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  • Part of 9/11 plane's landing gear found in NYC

    Updated: Fri, Apr 26, 2013

    NEW YORK (AP) — A 5-foot-tall piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the planes destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks has been discovered wedged between a mosque site and another building near the World Trade Center. The part includes a clearly visible Boeing identification number, New...

  • Big night for the big guys

    associated press

    Updated: Thu, Apr 25, 2013

    Lineman are chosen in first seven picks NEW YORK -- NFL teams bought in bulk early in Thursday night's draft. Unlike the last few glam-and-glitter years when bumper crops of quarterbacks reigned, this was pure brawn: more than 600 pounds at the outset with offensive tackles Eric Fisher of...

  • Final shootout, then Boston bombing suspect caught

    Associated Press

    Updated: Sat, Apr 20, 2013

    For just a few minutes, it seemed like the dragnet that had shut down a metropolitan area of millions while legions of police went house to house looking for the suspected Boston Marathon bomber had failed.

  • Mass. bomb suspect's mom-in-law sickened by attack

    MICHELLE R. SMITH,Associated Press

    Updated: Fri, Apr 19, 2013

    The mother-in-law of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed during a gun battle with police says her family is "sickened" by the horror he inflicted.

  • Red Sox, Bruins postpone games during manhunt

    Howard Ulman

    Updated: Fri, Apr 19, 2013

    BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox and Bruins postponed their games on Friday night while authorities searched for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. No makeup date was announced for the opener of the Red Sox three-game series against the Kansas City Royals scheduled for Friday night at...

  • Fla. runner gets photo of suspect fleeing scene

    Russ Bynum and Terry Spencer

    Updated: Fri, Apr 19, 2013

    JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who ran in the Boston Marathon unknowingly captured a photo of one of the suspects leaving the scene. David Green of Jacksonville Beach told The Associated Press he finished Monday's race about an hour before the twin blasts. He said he and...

  • Boston travel: Trains, buses halted; planes flying

    SCOTT MAYEROWITZ,AP Airlines Writer

    Updated: Fri, Apr 19, 2013

    Mass transportation to and from the Boston area was virtually shut down Friday as police conducted a massive manhunt for a suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing. The exception was air travel, as planes took off and landed at Logan International Airport.

  • Police find SUV believed linked to Boston suspect

    Associated Press

    Updated: Fri, Apr 19, 2013

    MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut State Police say a vehicle believed to be linked to a wanted Boston Marathon bombing suspect has been recovered. Police said in a news release Friday that a gray Honda CRV with Massachusetts plates was found in Boston. Authorities had said earlier that the...