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  • FBI issues photos of 2 suspects in Boston bombing

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    Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    BOSTON (AP) -- Plucking a couple of faces in baseball caps out of a swarming crowd, the FBI zeroed in on two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and shared surveillance-camera images of them with the world Thursday in hopes the public will help hunt them down. The somewhat blurry but still...

  • Capitals' win streak hits a snag

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    Published: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Road loss to Senators is first since March OTTAWA -- Kyle Turris scored twice and the Ottawa Senators ended Washington's winning streak at eight games with a 3-1 victory over the Capitals on Thursday night. Cory Conacher also scored and Craig Anderson made 18 saves to help the Senators...

  • Obama honors bombing victims in Boston

    Julie Pace

    Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sought to inspire a stricken city and comfort an unnerved nation Thursday, declaring that Boston "will run again" and vowing to hunt down the perpetrator of the twin blasts that brought mayhem and death to the Boston Marathon. "If they sought to...

  • Feds deny reports Boston suspect is arrested

    Denise Lavoie

    Updated: Wed, Apr 17, 2013

    BOSTON (AP) — A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Wednesday in a breakthrough that came less than 48 hours after the deadly attack, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation said Wednesday. The official spoke shortly after several media outlets...

  • Haren has a rough night in Miami in Nats loss

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    Updated: Tue, Apr 16, 2013

    Right-hander allows seven runs in laugher MIAMI -- Adeiny Hechavarria ended the Marlins' nine-game home run drought with a three-run shot, and Miami beat the Washington Nationals 8-2 on Tuesday night. A throwing error by Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman -- his fourth in five games --...

  • Boston bombs said to be made from pressure cookers

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    Updated: Tue, Apr 16, 2013

    FBI agents searched a suburban Boston apartment overnight and appealed to the public for amateur video and photos that might yield clues to who carried out the Boston Marathon bombing, while a doctor treating the wounded said one of the victims was maimed by what looked like ball bearings or BBs.

  • Wizards have no backup plan in loss to Nets' reserves

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    Updated: Mon, Apr 15, 2013

    Defeat is Washington's fifth in row NEW YORK -- Andray Blatche led a bevy of Brooklyn bench players with 20 points and 11 rebounds as the Nets erased an early 17-point deficit to beat the Washington Wizards 106-101 on Monday night. Kris Humphries, who was the team's original starting power...

  • Jordan Zimmermann throws complete game as Nationals bust out of slump

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    Updated: Mon, Apr 15, 2013

    Washington sets season highs in hits, runs in win over Miami MIAMI -- Jordan Zimmermann pitched a six-hitter for his third victory of the season, and the Washington Nationals bounced back from a humbling weekend to beat the Miami Marlins 10-3 on Monday night. Ryan Zimmerman hit his first...

  • Three killed, 144 injured as two bombs explode at Boston Marathon

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    Published: Mon, Apr 15, 2013

    BOSTON (AP) -- Two bombs exploded in the packed streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing three people and injuring more than 140 in a terrifying scene of shattered glass, billowing smoke, bloodstained pavement and severed limbs, authorities said. A senior U.S....

  • Cardinals rule: Louisville beats Michigan for NCAA title

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    Updated: Tue, Apr 9, 2013

    Luke Hancock's big 3s make difference ATLANTA -- Luke Hancock made all five of his 3-pointers and led Louisville to its first NCAA men's basketball championship since 1986 with an 82-76 victory over Michigan on Monday night. Coach Rick Pitino added this title to the one he won at Kentucky in...