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A transit police officer wounded in a firefight with suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings made his first public statements Wednesday, and revealed that a bullet from the shootout will remain lodged in his leg.In a message posted on the MBTA Transit Police website, Richard "Dic" Donohue thanked those involved in his recovery.“I am told that when I arrived at the hospital I had almost no blood a...
Washington Nationals wunderkind outfielder Bryce Harper works hard.Where does he get that work ethic? His father, a union ironworker from Las Vegas, who installs rebar on construction sites in sometimes extreme conditions. Check out this clip from ESPN's "Bryce Begins." The entire special aired Tuesday night.
A 53-year-old mother of two who went missing from Pennsylvania more than 10 years ago has been found in the Florida Keys living as a homeless person, authorities said Wednesday.Brenda Heist turned herself in to a sheriff's deputy in Key Largo on Friday, telling him she thought she might be wanted in Pinellas County, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said.See original report at NBCMiami.comWhe...
Criminal complaints against three college friends of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev contain new details about the case:— A month before the April 15 attack on the Boston Marathon, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told college friends Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev over a meal that he "knew how to make a bomb," Tazhayakov said.— When Kadyrbaev texted Tsarnaev on April 18 to say that he looked lik...