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Three additional people arrested in Boston Marathon bombings; More top Republicans: Bomb plot perhaps involved others, FBI to investigate worldwide; Mother of bomb suspects eyed in radicalizing son; was on terror database;

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UPDATE: Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Three additional people arrested in Boston Marathon bombings

Boston Globe Three college students have been arrested by federal authorities in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings, a law enforcement official familar with the case said this morning.

New Boston suspects drove car with ‘Terrorista #1′ license plate

Daily Caller Two suspects who have been taken into custody in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings drove a car with “Terrorista #1″ printed on the front plate. UPDATE: Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Boston suspect's defense team gets major boost with lawyer who defended Unabomber, Loughner

Fox News One lawyer won acquittal for a Saudi man charged with carrying three firecracker-like devices on a plane, arguing he was a victim of hysteria over airport security after the Sept. 11 attacks. Another has managed to avert death sentences for some of the highest-profile criminals of our time, including the Unabomber and the gunman whose rampage injured former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

Tsarnaev family received $100G in benefits

Boston Globe The Tsarnaev family, including the suspected terrorists and their parents, benefited from more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded assistance — a bonanza ranging from cash and food stamps to Section 8 housing from 2002 to 2012, the Herald has learned. UPDATE: Monday, April 29, 2013

'Misha' speaks out: Friend accused of radicalizing Boston bomber is revealed as 39-year-old Islam convert with an U.S. girlfriend as he DENIES teaching Tamerlan Tsarnaev

London Daily Mail The mysterious Misha, thought to be the missing link in explaining the radicalization of Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev has broken his silence to speak out from his home in Rhode Island on Sunday.

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UPDATE: Sunday, April 28, 2013

More top Republicans: Bomb plot perhaps involved others, FBI to investigate worldwide

Fox News The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Sunday he thinks the Boston Marathon bombing suspects were trained in carrying out the attacks and stated the FBI has launched an international investigation on the issue. UPDATE: Friday, April 26, 2013

Mother of bomb suspects eyed in radicalizing son; was on terror database

Fox News The mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects is a "person of interest" to federal authorities seeking to learn who radicalized one or both of her sons, according to lawmakers, and a separate report said she was on a federal terrorism database some 18 months before the attack. UPDATE: Thursday, April 25, 2013

Patrick administration refuses to release Tsarnaev brothers' records

Boston Herald The Patrick administration clamped down the lid yesterday on Herald requests for details of Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s government benefits, citing the dead terror mastermind’s right to privacy.

Officials say Boston bombing suspect described terror plot before Miranda rights

Fox News The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings acknowledged to the FBI his role in the attacks but did so before he was advised of his constitutional rights to keep quiet and seek a lawyer, officials said Wednesday.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev got Mass. welfare benefits

Boston Herald Marathon bombings mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev was living on taxpayer-funded state welfare benefits even as he was delving deep into the world of radical anti-American Islamism, the Herald has learned.

Exclusive: Government doc shows how closely Boston Marathon bombers followed al Qaeda plans

NBC News A detailed analysis of the bombs used at the Boston Marathon and during a firefight between the suspects and law enforcement shows how closely the bombmakers followed instructions from the digital al Qaeda magazine “Inspire,” according to a government document obtained by NBC News.

US authorities to interview Boston bombing suspects' parents in Russia

Fox News U.S. authorities were on their way to a mountainous region in southern Russia to interview the parents of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, as more details emerged about the brothers' recent activities in the U.S., including word of where the deadly explosives may have been purchased and that the family relied on welfare for at least some of their time here.

Miller: Tsarnaev Brothers Killed MIT Officer Because They Needed A Gun

CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) – The Boston Marathon bombings appear to have been driven by the older of the two suspects, according to CBS News.

Boston Marathon bombers targeted New York City: Mayor Bloomberg

New York Daily News The accused Boston Marathon bombers plotted a Times Square attack with their remaining explosives before they were thwarted by Massachusetts authorities, Mayor Bloomberg said Thursday.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev vowed to die for Islam; judge may have prematurely stopped brother's interrogation, sources say

Fox News EXCLUSIVE: The mother of Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev knew as early as 2011 that her son had been radicalized and sent text messages to family in Russia suggesting he was willing to die for Islam, the FBI told lawmakers this week according to two officials with knowledge of the Capitol Hill briefing.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Family Received Welfare

Weekly Standard Tamerlan Tsarnaev was on welfare, sponsored by tax payers. Tsarnaev, now dead, is suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon last week.

Breaking: Bombing suspect won't be charged as 'enemy combatant'

CNN The surviving suspect in last week's Boston Marathon bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, "will not be treated as an enemy combatant," but rather will be prosecuted "through our civilian system of justice," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Monday afternoon.

London Marathon: Tributes to Boston, extra security, defiant mood

CBS News LONDON A defiant, festive mood prevailed Sunday as the London Marathon began on a glorious spring day despite concerns raised by the bomb attacks on the Boston Marathon six days ago.

Boston police officer's heart stopped for 45 MINUTES and he lost all of his own blood after he was shot by the marathon bombing suspects - and he's expected to recover

Daily Mail A Boston police officer who was shot and wounded during a firefight with the marathon bombing suspects lost all of his own blood and his heart stopped for a terrifying 45 minutes before his was resuscitated, doctors say.

Bomber phoned his mother DURING shoot-out with cops and told her 'Mama, I love you' before hanging up and resuming rampage

Daily Mail Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev took time during his final moments to phone his mother as he engaged in a furious gun battle with police early on Friday morning, it has emerged.

Conciliatory FBI policies toward Islamism hampered probe into Boston bombers, experts say

Washington Free Beacon The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s failure to recognize political Islam as a driver of jihadist terrorism is partly to blame for the FBI not identifying one of the Boston Marathon bombers in 2011 as a security risk, according to U.S. officials and private counterterrorism analysts.

Dramatic new Boston bomb images reveal heroic actions of man who carried his injured girlfriend to safety seconds after blast

Daily Mail Images have emerged that show a heroic boyfriend physically shielding his girlfriend in the aftermath of the Boston bombings and then carrying her to safety.

Surviving Boston Bombing Suspect Charged: Conspiracy to Use WMD

Breitbart On Monday afternoon, the remaining Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged in federal court, and made his initial court appearance in his hospital room. The details of the charges were not released to the public, but according to the US Attorney for Massachusetts’ office, he was “charged with conspiring to use weapon of mass destruction against persons and property in U.S. resulting in death":

Moment of Silence Held for Marathon Victims

WREN BOSTON (AP) - People in Boston and other cities are observing a moment of silence for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings one week after the explosions.

Preparing for Major Terrorism Exercises Three Cities

ABC News The federal government has begun preparing three U.S. cities for large-scale, 10-day terrorism-response exercises scheduled this month.

Kerry Compares Boston Victims, Marmara Terrorists

Israel National News Speaking at Istanbul, Turkey, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made a jarring comparison between the victims of the Boston Marathon terror bombs and terror activists from the IHH group who were killed when they attacked IDF forces aboard the Mavi Marmara in 2010.


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