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Worcester Funeral Home Known For Taking Unwanted Bodies Has Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s

May 3, 2013
Worcester funeral director Peter Stefan poses next to boxes of unclaimed ashes for an unrelated 2008 news story. (Lisa Poole/AP)

BOSTON — But funeral director Peter Stefan said he cannot find a cemetery to accept the body.

State House Roundup: Enter Gomez

May 3, 2013

BOSTON — Gabriel Gomez’s victory makes it feel a little like 2010 all over again.

Public Invited To Add Their Voices To Marathon Song

May 3, 2013

BOSTON — Stephen Randall’s song for the bombing victims is designed to keep adding additional voices as people anywhere record themselves.

3 People Killed In Separate Boston Shootings

May 3, 2013

The second shooting occurred in a Roxbury drugstore parking lot on Friday afternoon.

Poll Has Gomez Nipping At Markey’s Heels

May 3, 2013
Gabriel Gomez, left, and U.S. Rep. Ed Markey (WBUR file photos)

BOSTON — In deep-blue Massachusetts, Democrat Ed Markey leads Republican Gabriel Gomez 44 to 40 percent, the poll found.

Marathon Benefit Concert Lineup: James Taylor, Aerosmith, New Kids, More

May 3, 2013

BOSTON — The famous musicians are among the scheduled performers for a Boston Marathon benefit concert on May 30.

How Much Does Home Court Advantage Matter In The Playoffs?

May 3, 2013
Jason Terry revs up the Garden crowd in Boston during Game 4. (Elise Amendola/AP)

BOSTON — Crunching the numbers.

Following Bombing Case Charges, Customs Ordered To Verify All International Student Visas

May 3, 2013

WASHINGTON — It’s the first security change by the U.S. government directly related to the Boston bombings.

N.H. Family: Missing Journalist James Foley In Syrian Prison

May 3, 2013
James Foley in Aleppo, Syria, in November 2012. His family says he went missing in Syria more than one month ago while covering the civil war there. (Nicole Tung, freejamesfoley.org/AP)

BOSTON — The family is going public with this new information with the hopes it will help win his freedom.

Marathon Victims’ Families Could Get $1M Each

May 3, 2013

BOSTON — Kenneth Feinberg, the Mass. native who oversaw the 9/11 compensation fund, tells The Boston Globe that victims who lost one or more limbs would receive money.

The People’s Pledge Becomes An Issue In Mass. Senate Race

May 3, 2013
Gabriel Gomez, left, and U.S. Rep. Ed Markey (WBUR file photos)

BOSTON — With a watchdog group calling on Ed Markey and Gabriel Gomez to sign the pledge, Markey is on board if Gomez is.

Funeral Home: No One Wants To Bury Marathon Bombing Suspect

May 2, 2013
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2010 (Julia Malakie/Lowell Sun/AP)

BOSTON — A Worcester mortuary familiar with Muslim services will handle funeral arrangements for Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Methuen Student Charged With Making Online Threats

May 2, 2013

METHUEN, Mass. — A Methuen high school student was ordered held without bail on a charge that he threatened to kill people and outdo the Boston Marathon bombings.

Marathon Bombing Case May Prompt Student Visa Reform

May 2, 2013
This undated photo added on April 18, 2013, to the VK page of Dias Kadyrbayev shows, from left, Azamat Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev, from Kazakhstan, with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Times Square in New York. (VK/AP)

BOSTON — Federal Homeland Security officials are promising reform of the student visa system, after the two friends of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect overstayed their visas.

Watchdog Group Calls For New ‘People’s Pledge’

May 2, 2013

BOSTON — A government watchdog group is calling on U.S. Senate candidates Gabriel Gomez and Edward Markey to agree on a plan to limit outside spending.

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