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  • JFK Presidential Library Closed ‘Indefinitely’ for Investigation Into Fire After Marathon Bombings

    04/17/2013 5:54:12 AM PDT · by kristinn · 23 replies
    The New York Daily News ^ | Wednesday, April 17, 2013 | James Warren
    JFK Presidential Library closed ‘indefinitely’ for investigation into fire after marathon bombings SNIPShortly after the marathon bombings, a fire broke out near a new entrance at the library, which is several miles from the marathon finish. Some employees insist they heard a loud blast as a fire ensued that damaged a conference room and auditorium.SNIP
  • Person Briefed on Probe: Bombs in Pressure Cookers (Boston)

    04/16/2013 9:33:09 AM PDT · by kristinn · 74 replies
    AP via ABC News ^ | Tuesday, April 16, 2013 | Eileen Sullivan
    A person briefed on the Boston Marathon investigation says the explosives were in 6-liter pressure cookers and placed in black duffel bags. The person says the explosives were placed on the ground and contained shards of metal, nails and ball bearings.
  • Deadly Blasts Rock Boston (WSJ: Maybe Five More Bombs Found)

    04/15/2013 5:49:19 PM PDT · by kristinn · 35 replies
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | Monday, April 15, 2013 | Jennifer Levitz, Kevin Helliker and Sara Germano
    SNIP Counterterrorism officials found what they believe to be five additional, undetonated explosive devices around the Boston area, according to two people briefed on the rapidly moving investigation. The devices—which are in addition to the two that exploded near the finish line of the marathon—were discovered over the course of a frantic inspection of suspicious packages, many of them abandoned as pedestrians, runners, and others scrambled away from crowded public streets. Each had been rendered inoperative or was in the process of being rendered inoperative, the officials said. But the officials also sounded a note of caution, saying they are...