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Texas firefighters focused concern on toxic gases
WEST, Texas (AP) — When they saw 30-foot flames licking the sky inside a massive fertilizer plant, firefighters in this tiny Texas town rushed to evacuate nearby buildings and raced to spray water on tanks of chemicals, hoping to prevent a...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Plant Openings, Fertilizer, Explosions, Criminals
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'Soul will rot in hell'
I wonder if perhaps there isn't a smattering of racism involved here. I think Tamerlan Tsarnaev is the worst type of human, but so was Timothy McVeigh and I don't remember any brouhaha after his execution in 2001. So what should be done with his body?... -
Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body rejected for burial in Cambridge
This post has been updated. See below for details.There may be no place in the earth for Tamerlan Tsarnaev. One of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has been dead more than two weeks after a dramatic showdown with police in Watertown, Mass., on April 19. But officials and his family still don't...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports, FBI, Crime, Law and Justice, National Rifle Association of America
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Respect Boston's pain, bury Tamerlan Tsarnaev somewhere else
What kind of power do the living have over the dead? It’s a question that a Massachusetts town answered Sunday, when Cambridge City Manager Robert W. Healy said he would not allow Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the alleged mastermind of the Boston Marathon...Tags: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Islam, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Values, Religion and Belief
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The God Squad: Forgive mass murderers? Two responses
My request that readers share their opinions about whether or not we should forgive the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect generated a flood of articulate and deeply moving responses. Here are just two examples, followed by my response: Why we...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sports, Bombings, Crime, Law and Justice
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Backyard gardeners can grow apart from the busy world
It's not a garden yet, just the promise of a garden now, a large square of mud bordered by timbers to keep the dirt from washing out over the backyard grass. But with all the heavy rain lately, it would have been foolish to stand out there on the edge...Tags: Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Bleep (euphemism), Onions, Maytag Corp.
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Boston bombing suspect should face crimes in civilian court | Opinion
Already, the conservatives are screaming at the Obama administration for the way they are treating Boston bombing suspect Dzjokhar Tsarnaev. They don’t want him tried in civilian court. They didn’t want him to be read his Miranda rights....Tags: Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crime, Law and Justice
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'Right wing' doesn't equal 'terrorist'
"If history were to repeat itself," warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1944 State of the Union address, "and we were to return to the so-called normalcy of the 1920s, then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on...Tags: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, World War I (1914-1918), Ayn Rand, Rush Limbaugh
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has rights
On Monday morning, Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged with using a weapon of mass destruction. According to a transcript of that proceeding, a magistrate at Tsarnaev's hospital bedside read him the Miranda warning, informing him of his...Tags: Politics, Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), Sports, Crime, Law and Justice, Military Justice
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The bomb suspect and the law
When long stretches of time pass without a terrorist incident, it's important that Americans and their government resist complacency. It's equally important, though, not to panic when an attack does occur. In its handling of alleged Boston Marathon bomber...
Tags: Judges, U.S. Department of Justice, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports, Crime, Law and Justice
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Shaun Ahmad: Conquer fear of terrorism with unity
It was the latter part of the afternoon on April 15 when I opened my Internet browser and saw the breaking news story about a bombing at the Boston Marathon. "Terrorist attack" was the first thought that came to my mind. We have been conditioned to think...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Islam, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Religion and Belief, Terrorism
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Pastor's Son: Muslims are misunderstood
We’re back here so soon—too soon. Quite honestly, I’m sure many of us never wanted to be back in this position. What happened in Boston was the same as what happened in Newtown, Conn. (Dec. 2012), and Aurora, Colo. (July 2012);...
Tags: Islam, Separation of Church and State, Religion and Belief, Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), Terrorism
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