The Two Must-Read Profiles Of The Boston Bombing Suspects
Now that the fog of yesterday is starting to lift a bit, there are some really fabulous longer pieces coming out about the brothers Tsarnaev (Tamerlan and Dzokhar).For the best in biographical details,...
View ArticleWhy America Forgot A Horrific Terrorist Attack On Wall Street In 1920
The bomb exploded in the very center of American capitalism on a weekday afternoon, just steps away from the New York Stock Exchange and the famed statue of George Washington at Federal Hall....
View ArticleThe Reported 'Best Friend' Of The Dead Boston Bombing Suspect Was The Victim...
The most intriguing nugget from the big Boston Globe profile of the Tsarnaev Brothers (the brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon attack) is this one:Gym owner Allan said that Tamerlan...
View ArticleEarly Pictures Show British Police Beefing Up Security For The London Marathon
The London marathon takes place on Sunday, less than one week after Monday's fatal explosions at the Boston marathon, which killed three people and injured close to 200.British authorities have beefed...
View ArticleBombing Suspects' Attack On Boston Linked To 'Social Media Radicalization'
Fiona Hill, a Caucasus specialist at the Brookings Institution think tank, said the conflict in Chechnya is used as a recruiting tool for Al-Qaeda."Videos from Chechnya are all over the Internet....
View ArticleFederal Public Defender In Boston Will Represent Bomber Suspect
The Federal public defender's office in Boston is seeking to represent Boston marathon bomber suspect, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Reuters reports. Tsarnaev was captured Friday night after a daylong...
View ArticleThe Mystery Of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's Trip To Dagestan
One strange aspect of the older Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's back story is a trip he made to his homeland — Russia, specifically Dagestan and Chechnya — last year.Sources have told The...
View ArticleStunning Infrared Photos Show How Police Could See Bombing Suspect Hiding In...
The Massachusetts State Police (via its Twitter) has just published some stunning photos of the boat where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found hiding after a massive manhunt.The most incredible ones are the...
View ArticleMarathon Lovers Fear The Races Will Become 'Soft Targets' For Terrorists
A marathon is 26 miles, 385 yards – a lot of territory to secure to prevent anything like the bomb attack that killed three people and injured at least 150 more, almost all spectators, near the finish...
View ArticleSurviving Bombing Suspect In 'Serious' Condition — Still Likely Unable To...
BOSTON (AP) — The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings is in serious but stable condition and likely can't communicate, Gov. Deval Patrick said Saturday after a pregame ceremony at Fenway...
View ArticleDead Boston Marathon Bomb Suspect Had 'Head To Toe' Wounds
BOSTON (AP) — A doctor involved in treating the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who died in a gunbattle with police says he had injuries head to toe and all limbs intact when he arrived at the...
View ArticleIt Looks Like Manhunts Are The New Car Chases
In 2003, Los Angeles Police Department Chief William Bratton and other city officials made a peculiar public appeal to journalists in Southern California: stop splattering TV screens with an incessant...
View ArticleDEAR AMERICA: Here's Why Everyone Thinks You Have A Problem With Guns
America is truly an exceptional nation. It's not because of our education system, our economy or our scientific establishment. No, America is really only exceptional when it comes to the number of...
View ArticleNorth Caucasus Rebels Deny Links To Boston Attack
A website used by Russia's North Caucasus rebels denied Sunday any link to the deadly Boston Marathon bombings that have been blamed on two ethnic-Chechen suspects."The command of the Vilayat Dagestan...
View ArticleFamily Of Missing Student Falsely Named As Boston Suspect Bombarded With Hate...
Sunil Tripathi, a 22 year old philosophy student at Brown University was falsely identified as one of the suspects on Twitter after photographs of the two wanted men were released by the police.His...
View ArticleThe Entire Legal Profession Is On The Verge Of Imploding
When I applied to law school in 1975, the nation was recovering from a severe and prolonged recession. Even so, I always assumed that I’d be able to make a comfortable living with a legal degree,...
View ArticleBOSTON MAYOR: Information Suggests Bombing Suspects Acted Alone
The mayor of Boston says it c appears the two suspects in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing acted alone."All of the information that I have they acted alone," Thomas Menino said during an appearance on...
View ArticleGOP SENATOR: FBI 'Dropped The Ball' With Boston Suspect
U.S. Sen Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday that the FBI "dropped the ball" in the case of Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who the agency interviewed in 2011. The FBI said Friday that it...
View ArticleAl Michaels Reportedly Arrested For DUI
Broadcast legend Al Michaels was arrested for suspicion of DUI on Friday night, according to TMZ.com. Michaels was reportedly stopped at a DUI checkpoint in Santa Cruz, Calif., where law enforcement...
View ArticleMASS. GOV: The FBI Has 'Chilling' Video That Puts The Boston Suspect Right At...
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said Sunday that the FBI has described "chilling" video that places 19-year-old Boston bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev right at the scene of the Boston Marathon...
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