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Teen stunned at portrayal as Mass. bombing suspect
A teenager said he is scared to go outside after he was portrayed on the Internet and on the front page of the New York Post as connected to the ...
Tale of kind act after Boston blasts goes viral
A Massachusetts woman's Facebook post about the kindness of an Alaska stranger following the Boston Marathon explosions has gone viral. Runner Laura ...
FBI issues photos of 2 suspects in Boston bombing
Plucking a couple of faces in baseball caps out of a swarming crowd, the FBI zeroed in on two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and shared ...
Anger, fear, tears normal response to disasters
Kaitlyn Greeley burst into tears when a car backfired the other day. She's afraid to take her usual train to her job at a Boston hospital, walking or ...
Marathon sponsors donating to victims of bombings
Several sponsors of the Boston Marathon have stepped forward to donate money to those affected by the bombings near the finish line, hoping to help ...
Obama honors bombing victims in Boston
Called upon to console a grieving city and reassure a shaken nation, President Barack Obama on Thursday promised that Boston would "run again" after ...
'SWAT robots' soon to protect US first responders
A Maine company that's developed high-tech tanks for the military and Hollywood has a new contraption — a ballistic police shield that sits atop a ...
Marathon rescuer gets attention from press and FBI
Just about everyone you can imagine stopped by Carlos Luis Arredondo's little brick row house Wednesday to hear what he had to say about the Boston ...
Boston fans mourn, then cheer as sports return
A win for the Bruins would have been an uplifting end to the city's emotional return to major sports after the Boston Marathon bombing. Simply playing ...
Nerves remain as Boston residents look ahead
Marian Wilson picked over her tuna sandwich on rye as men in white jumpsuits slowly paced the street behind her looking for evidence. She tried not ...
Boston official: Video footage shows bomb suspect
In what could be a major break in the Boston Marathon case, investigators are on the hunt for a man seen in a department store surveillance video ...
Media frenzy on marathon investigation
For about an hour Wednesday afternoon, people could flip through different television channels and hear completely different accounts of the ...
War medicine now is helping Boston bomb victims
The bombs that made Boston look like a combat zone have also brought battlefield medicine to their civilian victims. A decade of wars in Iraq and ...
Defiance, tenderness, wariness in wake of Boston
A Virginia woman makes a point to get out and go jogging. A Texas mom stays in and snuggles her toddler a little closer. A nurse from Massachusetts ...
In NYC, strains of solidarity with rival Boston
A stadium full of Yankees fans stood arm in arm at the bottom of the third inning in the Bronx, singing along to "Sweet Caroline," the Boston Red Sox ...
Stories of the dead and injured in Boston bombing
The twin bombs at the Boston Marathon killed three people and wounded more than 170 on Monday. Here are the stories of those killed and some of the ...
Dad of woman killed at marathon told she was alive
The father of one of the three people who died in the Boston Marathon bombings was at first told that his daughter had survived, but was in surgery ...
Memories of shootings return for Newtown runners
Laura Nowacki rushed to help the shooting victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. As a first responder, the pediatrician was stunned ...
Pressure cooker bombs suspected in Boston blast
Federal agents zeroed in Tuesday on how the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out — with kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and ...
Spirited 8-year-old among Boston Marathon victims
Third-grader Martin Richard had just gotten ice cream and was near the Boston Marathon finish line, eagerly watching for friends to run by.
From Boston to Bay Area, running tributes abound
Thousands of miles from the Boston Marathon bombings, distance runners shared in the sorrow. To honor the victims and deal with their own emotions, ...
Restaurant manager, 8-year-old among bomb victims
Third-grader Martin Richard had just gotten ice cream and was near the Boston Marathon finish line, eagerly watching for friends to run by.
Boston Marathon head: Race will go on in 2014
Boston Marathon organizers vowed to continue the race next year, calling the world's oldest and most prestigious annual marathon "a deeply held ...
IRS delays filing deadline for Boston bomb victims
The Internal Revenue Service says victims of the Boston Marathon bombings can take an additional three months to file and pay their federal income ...
Marathon bombing victim, 8, recalled as spirited
Neighbors and friends remembered 8-year-old Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard as a vivacious boy who loved to run, climb and play sports ...