Over at Buzzfeed, Rosie Gray seems pretty sure deceased bombing suspect Tamarlan Tsarnaev may well be responsible for a triple homicide. Based on Instagram comments and tweets. Seems legit.
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Xeni Jardin Guatemala: Montt Genocide Trial fate rests with Constitutional Court; remains in limbo (photos, video)Protests outside a court in Guatemala where judges will decide whether the trial of an ex-dictator accused of genocide can continue.
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Xeni Jardin No, Nike did not just release "Boston Massacre" t-shirts to mock Marathon bombingEric Stangel, a producer with the long-running late-night comedy show Late Show with David Letterman was in a Nike Outlet store this weekend and spotted a shirt with a message… Read the rest of the article: No, Nike did not just release "Boston Massacre" t-shirts to mock Marathon bombing
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Xeni Jardin AMBIcon 2013, ambient music festival, May 3-5 in San Rafael, CAFans of Ambient/Space/Contemplative music will gather in the Bay Area May 3-5 for a "Music From the Hearts of Space" 40th Anniversary live event, AMBIcon 2013.
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Xeni Jardin Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett dies of breast cancer, MSThe charismatic lead singer of Australian new wave band The Divinyls, Chrissy Amphlett, has died of cancer and multiple sclerosis.
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Xeni Jardin Prediction: success from Boston surveillance in bombing manhunt will lead to more spying everywhere"The images captured in Boston are validation of a three-year project in St. Louis to link 150 surveillance cameras into a single security system throughout the city's central corridor, from… Read the rest of the article: Prediction: success from Boston surveillance in bombing manhunt will lead to more spying everywhere
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Xeni Jardin The Brothers Tsarnaev"The digital era allows no asylum from extremism, let alone from the toxic combination of high-minded zealotry and the curdled disappointments of young men."—David Remnick in The New Yorker on… Read the rest of the article: The Brothers Tsarnaev
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Xeni Jardin What legal rights should Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have?Modified version of image from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's account on Russian social network vk.com. Below, an array of perspectives on what legal rights the 19-year-old American citizen suspected of co-executing the… Read the rest of the article: What legal rights should Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have?
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Xeni Jardin Covering the Coverage of the Boston Marathon bombingsIn infographic form, Hilary "Chartgirl" Sargent breaks down the highs and lows of the media coverage of this week's attacks in Boston.
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Xeni Jardin Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remembered by Twitter friends as "cool bro, average dude" with whom to "smoke blunts"Laura Griffin collected some tweets from apparent real-world friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev. The post-bombing tweets "from four people who know him, and old conversations they… Read the rest of the article: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remembered by Twitter friends as "cool bro, average dude" with whom to "smoke blunts"
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Xeni Jardin Background: ChechnyaA memorial for victims of armed conflict in Grozny, the Chechen capital. Photo: C.J. Chivers, 2008. C.J. Chivers, New York Times reporter and author of THE GUN, a social history… Read the rest of the article: Background: Chechnya
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Xeni Jardin How technology factored into the Boston bombing investigationIf you read one article on the role science and technology played in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, make it this one in today's edition of The Washington Post: Quickly,… Read the rest of the article: How technology factored into the Boston bombing investigation
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Xeni Jardin Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev worked out, slept, partied after Boston Marathon attackAccording to his friends, University of Massachusetts sophomore Dzhokhar Tsarnaev worked out, slept in his dowm room, and hung out with fellow students on the same day of the attack… Read the rest of the article: Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev worked out, slept, partied after Boston Marathon attack
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Xeni Jardin New privately-owned Antares rocket blasts off from Virginia, to spaceReuters: "A privately owned rocket built in partnership with NASA to haul cargo to the International Space Station blasted off on Sunday for a debut test flight from a new… Read the rest of the article: New privately-owned Antares rocket blasts off from Virginia, to space
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Xeni Jardin How crowdsourcing sleuths on Reddit searching for Boston bomber got the wrong guyA subreddit titled "Find Boston Bombers" figured out that Sunil Tripathi, 22, was responsible for the deadly attack. Only he wasn't. This time, Reddit got it very wrong.
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Xeni Jardin Massachusetts police: Tamerlan Tsarnaev was alive during shootout, until his brother drove over himBoston Globe: "Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was alive and struggling with Watertown police early Friday morning, when his younger brother and alleged coconspirator drove over him in a stolen… Read the rest of the article: Massachusetts police: Tamerlan Tsarnaev was alive during shootout, until his brother drove over him
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Xeni Jardin Thermal video and photos of Boston bombing suspect, hiding in boatMassachusetts state police released this video shot from their airwing helicopter hovering over a boat where the second Boston Marathon bombing suspect was found.
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Xeni Jardin Why armed lockdown in Boston after the Marathon Bombings was a bad idea"A large percent of the reaction in Boston has been security theater," writes Popehat. "'Four victims brutally killed' goes by other names in other cities. In Detroit, for example, they… Read the rest of the article: Why armed lockdown in Boston after the Marathon Bombings was a bad idea
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Xeni Jardin Grassy field in Florida was once secret CIA base from which Guatemalan coup was launchedThere's a fascinating article in the Miami Herald today about a grassy field in Opa-locka, Florida which was the site of the secret CIA base where the US-led coup of… Read the rest of the article: Grassy field in Florida was once secret CIA base from which Guatemalan coup was launched
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Xeni Jardin Report: Russia warned FBI in 2011 about Boston bombing suspect TsarnaevThe Boston Globe is among many media outlets to report this weekend that Russia was surveilling suspected bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011, and "warned the FBI of the alleged bomber's… Read the rest of the article: Report: Russia warned FBI in 2011 about Boston bombing suspect Tsarnaev