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Remains of Boston Marathon bombing suspect claimed
The body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was the subject of a massive manhunt and died in a gunbattle with police, was claimed on Thursday. Department of Public Safety spokesman Terrel Harris said a funeral home retained by...
Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, Students, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Police: Brothers planned to detonate leftover explosives in Times Square
Associated PressThe Boston Marathon bombers were headed for New York’s Times Square to blow up the rest of their explosives, authorities said Thursday, in what they portrayed as a chilling, spur-of-the-moment scheme that fell apart when the brothers realized the...Tags: Prosecution, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Michael Bloomberg, Punishment
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Bomb suspects appear driven by faith
The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by their religious faith but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, U.S. officials said Monday after interrogating the severely wounded younger man....
Tags: Justice System, Krystle Campbell, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), September 11, 2001 Attacks
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A glance at the search for Boston bomb suspects
Key moments related to the search for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, based on reports from the Middlesex County district attorney, Massachusetts State Police and Boston police. — At 5:10 p.m. Thursday, investigators of the bombings release...Tags: Shootings, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), FBI, Sports
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Teens demonstrate how to crack online passwords and more during Cyber Security Awareness Day
holly.shok@herald-mail.comFollowing in the footsteps of his grandfather whose life as a CIA agent was portrayed in the Academy Award winning film “Argo,” 17-year-old Phil McField proved how to crack online passwords in fewer than five minutes Friday at Washington...Tags: Movies, Argo (movie), Entertainment, Central Intelligence Agency, Google Inc.
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Obama nominates three for Cabinet-level posts
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama filled in more pieces of his second term leadership team Monday, nominating a trio of new advisers to lead the Energy Department, Environmental Protection Agency and budget office. The nominations signal the White House’s...Tags: Boston College, Global Warming, Business, Personal Weapon Control, Environmental Politics
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'Courageous' to be shown
The Zion Baptist Church ministry will show the movie “Courageous” Saturday at 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the church, 61 W. Bethel St. The doors open at 5:30 p.m. Admission costs $2 per person and there will be free popcorn and drinks....Tags: Space Programs, Black History, Religion and Belief, Peace Corps, Air and Space Accidents
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Hagerstown native makes good at Pixar Studios
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comThe next time you watch Pixar’s Golden Globe-winning animated film “Brave,” you might want to pay close attention to the scenes with hundreds of characters in the background. Hagerstown native Hemagiri “Hemu” Arumugam...Tags: Computer Science, Brave (movie), Pixar Animation, Science and Technology, Entertainment Events
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Allan Powell: It's all in the wiring
Ongoing research on the structure of the brain has the potential to give us a clearer understanding of the relative influence of nature (our inherited traits) and nurture (our acquired cultural traits). Sebastian Seung, professor of computational...Tags: Religion and Belief, Science and Technology, Medical Research, Science, Philosophy
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Md. teen's geolocation project wins prize at MIT
The Frederick News-PostUsually, hobbies cost money. But Sam Pritt’s extracurricular project has earned him $3,000 and could bring in an additional $100,000. Sam, 17, lives in Walkersville and has been home-schooled by his parents, Christine and Mark, his entire life,...Tags: Harvard University, Science and Technology, FEMA, Siemens, Google Inc.
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Sally Ride, first U.S. woman in space, dies at 61
Associated Press Science WritersSpace used to be a man’s world. Then came Sally Ride, who blazed a cosmic trail for U.S. women into orbit. With a pitch-perfect name out of a pop song refrain, she joined the select club of American space heroes the public knew by heart: Shepard,...Tags: Space Programs, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Barack Obama, Science and Technology, Technology
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Letter to the Editor - June 12
The planet we’re (not) leaving to our children To the editor: I read Richard Giovanoni’s letter (May 24) with puzzlement. I was unsure of his point, which seemed to favor uncontrolled population growth. What caught my eye, however, were his...Tags: Conservation, Natural Resource Industry, Forests, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology
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