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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,...

Boston College: Students Can't Give Out Condoms

Catholic university threatens disciplinary action

(Newser) - Attending a Catholic university and distributing condoms on campus apparently don't mix. Boston College is threatening disciplinary action against a group of students who are giving away more than 1,000 condoms a semester, the Boston Globe reports. BC says the student-run "Safe Sites" program is violating the...

FBI Thinks It Cracked 23-Year-Old Art Heist Mystery

Agents believe they know IDs of thieves behind $500M crime

(Newser) - The FBI believes it knows the identities of the thieves who stole art valued at up to $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum more than two decades ago. Richard DesLauriers, the FBI's special agent in charge in Boston, says the thieves belong to a criminal organization...

America&#39;s Most Irish Cities Are...

 America's Most 
 Irish Cities 
 Are ... 
happy st patty's day
Mar 17, 2013 4:14 PM CDT

America's Most Irish Cities Are ...

... Boston, of course, plus a few surprises

(Newser) - Quick St. Patrick's Day quiz: How many Americans are of Irish descent? Some 22 million say Irish is their "primary ancestry," and 13.5 million more have at least some Irish blood, reports the Huffington Post . That adds up to 35.5 million or 11.6% of...

21K NYC Kids Spent January in Homeless Shelter

Crisis at its worst since Great Depression: advocate

(Newser) - As the sheer number of homeless people grows in cities like New York, the shape of the problem is changing: More of America's homeless are now families, the Wall Street Journal reports. On a national scale, their numbers grew 1.4% between 2011 and 2012, while individual cities also...

Judge to Mobster: You Had No 'License to Kill'

Whitey Bulger didn't have 'immunity for future crimes'

(Newser) - Sorry, Whitey: Being a snitch doesn't allow you to commit murder. That's how a federal judge ruled today in the case of Whitey Bulger, a former Boston gang-leader who was arrested in California in 2011 and accused of taking part in 19 murders , reports the AP . Bulger claims...

Storm Begins Belting Northeast

 9 Dead in Brutal Storm 
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Feb 9, 2013 5:51 PM CST

9 Dead in Brutal Storm

More than 650K lose electricity

(Newser) - A howling storm across the US Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in up to 3 feet of snow today, stranding drivers on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't open their doors. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without...

Airlines Canceling Flights Ahead of Northeast Storm

 3 Feet of Snow 
 Could Bury Boston 
UPDATED
Feb 8, 2013 7:57 AM CST

3 Feet of Snow Could Bury Boston

New York City could get more than a foot

(Newser) - The blizzard barreling toward the Northeast is still on track to bury New England and New York City later today, reports AP . The big airlines have canceled nearly 3,000 flights so far, reports CNN , and that number is only going to grow. Boston could get three feet of snow...

'Historic' Snow Storm Looms for New England

2 storms could combine tomorrow, bringing winds, 2 feet of snow

(Newser) - Two big winter storms are bearing down on the northeast, and forecasters are warning they could combine tomorrow to create a "potentially historic" blizzard, reports USA Today . The first storm is currently crossing the Plains and is expected to pick up more moisture from the Great Lakes as it...

34 Hurt as Bus Rams Boston Bridge

Driver apparently missed clearance signs, could face charges

(Newser) - Thirty-four of 42 passengers were injured when their charter bus rammed into an overpass last night, reports the Boston Globe , after the driver apparently didn't heed clearance signs. The bus was carrying Pennsylvania high school kids, members of the Destined for a Dream Foundation, who had just visited Harvard...

Johnny Depp Will Star as Whitey Bulger

Actor signs on to play notorious Boston mobster in 'Black Mass'

(Newser) - Whitey Bulger is cooling his heels awaiting trial, but his game of "who gets to play me in the movie" just got fun: None other than Johnny Depp has signed on for Black Mass, reports Sky News , the movie delving into the underworld of Boston's mafia and the...

Boston Declares Flu Emergency

City has seen four deaths among the elderly

(Newser) - Move Boston to the top of the list of cities getting slammed by this year's unusually severe flu . The city declared a public health emergency today, reports the Boston Herald . Officials made the move in part to encourage residents to get flu shots, and the city was working with...

Whitey Bulger Hospitalized With Chest Pains

Relatives of some victims think gangster is trying to stall trial

(Newser) - James "Whitey" Bulger, the Boston gangster who was finally captured last year after 16-plus years on the run , was rushed to the hospital early yesterday with chest pains, officials tell the Boston Globe . Little is known about Bulger's condition, but this is at least the second time he'...

Boston Student Found in River Chained to Block

Jonathan Dailey disappeared a week ago

(Newser) - A missing Boston graduate student has been found dead in the Charles River, bound with chains to a cement block. Jonathan Dailey, 23, was identified yesterday, a day after the body of a 62-year-old man was found in the river near the Boston University boathouse. The older man's death...

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