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Boston residents celebrated Friday night after law enforcement officers captured one of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings.

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A 'Tough, Smart, Proud Town' Meets Terror With Determination

1:57pm April 20, 2013

by Scott Simon

The bombing attack at the Boston Marathon Monday could have caused scrambling and panic. Instead, the tragedy revealed the city's character as people rushed to help each other.

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the subject of the manhunt in Boston, in a photo released by the FBI. He's a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.

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'The Hunt Is Over:' Police Apprehend Marathon Bombing Suspect

7:11am April 20, 2013

After a massive Boston-area manhunt for the suspect in the marathon bombings, police closed in on a boat in a Watertown backyard where the 19-year-old was hiding. The dramatic resolution came shortly after police announced they did not believe the suspect was in the area.

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Boston Lifts Citywide 'Shelter In Place' Orders

10:51pm April 19, 2013

The Massachusetts state police held a press conference on the latest developments in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.

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Older Suspect Described As Controlling, Manipulative

10:51pm April 19, 2013

Laura Sullivan tells Robert Siegel that she has been learning more about the older suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev. She's been talking with three women who knew him when they were in college — and they paint a dark picture.

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Authorities Capture Younger Boston Bombing Suspect

10:51pm April 19, 2013

Boston authorities held a press conference after taking Dzhokhar Tsarnaev into custody.

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Jack Richmond and his daughter, Reagan, visit StoryCorps in Knoxville, Tenn.

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Losing A Leg, But Gaining A Sense Of Purpose

9:30pm April 19, 2013

by NPR Staff

Jack Richmond was a young father when his leg was crushed in a work accident. Though in denial at first that it would need to be amputated, he quickly realized he could share his experience to help other amputees, as he tells his daughter, Reagan, on a visit to StoryCorps.

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Police Search For Marathon Bomber, The Other Is Dead

1:32pm April 19, 2013

The scene in suburban Boston early Friday was chaotic. Steve Inskeep and David Greene talk with NPR's Jeff Brady and WBUR reporter Fred Bever for the latest on the Boston Marathon bombings investigation.

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Police Focus On Boston Suburb To Track Bombing Suspect

1:32pm April 19, 2013

Many areas in Boston are on lock down as authorities continue the hunt for one of two Russian-born brothers of Chechen background. For details, David Greene talks to Jeff Brady.

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Boston-Area Residents Recall Meeting Bombing Suspects

1:32pm April 19, 2013

David Greene and Steve Inskeep talk to David Boeri of member station WBUR, NPR's Dina Temple-Raston and Zolan Young, an intern at The Boston Globe, about the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing.

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Boston Bombing Manhunt Encompasses Boston Suburb

1:32pm April 19, 2013

For the latest on the Boston Marathon Bombing case, David Greene and Steve Inskeep talk to Fred Bever of member station WBUR and Chechen expert Thomas de Waal of the Carnegie Endowment for International peace

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