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Only One Gun Recovered So Far In Boston Marathon Bombings Probe
BOSTON, (UPI) – Only one gun — a semiautomatic handgun — has been recovered from the two men suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings, police told ABC News. The gun, presumably used by Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was recovered at the shootout scene in Watertown, Mass., and is in the custody of the Massachusetts […]
Texas Plant Blast Damage Estimated At $100 Million
WEST, Texas, (UPI) – The death toll has risen to 15 and the estimate of damage from a Texas fertilizer plant explosion blast has risen to $100 million, authorities said. At least 200 people were injured in the April 17 explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. facility in West, Texas, 20 miles north of Waco […]
Obamas Caution Daughters With ‘Family Tattoo’
WASHINGTON, (UPI) – President Barack Obama told NBC’s “Today” show he and first lady Michelle Obama have a threat in place to keep their daughters from getting tattoos. Obama said in an interview aired Wednesday with host Savannah Guthrie that he and Michelle have told their daughters, Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11, they are free […]
Group Says Mosque Accused Boston Bombers Attended Has Ties To Radicals
BOSTON, (UPI) – The mosque attended by the two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings is associated with other terror suspects, an interfaith organization said. Several people who attended the Islamic Society of Boston mosque in Cambridge, Mass., have been investigated for terrorism, while its sister mosque in Boston, the Islamic Society of Boston […]
Rep. Nancy Pelosi Seen As Most Polarizing Congressional Leader
PRINCETON, N.J., (UPI) – Party leaders in the U.S. Senate and House are generally the most unpopular members of Congress, a Gallup poll released Wednesday indicated. Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was the most well-known and the least well-liked, results indicated. Thirty-one percent of Americans said they view Pelosi favorably and 48 percent said […]
Man Cleared Of Ricin Involvement Says He Feels ‘Vindicated’
TUPELO, Miss., (UPI) – A celebrity impersonator once accused of mailing ricin-laced letters to the White House said he feels “vindicated” after his release from a Mississippi jail. Authorities dropped charges against Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, of Tupelo, Miss., saying they found no evidence he was behind the mailing of the poison to President Obama, […]
Petraeus Named Visiting Professor At NYC Honors College
NEW YORK, (UPI) – Former CIA Director David Petraeus was named visiting professor of public policy at Macauley Honors College at City University of New York, the school said. The highly decorated four-star general’s position will begin Aug. 1, a release from the college said Tuesday. “CUNY is profoundly honored to welcome Dr. Petraeus to […]
Edited, Three-Hour ‘Bible’ Getting A Theatrical Release
LOS ANGELES, (UPI) – Producer Mark Burnett says “The Bible,” his highly rated, 10-part American TV miniseries, will be pared down and released as a three-hour film in theaters. “We’re cutting a movie version right now, a three-hour version of Jesus and [we have] many, many offers from theaters globally,” executive producer Mark Burnett told […]
Boston Bombers May Have Planned NYC Attack
BOSTON, (UPI) — The carjacking victim of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has opened up the possibility the pair was planning a New York City attack, investigators said. The investigators told CBS news the cache of weapons Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev allegedly compiled hints at plans for another attack and the brothers may have planned […]
TSA Backpedals On Allowing Knives On Planes
LOS ANGELES, (UPI) — The Transportation Security Administration chief announced a delay in a policy change that would have allowed small folding knives onto U.S. flights this week. TSA chief John Pistole did not say whether he would reconsider lifting the knife ban at a later date, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. Opponents of […]
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