Boston bombs said to be made from pressure cookers . . . this and other news stories from Boston today

  • Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:16pm
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Martin Richard

Martin Richard

LATEST AP STORIES on the Boston Marathon bombings:

Boston bombs said to be made from pressure cookers

BOSTON (AP) — The bombs that ripped through the crowd at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 170, were fashioned out of pressure cookers and packed with metal shards, nails and ball bearings to inflict maximum carnage, a person briefed on the investigation said Tuesday.

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Restaurant manager, 8-year-old among bomb victims

BOSTON (AP) — A 29-year-old restaurant manager has been identified as one of three people killed in the bombing at the Boston Marathon.

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With related story today: “Marathon bombing victim, 8, recalled as spirited” at http://tinyurl.com/c83rfsz

Doctor: Marathon victims had nails, BBs in wounds

Doctors say they removed a host of sharp objects from children and adults injured by the Boston Marathon explosions.

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