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Jury decides on death sentence for Dzokhar Tsarnaev in 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing. 

Previous story below: BOSTON (Reuters) – The jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial on Friday reached a verdict on whether or not Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted of the attack, should be sentenced to death or to life in prison, court officials said.

The decision, reached during the jury’s third day of deliberations, will be read out in court later on Friday.

Tsarnaev, a 21-year-old ethnic C

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A Harvard student trying to get out of a final exam admitted to the FBI that he sent a bomb threat that forced the university to evacuate multiple buildings and rattled the campus, federal officials said Tuesday. 
Instead of going home for winter break, 20-year-old Eldo Kim was arrested Tuesday and held overnight on federal bomb hoax charges. He is scheduled to appear in US District Court on Wednesday, according to US Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz's office.
The FBI said Kim sent an anonymous e-mail
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4798AS police investigators peel away the layers of the Boston Marathon bombing, there are two aspects of this unfolding story to which I want to react: the mind-set of the alleged bombers and the role of the Internet in shaping it. Important news about both was contained in a single Washington Post article on Tuesday.

"The 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has told interrogators that the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan motivated him and his brother to carry out the a
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The suspects in Boston bombing were identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and his brother Dzhokhar, 19. The elder brother was killed in the stand-off with the police, while the younger one remains at large.
The relationship was confirmed by their uncle, police reported, according to AP.
An NBC report claims the two immigrated at least two years ago. One of the brothers is  said to have a Massachusetts drivers' license.
Some reports say the two may have arrived in the US from Turkey and have Tu
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SWAT team members aim their guns as they search for one remaining suspect at an apartment building on April 19, 2013 in Watertown, Massachusetts. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
The city of Watertown, Mass., has been effectively shut down as a manhunt is underway for the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing.
Residents were awakened overnight by heavy police presence and a dramatic shootout in Watertown that ended with the death of one of the Boston marathon bombing suspects while the sec
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