[U.S.] Boston on high alert after marathon bombing kills 3, injures scores

Boston on high alert after marathon bombing kills 3, injures scores
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Slideshow: Boston Marathon explosions. Charles Krupa / AP. See images from the scene of the explosions. Launch slideshow. By Bill Dedman, Richard Esposito and Tracy Connor, NBC News.

Series of earthquakes shake central Oklahoma - USA Today
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/article/309127/6/Series-of-earthquakes-shakes-Oklahoma
LUTHER, Okla. (AP) - The U.S. Geological Survey says several earthquakes have shaken central Oklahoma. USGS geophysicist Jana Pursley says the temblors began around 1:45 a.m.

Lawyer: Teen who was sexually assaulted in Calif. found drawings, name on ...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/audrie-pott-family-calls-serious-consequences-3-charged-sexual-assault-teen-suicide-article-1.1317587
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Awakening in a friend's bedroom after drinking too much at a sleepover, 15-year-old Audrie Pott looked down and realized she had been sexually assaulted and her attackers had written and drawn on intimate parts of her body, her ...

Alaska-Based Soldier Gets 16 Years in Spy Case
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-soldier-sentenced-espionage-case-18961175
Share. 0. An Alaska-based military policeman will serve 16 years in prison and will be dishonorably discharged for selling secrets to an FBI undercover agent who he believed was a Russian spy, a panel of eight military members has decided.

Only Miss. Abortion Clinic Gets License Reprieve
http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/311362/81/Judge-blocks-closure-of-Miss-abortion-clinic
Share. 0. A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Mississippi from revoking the license of the state's only abortion clinic.

Judge to resentence Factor heir who got 124 years
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2013/04/16/2968269/judge-to-resentence-factor-heir.html
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) - A California judge who threw out the 124-year prison term of an heir to the Max Factor fortune convicted of drugging and raping three women will hear arguments Tuesday on a new sentence for Andrew Luster.

IRS report shows many of biggest tax cheaters live in wealthy areas
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/irs-report-shows-where-nation-biggest-tax-cheaters-221703743.html
For millions of procrastinating Americans, April 15 has unofficially become known as “Tax Day,” the last day in which individuals can file their tax returns before missing the national deadline.

Ionia chief judge fines himself $25 after cell phone sounds during jury trial
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/15/3345100/judge-holds-self-in-contempt-for.html
RAYMOND VOET KEVO(2).JPG Raymond Voet is chief district judge in Ionia County's District Court. Voet, sticking to his courtroom policy, fined himself $25 Friday when his cell phone sounded during a prosecutor's closing argument at trial.

Michael Douglas' son must serve longer in prison for drugs - USA Today
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/cameron-douglas-sentence-upheld-n-y-court-article-1.1317054
NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Douglas' son will have to finish serving his nearly 10-year prison sentence after an appeals court Monday sided with a judge who punished him severely after Douglas was caught with drugs in prison.

NY-based InsideClimate News wins Pulitzer
http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Online-nonprofit-InsideClimate-News-wins-Pulitzer-4437023.php
NEW YORK - Reporter Elizabeth McGowan knew from her years at newspapers that committing to a months-long, in-depth investigative project would take a tremendous effort, especially for a relatively unknown online environmental news site with just ...

City medical examiner: Fetuses from Gosnell were not born alive - Philly.com
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/kermit-gosnell-and-reproductive-care/
PHILADELPHIA'S CHIEF medical examiner on Monday told a jury that he has no evidence that 47 fetuses found at the abortion clinic once run by Dr.

Jersey Men Sentenced For Al-Qaeda Links - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
http://www.northjersey.com/news/North_Bergen_Elmwood_Park_men_seek_leniency_in_Somalia_terror_case_.html
Two men from the U.S. state of New Jersey have each been sentenced to at least 20 years in prison for conspiring to join the Al-Qaeda-linked militant group Al-Shabaab in Somalia.