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Explosions at the Boston Marathon

Reports are coming in that the headquarters at the Boston Marathon have been locked down after two explosions were reported near the finish line. According to reports "dozens of people have been seriously injured." CNN has live coverage. Google has a Person Finder up for Boston.
Update: The Boston Police Dept. says 2 people have died and 23 are injured. News conference scheduled for 4:30 ET.

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  1. Re:tell me again by roc97007 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Posint anonymously to save what little reputation I have....

    What does this have to do with news for nerds?.

    Bombs are created by terrorists, terrorism is funded by internet piracy, internet piracy is big news here on /.

    Um, what? Terrorism is funded by giving away free stuff?

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