The old Hollywood saw “the show must go on” took a back seat to grim reality today in Boston. The production for director David O. Russell’s upcoming American Hustle feature was shut down today as the hunt for one of two
Bradley Cooper often plays the hero on screen, but Friday the Oscar-winning actor focused his star power on cheering up a victim of this week’s Boston Marathon bombing. Cooper, a Philadelphia native in Boston for a movie shoot, visited the
(AP) Gov’t sources: Boston bomb suspect went to RussiaBy EILEEN SULLIVAN and KIMBERLY DOZIERAssociated PressWASHINGTONGovernment officials say Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev traveled to Russia last year and returned to the U.S. six months later. The 26-year-old Tsarnaev died
(AP) Bruins cancel morning skate; Red Sox on holdBy HOWARD ULMANAP Sports WriterBOSTONBoston Red Sox players and other team employees have been told to stay home until a decision is made on whether Friday night’s game will be played, a
(AP) AG, FBI director to brief Obama on bombing probeWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is being briefed on the developments in Boston Marathon bombing investigation by Attorney General Eric Holder, FBI Director Robert Mueller and several other national security officials. Vice President
(AFP) – A Russian rocket carrying a capsule filled with 45 mice and 15 newts along with other small animals blasted off Friday on a month-long orbital mission that should pave the way for manned flights to Mars. Live footage
(AFP)-The Russian-language YouTube page of the dead suspect, identified as 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, features various links to websites pulled by YouTube as well as to those on Islamic teachings. One link, called “It’s Only Sunnah,” features a nearly hour-long speech
(AP) – Sirens wailed and church bells tolled in Warsaw as largely Roman Catholic Poland paid homage Friday to the Jewish fighters who rose up 70 years ago against German Nazi forces in the Warsaw ghetto uprising. The mournful sounds
(AP) – Militants from Chechnya and other restive regions in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus have targeted Moscow and other areas with bombings and hostage-takings, but if it turns out that the suspects in the Boston bombings are linked to those
(AP) – The stories from family and acquaintances of a Mississippi man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and other officials describe a caring father and enthusiastic musician who struggled with mental illness and pursued a conspiracy theory
(AP) Judiciary Committee takes up immigration billBy ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONA far-reaching new immigration bill is getting its first test at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, where opponents of the legislation will be able to face off with its authors. The
(AP) Poll: Public pessimism on economy is increasingBy TOM RAUM and JENNIFER AGIESTAAssociated PressWASHINGTONFor the third year in a row, the nation’s economic recovery has hit a springtime soft spot. Reflecting that weakness, only 1 in 4 Americans now expects
(AP) Police arrest former Pakistani ruler MusharrafBy MUNIR AHMED and SEBASTIAN ABBOTAssociated PressISLAMABADPolice arrested former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf overnight at his home in the capital, where he had holed up following a dramatic escape from court to avoid
(AP) Yankees SS Jeter out until after All-Star breakBy RONALD BLUMAP Sports WriterNEW YORKDerek Jeter will be sidelined until after the All-Star break because of a new fracture in his broken left ankle _ a blow to a New York
(AFP) A gunman shot and wounded a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer in an eruption of shots at the prestigious university late Thursday, Boston television stations reported. The university warned students in an emergency alert to stay indoors and
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and JOHN L. MONEAssociated PressWEST, TexasRescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone still trapped in debris while
(AP) WEST, TexasWorshippers came by the hundreds to pray at a non-denominational church service honoring the victims of a Central Texas fertilizer plant blast. Several hundred people on Thursday night packed St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in downtown West.
This evening, an image was posted on the social news site reddit that appears to be the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s “Suspect 2” in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation. The image is high resolution and more clear than many of the
By AMY FORLITIAssociated PressPeople keep asking Joe Berti if he feels unlucky. A bomb exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon seconds after Berti finished the race. Two days later, he was in his home state of Texas
Immediately following news of the devastating explosion of a fertilizer plant in the rural Texas town of West, the nearby Waco Tea Party began organizing efforts to help those affected. The group’s president, Toby Walker, called a local hotel and
CNN knew it had journalistic egg on its face after announcing an arrest in the Boston bombing case earlier this week–and then later dancing back the claim. The network’s brass couldn’t predict Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart would use one of
Actress Charlize Theron visited D.C. this week to push the U.S. government to “push forward” to a solution on AIDS. The South African stunner said the fact that one in 10 people in her country live with HIV is “unacceptable,”
Country crooner Brad Paisley teamed up with rapper LL Cool J for a song called Accidental Racist, a heartfelt if clunky song trying to bring the races together. Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert must have reacted to the song like a
