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Security beefed up worldwide after Boston blasts
Associated Press A New Jersey State Police helicopter yesterday flies by the construction site of One World Trade Center in Manhattan, seen from The Heights neighborhood of Jersey City, N.J.
LOS ANGELES -- Police in Los Angeles, New York City, London, Washington and other cities worldwide stepped up security yesterday following explosions at the Boston Marathon. In Los Angeles, the Sheriff's Department activated its emergency operations
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President avoids using the word terrorism
WASHINGTON -- A stony-faced President Barack Obama declared that those responsible for the explosions at the Boston Marathon "will feel the full weight of justice," but he urged a nervous nation not to jump to conclusions. Top lawmakers declared the
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Explosions prompt UK review of London Marathon
LONDON -- British police are reviewing security plans for Sunday's London Marathon, the next major international marathon, because of the bombs that killed two people at the race in Boston. But there is no known specific or credible threat against th
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Sandy now a retired storm name
MIAMI (AP) -- Sandy is being retired from the list of tropical storm names because of the catastrophic damage its massive size and strength caused along the East Coast last year. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials say the name
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Rockefeller impostor convicted of murder
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A German immigrant who spent decades posing as an heir to the fabled Rockefeller oil fortune and using other identities was found guilty yesterday of first-degree murder in the death of a man whose bones were found buried nearly 2
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