Photo for the Day - April 30, 2013

President Barack Obama greets Jack Hoffman, 7, of Atkinson, Neb., in the Oval Office, April 29, 2013. Hoffman, who is battling pediatric brain cancer, gained national attention after he ran for a 69-yard touchdown during a Nebraska Cornhuskers spring football game. Hoffman holds a football that the President signed for him.

Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

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See YouTube Video below...

Jack Hoffman with a 69 yard touchdown

in the 2013 Nebraska Spring Game

This video posted on YouTube by HuskerAthletics

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AubreyJ………

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Boston Marathon 2013 Explosion

Many thanks to my friend Amy Proctor for letting us know about this video

Boston Terrorist Attack? - At Least Two Dead, Dozens Injured After Two Bombs Explode At Boston Marathon Finish Line

Monday, April 15, 2013

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* Fox News brings us the following DEVELOPING NEWS and their report starts off like this… At least two people are dead and dozens injured – including up to 10 with amputated limbs – after at least two bombs tore through the finish line of the Boston Marathon, according to the Boston Police Department… The simultaneous explosions, and reports of two other unexploded devices found near the scene raised suspicions that the blasts, just before 3 p.m., could be part of a terrorist attack…

Read this report in full at link below…

At least 2 dead, dozens injured after two bombs explode at Boston Marathon
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* MyFoxBoston.com has the latest updates HERE

Above link will regularly update with latest news as new info becomes available…

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POST UPDATE:

Thursday evening – April 18, 2013

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This Thursday afternoon the FBI releases photos and a video of two suspects in connection to the Boston Marathon Bombing asking for the public's help in identifying them

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FOX NEWS has much more on this at link below…

FBI releases video, photos of Boston Marathon bombing suspects

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FBI Released Surveillance Video Related to Boston Bombings

This video posted on YouTube by FBI

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Anyone who recognizes these men should call 1-800-CALL-FBI or go to the bureau's website at FBI.gov

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POST UPDATE:

Friday morning - April 19, 2013

Top image- Suspects in-crowd - FBI Image.

Middle image- Suspect 2 Behind Lady - FBI Image

Bottom image- Suspect 2, Dzhokar Tsarnaev, age 19 - FBI Image

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* FOX News brings us the following BREAKING NEWS… Police were donning bullet-proof vests and going door-to-door as a perimeter tightened in the Watertown section of Boston, where the second Boston Marathon bomber could be hiding… Earlier, gunfire was heard in the area, a bullet -riddled SUV was recovered and multiple explosions echoed from inside a house in the area, following a chaotic night of mayhem that included the murder of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer and a shootout with police, authorities said early Friday…

Read the full report at link below

Police going door-to-door in hunt for second marathon bomb suspect

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- Keep up with the latest at MyFoxBoston.com

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* CBS News has this report… A federal law enforcement source tells CBS News investigators are working to determine whether the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, have links to other terrorist cells, foreign or domestic… Officials are trying to determine whether the brothers, who lived for at least a short period near Russia's restive Chechnya region, were acting independently or directed by a broader conspiracy. The source told CBS News producer Pat Milton that investigators and the intelligence community are pressing to determine if the two men were directed by a central player or directed by someone overseas…

Read this report in full at link below…

Boston bombers radicalized on U.S. soil?

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* FOX News reports it this way…

FBI investigating possible overseas travel by Boston suspects, source says
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POST UPDATE:

Friday evening - April 19, 2013
SUSPECT DOWN

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Around 6pm CDT, 20 to 30 shots were reported heard behind a home in Watertown and Suspect #2, Dzhokar Tsarnaev, age 19 was reported down and at this moment is surrounded, in a boat, under canopy and still alive and moving around…

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* MyFoxBoston.com has the latest updates HERE

Above link will regularly update with latest news as new info becomes available…

(More to come as this developing news unfolds this evening…)

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POST UPDATE:

Friday evening - April 19, 2013

7:44pm CDT

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Suspect #2, Dzhokar Tsarnaev

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And ALIVE!

No other words need right now…

For the rest of the night keep up with the latest at link above.

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- NOTE: This post now CLOSED -

Click out Posts above this one for latest updates on this still developing story

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Our thoughts and prayers go out to the dead and wounded, along with all their loved ones

AubreyJ………

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Margaret Thatcher Dead At 87

April 08, 2013

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Another one of the World’s great ones has passed away this morning… Britain’s very on… “Iron Lady” Margaret Thatcher. She was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May, 1979 - November, 1990. Mrs. Thatcher was 87 years old.

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In memory of…

She will be missed.

AubreyJ………

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Image Credit: Margaret Thatcher Foundation