Menino asked that Monday at 2:50 p.m., exactly one week since two bombs exploded near the Boston Marathon finish […]

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Mayor Outlines Plan to Reopen Site of Marathon Bombings

Just under a week after two bombs went off on Boylston Street during the Boston Marathon, claiming the lives of three bystanders and injuring nearly […]

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State Police Release Helicopter Photos of Bombing Suspect on the Boat

After receiving a tip from a Watertown resident indicating that Boston Marathon bombing “Suspect 2” may have been hiding on his boat, parked in his backyard, Massachusetts […]

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How Today’s Front Pages Showed Boston’s Manhunt

As they did following Monday’s bombing, the nation’s newspapers, unsurprisingly, devoted their front pages to Boston this morning. Print newspapers have the awkward problem of […]

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Catch and ‘Relief’ in Watertown

As the ambulance transporting Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev rolled down Mount Auburn Street in Watertown late Friday night, hundreds of bystanders cheered and […]