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Marathon bombing suspects threw ‘crude grenades’ at officers

Marathon bombing suspects threw 'crude grenades' at officers By  Mark Arsenault  and  Sean P. Murphy  |  GLOBE STAFF      APRIL 21, 2013 ARTICLE COMMENTS ( 6 ) GETTY IMAGES A police officer ran with gun drawn while police searched for a bombing suspect early Friday morning in Watertown. PRINT REPRINTS E-MAIL Share via e-mail TO ADD A MESSAGE YOUR E-MAIL   Cancel SHARE  FACEBOOK GOOGLE+ LINKEDIN REDDIT TWITTER Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was alive and struggling with Watertown police early Friday morning, when his younger brother and alleged coconspirator drove over him in a stolen SUV, dragging him on the pavement and apparently inflicting the fatal injuries that killed him, said Watertown Police Chief Ed Deveau in a Globe interview. Tsarnaev, 26, was pronounced dead early Friday morning at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, after engaging police in ferocious firefight in Watertown. His brother, Dzhokar Tsarnaev, 19, is...

Only 4% of Americans Think Gun Control is an Important Issue

 GUNSSAVELIVES.NET 8 Hours Ago Only 4% of Americans Think Gun Control is an Important Issue According to a   Gallup Poll , most Americans simply don't think gun control is a pressing issue. The White House likes to keep bringing up a questionable stat that says 90% of the country supports stricter background checks. Even if that number were true, apparently very few Americans actually think the issue is important. In the poll, respondents were asked what they thought the most important issues in the country were. Only 4% listed gun control as important. As to be expected, the economy and unemployment topped the charts. Here is the full break down: Economy in general 24% Unemployment/Jobs18% Dissatisfaction with Government16% Federal budget deficit/Federal debt 11% Healthcare6% Ethical/Moral/Family decline5% Immigration/Illegal aliens 4% Education4% Guns/Gun control 4% Situation with North Korea4% Lack of Money 3% Welfare 2% Lack of respect for each other 2% Poverty/Hunger/Home...

BECK TO OBAMA: COME CLEAN ON BOMBING, OR ELSE

BECK TO OBAMA: COME CLEAN ON BOMBING, OR ELSE Threatens to 'expose' secret of marathon attack if administration doesn't confess Published: 6 hours ago   DREW ZAHN   About   |   Email  |  Archiv 3 Text smaller Text bigger TV and radio host Glenn Beck has warned the Obama administration it has until Monday, April 22, to come clean about the Boston Marathon bombing, or he promises to "expose" what's being hidden from the American public. "I thought I had heard and seen it all. I thought I didn't trust my government," Beck lamented. "Oh, no. No, no. There is no depth that these people will not stoop to. They have until Monday, and then the Blaze will expose it." "Let me just say this to those at the highest echelons of government," Beck intoned. "We know who this Saudi national is. And it is in your best interest and the best interest of integrity and trust for the people of United States of America – it's best coming fro...

Terrorists don't observe gun laws, notes AP

 RARE.US 3 Hours Ago Terrorists don't observe gun laws, notes AP BOSTON (AP) — As churches paused to mourn the dead and console the survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing Sunday, the city's police commissioner said the two suspects had such a large cache of weapons that they were probably planning other attacks. The surviving suspect remained hospitalized and unable to speak with a gunshot wound to the throat. After the two brothers engaged in a gun battle with police early Friday, authorities found many unexploded homemade bombs at the scene, along with more than 250 rounds of ammunition. Police Commissioner  Ed Davis  said the stockpile was "as dangerous as it gets in urban policing." "We have reason to believe, based upon the evidence that was found at that scene — the explosions, the explosive ordnance that was unexploded and the firepower that they had — that they were going to attack other individuals. That's my belief at this point." Davis told ...