National/World News

9 p.m. (EST): The final press conference of the day with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis and various other officials just concluded. The FBI is now leading investigations of the events. Davis confirmed that three people were killed in today's blasts.

CNN is reporting that one of the victims killed was an 8-year-old boy. The Wall Street Journal had reported that as many as five other unexploded devices were found around Boston, but investigators now doubt that they were actually bombs.

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It's time for round 3 of Mascot Madness! Who will be crowned the best mascot in the NCAA?

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If you live in Nelson, Georgia, the government has decided that you must own a firearm.

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Think you can spot whether or not someone is for or against same sex marriage? Late night host Jimmy Kimmel thinks his audience can...

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A 16-year-old boy in Florida who stopped a classmate with a gun is not being hailed as a hero.

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Since John Lennon was shot and killed on Dec. 8, 1980, his widow Yoko Ono has devoted herself to campaigning for stricter gun control legislation -- so it's only fitting that yesterday (March 21), Ono celebrated what should have been their 44th wedding anniversary by issuing a poignant reminder of what's at stake in the ongoing battle over our interpretation of the Second Amendment.

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The issue over guns in our schools has taken on a very strange twist in one Maryland school.

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Scientists believe that the key to discovering extraterrestrial life could lie deep in the festering, underground oceans of Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa. New research suggests that if the salt water ocean beneath the surface of the frigid moon ever makes it's way to the surface, creating an intergalactic petri dish capable of producing a life-promoting environment.

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Keeping students and teachers safe has become a hot button issue in the US since the Sandy Hook shooting in December.

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Call it the great cookie caper.

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Sure, teachers may be underpaid, but there’s got to be a better way for them to make some extra money besides stealing.

From their students.

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Noah Brocklebank thought no one in the world cared about him, but he soon discovered just the opposite.

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