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The bigger Boston question: Why not?
Change of Subject(Reuters photo) Ultimately we'll get some shabby, confounding, infuriating answer to the question, "Why?" Why did someone or some group place a series of homemade bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday. What was their point? What...... -
Despite the Boston bombings, we're safer than we think
After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the most frequently heard forecast was: "This changes everything." Americans would live in constant fear of the next attack, many pundits predicted. The desire for safety would spawn a security state that...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Timothy McVeigh, Terrorism, Bombings, Wildlife
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Play in New York without peeling off the bills
New York is one of the most expensive cities in the world to visit, but there are ways to cut corners while having fun. Play: The Upright Citizens Brigade offers improv, stand-up and open-mic shows nightly. Even with $5 tickets most nights, it gets some...
Tags: The Colbert Report (tv program), Upright Citizens Brigade, Lincoln Center, Travel, Central Park
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Pressure-cooker lid, other pieces tied to Boston marathon bombing found
BOSTON – Investigators on Wednesday carefully combed the scene around the two explosions that tore through the Boston Marathon, part of what is expected to be a long investigation to identify who was responsible for the act of terrorism....
Tags: Witnesses, FBI, The Boston Globe, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Hospitals and Clinics
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AP: Authorities recover pressure cooker lid
BOSTON (AP) — Authorities investigating the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon have recovered a piece of circuit board that they believe was part of one of the explosive devices, and also found the lid of a pressure cooker that apparently was...
Tags: FBI, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics
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Boston bombs said to be made from pressure cookers
BOSTON (AP) — The bombs that ripped through the crowd at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 170, were fashioned out of pressure cookers and packed with shards of metal, nails and ball bearings to inflict maximum...
Tags: FBI, Barack Obama, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Crime, Law and Justice, Broken Bones
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Pressure cooker bombs used in past by militants
CAIRO (AP) — Homemade bombs built from pressure cookers, a version of which was used in the Boston Marathon bombings, have been a frequent weapon of militants in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen once published an online...
Tags: FBI, Barack Obama, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Pakistan, World Vision
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In bombing probe, 'who' and 'why' remain unknown
There wasn't an instant of doubt about "When?" and "Where?" But a day after the Boston Marathon bombings, "Who?" and "Why?" remained frustrating questions with no clear answers. Here's a look at what's not yet known about the worst incident of terrorism...
Tags: FBI, Barack Obama, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Pakistan
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McManus: We're safer than we think
After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the most frequently heard forecast was: “This changes everything.” Americans would live in constant fear of the next attack, many pundits predicted. The desire for safety would spawn a security...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Timothy McVeigh, Terrorism, Bombings
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Pressure cooker bombs suspected in Boston blast
BOSTON -- Federal agents zeroed in Tuesday on how the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out -- with kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and other lethal shrapnel -- but said they still didn’t know who did it and why. An...Tags: FBI, Barack Obama, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hospitals and Clinics
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Pakistani Taliban denies involvement in Boston bomb blasts
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- The Pakistani Taliban, an insurgent group focused mostly on the Pakistani state but which claimed responsibility for a failed bomb attack in New York nearly three years ago, has denied any involvement in the bomb blasts at the Boston...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Taliban, Faisal Shahzad, Science and Technology, Bombings
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Pakistani Taliban deny role in Boston bombings
The Pakistani Taliban have denied any role in the bombings at the Boston Marathon that killed at least three people and injured more than 140. The group's spokesman, Ahsanullah Ahsan, denied involvement in a telephone call with The Associated Press on...
Tags: Taliban, Faisal Shahzad, Sports
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