LIVE BLOG: Boston Marathon explosions & suspect search
Follow updates from news crews covering multiple explosions at the Boston Marathon.
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by Stephington via twitter 4/16/2013 8:57:28 PM -
#MBTA Orange Line: Due to police activity, buses replace trains btwn Oak Grove & Wellington. Pls expect some delays.http://bit.ly/gB12r5by MBTA via twitter 4/16/2013 8:58:13 PM -
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The Washington Post on how Chinese citizens are reacting to the Boston Marathon bombings:
"Chinese Web users seemed to draw two general conclusions: that China would be more effective at preventing a Boston-style attack, but that the U.S. is better equipped to respond to and cope such an event. They portrayed China as a formidable security state that privileges safety and secrecy, but the U.S. as a place where officials, police and citizens work together in harmony and cooperation." Read more www.washingtonpost.com -
RT @meomeokitten: @universalhub Due to police activity at Malden Center Station, service is termporarily suspended between Oak Grove and ...by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:03:00 PM
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RT @GlobeJenPeter: BREAKING: Former Probation Commission John O'Brien has been acquitted in first of two corruption trials. Story to pos ...by Milton Valencia via twitter 4/16/2013 9:04:47 PM -
RT @AlexDePalma93: @universalhub a dozen Homeland Security SUVs headed over the Charlestown bridge in N End with sirens and lights onby Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:05:02 PM
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At FBI presser, with fewer speakers but also far fewer media.by Milton Valencia via twitter 4/16/2013 9:05:08 PM
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Patrick: Need for blood on a sustained basis, if not this second, but next week, week after thatby Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:16:04 PM
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by jennabelson via twitter 4/16/2013 9:16:15 PM -
Patrick: interfaith service, 11 a.m., Thursday at Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Obama will be thereby Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:16:36 PM
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Red Cross statement on #bostonmarathon bombing. http://www.redcross.org/news/article/red-cross-statement-on-Boston-marathonby TonyFarrell99 via twitter 4/16/2013 9:18:05 PM -
website being created for victims, http://onefundboston.orgby Milton Valencia via twitter 4/16/2013 9:18:22 PM
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by Jaclyn Reiss via twitter 4/16/2013 9:18:58 PM -
Davis: More officers assigned to finish line than ever before (in answer to questions about whether BPD blew it)by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:19:21 PM
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Interfaith service at 11 a.m. Thursday, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Pres. Obama will be there.by Milton Valencia via twitter 4/16/2013 9:19:31 PM
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Police Commish Davis: There were more officers assigned to this race than any race before.by GlobeAndrewRyan via twitter 4/16/2013 9:19:42 PM -
Davis: "This is a soft target ... You can't lock it down like a military operation."by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:19:44 PM
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RT @THE_PFFM: Boston public safety unions announce reward, victims fund http://soa.li/uTo7yYCby Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:20:11 PM
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RT @jrebosglobe: Commish Davis: There were more officers assigned to this race than ever before. Particular attention was given to finis ...by Evan Allen via twitter 4/16/2013 9:20:28 PM -
President Obama coming to Boston Thursday for 11 a.m. interfaith service at Cathedral of Holy Cross, Gov Patrick saysby GlobeAndrewRyan via twitter 4/16/2013 9:21:16 PM
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RT @mayortommenino: To assist victims of the #bostonmarathon tragedy, please visit t.co #onebostonby City of Boston via twitter 4/16/2013 9:22:10 PM -
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Police Commish Davis said police were specifically concerned with finish line Monday when the prepared for security, he did not say whyby GlobeAndrewRyan via twitter 4/16/2013 9:22:53 PM
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Getting a lot of questions on this -- but no, Bill Richard, father of 8-year-old bomb victim, was not running in the marathon, per spokesmanby Evan Allen via twitter 4/16/2013 9:23:36 PM
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RT @JaclynReiss: A group of #brandeis students working as emergency responders at marathon finish line rushed into chaos after explosion ...by Evan Allen via twitter 4/16/2013 9:23:54 PM
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Spoke with a runner from Mexico. "I would come back next year to honor all the runners." #bostonmarathon @pritheworldby porzucki via twitter 4/16/2013 9:25:10 PM -
#Boston's largest mosque request police to guard its campus in the wake of deadly explosions at the #BostonMarathon http://huff.to/15dw6fOby denizzfirat via twitter 4/16/2013 9:25:22 PM -
Mayor Menino talks about visiting the victims. “The young woman I saw who lost her leg had a lot of courage.”by GlobeAndrewRyan via twitter 4/16/2013 9:25:40 PM
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A Brandeis student said a female coworker who never worked this type of scene was first to rush in. "She was shaking, but she still ran in."by Jaclyn Reiss via twitter 4/16/2013 9:27:18 PM
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Davis: If you review the video tape you’ll see officers lining the route looking into the crowd, which is what they are supposed to do.by GlobeAndrewRyan via twitter 4/16/2013 9:27:20 PM
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At race’s starting point, Hopkinton grapples with Marathon’s horrific finish
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Police Comish Davis said there were also undercover officers in crowd looking for pickpocketsby GlobeAndrewRyan via twitter 4/16/2013 9:28:52 PM
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Red Line: Experiencing delays due to switch problem at Alewfie. http://bit.ly/bsDkLP #mbtaby MBTA via twitter 4/16/2013 9:29:01 PM
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ATF: Some of the remains of the explosives were found on rooftopsby Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:32:33 PM
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Debris from rooftop. "That gives you the scope of the size of the blast," ATF head says.by Milton Valencia via twitter 4/16/2013 9:32:45 PM
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Impromptu benefit show to be held at TT the Bear's Place in Cambridge tonight
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ATF: Debris recovered on rooftops near bombs, gives a sense of scope of the power of the blastby GlobeAndrewRyan via twitter 4/16/2013 9:34:23 PM