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Sibling rivalry could help amputee brothers heal

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:29:57 -0400

BOSTON - Two brothers who each lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombing showed competitive spirit Monday that could help speed their recoveries.

Hurricanes bring up 3rd Staal brother from minors

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:06:57 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - The Carolina Hurricanes are going Staal in for the home finale.

Did brotherly bond play role in Boston bombings?

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:59:21 -0400

NEW YORK - It's a vexing puzzle about the Boston Marathon bombings: The younger of the two accused brothers hardly seemed headed for a monumental act of violence. How could he team up with his older brother to do this?

Bomb suspect influenced by mysterious radical

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:59:49 -0400

WASHINGTON - In the years before the Boston Marathon bombings, Tamerlan Tsarnaev fell under the influence of a new friend, a Muslim convert who steered the religiously apathetic young man toward a strict strain of Islam, family members said.

From outsiders to bombing suspects in Boston

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:03:38 -0400

WASHINGTON - Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sought to embrace American lives after emigrating from Russia - joining a boxing club, winning a scholarship and even seeking U.S. citizenship. But their uncle last week angrily called them "losers" who failed to feel settled even after a decade of living in the United States.

Slain MIT officer's siblings recall their brother

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:58:24 -0400

BOSTON - The siblings of slain Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier are remembering their brother for the extraordinary care he had for people, even strangers and insects.

Sister of bombing suspects may talk Tuesday

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:04:50 -0400

WEST NEW YORK, New Jersey - A lawyer for a sister of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said the family may issue a public statement on the case Tuesday.

Boston bombing suspect captured, brother killed

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:31:54 -0400

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts - Lifting days of anxiety for a city and a nation on edge, police captured the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, found bloodied in a backyard boat Friday night less than 24 hours after a wild car chase and gun battle that left his older brother dead and Boston and its suburbs sealed in an extraordinary dragnet.