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Boston Bomb Suspect's Dad Tells Him to Surrender, Warns ‘ Hell Will Break Loose’ if Son Dies — The father of suspected Boston Marathon bomber called on his son today to give up peacefully, but warned the U.S. that if his son is killed “all hell will break loose.”
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Boston Bomber Could Have Been Deported After 2009 Arrest — Updated 4 p.m. Friday related to arrest versus conviction issue: One of the Chechen terrorists who carried out the Boston Marathon bombings could have been deported years ago after a criminal arrest and/or conviction …
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Did Boston Bombing Suspect Post Al Qaeda Prophecy on YouTube? — Authorities have identified the deceased suspect in the bombing of the Boston marathon, which killed three and injured more than 170, as Tamerlan Tsarnaev. A user by that name has posted a video to his YouTube playlist extolling …


One suspect in custody, another remains on the loose — WATERTOWN — One suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombings has been captured, according to an official with knowledge of the investigation. Another remains on the loose in Watertown after a firefight with police.
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One Boston Bombing Suspect Is Dead — By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and JESS BIDGOOD — BOSTON — The Boston region was in the grip of a security emergency as police pursued one of the suspects believed to be responsible for the Monday bombings at the Boston Marathon.
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One Boston Marathon suspect killed; second suspect, his brother, on loose after firefight — The two marathon bombing suspects. The man in the white hat is still believed to be at large. — With a bomb strapped to his chest, one of the Boston Marathon suspects was killed early Friday …

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Dead Bombing Suspect: “I Don't Have a Single American Friend” — MYSLATE — Follow all Blog articles. — Follow the Weigel blog. — Follow stories by David Weigel. — MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate.
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What We Know About Boston Marathon Bomb Suspects Dzhokhar And Tamerlan Tsarnaev — AP and NBC reported that Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev came to the U.S. from or near Chechnya, but both have apparently spent several years in Cambridge, Massachusetts. — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — Via: vk.com
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Boston Bombing Hero Who Identified Suspect Resorts To Online Fundraising To Pay His Medical Bills (UPDATED) — Jeff Bauman, center, promoting the Boston Marathon — In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday, Jeff Bauman's image was seared into the American consciousness.
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Hospital Denies Involvement In Leak Of Grisly Post-Mortem Photo Of Boston Marathon Bomb Suspect — A grisly post-mortem photo of one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers appears to have been taken early today after medical personnel turned the body over to law enforcement officials.
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Details emerge on suspected Boston bombers — They blasted across the nation's airwaves as the mystery men on the run from the FBI in the Boston Marathon bombings, both carrying backpacks, one wearing a backward white baseball hat and the other clad in dark glasses and a white T-shirt.
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Boston Bombing Victim in Iconic Photo Helped Identify Attackers
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‘Stay Safe People’: Here Is The Fugitive Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect's Twitter Account
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Boston suspect's father says he's a ‘true angel’
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A Look at Brothers Suspected in the Boston Bombing
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Boston suspect's web page venerates Islam, Chechen independence
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New, Higher-Resolution Image of Boston Marathon Suspect Emerges
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Chechen leader on Boston suspects: ‘Seek the roots of evil in America’
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Chuck Grassley Ties Boston Bombings To Immigration Reform
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College friend shocked by charge he is Boston Marathon bomber
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On Instagram, Chechnya's president criticizes America's handling of the Boston manhunt
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MANHUNT IN BOSTON AFTER BOMBING SUSPECT IS KILLED
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Explosions inside home as Boston police hunt second marathon bomb suspect
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Details of Tsarnaev Brothers' Lives Emerge
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Relatives of Marathon bombing suspects worried that older brother was corrupting ‘sweet’ younger sibling
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Details emerge on Boston suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Governor Cuomo Says Boston Bombing Part of ‘New Normal’
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This Is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Actual Twitter Account — His last tweet was on April 17, and he wrote, “I'm a stress free kind of guy.” — “I would confirm this as to being his Twitter account. Those users went to my high school,” said Stefanie Gardner, of the Rindge class of 2011.
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No, You Didn't Just Find Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Secret Twitter Account — This is the Twitter profile page of @Dzhokhar_, who happens to share a name and a now-widely-shared profile photo with the Boston bombing suspect who is still at large. — Until today, it was the Twitter account for @FootyTube_.
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Boy Scouts proposing to lift gay ban for youth — NEW YORK - Under pressure over its long-standing ban on gays, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to lift the ban for youth members but continue to exclude gays as adult leaders. — The Scouts announced Friday that the proposal …
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U.S. Boy Scouts set to end ban on gay members : spokesperson
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New York Times shows sympathy for Boston terrorist suspects — A New York Times feature story on the suspected Boston terrorists showed the possible terrorists in a sympathetic light, with the headline “Far from war-torn homeland, trying to fit in” and a black-and-white picture of one of the men.
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PARADE's Exclusive Interview: President George W. and Laura Bush — More by Mark K. — President George W. and Laura Bush Reflect on the Twins, Bush's Newfound Passion for Painting, and More — Ben Baker — This Sunday's PARADE features an exclusive interview with the former first couple, George W. and Laura Bush.
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MSNBC comes perilously close to Brian Ross-level blunder — Chuck Todd may have saved MSNBC from an enormous blunder this morning when he stopped one of the network's analysts from speculating on “the electronic trails” of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham: Boston bombing “is Exhibit A of why the homeland is the battlefield” — I spoke with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) by phone just a few minutes ago. He said of the Boston bombers: “They were radicalized somewhere, somehow.” Regardless of whether they are international or …
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