Boston Marathon Bombing Tag

A few hours before he would be shot and killed by law enforcement, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev called an uncle with whom he had not spoken in about two years.  During that call, he asked his uncle for forgiveness. From USA Today (via the...

It started with Bill Sparkman, the part-time Census worker who went missing and then was found dead, setting off an avalanche of mainstream media and left-blogosphere accusations that he was the victim of anti-government "right-wing" hate.  It turned out that Sparkman killed himself, but there...

UPDATE 1:30 pm EST: The Associated Press is reporting that the FBI is at the New Jersey home of the alleged Boston Marathon bomber's sister.  Authorities say that she has been cooperative and that there are no reports that she was involved in any of the...

Listen to BOSTON POLICE SCANNER LIVE. Suspect #1 in black cap dead. Died in same hospital still caring for bombing victims. Suspects believed to be from abroad, foreign trained. "We believe this man to be a terrorist, someone who came here to kill people." Tied to...

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Lesson No. 1 in blogging -- never preschedule, even by 30 minutes, a "no breaking news" post! Apparently the FBI is holding a press conference soon to identify a photo of a suspect. For real. UPDATE 5:20 -- Two suspects -- images to be released soon.  A At...

Yesterday there was a wealth of speculation based on sleuthing at 4Chan and Reddit about possible suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing. I didn't run the photos, because, well, these may just be guys in the crowd and the analysis did not impress me based on...

Various news reports of an arrest in the Boston Marathon Bombing, or an impending arrest. Remember, early reports the day of the bombing were inaccurate -- so don't bank on it yet. Not sure if this amateur sleuthing was accurate or not. Worth rereading: Judge William Young...

Almost every initial media account of the Newtown shooting ended up being wrong, except for the fact that there was a shooting. The type of weapon used was wrong, as were reports that Mrs. Lanza worked at the school, that she had a dispute with the...

Shai Bazak is Israel's Consul General in Boston: In the hours following the attack, he said, he had been swamped with concerned phone calls - many coming from Israel - and emails from friend, colleagues and the Foreign Ministry. “It is a weird feeling to be in...

As we mourn the dead and wounded, focus inevitably turns to the political war fought in the blogosphere and on Twitter before the facts were known. There were plenty of hateful tweets on all sides and in all directions. There also were attempts by people...

Reports coming in of explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. Live coverage at Fox 25 (no embed available) Serious injuries -- (warning on link, gruesome) missing arms and legs (warning on link, gruesome) according to eyewitness interviewed on television. (Update -- latest reports are...