Monday,  April 22, 2013 • Vol. 14--No. 277 • 19 of 26 •  Other Editions

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A look at the bombing at the Boston Marathon finish line, investigation into the 2 suspects

• Two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15 killed three people and wounded more than 180 others. Authorities launched a massive manhunt for two suspects seen on surveillance video. A look at the basics of the case:
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• Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remained hospitalized in serious but stable condition Sunday, two days after he was found wounded and bloody hiding in a boat parked behind a home in Watertown, a Boston suburb authorities had shut down to conduct house-by-house searches.
• A defiant, festive mood prevailed at the London Marathon on Sunday as thousands of runners offered tributes to those killed and injured in Boston a week earlier. Police said they planned to add 40 percent more officers and extra surveillance as a precautionary measure.
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Rescuers push into remote Chinese villages hit by Sichuan quake; 188 killed, thousands injured

• LUSHAN, China (AP) -- After dynamiting through landslide-blocked roads, Chinese relief crews hurried food, water and other supplies into the rural hills of China's Sichuan province Monday, two days after an earthquake killed at least 188 people and injured more than 11,000.
• Rescuers reached the most cut-off communities in Baoxing and Lushan counties, though heavy machinery and trucks bearing supplies moved slowly along roads partly blocked by landslide debris. Repairmen hoisted ladders up against electrical poles to fix power lines.
• The delivery of relief supplies, while not enough to meet all the demand, marked headway as frustrations grew among survivors.
• Near an old house that had crumpled by the roadside in Lushan, about 2,000 people gathered early Monday to complain about the lack of food. A few jumped on to a motorized three-wheel cart to look for officials, and 20 minutes later a truck pulled up and distributed instant noodles. At another street corner, a truck handed

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