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Jamie Brokaw was an experienced navigator who was no stranger to dangerous flying situations and had the skills to stay cool in the face of danger, according to close friend Chris Connerton."He was a very good person and very smart person," Connerton told The Associated Press by telephone from Rochester, Minn.Brokaw, 33, of Monroe, Mich., was among seven Americans killed Monday when their National...
If he is convicted, the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect may be spared a trip to death row thanks to the addition of a criminal defense whiz — with a history of securing life sentences — to his legal team.Judy Clarke joined Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's defense team on Monday. She has represented some of the most infamous American criminals in recent history: Jared Loughner, who killed six people a...
The widow of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev wants the Massachusetts Medical Examiner’s Office to release her husband's remains to his family.Katherine Russell has chosen not to claim Tsarnaev's body and instead release the remains of the suspected terrorist back to his family, her attorney said in a statement on Tuesday."It is Katherine Russell's wish that his remains be release...
By Ron Allen, Correspondent, NBC NewsATLANTA -- Friendship Baptist Church is making a monumental decision as it celebrates its 151-year anniversary: It's one of two historic churches standing in the path of a new $1 billion domed football stadium that the Atlanta Falcons and the city want to build.Determined to keep the NFL team downtown, Atlanta is negotiating with Friendship Baptist to move."I d...
By John Yang, Correspondent, NBC NewsDETROIT -- It's a scene that fits most people's image of Silicon Valley, not the Motor City: young engineers taking a break with a ping pong game, a business meeting in bean bag chairs, and rows and rows of 20-somethings intently studying computer code on screens.The setting is two floors of downtown Detroit's Madison Building, which was built in 1917 -- just f...
The race to fill John Kerry's Massachusetts Senate seat is now set with Republican businessman and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez and long-time Democratic Congressman Edward Markey coming out victorious in primaries on Tuesday.Markey, who has served in the U.S. House since 1976, defeated fellow U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch after an early endorsement from Kerry who vacated the seat to serve as U.S. secr...
