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  • **FILE** Tamerlan Tsarnaev smiles after accepting the trophy for winning the 2010 New England Golden Gloves Championship in Lowell, Mass., on Feb. 17, 2010. The 26-year-old boxer, who had been known to the FBI as Suspect No. 1 in the Boston Marathon explosions and was seen in surveillance footage in a black baseball cap, was killed on April 19, 2013, officials said. (Associated Press/The Lowell Sun)

    Frustrated Tsarnaev embalmer wants White House help

    After being turned down by yet another cemetery, embalmer Peter A. Stefan is looking to Gov. Deval Patrick to take Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body off his hands.

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    EDITORIAL: Dodging drones

    The emotions raised by the Boston Marathon bombing are clouding the judgment of policymakers, tempting them to expand domestic surveillance to thwart future attacks. Constitutional rights once surrendered are likely to be impossible to regain.

  • Associated Press

    EDITORIAL: Terrorist welfare

    The Boston Marathon bombers hated America, but they loved the American dole. The suspects in the scheme to murder and maim innocent men, women and children were living off the generosity of the American taxpayers they hated.

  • Edward Davis, Boston's police commissioner, salutes the American flag during a ceremony at the blast site on Boylston Street between Dartmouth and Exeter streets near the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, April 22, 2013 in Boston. Federal investigators formally released the crime scene to the city in a brief ceremony at 5 p.m. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

    Drones over Boston: Police chief says surveillance in the sky a 'great idea' after marathon bombing

    Boston's police commissioner called on Wednesday for more cameras, more surveillance and even drones in the aftermath of the April 15 marathon bombings that killed three and injured dozens.

  • Boston police Commissioner Ed Davis (at podium), accompanied by Massachusetts State Police Col. Timothy Alben (second from right) and Gov. Deval Patrick (right), speaks during a news conference after the arrest of 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a suspect of the Boston Marathon bombings, in Watertown, Mass., on Friday, April 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

    Drone wars: Battle intensifies over domestic drone use after Boston Marathon bombing

    Boston's top cop wants drones hovering over next year's marathon, but getting his hands on one may be easier said than done.

  • ** FILE ** Tamerlan Tsarnaev smiles after accepting the trophy for winning the 2010 New England Golden Gloves Championship in Lowell, Mass., on Feb. 17, 2010. The 26-year-old boxer, who had been known to the FBI as Suspect No. 1 in the Boston Marathon explosions and was seen in surveillance footage in a black baseball cap, was killed overnight on Friday, April 19, 2013, officials said. (AP Photo/The Lowell Sun, Julia Malakie)

    Insult to injury: Tamerlan Tsarnaev lived on welfare in Massachusetts

    Tamerlan Tsarnaev was living off the Massachusetts welfare system in the lead-up to his involvement in the Boston Marathon bombings, a newspaper investigation found.

  • MIT: Hoax caller cited revenge for activist death

    A person who called in a hoax about a gunman on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus over the weekend said the gunman was a staff member looking for revenge after the suicide of an Internet activist accused of illegally using MIT computers, the institute said.

  • Romney son, wife eyed for Senate seat; Brown out, field open

    Former Sen. Scott P. Brown's decision not to seek the Senate seat vacated by Democrat John F. Kerry has sent the Massachusetts GOP back to its wish list of candidates — a list that, for some, includes Ann Romney and Taggart "Tagg" Romney, the wife and oldest son of Mitt Romney, last year's GOP presidential nominee.

  • Ann Romney speaks at a rally in support of her husband, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, at the Strongsville Recreation Center in Strongsville, Ohio, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

    Massachusetts GOP reaching out to Romneys for a Senate run?

    Casting about for a viable GOP candidate for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Republicans are looking to two key members of Team Romney who dramatically raised their national profiles during last year's presidential contest: Ann Romney, the wife of the candidate, and Taggart "Tagg" Romney, the candidate's oldest son.

  • FILE - In Feb. 10, 2012, file photo, Harvard's Kyle Casey (30) celebrates after he scored against Penn in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Philadelphia. Casey plans to withdraw from school amid a cheating scandal that also may involve other athletes, according to several reports. Sports Illustrated and the Harvard Crimson reported Tuesday that Casey, a senior, would withdraw in an attempt to preserve a year of eligibility once the issue is resolved. (AP Photo/H. Rumph Jr, File)

    Kyle Casey: Harvard captain to withdraw from school, according to reports

    Harvard basketball co-captain Kyle Casey plans to withdraw from school amid a cheating scandal that also may involve other athletes, according to several reports.

  • Reports: Harvard captain to withdraw from school

    Harvard basketball co-captain Kyle Casey plans to withdraw from school amid a cheating scandal that also may involve other athletes, according to several reports.

  • Jim Henson's puppet character Sweetums the ogre shows off the star with other Muppets characters as they are honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Kermit, Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear were also on hand for the honor. (Associated Press)

    MILLER: Miss Piggy gives up Chick-fil-A

    Miss Piggy, the lovable Muppet who is always trying to lose weight, will have an easier time of it now that her puppeteers have banned her from Chick-fil-A. The Jim Henson Co., creator of the Muppets, pulled its toys from the popular fast-food chain in protest of the company owner's statement of support for traditional marriage.

  • Inside the Beltway: ‘2016’ arrives in Washington

    There's a low-key advance screening of "2016: Obama's America" in the nation's capital Wednesday night. The documentary film opens nationwide Friday, providing an alarming vision of the life in the U.S., should President Obama be re-elected and his particular "dream" replace that of the Founding Fathers.

  • "We must make certain they do not harm the economy by drowning small business lenders in a sea of red tape," says Rep. Spencer Bachus, Alabama Republican, of the health care law.

    Inside the Beltway: Dodd-Frank=5,320 pages

    Taming the Dodd-Frank Act: It's a daunting job, but someone equipped with a whip and a chair may manage to do it. Federal regulations emerging from the new law are occupying many pages - already twice as many as health care reform legislation - and officials are not even half finished with their task.

  • Inside Politics: Pro-Romney group to buy ads in nine states

    An independent group backing Republican Mitt Romney is spending nearly $4 million on ads in nine battleground states.

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