Analysts support media’s focus on Boston over Texas explosion

The Boston Marathon bombing story became inescapable, a real-life TV drama unfolding hourly with nonstop coverage on radio, cable television, social media and, in a sign of its power, even on network TV, which pre-empted hours of afternoon programming. Every hour, the story line became more dramatic: a shootout caught on video, a city shut down, a possible terrorist connection to Chechnya, a seemingly failed police search and a dramatic arrest. | 04/19/13 21:30:13 By - By Maria Recio

‘This is nothing we would ever expect,’ friends say of Dzhokhar, Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Friends say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a funny kid, an enthusiastic wrestler and a popular graduate of Cambridge’s prestigious Cambridge Rindge & Latin School. His elder brother, Tamerlan, took a break from classes at a community college to pursue the sport of boxing – and said he’d represent the U.S. over Russia in the Olympics if his native Chechnya didn’t yet have its independence. | 04/19/13 21:36:57 By - By Lesley Clark

As Colorado celebrates pot holiday, marijuana tourism divides state

As marijuana users prepared for their unofficial national holiday on Saturday, Denver got a head start, with local promoters trying to showcase Colorado as a state that welcomes pot-smoking tourists after voters legalized the drug in November. | 04/19/13 17:38:53 By - By Rob Hotakainen

Timeline of bombing suspect’s capture

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Crapo, Risch help squash gun control in Senate

Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch helped carry the day for opponents of tougher gun laws during a two-hour string of votes late Wednesday. | 04/19/13 13:15:10 By - Dan Popkey

Regional trauma plan worked, Waco hospital officials say

About 160 patients were either treated and released or admitted, a few of whom remain in intensive care. | 04/18/13 20:55:21 By - Patrick M. Walker

Hagan, Burr offer no new statements on why they voted as they did on gun legislation

Many U.S. senators are known for talking a lot whenever the opportunity arises, but North Carolina Sens. Kay Hagan and Richard Burr seemed to use the fewest possible words to explain why they voted as they did this week on a handful of gun control proposals. | 04/18/13 19:36:00 By - By Renee Schoof

FBI eyes two suspects in photos for Boston bombings, asks public for help

Federal officials on Thursday unveiled photographs of two people they consider suspects in connection with Monday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon and asked the public for help identifying them. | 04/18/13 19:16:23 By - By Lesley Clark and Chris Adams

Kansas library to display George Washington’s copy of Constitution, Acts of Congress

George Washington’s personal copy of the Constitution, Bill of Rights and the first laws passed by Congress will be on display starting next week at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas. | 04/18/13 15:03:40 By - Dion Lefler

Video in Boston bombing probe yields clues

Investigators plugged away Wednesday in the search for the Boston Marathon bomber, or bombers, as they picked through videotape and explosive fragments with an expertise honed on foreign wars and terror attacks. | 04/17/13 20:04:41 By - By Lesley Clark, Michael Doyle and Matthew Schofield

In Boston, people flock to a new, and tragic, landmark

A new memorial began to emerge Wednesday in a city already steeped in history – a tribute to the victims the Boston Marathon bombings. | 04/17/13 20:39:41 By - By Lesley Clark

Coastal cities ponder how to prepare for rising sea levels

Americans in coastal areas, particularly on the East and Gulf coasts, will confront challenging questions in the coming years as they determine how to protect millions of people in the face of rising sea levels and more intense storms. | 04/17/13 16:35:46 By - By Erika Bolstad

Sequestration cuts Georgia base's budget by 20 percent

The budget at Keesler Air Force Base has been cut 20 percent by sequestration, grounding planes and reducing training, Brig. Gen. Brad Spacy said Tuesday. | 04/17/13 12:10:59 By - Mary Perez

Bombs frequent in U.S.; 172 ‘IED’ incidents in last 6 months, by 1 count

The two explosions that killed three people and wounded more than 170 Monday in Boston were dramatic, the deadliest bombing in the United States since April 19, 1995, when a truck loaded with fertilizer blew up outside the federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168. But the method of attack wasn’t particularly surprising to anti-terrorism experts: a homemade bomb that officials refer to as an IED, or improvised explosive device. | 04/16/13 19:26:23 By - By Matthew Schofield and Erika Bolstad