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BOSTON (AP) — Boston is pausing today to remember the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings on this day last year. The day began with a wreath-laying ceremony at the site of the twin explosions. The families of the three bombing victims were there, as were relatives of an MIT police officer who was killed during an effort to apprehend the suspects. Survivors are expected to speak at an event honoring the victims later today.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The number of dead from yesterday's massive explosion at a bus station in Nigeria's capital now stands at 75, and it's expected to go higher. There's been no claim of responsibility for the rush-hour blast, but the country's president is blaming it on Islamic extremists.
IZYUM, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian news agency says two pro-Russian insurgents have been wounded in a skirmish with the Ukrainian military near an airport in eastern Ukraine. It happened outside the city of Slovyansk, one of the cities in eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian protesters have seized government buildings and police stations. According to the report, Ukrainian troops had driven to the airport in an armored personnel carrier, and were talking to rebels who controlled the site. The fighting erupted a short time later.
PERTH, Australia (AP) — The robotic submarine hunting for the missing Malaysian jet has had its first mission cut short. The U.S. Navy and search coordinators say a built-in safety feature aborted what was supposed to have been a 16-hour mission to create a sonar map of the ocean floor after only six hours. The Navy says the data the Bluefin managed to collect has been analyzed and shows no sign of the missing plane.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Sky-gazers in North and South America have been treated to a full lunar eclipse — at least those fortunate enough to have clear skies. The moon was eclipsed by the Earth's shadow early today, beginning around 1 a.m., Eastern time, for five and a-half hours. The total phase of the eclipse lasted just 78 minutes. It's the first of four eclipses this year and the first of four total lunar eclipses this year and next. In the meantime, get ready for a solar eclipse in two weeks.
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