Boston Marathon Explosions

The Big Picture shows Terror at the Boston Marathon "With thousands of runners still on the course at the Boston Marathon, two explosions rocked Boylston Street just yards from the finish line. The blasts ripped through crowded spectator viewing stands. The death toll as we publish stands at three and is expected to rise, with over 140 others injured and transported to local hospitals. No arrests have been made. Please follow Boston.com for further updates. (WARNING: Some images are graphic by nature.) (32 photos total)"



In Focus has different Photos of the Boston Marathon Bombing including one that's blacked out unless you click on it that shows a VERY graphic injury that you probably don't want to see. Oddly, they pixelated the victims face but not his injury.

Boston news has been on constantly (canceling all regular programming) and has had very little to say. I followed reports yesterday and just paying attention to reputable sources saw a lot of incorrect (and conflicting) reporting. I don't understand the journalistic urge to be early but not necessarily accurate.

The only interesting thing at this mornings press conference was that there were no other devices found aside from the two explosions. Other "suspicious packages" were not bombs, maybe they should call them "packages of interest". The JFK Library incident seems unrelated. The 8 year-old boy who was killed has been identified. Some apartment in Revere was searched.

Scientific American has some info on How Do Terrorists Use Improvised Explosive Devices?