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  • Xeni Jardin
    12:06 pm Mon, Apr 22, 2013
    Buzzfeed fingers bombing suspect in triple homicide based on Internet comments

    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
    9:23 am Mon, Apr 22, 2013
    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
    7:31 am Mon, Apr 22, 2013
    No, Nike did not just release "Boston Massacre" t-shirts to mock Marathon bombing

    Eric 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
    7:18 am Mon, Apr 22, 2013
    AMBIcon 2013, ambient music festival, May 3-5 in San Rafael, CA

    Fans 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
    6:46 am Mon, Apr 22, 2013
    Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett dies of breast cancer, MS

    The 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
    6:13 pm Sun, Apr 21, 2013
    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
    5:55 pm Sun, Apr 21, 2013
    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
    5:47 pm Sun, Apr 21, 2013
    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
    5:46 pm Sun, Apr 21, 2013
    Covering the Coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings

    In 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
    5:10 pm Sun, Apr 21, 2013
    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
    5:03 pm Sun, Apr 21, 2013
    Background: Chechnya

    A 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
    4:53 pm Sun, Apr 21, 2013
    How technology factored into the Boston bombing investigation

    If 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
    4:48 pm Sun, Apr 21, 2013
    Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev worked out, slept, partied after Boston Marathon attack

    According 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
    4:36 pm Sun, Apr 21, 2013
    New privately-owned Antares rocket blasts off from Virginia, to space

    Reuters: "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
    4:33 pm Sun, Apr 21, 2013
    How crowdsourcing sleuths on Reddit searching for Boston bomber got the wrong guy

    A 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
    4:29 pm Sun, Apr 21, 2013
    Massachusetts police: Tamerlan Tsarnaev was alive during shootout, until his brother drove over him

    Boston 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
    4:25 pm Sun, Apr 21, 2013
    Thermal video and photos of Boston bombing suspect, hiding in boat

    Massachusetts 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
    4:02 pm Sun, Apr 21, 2013
    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
    10:45 am Sun, Apr 21, 2013
    Grassy field in Florida was once secret CIA base from which Guatemalan coup was launched

    There'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
    10:30 am Sun, Apr 21, 2013
    Report: Russia warned FBI in 2011 about Boston bombing suspect Tsarnaev

    The 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

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