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1 hr ago | The Province

Friend implicated Boston bomber in 2011 triple murder before being shot dead by FBI

Three people were sent to hospital after a bridge carrying the Interstate 5 collapsed into Washington's Skagit River around 7 p.m. Thursday, plunging cars and people into the rushing water below... It's always been about the room.

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5 hrs ago | KSDK-TV Saint Louis

Band announced for Rock 'n Roll Marathon finish line

An Australian rock band has secured to perform at the finish line of the 2013 Quinn Family Foundation Rock 'n Roll St.

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Thu May 23, 2013

WFMZ

Local group raise money for Boston marathon victims

A local group is trying to help a family dealing with injury and the loss of a loved one after the Boston Marathon.

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Seattle Times

Girl injured in Boston bombings begins rehab

The younger sister of the 8-year-old boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombings has been released from the hospital to begin rehabilitation at another one.

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The Peninsula

Two more arrested over London s...

LONDON: British police arrested two more yesterday in a hunt for accomplices of two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries.

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Mother Jones

How to Make Staggering Amounts of Money and Ruin the Planet

The people running Exxon and BP are knowingly destroying the environment, and they'll never go to jail for it.

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KEPR CBS 19

Man shot by FBI had ties to Boston bombing suspect

A Chechen immigrant shot to death in Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent implicated himself in a triple slaying that officials believe may have been connected to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, authorities said.

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Sunherald.com

Man shot by FBI had ties to Boston bombing suspect

Ibragim Todashev's Chechen roots and mixed martial arts background mirror that of Tsarnaev, the 26-year-old Boston bombing suspect killed in a shootout with police days after the April 15 terrorist attack.

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WTEN-TV Albany

UEFA introduces minimum ban for racist abuse

In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage... All that is left of Shayne Patterson's three-bedroom home is the tiny area where his wife hunkered down under a mattress to ... (more)

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WATE-TV Knoxville

Socialists try to form new govt in Bulgaria

A Chechen immigrant shot to death in central Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent had several ties to that of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects who authorities were questioning him about at the... A Chechen immigrant shot to death in Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent implicated himself in a triple slaying that ... (more)

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Obama to push for transparency in face of threats

In this May 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.

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WOI-TV West Des Moines

Malaysian charged with sedition, 3 more arrested

A Chechen immigrant shot to death in central Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent had several ties to that of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects who authorities were questioning him about at the... A Chechen immigrant shot to death in central Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent had several ties to that of one of the ... (more)

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Wed May 22, 2013

Burnley Citizen

Colne marathon runner in challenge of a lifetime

John Rawcliffe, 46, from Colne took on the feat to raise 'much needed' funds for Belgarth Nursing Home in Barrowford, where he works as an activities co-ordinator. The father-of-two set off along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on Sunday, May 5, running 13 miles from bridge 145 at Barrowford to bridge 119A at Hapton then back again.

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KHGI

10 Things to Know for Thursday

In refusing to answer lawmakers' questions, Lois Lerner follows such well-known congressional witnesses as Oliver North, Mark McGwire and Lillian Hellman.

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The Town Talk

Is the word 'terror' losing its punch?

The first question after the slaying of a British soldier on a busy street in London on Wednesday was also the first one after the Boston Marathon bombing, the Atlanta Olympics bombing and many other such incidents: Was it terrorism? In London, the facts seem to suggest the answer is almost surely yes.

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KAUZ

FBI: Arrest made in Wash. state ricin letter scare

The FBI says a 37-year-old man has been arrested following last week's discovery in Washington state of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.

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NewsOn6 Tulsa

Global, local issues for Iran in upcoming election

The driver of a parade float involved in a train wreck that killed four war veterans in Texas told investigators that the oncoming train appeared to be stationary, and that he didn't notice anything was wrong... The driver of a parade float involved in a train wreck that killed four war veterans in Texas told investigators that the oncoming train ... (more)

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WATE-TV Knoxville

FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe

The U.S. Air Force has launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea.

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KFVS12

Man killed by FBI connected to Boston bombing suspect

An Orlando man who may have known Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, right, was fatally shot while in FBI custody, according to multiple reports.

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KMIZ

Reports: FBI killed Tsarnaev acquaintance

A suspect shot dead by an FBI agent overnight in Orlando knew Boston bombings suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, according to multiple news reports.

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