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  • Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled note in boat as munhunt was on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled note in boat as munhunt was on

    NEW YORK - Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled a note in a boat he hid in while the manhunt was on, saying the attacks were retribution for U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and described the victims as "collateral damage". Tsarnaev wrote the note with a marker in the boat, describing the Boston victims "collateral damage" in the same way Muslims have been ...

  • Boston bombings suspect left collateral damage note in boat

    Boston marathon bombings suspect wrote a message in a boat where he hid after the blasts, describing victims of the attack as 'collateral damage'. US media reported that in the note, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev also reportedly also wrote that his brother was a martyr, adding that when one Muslim is attacked, all Muslims are attacked. The note said that the blasts were retribution for the US wars in Iraq ...

  • Al Qaeda magazine may have been hacked

    A new issue of English-language al-Qaeda magazine linked to the Boston terrorist attacks has possibly been hacked by Western intelligence agencies. The magazine's content posted on the terror group's website earlier this week was scrambled beyond its cover page. According to the Washington Times, the magazine, produced by al Qaeda's Yemeni affiliate, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which ...

  • FBI director continues cover-up of contacts with Boston bombing suspects

    In testimony before the US Senate Thursday, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller continued the official cover-up of the advance warnings and extensive contacts between the FBI and other intelligence and security agencies and the suspects in the April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon.The detonation of two bombs in downtown Boston resulted in three deaths and the wounding of ...

  • Gomes 10th-inning sac fly lifts Red Sox past Twins

    BOS@MIN: Gomes gives Sox 10th-inning lead on sac fly MINNEAPOLIS -- Jonny Gomes drove in the game-winning run with a sacrifice fly and the Red Sox got a dominant pitching performance from starter Clay Buchholz and the bullpen Friday night in a 3-2, 10-inning win over the Twins. Buchholz was denied his seventh win of the season, but he went seven strong innings, while the bullpen retired the ...


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  • Outraged readers call for probe

    Bring on the investigations.That was the cry of fed-up Herald readers unwilling to accept the resignation of a fall guy at the IRS as a widening political scandal envelops the Obama administration."I believe the president has broken faith with the American people who are able to look at the truth and the facts," said a reader commenting as Enough during yesterday’s Friday ...

  • ‘Dookhan defendant’ charged with murder

    A so-called Dookhan defendant sprung from jail in the wake of the state drug-lab scandal is back behind bars, accused of killing a Brockton man - making him the first of the infamous group set free to face a murder charge.Donta Hood, 22, was released from prison last fall in the wake of the widespread mishandling of drug evidence allegedly by disgraced former state chemist Annie Dookhan.Hood was ...

  • Bulger lawyers buck juror criminal checks

    Jurors deciding the fate of accused serial killer James "Whitey" Bulger should not have to undergo criminal background checks since federal law doesn’t call for them and jurors might consider it harassment, his lawyers argued in a defense motion filed yesterday."Potential jurors … may experience this intrusion as a harassing investigation," Bulger’s lawyers ...

  • State trooper convicted in extortion threat case

    A disgraced state trooper who tried to muscle his way into a bookie’s business was convicted yesterday of extortion and threats against his unwilling 300-pound would-be gambling partner, and is facing up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, federal prosecutors said.The jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on a second extortion charge against state Trooper John M. Analetto, who ...

  • FBI target condemns bombings

    MANCHESTER, N.H. - A Chechen rebel-turned-refugee - whose meetings with marathon bombing mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev drew FBI agents to search his home this week - wrapped himself in the American flag yesterday, saying he loves his adopted country and the deadly attacks left him with "shame and fear.""I strongly condemn the horrible act at the Boston marathon that claimed the ...

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