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<description><![CDATA[Brazil's foreign minister says "all necessary measures" are being taken to ensure security at next year's soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympics following the deadly explosions at the Boston Marathon.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17781121-brazil-official-world-cup-olympics-will-be-safe</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17781121-brazil-official-world-cup-olympics-will-be-safe</guid><category>brazil</category><category>world-cup</category><category>security</category><category>marathon</category><category>explosions</category><category>world-news</category><category>boston-marathon</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:55:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>London Marathon to proceed after Boston bombings</title>
<description><![CDATA[Determined to show solidarity with Boston, the London Marathon will go forward as planned Sunday with a race that will be watched by about 1 million spectators and take runners past some of the city's most revered landmarks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Douglas]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Steve Douglas]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17779861-london-marathon-to-proceed-after-boston-bombings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17779861-london-marathon-to-proceed-after-boston-bombings</guid><category>sports</category><category>marathon</category><category>ath</category><category>london-marathon</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:41:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=17d0227e-98c1-40d0-9483-5a2a09a52d5a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=17d0227e-98c1-40d0-9483-5a2a09a52d5a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People react as an explosion goes off near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions went off at the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, David L Ryan)  MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b3ca9b3d-25a1-4bc8-8777-e4c76bf4ebc9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b3ca9b3d-25a1-4bc8-8777-e4c76bf4ebc9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bill Iffrig, 78, lies on the ground as police officers react to a second explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Iffrig, of Lake Stevens, Wash., was running his third Boston Marathon and near the finish line when he was knocked down by one of two bomb blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, John Tlumacki)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Boston Marathon blasts put world's cities on alert</title>
<description><![CDATA[With more than 30 marathons this weekend and big events on the horizon, officials around the world are looking at security efforts in the wake of the fatal bomb blasts that shook Boston's race.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paisley Dodds]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paisley Dodds]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17778463-boston-marathon-blasts-put-worlds-cities-on-alert</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17778463-boston-marathon-blasts-put-worlds-cities-on-alert</guid><category>security</category><category>marathon</category><category>explosions</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:30:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=11d67725-90c2-45ae-bc6b-a17064bd0255.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=11d67725-90c2-45ae-bc6b-a17064bd0255.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A law enforcement officer stands post at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, April 15, 2013 in Washington. Authorities say the blasts during the Boston Marathon killed two people and injured at least 73,(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=619d7c7d-583b-48b9-aabe-e079e54d05b5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=619d7c7d-583b-48b9-aabe-e079e54d05b5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A police officer patrols the area in front of the Barclays Center in New York, Monday, April 15, 2013, before a Brooklyn Nets NBA basketball game in the wake of the explosions at the Boston Marathon.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2e352428-8c37-4c39-838b-af98d5d47b12.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="497" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2e352428-8c37-4c39-838b-af98d5d47b12.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A New Jersey State Police helicopter flies over Jersey City, N.J., Monday, April 15, 2013. New Jersey is securing its city, which sits along the Hudson River across from New York City, in the wake of explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=66d4da98-8e02-4d33-9b33-fc273e6e6c5a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=66d4da98-8e02-4d33-9b33-fc273e6e6c5a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Seattle Police K9 officer Craig Williamson stands with his explosives detection dog, &quot;Dennis&quot; as he patrols downtown Seattle, Monday, April 15, 2013, in reaction to explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line earlier in the day. A Seattle Police blog posting said that although there was no indication of a direct threat to Seattle, officers would be increasing patrols and activity around the city. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6e31cd3-072e-48b5-aa91-862101d2a44a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="381" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6e31cd3-072e-48b5-aa91-862101d2a44a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Seattle Police officers, including Craig Williamson, center, and his explosives detection dog, &quot;Dennis&quot; confer as during a patrol in downtown Seattle, Monday, April 15, 2013, in reaction to explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line earlier in the day. A Seattle Police blog posting said that although there was no indication of a direct threat to Seattle, officers would be increasing patrols and activity around the city. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6d6fdae7-f67f-43a4-91f9-a3a9ccfbd0c2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6d6fdae7-f67f-43a4-91f9-a3a9ccfbd0c2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dallas police detective Warren Breedlove stands outside American Airlines Center before an NBA basketball game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Memphis Grizzlies, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Dallas. Breedlove said that regular security officers were moved from their posts inside to keep watch outside the building following explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday. (AP Photo/Sharon Ellman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=00aa0e5a-a3dc-4bfa-81ad-488dc668d3bc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=00aa0e5a-a3dc-4bfa-81ad-488dc668d3bc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 6, 2010 file photo, the Luzhniki Stadium which will be the venue of the World Athletics Championship scheduled for August 2013 in Moscow is shown. The organizers of the championship said on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, they will beef up security in the wake of deadly explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b34639eb-3415-441a-a2e0-d761cb1a762b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b34639eb-3415-441a-a2e0-d761cb1a762b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2012 file photo, Russian police officers watch the ski jumping competition at the FIS Ski jumping Cup in Sochi, Russia. The organizers of the World Athletics Championship in Moscow said on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, they will beef up security in the wake of deadly explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The August 10 to 18 event is seen as a dress rehearsal for the 2014 Winter Games in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=96408fee-82f5-4823-9b0e-87023f0e0a36.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=96408fee-82f5-4823-9b0e-87023f0e0a36.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Back dropped by the landmark commonly known as, Big Ben, a warning sign for road closures at the forthcoming London Marathon is displayed along the marathon route in London, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. British police are reviewing security plans for Sunday's London Marathon, the next major international marathon, because of the bombs that killed three people at the marathon in Boston Monday. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=741970ff-3b18-478b-af04-7d5c804ab051.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=741970ff-3b18-478b-af04-7d5c804ab051.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A sign is displayed by the road side warning of a British police security operation taking place along the forthcoming London Marathon route in London, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. British police are reviewing security plans for Sunday's London Marathon, the next major international marathon, because of the bombs that killed three people at the marathon in Boston Monday. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cedd1bba-2f6d-438f-b801-eeb54c0510d7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cedd1bba-2f6d-438f-b801-eeb54c0510d7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Back dropped by the landmark commonly known as, Big Ben, crowd control barriers are seen along the forthcoming London Marathon route in London, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. British police are reviewing security plans for Sunday's London Marathon, the next major international marathon, because of the bombs that killed three people at the marathon in Boston Monday. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02ce0e58-62b8-4e7f-8941-cf8a6de8abbe.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02ce0e58-62b8-4e7f-8941-cf8a6de8abbe.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man carries newspapers featuring the Boston marathon blasts on the front page, while waiting to cross a road in central London, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. British police are reviewing security plans for Sunday's London Marathon, the next major international marathon, because of the bombs that killed three people at the marathon in Boston Monday. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e8bab134-ec38-4099-b249-563a7e0e15b1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e8bab134-ec38-4099-b249-563a7e0e15b1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;United States security officers and the United States embassy with the U.S. flag are  reflected in a rain puddle in Berlin, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. On Monday April 15, 2013 two bombs exploded  in the crowded streets  at the Boston marathon in the United States.  (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=50e82fb8-eefa-4d6a-bbf3-a535196f1a5a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=50e82fb8-eefa-4d6a-bbf3-a535196f1a5a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;German and United States security officers patrol in front of the  U.S. embassy  in Berlin, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. On Monday April 15, 2013 two bombs exploded  in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston marathon.  (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abf43b88-a46d-4c59-9180-6390de6b43dc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abf43b88-a46d-4c59-9180-6390de6b43dc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tourists take pictures near a German police car guarding in front of the United States embassy  in Berlin, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. On Monday April 15, 2013 two bombs exploded in the crowded streets at the Boston marathon in the United States. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c28d107f-5adb-42fd-bbdf-f71cf78f2b49.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c28d107f-5adb-42fd-bbdf-f71cf78f2b49.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;United States security officers and the United States embassy with the U.S. flag are  reflected in a rain puddle in Berlin, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. On Monday April 15, 2013 two bombs exploded  in the crowded streets  at the Boston marathon in the United States.  (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=11da7cca-6f65-4413-8461-fe2c28a81559.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=11da7cca-6f65-4413-8461-fe2c28a81559.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French police officers patrol at the Human Rights Square, near the Eiffel Tower, Paris, Tuesday April 16, 2013. In the wake of the Boston attacks, the French Interior Ministry has ordered local authorities across France to immediately reinforce security measures already in place since the January intervention in Mali began. The ministry did not change the threat level. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=70e614a3-f992-48e8-b93a-1dc0aeeebda1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=70e614a3-f992-48e8-b93a-1dc0aeeebda1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A New York City Police officer watches as people take pictures with the bull statue in the Financial District, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in New York. Law enforcers say New York City remains in a heightened state of alert until more is known about the Boston explosions. More officers are working around New York, including counterterrorism units and beefed up patrols. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=13a0744b-286a-418a-b18b-2702ed6b913d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=13a0744b-286a-418a-b18b-2702ed6b913d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police officers keep an eye on commuters in a subway station in New York, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Police armed with rifles and extra patrol cars were stationed around the city Tuesday as New York remained in a heightened state of alert until more is known about the bombings at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4028999b-967b-42bf-abfc-587fb4f11da4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4028999b-967b-42bf-abfc-587fb4f11da4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People walk past a security camera installed outside the Olympic Park that is under construction for the  the 2014 Winter Games, in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Russian sports officials said Tuesday they will beef up security at sports events and the Sochi 2014 Winter Games in the wake of deadly explosions at Boston's marathon that killed three people, and injured over 140 others. (AP Photo/Artur Lebedev)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Guide to the bombing at the Boston Marathon</title>
<description><![CDATA[An explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday killed three people and injured dozens more. An at-a-glance look at the facts in the case:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17776281-guide-to-the-bombing-at-the-boston-marathon</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17776281-guide-to-the-bombing-at-the-boston-marathon</guid><category>us</category><category>marathon</category><category>guide</category><category>news</category><category>us-news</category><category>boston-marathon</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:54:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0292ed96-1c30-4c75-bff4-c91523c60388.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0292ed96-1c30-4c75-bff4-c91523c60388.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Boston Marathon tragedy looms over CinemaCon</title>
<description><![CDATA[Just hours after two bomb blasts provided a deadly conclusion to the Boston Marathon, principals from "Star Trek Into Darkness" were doing their jobs: putting on happy faces and plugging their big-budget film on the opening night of the annual movie-theater convention, CinemaCon.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Cidoni Lennox]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Cidoni Lennox]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17772550-boston-marathon-tragedy-looms-over-cinemacon</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17772550-boston-marathon-tragedy-looms-over-cinemacon</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>marathon</category><category>explosions</category><category>cinemacon</category><category>trek-into-darkness"</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:50:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=38f81d7a-db50-470c-a4f7-56029ec39737.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=38f81d7a-db50-470c-a4f7-56029ec39737.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chris Pine, left, and Zachary Quinto, cast members in the forthcoming film &quot;Star Trek Into Darkness,&quot; are interviewed at CinemaCon 2013's Opening Night Presentation from Paramount Pictures at Caesars Palace on Tuesday, April 15, 2013 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5c9b8d64-fe4d-4470-bf3d-5ab2e93e272d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="330" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5c9b8d64-fe4d-4470-bf3d-5ab2e93e272d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="186" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Alice Eve, a cast member in the forthcoming film &quot;Star Trek Into Darkness,&quot; poses at CinemaCon 2013's Opening Night Presentation from Paramount Pictures at Caesars Palace on Tuesday, April 15, 2013 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e9b746c-11a8-46e4-a77d-b4ba440d247a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="453" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e9b746c-11a8-46e4-a77d-b4ba440d247a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="136" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Zachary Quinto, left, and Chris Pine, cast members in the forthcoming film &quot;Star Trek Into Darkness,&quot; share a laugh as they answer questions about the film onstage at CinemaCon 2013's Opening Night Presentation from Paramount Pictures at Caesars Palace on Tuesday, April 15, 2013 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Marathon bombing victim, 8, recalled as spirited</title>
<description><![CDATA[Neighbors and friends remembered 8-year-old Boston bombing victim Martin Richard on Tuesday as a vivacious boy who loved to run, climb, and play sports like soccer, basketball and baseball.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bridget Murphy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bridget Murphy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17777891-marathon-bombing-victim-8-recalled-as-spirited</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17777891-marathon-bombing-victim-8-recalled-as-spirited</guid><category>us</category><category>child</category><category>marathon</category><category>boston</category><category>victim</category><category>us-news</category><category>boston-marathon</category><category>martin-richard</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:46:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=05e9906e-5a21-4b16-b030-7a981e5bb2d1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="348" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=05e9906e-5a21-4b16-b030-7a981e5bb2d1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="105" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Neighbors hug outside the home of the Richard family in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Tuesday, April 16, 2013.  Martin Richard, 8,  was killed in Mondays bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b2a73e36-039b-4bf5-bcd3-1b83b14bd305.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b2a73e36-039b-4bf5-bcd3-1b83b14bd305.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Peace is written on the sidewalk in front of the Richard house in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Tuesday, April 16, 2013.  Martin Richard, 8,  was killed in Monday's bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=79cc2f51-2f24-43e3-9bf4-b0c10d169649.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=79cc2f51-2f24-43e3-9bf4-b0c10d169649.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Two women place flowers on the doorstep of the Richard house in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Martin Richard, 8, was killed in the Mondays bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The boys mother, Denise, and 6-year-old sister, Jane, were badly injured.  (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb63bebb-aee1-4e51-a6af-d54c72f00b0a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb63bebb-aee1-4e51-a6af-d54c72f00b0a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Two women leave after placing flowers on the doorstep of the Richard house in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Martin Richard, 8, was killed in the Mondays bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The boys mother, Denise, and 6-year-old sister, Jane, were badly injured.  (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42677457-b4c8-4945-bb28-23fdad5356b3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42677457-b4c8-4945-bb28-23fdad5356b3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Runner Megan Cloke pauses after placing flowers on the doorstep of the Richard house in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston,Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Martin Richard,8, was killed in Mondays' bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The boys mother, Denise, and 6-year-old sister, Jane, were badly injured.  (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc92fdc2-1aab-4315-a923-e4a668f32477.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc92fdc2-1aab-4315-a923-e4a668f32477.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jane Sherman, right, speaks with reporters about her neighbors, the Richard family, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston,Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Martin Richard, 8,  was killed in Mondays bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c7f95661-7441-4b2c-8b75-f8f673128fb1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c7f95661-7441-4b2c-8b75-f8f673128fb1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jacqueline Myers and her daughter Amira, 10, depart after leaving flowers on the doorstep of the Richard house in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston,Tuesday, April 16, 2013.  Martin Richard, 8, was killed in Mondays bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8ff20417-e82a-4327-9104-f2d7364631e7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="348" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8ff20417-e82a-4327-9104-f2d7364631e7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="105" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Neighbors hug outside the home of the Richard family in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Tuesday, April 16, 2013.  Martin Richard, 8, was killed in Monday's bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0420cead-dd5c-4928-b3dd-f36bea8f9f21.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0420cead-dd5c-4928-b3dd-f36bea8f9f21.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by Bill Richard shows his son, Martin Richard, in Boston. Martin Richard, 8, was among the at least three people killed in the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Bill Richard)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3df728df-f304-4499-a2da-623fa9059e6a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="365" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3df728df-f304-4499-a2da-623fa9059e6a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="168" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by Bill Richard, shows his son, Martin Richard, in Boston. Martin Richard, 8, was among the at least three people killed in the explosions, Monday, April 15, 2013, at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Bill Richard)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2f4105b7-8c50-4431-bc4a-9f4359af0a1c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2f4105b7-8c50-4431-bc4a-9f4359af0a1c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;&quot;Pray for Martin&quot; is written in chalk at a park near the home of Martin Richard in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston,Tuesday, April 16, 2013. 8-year old Martin was killed in the bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Witnesses describe scene of marathon bombing</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bruce Mendelsohn was attending a post-race party in an office building just above the Boston Marathon finish line when an explosion knocked him to the floor.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17767491-witnesses-describe-scene-of-marathon-bombing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17767491-witnesses-describe-scene-of-marathon-bombing</guid><category>us</category><category>marathon</category><category>us-news</category><category>boston-marathon</category><category>scenes</category><category>bruce-mendelsohn</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:39:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=58f086c8-0d57-462f-94b6-836743ec689d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=58f086c8-0d57-462f-94b6-836743ec689d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An injured woman is tended to at the finish line of the Boston Marathon,  in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe,  John Tlumacki) MANDATORY CREDIT; BOSTON OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=56bad695-8a2d-45fb-bf2a-2048987ce8d6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="399" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=56bad695-8a2d-45fb-bf2a-2048987ce8d6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston Marathon runner Russell Clifford of Marlborough, Mass. walks past SWAT officers near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The 78-year-old runner behind the Boston photo</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 78-year-old Washington state man running his third Boston Marathon was near the finish line when he was knocked down by one of two bomb blasts and caught in a news photograph that quickly went viral.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17767459-the-78-year-old-runner-behind-the-boston-photo</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17767459-the-78-year-old-runner-behind-the-boston-photo</guid><category>us</category><category>marathon</category><category>us-news</category><category>runner</category><category>boston-marathon</category><category>knocked-down</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:35:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ecdec0a9-f348-4c36-855e-934397d5f9c1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ecdec0a9-f348-4c36-855e-934397d5f9c1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police officers react to a second explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe,  John Tlumacki)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ff56bb1a-d7e5-46ff-8569-7f4b14c4018f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="454" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ff56bb1a-d7e5-46ff-8569-7f4b14c4018f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="136" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People react to a second explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe,  John Tlumacki) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>IRS: Boston-area taxpayers will get time on taxes</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Internal Revenue Service says Boston-area taxpayers need time to finish their tax returns without worry.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17767313-irs-boston-area-taxpayers-will-get-time-on-taxes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17767313-irs-boston-area-taxpayers-will-get-time-on-taxes</guid><category>us</category><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>marathon</category><category>explosions</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>boston-marathon</category><category>internal-revenue-serve</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:13:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mass sporting events and teams hit by attacks</title>
<description><![CDATA[A glance at some sporting events and teams that have been affected by attacks and threats:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17767293-mass-sporting-events-and-teams-hit-by-attacks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17767293-mass-sporting-events-and-teams-hit-by-attacks</guid><category>us</category><category>sports</category><category>marathon</category><category>boston</category><category>attacks</category><category>us-news</category><category>boston-marathon</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:09:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Major upcoming sports events will examine security</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, more toughened measures are expected as security is calibrated for major upcoming sports events that draw big crowds, such as next month's Kentucky Derby and Indianapolis 500.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Fendrich]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Howard Fendrich]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17766426-major-upcoming-sports-events-will-examine-security</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17766426-major-upcoming-sports-events-will-examine-security</guid><category>sports</category><category>security</category><category>marathon</category><category>boston-bruins</category><category>kentucky-derby</category><category>boston-marathon</category><category>td-garden</category><category>marlins-park</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:18:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=078e3e05-c456-4719-bb29-6d3edf2a3170.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=078e3e05-c456-4719-bb29-6d3edf2a3170.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston police officers stand on Boylston Street near empty buses meant to transport runners who were instead diverted from the course following an explosion at the finish line, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8ed5df6e-ce75-4ce8-b7e0-692116743152.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8ed5df6e-ce75-4ce8-b7e0-692116743152.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo provided by Bruce Mendelsohn shows the scene after two explosions occurred during the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/ Bruce Mendelsohn) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7253e6ce-f6e4-4ead-83e7-c0ec90e0d70f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7253e6ce-f6e4-4ead-83e7-c0ec90e0d70f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Firefighters gather one block from Boylston Street following an explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013.  Two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon finish line Monday killing at least two people injuring dozens. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=90c86316-48ac-4d31-8e40-032213c2cc70.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="479" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=90c86316-48ac-4d31-8e40-032213c2cc70.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="144" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An armed FBI agent passes a Boston police officer following an explosion at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e3b43c4-98be-4f97-a500-19f1a27f13e6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e3b43c4-98be-4f97-a500-19f1a27f13e6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis speaks about the explosions during a press conference as Massachusetts Gov Deval Patrick, right, looks on, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Boston. Two explosions disrupted the Boston Marathon on Monday, causing at least two deaths and dozens of injuries and scattering crowds near the finish line, authorities said. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=506ebb02-eeec-4188-8868-1c9d39567cf9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=506ebb02-eeec-4188-8868-1c9d39567cf9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo provided by Bruce Mendelsohn shows the scene after two explosions occurred during the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/ Bruce Mendelsohn) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6d6fdae7-f67f-43a4-91f9-a3a9ccfbd0c2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6d6fdae7-f67f-43a4-91f9-a3a9ccfbd0c2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dallas police detective Warren Breedlove stands outside American Airlines Center before an NBA basketball game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Memphis Grizzlies, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Dallas. Breedlove said that regular security officers were moved from their posts inside to keep watch outside the building following explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday. (AP Photo/Sharon Ellman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21493362-8acb-4b5f-b582-93290b84c5b4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=21493362-8acb-4b5f-b582-93290b84c5b4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu, left, of South Korea, walks by a police officer during batting practice before their baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f57c2957-7fd7-445c-9287-d83101f32944.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f57c2957-7fd7-445c-9287-d83101f32944.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police patrol the area in front of the Barclays Center basketball arena in New York, Monday, April 15, 2013, before a Brooklyn Nets game in the wake of the two explosions at the Boston Marathon.  Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ee45aaaf-ab43-4f1e-aa09-3ed4c0e79491.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ee45aaaf-ab43-4f1e-aa09-3ed4c0e79491.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Los Angeles Sheriffs Counter Terrorism Unit deputy patrols Union Station before the start of Los Angeles Dodgers game in Los Angeles Monday, April 15, 2013. The city increased security following bomb explosions in Boston that killed two people and injured more than 80 near the crowded finish line of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Jordan extremist praises Boston bombing</title>
<description><![CDATA[The head of an extremist Jordanian Muslim Salafi group said early Tuesday that he was "happy to see the horror in America" after the explosions in Boston.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamal Halaby]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jamal Halaby]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17766392-jordan-extremist-praises-boston-bombing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17766392-jordan-extremist-praises-boston-bombing</guid><category>explosion</category><category>marathon</category><category>boston</category><category>jordan</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>jordanian-muslim-salafi</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:16:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Loved ones seek word on Boston runners after blast</title>
<description><![CDATA[Far-flung family members, co-workers and friends frantically used social media, cellphones and even a "people finder" website Monday to try to learn the fate of participants and spectators at the Boston Marathon, where three people were killed and dozens injured after a pair of bombs exploded near the finish line of one of the world's great races.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tammy Webber]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tammy Webber]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17766198-loved-ones-seek-word-on-boston-runners-after-blast</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17766198-loved-ones-seek-word-on-boston-runners-after-blast</guid><category>us</category><category>marathon</category><category>explosions</category><category>us-news</category><category>boston-marathon</category><category>contact</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:56:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=80b0faa5-321a-4867-a4cc-7a3947a488b1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=80b0faa5-321a-4867-a4cc-7a3947a488b1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Justine Franco of Montpelier, Vt., holds up a sign near Copley Square in Boston looking for her missing friend, April, who was running in her first Boston Marathon Monday, April 15, 2013. Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the marathon on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 23 others. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>2 nuke plants tighten security after Boston blasts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nuclear power plants in Massachusetts and New Hampshire have increased security after two bombs exploded in Boston on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens. The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Mass., and the Seabrook Station in Seabrook, N.H., heightened checks of vehicles, materials and individuals entering the plants.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Daly]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Daly]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17766099-2-nuke-plants-tighten-security-after-boston-blasts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17766099-2-nuke-plants-tighten-security-after-boston-blasts</guid><category>us</category><category>plant</category><category>nuclear</category><category>politics</category><category>marathon</category><category>boston</category><category>explosions</category><category>new-hampshire</category><category>seabrook-station</category><category>pilgrim-nuclear-power-station</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:46:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FBI takes the lead in Boston probe</title>
<description><![CDATA[The FBI is taking charge in the criminal investigation of the explosions at the Boston Marathon.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765889-fbi-takes-the-lead-in-boston-probe</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765889-fbi-takes-the-lead-in-boston-probe</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>marathon</category><category>explosions</category><category>justice-department</category><category>boston-marathon</category><category>holder</category><category>eric-holder</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:21:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=80b0faa5-321a-4867-a4cc-7a3947a488b1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=80b0faa5-321a-4867-a4cc-7a3947a488b1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Justine Franco of Montpelier, Vt., holds up a sign near Copley Square in Boston looking for her missing friend, April, who was running in her first Boston Marathon Monday, April 15, 2013. Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the marathon on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 23 others. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bruins game with Ottawa ppd</title>
<description><![CDATA[The NHL says Monday night's game between the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins at TD Garden has been postponed in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765766-bruins-game-with-ottawa-ppd</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765766-bruins-game-with-ottawa-ppd</guid><category>nhl</category><category>sports</category><category>bruins</category><category>marathon</category><category>boston-bruins</category><category>ottawa-senators</category><category>boston-marathon</category><category>td-garden</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:09:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Cellphone use heavy, but still operating in Boston</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cellphone companies say service is operating in the Boston area, but with heavy traffic following of the explosions at the Boston Marathon.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Sullivan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eileen Sullivan]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765644-cellphone-use-heavy-but-still-operating-in-boston</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765644-cellphone-use-heavy-but-still-operating-in-boston</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>marathon</category><category>explosions</category><category>cellphones</category><category>boston-marathon</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:55:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1d65754b-7bd3-401c-85a5-eda614143b06.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="357" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1d65754b-7bd3-401c-85a5-eda614143b06.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical workers aid an injured man at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two bombs exploded near the finish of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people, injuring 22 others and sending authorities rushing to aid wounded spectators, race organizers and police said. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Boston blasts prompt UK review of London Marathon</title>
<description><![CDATA[British police are reviewing security plans for Sunday's London Marathon, the next major international marathon, because of the bombs that killed two people at the race in Boston. But there is no known specific or credible threat against the hugely popular British race at the moment, a security official said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gregory Katz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gregory Katz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765198-boston-blasts-prompt-uk-review-of-london-marathon</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765198-boston-blasts-prompt-uk-review-of-london-marathon</guid><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>security</category><category>marathon</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:09:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c651b03a-acc5-4631-8fa6-7fd46eb6881c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="246" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c651b03a-acc5-4631-8fa6-7fd46eb6881c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police clear the area at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013.   Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Boston Marathon blasts put world's cities on alert</title>
<description><![CDATA[The deadly explosions at the Boston Marathon reverberated on both sides of the Atlantic as cities from Los Angeles to London saw a surge in security.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tami Abdollah]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tami Abdollah]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765194-boston-marathon-blasts-put-worlds-cities-on-alert</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765194-boston-marathon-blasts-put-worlds-cities-on-alert</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>white-house</category><category>security</category><category>marathon</category><category>explosions</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>world-trade-center</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>times-square</category><category>us-news</category><category>boston-marathon</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:09:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2d7a3415-74e1-4cd5-ba7f-92ecc3bb4dbb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2d7a3415-74e1-4cd5-ba7f-92ecc3bb4dbb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Helicopters fly near the construction site of One World Trade Center in Manhattan seen from The Heights neighborhood of Jersey City, N.J., Monday, April 15, 2013. New York is securing its city in the wake of explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea5cf66a-5b0c-47e4-b016-c915ff5eb120.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="365" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea5cf66a-5b0c-47e4-b016-c915ff5eb120.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="168" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;--ALTERNATE CROP TO NJJC101-- A helicopter flies near the construction site of One World Trade Center in Manhattan seen from The Heights neighborhood of Jersey City, N.J., Monday, April 15, 2013. New York is securing its city in the wake of explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c81b8f2d-a005-43a8-ba3f-0d69c56e288e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c81b8f2d-a005-43a8-ba3f-0d69c56e288e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A helicopter flies near the construction site of One World Trade Center in Manhattan seen from The Heights neighborhood of Jersey City, N.J., Monday, April 15, 2013. New York is securing its city in the wake of explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=234c151b-361f-4ad8-80e3-b3314a5c2c5c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=234c151b-361f-4ad8-80e3-b3314a5c2c5c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People stand behind police tape after law enforcement closed down Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House Monday, April 15, 2013 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8b1eed47-2f2d-4fdb-ab4c-5c8d547c8dd7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8b1eed47-2f2d-4fdb-ab4c-5c8d547c8dd7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A New Jersey State Police helicopter flies by the construction site of One World Trade Center in Manhattan seen from The Heights neighborhood of Jersey City, N.J., Monday, April 15, 2013. New York is securing its city in the wake of explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e1d39a4-4082-476a-ae50-7609dbbf4843.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e1d39a4-4082-476a-ae50-7609dbbf4843.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Uniformed Division Secret Service officers stand watch on the sidewalk in front of the White House looking north from Pennsylvania Avenue during heightened security following the explosions in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013 in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=11d67725-90c2-45ae-bc6b-a17064bd0255.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=11d67725-90c2-45ae-bc6b-a17064bd0255.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A law enforcement officer stands post at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, April 15, 2013 in Washington. Authorities say the blasts during the Boston Marathon killed two people and injured at least 73,(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=619d7c7d-583b-48b9-aabe-e079e54d05b5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=619d7c7d-583b-48b9-aabe-e079e54d05b5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A police officer patrols the area in front of the Barclays Center in New York, Monday, April 15, 2013, before a Brooklyn Nets NBA basketball game in the wake of the explosions at the Boston Marathon.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2e352428-8c37-4c39-838b-af98d5d47b12.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="497" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2e352428-8c37-4c39-838b-af98d5d47b12.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A New Jersey State Police helicopter flies over Jersey City, N.J., Monday, April 15, 2013. New Jersey is securing its city, which sits along the Hudson River across from New York City, in the wake of explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=66d4da98-8e02-4d33-9b33-fc273e6e6c5a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=66d4da98-8e02-4d33-9b33-fc273e6e6c5a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Seattle Police K9 officer Craig Williamson stands with his explosives detection dog, &quot;Dennis&quot; as he patrols downtown Seattle, Monday, April 15, 2013, in reaction to explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line earlier in the day. A Seattle Police blog posting said that although there was no indication of a direct threat to Seattle, officers would be increasing patrols and activity around the city. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6e31cd3-072e-48b5-aa91-862101d2a44a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="381" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6e31cd3-072e-48b5-aa91-862101d2a44a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Seattle Police officers, including Craig Williamson, center, and his explosives detection dog, &quot;Dennis&quot; confer as during a patrol in downtown Seattle, Monday, April 15, 2013, in reaction to explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line earlier in the day. A Seattle Police blog posting said that although there was no indication of a direct threat to Seattle, officers would be increasing patrols and activity around the city. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6d6fdae7-f67f-43a4-91f9-a3a9ccfbd0c2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6d6fdae7-f67f-43a4-91f9-a3a9ccfbd0c2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dallas police detective Warren Breedlove stands outside American Airlines Center before an NBA basketball game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Memphis Grizzlies, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Dallas. Breedlove said that regular security officers were moved from their posts inside to keep watch outside the building following explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday. (AP Photo/Sharon Ellman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama: Boston culprits to feel 'weight of justice'</title>
<description><![CDATA[A stony-faced President Barack Obama declared that those responsible for the explosions at the Boston Marathon "will feel the full weight of justice," but he urged a nervous nation not to jump to conclusions. Top lawmakers declared the deadly incident an act of terrorism, and a White House official said it was being treated that way.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Pace]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Julie Pace]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765081-obama-boston-culprits-to-feel-weight-of-justice</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765081-obama-boston-culprits-to-feel-weight-of-justice</guid><category>us</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>marathon</category><category>explosions</category><category>secret-service</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>boston-marathon</category><category>boston-marathon-explosions</category><category>explosions-obama</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:56:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ec153615-912e-4a4b-871e-186d6428f879.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ec153615-912e-4a4b-871e-186d6428f879.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image from video provided by WBZ TV, spectators and runners run from what was described as twin explosions that shook the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Boston.  Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/WBZTV) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d255efb3-cf97-4154-bd8b-35bb4554af00.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d255efb3-cf97-4154-bd8b-35bb4554af00.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Monday, April 15, 2013, following the explosions at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c4d0b90b-6e38-4653-8a14-2070c8cd4612.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c4d0b90b-6e38-4653-8a14-2070c8cd4612.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama pauses as he begins to speak in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Monday, April 15, 2013, following the explosions at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=73d74218-45a5-43b1-ab43-689c96033c63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=73d74218-45a5-43b1-ab43-689c96033c63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The American flag on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol is lowered to half-staff on Capitol Hill, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Washington, to honor the victims of the explosions at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Boston bombs said to be made from pressure cookers</title>
<description><![CDATA[The bombs that ripped through the crowd at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 170, were fashioned out of pressure cookers and packed with shards of metal, nails and ball bearings to inflict maximum carnage, a person briefed on the investigation said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Lindsay]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jay Lindsay]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17764713-boston-bombs-said-to-be-made-from-pressure-cookers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17764713-boston-bombs-said-to-be-made-from-pressure-cookers</guid><category>us</category><category>marathon</category><category>explosions</category><category>associated-press</category><category>us-news</category><category>boston-marathon</category><category>deval-patrick</category><category>boston-marathon-explosions</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:02:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a6abe689-4353-4931-83e2-cee4946807f1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a6abe689-4353-4931-83e2-cee4946807f1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical responders run an injured man past the finish line the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ec153615-912e-4a4b-871e-186d6428f879.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ec153615-912e-4a4b-871e-186d6428f879.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image from video provided by WBZ TV, spectators and runners run from what was described as twin explosions that shook the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Boston.  Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/WBZTV) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a60139d0-1346-4d11-a721-ecd5ab1e19b6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a60139d0-1346-4d11-a721-ecd5ab1e19b6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=93bfd6e2-d83e-4221-b58e-f4687301c2a3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=93bfd6e2-d83e-4221-b58e-f4687301c2a3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b9dd9c26-10e8-4f2c-8dff-24ad69ed8d43.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b9dd9c26-10e8-4f2c-8dff-24ad69ed8d43.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical workers wheel the injured across the finish line during the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=82d4f76d-2cd3-4b24-afc8-c7ec827b22d3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="479" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=82d4f76d-2cd3-4b24-afc8-c7ec827b22d3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="144" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical workers aid an injured man at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion there Monday, April 15, 2013 in Boston. Two explosions shattered the euphoria at the finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5e9270d7-542f-434d-acfe-e5a98596e93d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5e9270d7-542f-434d-acfe-e5a98596e93d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical workers and authorities work on the scene near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/WCVB-TV/ABC) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b1c394ac-2a83-4b67-a85c-c4a0718476e5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b1c394ac-2a83-4b67-a85c-c4a0718476e5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=57ab8ff5-bda1-40b4-ba7f-69c1b0129cac.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="379" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=57ab8ff5-bda1-40b4-ba7f-69c1b0129cac.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An unidentified Boston Marathon runner is comforted as she cries in the aftermath of two blasts which exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0292ed96-1c30-4c75-bff4-c91523c60388.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0292ed96-1c30-4c75-bff4-c91523c60388.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=27e591d5-87e4-4844-9a6c-0c98523875a8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=27e591d5-87e4-4844-9a6c-0c98523875a8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People react to an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe,  John Tlumacki)  MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed62d799-f74a-4ec9-bf36-c0e75707919e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed62d799-f74a-4ec9-bf36-c0e75707919e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical workers aid an injured man at the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two bombs exploded near the finish of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least two people, injuring at least 22 others and sending authorities rushing to aid wounded spectators. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, David L. Ryan) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ff56bb1a-d7e5-46ff-8569-7f4b14c4018f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="454" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ff56bb1a-d7e5-46ff-8569-7f4b14c4018f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="136" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People react to a second explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe,  John Tlumacki) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8129a10f-3383-4df1-ba18-40342a6e78d8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8129a10f-3383-4df1-ba18-40342a6e78d8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People react as an explosion goes off near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions went off at the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, David L Ryan)  MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=298d8c47-479d-43f6-a008-88d1c80cb6c1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="205" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=298d8c47-479d-43f6-a008-88d1c80cb6c1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="62" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Injured people and debris lie on the sidewalk near the Boston Marathon finish line following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/MetroWest Daily News, Ken McGagh)  MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0a7adac4-de43-414d-a587-c21bef7f4de3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0a7adac4-de43-414d-a587-c21bef7f4de3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;One of the blast sites on Boylston Street near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon is investigated by two people in protective suits in the wake of two blasts in Boston Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=18179cae-1c46-4e3c-b01f-63405ef27dd7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="454" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=18179cae-1c46-4e3c-b01f-63405ef27dd7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="136" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;ADDS IDENTIFICATION OF RUNNER- BILL IFFRIG- Bill Iffrig, 78, lies on the ground as police officers react to a second explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Iffrig, of Lake Stevens, Wash., was running his third Boston Marathon and near the finish line when he was knocked down by one of two bomb blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe,  John Tlumacki)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=17d0227e-98c1-40d0-9483-5a2a09a52d5a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=17d0227e-98c1-40d0-9483-5a2a09a52d5a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People react as an explosion goes off near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions went off at the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, David L Ryan)  MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b3ca9b3d-25a1-4bc8-8777-e4c76bf4ebc9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b3ca9b3d-25a1-4bc8-8777-e4c76bf4ebc9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bill Iffrig, 78, lies on the ground as police officers react to a second explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Iffrig, of Lake Stevens, Wash., was running his third Boston Marathon and near the finish line when he was knocked down by one of two bomb blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, John Tlumacki)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e4cec59a-9b3c-4c4a-b60b-cc5272398508.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e4cec59a-9b3c-4c4a-b60b-cc5272398508.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Boston police officer wheels in injured boy down Boylston Street as medical workers carry an injured runner following an explosion during the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria at the marathon's finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=712d36d9-408d-4218-a7b9-fbef2f66628b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=712d36d9-408d-4218-a7b9-fbef2f66628b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Boston Marathon runner leaves the course crying near Copley Square following an explosion at the finish line in Boston on Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=105bb94f-a9ff-42e2-9ce6-e913ffdff0d6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=105bb94f-a9ff-42e2-9ce6-e913ffdff0d6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical workers aid an injured man at the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two bombs exploded near the finish of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least two people, injuring at least 22 others and sending authorities rushing to aid wounded spectators. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, David L. Ryan) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c77ce27c-57d4-4c23-8fbc-6adab042cf2d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c77ce27c-57d4-4c23-8fbc-6adab042cf2d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A solitary runner heads down the banks of the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass., in front of the Boston skyline, at dawn the morning after explosions killed three and injured more than 140 at the Boston Marathon, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. The bombs that blew up seconds apart at the finish line of one of the world's most storied races left the streets spattered with blood and glass, and gaping questions of who chose to attack at the Boston Marathon and why. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0a901e2b-47de-4361-89f9-64bee13d281c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="206" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0a901e2b-47de-4361-89f9-64bee13d281c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="62" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A solitary runner heads down the banks of the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass., in front of the Boston skyline, at dawn the morning after explosions killed three and injured more than 140 at the Boston Marathon, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. The bombs that blew up seconds apart at the finish line of one of the world's most storied races left the streets spattered with blood and glass, and gaping questions of who chose to attack at the Boston Marathon and why. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=950a0ca6-c4cc-419b-8ee6-3acdc002a217.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="415" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=950a0ca6-c4cc-419b-8ee6-3acdc002a217.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="125" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A runner passes a police officer dressed in tactical gear, who blocks a road leading to the Boston Marathon route, the morning after explosions killed three and injured more than 140 in Boston, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. The bombs that blew up seconds apart at the finish line of one of the world's most storied races left the streets spattered with blood and glass, and gaping questions of who chose to attack at the Boston Marathon and why. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=05e9906e-5a21-4b16-b030-7a981e5bb2d1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="348" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=05e9906e-5a21-4b16-b030-7a981e5bb2d1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="105" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Neighbors hug outside the home of the Richard family in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Tuesday, April 16, 2013.  Martin Richard, 8,  was killed in Mondays bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b2a73e36-039b-4bf5-bcd3-1b83b14bd305.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b2a73e36-039b-4bf5-bcd3-1b83b14bd305.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Peace is written on the sidewalk in front of the Richard house in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Tuesday, April 16, 2013.  Martin Richard, 8,  was killed in Monday's bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0976943f-7478-4429-b1ff-dcd74c35626c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="241" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0976943f-7478-4429-b1ff-dcd74c35626c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;One of the blast sites on Boylston Street near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon is seen in Boston, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, one day after bomb blasts killed three and injured over 140 people. FBI agents searched a suburban Boston apartment overnight and appealed to the public for amateur video and photos that might yield clues to who carried out the Boston Marathon bombing. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a6568f98-8a79-4abe-89a0-4ae4dc57a07c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a6568f98-8a79-4abe-89a0-4ae4dc57a07c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A solitary runner heads down the banks of the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass., in front of the Boston skyline, at dawn the morning after explosions killed three and injured more than 140 at the Boston Marathon, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. The bombs that blew up seconds apart at the finish line of one of the world's most storied races left the streets spattered with blood and glass, and gaping questions of who chose to attack at the Boston Marathon and why. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3ace5344-7733-46ef-9744-ac6096a1f445.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3ace5344-7733-46ef-9744-ac6096a1f445.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An emergency responder and volunteers, including Carlos Arredondo in the cowboy hat, push Jeff Bauman in a wheel chair after he was injured in an explosion near the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday, April 15, 2013 in Boston. At least three people were killed, including an 8-year-old boy, and more than 170 were wounded when two bombs blew up seconds apart. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8ff20417-e82a-4327-9104-f2d7364631e7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="348" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8ff20417-e82a-4327-9104-f2d7364631e7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="105" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Neighbors hug outside the home of the Richard family in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Tuesday, April 16, 2013.  Martin Richard, 8, was killed in Monday's bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>After finish, bombs shatter Boston Marathon</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon finish line Monday about three hours after Lelisa Desisa and Rita Jeptoo crossed it to win the race. At least three people were killed and scores more injured, some seriously.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jimmy Golen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jimmy Golen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17737012-after-finish-bombs-shatter-boston-marathon</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17737012-after-finish-bombs-shatter-boston-marathon</guid><category>sports</category><category>marathon</category><category>east-african</category><category>us-news</category><category>boston-marathon</category><category>ath</category><category>rita-jeptoo</category><category>back-bay</category><category>kennedy-library</category><category>shalane-flanagan</category><category>boylston-street</category><category>lelisa-desisa</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:07:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ce32d1d2-691f-45f6-b362-9e2db9d82bd3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="475" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ce32d1d2-691f-45f6-b362-9e2db9d82bd3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="143" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2012, file photo, Shalane Flanagan reacts as she crosses the finish line to win the U.S. Olympic Trials women's marathon in Houston. Flanagan grew up in nearby Marblehead, Mass., watching her parents run in the Boston Marathon. When she heads to the starting line on Monday, she'll be the best chance at an American winner, the first since 1985. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1cf691ff-bd99-413a-b238-71bbc7168d76.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="363" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1cf691ff-bd99-413a-b238-71bbc7168d76.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="169" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 16, 2012, file photo, runners approach the finish line of the 116th Boston Marathon in Boston. About 2,300 people took race organizers up on a deal to skip the 2012 race and automatically qualify for the 2013 edition instead. Smart move. By re-starting their training and postponing their plans for a year, they are expected to be greeted with temperatures in the mid-50s on Monday, April 15, 2013, when the 117th edition of the Boston Marathon reaches Copley Square. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3e1ead8a-015a-4ea3-8a0b-6e48026f614c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="253" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3e1ead8a-015a-4ea3-8a0b-6e48026f614c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Runners gather around a portable heater in the athletes village prior to the start of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=180f823c-d430-4754-bab7-4fb460730a83.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=180f823c-d430-4754-bab7-4fb460730a83.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Runners gather at the athletes village prior to the start of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bb5d2907-db17-4874-8159-a15b7eca7ccb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bb5d2907-db17-4874-8159-a15b7eca7ccb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dick Hoyt, right, and his son, Rick, stand next to a statue honoring them near the start of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ae6ed65-ba8f-46bf-94eb-63c6bdd6b738.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ae6ed65-ba8f-46bf-94eb-63c6bdd6b738.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jacqueline Benson shoots the starting piston for the elite womens start of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e1a90b22-0b1f-4bfb-a642-586c3bf98c8e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="362" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e1a90b22-0b1f-4bfb-a642-586c3bf98c8e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Defending champion Sharon Cherop, of Kenya, warms up prior to the start of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=be6e4194-5a23-4962-a4b0-fd4eee0bb677.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="229" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=be6e4194-5a23-4962-a4b0-fd4eee0bb677.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Defending champion Joshua Cassidy, of Canada, fifth front right, starts the wheelchair division of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=437f3d2d-382d-4069-9e65-039846941a5b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=437f3d2d-382d-4069-9e65-039846941a5b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dick Hoyt, left, and his son, Rick, start of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=31532a02-d40c-427c-8365-515f0ff923d0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=31532a02-d40c-427c-8365-515f0ff923d0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Elite female marathoners, front row from left, Rita Jeptoo, Mamitu Daska, Meserat Debele, Tirifi Beyene, Alemitu Begna, Shalane Flanagan, Ana Felix and Sabrina Mockenhaupt compete on the course in Wellesley, Mass., Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a0f4018a-4ccf-4f97-ba6c-a59f9d47f331.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a0f4018a-4ccf-4f97-ba6c-a59f9d47f331.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Elite mens marathoners including Levy Matebo, fourth from left, and Markos Geneti, front right, run in the 117th Boston Marathon in Wellesley, Mass., Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=951ea80a-3613-4ccd-bc2f-28924f3b2e3d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="374" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=951ea80a-3613-4ccd-bc2f-28924f3b2e3d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Elite mens marathoners including Levy Matebo, left, and Markos Geneti, right, run in the 117th Boston Marathon in Wellesley, Mass., Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=83fcb010-ccc9-4955-b27b-dc19549dfc46.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="358" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=83fcb010-ccc9-4955-b27b-dc19549dfc46.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Yolanda Caballero runs alone at the twelve-mile mark on the Boston Marathon course in Wellesley, Mass., Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d3694973-e3cf-4b3c-96f9-0a074df21a8b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d3694973-e3cf-4b3c-96f9-0a074df21a8b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Elite mens marathoners, from left, Levy Matebo, Lelisa Benti, Markos Geneti, Micah Kogo and Gebregziabher Gebremariam compete on the Boston Marathon course in Wellesley, Mass., Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e742502b-0615-4845-97b6-bc950c4014d3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e742502b-0615-4845-97b6-bc950c4014d3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Behind a silhouette of the Boston Athletic Association logo, runners start the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bed62f7c-36c1-4a8d-83ad-327552ed4124.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="371" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bed62f7c-36c1-4a8d-83ad-327552ed4124.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, breaks the finish line tape to win the 2013 running of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=91b36cb4-638a-43a5-a1fb-c5499caa061b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="394" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=91b36cb4-638a-43a5-a1fb-c5499caa061b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rita Jeptoo, of Kenya, crosses the finish line to win the women's division of the 2013 running of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. 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(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fcb2d920-ca43-4e49-90ce-2e959e078a82.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="371" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fcb2d920-ca43-4e49-90ce-2e959e078a82.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, breaks the finish line tape to win the 2013 running of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6139543e-8661-406b-8f78-f8d8034213e0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="307" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6139543e-8661-406b-8f78-f8d8034213e0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This two image combination photograph shows Rita Jeptoo, of Kenya, left, and Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, right, crossing the finish line to win the women's and men's division of the 2013 running of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3d196f87-b3e7-465d-9a83-7769d2c5da9c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="394" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3d196f87-b3e7-465d-9a83-7769d2c5da9c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rita Jeptoo, of Kenya, crosses the finish line to win the women's division of the 2013 running of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3d20de95-d6ca-42b4-a1b3-c39978860057.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="358" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3d20de95-d6ca-42b4-a1b3-c39978860057.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Yolanda Caballero de Colombia corre en la Maratón de Bostón en Wallesley, Mass., el lunes 15 de abril de 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=80b0faa5-321a-4867-a4cc-7a3947a488b1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=80b0faa5-321a-4867-a4cc-7a3947a488b1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Justine Franco of Montpelier, Vt., holds up a sign near Copley Square in Boston looking for her missing friend, April, who was running in her first Boston Marathon Monday, April 15, 2013. Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the marathon on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 23 others. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=baf5c700-9e9a-4e03-bbee-ea7b4d121e68.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="436" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=baf5c700-9e9a-4e03-bbee-ea7b4d121e68.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="131" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical workers aid an injured woman at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following two explosions there, Monday, April 15, 2013 in Boston. Two bombs exploded near the finish of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least two people, injuring at least 23 others and sending authorities rushing to aid wounded spectators. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3d72576c-5461-4867-83b2-fe725e1fd201.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3d72576c-5461-4867-83b2-fe725e1fd201.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon  in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013.   Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens of others (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76758750-188f-4675-9b18-5d7a72506f6b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76758750-188f-4675-9b18-5d7a72506f6b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Runners who were diverted from the race course walk on the Commonwealth Mall two blocks from the site of an explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013.  Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 23 others.  (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8696695-b2c9-43cb-bc75-66fe4cc98b07.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8696695-b2c9-43cb-bc75-66fe4cc98b07.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by The Daily Free Press and Kenshin Okubo, people assist an injured after an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Daily Free Press, Kenshin Okubo) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e61bf13-64b5-472d-907d-3bdca4fe2408.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e61bf13-64b5-472d-907d-3bdca4fe2408.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical workers aid an injured woman at the scene of a bomb blast near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring at scores of others  (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb7ed982-71cd-46b9-bc0b-ef598338de9a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb7ed982-71cd-46b9-bc0b-ef598338de9a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by The Daily Free Press and Kenshin Okubo, people react to an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Daily Free Press, Kenshin Okubo) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d30b8f94-ef9b-4286-8e7f-5bd7e0a7deb9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d30b8f94-ef9b-4286-8e7f-5bd7e0a7deb9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by The Daily Free Press and Kenshin Okubo, people react to an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Daily Free Press, Kenshin Okubo) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f4bdf09f-2897-44e7-85d7-fcffdc1d6d22.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f4bdf09f-2897-44e7-85d7-fcffdc1d6d22.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by The Daily Free Press and Kenshin Okubo, people react to an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Daily Free Press, Kenshin Okubo) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=105b491a-1e0f-42fc-983a-06e69f2bcdba.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=105b491a-1e0f-42fc-983a-06e69f2bcdba.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by The Daily Free Press and Kenshin Okubo, people react to an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Daily Free Press, Kenshin Okubo) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Racing helps Mass. father, disabled son forge bond</title>
<description><![CDATA[The year was 1992, and Dick Hoyt and his son, Rick, wanted to run and bike across the country to raise funds for a charity for cerebral palsy &#8212; a condition 30-year-old Rick developed at birth.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodrique Ngowi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodrique Ngowi]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17699084-racing-helps-mass-father-disabled-son-forge-bond</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17699084-racing-helps-mass-father-disabled-son-forge-bond</guid><category>us</category><category>marathon</category><category>father</category><category>son</category><category>us-news</category><category>dick-hoyt</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:53:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3cee5793-0797-462e-a624-335e71afe8ba.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3cee5793-0797-462e-a624-335e71afe8ba.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 5, 2013 photo, Rick Hoyt's personal caregiver Lori Templeman, left, helps him put on gloves at his home in Holland, Mass. Hoyt's father Dick has pushed Rick, who is a quadriplegic and has cerebral palsy, in a specially-designed wheelchair along the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon route for more than 30 years. They plan to compete again in Mondays race. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=676382ca-b7e9-4edd-b5a1-b6ce0b13de47.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="504" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=676382ca-b7e9-4edd-b5a1-b6ce0b13de47.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this circa 1980's black and white photo, Dick Hoyt, rear, pushes his son Rick as they compete in the Boston Marathon, passing along Heartbreak Hill in Newton, Mass.  Dick has pushed Rick, who is a quadriplegic and has cerebral palsy, in a specially-designed wheelchair along the 26.2-mile marathon route for more than 30 years. They plan to compete again in the race Monday, April 15, 2013.  (AP Photo/MetroWest Daily News, Art Illman)  MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a2c022fc-13bb-4fd7-89d1-9466e938f9f7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="341" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a2c022fc-13bb-4fd7-89d1-9466e938f9f7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 8, 2013 file photo, Dick Hoyt, left, talks with his son Rick as he wheels him next to a statue dedicated in their honor in front of the Center School in Hopkinton, Mass.  Dick has pushed his son Rick, who is a quadriplegic and has cerebral palsy, along the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon route for 30 years. They plan to compete again in Mondayís race. (AP Photo/The MetroWest Daily News, Allan Jung, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tel Aviv drops marathon after Israeli runner dies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tel Aviv has cancelled a marathon race set for Friday because of a forecast of hot weather. This comes after a runner died of heat stroke in a half-marathon during a heat wave last week.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17322109-tel-aviv-drops-marathon-after-israeli-runner-dies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17322109-tel-aviv-drops-marathon-after-israeli-runner-dies</guid><category>israel</category><category>marathon</category><category>world-news</category><category>tel-aviv</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:32:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d4e9c8eb-65b3-42d5-bbd5-b333751668f4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d4e9c8eb-65b3-42d5-bbd5-b333751668f4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Paramedics treat a marathon runner suffering from heat In Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, March 15, 2013. An Israeli soldier died of a heat stroke Friday after completing a half-marathon race in Tel Aviv, prompting Israel's minister of public security to criticize organizers for allowing the race to take place during a heat wave. (AP Photo/Roni Schutzer)   ISRAEL OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>UN agency cancels Gaza marathon over ban on women</title>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations on Tuesday canceled a planned marathon in Gaza after the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers banned women from participating, in a new attempt by the Islamic militant group to impose its ideology inside the crowded coastal strip.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ibrahim Barzak]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ibrahim Barzak]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17189904-un-agency-cancels-gaza-marathon-over-ban-on-women</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17189904-un-agency-cancels-gaza-marathon-over-ban-on-women</guid><category>marathon</category><category>gaza</category><category>united-nations</category><category>islamic-hamas</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>gaza-marathon</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 08:01:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2b17d515-e4b5-41a4-a626-472b19636cd6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2b17d515-e4b5-41a4-a626-472b19636cd6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Thursday, May 5, 2011 file photo, Palestinian Omar Abu Said, left, Azmi Majaideh, center, and  Husam Naseir, right, participate in the first Gaza marathon as they run past a Hamas security officer manning a checkpoint in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, on  Tuesday, March 5, 2013,  A U.N aid agency canceled the Gaza marathon on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 after the Palestinian territory's militant Hamas rulers banned women from participating in the annual sporting event.  (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eadf753e-a2f4-4479-809f-607cc6c7b884.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eadf753e-a2f4-4479-809f-607cc6c7b884.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Thursday, March 1, 2012 file photo, Palestinian participants in the second Gaza marathon brave the wind on the beach road in Gaza City. A U.N. aid agency canceled the Gaza marathon on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 after the Palestinian territory's militant Hamas rulers banned women from participating in the annual sporting event.  (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>