2:45 p.m. (EST): The Boston Police Department has announced that "there has not been an arrest in the Marathon attack." Investigations are ongoing.
2:35 p.m.: CNN is retracting their previous report that an arrest has been made in the Boston Marathon bombings. Other sources are reporting that officials are close to identifying a suspect after reviewing area surveillance video, but no arrests have been made.
1:10 p.m. (EST): A third letter, this one sent to Senator Joe Manchin (D.-W.V.), has been found to contain ricin.
12:45 p.m. (EST): FBI spokesman Paul Bresson has confirmed that the substance found in the letter to the president was ricin.
The Secret Service says that a letter containing a suspicious substance and addressed to President Obama was received on Tuesday at a White House mail facility. This comes just after a letter sent to Senator Roger Wicker (R.-Miss.) was found to contain the poison ricin.
All I have been able to watch is coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings. From video replays, to breaking news, to these unbearably sad interviews with family and friends of the lost and injured.
April 16, 2013 Earlier today, this photo was shared on Facebook as an 8-year-old girl who died from the tragic bombings in Boston.
April 16, 2013 After yesterday's tragedy in Boston, you start to think about things. Life things. How precious life is and how it can change in an instant.
April 16, 2013 I'm sad to forward this information along to you.
April 16, 2013 This is 78-year-old Bill Iffrig of Washington State, now about the most infamous of the more than 23,000 runners in yesterday's Boston Marathon. Somehow, though he was right next to the first explosion, about 15 feet from the finish line, he suffered only a scratched leg, and completed the race.
Three people were killed and more than 100 injured on Monday afternoon when two explosions went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Rescue organizations have gathered to help and at the the tragic scene, but how can you help?
The Huffington Post has put together a helpful list of ways:
Did you know that it has been six years since the mass shooting at Virginia Tech? On April 16, 2007, a senior at VT named Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people and wounded 17 others before taking his own life.
9 p.m. (EST): The final press conference of the day with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis and various other officials just concluded. The FBI is now leading investigations of the events. Davis confirmed that three people were killed in today's blasts.
CNN is reporting that one of the victims killed was an 8-year-old boy. The Wall Street Journal had reported that as many as five other unexploded devices were found around Boston, but investigators now doubt that they were actually bombs.
April 15, 2013 I discovered today what a historic day April 15 is.
Did you take care of your taxes yet?? Hopefully you did. Otherwise you will be one of the millions scrambling to get their taxes in by tonight's deadline.
