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THE FLENSBURGER FILES Did Sandy push the presidential elections back? I hope so.
There is a proverb that I want to start this column on: It is about disaster. When disaster strikes, people chip in to help. When politicians help, disaster strikes again. Therefore, people go first o...
Posted on 10/30/12 at 7:23 PM
Senator: Marathon bombing suspect shot in throat 
A U.S. senator says the hospitalized suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing was shot in the throat, raising questions about his ability to speak to investigators.
By Associated Press , April 21, 2013
Doctor: Dead bomb suspect had wounds 'head to toe'
A doctor involved in treating the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who died in a gunbattle with police says he had injuries head to toe and all limbs intact when he arrived at the hospital.
By Marilynn Marchione , April 20, 2013
Boston bomb suspect hospitalized under heavy guard
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lay hospitalized in serious condition under heavy guard Saturday — apparently in no shape to be interrogated — as investigators tried to establish the motive for the deadly attack and the scope of the plot.
By Bridget Murphy and Katie Zezima , April 20, 2013
Boston bomb suspect captured, brother killed (with video)
A 19-year-old Massachusetts college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombing was captured hiding in a boat parked in a backyard Friday night and his older brother lay dead in a furious 24-hour drama that transfixed the nation and paralyzed the Boston area.
By Eileen Sullivan & Jay Lindsay , April 19, 2013
- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
- Law enforcement search for the suspect
- Police patrol Watertown, Mass.
- FBI issues photos of 2 suspects in Boston bombing (with video)
- PHOTO GALLERY: Boston Marathon bombing suspect manhunt
- PHOTO GALLERY: Boston Marathon bombing suspects
- Boston travel: Trains, buses halted, planes flying
- Boston suspect's father says he's a 'true angel'
- Uncle urges bombing suspect to turn self in
- The stories of 2 brothers suspected in bombing
Uncle urges bombing suspect to turn self in
In a passionate plea, an uncle of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects urged one of his nephews to turn himself in Friday, saying he had brought shame to the family and the entire Chechen ethnicity.
By Eric Tucker , April 19, 2013
Authorities: Report of gunman at MIT was a hoax
Authorities in Massachusetts say a report of a gunman on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus was a hoax and that there is no threat to public safety.
By Associated Press , February 23, 2013
Shifting landscape as Brown mulls Mass. Senate run
Scott Brown was a little-known Republican state senator who shocked Massachusetts Democrats three years ago by winning a U.S. Senate seat in a special election that became a national rallying cry for the nascent tea party movement.
By Steve Peoples , January 12, 2013
OUR OPINION: StudentsFirst flunks its first test
Feedback is vital, and feedback from a notable educator such as former Washington, D.C. superintendent Michelle Rhee is welcome. So, hopes were high when Rhee’s new group, StudentsFirst, graded the K-12 school policies in all 50 states.
By Tom Dennis , January 09, 2013
Gas explosion levels Massachusetts building; at least 18 hurt
A natural gas explosion in one of New England's biggest cities on Friday leveled a strip club with a boom heard for miles and heavily damaged a dozen other buildings but didn't kill anyone, authorities said.
By Susan Haigh , November 23, 2012
Minnnesota sends emergency crews to Massachusetts, New York
Minnesota has sent emergency teams to Massachusetts and New York state to help in the response to Hurricane Sandy.
By Associated Press , October 29, 2012
US Rep with same name speaks at McGovern funeral
A Massachusetts congressman who shares George McGovern's last name recalled the former senator as a mentor who loved his country so much that he still believed strongly in democracy even after losing the presidential race in a historic landslide.
By Associated Press , October 26, 2012
RI man sets record with 1-ton pumpkin
Organizers of a fair in northeastern Massachusetts say a Rhode Island man has set a new world record with the first pumpkin ever to weigh more than a ton.
By Associated Press , September 30, 2012
Massachusetts medical examiner confirms identity of victim in May crash as Minnesota woman
The Massachusetts medical examiner has confirmed the identity of the victim of a fiery car crash in Belchertown last month. Officials said Thursday that 26-year-old Ashley Goetz died May 14 when her car struck a utility pole and burst into flames on Route 202.
By Associated Press , June 15, 2012
UMass grad student from Minnesota dies in car crash
The driver who died when her car crashed into a utility pole in Belchertown and burst into flames has been tentatively identified as a University of Massachusetts graduate student from Minnesota.
By Associated Press , May 17, 2012
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