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Three additional male suspects were taken into custody in the Boston Marathon bombing case on charges of conspiring to obstruct justice and making false statements, the U.S. Attorney said. Police would not confirm when the suspects were taken into custody, and referred further questions to the FBI. Prior to the latest development, authorities had named
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it would continue its stimulus campaign at the same pace it has maintained since December, neither increasing nor slackening its efforts, just as investors had expected. The Fed said the economy was expanding at a “moderate pace” and that the labor market had shown “some improvement”
Marks of butchery evident on teen’s remains discovered at the site. This August 2012 photo shows four shallow chops to an incomplete skull excavated in Jamestown, Va., by William Kelso of the Jamestown Rediscovery Project.(Photo: Don Hurlbert, Smithsonian) WASHINGTON — Jamestown’s colonists resorted to cannibalism during the “starving time” winter of 1609-10, archaeologists confirmed Wednesday.
A southern Kentucky coroner says the mother of a 5-year-old boy who fatally shot his 2-year-old sister had just stepped away onto the porch when the shooting occurred. Cumberland County Coroner Gary White tells WKYT-TV that the mother said she had been outside on a porch for “no more than three minutes.” Kentucky State Police
When poison-laced letters were sent to President Barack Obama and two other officials, it didn’t take long to track down a suspect based on a phrase often used by an Elvis impersonator named Kevin Curtis: “I am KC and I approve this message.” Curtis was soon arrested at his house in north Mississippi and charged